Thursday, June 19, 2025

Remember The Liberty

 Purple Hearts,


  Professor Ugo Bardi provides context:  The End of the Consumer Society and the Militarization of the Economy: For everything that happens, there is a reason for it to happen. 
  In the consumer economy, resources are turned into consumer goods by the industry, and then into waste by consumers. In the military economy, the industry turns resources into military equipment, then the enemy takes care of turning it into waste. Apart from a small difference in the role of the agents, the mechanism is the same.   https://senecaeffect.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-consumer-society-and

  Iran has no Rothschild central bank. No IMF loans. The region’s deepest oil reserves. It supplies 87% of China’s crude, controls the Strait of Hormuz through which $1.2 trillion flows annually and trades outside the U.S. dollar. That’s why they want it broken.   https://x.com/MoneroMoney/status/1935263976721629467

  Iran has no IMF debt, has easy to pump oil that supplies China, just finished a rail line from Tehran, deep into China as part of the Belt and Road initiative, has not lost its air defenses, but has moved them deeper in to securely protect Iranian airspace from overflights. Israel has reportedly lost 4-5 F-35s, and otherwise uses stand-off missiles from outside Iran's borders, and various drone attacks. Israel/US can't sustain this burn rate. Iran can. That is the urgency for the empire of western finance. Will the US risk B-2 bombers over Iran? To what end? By what justification?

  If and when the false flag attack happens, maybe on the Carrier USS Nimitz, Trump can retaliate militarily under the War Powers Act. 
Who might Trump say did it? He has a choice. He will know.  What if China & Russia tattle on Israel?   FALSE FLAG ~ THE BAIT IS ON ITS WAY
  As missiles light up the skies between Israel and Iran, the USS Nimitz, a 50-year-old relic from the Cold War, is now en route to the Middle East.
Officially, it’s to ‘maintain stability.’ Unofficially? It’s starting to look a lot like bait.
  This ageing aircraft carrier, lumbering toward a modern missile battlefield, is due for retirement next year. This is its last mission. Its nuclear reactors are becoming unreliable, and its strategic value, in a world of hypersonic weapons and drone swarms, is questionable.   
https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2025/06/16/false-flag-the-bait-is-on-its-way/

  LBJ really "wanted that son of a bitch at the bottom of the ocean" with no survivors, so he could use nuclear weapons on Egypt. 
There were surviving US Navy witnesses...
  The USS Liberty was repeatedly attacked while in international waters by Israeli air and naval forces on June 8, 1967. The horrific result of this unprovoked attack by the Jewish state was that 34 Americans were murdered, and 174 were wounded. Then there was a complete cover-up of this premeditated mass murder, and for the first time in our history, there wasn’t any retaliation against Israel for committing this act of warhttps://earthnewspaper.com/mark-r-elsis/uss-liberty-by-mark-r-elsis/

  Netanyahu says assassination of Iran's supreme leader would end, not escalate, conflict
Asked if Israel would target Ali Khamenei, Israeli premier says Israel is 'doing what we need to do'   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/netanyahu-says-assassination-of-irans-supreme-leader-would-end-not-escalate-conflict/3600861

  Reports Of Warplanes Seeking To Strike Ayatollah As Israel Has Hit 1,100 Iranian Targets Since Friday
Hebrew social media accounts are now widely claiming that Israeli jets are going after locations where they believe Ayatollah Khamenei could be hiding. Though is bunker is likely only known to his closest aides.   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/reports-warplanes-seeking-strike-ayatollah-israel-has-hit-1100-iranian-targets-friday

  Iran vows more surprises following successful stealth missile strike against Israel 
  "Today, one of our missiles was used for the first time, and the Zionist regime did not notice it at all," he stated, adding, "They will see more such surprises."  
Talaei-Nik did not provide further details about the new missile used...
..The Tuesday's precision successfully targeted the headquarters of Israel’s Mossad and Aman military intelligence agencies.
These actions, carried out as a legitimate act of defense under international law, are a response to ongoing Israeli aggression, including the assassinations of military advisors and nuclear scientists, as well as sabotage operations that have resulted in the martyrdom of hundreds and the injury of thousands.   
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/514545/Iran-vows-more-surprises-following-successful-stealth-missile

Israel uninterested in Russian mediation of conflict with Iran – Kremlin , Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has sounded the alarm over “galloping escalation”   https://swentr.site/russia/619533-israel-uninterested-russian-mediation-israel/

  Israel Running Low On Missile Interceptors As Iran Proves A Stronger Foe Than Expected 
   Following multiple rounds of Iranian missile barrages that have proven far more effective than many "experts" anticipated, the Israeli Defense Forces are already running low on defensive Arrow interceptor missiles, making Israel all the more desperate for the United States to join the war Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government initiated on Friday the 13th. Meanwhile, as Iran's retaliation continues, reports of war-fatigue among Israel's population are already emerging.   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-running-low-missile-interceptors-iran-proves-stronger-foe-expected

  "Inconvenient truths":  Trump Swipes At Tulsi On Iran Nuke Contradictory Intel: 'I Don't Care What She Said'
CNN: You’ve always said you don’t believe Iran should have a nuke. Tulsi Gabbard testified in March that Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon.
  Trump: I don’t care what she said. They were very close to getting a nuke.   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-swipes-tulsi-iran-nukes-contradictory-intel-i-dont-care-what-she-said

  'Israel' bombs Iranian hospital, escalating civilian targeting
Israel Katz's direct threat against Iranian citizens materializes as Israeli occupation Forces strike Al-Farabi Hospital in Kermanshah.   https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--bombs-iranian-hospital--escalating-civilian-targeti

  Celia Farber, "Human Shields?" Netanyahu Reported To REALLY NOT WANT US To Evacuate Its Citizens From Israel: Shouting Match With Huckabee Reported --  Israelis Also Being Locked In, Some Reportedly Taking Yachts To Cyprus   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/human-shields-netanyahu-reported

Israeli hostages:  Israel has barred its citizens from leaving the country   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250617-israel-has-barred-its-citizens-from-leaving-the-country/

  US Organizing Cruise Ship Evacuations Of Americans From Israel
  US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee announced Wednesday, amid five days of Iranian ballistic missiles raining down on Israeli cities in response to Israel attacking Iranian nuclear sites, that cruise ship departures are also being lined up.   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-organizing-urgent-cruise-ship-evacuations-americans-israel

  Israeli Strike Directly Hit Iran’s Natanz Underground Enrichment Plant, IAEA Says
  An Israeli military strike on Iran's nuclear complex at Natanz directly hit the underground uranium enrichment plant there, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday, revising its assessment after initially reporting it had been hit only indirectly.   https://english.aawsat.com/world/5155458-israeli-strike-directly-hit-iran%E2%80%99s-natanz-underground-enrichment-plant-iaea-says

  Freudian slip or intentional statement?  "We?" Who is "We?" TRUMP: "Unconditional Surrender"
U.S. President Donald Trump just said something on Social Media and it seems curious:  "We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran."
  "We" have total control?    Who is "we?"
It gets worse:
  Look at this - "Unconditional Surrender"
That's war terminology.  Did Congress declare war and I missed it?  We are not at war with Iran.  Who is he speaking for?   
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/we-who-is-we

  Iran’s supreme leader fires back at Trump
Ayatollah Khamenei has rejected the US president’s ultimatum to surrender and warned against American military intervention
  The US would suffer “irreparable damage” if it intervenes militarily against Iran, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has stated. His remarks follow a series of increasingly direct threats from US President Donald Trump.   https://swentr.site/news/619690-iran-khamenei-trump-response/

Is Washington Preparing for War? U.S. Air Force Reportedly Sends Out Two Mysterious Encrypted Nuclear Emergency Codes   https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/is-washington-preparing-war-u-s-air-force/

Military Cargo Planes Depart Anniston, Al Depot - Missiles for Israel?   https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/military-cargo-planes-depart-anniston-al-depot-missiles-for-israel

US Moving Fighter Jets to Middle East as Israel-Iran War Rages   https://english.aawsat.com/world/5155468-us-moving-fighter-jets-middle-east-israel-iran-war-rages

  Celia Farber,  Intel Circles Saying President Trump Has Decided To Enter Israel's War With Iran, Possibly As Soon As This Thursday
John Kiriakou Speaks To Alex Jones   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/intel-circles-saying-president-trump

Plenty of petitions circulating to support this:  Sen. Tim Kaine Introduces War Powers Resolution To Prevent War With Iran   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/06/16/sen-tim-kaine-introduces-war-powers-resolution-to-prevent-war-with-iran/

  Israel expects US to enter fray as it bombs Iran
  Israel is expecting the US to join its ongoing unprecedented attacks on Iran, Israeli media has reported.
A senior unnamed Israeli official said assessments in Tel Aviv indicate that US President Donald Trump is expected to approve the involvement of American forces in the strikes on Iran, said Israeli public broadcaster KAN.
  "Trump would want to be remembered as someone who took part, not someone who stood by," he added.
The official said that "without the US, we can only inflict limited damage on the Fordow nuclear facility."

  The US has evacuated its Persian Gulf naval and air bases in  Bahrain, UAE, Qatar and Oman. Mideast developments are covered in the first 8 minutes
U.S. Bases Evacuated - Iran Used a New Missile - Putin Demands Elections in Ukraine - MS For 2025.06.19   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rls30QIUhEI

  Only the B-2 bomber carries these. There's a nuclear version, too. What to Know About Bunker-Buster Bombs and Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Facility
  What is the bunker-buster bomb? "Bunker buster" is a broad term used to describe bombs that are designed to penetrate deep below the surface before exploding. In this case, it refers to the latest GBU-57 A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb in the American arsenal. The roughly 30,000 pound (13,600 kilogram) precision-guided bomb is designed to attack deeply buried and hardened bunkers and tunnels, according to the US Air Force.
  It's believed to be able to penetrate about 200 feet (61 meters) below the surface before exploding, and the bombs can be dropped one after another, effectively drilling deeper and deeper with each successive blast.
  The bomb carries a conventional warhead, but the International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed that Iran is producing highly enriched uranium at Fordo, raising the possibility that nuclear material could be released into the area if the GBU-57 A/B were used to hit the facility.

US Pulls Out of Two More Bases in Syria, Worrying Kurdish Forces   https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5155737-al-hilal-coach-we%E2%80%99re-ready-face-real-madrid-despite-limited-preparation-time

"Nobody knows what I'm going to do."   Trump Has Reportedly Approved Iran Attack Plans But Is Withholding Final Order   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-says-iran-reached-out-its-very-late-be-talking

Only 16% Of Americans, 19% Of Trump Voters Want US To Join Israel's War On Iran   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/only-16-americans-19-trump-voters-want-us-join-israels-war-iran

Kit Klarenberg has done the research, but doesn't mention LBJ's helping-hand:  Hidden history: How 'Israel' acquired nukes   https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/hidden-history--how--israel--acquired-nukes

Will Iran release the Epstein files?  Mossad’s VIP Pedophile Blackmail Material Hacked by Iran Days Before Israel Declared War   https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/mossads-vip-pedophile-blackmail-material-hacked-by-iran-days-before-israel-declared-war/

  Celia Farber,  Massacre in Khan Younis--Dozens Killed, Hundreds Wounded, At Aid Distribution Centers
Footage More Shocking Than Anything Previously Emerging From Gaza. Were They Targeted, While Seeking FOOD? US Government Now Collectively Possessed, Going Jonestown On Us, As MAGA Implodes   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/massacre-in-khan-younis-dozens-killed

Doctors Without Borders urges EU to exert ‘real pressure’ on Israel to stop ‘carnage’ in Gaza   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250616-doctors-without-borders-urges-eu-to-exert-real-pressure-on-israel-to-stop-carnage-in-gaza/

Israeli Forces Kill 66 Palestinians in Gaza, Including 38 Aid Seekers,  The head of UNRWA slammed what he called a 'lethal aid distribution system'   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/06/16/israeli-forces-kill-66-palestinians-in-gaza-including-38-aid-seekers/

Israel ‘systematically’ targets health care facilities in Gaza, doctors tell UK parliament   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250616-israel-systematically-targets-health-care-facilities-in-gaza-doctors-tell-uk-parliament/

After 2 days of intermittent internet access:  Israel cuts off communications in Gaza for the 10th time since October 2023   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250616-israel-cuts-off-communications-in-gaza-for-the-10th-time-since-october-2023/

What a mensch!  Elon Musk Turns on Starlink for Iranian Public After Islamic Regime Cuts Off Internet Service   https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/elon-musk-turns-starlink-iranian-public-after-islamic/


Iran will reportedly share images of captured Israeli fighter jet pilots ‘soon’   https://www.arabnews.com/node/2604851/middle-east

Is the tanker collision, oil slick and fire an accident?  Strait Of Hormuz Disruption Fears Surge After Former Iranian Minister Threatens Transit Restrictions   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/strait-hormuz-disruption-fears-surge-after-former-iranian-minister-threatens-transit

"We can't afford the insurance to take that route."  Tanker Risk Response to Iran-Israel Is The Real Oil Chokepoint   https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Tanker-Risk-Response-to-Iran-Israel-Is-The-Real-Oil-Chokepoint.html

That's not an actual count, but thank you:  Malaysia announces the “Fleet of a Thousand Ships” initiative to break the siege on Gaza   https://english.palinfo.com/news/2025/06/15/341324/

Simplicius,  Slowly Abandoned, Ukraine Gets Squeezed by Russian Pressure   https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-61625-slowly-abandoned-ukraine

Thanks Eleni. Ukraine's false flag will have to wait in line:  The Brits & Ukrainians Are Plotting To Manipulate Trump Into Escalating Against Russia   https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-brits-and-ukrainians-are-plotting

  Those passengers, and whitleblower dying has just made everybody nervous:  Midair emergencies force four Boeing Dreamliners to divert India flights
Air India, Lufthansa and British Airways have cited technical issues for the diversions   https://swentr.site/india/619527-midair-emergencies-force-four-boeing/

  Nicolas Hulscher MPH,  World’s Top Herbicide Linked to Over 10 Distinct Cancers at "Safe" Doses in Landmark Study
New animal study finds glyphosate and Roundup linked to rare, fatal cancers in multiple organs—even at doses legally defined as "safe" by U.S. and EU regulators.   https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/worlds-top-pesticide-linked-to-over

  All hospitals and clinics "failed to report":  Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleging Hospital Failed to Report COVID Vaccine Injuries Gets Green Light
A whistleblower lawsuit alleging a New York hospital system violated federal law by failing to report adverse events connected to the COVID-19 vaccines can proceed, a federal court ruled last week. Deborah Conrad said she was fired from United Memorial Medical Center in Rochester, New York, for reporting vaccine-related adverse events to VAERS.   https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/whistleblower-new-york-hospital-lawsuit-failed-report-covid-vaccine-injuries/?utm_id=20250616

  Waste Of The Day: Unused COVID Quarantine Pods  (Originally over $10k each, like new!)
Nashville spent $1.2 million to buy 108 quarantine housing pods in 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the shelters were never used. Now the city plans to give 25 of them away to local nonprofits to be used as homeless shelters while covering the cost of renovating them.   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/waste-day-unused-covid-quarantine-pods

  Charles Hugh Smith,  How Housing Bubble #2 Bursts - Corporate / private equity / STVR investors are all fair-weather owners of housing.
  Here's how Housing Bubble #2 bursts: buyers of overvalued, money-losing properties vanish, those who waited too long sink underwater (sales prices are lower than what they paid), marginal investors default, owner-occupants who lose their jobs sell or default, private equity realizes their losses will only increase the longer they hold off selling, and the momentum of sellers far outnumbering buyers cascades. Greed is replaced by fear, and then by the realization it's too late to exit without losses. This is how bubbles burst.   https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/how-housing-bubble-2-bursts

  Human waste and illegal industrial chemical dumping:  Homeowners Worried About Chemicals Being Spread In Sewage Fertilizer
Luther, Oklahoma, property owners Walt and Saundra Traywick, say they were first introduced to biosolids by a sickening stench outside their home in 2018. They say they have been dealing with the impact of the treated sewage and the PFAS chemicals they carry ever since then.
“It’s that rotting carcass smell, but more metallic,” Walt told The Epoch Times...
..Using biosolids as fertilizer has been controversial since the early part of this decade when per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also called forever chemicals, were found in the sludge. The state of Maine has banned the practice over public health and safety concerns.
  PFAS are called “forever chemicals” because they don’t degrade easily and can remain in soil, air, water, plants and animals even years after exposure.   https://www.zerohedge.com/food/homeowners-worried-about-chemicals-being-spread-sewage-fertilizer

  Please tell us more; this doesn't sound natural:  "Anomalous" Radio Pulses Detected In Antarctica Are Coming From Underneath The Ice
Floating above Antarctica, ANITA detected two anomalous events coming from beneath the ice.   https://www.iflscience.com/anomalous-radio-pulses-detected-in-antarctica-are-coming-from-underneath-the-ice-79619

Life makes weather:  Rain-making role of trees, rainforests coming to fore,  ‘Biotic pump’ theorizes how forests generate rain, even winds

​Appreciating Rainfall (pictured in the garden after a rain)

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

False Flag Is Just Right

 Undecided,


  Israel and the US planned to ravage Iran with 2 weeks of relentless attacks, after killing top military and nuclear science personnel, destroy Iran's nuclear facilities, and then accept Iranian capitulation and regime change. 
  Iran has re-organized the military command structure, is getting air defenses back in order, with help from Russia, China and Pakistan, and is hitting Israeli military airfields and hangers hard.  Iran has used 30 year old missiles in mass attacks to deplete Israeli and US air defense missile stocks, and is now using far fewer missiles, while most get through to their targets. Iran has effectively unlimited offensive missile stores, and Iranian hypersonic missiles are accurate and unstoppable.
  Israel needs the US to attack Iranian nuclear facilities, deep underground, with huge 30,000 poind bunker-buster bombs, or nuclear bunker-buster bombs, dropped from B2 Stealth bombers, directly over those targets, which puts the bombers at great risk, especially as Russia and China would love the chance to see if and how-best their missile systems can shoot them down.
  Israel will need to get the US into this war, and the US President, under the War Powers Act, can respond in "self defense" without Congressional approval. Israel needs for America to have a "third Pearl Harbor". What will fill the bill? How about those 3 US aircraft carrier strike groups in the region? How about some US military base? I think an aircraft carrier would work better, and we have been hearing for years how vulnerable they are to missile attacks.
  Will the "American" President put "America First"? It will be his choice who to betray, Americans or Netanyahu and the genocidal Zionists, won't it?

Netanyahu Says Israel 'Won't Rule Out Killing Khamenei' As Iran Denies It Seeks Negotiations​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-inflicts-more-punishment-claims-new-method-caused-idf-systems-target-each-other

​  Israel wants to annihilate Iranian nuclear facilities before talks – ambassador
Any consideration of peace talks must come after Iran loses the capability to pursue the program, Simona Halperin has told RT​   
https://www.rt.com/news/619480-israel-annihilate-iranian-nuclear/

​  This overtly terroristic act, along with car-bombs in the streets of Iran, and actually targeting apartment buildings, have induced Iran to take a hard existential-conflict stance:  Watch: Anchor Flees Studio Mid-Broadcast As Iran TV Building Bombed  
​  It seems clear that the four-day long aerial war in the Middle East has escalated to a full-on Israeli effort to overthrow the Iranian government.
Already the country's main justice building in the capital has been struck by Israeli warplanes, and on Monday Iran's state TV headquarters (IRIB) has come under direct attack. The terrifying moment of studio collapse during a live broadcast was caught in real-time for the world to see.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/watch-anchor-flees-studio-mid-broadcast-iran-tv-building-bombed

​  Mossad spent 'eight months' preparing surprise attack against Iran: Report
US officials reportedly gave a 'green light' for the Israeli attack, despite opposing it publicly​   
https://thecradle.co/articles/mossad-spent-eight-months-preparing-surprise-attack-against-iran-report

​  Iran preparing to ‘shut down Israel’s war machine’ – Tehran has been preparing for a long war, a senior Iranian security official has said
The official outlined Iran’s extensive list of potential targets within “occupied territories,” which include covert residences of Israeli government leaders, energy facilities, factories supplying military aircraft, and critical command-and-control infrastructure.
​  Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said that the country’s missiles had targeted fuel production facilities for Israeli fighter jets, a claim not acknowledged by Israel.​   
https://swentr.site/news/619398-iran-prepares-shut-down-israel/

​  Blackout hits Israel after Iranian missile strikes
Israeli media reported widespread power outages in the central occupied Palestine after Iran's missile attack on Haifa.
​  This morning, in the eighth wave of the Operation True Promise III attacks on Israel, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted the Haifa power plant in the occupied territories with a missile attack at around 4:50 AM​.   
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/233190/Blackout-hits-Israel-after-Iranian-missile-strikes

  Another long night in bomb shelters for Israelis.  TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – Iran launched a new round of retaliatory missile and drone attacks on Israel on Monday night.    https://en.mehrnews.com/live/233234/Iran-launches-wave-of-attacks-on-Israel

Video shows at least 9 out of10 Iranian missiles reaching the ground, as Israeli/US air defense missiles are mostly used up.   https://x.com/TamilCineX/status/1934780756783714646 

  Israeli and US air defense missiles were hitting their own launch sites:   How Iran Turned Israel’s Iron Dome Against Itself Using Clever Jamming
New evidence suggests that Iran successfully compromised Israel’s vaunted air defense systems during recent attacks — forcing Tel Aviv to fire on its own positions. How?
​  Iran overwhelmed Israeli defenses by breaching the data transmission and correction system early in flight, explains military expert and historian of the Air Defense Forces Yuri Knutov.
​  "Based on the footage that was released, it seems that the Iranians were able to breach the data transmission and correction signal system at the early stage when the missiles were flying, using an inertial guidance system. As a result, the system misdirected the missiles, not toward their intended target, but toward Israel’s own surface-to-air missile batteries, leading to a strike on them."​ 
The attack included:​  100+ Shahed drones (swarming tactics)
Decoy ballistic missiles (old models to waste interceptors)
Fattah hypersonic missiles (unstoppable by Israeli Arrow/PAC-3)
As a result, the Iron Dome’s interception rate dropped drastically to just 10-15%.
  https://sputnikglobe.com/20250616/how-iran-turned-israels-iron-dome-against-itself-using-clever-jamming-1122265685.html

  Dramatic title; lots of information about Israel-Iran war The Iranians are sending newer and fewer weapons with each round of strikes, landing higher and highet hit-ratios, and exhausting expensive Israeli and US air defense systems, while fine-tuning the targeting of the better missiles.:  
SOLEIMANI, the IRANIAN HYPERSONIC MISSILE which BREACHED IRON-DOME
​  Iranian missiles overnight had inflicted localized damage to pipelines and transmission lines at its Haifa Bay complex.
According to company statements, refining operations are continuing, but several facilities on-site were temporarily shut down. The company is currently assessing the impact of the damage on overall operations and working to resume activity at affected units.​.. One of the videos showed a massive fire breaking out at the Haifa oil refinery upon the impact of a barrage of Iranian missiles​...   This comes after Israeli forces reportedly struck the South Pars gas field in southern Iran earlier in the night, igniting fires at the site, according to Fars News Agency.​   https://vtforeignpolicy.com/2025/06/israel-iran-clash-heads-to-oil-warfare-due-to-refineries-attacks/

​  Hal Turner,  Russian and Chinese Military Cargo Planes Shuttling weapons, Missiles, Supplies into Iran
​  For the first time in history, a Chinese military cargo plane landed in Iran, presumably to offload Chinese "support."  An Airbus A330-243F cargo aircraft departed from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was tracked flying southwest over eastern Turkmenistan. It turned off its transponder before reaching Iranian air space​...
..Iran’s continued missile strikes on Israel are showing Tehran forces can regroup even after Israel killed multiple military commanders in its initial attack.
​  “They (the Israelis) underestimated the Iranian ability to regroup after the Israelis very successfully targeted the top leadership of the Iranian military and managed to kill several of them,” said Trita Parsi, vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
​  Parsi said Israel believed they had “disrupted Iranian command and control” but that idea was proved wrong because Iran “quickly restructured.”
What we are seeing now is that “Iranian missiles are successful in penetrating all layers of Israel’s air defense systems,” Parsi said.​..
​..Iran has been firing 100 to 150 missiles per day. On day one, 40 missiles got through on day two, 50 missiles got though and on day three, 75 got through.
​  The IDF kill ratio is GOING DOWN FAST. If the Iranians keep this pace there will be NO USABLE AIRFIELDS in Israel next week. That is in Seven days!
Bibi is on TV in the States 24/7 because two IDF airbases have been hit hard. The TV is controlled and so is the internet. So the Israeli point of view is ALWAYS being given preferential treatment.  But their point of view is not accurate when it comes to Iranian missiles getting through.
​  One unanticipated eventuality has already occurred: Pakistan ran a land resupply to Iran for supplies related to anti-air!   Pakistan sent 720 missiles to Iran.
​  The Chinese and the Russians both landed new (advanced) Anti-air systems for use in defending Tehran and they should be up by the morning of the 17th!​  Both China and Russian want to test their systems in combat against the F-35.​..
​..Israel bluntly warned Pakistan to stop supplying arms to Iran "or else."  The Pakistanis promptly tripled their help to Iran.
This situation is very rapidly going wild weasel in ways that few thought possible.  World War 3 is actually here.  All because Israel made a sneak attack upon Iran.​   
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/russian-and-chinese-military-cargo-planes-shuttling-weapons-missiles-supplies-into-iran

​Saturday:  Iran Shoots Down Third F-35 Fighter, Captures Second Pilot: What Are the Implications?   https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/iran-shoots-down-third-f35-captures-second-pilot

  Monday:  TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – Iranian air defense in Tabriz shot down another Israeli F-35 fighter jet. This was the 4th Israeli F-35 fighter jet downed by Iran.   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/233230/Iran-destroys-another-Israeli-F-35-fighter-jet

US aerial tankers headed to Middle East – The reported deployment has driven speculation that the US is directly involved in the Israel-Iran war​   https://www.rt.com/news/619439-us-aerial-tankers-israel-iran/

I hope the POS, er POTUS finds some way to redeem himself...  "Everyone Should Immediately Evacuate Tehran!", Trump Warns​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-inflicts-more-punishment-claims-new-method-caused-idf-systems-target-each-other

​  Sanders Introduces No War Against Iran Act
WASHINGTON, June 16 – Following Israel’s military strikes against Iran, which threaten to further destabilize the Middle East and draw the United States into yet another military conflict, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced the No War Against Iran Act to prohibit the use of federal funds for any use of military force in or against Iran absent specific Congressional authorization. The bill contains an exception for self-defense as enshrined in the War Powers Act and applicable U.S. law.​   https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-introduces-no-war-against-iran-act/

​  It sucks badly to be in Israel:  Russian diplomats facing ‘nerve-wracking’ situation in Israel – envoy
Shockwaves from nearby explosions shattered windows in several embassy residences, according to Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov.​   https://swentr.site/russia/619438-russian-ambassador-israel-risks/

​  John Helmer,  HOW TO SAY IN RUSSIAN HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONALD, HAPPY US ARMY AND FLAG DAY
There are no flies on President Vladimir Putin.
  That’s an expression which originated in the fly-blown goldrush mines of Australia in 1840 and then moved with the flies to the goldrush mines of California a few years later. Literally, it means a man who is too quick for a fly to settle on him...
​..Putin is much too quick not to recognize that President Donald Trump is both a fraudster and an enemy. Putin doesn’t have to be told by the General Staff that Trump’s war plans are an existential threat to Russia’s security on the western front (Ukraine, Romania, Poland); northern front (Norway, Sweden, Finland), eastern front (Japan, South Korea); and southern front (Iran).​..
​..Putin had been telling his arms chiefs “we know the enemy’s modus operandi. However, I do not think we are falling behind in any way.”  The combination of drone and missile attack tactics of the enemy requires, he said, “the new state armament programme [to] ensure creation of a universal air defence system capable of operating under any conditions and effectively hitting air assault weapons regardless of their type.”...
..What then was the similar coordination by the US and Israel of long-range air assault operations with ground-level attacks targeted fatally on five, possibly eight Iranian generals and five  Iranian nuclear scientists.​?...
..The state media platform RIA Novosti editorialized on June 14 that the Israeli operations are a rehearsal for what the US and its allies are planning to do to Russia, and that this is well understood in Moscow. “Many respected analysts of different calibres believe that the purpose of the attack on Iran is to eliminate the country’s nuclear program (necessarily) and regime change (extremely desirable). In fact, the main goal of the operation is to work out a mass preventive disarming strike against the enemy with serious military capabilities – that enemy is called not Iran, but Russia.”
​  This strategic plan, writes Boris Rozhin, a leading military blogger reflecting the views of senior Russian military officers, is President Donald Trump’s first of all,  and aimed at Russia next.​..  “In summing up this story,” Rozhin wrote yesterday,   — June 14, 14:31,   “we can conclude – if there is anyone who has not yet understood – that the ‘Trump peace attempts’ are worthless and will lead to nothing – neither in the Middle East nor in Ukraine. Therefore, agreements with Trump are not worth it. It is necessary to strengthen the army and the military-industrial complex and achieve the goals of the SVO [Special Military Operation] by military means. In order not to say again, ‘we wanted peace, and the Americans deceived us again’, as the Iranians do now.”​   https://johnhelmer.net/how-to-say-in-russian-happy-birthday-donald-happy-us-army-and-flag-day/#more-91878

Iraq warns of $300 per barrel oil​   The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key transport route, could “result in the loss of approximately five million barrels per day from Gulf and Iraqi oil supplies in the global market,” the Iraqi foreign minister was quoted as saying.​   https://swentr.site/news/619365-oil-prices-to-skyrocket/

​  Israel's Strike On South Pars: Is Europe Facing A New Energy Crisis?
Located on the Persian Gulf, South Pars is currently the world’s largest operational gas field and a central pillar of the Iranian regime’s economic stability. By targeting this facility, Israel has sent a clear signal that it aims to bring about regime change in Tehran—and is willing to risk retaliatory attacks on its own energy infrastructure to achieve that end.​   https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/israels-strike-south-pars-europe-facing-new-energy-crisis

​  Haifa Refinery Shuts Down After Iranian Missile Strike 
​  Israel’s Bazan refinery group has shut down all operations after a direct Iranian missile strike on its Haifa Bay facility yesterday, causing major infrastructure damage. The announcement came hours before Iran launched the ninth wave of its “Operation True Promise 3,” a new round of missile and drone attacks now underway. 
​   Bazan reported that a key power plant supplying electricity and steam to the complex was “significantly damaged,” forcing a full shutdown of the refinery and all subsidiaries.
​  Environmental officials say the strike confirms longstanding fears: “Two or three missiles, and the whole system collapsed. We warned of this scenario years ago.”
​  Iran says the strike was retaliation for Israeli attacks on civilian areas in Tehran. The Haifa refinery supplies around 65% of Israel’s refining capacity, making it one of the country’s most strategic energy sites.​   https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1934719812615458999

​  Israel kills over dozen Palestinians waiting near Gaza aid centre
Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians near a Gaza food aid centre, killing 15 and wounding dozens
 amid a deepening humanitarian crisis.​   
https://trt.global/world/article/d8600f5052b7

Israeli Fire Kills 41 People in Gaza, Medics Say​   https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5154518-israeli-fire-kills-41-people-gaza-medics-say

​  IDF Expands Gaza Evacuation Zone to 70 Percent​  Israel’s military ordered residents in Khan Yunis, Bani Suhaila, Abasan al-Kabira and al-Jadidah to evacuate​   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/06/14/idf-expands-gaza-evacuation-zone/

​  Israel Says Airspace Remains Closed
A statement from the Israel airports authority spokesperson confirmed that Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv would remain closed, saying "a notice regarding its reopening will be given with at least 6 hours' advance warning".
​  "A decision to resume flights to Israel will only be made once it is deemed safe to do so," the statement said.
Israel's land border crossings to Jordan and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula remain open.​   
https://english.aawsat.com/world/5154554-israel-says-airspace-remains-closed-third-day-amid-iran-fighting

Israel had cut the last main fiber-optic cable:  Internet Services gradually return to Gaza after four day blackout.   https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=3236201&language=en#

Trump administration refuses to release pro-Palestinian activist despite judge’s order​   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250614-trump-administration-refuses-to-release-pro-palestinian-activist-despite-judges-order/

​  "Let's Make A sleazy Deal!"  Nord Stream 2 is becoming American ​  
​ American businessman Stephen Lynch has paid off the debt of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline operator and is trying to take control of the project, removing it from Russia's sphere of influence.
​  Lynch, who worked in Russia for a long time in the 2s, covered the obligations of the operator company Nord Stream AG 30 to creditors in early May. During negotiations with them, a settlement agreement was reached, which was approved by the court of the canton of Zug in Switzerland on April 2022. The restructuring made it possible to close the bankruptcy procedure, initiated back in the spring of XNUMX, but which remained in limbo until recent months.​    https://en.topcor.ru/60997-severnyj-potok-2-stanovitsja-amerikanskim.html

​  Russian MFA Claims U.S. Canceled Next Round of Embassy Talks
​  The United States has canceled an upcoming round of talks with Russia aimed at restoring the operations of each side’s diplomatic missions, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Monday...
​..“As of today, the next round of bilateral consultations aimed at resolving complications and normalizing the work of both countries’ diplomatic missions has been canceled at the initiative of the American negotiators,” Zakharova said in a brief statement on the Foreign Ministry’s website.​  “We hope that the pause they have taken won’t last too long,” she added.​   
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/16/russian-mfa-claims-us-canceled-next-round-of-embassy-talks-a89461

​Israel will get all of it.  US to cut military aid to Ukraine, Hegseth says   https://kyivindependent.com/us-to-cut-military-aid-to-ukraine-hegseth-says/

  Meryl Nass MD sent this:  The Complete Architecture​, How Scientific Socialism Captured Global Governance​  
A comprehensive analysis of the institutional, operational, and enforcement mechanisms that have transformed the Venice Declaration's vision into operational reality.
  Professional control operates through ‘ethics codes’ that transform institutional compliance into moral obligationHealthcare workers were fired during COVID-19 not for illegal activity, but for ‘ethics violations’ — questioning vaccine mandates, discussing alternative treatments, or prioritising individual patient assessment over standardised protocols. Scientists face ‘ethics review’ for challenging climate models or disputing attribution claims. Mathematicians risk career consequences for creating models that contradict expert consensus. Corporate executives must demonstrate compliance with ESG frameworks or face investor flight and regulatory pressure.
​  These are not isolated incidents but systematic disciplinary apparatus designed to eliminate dissent within professional classes. The ‘ethics’ framework is crucial because it makes resistance appear not just wrong but immoral, while giving enforcement bodies moral authority to destroy careers without legal process.
​  Information control operates through the weaponisation of ‘fact-checking’, ‘content moderation’, and ‘media literacy’ frameworks. The systematic suppression of legitimate scientific discussion during COVID-19 — including laboratory origin theories, natural immunity research, and treatment alternatives — demonstrated the complete capture of information systems by expert institutions.​   
https://escapekey.substack.com/p/the-complete-architecture?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web

Gateway Pundit Journalist Shot with Rubber Bullet and Tear Gas During LA ‘No Kings’ Riot — ‘They Are Targeting Press!’​   https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/gateway-pundit-journalist-shot-rubber-bullet-tear-gas/

​  Roundup Weedkillers Caused Multiple Cancers in Rats, Large International Study Finds
Prenatal exposure to glyphosate and two glyphosate-based weedkillers was “particularly detrimental,” 
according to one of the authors of the peer-reviewed study conducted by the Ramazzini Institute in Italy and Boston College. Researchers said 40% of the deaths from leukemia occurred in exposed rats who were less than a year old.​   
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/roundup-weedkillers-caused-multiple-cancers-rats-large-international-study-finds/

​  RFK Jr. Rips CNN Over Claims on Vaccines and Placebo-Controlled Trials
“CNN is wrong,” Kennedy wrote. “No routine injected vaccine on CDC’s schedule was licensed for children based on a placebo-controlled trial
. In instances where a vaccine was used as a control, it too was never licensed based on a placebo-controlled trial. That is not conjecture. It is a fact based on FDA’s clinical trial data.”​   
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/rfk-jr-rips-cnn-claims-vaccines-placebo-controlled-trials/

​Ivermectin:  20 Studies Show the Cancer-Fighting Potential of this Low-Cost Drug​   https://defconnews.com/2025/06/14/20-studies-show-the-cancer-fighting-potential-of-this-low-cost-drug/

​Ivermectin from India is no longer being interdiced by US Customs:  Purchasing Ivermectin:  I bought 100 15mg pills for $30, they took about 2 weeks to arrive.   https://marktwaintestsite.blogspot.com/2025/06/purchasing-ivermectin.html

Supporting Life (featuring purple eggplants and various hot peppers)


Sunday, June 15, 2025

World War Of Attrition

 Much Abraded,


  Where are we in the flow of history after Friday the 13th? Is Trump wholeheartedly in cahoots with genocidal Zionists in Israel-Palestine, or merely completely owned by them? Does it matter? Is he "agreement capable" a little bit, in some things, or not at all? Does his heart's desire matter, whatever it might be?
  This is so hard to suss out that I won't try. Trump acts as if he is owned, and is willing to lie and disseminate to accomplish the desired ends of those at the reins of the Israeli state. 
  What are the interests of the Israeli State? In 1982 "The Zionist Plan For The Middle East" was translated and published. Here is an opening excerpt:
​  “To survive, Israel must 1) become an imperial regional power, and 2) must effect the division of the whole area into small state by the dissolution of all existing Arab states.”​   https://archive.org/details/the-zionist-plan-for-the-middle-east-by-oded-yinon-israel-shahak-yinon-oded-shah/mode/1up

​  So Israel has systemically worked to weaken and break up all neighboring states. Egypt has been politically and financiially co-opted with US assistance, Iraq has been invaded and subdued, Syria has been violently regime-changed, and Lebanon has been wracked by internal war for 50 years. Iran is the last regional power which has not been subdued, and retains an adversarial and autonomous stance, despite imperial sanctions and intrigues. Things standing in the way of Israeli regional hegemony include Palestinians on their ancestral lands, principled Yemenis, principled resistance in Lebanon and other co-opted countries, and the government of Iran.
  Attacking Iran, with the threat of nuclear war, is an attention getter, a distraction from the genocide of Palestinians in Occupied Palestine, including Gaza and the West Bank. Will Israel gas them as the world looks elsewhere? Starving, bombing, destroying their water and sewers, and attacking native Palestinians with diseases has not accomplished the "final solution" yet. 
  Iranian people have long undergone austerity from imperial sanctions, while the country remained on an effective war-footing, putting resources into war preparations. This has made people deeply unhappy, and the empire has attempted color revolution there, which came up short, but many years have now passed. Regime change appears to be the imperial goal for the current war. 
  How might Iran declare victory? Would surviving be enough? They are keeping that bar set fairly low. Continuing nuclear power generation and low level uranium enrichment appears to be what they are currently touting as prevailing. They can't invade Israel, and Israel can't invade Iran.
  Israel seems to have set the victory-bar at destroying Iranian nuclear and military capacities, but that is a very high bar, and Iran can still strike Israel's nuclear reactors and electrical grid generation and transmission infrastructure.
  At the extremes, Israel seems unlikely to be broken in any way without inflicting nuclear attacks upon neighbors, as well as Iran. How could "they" fold without playing that card? It seems possible, but complicated and expensive. Who would do the payoffs?
  Would Iran make and deliver a nuclear warhead if driven to the extreme? They have said that they could make a device in 2 weeks. 
  Iran, like Russia and China, who openly support Iran in this, is conservative, risk averse in war, so likely to continue a long campaign against Israel, not rising to a provocation to nuclear attack. Israel is vulnerable to a long war of attrition, as its soldiers and citizens tire of the austerities required. Shipping restrictions take their toll. People can't work in air raid shelters...
  Israel seems to seek a "justification" for a nuclear attack, and is bound to spend much time considering false flag attacks upon US interests, to blame on Iran, among possible ways to get the US to go to war against Iran, in the interests of the Zionist state.
  European finance, Black Rock and The City of London interests, are broadly considered to be over-leveraged into bad investments in Ukraine, needing a bigger war, with energency powers, rather than a peace with new territorial boundaries, which would force them to declare losses on their interests in areas incorporated into Russia.
  The underlying reality is the post-peak-oil decline of industrial economy in the world, as finance continue to show exponential growth, until some crisis forces finance to again approximately reflect real economy. If World War 3 is somehow avoided, then the power hierarchy will change in our world, as it is doing to some degree, already. This is messy and unsatisfactory. It looks it will be messy and unsatisfactory for a long time to come, which is a best case scenario.

  Celia Farber,  A Member Of Our Family Is In Egypt With The Sumoud Convoy—Has Sent Urgent Messages She Asked Us To Share
Israel Demanded Egypt Take Military Action To Put Down The Peaceful Protest. As Israel Strikes Iran, And Iran Retaliates, Gaza Has Fallen Into Darkness, And The World Fears The Unthinkable​  
​  Just when the convoy got underway, Gaza fell into a blackout— almost completely cut off from the outside world—no electricity, no internet for several days. It is feared that a total liquidation could be underway, in the darkness, away from the eyes and ears of the world.​   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/a-member-of-our-family-is-in-egypt

​The establishment spin on that:  Leftist Protesters Attempting "Global March To Gaza" Get Beaten And Arrested In Egypt   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/leftist-protesters-attempting-global-march-gaza-get-beat-and-arrested-egypt

​  Friday 13 (late): Israel Says Another Missile Barrage Launched From Iran Overnight, Casualties Rise  (And Netanyahu is rumored to be in Greece)
Missile sirens sound across north as IDF says new barrage launched from Iran
​  More than 60 Israelis wounded in barrages
Israelis rush back into shelters in the north
​  Senior Iranian official threatens that Iran will target countries that try to defend Israel
Iran says Israel has killed 78 people, including senior military officials, and wounded more than 320 people in Iran,
​  AJ: Trump stays out of ‘public eye’ as Israel-Iran conflict escalates
Air-defenses seen active once again Friday late night over the Iranian capital of Tehran
​  Israeli says it completely destroyed Tabriz military base in Iran
Next Israeli attack: potential targets are likely economic, including oil and gas infrastructure which resources the IRGC, and political and leadership targets.
​  FOX: The U.S. Army is assisting in shooting down incoming Iranian missiles with Patriot Pac-3 missiles and with Thaad
Israel completely evacuates Ben Gurion International Airport — including civilian aircrafts
​  US confirms: American equipment and assets used in defending Israel against Iran strikes
International media widely confirms several major strikes on Israeli cities
​  At least seven Israelis injured, some in serious condition
AJ: Israeli attacks could push Iran to pursue nuclear weapon
​  Iran closes airspace until tomorrow afternoon
Iran says the missiles are the ‘beginning’ of its ‘crushing response’
​  Trump warns Iran to agree to a deal ‘before there is nothing left’
Axios reports that the Trump admin briefed lawmakers before Israeli strikes began
​  There is radiological and chemical contamination at Natanz: IAEA's Grossi to UN Security Council
"Israel destroyed the above-ground part of the Natanz nuclear facility. There are no indications of damage to the underground enrichment facilities at the site​."   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/over-200-israeli-warplanes-used-against-iran-trump-warns-even-more-brutal-attacks

​  Glenn Greenwald:  Israel, in 2021, built its new IDF supreme command post in the heart of Tel Aviv, buried beneath blocks of civilian buildings.
Called the "Fortress of Zion," it was deliberately placed so it couldn't be attacked without seeming to target civilian sites.   
https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1933598670144082016

Trump Rejects Netanyahu's Request To Join War, As Israel Needs Large US Bunker Buster Bombs​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-proclaims-total-air-superiority-over-iranian-capital-area-war-intensifies

​Simplicius,  True Promise 3: Iran Responds With Long-Awaited Hypersonic Retaliation
Iran launched the next stage of their True Promise 3.0 operation, targeting various sites of Israeli energy and military infrastructure. This time it reportedly included the latest Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles...
..Among the targets was the Haifa refinery and Israeli research center of the Weizmann Institute for Science in Rehovot, near Tel Aviv...
..The Haifa Oil Refinery in northern occupied Palestine supplies more than 60% of Israel’s fuel needs, from gasoline and diesel to jet fuel for the Air Force. With these facilities damaged in tonight's Iranian attack, Israel’s will face a fuel problem. This successful attack on Haifa’s refinery is a strategic blow to Israel's economic and military backbone...
..The Weizmann Institute for Science, has been damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile in the most recent attacks on central Israel. The building is located in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, and a fire has reportedly broken out...
..Israel had likewise hit Iran’s largest natural gas field—the South Pars—which also happens to be the largest in the world​...
..Most of Israel’s strike footage against Iranian ground assets turned out to be decoys, as none of the MRBMs were seen to ignite at all after massive ordnance landed on top of them...
..Clips emerged of some ‘large aircraft’ Iran claimed were destroyed F-35s, but which were probably drones. Also, claims of Israeli ‘infiltration’ success and ‘secret bases’ appeared to be more exaggerated psyop fodder as it turned out Israelis were operating out of secret Azerbaijan bases, launching drones and various other objects at Iran from every direction. This, by the way, is not anything new...
​..Israel does not have the bunker buster bombs needed to destroy the Fordow nuclear facility in the mountains.
​  The US has them. And an Israeli official told Axios that “the US could still join the operation, and that President Trump even suggested he would do so if necessary when he spoke to Netanyahu in the days leading up to the attack.”
​  "But a White House spokesman denied that, telling Axios that Trump had said the opposite​".​..
..The plan all along was obviously to goad Iran into an overwhelming response that would somehow incite the US to enter the war on behalf of Israel, in order to finish off Iran. The nuclear program was likely a false target, the real objective being the total overthrow of Iran’s leadership and the fomenting of civilian uprisings throughout the country to bring Iran to heel under a Western puppet-led government...
​..Trump stands poised on the knife’s edge of one of his most historically critical decisions—whether to betray the mandate of the American people and consign his second term and dwindling legacy to the trash heap of history, or to pull back on the strings of Miriam Adelson and other donors and show a spine in standing up for the real ‘America First’ vision he promised.​..
..What if Trump was actually setting a trap for Israel the entire time? Israel had expected the US to join in and “finish off Iran”, while Trump could now pull the rug from under them, leaving Israel to its devices and instead letting Iran finish Israel off—or at least facilitate the deposition of the Bibi regime. Could it be?​ ...  I have it as 70/30 chance that saner heads prevail in the US with Trump electing to not enter the war.​   https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/true-promise-3-iran-responds-with

Take with a grain of salt, but likely:  Trump Vetoed Israeli Plan To Assassinate Ayatollah Khamenei: Report​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-vetoed-israeli-plan-assassinate-ayatollah-khamenei-us-officials

​  Trump Hints At 'Possible' US Entry Into War Amid Stepped-Up Israeli Daytime Attacks On Tehran
​  President Trump in fresh comments to ABC News has begun to change the White House tune a little, as he now says it's 'possible' the US 'could get involved' in the Israel-Iran conflict.
​  He told ABC's Rachel Scott that "it's possible we could get involved" - however he emphasized that the US military is "not at this moment involved" in the conflict. He pivoted to calling for peaceful resolution, saying the US would be "open" to Russian President Vladimir Putin being a mediator in. "He is ready. He called me about it. We had a long talk about it."​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-hints-possible-us-entry-war-amid-stepped-israeli-daytime-attacks-tehran

Online Poll Highlights 90 Percent of Respondents Do Not Want USA Involved in Israel War Against Iran​   https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/06/13/remarkable-online-poll-highlights-90-percent-of-respondents-do-not-want-usa-involved-in-israel-war-against-iran/#more-273042

​  Celia Farber, late Friday:  Surreal Scenes As Iran And Houthi's Bombard Tel Aviv With Hypersonic Missiles, And Israel Fires Back, From Densely Populated Areas; Sirens Activated Across Israel—Did US Plan Attack With Israel?
​  Yemeni People Watch Bombardments On Large Public Screen, And Tomorrow, Planned, Synchronized "Civil War," May Kick Off Across US. Other Than That, Everything Is Fine​   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/surreal-scenes-as-iran-and-houthis

Non-nuclear target of convenience​?:  Israel Attack Targets Refinery At Iran's Giant South Pars Gas Field​   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/israel-attack-targets-refinery-irans-giant-south-pars-gas-field

​  "Now a war of attrition between Israel and Iran" per Military Summary, with US supplying Israel and Russia and China supplying Iran, likely with air to air missiles, which were effective when used by Pakistan against Indian fighter jets recently.  China Has Started Supplying Weapons To Iran Sumy Front Collapses Military Summary For 2025.06.15   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq_lVtuVpcg

‘We Knew Everything,’ Trump Tells Reuters about Israel’s Strikes on Iran​   https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/reuters/20250614-263711/

​  Celia Farber,  Time Of Israel Reports That Trump Tricked Iran With Decoy Diplomacy: "Donald Trump Has Established Himself In The Last 48 Hours As A Liar." Larry Johnson, Former CIA Analyst, To Andrew Napolitano
​  "Why do you think that Donald Trump kept up this pretense of being a man of peace while planning this dastardly attack for months with Bibi Netanyahu?" Napolitano Asks Wilkerson, And Other Guests​.   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/time-of-israel-reports-that-trump

​  Putin and Trump discuss Iran and Ukraine – Kremlin​:  The Russian and US presidents spoke by phone on Saturday
​  The Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov called the conversation “meaningful, frank, and most importantly, very useful.” Putin condemned Israel’s strikes on Friday, particularly noting that they occurred just before nuclear negotiations between Iran and the US scheduled for June 15, he said.
​  “Despite such a complicated situation, the Russian and American presidents didn’t rule out a return to the negotiating track on the Iranian nuclear program,” Putin’s aide added.
​  On Friday, Iran confirmed that Israeli attacks killed Major General Hossein Salami, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Major General Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, along with several nuclear scientists. In retaliation, Tehran fired dozens of ballistic missiles into Israel, some of which reportedly breached its air defenses.​   
https://swentr.site/russia/619309-putin-trump-discuss-iran-ukraine/



​Who will last longer?  ISRAEL SAYS IT'S 'STRIKING IRAN' AS MISSILES HIT HAIFA REFINERY   https://iranwire.com/en/news/142142-israel-says-its-striking-iran-as-missiles-hit-haifa-refinery/

​  Iranian missiles land in Haifa, cause fire in strategic site​:
 IRGC telegram channel said a massive fire was ignited in Haifa refinery as a result of Iranian missile attack.   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/233155/Iranian-missiles-land-in-Haifa-cause-fire-in-strategic-site

​Thursday,  Israeli Forces Kill 103 Palestinians in Gaza, Including 21 Aid Seekers   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/06/12/israeli-forces-kill-103-palestinians-in-gaza-including-21-aid-seekers/

Choking Palestinians everywhere: Israel Seals off the Occupied West Bank​   https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5154052-israel-seals-occupied-west-bank

​  The wheels fall off of 'Gideon’s Chariots' in Gaza
Threat after threat came, yet the only thing that continued to materialize was airstrikes that targeted civilians in Gaza.​   https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/the-wheels-fall-off-of--gideon-s-chariots--in-gaza

​  Meryl Nass MD,  Israel has been saying Iran is about to get a nuclear weapon for 30 years. Israel did take out Iraq's nuclear facility in 1981. Vanunu said Israel had over 100 nuclear weapons back in 1986.
​Mordechai Vanunu, an Israeli nuclear technician, was kidnapped in Italy and spent most of the rest of his life in an Israeli jail for this.​   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/israel-has-been-saying-iran-is-about

​  China will keep supplying Iran with weapons on credit for oil contracts:  China warns of ‘serious consequences’ after Israeli strikes on Iran, urges de-escalation   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/china-warns-of-serious-consequences-after-israeli-strikes-on-iran-urges-de-escalation/3596460

Not the decisive moment yet:  Battered Hezbollah Says It Will Stay Out Of Iran-Israel Fight   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/battered-hezbollah-stays-it-will-stay-out-iran-israel-fight

​ Is Bibi really in Athens for secret talks?  Iran’s intel breach involves Israeli nuke plans, surveillance, organ trafficking: Report
Tehran has also reportedly obtained access to a ‘secret Mossad archive’ and private information from Netanyahu’s office​   
https://thecradle.co/articles/irans-intel-breach-involves-israeli-nuke-plans-surveillance-organ-trafficking-report

​  Pepe Escobar,  The whole planet is being kept hostage by a death cult
Let’s cut to the chase. The devastating attack on Iran by the psychopathological genocidal “chosen” ethno-supremacist set up in Tel Aviv – a de facto declaration of war – was coordinated in detail with the President of the United States, Circus Ringmaster Donald Trump.
​  This infantilism-afflicted Narcissus Drowned in the Pool of his Own Image gave away the game, himself, in a rambling post. Selected highlights:
“I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal”. No “deal”; actually his unilateral demands. After all, he torpedoed the original deal, the JCPOA, because it was not his “deal”.
​  “I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told.” The decision to strike had already been made.
“Certain Iranian hardliners spoke bravely, but (…) they are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!” Gloating comes with the territory.
​  “The next already planned attacks being even more brutal.” Total alignment with the trademark Israeli “decapitation” strategy.
“Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire”.​  ...                                                                ..Air defenses are nowhere to be seen. It’s immensely painful to watch.
​  IDF spin – nothing verified so far – claims that some missile silos and mobile complexes were destroyed even before they were placed on combat alert. Yet the fact is that the overwhelming majority of Iran’s vast arsenal of ballistic missiles is stored in deep, deep underground silos and tunnels, capable of withstanding massive air strikes and overloaded air defenses.
​  For the moment, Tehran is eerily silent. That makes sense, because they need, in record time, to re-establish a unified chain of command which was smashed by the attacks; make sure that missile launchers can be deployed and not be neutralized by Israeli air supremacy; reorganize the True Promise 3 operation, which was ready to go, as some of us learned in Tehran last month, but now adapted to the new situation...
..There is no evidence that the attacks destroyed Iran’s nuclear infrastructure – which is buried deep underground. As it stands, the leadership in Tehran is learning the hard way that diplomacy – committees, letters to the UN, statements to the IAEA, ministerial meetings – all that is eviscerated when it comes to the law of the jungle...
..Systematically erasing Iran’s military and diplomatic leadership in a matter of hours fits the rationale of smashing Khamenei’s close circle. That has started long ago with the Trump-ordered killing of Soleimani and certainly includes the mysterious death of former President Raisi and FM Abdollahian in that dodgy helicopter “accident”. It’s all about creating the conditions for regime change...

Israel Says it Deported 6 More Activists Detained on Gaza Aid Boat​   https://english.aawsat.com/world/5153642-israel-says-it-deported-6-more-activists-detained-gaza-aid-boat

​  AI Control of the US Military​:  Following orders will no longer be a concern
​  In the military, a "kill chain" refers to the sequential process of finding, fixing, tracking, targeting, engaging, and assessing a target. And the US military war machine has found that humans are not as willing to kill as much as they’d like them to.
​  After World War II, studies conducted by Brigadier General S.L.A. Marshall showed that only 20% of U.S. infantrymen fired their weapons at the enemy, even when under direct threat. He attributed this to an innate human resistance to killing. He wrote in his book, Men Against Fire, that "the average and healthy individual has such an inner and usually unrealized resistance towards killing a fellow man that…at the vital point he becomes a conscientious objector."​   
https://gregreese.substack.com/p/ai-control-of-the-us-military

​  FBI ON A FRENZIED MISSION TO DELETE AND CENSOR EPSTEIN FILES
FBI agents have been ordered to put aside national security investigations to aid the effort.
​  The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is frantically trying to complete the destruction of the files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation before their public release.
​  Agents are ’working around the clock’ and have even suspended ongoing investigations to process the files, it claimed, citing sources familiar with the efforts.​..
..US President Donald Trump signed an executive order shortly after taking office, mandating the release of the Epstein files along with classified documents related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.​   https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2025/06/13/fbi-on-a-frenzied-mission-to-delete-and-censor-epstein-files/

​  My friends who attended the Austin "No Kings" protest rally said that it was very peaceful, and when one speaker started a divisive assumption in a sentence, a man in front said emphatically, "I don't feel that way". Nobody got beat up .  Texas Prepares For Weekend Protests With National Guard Deployment   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/texas-prepares-weekend-protests-national-guard-deployment

​  As Trump celebrates military, Texans protest president’s aggressive immigration enforcement
Demonstrations in McAllen, Midland, Odessa, Austin and elsewhere in Texas were largely peaceful, as some protests went well into the night.​   
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/14/texas-protests-anti-trump-immigration-no-kings/

​  Celia Farber notes lack of revolutionary fervor (good):  No Kings: A Rigged, Paid Uprising That Seems To Be Playing Out Like A Rigged, Paid Uprising
On June 14, 2025, The Day After Israel's Strike On Iran, With Gaza Under Never Ceasing Bombardment, This Thing Is Sour, Wet, and Irrelevant​   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/no-kings-a-rigged-paid-uprising-as

Thursday:  “F*ck ICE!” – Anti-ICE Protesters Surround Los Angeles Hotel Full of Federal Agents After Front Desk Clerk Outs Their Location​   https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/fck-ice-anti-ice-protesters-surround-los-angeles/


​Thursday:  DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Mobilize IRS to Los Angeles to HUNT DOWN Who’s FUNDING the Riots   https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-mobilize-irs-los-angeles/

Friday, "Criminals-First" intentions:  Border Czar Tom Homan Discusses In-Depth Border Security and Deportation Operations   https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/06/13/border-czar-tom-homan-discusses-in-depth-border-security-and-deportation-operations/#more-273034

No payout, that I can tell:  Dark-Money Network Funneled Millions Into 'No Kings' Nationwide Color Revolution Operation   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dark-money-network-funneled-millions-no-kings-nationwide-color-revolution-operation

House Republicans Probe China-Based Billionaire Allegedly Bankrolling Anti-ICE Riots​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/house-republicans-probe-ccp-linked-billionaire-allegedly-bankrolling-anti-ice-riots

It's real and it's authoritarian. Choose which evil master?  'Open Secret': Zuckerberg’s New AI Chief Warns Of China's Unprecedented Tech Theft Operation​   ​  https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/open-secret-zuckerbergs-new-ai-chief-warns-chinas-unprecedented-tech-theft-operation

​  Every body accepted obligates Ukrainian payments to the family of the deceased.  Russia returns bodies of 1,200 more Ukrainians as part of POW swap
The exchange stems from the Istanbul talks deal, but Russia claims Ukraine is not upholding its part of the agreement.​   https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/15/russia-returns-bodies-of-1200-more-ukrainians-as-part-of-pow

​Friday:  Sex Crimes Spark Three Nights Of Anti-Immigration Riots In Northern Ireland   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/sex-crimes-spark-three-nights-anti-immigration-riots-n-ireland

FBI Dallas Arrests Hundreds of Online Sexual Child Predators in Major Takedown​   https://basedunderground.com/2025/06/12/fbi-dallas-arrests-hundreds-of-online-sexual-child-predators-in-major-takedown/

​  When a cell runs out of telomeres, it is in terminal decline:  Vitamin D Reduces Telomere Attrition
A new 5-year study shows that Vitamin D supplementation preserves telomere length and significantly reduces cancer and autoimmune disease risks, which may prevent/reverse Spike Protein damage.​   https://wmcresearch.substack.com/p/friday-hope-vitamin-d-reduces-telomere

  ​A Midwestern Doctor suggests trying DMSO on some of those things, as do I:  What They Don’t Tell Us About Treating Pain
Exposing the pain industry and the forgotten treatments for pain​   https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-they-dont-tell-us-about-treating

​  Charles sent this reality check:  A business owner tested if customers would pay more for American-made. The results were 'sobering.'
  To move everything over to the US, he had to find four to six separate suppliers who would handle various aspects of the production process, he said. All told, he found it would cost three times as much to produce — more than the cost of simply paying the tariff.
​  Armed with real numbers, he set out to do a test with two identical products, with the only difference being their origin and, critically, their price. Visitors to Afina's website were presented with the option of a Chinese-made item for $129 or a US-made version for $239...
​..He said that after several days and more than 25,000 visitors, he sold 584 lower-priced shower heads and not a single US-made version.​   https://finance.yahoo.com/news/business-owner-tested-customers-pay-095701095.html

​Vaccine-myocarditis is generally worse:  Landmark Analysis Dissolves 3 Major Myths About COVID Vaccine–Induced Myocarditis   https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/landmark-analysis-dissolves-3-major

Hunkering Down  (pictured in the sprawling garden, with pears, after some rain)