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Stock market news today: Stocks slip as rally takes breather
Stocks pulled back on Monday after a blistering rally in November, with the key monthly jobs report on the horizon.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) lost 0.5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) shed 0.1%, or roughly 40 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) fell about 0.8%, leading the way down.
Stocks rallied last month, lifting the gauges to five weekly wins in a row, as investors stuck with the idea that the Federal Reserve would start cutting rates early next year. Those expectations have also dragged down Treasury yields in recent days, even after Fed Chair Jerome Powell pushed back against talk of an end to rate hikes.
Both stocks and bonds are now in retreat on Wall Street as a growing chorus of analysts warn that the rally in those assets is overdone. The 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) was up 6 basis points to about 4.28%.
The November jobs report, scheduled for release Friday, could also take the wind out of the rally's sails, depending on whether the data contradicts the notion the Fed is done with hikes. Cooling in the labor market is a key factor in policymakers' decision making.
Read more: What the Fed rate-hike pause means for bank accounts, CDs, loans, and credit cards
Elsewhere in markets, those Fed pivot hopes helped boost bitcoin (BTC-USD) prices to top $41,000, levels last seen before the 2022 crypto rout. Other digital currencies also gained amid expectations the SEC will greenlight US spot bitcoin ETFs in January.
-Hamza Shaban, Karen Friar and Josh Schafer, yahoo!finance
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Former US ambassador accused of being Cuban spy – AP
A former US diplomat who previously served as Washington’s ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested on suspicion of secretly working on behalf of the Cuban government, the Associated Press has reported.
Manuel Rocha, 73, was detained in Miami on Friday, the AP reported on Sunday, as part of a long-running FBI counterintelligence operation. Further information on the charges against Rocha is expected to become known at a public court appearance on Monday, the news agency said, citing information provided by two anonymous sources with knowledge of the case.
The report added that the Justice Department’s charges against Rocha state that he worked to promote the interests of the Cuban government. Federal law requires anyone working on behalf of a foreign power from within the US government infrastructure to register with the Justice Department under the terms of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
The Justice Department, which has in recent years attempted to crack down on illegal foreign lobbying in Washington, declined to comment when contacted by the AP. Neither Rocha nor anyone representing him has so far commented on the charges against him.
The US has for decades had strained diplomatic relations with Cuba and maintains a commercial, economic, and financial embargo on Havana that makes it illegal for US corporations to do business with the country.
Peter Strzok, former deputy assistant director of the FBI counterintelligence division, said in a post to social media following news of the arrest, “From Rocha to the Cuban 5 to Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers to Ana Montes, to a remarkable run of success in running double agents, the Cuban Intelligence services are very, very good.”
The Colombian-born and Ivy League-educated Rocha is a more than two-decade veteran of the United States’ foreign services, with much of his work having been focused on Latin America. In 1997, he was appointed Washington’s top diplomat in Argentina before a 2000 appointment as US ambassador to Bolivia.
He later drew scorn from locals in 2002 when he intervened in Bolivia’s presidential race, warning that the US may cut off aid to the economically underdeveloped country if former coca grower Evo Morales was elected.
Rocha’s comments, which Bolivians saw as an attempt to enshrine US interests in the region further, largely backfired and bolstered support for Morales. Rocha’s successor was expelled three years later after Morales gained power, accusing the US envoy of seeking to incite a “civil war.”
-RT News
The UN Is Threatening Privacy Under Pretense of New Cybercrime Treaty
The US digital rights group EFF is describing the latest UN Cybercrime Treaty draft as “a significant step backward” and a case of “perilously broadening its scope beyond the cybercrimes specifically defined in the convention, encompassing a long list of non-cybercrimes.”
This “dance” – with some reported progress, for things to then again get worse – is not exactly new in the now lengthy process of negotiating the document, amid criticism not only from observers among the involved rights non-profits, but also UN member-countries.
EFF is also convinced that these latest developments are not accidental, i.e., a case of oversight, but rather an essentially purposeful wrong step that diminishes chances of the treaty, once/if adopted being the result of proper consensus.
When it all started, the Treaty was presented as a “standardized” manner for the world to combat cybercrime.
What has been happening in the meanwhile, though, is a seemingly never-ending stream of additions and expansions of the document’s original powers, to the point where it has now, in the words of EFF, “morphed into an expansive surveillance treaty.”
A major concern is what EFF calls possible overreach as national and international investigations are carried out. And instead of improving on these concerns, the new draft is said to have held on to past controversial rules, only to add even more.
This time, it’s in the form of “allowing states to compel engineers or employees to undermine security measures, posing a threat to encryption.”
Specifically, the UN’s newest version of the proposal, if adopted, would mean that data that is located abroad could be accessed even if that violated the host nation’s privacy protections.
In these portions that are of grave concern to rights groups, the draft builds on previous contentious provisions, namely, broadening the scope of cross-border investigations (collection and sharing of evidence) so that it includes any crime deemed serous – and that scope includes instances of crimes (whose definition) “blatantly violates human rights law.”
Now, these powers are extended, such that even crimes not covered by the previous versions of the treaty can be investigated and prosecuted; hence the allegation of overreach.
The reason EFF takes all this as a major step back in the tortuous process is the very nature of the disagreements: the key one on which member-countries can’t see eye to eye has to do with the future treaty’s scope; and then there’s the question of whether human rights matter at all in the big picture here.
“(The latest draft) is primed to facilitate abuses on a global scale, through extensive cross border powers to investigate virtually any imaginable ‘crime’ – like peaceful dissent or expression of sexual orientation – while undermining the treaty’s purpose of addressing genuine cybercrime,” commented Human Rights Watch Associate Director Deborah Brown, adding:
“Governments should not rush to conclude this treaty without ensuring that it elevates, rather than sacrifices, our fundamental rights.”
-Didi Rankovic, Reclaim The Net
Remington Closes Up Shop in NY After 200 Years, Heads for More Welcoming Red State
By Bryan Chai, The Western Journal
One of the most fascinatingly infuriating idioms of the left is their utter inability to think more than a single step — if even that — ahead.
To the left, every issue can be “solved” with some sort of emotional outburst or half-baked plan, irrespective of any potential consequences three or four steps down the road.
And few examples make that clearer than the left’s never-ending crusade against the Second Amendment.
To the far left, getting rid of guns will somehow stop all wanton murder in the country.
Now, if you were to say that getting rid of unjust murder in America was your ultimate end goal, in and of itself, that’s a perfectly noble, if not naive, goal.
he issue is that the left has utterly convinced itself that the only way to stop murder on a meaningful level in the country is to outlaw guns or harass perfectly law-abiding citizens.
Spoiler alert: This should go without saying, but harassing law-abiding citizens and outlawing guns will do less than nothing to deter the criminal element. Just look at the frequency and size of shootings in states with restrictive gun laws.
But apart from the inefficiency of the left’s “solution” to America’s issues, they are also incapable of thinking on a more macro level.
Do you know what happens when you spend ceaseless breath attacking someone’s integrity, character, and purpose in society on a daily basis? That someone will tend not to like you very much and probably look to get away from you.
And that’s exactly what the iconic RemArms, the current iteration of the historic Remington Arms Company, and one of the most recognizable and largest gun manufacturers in the country, has decided to do with one of its New York facilities.
Ilion, which is a village in Herkimer County, New York, will be losing its facility in March 2024 according to letters sent to union leaders obtained by the Utica Observer-Dispatch.
-The Gateway Pundit
WHO asks Israel to spare Gaza warehouse
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has notified the World Health Organization that its personnel must evacuate a medical warehouse in southern Gaza, WHO head Dr. Tedros Adhenom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. The WHO has asked the country's military to reconsider.
Israeli troops resumed operations in the Palestinian enclave on Saturday, targeting the south of Gaza after a humanitarian ceasefire with Hamas expired.
The IDF sent the WHO a note to “remove our supplies from our medical warehouse in southern Gaza within 24 hours, as ground operations will put it beyond use,” Tedros wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
“We appeal to Israel to withdraw the order, and take every possible measure to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and humanitarian facilities,” the WHO director added.
West Jerusalem declared war on Hamas almost two months ago, after the October 7 incursion by the Palestinian group that claimed the lives of an estimated 1,200 Israelis. Up to 250 were also taken captive by the militants. Some of those hostages were later released – or exchanged for Palestinian prisoners – during the “humanitarian pause” which lasted from November 24-30.
After air and artillery strikes, Israel eventually sent ground troops into Gaza, cutting the enclave in half and blowing up the Palestinian parliament building in mid-November.
The attack on the south will be “no less powerful” than the attack on the north, IDF Chief of Staff General Herzi Halevi said on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the head of Israeli security service Shin Bet, Ronen Bar, has vowed to hunt down every member of Hamas “everywhere, in Gaza, in the West Bank, in Lebanon, in Turkey, in Qatar,” even if it takes “years” to do so.
According to the Gaza health authority, at least 15,200 civilians have been killed as the result of Israeli operations, around 70% of them women and children. With the enclave’s healthcare system in ruins, the exact toll might be even higher, they said.
-RT News
Israel Could Face Strategic Defeat Says Pentagon Chief
In a speech at the Reagan National Defence Forum in Simi Valley, California Pentagon Chief Lloyd J. Austin III said that Israel could face strategic defeat if Palestinian civilians are not protected.
Israel has the military edge, but Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin has caused some controversy by claiming that Israel will suffer a “strategic defeat” if civilian deaths in Gaza don’t decrease. Since the beginning of the conflict, nearly 15,200 people have perished in Gaza, the majority of them women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
Even by reasonable estimates, the number of civilian casualties is in the multiple thousands, despite the White House challenging the Palestinian side’s official death toll. The New York Times said in a contentious story titled “Gaza Civilians, Under Israeli Barrage, Are Being Killed at Historic Pace” that since October 7, more civilians died in Gaza than in Ukraine following nearly two years of a bloody conflict with Russia.
IN HIS REMARKS ON SATURDAY, LLOYD AUSTIN EMPHASISED THE LONG-TERM RAMIFICATIONS OF THE MASS KILLING OF CIVILIANS AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY FOR FURTHER RADICALIZATION OF AN ENTIRE SOCIETY IN ADDITION TO THE IMPENDING INTERNATIONAL BACKLASH:
“THE CENTER OF GRAVITY IS THE CIVILIAN POPULATION AND IF YOU DRIVE THEM INTO THE ARMS OF THE ENEMY, YOU REPLACE A TACTICAL VICTORY WITH A STRATEGIC DEFEAT,” AUSTIN SAID IN A SPEECH AT THE REAGAN NATIONAL DEFENSE FORUM IN SIMI VALLEY, CALIF., ON SATURDAY.
THE SECRETARY ADDED THAT HE HAS PERSONALLY PUSHED ISRAELI LEADERS TO AVOID CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, PREVENT VIOLENCE TO SETTLERS IN THE WEST BANK.
“WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS ISRAEL TO PROTECT CIVILIANS AND TO ENSURE THE ROBUST FLOW OF HUMANITARIAN AID,” HE ADDED.
—The Hill
Austin underlined that the US will always defend Israel and that it will remain its “closest friend in the world” despite this extremely unusual observation and warning. Washington’s support for Israel, he continued, is still “crystal clear.”
-Great Game India
3 commercial ships hit by missiles in Houthi attack in Red Sea, US warship downs 3 drones
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck three commercial ships Sunday in the Red Sea, while a U.S. warship shot down three drones in self-defense during the hourslong assault, the U.S. military said. The Iranian-backed Houthis claimed two of the attacks.
The strikes marked an escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war, as multiple vessels found themselves in the crosshairs of a single Houthi assault for the first time in the conflict. The U.S. vowed to “consider all appropriate responses” in the wake of the attack, specifically calling out Iran, after tensions have been high for years now over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.
“These attacks represent a direct threat to international commerce and maritime security,” the U.S. military’s Central Command said in a statement. “They have jeopardized the lives of international crews representing multiple countries around the world.”
It added: “We also have every reason to believe that these attacks, while launched by the Houthis in Yemen, are fully enabled by Iran.”
The attack began around 9:15 a.m. local time (0615 GMT) in Houthi-controlled Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, Central Command said.
The USS Carney, a Navy destroyer, detected a ballistic missile fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen at the Bahamas-flagged bulk carrier Unity Explorer. The missile hit near the ship, the U.S. said. Shortly afterward, the Carney shot down a drone headed its way, although it’s not clear if the destroyer was the target, Central Command said.
About 30 minutes later, the Unity Explorer was hit by a missile. While responding to its distress call, the Carney shot down another incoming drone. Central Command said the Unity Explorer sustained minor damage from the missile.
Two other commercial ships, the Panamanian-flagged bulk carriers Number 9 and Sophie II, were both struck by missiles. The Number 9 reported some damage but no casualties, and the Sophie II reported no significant damage, Central Command said.
While sailing to assist the Sophie II around 4:30 p.m. local time (1330 GMT), the Carney shot down another drone heading in its direction. The drones did no damage.
-Jon Gambrell, AP News
Traders were told of Hamas attack on Israel in advance and 'profited from tragic events', researchers claim
Israeli authorities are investigating claims some investors may have known in advance about the Hamas plan to attack Israel on 7 October and used that information to make hundreds of millions of pounds.
Research by US law professors Robert Jackson Jr and Joshua Mitts, from New York University and Columbia University respectively, found significant short-selling of shares leading up to the massacre, which triggered a war that has raged for nearly two months.
"Days before the attack, traders appeared to anticipate the events to come," the authors wrote, citing short interest in the MSCI Israel Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) they say "suddenly, and significantly, spiked" on 2 October.
"And just before the attack, short selling of Israeli securities on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) increased dramatically," they added.
The Israel Securities Authority told Reuters: "The matter is known to the authority and is under investigation by all the relevant parties."
The researchers said short-selling prior to 7 October "exceeded the short-selling that occurred during numerous other periods of crisis", including the recession following the financial crisis of 2008, the 2014 Israel-Gaza war and the COVID-19 pandemic.
They gave the example of Leumi, Israel's largest bank, which saw 4.43 million new shares sold short over the 14 September to 5 October period, yielding profits of 3.2bn shekels (£680m) on that additional short-selling.
"Although we see no aggregate increase in shorting of Israeli companies on US exchanges, we do identify a sharp and
unusual increase, just before the attacks, in trading in risky short-dated options on these companies expiring just after the attacks," they said.-Samuel Osborne, Sky News
US Will Stop Giving Money To Ukraine... In 3 Weeks
The headlines keep getting worse in terms of Ukraine's future prospects, with the latest featuring urgent White House warnings communicated to Congress over stalled Ukraine aid.
"We are out of money — and nearly out of time," wrote the Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young to Congressional leaders in a letter made public Monday. There are a mere few weeks left before the US must stop giving money to Ukraine. Young warned that the sudden end to aid will "kneecap" Ukraine on the battlefield.
Image Credit: Reuters
President Biden has been seeking a whopping $106 billion aid package chiefly for Ukraine and Israel. But budget director Young says the proverbial writing is on the wall amid GOP resistance.
"Without congressional action, by the end of the year we will run out of resources to procure more weapons and equipment for Ukraine and to provide equipment from US military stocks," Young wrote. "There is no magical pot of funding available to meet this moment. We are out of money — and nearly out of time," she said.
At a moment of soaring food and cost of living prices, amid a continually weaking US dollar under the Biden administration, taxpaying Americans might not be too pleased with the White House referencing a "magical pot" of funding... as if tens of billions handed to Kiev thus far merely 'magically' materialized out of nowhere.
"Cutting off the flow of US weapons and equipment will kneecap Ukraine on the battlefield, not only putting at risk the gains Ukraine has made, but increasing the likelihood of Russian military victories," Young continued."Already, our packages of security assistance have become smaller and the deliveries of aid have become more limited . . . while our allies around the world have stepped up to do more, US support is critical and cannot be replicated by others."
Yet, we should point out that Ukraine forces have been unable to advance even after being handed America's longer-range missiles, state of the art drones, anti-air defenses, and intelligence assistance to boot. Some US government entities and officials have already begun to redefine what 'victory' looks like as the goal posts continually change.
Congressional Republicans, responsible for having blocked and held up Biden's Ukraine funding, have only grown more skeptical also as Israel takes the spotlight.
-Tyler Durden, Zerohedge
Israeli army says taking ‘aggressive’ action in southern Gaza
The Israeli army said Monday it was taking “aggressive” action against “Hamas and other terrorist organisations” in Khan Yunis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, where it has been widely expected to begin ground operations.
The advance of Israeli forces meant that in the north and east of the city, civilians could no longer travel along the Salah al-Din road that runs through the Palestinian territory, it said. The road “constitutes a battlefield, so it is extremely dangerous to go there”, it warned.
-Insider Paper
Two US Navy men arrested on China spying charges
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Two serving members of the US Navy have been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, the Department of Justice said Thursday.
The men are suspecting of selling secret information to Beijing that included manuals for warships and their weapons systems, as well as blueprints for a radar system and plans for a huge US military exercise.
“These arrests are a reminder of the relentless, aggressive efforts of the People’s Republic of China to undermine our democracy and threaten those who defend it,” said Suzanne Turner of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division, which was involved in the sting.
China “compromised enlisted personnel to secure sensitive military information that could seriously jeopardize US national security.”
In a press release, the Department of Justice said sailor Jinchao Wei, who served on the amphibious assault ship the USS Essex in San Diego, had handed over dozens of documents, photos and videos detailing the operation of ships and their systems.
These included technical and mechanical manuals that dealt with the weaponry of his own vessel.
The 22-year-old, who is alleged to have been paid thousands of dollars for the information, faces possible life in jail if convicted.
In a separate case, the DoJ said Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, 26, had spied for China for nearly two years from his perch at Naval Base Ventura County, north of Los Angeles.
Zhao is alleged to have been paid almost $15,000 by a Chinese intelligence agent for information about a large-scale US military exercise in the Indo-Pacific, including details on the timing and location of amphibious landings.
He is also alleged to have handed over electrical diagrams and blueprints for a radar system at a US military base in southern Japan, where the United States has a large military presence.
“By sending this sensitive military information to an intelligence officer employed by a hostile foreign state, the defendant betrayed his sacred oath to protect our country,” US Attorney Martin Estrada said.
“Unlike the vast majority of US Navy personnel who serve the nation with honor, distinction and courage, Mr. Zhao chose to corruptly sell out his colleagues and his country.”
If convicted, Zhao faces up to 20 years in jail.
-Insider Paper
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Governor Abbott Reveals Major Plan to Authorize 'Every Peace Officer in the State of Texas' to Arrest Illegal Immigrants
In a system of federalism, free and sovereign citizens divide power between state and federal governments. Now, thanks to the Texas state government, freedom and federalism stand poised to gain an important victory.
This weekend on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas promised he soon will sign a bill that will make illegally crossing Texas’ border with Mexico a state crime.
“In two weeks, I’ll be signing a new law in the state of Texas that will make it illegal for people to enter the state of Texas from another country illegally and authorizing every peace office in the state of Texas to arrest those people entering our country illegally,” Abbott said.
Were I to advise Abbott on the best way to speak about the new law — not a way that would satisfy lawyers but nonetheless the most constitutional and truthful way — I would encourage him to substitute “entering our state illegally” for “entering our country illegally.” More on that in a moment.
According to The Texas Tribune — an Austin-based news outlet focused on statewide news — the law will have major implications.
Senate Bill 4, approved last month, will authorize Texas police to arrest illegal immigrants on state charges.
Under the legislation, an illegal crossing between ports of entry will result in a Class B misdemeanor. A prior conviction will make the charge a second-degree felony.
State police will not have unlimited discretion, as they should not under any circumstances. For instance, the legislation forbids arrests in places such as secondary schools, churches and health care facilities.
Republican state Rep. David Spiller, who sponsored the bill in the Texas House, also noted the legislation will authorize police to focus only on immigrants who have crossed illegally in the last two to three years. Statutes of limitations will prevent law enforcement officials from targeting any illegal immigrant who arrived before then.
Of course, the usual suspects have lined up to denounce the bill.
According to The Texas Tribune, opponents already have cried “racial profiling.”
In a Nov. 15 statement following the bill’s passage, the National Immigration Law Center complained of “hatemongering and intimidation.”
“Federal courts, including the Supreme Court, have consistently held that the federal government has the sole authority to regulate immigration policy,” the organization said. “The Texas Legislature is wrong to have passed it, and Governor Abbott will be wrong if he signs it.
“We call on Texas to abandon this cruel, illegal scheme and recognize that immigrants make Texas and our nation stronger.”
Readers will quickly dismiss that last bit of sentimental and deceitful rubbish. Legal immigrants do indeed “make Texas and our nation stronger,” but illegal immigrants do not.
-Michael Schwarz, The Western Journal
REVEALED: Inmate charged with stabbing Derek Chauvin was FBI informant
The inmate accused of stabbing Derek Chauvin 22 times at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona has been revealed to be a former FBI informant.
John Turscak, 52, who has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing Chauvin, became an FBI informant in 1997, according to the LA Times.Turscak was sought out by the FBI while he was a member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang. He helped federal authorities with an investigation that resulted in the indictment of more than 40 Mexican Mafia members and associates, the outlet reports.
However, Turscak was dropped as an informant after prosecutors said he admitted to extorting money, dealing drugs, and authorizing assaults while receiving monetary compensation as an informant.
In 2001, Turscak was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to racketeering and conspiring to kill a rival in the prison-based gang.At the time of his sentencing, he slammed the FBI and told US District Court Judge A. Howard Matz: "I didn't commit those crimes for kicks. I did them because I had to if I wanted to stay alive. I told that to the [FBI] agents and they just said, 'Do what you have to do.'"
Turscak has now allegedly admitted to stabbing the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd during an arrest in May 2020 and spoke with FBI agents following the attack on Chauvin.
Prosecutors said that Tursak used an improvised knife and allegedly told authorities he would have killed Chauvin had they not intervened, according to the Associated Press.Prosecutors claim that Turscak later disclosed to FBI agents that he had been contemplating assaulting Chauvin for approximately one month due to the fact that he is a high-profile inmate, but denied intending to murder him.
Turscak informed the agents that he planned to attack Chauvin, 47, on Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving, as a symbolic nod to the Black Lives Matter movement and the "Black Hand" emblem affiliated with the Mexican Mafia gang, prosecutors said, according to the outlet.
Chauvin was sentenced to 252 months in prison, with credit for time served. He pleaded guilty in federal court in December 2021 to "willfully depriving Mr. Floyd of his constitutional right to be free from the use of unreasonable force by a police officer, resulting in Mr. Floyd's bodily injury and death."An autopsy revealed that Floyd, who had been accused of trying to pass a counterfeit bill by a cashier who called police to the scene, had an excessive amount of drugs in his system. In testimony that came out of another case, a staffer stated that there had been pressure to ensure Chauvin was convicted due to the fact that the case had gained national attention. That attention resulted in "defund the police" movements nationwide.
-Katie Daviscourt, The Post Millennial
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Solar storms powerful enough to directly impact our infrastructure are more common than previously thought
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New research suggests that the occurrence of super solar storms, like the famous Carrington Event, maybe more frequent than initially believed, Forbes reported.
Super solar storms and their surprising regularity
Solar flares, which are powerful bursts of charged particles shooting toward Earth, can lead to super solar storms that mess with our planet’s magnetic field.
The biggest and wildest space storm ever recorded is called the Carrington Event, back in September 1859, Washington Post reported. Named after a British astronomer, this storm caused colorful lights, or auroras, even as far as Tahiti. It was a big surprise because usually, auroras stick to the Earth’s poles.
The storm also played havoc with the world’s telegraph systems, causing messages to come to a sudden stop. In the weeks that followed, colorful lights appeared even close to the equator during the day. Luckily, back then, when electronic devices weren’t widespread, the damage was minimal.
People used to think the Carrington Event was a rare and unique event, but now scientists are finding out that might not be the case.
A group of scientists from nine countries teamed up to study a not-so-famous solar storm called the Chapman-Silverman event, named after two astronomers who first gathered data on it.
This storm, which hit Earth back in February 1872, turned out to be a big deal. The scientists discovered that powerful solar storms, capable of messing with our technology, happen more often than we realized.
Monitoring solar threats today
Today, the Space Weather Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration keeps a close eye on solar activity and its potential impact on our infrastructure. Power grids and satellite communications are particularly vulnerable to interference and disruptions.
Researchers have connected numerous reports of unusual light phenomena with measurements of the Earth’s geomagnetic field and records of sunspots. This connection revealed that all these events were linked to a peak in solar activity.
By meticulously sifting through records in libraries, archives, and observatory reports worldwide, the team unearthed over 700 accounts describing breathtaking auroral displays in Japan, the U.S., Australia, India, Mexico, Madagascar, and Europe.
Auroras happen when charged particles from the sun interact with Earth’s atmosphere. The extensive visibility of the 1872 aurora suggests that the solar storm behind it was exceptionally powerful.
-Insider Paper
NOAA: Massive Coronal Hole on Sun Likely to Cause ‘Moderate’ Geomagnetic Storm
Solar observers are sounding the alarm on a massive hole spotted on the sun which scientists say will cause a geomagnetic storm and send high-speed solar wind streams to Earth.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Saturday issued a news update that the coronal hole would cause “moderate” and “minor” geomagnetic storming on Earth on Monday and Tuesday respectively.
NOAA classifies solar storms on a scale from G1 to G5, with G5 storms being the most extreme which could cause electrical issues and grid collapse and could inhibit tracking satellites.
-Adan Salazar, Infowars
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Hundreds Of Illegal Chinese-Owned Marijuana Operations Taking Over Maine
Authored by Jana J. Pruet via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Hundreds of illegal Chinese-owned marijuana growing operations have been popping up across Maine over the past three years.
On Tuesday, Nov. 28, local law enforcement shut down an illegal marijuana grow that was being operated in a building located behind a licensed marijuana cultivation facility in Franklin County.
Officers from the Wilton Police Department were assisting investigators from the Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) during a routine follow-up inspection of a licensed facility in Wilton when they raided the illegal operation, authorities said in a press release posted on social media.
"It's a place that has been on the radar," State Rep. Mike Sobeleski (R) told The Epoch Times, adding that he had visited the facility previously. The Republican lawmaker said he had learned about the raid just minutes before Tuesday's interview with The Epoch Times to discuss the illegal marijuana operations being run by Chinese nationals throughout the state.
Earlier this month, a man identifying himself as the property manager told the Maine Wire that the building was being used to grow marijuana and that operators paid about $30,000 per month in rent.
He also reportedly told the news outlet that the facility was being run by four Asian men who claimed they were from New York, California, Washington, and Massachusetts.
The property owner "has no connection to the internal operations of either the licensed or unlicensed marijuana cultivation facility," according to authorities. The building is the former Bass Shoe Factory and is currently on the market for $6 million.
The facility had been under investigation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for possible ties to Asian transnational organized crime, the Maine Wire reported.
Marijuana is legal for recreational use for adults 21 and over in Maine. State law also allows adult residents to grow up to three mature plants and 12 immature plants for personal use.
OCP is responsible for the licensing, compliance, and general oversight of legalized cannabis for medical and adult use in the state.
In July, state law enforcement had identified 270 suspected illegal marijuana operations with an estimated revenue of $4.37 billion, according to an internal federal law enforcement document that was being circulated among Border Patrol agents. The Daily Caller originally reported the information after it obtained a copy of the memo.
In response to the reports, lawmakers in Maine sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting information about the alleged illegal Chinese marijuana growing operations.
“These illegal growing operations are detrimental to Maine businesses that comply with State laws, and we urge the Department of Justice (DOJ) to shut them down,” Republican Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins, along with Democratic Reps. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree wrote in their letter dated Aug. 24.
They posed a series of questions regarding the agency’s knowledge of the alleged Chinese connection to the illegal growing operations and what actions the DOJ is taking to shut them down across the state.
-Tyler Durden, Zerohedge
US commits to shutting down its coal plants during COP28
The Biden Administration is forging ahead with its green agenda by committing the United States to not building any new coal plants and phasing out existing plants.
U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry announced at the annual United Nations climate change summit, known as COP28 and which is being held in Dubai, although no date was given for when the existing plants would have to go.
"We will be working to accelerate unabated coal phase-out across the world, building stronger economies and more resilient communities," Kerry said in a statement.
"The first step is to stop making the problem worse: stop building new unabated coal power plants."
Kerry said America was joining the Powering Past Coal Alliance, a pact of nearly 60 countries that have promised to accelerate the phasing out of coal-fired power stations, except the very few that have carbon capture and storage.
Kerry said the action forms part of America’s plan to limit global warming to 1.5 Celsius.
As of October, just under 20% of the U.S. electricity is powered by coal, according to the Department of Energy. The amount of coal burned in the United States last year was less than half what it was in 2008.
Last month President Biden said that coal plants "all across America" will be shut down, to be replaced with wind and solar.
A move to close down coal plants in the U.S. is already underway as federal clean energy tax credits and regulations make it harder for operators to compete economically.
-Michael Dorgan, Fox News
Pfizer Facing Lawsuits Over Failure to Disclose DNA Sequence In Its COVID-19 Vaccines.
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is facing the threat of multiple major lawsuits after it failed to disclose information about a DNA sequence used in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to regulators.
Testing by independent researchers at Health Canada earlier this year identified the presence of Simian Virus 40 (SV40) – used to enhance gene transcription during the vaccine manufacturing process – despite Pfizer failing to highlight its inclusion – a fact confirmed by both Canadian and European regulators. The United States Food and Drug Association refused to disclose whether it knew about the DNA sequence, however.
There is considerable disagreement on whether the DNA sequence is harmful to humans, with some scientists arguing it may have caused a number of adverse effects, including some cancers, whereas others suggest its inclusion is harmless.
The COVID-19 vaccinations fall under the protection of the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PERP), which protects vaccine manufacturers for the most part from legal liability.
However, pharmaceutical companies can be sued for “wilful misconduct,” which incorporates acts “intentionally to achieve a wrongful purpose,” providing some legal ground from which a lawsuit may be filed.
“I think what we have here is willful misconduct,” argues Mat Staver, chairman of Liberty Counsel, which has already been involved in multiple lawsuits over coronavirus vaccines. “I can’t imagine that the FDA knew about this. There’s nothing in the FDA documents that would that I am aware of yet where they knew about this contaminant.”
-Jake Welch, The National Pulse
An Aviation Disaster in the Making
Fellow Substack author Dr. Kevin Stillwagon just reported a close shave with catastrophe on American Airlines flight 755 from Paris to Philadelphia on November 29, 2023. As Dr. Stillwagon described the situation:
The First Officer who was the flying pilot on American Airlines flight 755 from Paris to Philadelphia on November 29th, had a seizure that stiffened his legs and back, jamming his feet under the rudder pedals on short final approach. The captain immediately took over flying duties and there was no loss of aircraft control. The relief pilot who was required to be on the flight deck during landing was able to remove the unconscious pilot from the seat with the help of the purser. The relief pilot occupied the seat for a normal landing and taxi to the gate.
Dr. Stillwagon substantiated his report with an audio recording of the captain speaking with Air Traffic Control about the medical emergency, which you can listen to on his post.
As reported by fellow Substack author, Dr. William Makis, this incident was the fourth pilot incapacitation in two weeks.
Nov.26, 2023 - Ryanair Flight FR-3472 (LTN-RZE) from London Luton, UK to Rzeszow (Poland) on Nov.26, 2023, one of the pilots became incapacitated, plane diverted to Krakow and landed safely
Nov.20, 2023 - Air Transat Flight TS-186 (YYZ-PUJ) from Toronto, Canada to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - pilot became incapacitated and was replaced by a pilot passenger
Nov.16, 2023 - Air India Pilot Death - 37 year old Air India Pilot Captain Himanil Kumar had cardiac arrest at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport during training.
In my effort to understand what is going on with such pilot incapacitations, I spoke with Australian veteran pilot Shane Murdock, who recently published a fascinating paper titled: Impending Disaster in the Global Aviation Industry, which I highly recommend reading.
Captain Murdock also supplied with me with a recent whistleblower report about COVID-19 vaccine adverse events in New Zealand. The whistleblower’s story is so shocking—and the scale of the crime he claims has been perpetrated so huge—that I feel obliged to make sure his assertions can be independently validated before I share them. Stay tuned for a later post on this rapidly developing story.
For now, please watch my interview with Shane Murdock and share it with your friends.
-John Leake, Courageous Discourse
“Fall of the Cabal” Author, Janet Ossebaard is Missing.
Stop World Control has reported – “Janet Ossebaard is missing and possibly committed suicide.” they continue,”It is with deep sadness that we must inform you that our good friend Janet Ossebaard has been missing for several weeks. I share this with the approval of Cyntha Koeter, (her partner) with whom we are in close contact. For quite some time Janet was not doing well, and she left a few weeks ago with the message that she was going to take her own life.“
The announcement from Stop World Control continues below:
In our opinion, Janet Ossebaard and Cyntha Koeter have made one of the greatest contributions to the Great Awakening, with the production of their groundbreaking docuseries THE FALL OF THE CABAL. In this series of highly revealing documentaries they expose the satanic elites, who pull the strings of all governments and major corporations behind the scenes. They do this with a clarity, accuracy and depth previously unheard of.
They were inspired in 2017 by the military operation called Q, which called people worldwide to investigate and expose the extreme crimes of these elites. See the short video below that summarizes what Q stands for:
LEARN MORE ABOUT Q HERE AND HERE.
Janet and Cyntha took the instruction to expose the elites and wake up humanity very seriously and produced dozes of short documentaries. Janet is an award-winning journalist and linguist and Cyntha a former police detective. So they had a lot of experience with in-depth investigations.
The powerful documentary series The Fall of the Cabal explains how everything in our world is deception, and how we are all being lied to by an extremely wealthy and very satanic group of people who are subtly manipulating humanity. This was always dismissed as a conspiracy theory, but these two ladies presented thousands of proofs – irrefutable, verifiable, and extremely carefully documented.
Their purpose was to awaken humanity so that there would be an unprecedented unmasking of this evil, and humanity would join hands to build a better world together, without these evil elites.Emotional exhaustion
Their documentaries were watched by many millions worldwide on YouTube, until they were censored. They moved to Bitchute and Telegram where they continued their mission. Few people have done humanity as great a service as Janet and Cyntha, as their documentaries have activated millions of other researchers to do the same.
Unfortunately Janet had been suffering from emotional exhaustion, and in recent months everything became too much for her. Especially after yet another forced move, she went into a downwards spiral.Two weeks ago she left, without money, without any possessions, without her dog, saying she was going to end her life. Nobody has heard from her since.
We are trying to support Cyntha Koeter as best we can. If Janet is still alive, we pray that she finds peace and hope and knows that there are millions of fellow warriors worldwide who love her and are ready to support her. If she has left earth, we know she is in the joyful embrace of Jesus and the angels, where she may enjoy the reward of her efforts.
We ask your prayers for both Janet and Cyntha. If you can make a financial contribution to help Cyntha during this difficult time, please do so generously. They have always been struggling financially, since being censored, which added to the ongoing pressure. It would be nice if we could grant Cyntha a major blessing. Please click on the button below.Please also keep spreading the historic and groundbreaking documentaries of the Fall of the Cabal everywhere you can. We will continue the fight Janet fought and know that victory is certain. Cyntha Koeter also continues bravely. Make sure to follow her on Telegram.
⚠️ ATTENTION: There is a rumor circulating that Janet Ossebaard was killed by the Cabal, which is false. Also, there is a rumor that she was taken into safety by Q, which is also untrue. Thirdly, as of today her body has not been found, so it is not clear if she has passed away or not. Please refrain from spreading false rumors. We simply ask for prayers and support, and hope that she might still return alive. Thank you.Source – Stop World Control
-Patricia Harrity, The Expose
First Ebola “vaccines” injected into patients in Colorado
The first “live” Ebola vaccines for preventative measures were given to patients at Denver Health in Colorado this past week, marking what Becker’s Hospital Review described as a “milestone movement.”
Back in 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services designated Denver Health as one of 13 Regional Emerging Special Pathogens Treatment Centers in the United States. Denver Health functions as an infectious disease training and care hub for six states in the region.
Denver Health is one of the first health systems in the country to administer the injection, known as Ervebo, which was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration back in 2019 for anyone one-year-old and above.
Even though Ebola is exceptionally rare in the U.S., Big Pharma has been dead set on “vaccinating” the entire country for it. The disease is said to have a mortality rate of between 70 percent and 90 percent when left untreated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“Importation of Ebola disease to the United States by an infected traveler from an outbreak area is a recognized risk with the potential for spread to other people,” the CDC says. “During the 2014-2016 Ebola disease outbreak in West Africa, 11 people were treated for [Ebola] in the U.S., and two of them died. Nine of these cases were imported into the U.S.”
The other two cases the CDC mentioned involved healthcare workers who were treating patients at the time they became infected.
-Ethan Huff, DC Clothesline
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