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January 18, 2024

Prepared on 17 Jan 24 for release on 18 Jan 24

 

Finding Strength in Numbers: Why Building a Mutual Aid Group or Network is Essential

In today’s ever-changing world, it’s becoming increasingly evident that the old saying “strength in numbers” holds true. With the rise of economic hardships such as growing underemployment and unemployment, corporate downsizing and layoffs, small businesses closing, decreased consumer spending, and an increasing risk of world war and supply chain disruption, it’s more important than ever to have a support system in place.

 

WEF Global Risks Report 2024

The Global Risks Report explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade, against a backdrop of rapid technological change, economic uncertainty, a warming planet and conflict. As cooperation comes under pressure, weakened economies and societies may only require the smallest shock to edge past the tipping point of resilience.

 

Putin to Ukraine: "Surrender or everything you've fought for will be destroyed"

On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin had a simple, but stark, message for Ukrainians: “Ukraine's counteroffensive failed. If this continues, the question of their statehood will soon arise.” “Stop fighting and your country will remain the country you love; keep fighting and everything you think you’re fighting for will be destroyed.”

 

Russia's Medvedev: We Will Never Recognize Independent Ukraine

Russia will never recognize Ukraine as an "independent state," meaning there will "always be a reason to resume hostilities," even if a diplomatic solution is reached to end the war, Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said in a social media post. Medvedev is considered to be a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

 

Putin Ally Makes Worrying Nuclear Move

Russian ally Belarus will put forward a new military doctrine that allows for the potential use of nuclear weapons, the country's defense minister said Tuesday.

 

Europe's Pro-Putin Faction is Growing

Two of the European Union's most outspoken populists—both often criticized as Moscow sympathizers—are joining forces to stymie bloc funding for Ukraine as Kyiv fights to maintain foreign commitment through a costly winter.

 

RUSSIAN FURY 

Putin faces biggest riots since war as 10k take to streets & clash with cops…while Vlad warned ‘this is how USSR fell’

 

UK urges west to use frozen Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine’s economy

 

Top NATO military officer urges allies and leaders to plan for the unexpected in Ukraine

Ukraine is locked in an existential battle for its survival almost two years into its war with Russia and Western armies and political leaders must drastically change the way they help it fend off invading forces, a top NATO military officer said on Wednesday.

 

War can happen at ‘any time’ – NATO Admiral says as he urges readiness

We are now in an era where anything could happen at any time, including war, NATO’s Military Committee chair, Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, said at the opening of a two-day national defense chiefs meeting in Brussels, Reuters reported on Jan.17.

 

Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief to join NATO-Ukraine Council session, reporting on combat situation

Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, will take part in the first meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council to be attended by the Alliance’s armed forces commanders, where he will discuss the current situation on the battlefield.

 

World War 3 Update

 

WWIII Alert: Top NATO Officer Warns ‘Warfighting Transformation’ Needed Across West

The time has come for public and private actors in the West to prepare for an era in which anything could happen at any time, including fighting a war, a top NATO military official said Wednesday.

 

Red Sea Conflict "Getting Worse, Not Better", Forcing More Ship Detours Around Africa

 

US to re-designate Houthis as terror group

The US will re-designate Yemen's Houthi rebels as "global terrorists", National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced on Tuesday.

 

Iran demonstrates missile capabilities with regional strikes

With its strikes on Iraqi, Syrian and Pakistani territory, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) is showing it has become a major regional military power. The IRGC openly states that US bases in the Middle East, as well as Israeli bases in Tel Aviv and Haifa, are within range of its ballistic missiles. In the space of only 24 hours, it gave a stark demonstration of its capabilities, launching missiles and drones at targets in three different countries.

 

Iran Foreign Minister Issues Stern Warning to US

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian had a stern warning for the United States and its allies during an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Speaking to journalist Fareed Zakaria on Wednesday, Amir-Abdollahian blamed the U.S. and Israel for increased hostilities by Iran-backed groups in the region.

 

Pakistan warns of 'consequences' after Iran's deadly bombing killed two children

Iran's attack on Pakistan comes a day after Iran carried out strikes in northern Iraq, killing several civilians

 

Pakistan recalls envoy from Iran after 'unprovoked' missile strikes

ISLAMABAD, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan recalled its ambassador from neighbouring Iran on Wednesday to protest at a "blatant breach" of its sovereignty after Tehran said it launched missile attacks on militant bases in southwestern Pakistan.

 

Davos: Blinken, Biden Continue Deadly Obsession with Palestinian State

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday that there needs to be a “Palestinian state” as the result of the conflict launched by the terrorist group Hamas with the murder of 1,200 Israelis October 7.

 

Hamas support soars in West Bank - but full uprising can still be avoided

There was speculation over whether another uprising was brewing in the West Bank, even before the Hamas attacks on Israel in October. Frequent raids by the Israeli army, emboldened by a hard-right Israeli government - following deadly attacks by Palestinians, and violent attacks on Palestinians by settlers - had already increased pressure on Palestinians there.

 

Israel’s far-right wants to move Palestinians out of Gaza. Its ideas are gaining attention

 

Netanyahu Accused of Risking WWIII to Save His Own Skin

“He is worried that if the war finishes today, streets all over the country will be full of demonstrators demanding his resignation,” Ahmed Tibi, leader of the Israeli-Arab party Ta’al, told The Daily Beast.

 

Chinese Media: ‘Taiwan Independence Means War’

Hu Xijin, the ultra-nationalist former editor of China’s state-run Global Times and now an editorialist, said in Monday’s edition of his Hu Says video blog that Taiwan and the United States could provoke a war by pushing for Taiwanese independence under newly elected President William Lai Ching-te.

 

Unification with South Korea no longer possible, says Kim Jong-un

 

A Great Depression By 2025? - The Man Who Called The 2008 Recession Sounds The Alarm | Peter Schiff

 

CEO of World’s Largest Bank Hints at Historic Crash

The world’s most powerful CEO just issued a grave warning to Americans: “This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades.”

 

CDC Drafted Alert For Myocarditis And COVID-19 Vaccines, But Never Sent It

 

Vivek at Trump Event: 45th President Will ‘Shut Down that Deep State’

Entrepreneur and former 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy declared former President Donald Trump would “shut down the deep state” if elected back into the White House while speaking at a Trump campaign event in New Hampshire. 

 

‘I’m Scared As Heck!’ Kamala Harris Tells Joy Behar How She Plans to Run Against ‘The Crazies’

Vice President Kamala Harris told The View’s Joy Behar that she’s “scared as heck” and “we should all be scared” about the prospect of Donald Trump getting reelected by “the crazies.”

 

Clear and present danger: wars incubate fascism

The war drums in Europe and in the Middle East are growing ever louder and it is clear that the imperial oligarchy desperately needs a big war to shore up their power base and to divert the anger of their populations against an external enemy.

 

BlackRock Chief Warns Davos Elites: Trump Victory Poses ‘Fundamental’ Challenge to Europe

 

Globalist WEF Speaker Complains; 'X' Is "Toxic, Scary", Musk's Policies Are "Problematic"

The globalist Davos confab has gotten underway and they’re already talking about how evil Elon Musk and X is, with one guest complaining that the platform formerly known as Twitter is “toxic” and now it’s new name is “scary”.

 

WEF: EU Chief Von Der Leyen Demands Censorship of ‘Industrial Scale Disinformation’ at Davos

At the opening of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for increased cooperation between governments and private businesses to enact tech censorship in the face of “industrial scale disinformation”.

 

Who Is A “Terrorist” In Biden’s America?

In the latest sign that the US government’s War on Domestic Terror is growing in scope and scale, the White House on Tuesday revealed the nation’s first ever government-wide strategy for confronting domestic terrorism. While cloaked in language about stemming racially motivated violence, the strategy places those deemed “anti-government” or “anti-authority” on a par with racist extremists and charts out policies that could easily be abused to silence or even criminalize online criticism of the government.

 


Tens of Thousands of Illegal Chinese Migrants Detained at U.S. Border in Major National Security Threat

 

Increasing Psychopathic Behavior Is A Sign That Society Is On The Verge Of Breaking Down

As cultural systems begins to dissolve due to political clashes and economic decline the real evil tends to slither out of the woodwork.  It happens slowly at first, then all at once.  A sure sign of accelerating collapse is the growing prevalence of psychopaths and psychopathic behavior in the open.

 

Disease X: A Secret Weapon For A New World Order

 

Altman says ChatGPT will have to evolve in “uncomfortable” ways

Altman told Axios' Ina Fried that AI is evolving much more rapidly than previous technologies that took Silicon Valley by storm. But he also conceded that the evolution and proliferation of OpenAI's technology will require "uncomfortable" decisions.

 

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