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International

U.S. Navy Air Base has front row seat to Mount Etna eruptions!

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03 April 2021 (02:57-UTC-07 Tango 06) 14 Farvardin 1400/20 Sha’ban 1442/22 Ren-Chen 4719

U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Second Class Austin Ingram.

This photo, taken from a U.S. Navy (USN) P-8A Poseidon, shows Mount Etna on 14JAN2021, before the eruptions started.

U.S. Navy photo by Captain Kevin Pickard, Junior.

As if dealing with pandemic panic-attack restrictions wasn’t enough, the personnel on U.S. Naval Air Station Sigonella have also been on alert since Mount Etna began erupting in February 2021.

USN photo by Captain Kevin Pickard, Junior.

NASA photo from 2006.

Mount Etna is located on Sicily, just off the toe of the Italian boot.  It is considered one of the most active volcanos on Earth.

USN photo by Petty Officer Third Class Zach Dalton.

Another eruption, 04MAR2021.  Since 16FEB2021, there have been at least 17 ‘ lava fountain episodes or paroxysms’.  Writers at Volcano Discovery stated that “This eruptive episode had been very remarkable, even for Etna standards…”

USN photo by Petty Officer Third Class Zachary Dalton.

Compare this photo, taken in November 2020, to the one taken on 04MAR2021.

Day and night video by Michele Mammino, of the New South East Crater, recorded at the end of March 2021:

https://youtu.be/vq_j1mMu3XI

Pacific Ring of Fire, January 2020: ZOMBIE WHALES!

Volcanos, 2018: VOLCANOES & GLACIERS CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING?

International

Biden’s War: U.S. forces enter Syria, again

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31 March 2021 (00:00-UTC-07 Tango 06) 11 Farvardin 1400/17 Sha’ban 1442/19 Xin-Mao(2nd month) 4719

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Torrance Saunders.

Before El Presidente Biden’s Secretary of State went to the United Nations, demanding that Syria open up its borders with unfriendly neighbors in the name of humanitarian aid, U.S. Army mechanized infantry (1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division) crossed into Syria during the first couple of weeks of March 2021.

USA photo by Sergeant Torrance Saunders.

Interestingly, while the O’Biden administration claims they are only concerned with humanitarian problems, a couple of weeks ago it was revealed that U.S.-backed Syrian rebels ship wheat out of Syria to Iraq, despite a food crisis in Syria!

On 25MAR2021, the Syrian government reported that 18 U.S. escorted tractor-trailer rigs stole massive amounts of wheat from Al-Hasakah Governorate. The trucks drove back into Iraq.  Syria also claims U.S. forces have protected 5-hundred tanker trucks used to steal Syrian oil, just in the first three weeks of March!

USA photo by Sergeant Torrance Saunders.

Don’t forget, U.S.-led NATO member Turkey still occupies the Northern area of Syria: 26MAR2021–Turkish occupation and mercenaries renew artillery attack on Tal Tamer, Hasaka countryside.

An ignorant female Syrian refugee, who fled Syria because of NATO Turkey’s invasion, says “Biden’s ‘America is Back’ Policy Should Start with Syria“!

USA photo by Sergeant Torrance Saunders.

Not only are U.S. forces operating in Syria, but they now do so with large U.S. flags attached to each vehicle.

USA photo by Sergeant Torrance Saunders.

Amazingly, the U.S. Army itself says the reason for the latest cross border raid is to defeat Islamic State, aka ISIS, aka ISIL, aka DAIISH (DA for al-DAwla, I for al-Islamiya, I for al-Iraq, SH al-SHam [al-Sham=Syria])!

USA photo by Sergeant Torrance Saunders.

On 20MAR2021, U.S. forward air controllers (JTAC) conducted a ‘live fire’ operation with Syrian rebels, using AH-64 Apaches.

USA photo by Sergeant Torrance Saunders.

Despite 12 months of relative calm in Syria, even the leader of the United Nations says there should be a “collective responsibility” to end the war in Syria.

Iowa Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Christie R. Smith.

On 06MAR2021, the Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement accepted USD$2.6-million worth of communication gear, from the U.S. military.  The official reason is to help Iraq fight ISIS in Syria.

USA photo by Captain Travis Mueller.

U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk at a forward arming and refueling point inside Syria, 03MAR2021.

Photo via U.S. Army.

On 02MAR2021, the U.S. Army boasted about this impromptu forward air controller tower built at a “remote outpost” in an “undisclosed location” (thought to be inside Syria).

Biden’s War: MAINE DEPLOYS TO AFRICA!

World War Three, 2018: U.S., U.K., FRANCE GO TO WAR AGAINST SYRIA! RUSSIA WARNS OF “IMMEDIATE” RESPONSE!

False Flag, 2015: OBAMA LIES AGAIN, SAYS ONLY IN AMERICA ARE THERE MASS SHOOTINGS! HE IGNORES THE 4,184 SYRIANS KILLED IN ONE MONTH, BY OBAMA’S OWN ATTEMPTED REGIME CHANGE IN SYRIA!

International, Technology, U.S.

Vehicle I-D: M109A7, don’t call it a Paladin, another ‘tool’ of the British Empire!

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“Samuel, notify your men; the British are coming.”-General Oliver Prescott, 19APR1775

North Carolina Army National Guard photo by Robert Jordan.

On 18MAR2021, the North Carolina Army National Guard got brand new M109A7s.

U.S. Army photo by Cameron Porter.

About 36 M109A7, so-called next generation Paladin, self propelled artillery, and their ammo carrying M992A3 vehicles, arrived at the U.S. Army Prepositioned Stock-2 Coleman worksite in Germany, 04MAR2021.

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Calab Franklin.

On 16SEP2020, the 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment (2-82 FA), 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division fired its first shots with next-gen M109A7, at Fort Hood, Texas.

USA photo by Sergeant Calab Franklin.

Here’s why it is not a Paladin: At first it might be hard to tell the difference between an M109A7 and the M109A6.  It is not just a radical upgrade of the M109A6, it is a totally new vehicle.  The hull of the M109A7 is not your father’s/grandfather’s M109, it is based on the lower hull of the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle.

USA photo by Sergeant Calab Franklin.

Texas artillerymen take cover behind an M992A3 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle (also based on the Bradley) while they pull the lanyard on the M109A7.

USA photo by Sergeant Benjamin Northcutt.

An M109A7 gets a lift at the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, 22JAN2019.

USA photo by Sergeant Benjamin Northcutt.

An M109A7 Howitzer from 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, maneuvers inside the cargo-ship Resolve, 20JAN2019.

USA photo by Sergeant Heidi Kroll.

Compare this photo of an M109A6 during a wargame in Toruń, Poland, 22JUL2020, with the photo of the M109A7 in the cargo-ship Resolve.  You should be able to note the differences (tracks, shape of hull).

Video by Staff Sergeant Adam Decker, explaining 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division’s M109A7 qualifications in Toruń, Poland, March 2019:

Photo via 1st Infantry Division.

More examples of why the ‘A7’ is not a Paladin: In this 2016 photo of a M109A6 on Fort Riley, California, you can clearly see the recoil spade on the back of the hull (one on each side of the access door).  The M109A7 has no spades.  You can also see the type of track, which is skinnier than that used on the M109A7.

The M109A6 has a 440 horsepower diesel, while the M109A7 has a 600hp engine.  According to British sources, the M109A7 requires only four crewmembers and has automated loading of the gun, which can be aimed while the vehicle is moving.

The U.S. Army awarded a $688-million contract to BAE Systems, in October 2013, for the production of Paladin M109A7.  BAE is a British Empire company (formerly British Aerospace BAe, and GEC-Marconi/Marconi Electronic Systems MES).  In 2015, BAE got another $245-million from the U.S. Army, for the M109A7 and the M992A3 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle.  Another $414-million was paid to BAE at the end of 2017!  All that was in addition to the total of at least $377-million paid to BAE to upgrade the M109A6 and M992A2 under the Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) program!

In the late 1990s, under the Bill Clinton regime, MES began taking over U.S. defense contractors.  In 1999, MES and BAe merged to create BAE Systems, apparently to stop a U.S. defense contractor from taking over MES.  In 2001, the same year the False Flag War on Terror began, BAE Systems aggressively invaded the U.S. defense industry, taking over many U.S. companies, including cyber security companies.

Vehicle I-D: MLRS, BRITISH RED COATS INVADE U.S. ARMY BASE IN GERMANY!

Proof the U.S. is the ‘tool’ of the British Empire: BAE M777 Artillery

Rivet Joint-Air Seeker: RC-135V/W PATRIOT & RED COAT

Vehicle I-D: ONCE A RED COAT, NOW A BLUE ANGEL

Vehicle I-D: POKEY AIRPORT, IDAHO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD M109 PALADIN

Vehicle I-D: 1-148 FIELD ARTILLERY GATE GUARDS, including an older M109

International, Technology

Mexican helicopter attacks USS Conolly!

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Photo by Alan Gragg, 29APR2009.

In 2009, a Mexican MBB (Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm) Bo-105 Bolkow helicopter attacked the former USS Conolly (DD-979).  It was part of a multi-national effort to sink the ex-U.S. Navy ship.

It was part of an international wargame called UNITAS Gold (‘Gold’ referring to the 50th Anniversary of the wargames).  Participating countries were Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Mexico, Peru, United States and Uruguay.

2.75 inch rocket hits Conolly in the signal tower.

Photo by Alan Gragg.

U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) joins in, firing on the Conolly in the background.

USN photo by Petty Officer Third Class Seth Johnson.

The Spruance class destroyer was named for Admiral Richard Lansing Conolly.  Laid down 29SEP1975, launched 19FEB1977,  commissioned 14OCT1978, decommissioned 18SEP1998, sunk 29APR2009.  Efforts were made to turn it into a museum ship in Illinois, but failed due to lack of financial support.

Radar equipped Bo-105, 26APR2009, USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Brandon Shelander.

Video report about UNITAS 2009:

Vehicle I-D: MARINA ARMADA DE MÉXICO MIL 17

International, Technology

Russia invades Florida?

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“Technology is advancing faster than ever before and Emerald Flag is at the cutting edge of connecting land, sea, air, space and cyber assets across all domains simultaneously.”-Lieutenant Colonel Michael Fritts

U.S. Air Force photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. SA-6 (2K12 Kub) anti-aircraft radar unit known as SURN 1S91.

“The goal is to align DoD resources across the Florida panhandle and enable multi-domain test and experimentation to prepare the warfighter for a 21st-century fight.”-Major Alexander Hillman, 45th Test Squadron

U.S. Air Force photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez. 2K12 Kub (NATO reporting name SA 6 Gainful) anti-aircraft missile launcher.

During the first week of December 2020, Eglin Air Force Base conducted its first-ever ‘native multi-domain test exercise’, during a wargame called Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez. SA-6 (2K12 Kub) anti-aircraft missile launcher.

At the end of November, Russian made (Cold War era Soviet) armored vehicles were staged around the Eglin Test and Training Range.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

The goal of Emerald Flag is to incorporate ground, air, space, cyberspace and experimental platforms, involving 25 government agencies, to develop the concept of the ‘joint domain warfighter’.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

The use of Russian/Soviet designed vehicles was only one part of the larger Emerald Flag operation: “We brought together fighter, command and control and electronic warfare aircraft with advanced weapons and integrated them into a strike package with cyber and land assets that used innovative experimental technology in a challenging environment.”-Colonel Doug Creviston, 96th Operations Group commander

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

The positions of the Russian/Soviet designed vehicles were marked by GPS.  Interestingly, the December 2020 Emerald Flag was the first wargame where classified information was collected and shared by many groups on the ‘cloud’.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 01DEC2020.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. F-16C refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. F-16D refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. F-15E refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. KC-46 refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. EC-130H refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

In March 2020, Emerald Flag was held on Hurlburt Field, Florida, and was concerned with the administrative and logistical problems of forward-area/combat deployments.

IDAHO’S 1:1 SCALE FAKE NEWS RUSSIAN 1S91 RADAR TANK

Near Peer Threats: CODE FOR RUSSIA & CHINA AND THE COMING 3RD WORLD WAR?

OPERATION TURNING POINT

1939 Vs 2019; GERMANY INVADES POLAND AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH THE HELP OF NATO!

UNITED STATES INVADES IDAHO!

International, Technology

Vehicle I-D: Marina Armada de México Mil 17

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Mil 17=NATO reporting name ‘Hip’.

Marina=Marine, as in ocean/sea/water.

Armada=Fleet of ocean going military vehicles, or navy.

U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Second Class John Stratton, 31JAN2010.

Mexican Mil 17-V5 delivers aid to Haiti, 31JAN2010.

USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Eric T. Crosby, 20JUL2012.

Mexican Navy Mi-17 Hip lands behind a U.S. Marine CH-53E Sea Stallion on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

USN photo by Petty Officer First Class Paul Seeber, 13JUL2012.

Mil 17-1V flying off ARM Usumacinta A412 (ex-U.S. Navy USS Frederick LST1184 tank landing ship) during Rim of the Pacific war games (RimPac), 13JUL2012.

USN photo by Petty Officer First Class Paul Seeber, 14JUL2012.

Maintenance on an Mi-17-1V, July 2012.

USN photo by Petty Officer First Class Paul Seeber, 11JUL2012.

U.S. Navy video by Petty Officer First Class Paul Seeber, fast roping from a Mexican Hip, during RimPac, 15JUL2012:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Captain Naomi Dorren, 16AUG2014.

Infanteria de Marina (Infantry of the Ocean) board a Mil 17-1V during exercise Partnership of the Americas, in Chile, August 2014.

USMC photo by Private First Class Devan Gowans, 06SEP2015.

Mil 17-1V lands on ARM Usumacinta A412 during Exercise Dawn Blitz, 06SEP2015.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Frank Cordoba.

During 2016’s RimPac wargames, Mexican navy Mi-17-V5 were used in training operations on Hawaii and California.  This is a medevac operation on San Clemente Island, California, 28JUL2016.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Jason Estevez.

Mexican Marina Mil 17-V5 arrives on U.S. Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, 23OCT2017, for exercise Bold Alligator.

USMC photo by Corporal Jason Estevez, 23OCT2017.

U.S. Marine Corps video by Chief Warrant Officer Izzel Sanchez, 23OCT2017:

USMC photo by Corporal Jason Estevez, 23OCT2017.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Cody J. Ohira.

Mi-17-V5 parked near a CH-53E Super Stallion, MCAS New River, North Carolina, 23OCT2017.

Vehicle I-D: UH-60 FOR AFGHANISTAN, KILLED-OFF BY THE MIL 17?

International, Technology

Already-paid-for Obama-era Patrol Boat, sunk by Biden? Re-floated by Ukraine Crisis!

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(This report has been updated) In June 2022, the U.S. Navy (USN) announced a replacement for the expensive Mark VI(6) patrol boat; the 40PB Defiant. 

As of January 2022, Ukraine placed an order for 12 Mark-6 patrol boats.  This was part of a U.S. Department of State subsidized deal for 16 boats, announced back in June 2020!

In May 2021, the USN suspended their planned ‘divestment’ of the Mark-6 patrol boat.

Surprisingly, in February 2021 the USN announced that it will get rid of the Mark-6 by the end of the year, despite the fact that U.S. taxpayers already paid $15-million per Mark-6 Patrol Boat!  The USN blames it on reliability problems and cost of operations, and the claim that the U.S. President Joseph Robinette Biden Junior wants to cut funding to the military!

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Brienna Tuck, 25FEB2021.

U.S. Navy Mark VI (6) patrol boat with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in The Philippine Sea, 25FEB2021.  The Mark-6 was intended to replace much older Riverine boats.  It looked like the Mark-6 was a highly capable patrol boat.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Brienna Tuck, 25FEB2021.

A Mark-6 refuels from USS Ashland (LSD 48) in The Philippine Sea, 25FEB2021.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Brienna Tuck, 25FEB2021.

The news of the USN’s decision to ‘divest’ their Mark-6 Patrol Boats comes a month after (January 2021) Ukraine signed a U.S. State Department Foreign Military Sales deal to buy the 16 new-build Mark-6 boats from SAFE Boats International. The total cost of the U.S. taxpayer subsidized deal comes to $600-million!

USMC photo by Sergeant Jennessa Davey, 06JAN2021.

In June 2020, the U.S. Department of State announced a Foreign Military Sale for up to 16 Mark-6 patrol boats, and associated equipment, to Ukraine.  State Department Foreign Military Sales are subsidized with U.S. taxpayer funding, because the sales are considered a form of “security assistance”!

U.S. Army photo by Specialist Cody Rich, 06MAY2020.

Somewhere in the Arabian/Persian Gulf, May 2020.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Kory Alsberry, 06MAY2020.

Video by Petty Officer Second Class William Carlisle, .50 cal. (12.7mm x 99mm) and 7.62mm NATO (7.62mm x 51mm) live fire near Bahrain, 16APR2020 (don’t get sea-sick):

In 2019, two Mark-6 boats set a record for nautical miles sailed by coastal/river patrol boats. 

USN photo by Chief Boatswain’s Mate Nelson Doromal Junior, 19SEP2019.

Mark-6 off San Diego, California, 19SEP2019.

USN photo by Chief Boatswain’s Mate Nelson Doromal Junior, 19SEP2019.

USN photo by Petty Officer First Class Woody Paschall, 05JUN2019.

Mark-6 off San Diego, California, 05JUN2019.

USN photo by Petty Officer First Class Woody Paschall, 05JUN2019.

USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class John Philip Wagner Junior, 17MAY2019.

Mark-6 Patrol Boat delivered to Santa Rita, Guam, 17MAY2019.

USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class John Philip Wagner Junior, 17MAY2019.

Music video by Petty Officer Second Class Kelsey L. Adams, .50 cal. live fire, including remote .50 cal. weapon system, near Santa Rita, Guam, 29MAR2019:

U.S. Navy video report by Petty Officer First Class Stacy D. Laseter, 23APR2018:

The 12th USN Mark-6 was delivered in 2017 (Trump era).

Video by Petty Officer First Class Arthurgwain L. Marquez, Coastal Riverine Squadron Two (CRS-2) sails near Santa Rita, Guam, 30SEP2016:

USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Shannon Burns, 16DEC2016.

Three types of patrol boats, as of December 2016, from left to right; Sea Ark, Coastal Command boat, and Mark VI patrol boat.

SAFE Boats International delivered the first Mark-6, to the USN, in 2014 (Obama era).  Originally it was thought that 48 patrol boats would be ordered, but only 12 were paid for.

River Gun Boat: ROMÂNIA

Vehicle I-D: U.S. NAVY KEEPS OLD U.S. ARMY BOAT-TRUCK AFLOAT

USMC 2020: LAST RIDE FOR 1ST, 2ND & 4TH TANK

International

U.S. Taxpayers fund Japanese military vehicles for Iraq, again!

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Once again, Toyota is involved with supplying vehicles for military forces, and this time they’re openly being paid for by U.S. taxpayers!

U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Armando Vasquez.

On 26JAN2021, almost U.S.$1-million worth of militarized Toyota four-by-fours were given to Iraqi ‘security’ forces, paid for through the U.S. Al Asad Air Base Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund (CTEF) program.

U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Armando Vasquez.

The Toyotas were part of a total package of $6.6-million worth of vehicles, that included HMMWVs, “divested” to the Iraqi security forces!

U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Armando Vasquez.

U.S. taxpayers have a long history of supplying Iraq with vehicles.

U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Roger Jackson.

Divestment of U.S. HMMWVs to Iraq, 29JUN2019.

U.S. Army photo by Master Sergeant Horace Murray.

A U.S. purchased Mercedes truck being staged for ‘divestment’ to Iraqi security forces at the Besmaya Range Complex, 20JAN2018.

U.S. Army photo by Specialist Travis Jones.

U.S. supplies Iraqi security forces with Toyota 4X4s, at Camp Al Asad, 26DEC2017.

U.S. Army photo by Corporal Tracy McKithern.

U.S. funded vehicles divested to Iraqi security forces at the Besmaya Range Complex, 03AUG2017.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacqueline Romero.

This U.S. supplied Iraqi HMMWV was nicknamed Project One because it was the first to be overhauled by an Iraqi maintenance crew at Taji.

Photo by Specialist Sarah De Boise.

In April 2008, U.S. and Iraqi military leaders met in Mosul to discuss supplying Iraqi security forces with new vehicles.  It was believed that by providing U.S. taxpayer funded vehicles to Iraq, that Iraq would be able to take care of its security concerns and the U.S. could draw-down its military forces.

U.S. Army photo by Specialist Joshua R. Ford.

In September 2006, the U.S. military gave the Iraqi city of Bayji $670-thousand worth of sewage trucks, trash trucks and a 25-ton crane.  None of them made in the U.S.

World War 3: RUSSIA BACKS UP BLIND-BAT-NEWS’ CLAIM AS TO WHERE ALL THOSE TOYOTAS ARE COMING FROM!

False Flag 2015:  U.S. ALLY JAPAN SUPPLIES ISLAMIC STATE WITH CONVOYS OF NEW TOYOTAS! NISSAN & FORD AS WELL!

International

U.S. Taxpayers give German and Japanese vehicles to Georgian Border Police!

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Defense Threat Reduction Agency photo by Andrea Chaney.

On 27JAN2021, the U.S. Embassy in Georgia presented 15 vehicles, made by Suzuki and MAN, to the Georgian Border Police.

DTRA photo by Andrea Chaney.

The vehicles were funded through the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Proliferation Prevention Program (PPP). 

Georgian Border Police photo.

For several years the United States, other NATO members as well as the European Union, have been spending their taxpayer’s money on building up Georgia’s border police.  

29JUL2020: European Union peacekeepers deploy new observation vehicles to Georgia’s border with Russia.

27JUL2020: U.S. provides Georgian border guards with modern all-terrain vehicles.

19OCT2019: Georgia receives 15 brand new vehicles from NATO.

January 2019: U.S. multi-agency Super Surge

Business/Economics, Idaho, International

Global Sugar Crisis, better stock up now!

Since the end of 2019, agricultural analysts have been warning of a global sugar shortage and thanks to a combination of pandemic, logistics, market and labor shenanigans, it is now upon us.  Here’s a list of links to news reports and food industry analysis, as of 10FEB2021.

New medical study says sugar promotes cancer killing Gamma-Delta T-cells!

Sugar shortage results in massive growth of sugar free chocolate market!

Global organic coconut sugar market expect to be worth U.S.-$442.8-million by 2027.

Monk Fruit sugar market expects steady growth until 2026.

Pandemic to affect organic sugar markets until 2025?

Predictions for the future of the global sugar market.

Brown sugar market predictions until 2029.

Powdered sugar market predictions until 2026.

Is there demand for sugar made from Dates?

Myths about sugar health risks debunked

European Food Agency:  Decades of logistical and government policy failures of European Union’s sugar industry, and now global shortages, results in a massive taxpayer funded study to solve the EU’s sugar supply chain problem.

AUSTRALIA: Aussie farmers told to focus on sugar production, to profit off the sugar shortage in Europe!

INDIA: Sugar farmers go on strike saying they haven’t been paid for their last sugar harvest!

Shipping container shortage and skyrocketing transportation costs halt sugar exports: “India has exported around 70,000 tonne [metric tons] so far. The container shortage, however, is affecting exports. Sri Lanka consumes around 60,000 tonne of sugar from India every month. But the freight costs have gone up from $250 per container to $1,000 between January 2020 and January 2021. Afghanistan consumes 60,000 tonne of sugar from India every month and freight costs for Afghanistan have gone up from $125 per container to $550 per container. There has been a sharp increase in freight rates and shipping is pretty tight at the moment.”-Rahil Shaikh, ‎MEIR Commodities India

INDONESIA: Government tries to expand sugar production by relaxing sugar licensing regulations, it fails due to lack of technologies and skyrocketing costs of operations.

KOREA: North Korea blames food shortages, including sugar, on the pandemic.

PAKISTAN: Government to attempt to import another 0.5m tonnes of sugar to overcome shortage.

PHILIPPINES:  Long term sugar shortage expected.

THAILAND: Black Sugar (the result of farmers burning sugarcane fields, not to be confused with Japanese Kuru Sato) increases due to lack of migrant farm workers caused by pandemic restrictions!

UNITED STATES: Sugar Processors Raise Prices as U.S. Faces Possible Sugar Shortage.

Florida; NASA releases images of Florida’s burning sugarcane farms (black sugar)

Georgia; Coca-Cola reports largest drop in volume production since World War Two, blames it on the pandemic!

Idaho; I live in Southeastern Idaho and since last year soda-pops made with 100% sugar (instead of 100% high fructose corn syrup, which is what the overwhelming majority of sodas are made with) have been disappearing.  In the past two weeks 100% sugar sodas have all but completely disappeared from local grocery store shelves (except for some very expensive gourmet sodas sold in individual bottles).

Amalgamated Sugar 2020 crop comes in at just over 40 tons per acre.

Idaho sugar beet growers report 29% increase in sugar beet revenues.

New York; Sugar High On Wall Street As White-Sugar Futures Climb On Container Shipping Worries.

 

Food Crisis:  SOYLENT GREEN PET FOOD? OR, ARE PEOPLE BEING PREPPED TO EAT PET FOOD?

Operation CoViD-19: COVERT OP TO CONTROL THE GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY?

U.S. Food Crisis, February 2019: “LONG HOURS, EMPLOYEE TURNOVER, EQUIPMENT FAILURES, WAGE HIKES”