WARMONGER BRITAIN – Yemen – Epstein – UK Flood –Brain Power – Unlucky 13 – Davos – COP 28 – Smart Meters – Energy kWh – Gold! – Deep State – Building SA – SARS – Letter from Great Britain – [01-13-24]

“There is nothing hidden that will not become manifest, nor anything carefully concealed that will never become known and not come out in the open.” [Luke 8:17]

PROTECT & SURVIVE

Ukraine’s recent use of cluster munitions in Belgorod and Donetsk killed a few civilians but enraged Putin and his military commanders.  In response, Russia has unleashed a devastating series of missile, drone, and rocket attacks across the breadth of Ukraine and vowed to continue, so much for Western hopes of building manufacturing plants in Ukraine to keep up the war effort.

Panic among Western analysts about Ukraine’s looming defeat has escalated. Robert Clark, writing in Britain’s Daily Telegraph, wailed his lament in an op-ed titled, Ukraine’s new year may end with a brutal Western betrayal.  Clark blames Western leaders for Ukraine’s debacle:  The mood in 2024 is very different.

The counter-offensive failed to deliver a decisive blow to Putin’s forces in the south. Russia’s economy has withstood Western sanctions, rapidly militarising, to provide an ongoing stream of munitions to the battlefront. Ukraine, meanwhile, is undergoing one of the largest aerial bombardments since the SMO began, and its united front is beginning to fray as conscription takes its toll.

To turn our backs now on the Ukrainian people, so swiftly after months of brutal fighting, is morally bankrupt and strategically negligent.  It is understandable, if not forgivable, that governments have begun questioning their levels of commitment to a deeply destructive war with no end in sight. At best there now appears to be a likely short to medium-term stalemate across much of the 1,000-kilometre front line.

Meanwhile, Western economies and budgets are still grappling with recovery from the scamdemic and last year’s energy shock. Global supply chains remain in flux, and as the Middle East escalates, the Houthis are increasingly able to dictate the terms of trade and passage in the Red Sea thus delivering another blow to a fragile global economy.

Clark, who served previously in the British Army, didn’t learn a damn thing during his time in Iraq and Afghanistan. He’s not fighting goat herders now.  Like many other delusional Western analysts, he insists the war is a stalemate.  Russia is out-producing Ukraine, and all the NATO countries, in tanks, artillery shells, and drones, and is reinforcing its standing Army at the rate of 42,000 recruits per month.

While Putin’s war machine is on a roll, Ukraine can’t even draft a workable plan to conscript more cannon fodder.  Colonel Jacque Baud, a Swiss officer in strategic intelligence, and a former head of the United Nations peace operations doctrine, does not suffer the analytical deficiencies of Clark.  Baud is the author of a new book, ‘The Russian Art of War: How the West Led Ukraine to Defeat’, and presents a detailed breakdown of Ukraine’s hopeless task. He summarizes the problem succinctly:

“The problem with the vast majority of our so-called military experts is their inability to understand the Russian approach to war. It is the result of an approach we have already seen in waves of terrorist attacks; the adversary is so stupidly demonised that we refrain from understanding his way of thinking. As a result, we are unable to develop strategies, articulate our forces, or even equip them for the realities of war. The corollary of this approach is that our frustrations are translated by unscrupulous media into a narrative that feeds hatred and increases our vulnerability. We are thus unable to find rational, effective solutions to the problem.”

The reason the Russians are winning in Ukraine is that they see the conflict as a process; whereas US/NATO see it as a series of disjointed actions. The Russians see events as a movie rather than a series of photographs. The Russians see a forest as opposed to focusing on the trees. US/NATO charts the start of the Ukraine conflict on February 24, 2022, and the start of the Palestinian conflict on October 7, 2023.

They ignore the historical context and wage wars in the moment much like children would act in a playground; this is why they lose wars.  They would do well to study Sun Tzu

‘The Postil’ has posted the first chapter of his book and it is must read for anyone wanting to understand why Ukraine and the West are losing this war. Kudos to Baud; this is what Jacque Baud gets and sadly Robert Clark misses.  Source

• Ukrainian Post-Mortems Starting to Appear by Larry Johnson  https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/ukrainian-post-mortems-starting-appear/

AN EXTENDED M.E. WAR?  THE RED SEA and GAZA SITREP – Britain’s War News in Brief

“The Royal Navy has ships deployed around the globe 365 days a year, and 2024 will be no different, with tensions in the Red Sea, deployments to the Indo-Pacific, and Russian ships continuously needing to be shadowed; the Royal Navy needs to be at the top of its game.”  But what’s the game plan?

What is the strength of the Royal Navy?  The Service has 29,220 full-time, trained personnel – as well as 2,730 reservist personnel. Apart from HMS Queen Elizabeth, the next in size order are the two Albion class vessels, HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark – tasked with delivering the punch of Royal Marines by land, sea, or air but they are about to be mothballed! There are only a measly six destroyers making up the backbone of the Royal Navy (for anti-aircraft and anti-missile warfare) and with 12 different small ship classes plus nine submarines, methinks Blighty’s bark is greater than its bite!  It’s a sad end to centuries of proud seafaring history.

• Foreign Secretary David Cameron spoke with his counterpart in Israel, Israel Katz, who thanked him for continuing support for their war against Hamas. Katz added that the pair discussed, “the importance of resolute opposition to South Africa’s absurd appeal to the ICJ against Israel”.
• Former Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace said that Israel’s “killing rage” in Gaza threatens its moral and legal authority and will fuel conflict for another 50 years.
• Yemen – Defence Secretary, Grant Shapps said that HMG would not hesitate to take “direct action” against Houthi militants in the Red Sea in response to their attacks on commercial vessels.
• Venezuela – Britain has deployed a gunboat to waters off the coast of Guyana in a show of support for the former British colony amid a territorial dispute with Venezuela over the Essequibo region.
• South Africa has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) indicting Israel for its genocidal assault on Gaza, the submission noted, “Israel has engaged in, is engaging in, and risks further engaging in genocidal acts against the Palestinian people in Gaza”.
• John Pilger on the Coming War, “Speak Up, Now! “America has Gone to War with the World”. May 1, 2023   https://www.globalresearch.ca/john-pilger-coming-war-speak-up-now/5817726
• Military Confrontation in the Red Sea and the Broader Middle East War?  The Drumbeat for Western Military Action against Yemen.  WAR ESCALATOR: “The Houthis will almost certainly ignore [the UK] warnings, and then the U.S. and its partners will feel compelled to back up their ill-advised threats by escalating [as of now]. When the first rounds of strikes achieve little or nothing, there will be predictable demands for more. Rather than acknowledge failure, the UK/US/EU will then press on with a bombing campaign that will kill many Yemenis without stopping Houthi attacks. That in turn would likely provoke more Houthi attacks on a wider range of targets. Instead of stabilising the region and ensuring safe passage for commercial vessels, this would have the opposite effect on both counts.”

BUT – Britain is a minnow on the global chessboard – they are punching above their weight and will likely suffer a knockdown.

STOP PRESS – THE EPSTEIN PAPERS

Portions of many of the documents released this week are redacted, and only Epstein and Maxwell know the names of all the elites and celebrities who were involved in their debauched activities. Epstein has conveniently been ‘wasted’, and Maxwell has remained silent on this issue throughout her trial and incarceration; a wise move I suggest, given Epstein’s fate.

Media coverage of the Epstein saga in the West purports to be ‘investigative journalism’ but its defects disclose the real scandal, namely that genuine investigative journalism no longer exists in the West. Source

Pedo Island: The corrupt system that created Jeffrey Epstein survives his downfall  https://www.rt.com/news/590147-epstein-elites-system-court/

NEWS FLASH – MASSIVE FLOODS IN BRITAIN LAST WEEK!

This week and next week will see massive sub-zero temperatures, snow, and ice, to thrash Britons already reeling from unconscionable cost of living increases compounded by mind-blowing heating costs – the most expensive in Europe.

And in my county, Somerset  “Several flood alerts and warnings remain in place across Somerset today (January 6). A section of the A361, which links Taunton to Glastonbury, is also currently closed due to flooding.  The Environment Agency has issued four flood warnings and five flood alerts for the county. It comes after periods of heavy rain from Storm Henk over the last few days.”

FUN TIDBIT – ‘A sheep’s brain’

PLUS, A BONUS LAUGH: ‘Mum’ was so fed up with the squirrels stealing all the bird food – she greased the feeder!

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK – IS #13 UNLUCKY?

Danny Kruger MP, a leading backbencher and founder of the increasingly influential ‘New Conservatives Group’, said the Conservatives risked being ejected from power this year having left the country, “sadder, less united and less conservative” than they found it.  Kruger said, “The narrative that the public has now firmly adopted, that over 13 years’ things have got worse, is one we just have to acknowledge and admit.”

Sunak is also likely to have to fight three difficult by-elections in Kingswood, Blackpool South, and Wellingborough – all of which Labour hopes to win.  And there is growing concern about the rise of Reform UK, the populist party originally established by Nigel Farage as a successor to the defunct UK Independence Party (UKIP), which was a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the UK, and was singularly responsible for the Brexit referendum in 2016.  Andrew Bridgen MP has something to say about the failures of HMG over the last 13 years.

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DAVOS NEXT WEEK –  DISEASE ‘X’

The World Economic Forum is set to kick off its 2024 meeting in Davos, Switzerland, and the official program is sure to kick up some globalist dust. Attendees will watch Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla and Open AI’s Sam Altman sing the praises of their mutual god, Artificial Intelligence.

Depopulation point man Bill Gates will be advancing the climate change agenda.  John Kerry will appear on four different stages to discuss the “energy transition” away from coal, oil, and gas and in the direction of wind and solar. It’s my opinion that this is the reason that the U.S./NATO is going after Vladimir Putin. Not because he’s a dictator.

We’ll get a steady dose of Obersturmbannführer Klaus Schwab, the fascist in residence who sits atop the WEF, who will no doubt tell us once again that we must be prepared to own nothing and be happy. And that China is the model that every nation should emulate as they are the most efficient techno-dictatorship in the world.

But one-panel discussion at the WEF conference sticks out above the rest, reports Jordan Schachtel: It’s called Preparing for Disease X.  Schachtel, writing for The Dossier, covers it.  Source

• Globalists gathering in Davos next week to discuss the prospect of Disease ‘X’ being unleashed upon the world.

Also on the WEF Agenda: AI & Jobs

“AI versus Jobs”, will be a hot topic at Davos 2024 – here’s what the experts are saying: Artificial Intelligence has the potential to transform most facets of today’s world, but left unchecked it could pose serious threats… [to clerks of all kinds, I guess as noted above]. Source

• Multi-stakeholder collaboration is key to developing policies to regulate AI systems without stifling its capacity for innovation.  https://mailchi.mp/ottercreate/members-in-the-news-november-15105669?e=2d66fb6c25

CLIMATE CHANGE PSYOP – The Obvious Hypocrisy at COP28

Here’s What It Means for Global Energy Demand – Hat Tip Chris MacIntosh with his wry sense of humour, which I love to read:

“Psychopathic Malthusian monsters popped up all over the UAE and then promptly lectured the little people about how many showers they’ll be allowed to take each week to fix the weather.

King ‘Chuck’ stood up and proceeded to tell all the “elites” that the peasants are a perverse drain on the climate and must be eliminated with all due speed. No kidding! Keep in mind this is the same Prince Charlie who, back in 2009, at one of these absurd junkets said we all had 96 months to avert “irretrievable climate and ecosystem collapse.” Even going back to 1992, the then Prince Charles was in cahoots with WEF – so is our King looking after his people as his coronation oath demands?

• The Obvious Hypocrisy at the COP28… Here’s What It Means For Global Energy Demand  https://internationalman.com/articles/the-obvious-hypocrisy-at-the-cop28-heres-what-it-means-for-global-energy-demand/

ENERGY CONTROLS – DYSTOPIAN SMART METERS

Would you fit a Smart Meter?  Here’s the Globalist regulator, Ofgem, with weasel words, “The installation of smart meters is a vital step in the modernisation of our energy system and the path to net zero by 2050. Smart meters give customers better information about their energy usage helping them budget and control their costs.”

If you believe this, I have a bridge to sell you!

Some suppliers did cite “mitigating factors” for missing their installation targets, some of which Ofgem considered when setting their payments into the EIVRF, but didn’t hold a detailed review into what went wrong!  You bet they didn’t!  These smart beasts are designed to control individual energy consumption, cutting off supply as the energy suppliers dictate.  Many people understand this and are rejecting it.

Ofgem attempts to cap the cost of electricity based on average consumption rates. A typical household in Britain uses 2,700 kilowatt hours (kWh) of domestic electricity and 11,500 kWh of (heating) gas/oil per annum; here are my energy statistics from when I lived in the UK.  In South Africa, it’s 76% less than the UK at 3377 kWh per annum!

I predict that in the end smart meters will be mandated – wait, watch, stay alert, and move out of the UK when you can because it not going to get any better.  I know I can’t defeat a Goliath, even if David did by providential intervention, that’s why my Plan ‘B’ is in effect and I exited the Global North last month with a great sigh of relief.

• Therefore, according to scripture, in our capacity as temporary stewards of nature, we should acknowledge and thank our Creator. Respect for God and love of God are the essence of our living planet. Source
• The Climate Change Mental Asylum – CO2 Fanatics Suffering from Ideological Insanity  https://www.globalresearch.ca/climate-change-mental-asylum-co2-fanatics-suffering-ideological-insanity/5841012

INFLATION – SAY NO MORE!

SURVIVAL MONITOR – IHR – A Threat to Health – Analysis

Knowing what the enemy narrates allows strategic planning to counter the UN/WHO IHR effective in May to be passed without a vote; its provisions will immediately become effective for all member nations – time is short!  It’s unknown how many world leaders and heads of state are fully on board with the newly approved WHO documents, admitting the majorly revised International Health Regulations (IHR), which also includes the so-called Pandemic Treaty.

We are told that there have been 90 points of revision in the IHR thus far. Once complete, the blueprint for global enslavement will be rammed through the next World Health Assembly (WHA) gathering, scheduled for May 2024.  Once this occurs, the IHR will become effective and binding for all UN members without a vote.

In case you missed it, the Health Ranger recently interviewed Dr Astrid Stuckelberger about all this, Stuckelberger is an expert in such things because of her lengthy career working in Geneva, Switzerland, and also known as ground zero for the globalist health establishment

Everything is an open secret but they will eventually attempt to dovetail IHR with the UN Agenda 2030.  Governments that refuse to comply with the plan will be punished, likely with blackmail, because the Globalists behind the curtain, commonly known as the DEEP STATE, have dirt on all their puppets, which they use to keep their marionettes aligned with the globalists’ dark agenda. Sources

• On one side of the table, a Global South leader is at the top of his game. On the other side, a mummy sells the illusion he’s the “leader of the free world.” https://www.unz.com/pescobar/xi-outmaneuvers-biden-in-san-francisco/?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=pescobar
• A Long Shadow: South Africa’s Deep State and the Arms Trade: Hennie van Vuuren and Michael Marchant – via ‘Open Secrets’  https://www.opensecrets.org.za/wp-content/uploads/Marchant-and-van-Vuuren_PARI-paper-Deep-State-and-Arms-Trade.pdf

SOUTH AFRICA – Building Back Better

Recently, the ‘Classical Association of South Africa’ was hosted by Professor Mary Beard. The title of her public lecture seemed apt for the times: “Order and Chaos: The Dystopian World of the Roman Emperor”. Beard is something of a “classics rock star” and her status is well deserved — her work is accessible but does not compromise scrupulous research and attention to detail.  The lecture provided entertaining and fascinating insights, taking the audience into the world of 218 AD, and the extreme excesses that marked a period of the Empire under the 14-year-old emperor Heliogabalus.

Predicting ‘what’s next’ for ‘South Africa Incorporated for 2024 presents several challenges but the trends on the country’s radar are, improving educational prospects, and then placing graduates into jobs in a bid to drive the economy forward.  In the meantime, South Africa is taking the initiative to defend the rights of all people. Source

• BRICS Member South Africa Takes Zionism to Court  https://www.unz.com/pescobar/brics-member-south-africa-takes-zionism-to-court/?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=pescobar

NARRATIVE BATTLE – Cancelled Bank Accounts

This year, cancellations are expected to approach two million.  The New York Times examination of over 500 cases of customer account terminations by their banks showed the chaos and confusion that ensue when banks decide on their own to cut people off. These situations are what banks refer to as “ex

FINALLY – I love cats!

COMING NEXT WEEK

• BOOM’s weekly review – Tuesday, January 16, 2024
• Financial Jigsaw Part 2 – Chapter 3, ‘Localisation’ – Saturday, January 20, 2024
• Letter from South Africa – Easy Living – Saturday, January 27, 2024

REFERENCES  

• My Book: “The Financial Jigsaw” Parts 1 & 2 Scroll:   https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358117070_THE_FINANCIAL_JIGSAW_-_PART_1_-_4th_Edition_2020   including regular updates.
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Peter J. Underwood is a retired international accountant and qualified humanistic counsellor living in Bruton, UK, with his wife, Yvonne. He pursued a career as an entrepreneur and business consultant, having founded several successful businesses in the UK and South Africa His latest Substack blog describes the African concept of Ubuntu - a system of localised community support using a gift economy model. View all posts by Austrian Peter