The Spanish government will expropriate beachfront real estate and “let the owners use it” for 30 years. Spain has had a large goal to steal from their citizens/residents the last few years with an effort to ramp up taxes, taxes on cryptocurrency & force anti-privacy policies.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland which crosses the Patapsco River has reportedly collapsed within the last few minutes after being Struck by a large container ship; a mass casualty incident has been declared with over a dozen cars and many Individuals said to be in the caught in the water. Many have pointed to the weakening infrastructure trend over the last number of years throughout the United States

The City of Toronto is considering a rain tax on residents: the larger your property, the higher your tax because your property deflected more rain towards sewers. From reports, there is a strong consideration to implement this.

The Russians have successful utilized their new technology on the battlefield, but it’s likely not what you think.

The aerosol countermeasures unit of the Southern group of Russian Armed Forces uses the TDM-2k thermal smoke generator to make Russian infantry and armoured vehicles invisible to the enemy. The TDM-2k can generate a concealing aerosol continuously for about four hours. The smoke screen, which is harmless to people and animals, spreads in a thick layer for several kilometers, disrupting enemy visual reconnaissance activities. If a sudden assault has be conducted at the front line, smoke bombs are deployed at the chosen area beforehand and activated remotely at a distance of up to 7 km with the RPZ-8 command-transmitting device.

Get in, fuck everything up, get out. Peculiarly, he resigned one day after announcing a Pro-palestinian stance to the media. Ireland is actively pushing through law that makes it legally viable for all police to enter in all properties without a search warrant with the write to search all mobile, technological devices to view content.

BREAKING NEWS The Government of Canada intends to buy 50% of Canada Mortgage Bond bond issuances in 2024. The Bank of Canada is overseeing the transactions. We recently wrote that actions taken by the Department of Justice to seize Russian assets will have a deleterious effect on the confidence of the treasuries–it appears the same has already happened with Canada.

Ukraine’s Dnepro Hydro electric power station was successfully destroyed by 8 Russian hypersonic cruise missiles today. It was Ukraine’s largest hydroelectric station accounting for roughly 60% of Ukraine’s current total hydroelectric power output.

This is one of the first time’s Ukraine deliberately aimed to significantly cut Ukraine off from power sources, signalling a scaling up in the conflict.

A navigation warning has been in effect in Poland since this February. According to the map, it extends to the regions of eastern Poland bordering Russia and Belarus, and also affects the section of the Baltic Sea east of Gdansk. Previously, the restriction is valid until May 5, 2024. The depth of the zone where the warning is in effect reaches several hundred kilometers and affects, in particular, Warsaw. The official reason why Warsaw imposed this restriction is “unplanned military actions related to ensuring the security of the state”.

Spain’s High Court orders block on Telegram messaging app as a precautionary measure. Spaniards have been left without access to the instant messaging app Telegram, at least for the time being.

Judge Santiago Pedraz agreed to temporarily ban the platform after four of the country’s main media groups – Mediaset, Atresmedia, Movistar and Egeda – complained that the app was disseminating content generated by them and protected by copyright without authorisation from the creators. All of course, under the guise of blocking your freedom and limiting your viewership of video content pertinent to the conflicts in Ukraine.

Now Canadians could be put under “preventive house arrest” for being SUSPECTED of a hate crime in the future? This provision grants the government the authority to place individuals under house arrest if they are suspected of potentially committing a hate crime in the future. Electronic tagging and home confinement is possible with a judge’s order. Life imprisonment is the maximum penalty for a new hate-crime offence & it’s suspected to be used for popular, influential voices.

ELON MUSK SUES OPENAI OVER AI THREAT ELON IN SUIT:
“OpenAI, Inc. has been transformed into a closed-source de facto subsidiary of the largest technology company in the world: Microsoft. Under its new board, it is not just developing but is actually refining an AGI to maximize profits for Microsoft, rather than for the benefit of humanity. Contrary to the Founding Agreement, Defendants have chosen to use GPT-4 not for the benefit of humanity, but as proprietary technology to maximize profits for literally the largest company in the world. OpenAI, Inc.’s once carefully crafted non-profit structure was replaced by a purely profit-driven CEO and a Board with inferior technical expertise in AGI and AI public policy. The board now has an observer seat reserved solely for Microsoft.”

Trudeau’s new bill C-63 removes the need to apply for government grants. Now they can just file complaints — by the dozen, by the hundred, by the thousand — to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, and extract the money from their political targets directly. C-63 lets anyone who files a complaint demand up to $20,000 per complaint from their targets. Those subject to the random, anonymous complaints will have to pay for their own persecution, similar to a time when Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin sent the families of the people he had executed a bill for the bullet they used.

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez often talks about his support for Ukraine — but Spain has also more than doubled its purchases of Russian gas since the invasion of East Ukraine. It’s so much that it’s now estimated that ~20% of the gas Spain imported in 2023 was Russian

Former Mexican Congressman Rodrigo Iván Cortés has been convicted of “gendered violence” after calling trans lawmaker Salma Luévano a “man.” Cortés has been ordered to apologize every day for 30 days, and will be entered into a registry of violence against female politicians

The far-left Morena government are likely to receive re-election this upcoming election. While absurdity is difficult to enforce in Mexico, people should remember you end up in bad places one step at a time.

NORTH KOREA has sent 6,700 containers with 3 million 152mm shells to RUSSIA. This is roughly 10X more than the entire EU provided for Ukraine.

The sacrifice of the Ukrainian people for their agricultural land & the planned destabilization of Europe continues with this turning point news
It is claimed that the 2nd Armored Legion Regiment of the French army set out to be deployed in Odessa, Ukraine. This immediately follows a call between Emmanuel Macron & Volydymir Zelensky that was deliberately made public.

Russia, Russia, Russia. Europeans are still occupied by the non-existent threat of Russia on their own sovereignty and are decided to take action. However there’s one problem, they have been under the mark for military recruitment for the better part of two decades. Aside from the competency levels or munition/supplies being low as well, many otherwise stable countries are now electing to jump to military conscription such as Latvia & rumours are circulating about the same in the United Kingdom. Denmark has shocked the world by conscripting women into the military for the first time, as has Ukraine many months ago. Canada has also lowered the bar, again, to join the military to keep their numbers from falling off of a cliff.

As you read this, an untrained reserve army from Estonia heads to Ukraine to join the fight.

The Union Jack has been flying at half mast for the last 3 days upon uncertaity regarding the health of both the King and the Princess Kate. Rumours of their death circulate after a number of public appearances/scheduled events have been cancelled by them & they both remain unseen for a number of weeks. Kate Middleton has had a surgery approximately 42 days ago and has not been seen since. Likewise, that we reported here, The King has been diagnosed with a rare form of prostate cancer months ago.

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner is warning his own government that state finances are quickly becoming unmanageable, and the government needs to change course and implement austerity measures. Budget shortfalls are causing open clashes among the three-way left-liberal coalition running the country on where to allocate funds amid the deindustrialization of the entire country.

BREAKING: Mexico says it will not accept migrants repatriated by Texas under its new immigration law that allows state police to arrest illegal aliens. It’s important to note that this would mostly apply to foreign citizens of Mexico; this is mostly to deter Venezuelans, Haitians, Chinese and others settling in Mexico.

Video footage has circulated the internet from the peaceful, family boxing event last night in Roscommon, Ireland. Four men wielding a Machete seemingly attack the crowd at random. From the depiction of the men, it appears that they are of West or South Asian descent.

Roscommon is a rural small city in West Ireland.

Turkmenistan signs gas deal with Turkey, eyeing European sales .
It is Important to note that Turkmenistan possesses the world’s fourth-largest natural gas reserves. While the deals are just preliminary, Turkey aims to be a gas broker facilitating Euro-Asian sales.

Footage circulated through social media on January 13th of a confrontation between members of the ’Los Metros’ faction of the Gulf Cartel and the Northeast Cartel aboard makeshift armored vehicles or ‘monstruos’ near DoctorCoss, Nuevo León recorded by what appears to be a Pulsar Thermion thermal imaging scope. The footage bears similarities to two videos that circulated online in early September, 2023 of a gunfight between members of the ‘Grupo Cóndor’ cell operating under Los Metros and a unidentified criminal organization aboard monstruos in an unknown location.

The use of thermal imaging is a technology that is growing in popularity amongst cartel fighting forces.

China is going from door-to-door to install QR codes on citizens’ homes. So everyone can instantly check the homeowners’ social credit score by scanning this QR code. This is dangerous — it encourages people to treat their neighbors with low social credit scores as sub-human. The social credit score is according to the insane government policies and restrictions according to the President-for-life Xi. Every citizen of China is a slave to the state.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said last month via Belarusian Telegraph Agency, BelTA., that World Bank and IMF offered him a bribe of a starggering $940 million USD in the form of “Covid Relief Aid.”

In exchange for $940 million USD, the World Bank and IMF demanded that the President of Belarus:
• imposed “extreme lockdown on his people”
• force them to wear face masks
• impose very strict curfews
• impose a police state
• crash the economy

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko REFUSED the offer

Montenegro, trying to integrate into the EU have run into a conflict with EU Law; the country’s legislation clashes with five key EU legal provisions, raising concerns about its alignment with the EU legal framework. In the Western Balkans, a legislative battle is currently underway, sending ripples through the European fin tech community. The Montenegro’s recent amendment to the Gambling Law, particularly Article 68f, has sparked a significant debate.

• In just 5 days, over 25,000 signatures, representing approximately 8% of the national electorate, signalling widespread public dissent in Montenegro
• This segment of the business accounts for 2% of Montenegro’s employment, faces significant risks due to the operational and economic repercussions of the new legislative changes.

In effect, electronic payment methods like e-banking and mobile payments, are now said to be defying the global financial and payment standards and are now disabled. I wonder if they still wish to be in the European Union now? This is an everyday occurrence for European states.

New York Community Bank crashes 42% and has trading halted. It’s predicted that more regional banks will crash amid a number of defaults on commercial real estate.

One of the most jam-packed subway systems in the world is now going full-out police state. The National Guard is now deployed to subway stations in NYC, with mandatory bag checks for random residents. There is a significant force present.

Four Muslim teens have been arrested for plotting a terrorist attack in Brussels.

Sweden is now a full NATO member, making it the 32nd country to join the military alliance.

Australia funds $42 million dollars to ASEAN countries in effort to support aggressive moves made by the Chinese Navy. Funds come after Philippine president told Australian parliament he would ‘not yield’ a ‘square inch’ in the South China Sea.

The South China Sea has been a strategic point for the Chinese Communist Party; to compensate, many small islands have received support from Western Powers to not allow any positioning of China. Last quarter we covered that Japan had beens significantly funding Indonesia for the same purpose. Outside of Singapore, China has no friends in the region.

It is now prohibited in Canada to talk about the benefits of gasoline and gas for cars under the new Law C-372. Now you can spend 2 years in prison or a 500 thousand dollar fine. Where this applies to many citizens is if you put an I LOVE OIL sticker on your car, which has been a common Canadian campaign which brought thousands of high-paying jobs to citizens in years prior. Under Law C-372 it can be interpreted that this is a sign that you are a terrorist or extremist threatening national security. It is also prohibited on the internet or social networks to say that climate change is a lie, this immediately falls under a series of laws and leads to long-term imprisonment in prison or a psychiatric hospital in Canada

The governors of the Patagonian provinces Tierra del Fuego, Chubut, Río Negro, Neuquén, La Pampa created what they’re calling a “Patagonian Treaty”, assigning a President of Patagonia. Could this be the beginning of Argentina splitting apart?

It’s worth noting that these provinces do hold significant resource claims that would become distinct from Buenos Aires

For the first time since the Red Sea conflicts,, Houthi attacks to vessels have claimed the first victims. This is another step indicating the rising tensions in the area, altering global energy & commodity trade routes. The attack displays the failure of the strategy adopted by Western navies, who remain vastly unprepared for a long-term fight against the grounded forces.

This is significant because since the start of 2024, Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have almost halved Qatar’s LNG cargoes to European markets. Luckily for Europe, the winter has so far been extremely warm, reducing gas demand–but this will not hold true indefinitely. We have already covered here that Qatar has cancelled trade deals with Italy who were about to serve as the energy port for the continent.

Jersey-based regional airline, Blue Islands, is launching a new direct service to the Isle of Man from Jersey, specifically aimed at business travellers. 

The route will start from the 23rd of April. It will operate Tuesday and Thursdays, on alternate weeks. Rob Veron, CEO Blue Islands said, “We’re excited to enhance connectivity for our Channel Islands business communities; a true strategic benefit for our islands, enabling fast and efficient travel with a new scheduled service between Guernsey / Jersey and the Isle of Man.” 

The Bidenistas claim that they have the second lowest jobless claims out of all presidents–at the same time, have a look at the number of layoffs JUST the past FEW WEEKS (Feb 23rd)
1. Twitch: 35% of workforce 2. Roomba: 31% of workforce 3. Hasbro: 20% of workforce 4. LA Times: 20% of workforce 5. Spotify: 17% of workforce 6. Levi’s: 15% of workforce 7. Xerox: 15% of workforce 8. Qualtrics: 14% of workforce 9. Wayfair: 13% of workforce 10. Duolingo: 10% of workforce 11. Washington Post: 10% of workforce 12: Snap: 10% of workforce 13. eBay: 9% of workforce 14. Business Insider: 8% of workforce 15. Paypal: 7% of workforce 16. Okta: 7% of workforce 17. Charles Schwab: 6% of workforce 18. Docusign: 6% of workforce 19: CISCO: 5% of workforce 20. UPS: 2% of workforce 21. Nike: 2% of workforce 22. Blackrock: 3% of workforce 23. Paramount: 3% of workforce 24. Citigroup: 20,000 employees 25. Pixar: 1,300 employees

This is of course only 25 companies, all limited to tech/media; bankruptcies are at a high as well.

Biden’s 2024 Title IX revisions will CRIMINALIZE students who “misgender” LGBTQ classmates… you will be REQUIRED to voice support for delusional fictions or go to jail

Chinese developer Country Garden faces winding-up petition in new blow to economy

China’s real estate sector, which supports the country’s second-largest economy globally, has been reeling from crisis to crisis since 2021 as a result of a regulatory crackdown on debt-fueled building that led to a liquidity shortage

Russian electronic warfare systems are successfully disabling “sophisticated” US-supplied Ukrainian weapons. How?

Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute think tank, said Russian electronic warfare capabilities used to be inferior compared to their Ukrainian opponents, largely because they could not keep up with their troops on the ground. While the regular radar & electronic systems used were unwieldy, defensive, slow and not very agile, the Russians have resorted to relying on hundreds of smaller and more mobile electronic warfare equipment deployed all along the front line.
Ukraine’s General Staff have stated that Russian systems are reducing the efficiency and accuracy of the Western weapons Ukraine has been receiving. This has led to a change of tactics within the Ukrainian forces to combat this.

Armenia warns that Azerbaijan is planning a ‘full-scale war’. This follows Russian President Vladimir Putin brokering a temporary peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia who have been fighting over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh in an ethnic and territorial conflict since 1988 off and on

French Farmers protesting the in innumerable policy constraints thrown upon them both from the French parliament but also the European parliament seemingly have nothing to show form but angering the public with no products in stores.

Macron and his cronies are not going to stop with the mandatory vaccinations, silencing of critical thinkers & rejection of independence in all factions of society. Yesterday the French Government adopted article 4 into law. This law means person/s can be fined up to €45,000 or in-prisoned up to 3 years for any criticizing or opposing mRNA Lipid Nanotechnology injections or treatment. This will also apply in future to mandatory vaccinations.

mRNA lipid nanotechnology has had serious health concerns placed upon it due to innate cytokine rush, the inflammatory processes it stimulates past the blood brain barrier and the disruption of endogenous immunomodulators. Previous studies (well before the whole Covid hysteria) have reliably demonstrated this in animal models.

The article is nicnamed “Article Pfizer” and effectively make other forms of treatment illegal under fine or jail sentences. It’s a literal or metaphorical death in France.

America’s First 15 Minute City–a Car Free Community is becoming a reality in Tempe, Arizona.
Culdesac is the nation’s first rental community designed and built specifically for car-free living” This brand new rental community in Tempe has all the amenities, fitness center, dog park, outdoor kitchens, but something’s missing. So there are no cars in this community at all. Isn’t slavery great this way?

The complex is strategically located right next to the area’s light rail system. All residents within the zone get a free pass. To lure people inside, the first two hundred also get a free electric ebike (no mention of the electricity to power it), and a partnership with Lyft gets them discount rides.

The Co-founder of the project highlights strong demand, particularly from Gen Z. One states, ” It’s not as, like, like affordable out here as it was like a few years ago, you know, and having that opportunity to to live and work where you are and just have it as one, that’s like perfect”.

High costs of living are a good incentive for people to imprison themselves.

In a complete AI mania/bubble, $SMCI is over 207% this month, 257% YTD, 947% over a year & 4,986% in the last 5 years

The stock bubble in semiconductors and tech closely resembles that of the dotcom bust in 2001.

In fact its gotten so extreme that the market cap of NVDA & MSFT total more than that of the GDP of Japan, a major global economy.

It is a historic day for Artificial Intelligence technology. The new text-to-video model by OpenAI Sora can generate videos indistinguishable from real ones. Many circulate the internet that are amazingly clear and authentic. Some have questioned that future of film production following the release of this technology.

Denmark has decided to transfer all its artillery to Ukraine. “Ukraine is asking us for ammunition and artillery now. We, Denmark, have decided to transfer all our artillery to Ukraine. So, sorry, friends, there is military equipment in Europe, it is not only a matter of production. We have weapons, ammunition, air defence systems, which we do not use. They must be handed over to Ukraine,” the Prime Minister official stressed.

It’s questioning what Denmark are going to use for their own defence once these systems are consumed or destroyed by the dwindling Ukraine forces.

Just in: CHINA BANS MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS FROM SELLING STOCKS AT THE OPEN OR CLOSE, AND PLANS TO TRACK WHO IS SHORTING UNDER MAJOR PENALTY.

Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev told Japan it would have to drop territorial claims to a group of Pacific islands if it wanted to conclude a peace treaty with Russia formally ending World War Two.

Medvedev, a former president who is Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council, over what Moscow calls the Kuril islands are likely to anger Japan which lays claim to four of the southernmost islands, which Japan calls the Northern Territories.

Russia, the main successor state to the Soviet Union, and Japan have never signed a peace treaty formally ending their hostilities during World War Two, with the islands remaining the primary stumbling block.

Diplomats were about to draft an agreement that envisaged returning two of the four islands to Japan as part of a peace deal, although Russia withdrew from peace treaty talks with Japan because of Japanese sanctions over Russia’s war in Ukraine and relations have soured further since.

It is now gaining some discussion that U.S. farmland owned by Chinese companies could pose as a national security threat. Amazingly, over 80 percent of U.S. farmland owned by Chinese corporations or investors is owned by Smithfield Foods– purchased by the Hong Kong-based WH Group for $4.7 billion in 2013. At the time, it was dubbed “the biggest Chinese takeover” of a U.S. corporation, still one of the USA’s biggest producers of industrial meat

We are developing a seven part series outlining the problems behind low fertility rates in the world. While birth rates are highest throughout the African continent, new data suggests the trend is negative for them as well. The number of children per woman has been decreasing for 40 years. The current high average is 4.5 which was an extremely high 6.6 years prior. Specifically in North Africa, the fertility rate has been cut in half in 37 years. Stay tuned to our articles and Twitter for more

A large NYPD protest has taken place throughout New York streets because of the illegals who attacked the 2 police officers in Times Square were released without bail. This refers to the event caught on tape whereby the arrest of an illegal migrant went awry. Amid the arrest of one individual, two police officers were mugged by a gang of migrants, freeing the criminal. Later, when all subjects were brought in, they were released immediately.

USA, UK and EU states are solely responsible for the funding of Ukraine fighters against Russia; Equipment, firearms, personnel recruitment, marketing, all is funding externally. To date, a well-agreed upon figure of 500,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died. Highlighting the futility in further fighting, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was the sole EU representative leader to veto further aid for Ukraine.

Following internal threats and dirty politics, Orban had decided to vote in agreement with the other 26 member states for a whopping new €50 billion aid package for Ukraine. To put this in perspective, you could withdraw 1,369,863 Euros a day…for ONE Hundred years.

Nigeria’s currency has lost over 65% of its value relative to USD over the past year. The current trend this year is not showing any improvements. Anyone holding domestic cash/deposits had their savings greatly devalued same as everyone who is paid in the local currency. To negate this loss, you would need to be holding US dollars or negotiate a tripling of their income! Nigeria is a major global producer of oil and one of the largest GDPs in Africa

King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, says Buckingham Palace.

The type of cancer has not been revealed – it is revealed to not be prostate cancer, following examination of his enlarged prostate.

The King began “regular treatments” on Monday and will postpone public duties during the treatment. For a few years the health of the King has been put into question given some physical abnormalities noticed in photos.

The European Union is said to be seeking sanctions and a “travel ban” against Tucker Carlson for his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Since the Ukraine border war, Tucker Carlson has been the only American journalist who sought to interview Putin to get the Russian side of the equation. Many pro-war and European Union supporters are angered by hearing the Russian side of the story, lest they find their narrative become challenged.

The difference is stark from when American journalist Pierre Huss interviewed Adolf Hitler in the middle of World War 2 in 1941, later winning the George Polk award for war reporting.

Tucker Carlson has had his phone hacked by the Biden administration in attempt to disturb plans to go to Moscow to interview President Putin months ago. The world awaits for the interview to be released.

European Union, Soviet Union

Tomató, Tomáto.

Of course there’s nothing quite like the Super Bowl to display American consumerism. Here are some of the amounts of money surrounding the Sunday event:
-7,426 USD was the cheapest ticket at the Super Bowl this year
-115 Million viewers on television

-A record setting 50.4 Million Americans have bet a whopping 16 Billion dollars on the game (average 317 USD a person; a 16% increase compared to last year)
-A record setting cost of 7 Million dollars to display a 30-second advertisement
-CBS collects over 600 Million dollars of ad-revenue during the single game
-The Halftime Show display is estimated to cost around 15 Million dollars.

A 63 year old man flying from Bangkok to Germany died mid-flight in a horrific scene of litres of blood gushing from his mouth and nose. The cause of death is unknown although many surmise that it was from Ebola which is a symptom in 20% of patients.

At the same time, the first American citizen has been declared dead due to “Alaskapox”.

Since Trudeau has taken office back in 2015, over 80 Christian churches have now been burned to the ground. This past weekend, a middle aged man was caught on camera deliberately setting fire to historic Blessed Sacrament Parish church in Regina, Saskatchewan by means of gasoline.

A number of energy producers are contending with protests that are deliberately disrupting operations. The markets have consequently taken a dive for these commodity producers. Parex Resources is one such company:

 
PAREX RESOURCES INC-ONGOING SOCIAL PROTESTS THAT ARE AFFECTING OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN LLANOS
    * PAREX RESOURCES INC-ACTIVATED INTERNAL SECURITY PROTOCOLS AND IS ACTIVELY WORKING TO RESUME OPERATIONS BY ENGAGING WITH STAKEHOLDERS AT ALL LEVELS
    * PAREX – AS A RESULT OF PROTESTS, ON JAN 22, CO SHUT-IN OPERATIONS AT CAPACHOS BLOCK, AS WELL AS HALTED DRILLING AND TESTING OPERATIONS AT ARAUCA BLOCK

Additionally, South32 Ltd. told contractors and suppliers at its Colombian nickel operations to scale back to essential activities as community protesters block the movement of people and supplies to the giant open pit mine and smelter.

Roadblocks are preventing product from leaving the Cerro Matoso site (one of their mining properties)

Protests at one of the world’s top suppliers of ferro-nickel, used to make stainless steel, is the latest example of residents pushing for greater benefits from mining, part of the industry’s battle to attain and maintain social acceptance with the indigenous communities.

U.S. Senate passes a $95 billion aid package for (60) Ukraine, (20) Israel, and (15) Taiwan without any border security funding. The entire bill is for $118 Billion (12 Billion more than what Biden had originally requested) in addition to the $75 Billion that Biden had already sent just to Ukraine over the last 2 years. All these are official numbers (on the books) numbers as well.

Here is the power artificial intelligence-powered “deepfakes”. They’re now used as a means of sophisticated criminals to rob not just a couple hundred of dollars, but millions. A scammer used AI to pose as a multinational company’s chief financial officer in a video call to trick the employee of sending approximately $25M dollars to another account.

The finance worker was duped into making a video call with the purported CFO and several other senior executives at the company. Hong Kong police confirmed that while the “team” looked and sounded real, they were in fact fake. To convince the employee the scammers managed to invite the employee to attend a video call, where the supposed CFO and several other colleagues he recognized were in attendance.

Believing all of the participants on the call to be real, the employee agreed to send more than $200 million Hong Kong dollars (about $25.6 million) to a specified account.

The scam was only identified several days later, when the employee became concerned over the transfer and checked with the corporate head office. Neither the worker, nor the company, has been identified.

Deepfakes are videos that have been manipulated by computers, often using AI, to make people appear to say or do something they never did, or to appear in places they weren’t.

The Hong Kong police said that it alone has come across more than 20 cases that involved the use of AI deepfakes to trick facial recognition systems by imitating people on identity cards. Coincidentally this comes as a time of Hong Kong giving up entire sovereignty to the communist part of China, known for many schemes and scams as a method of funding themselves.

February 15th, the UK AND Japan officially declare they are in economic recessions. Meanwhile Germany has been in a depression with their entire industrial, foreign investment and manufacturing base closing down & China amid a real estate & economic collapse.

Amazingly, US equity markets rip higher and the bubble in tech/semiconductors continue to roar higher and higher.

Just this week that now makes:

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Japan

Luxembourg

Moldova

Peru

Ireland

United Kingdom

Jeff Bezos Sells $4 Billion of Amazon Stock in Four Trading Days. Others are doing the same:

Chairman & CEO Jamie Dimon dumped 125 million worth of $JPM shares yesterday (February 22nd). He has been CEO since 2006 and this is his first ever sale of company shares.

The Reni sea trade port, the largest Ukrainian port on the Danube, was attacked. Reni Commercial Sea Port is a port located on the left bank of the Danube River. It is an important transport hub of Ukraine, in which the work of river, sea, road and rail transport is closely intertwined. It was considered as an alternative to Odessa and was planned to be used for the export of grain, but something went wrong. A massive explosion can be seen.

Citigroup announces mass layoffs. The banking giant has reported its worst quarter in 15 years! Citigroup has announced plans to cut up to 20,000 jobs after reporting a steep quarterly loss of $1.8 billion for the last three months of 2023

The Brazilian government has banned Rumble in their country. Without a VPN, Rumble access is not possible. Rumble is appealing the government’s decision to try to restore access.

After posting one the highest accelerations of crime in all of Latin America the past few years, Ecuador’s criminal gangs have ramped up their expedition across the country. Most notably, Ecuador has declared ‘internal armed conflict’ as gunmen take over live TV broadcast. The world watched the takeover of TC Television’s live broadcast from the coastal city of Guayaquil. Social media video showed the assailants forcing staff of the state-owned network onto the floor of the studio as shots and yelling were heard in the background.

Ecuador has been caught in a proxy war between two very large Mexican Drug Cartels (Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG Cartel) vowing for control over the country’s ports for shipments and resources. They do this by funding and supporting local gangs which has turned into a meltdown of violent crime. What first began as a coastline/port issue has now become infected throughout.

Numerous videos have circulated about mid-day killings, gun and knife robberies and shoot-outs between gangs with innocents nearby. This comes a year after a highly regarded presidential candidate was assassinated in broad day light in front of his personal security.

On the ground sources tell me that “going anywhere in Ecuador is a risk you will be robbed, beaten up or even killed if you come across the wrong person… there is no law & order here… we work for a very low amount of money and hope to keep it without facing delinquents ready to rob us”.

Taiwan voters chose the next leader; William Lai and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have won over Beijing’s preferred candidate. With its ethnically Chinese population, Taiwan’s people have elected exactly who the Chinese Communist Party did not want as the leader. The party champions the concept of having their country more independent of China & is starkly anti-communist.

Many have taken to social media to commend the efficiency by which the votes were counted (one by one, by hand).

Approximately 51,226 Salvadorans living abroad voted in El Salvador’s upcoming presidential election in the first three days after the country opened overseas electronic voting for the first time. The overseas vote is expected to help President Nayib Bukele who received international attention after his critique of the United States foreign policy, adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender and his policies leading to a radical reduction of crime.

The German government has approved the export of air-defense missiles to Saudi Arabia, underlining a softening of its hard line of recent years toward arms exports to the kingdom. Traditionally, the German state has condemn politics in Saudi Arabia, especially following the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdoms consulate in Istanbul in 2018.The decision to cooperate military was made by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and several other ministers who now approved the export of 150 air-to-air missiles for the Iris-T air defense system at the end of 2023.

It’s timely news as UK and USA have lead missile/bomb strikes in Yemen against the Houthi populations who have been aggressive against shipments in the Red Sea.

The British Army has consistently fallen short of its recruitment targets for other ranks each year since 2010, according to Ministry of Defence data. The figures reveal a cumulative deficit of 22,350 in the Basic Training Starts (BTS) Targets for British Army, compared to the total recruitment goal of 119,530 set over the period from 2010 to 2023. It’s estimated that at any given moment, 30,000 registered army personnel are not physically ready for a conflict-like scenario.

Following Donald Trumps big win in Iowa in the early Republican primaries, Vivek Ramaswamy has dropped out of Republican presidential race. Vivek had won a tremendous amount of support by speaking fluently, brilliantly and openly on many complex topics. Many had thought that while he was a strong candidate, he did not have the fire power to beat President Donald Trump

German Defense Ministry Mulls Potential Russia-NATO War Scenarios in a classified Bundeswehr document, obtained by Bild, outlines situations in which Russia could target NATO, detailing a sequence of events month by month. Events will take place such as military conscription, moving of military personnel, cyber attacks and provocations/responses until (the document predicts) a full out Russia/NATO war on European soil. European governments have been warning this around the same time.

Student Visa applications from India are down 86% in the last quarter of 2023. India, the most populated country on the planet has previously chosen Canada as their number 1 destination. From Canada’s perspective, there’s no other nationality that comes close in number.

However after Justin Trudeau continued to play politics against the state of India, increasingly bad press (in India) has deterred further applicants from applying. This has been aided by the very high living costs in Canada that make it unfeasible to afford student life. This change will greatly remove rent demand throughout the country–with hundreds of thousands expected to pull the plug.

Mexico revives state airline Mexicana, aims fleet expansion in 2024. Serving as an ultra-low cost carrier, the government announced in August it bought the Mexicana brand for $48 million with 11 destinations already planned. The Mexican government has been particularly aggressive with unfavourable policies against airliners, airports and its travel industry as of late.

Universal Basic Income coming to Canada. Canada hits the loot-the-treasury stage, set to hand everybody $2,000 per month whether they work or not, whether they like it or not. This will drive inflation, it will destroy the treasury, and it will convert millions of Canadian workers into permanent parasites surviving on the remaining few who work. Nobody gets ahead in Canada.

Of course, economically this centralized planning will fail, unless the intention is something more sinister.

When a person has no job they have no function in society but to consume and are therefore disposable. This is the perfect pre-text for depopulation, which the Trudeau government has proudly supported by several means.

Starting this year. The Communist government of Nicaragua has mandated that citizens engaging in a real estate transaction (of any property) will first need government approval for its sale and purchase before proceeding. Additionally, both parties (buyer & seller) are obliged to remit a 15% Value Added Tax on the sale of the property. Nicaragua’s economy has been suffering for sometime now given its big government tyrannical policies but it has truly been in decline since 2020. This is another swing to sure up the coffers of the shrinking economy for Ortega and his family & a major disincentive for foreign investment in the country (which had fantastic real estate opportunities prior). This is a reminder to investors that when someone tells you they don’t believe in private property/free trade, you should believe them.

Canada to create citizenship path for undocumented immigrants.

Canada is planning a “broad and comprehensive program” that would allow many undocumented people to apply directly for permanent residency.

This of course is no shock knowing the ambitious immigration targets for Canada which had already aimed to bring in 500,000 immigrants a year by 2025.

This adds to the already millions of undocumented migrants, of which, a high majority come from 3rd world countries & seek welfare or state support.

At least $75,000,000 USD dollars (& potentially up to 123M) worth of gold and silver has been stolen from a Delaware warehouse depository, most of which belonged to elderly folks who were using this as a retirement savings. This was following an audit taking place that showed much of the metal was missing.

The Standard & Poors rating agency writes, The agency now projects fiscal deficits of 3% to 4% of Bahrain’s GDP over 2023-26, compared with 2% to 3% in its previous review. Debt to GDP of Bahrain is 125%, in a dangerous economic territory as it seeks to diversify it’s economy away from being completely reliant on oil-sources. Additionally, It posted an average annual fiscal deficit of -14% of GDP in 2015-2021 even with oil and gas prices rising. Despite this, the rating agency names the country as economically stable vs. previously negative a year ago.

Approximately 424,000 Canadian citizens left Canada in 2023 alone.

The Saudis continue to cut back on oil production in attempt to get their production in line with global market demand. Now, after numerous production cuts, they have cut their oil prices to accommodate even weaker than anticipated demand. Despite US stock market performance, commodity markets have been pricing in reduced economic activity over the last year.

Fuel will increase more than 500% starting Feb 1, as part of one of Cuba’s

largest macroeconomic adjustment plans to reduce the large fiscal deficit, with increases in public services and the end of food subsidies.

Singapores economic numbers continue to plummet since the height of those glory days as being the liberty of Asia. Many in Asia continue remove their assets and companies from Hong Kong to Singapore, but just as fast, people are leaving Singapore.

A new study has revealed that the fertility rate of the local population has plummeted to 1.05 after COVID. They have no goal of attracting new citizens as real estate prices have peaked at a new high and you can only live & work there if you’re “fully vaccinated” and the definition can change whenever the government wants.

Additionally, Singapore is championing themselves over being the first digital face-scan passport released as well as other dystopian measures such as sacrificing health sovereignty to the WHO in May. This would mean that under punishment of jail, deportation or magnificent fines, residents need to accept manufactured “crisis lockdowns” forever.

In our free article page we cover how the place is failing and their numbers are financially engineered (fake!) to paint a better picture instead of their ongoing collapse. This is a desperate reach by the government to cover up their incompetency / crimes.

The Netherlands remains vulnerable when it comes to the supply of natural gas, warned Hans Coenen, an executive board member at Gasunie. Gas prices are now much lower than before, but according to Coenen, “vigilance and continuous energy saving” remain necessary for all of us.

“There is no guarantee that everything will continue to go smoothly during a very cold winter,” Prices could rise at any moment and we are exposed.

Netherlands are just one of many European country who are exposed to fluctuations in energy prices.

40 countries have elections this year. While you may agnostic towards political elections, it’s worth stating that this implicates 3.2 billion people (or 41% of world) $44.2 trillion in GDP (42% of global GDP)–of course one of these being the United States.

A Significant Explosion has taken place at a Hotel with mass casualty incident declared in FortWorth,Texas. Numerous authorities and other law enforcement personnel are on the scene of a significant gas explosion at the Sandman Signature Hotel.
Many have noted windows blown out and a possible floor collapse in the interior.
Numerous witnesses have reported hearing the explosion miles away. Police are urging everyone to avoid the area.

Italy has started offering financial and rental assistance for some nationals of third countries with long-term residence status on January 1, 2024. The Italians claim the measure aims to foster economic and social integration. Those who meet the requirements will receive up to €7,560 in support per year.

Italy has decided to provide a new support measure aimed at fostering economic and social integration for nationals of some third countries with long-term residence status. It would be amazing if this program were successful, however, the larger point is questioning whether Italy with their economic stagnation and enormous levels of debt can afford such a program.

Private equity and venture capital investments in Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan have dropped 30% year over year in 2023 to $25.08 billion, representing the lowest annual total in at least five years!

The decline in private equity investment activity in the region can be attributed to rising interest rates worldwide, as well as cooling private equity activity in China. Signalling yet again more evidence that China’s best days are long behind them.

NY Federal Reserve warns of mass defaults as household debt hits a record $17.5 trillion. That’s up $3.4 trillion since the peak of the pandemic — almost $30,000 per household. In all the average American household is now carrying over $400,000 in debt.

The government takes away the demand to produce goods & services, expect shortages. Now over 15,000 citizens in Nova Scotia have been waiting to be assigned a family doctor for over 3 years! Teacher shortages extend across the entire country where non-certified or non-teaching staff are now filling the roles of teaching (yes, the janitorial tax are doing the algebra). The housing shortage has gotten so out of control, some are electing to live on their boats in Ontario’s lakes and the coasts of the country to beat the high costs. All this is coupled with Canada’s ‘life imprisonment’ law for hate speech or wrong speech which enters Canadian law this month.

Happening Now: With the current economic crisis the country is undergoing, people are resorting to eating urban pigeons. Individuals are now shifting their YouTube content on how to properly prepare one to eat. The extremely strict regulations, taxes and control over all aspects of the economy are causing extreme shortages for millions.

A New York High School has sent children home for the day as illegal immigrants being transported (on their school bus) are sent to occupy their school gym, hallway and classrooms.

Massachusetts began to ask residents to host illegals in their homes and properties.The same has been reitterated by New York govenor Kathy Hochul as well.

Given a number of Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea (or the threat of, disturbing global trade routes), many anticipate that the US Navy (whom are stationed nearby with limited munitions) will attack Yemen. There is a real chance of escalation to occur in the region disrupting the global supply chains indefinitely at a time when inflationary numbers have been falling.

Alberta has seen record cold temperatures ranging between -30 and -40C this past week with some areas extending close to -50C at times.

The Albertan Government never wasted a moment to take advantage of the crisis. Alberta Emergency Alert has sent out an automatic (mandatory) text message to residents. Amid the very low temperatures, they warn that the higher demand for power consumption has placed Alberta’s grid under threat of rotating power outages. Similar to Covid-policy, Albertan’s are asked to immediately limit their power consumption to “essential needs only”.

They recommend to shut off space heaters, delay use of major appliances, delay charging electric vehicles, cooking with a microwaves as opposed to gas stove & others.

Fear of outages over any additional power consumption is now a thought entering Albertans’ minds.

An indication of what’s to come?

NATO is scheduled to soon have their largest drill since the Cold War involving over 90,000 soldiers in Poland

Amid the economic changes to comply with their own climate change act plans for the United Kingdom, they are currently the only country in the G20 who no longer produce any steel. Thousands of jobs will be axed at the country’s biggest steelworks as part of a major green restructuring. Similar trends are being seen throughout Europe with Germany in a major recession at the moment.  

French farmers have effectively blocked Highway A64 near Toulouse for the third consecutive day in France. They have established a campsite on the highway, with amenities such as restrooms, a consistent food supply, water tanks, and a generator to indicate their plan for a lengthy protest. Earlier this week, French farmers dumped more than a hundred trailers’ worth of manure and waste in protest.

Similar to their German counterparts, French farmers are fed up with crippling, globalist policies in the name of curbing climate change.

However, ironically, their behaviour is similar to those protesting that government are not doing enough for the sake of “climate change”. One has to suspect that given the similarity of their response–a government response will resolve the protest. In other words, their protest will only bring upon more roles of government to occupy positions over their farming lives. Plan retourné contre lui?

The Marshall Islands has experienced significant flooding and massive waves early this week (January 22nd). This comes as a week prior there was a radiological NOTAM (Notice to AirMen) posted for the region.

Marshall Islands have long been a series of islands and atolls that have been used for weapons and explosives testing by the US Military; the most famous being the island of Bikini and the atomic bomb.

Is there on-going military action in the pacific again?

A Russia and Ukraine agreement to swap POWs went sour following a lethal plane crash. After Russia had returned the Ukrainian POWs on January 3rd with success, the Ukraine’s response in return ended up in a plane crash killing all of the crew and the Russian POWs onboard. This was immediately met with glee and cheers from the Ukrainian side of “more dead Russians”.

Our source on the ground explains, At first, there was no information about who was on board. A very limited number of people knew that there was an exchange of prisoners of war today. But naturally, Ukrainian public and newspapers have already begun to celebrate. Some are still celebrating until there is official information.

Army Chief warns that British public will be called upon to fight in a war with Russia to compensate for the continual recruitment shortages with a “record small army”.

Australian Coal Export Ports Threatened by Cyclone. Cyclone Kirrily is expected to make landfall on Queensland’s coast and islands late on January 24 or early on January 25. This is predicted to not only disrupt shipments (mostly to Asia) but to hinder production.

Far from Australia, there is a perfect storm developing as the Panama Canal and Suez Canal both are experiencing a radical reduction of throughpout given protests and military conflicts, respectively.

Saudi Arabia has reversed a seven-decade (72 years) total ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol by opening a drinks shop in the capital Riyadh’s diplomatic quarter. The reversal only applies to non-Muslims however, but this markets another move by crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ‘Vision 2030’ plan.

United States to station nuclear weapons in UK for first time in 15 years, Pentagon documents reveal. NATO forces continue their growth and expansion to provoke tensions in Europe amid Ukraine’s border war coming to an end.

Hostage situation at Starbucks in Ulm, Germany. Shots have been reported. Law enforcements are on the scene and have closed the roads off.

After seizing $100 million in gold in Niger that was heading to Dubai, the head of the TMC in Niger, Abderrahmane Tiani, stops all gold exploration activities in the country until further notice.

Since the coup d’état against Mohamed Bazoum on 26 July, Niger has been governed by a coalition of high-ranking officers in an alliance of circumstance. Much of the countries future remains to be soon–however Niger being a country rich in gold and uranium surely will impact commodity markets.

Amazingly, Taylor Swift could sway 2024 election outcome. A new small poll finds with a FIFTH of voters ‘likely’ to back candidate endorsed by singer. Taylor Swift’s fame has extended far beyond stardom by developing an obsessive cult-following. Perhaps her opinions on the election this year will help play a role in voting figures.

New York Community Bancorp stock crashes, trading has been halted. One wonders if the regional bank crisis of 2023 has not been completely resolved given that this bank was one the one who purchased Signature Bank last year after it also collapsed.

Killings of women and girls in Trinidad and Tobago have reached an all-time high, while police and politicians are failing to tackle rising crime rates. Almost the entirety of the Caribbean have seen unprecedented crime rates, even by their standards.