The Weekly Watch
Lots of Moving Parts
It's difficult to keep up to date in the rapid news cycle these days....from assassination to withdrawals, congress cheering for genocide, Yemen and Israel trading attacks, the EU preventing peace in Ukraine as Ukraine targets EU members, Hungry and Slovakia... while China is uniting the Palestinians, and Russia is working toward peace between Syria and Türkiye. Whatta world. Round and round, faster and faster...
As this busy news cycle continues, there were many insightful interviews this week. Let's begin with a nice selection of them...
Pepe's geopolitical analysis with an Asian focus is always interesting to me
Multipolar World, Ukraine, Iran, Palestine, Yemen with Pepe Escobar and Richard Medhurst
(1 hour)
China Has Achieved Escape Velocity: It Is Now Unstoppable (Pepe Escobar)
"The plenum proved once more that “socialism with Chinese characteristics” – or, for the recalcitrant, Chinese-modified capitalism – is “people-centric”. The supreme values are national interest and the people’s interests – attested by the fact that large private corporations remain under the strategic control of the CPC."
China throws clout behind Palestine The Beijing Declaration cements the idea that global conflict resolution is now Made in China. But it also throws a wrench in US–Israeli efforts to manufacture a collaborator Palestinian government after the war in Gaza...
The concept of China as a peacemaking superpower is now so established that after the Iran–Saudi Arabia rapprochement and the signing of the Beijing Declaration, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba chose to tell his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing that Kiev is now finally ready to negotiate the end of the NATO–Russia proxy war in Ukraine.
Larry Johnson is another analyst I respect...
Larry C. Johnson on Ukraine's Collapse: Is Hope Lost? -
Is Israel Facing a Catastrophic Downfall? (1 hour)
Larry also discusses the China Palestine meeting as well as the Russian Syria-Turkey talks.
Lavrov has been quite outspoken about the west in the last couple of weeks. First in a UN speech...
Lavrov's UN speech last week is worth the read...
Last century, George Orwell predicted the essence of the rules-based order in the novel Animal Farm: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” It means that you are allowed to do what you wish if you follow orders from the ruling leader. But if you dare to protect your national interests, you will be declared an outlaw and beleaguered by sanctions.
Washington’s hegemonistic policy has been the same for decades. Absolutely all schemes of Euro-Atlantic security were based on America’s domination, including the subjugation of Europe and the “containment” of Russia. The main role in this was assigned to NATO, which has ultimately tramped down the European Union that had been created to serve Europeans. The alliance has unceremoniously privatised OSCE bodies in brazen violation of the Helsinki Final Act.
The unrestrained enlargement of NATO, which went on for years contrary to Moscow’s warnings, has also provoked the Ukraine crisis that began with the state coup organised by Washington in February 2014 to seize full control of Ukraine and use the neo-Nazi regime they brought to power to prepare an attack on Russia. When Petr Poroshenko, and after him Vladimir Zelensky, waged a war against their own citizens in Donbass, outlawed Russian education, Russian culture, Russian media and the Russian language and banned the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, nobody in the West noticed that, and nobody demanded that their wardens in Kiev “observe the proprieties” and respect international conventions on the rights of national minorities or the Constitution of Ukraine, which stipulates respect for these rights. It is to eliminate these threats to the national security of Russia, to protect the people who consider themselves part of Russian culture and live on the land that their ancestors developed for centuries, as well as to save them from legal and physical extermination that the special military operation began.
He does a good job laying out the situation and how it could be resolved.
And after the speech he held a press conference...
Lavrov's Stunning Press Conference On Multipolarity.
(12 min excerpt - full presser here)
The Puppeteer Arrives...
Bibi arrived in DC to large protests and an obedient captured congress. The seals all clapped for Bibi's butchery and lies in congress this week.
The killing continues... Chas Freeman provides a pretty good analysis below.
Netanyahu & the Stooges in DC (34 min)
Scott was outraged about Bibi's address. (20 min)
Scott Ritter: Netanyahu Just ATTACKED America as Israel Loses War on All Fronts ft. Dan Kovalik
Scott Ritter GOES OFF on Benjamin Netanyahu for suggesting to Congress that Americans protesting his visit were "Iranian proxies" and gives a sober assessment of Israel's deteriorating military and political position as its war enters month ten. Author and Human Rights Lawyer Dan Kovalik also joined to provide a full analysis of what Netanyahu's attack on America says about US politics at this stage of history.
Max, Aaron, and Anya discuss the DC protests and Bibi's lies. (about 30 min)
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate cover the gut-wrenching spectacle of Benjamin Netanyahu's welcome to Washington and report back from the mass protests that met him at the US Capitol.
US politics is really a joke.
The Duran interviewed Robert Barnes this week in a wide ranging discussion of many of the moving parts in the US.
Biden passes "torch" to Kamala w/ Robert Barnes (Live) (2 hours)
Roberts hypothesis of the big plan to assassinate Trump, blame Iran, and bring Bibi in the drive a new war home is interesting. He's discusses the idea fairly early in the interview.
Larry interviewed Bill Binney this week looking at CrowdStrike and the deep state.
Larry C. Johnson and Bill Binney on the CrowdStrike and the Russian Hack of the DNC Emails (1 hour)
Bill says it quite clearly, the US is a police state.
The (S)Election.
I thought this outsider explains US elections accurately...
Shahid King Bolsen has an opinion on elections in the United States.
(about 4 min followed by 4 min of evidence of US election issues)
Jimmy has a couple of good pieces on election issues...
You Can’t Vote Against The Crumbling Empire! w/ Matt Kennard (32 min)
“The Racket” author Matt Kennard joins Jimmy to discuss how democracy in the United States is an illusion and that the duopoly only gives the appearance of a choice. In fact, Kennard says, there is no way to vote against the corporate ownership that controls the economy, keeps working people poor and perpetuates endless war all over the globe to the benefit of corporate interests.
Jimmy and Kennard discuss corporate control ov every aspect of our lives, as well as how potential threats like Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn were neutralized and how rising powers like China and Latin America are challenging U.S. hegemony.
Democrats MELTDOWN Over Reasonable Voter ID Bill! (25 min) with Craig Pasta.
They also discuss ballot harvesting.
Well, last week we had the inside attempt to kill Trump. This week we have another suspicious action.
Biden's withdrawal wasn't a surprise, but the way it happened sure raises suspicion...
First there's the rather bizarre letter posted on X with a funny signature. It's not on white house stationary, and Biden disappears for days.
However we do know “He’s Alive!!” ...
Alex does a great job reviewing Biden's withdrawal speech...in the first few minutes before moving to the EU and other issues.
Sabby dissect it almost line by line (20 min)
She suggests it sounds like a hostage statement.
The why of the withdrawal...
Joe Biden had to withdraw from the US presidential race late last week after threats by high-ranking Democrats to forcibly remove him from office – the New York Post (NYP) reports, citing unnamed sources. The well-orchestrated “palace coup” has been in place for weeks, with Biden fighting it “every step of the way,” the sources claimed, referring to “anger, paranoia and frustration” allegedly shown by the 46th US president, as the party elite piled pressure on him. The top Democrats had threatened to invoke the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution to stop Biden from seeking re-election, the insiders argued, recalling that the document authorizes the vice president, and members of the Biden administration, to declare the president unfit for service. According to the insiders, part of the “elaborate” strategy to remove Biden from the presidential race involved permitting him to debate Republican candidate and former US President Donald Trump last month.
Obama Threatened Biden with 25th Amendment – Seymour Hersh
Cass posted a clip explaining the early debate was evidence this was a set up.
So now were in the midst of a Kamala psyop.
(6 min) Kamala Harris secures the necessary delegate support to potentially become the first black woman to lead the United States, paving the way towards new frontiers in global dominance and political arena.
The lies TPTB are ginning up about her popularity and how close the polls are and how competitive she will be in November are just starting.
Here's an honest ad for Kamala...
This is amazing
pic.twitter.com/KpnBKGUUwn— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 26, 2024
2 min from Elon...
Well as bad as things are in the US, they're worse in the EU.
Alex covers the opening of the Olympics in Paris as being the inside of Macron's head.
Olympics ceremony, Papa Smurf. Macron, this is France (1st few minutes)
Glenn Diesen gives a master class in propaganda and describes how Russia hate has been propagated in the EU.
EU's SUICIDAL PATH: The US's Handy Puppet, Loss of Sovereignty, Economic Decline| 55 min
Europe’s Path to War and Self-Destruction
It is remarkable that the EU, which could be completely devastated by a possible escalation of the war in Ukraine, is not only doing nothing to avert this danger and stop the killing, but is also undermining the diplomatic attempts of a member state.
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Still today, more than two years and many tens of thousands of deaths later, the EU states have committed themselves to a senseless program of rearmament and confrontation instead of diplomacy. Following the decisions taken at the NATO summit in Washington D.C., new medium-range missiles that can be equipped with nuclear warheads are to be stationed in Germany – for the first time since the 1980s. Instead of making Germany any safer, this will turn the country all the more into a potential target for attacks in the event of an escalation. There was no public debate or involvement of the German parliament on this momentous step.
The censorship in the EU is being accelerated...
Vivendi’s Controversial French C8 Channel Loses TNT Frequency In Bombshell TV Authority Decision
That's right - just outlaw any news source that contradicts the narrative.
I'm not sure which clip of Chas Freeman it was where he explains how the EU is controlled by appointed bureaucrats like Ursala. You know, democracy. And now they plan to follow in the US footsteps and develop a war based economy. Poor Europe.
Well we can hope there's a way out of this mess in the US and EU...
Advantages of having smart friends pic.twitter.com/izWQnggKIZ
— The Instigator (@Am_Blujay) July 26, 2024
Nothing like knowing a smart ass...
Y'all have a great Sunday. I'll look forward to your thoughts in the comments below.
Comments
Hey, good morning!
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Thanks for the watch Lookout. China and Russia, along with the SCO and BRICS
seem to be the saner voices in this world. EU and US are on the other end of the
spectrum with their thugs in NATO. Unsane.
Just delivered my little sailboat to the new owners yesterday. A sad day, but hope
it will get more usage on the big river to the east. Already missing it.
Enjoy your 'day of rest' if that is actually a thing up on the mountain.
question everything
Good Morning!
It is difficult to let go of things as we age. I understand your regret about your boat. My buddy calls it seller's regret. Too bad we're not closer, I might have been a player.
As we've discussed several times, the hope is with the BRICS, etal. We're in a crumbling empire and it is sad to see. However, ending the global chaos we export is a good thing to my mind.
Looks like rain today, so it is indoor chores. I've got one more bucket of wine to decant into bottles cause the grape crop looks heavy this year and I've got to set up for the next batch of wine. Not too bad of a dilemma.
Take care and thanks for coming by!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Scott Ritter suggests making this a voter issue
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Calling it operation DAWN.
A worthy goal, IMO.
question everything
Those in the NE might be interested in the peace rally....
https://occupypeace.com/freedom-rally/
September 28th Peace and Freedom Rally
September 28th on the Four Corners of Freedom, John and Crown St. in Kingston, NY
Starting at 3 pm
SPEAKERS
Judge Andrew Napolitano, Scott Ritter, Max Blumenthal, Anya Parampil and Gerald Celente
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning LO, et. al. I'd like to address the/any/all
so called "Voter ID" act(s). I think that it is critical that we call them what they really are: Voting Permits. That eliminates a lot of bogus rhetoric (some of which Jimmy repeated) and makes the application of things like the prohibition on poll taxes a bit clearer. That is, after all, what we are talking about, VOTING PERMITS.
Bogus rhetoric eliminated:
you need ID to buy alcohol, toabcco, etc. - irrelevant
you need ID to drive and to rent a car - irrelevant
you need ID to get on an airplace - partly true and partly relevant.
None of the ID required above necessarily involves proof of citizenship, except the right to get on certain commercial airplane flights (Real ID Act)
So, we want something that is specific as to proof of citizenship, calling it a Voting Permit makes it clear that this isn't about buying beer or renting a car, etc.
So, some states will sell you the appropriate papers for a fee - that is a poll tax and is actually illegal. We can't charge you $20 to vote, and similarly should not be allowed to charge you $20 for paperwork that will allow you to vote, the absence of whicch will prevent you from voting; it is game playing.
Anybody possessing real ID should be able, upon presentation of same, be issued a VOTING PERTMIT free of charge. If we're looking at a federal law, then any federal, state, city or county office should be reguired to issue said permit. Those who lack Real ID must go to a designated facility with proof of citizenship.
Proof of indentity plus
a) Naturalization papers will work, don't ever lose those, ever.
b) Certificate of Live birth showing
1) birth in US or special locale OR
2) Names of parents plus
i) Proof that one or both parents was/were US citizens at the time of said birth.
BE AWARE that we are talking about PROOF of these things. Married women take special care to be able to prove your identity. In fact, everybody needs to figure out what is an appropriate proof that they are the person named in the certificate of live birth and not an imposter, and to procure an appropriate paper trail showing same.
There is no reason not to do this, it will impose no undue hardships on anybody and will not lead to the disenfranchisement of anybody due to inability to comply.
Right?
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
mostly agree with your argument
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the clinker in the machine is this concept of 'real ID'. Last time I renewed my drivers
license was given an option, for an additional fee, to make it into a 'real ID'. WTF over?
Have a real state drivers license, a real US passport,
a real local voter registration. OK. Let's get real about
an international data base. Is that what we really want? How real can you get?
question everything
During Covid I got a Real ID drivers' license. It is
a slight bit of insurance against certain forms of harassment in certain states, but, most importantly, since I have a valid US passport. I got through the whole license renewal process in record time, my own special windows with no lines, etc.
Another thing to bounce around, the state (and potentially federal) level database of those with drivers' licenses who declined Real ID. Why? What are they up to? etc.
I think the voter ID schtick is mostly a cure looking for a disease. There is no evidence of massive voter fraud, especially of a type that any of these Voter Permit law would fix without a lot of ancillary rules and laws. What they hate is the lack of control.
I'v permanent vote by mail. They can't make me take time off work, drive to some distant official polling place where they can try and intimidate me, propagandize me, note what type of ballot I get and make me stand in line forever and limit what and whom I can take into the voting booth, etc. etc. They will use these bogus Voting Permit laws to try to restrict mail-in-voting, they are simply a necessary first step. They are the thin edge of the wedge under the door to overthrow Article I Section 4 of the US Constitution:
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
so let me
get this straight
Congress doing what
The Constitution says it can do
is overturning the Constitution?
but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.
that’s some tortured logic right there
the Real issue isn’t Voters or their ID
its the lack of Chain of Custody of
The Ballots
AND
the lack of transparency and Security
of the codes in the voting machines
and the Counting of same
bwahago
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march
Hola, TBU.
True, they can legally overthrow it, but it is still an overthrow, and then there's that
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The chain of custody of the ballots is a whole different can of worms, as is the softare code, if any.
It's funny, but my ballots get tracked the entire way and I am notified of each event, it was mailed, it was delivered, it was retrieved, it was opened, it was counted. The only thing missing is that some random volunteer didn't hand it to me and take it from me.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
A few years ago,
Texas changed their driver's license card to have a gold lone star on it. All Texas drivers had to get a re-issue. We were told it is like a passport "to fly anywhere in the country" with ease at airport check in. Well, you only need a passport to fly internationally. Hmmm...
This was all happening during the COVID lock downs, so the process could only be done at certain locations, and by appointment only. There was a substantial cost increase for it.
You have to show it to vote, whereas your postcard voter registration card used to be required to get to a voting booth.
It does not show citizenship, merely residence.
I dunno...something happened, though.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
sounds a bit fishy to me
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it's not like local authorities lack access to your accounts, spending habits
phone records, DOB, family, employment, income, criminal records, etc ad infinitum.
It is already in our SS # records. Data harvesting rhymes with vote harvesting IMO.
question everything
We have a gold star too...
we had to provide passports, bills, and SS documents. I don't know if we'll have to provide all that when it is time to renew.
Hope all is well in TX!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
It is muggy and hot
today, but will cool off tonight with a bit of rain.
The hope is to grill some burgers this evening. We may do it early, or late, so we shall see.
We get notice after voting that our ballot was successful, but there is no way to track if the votes were switched. I have no idea what the plan is if we have a cyber attack.
We think paper ballots is better, but paper ballots get disappeared sometimes.
At the end of the day, all our choices are for lying pieces of shit candidates who work for their donors.
Oh, well...After we get home from grocery shopping, I gotta lot of videos to view. Thanks so much for posting your always brilliant WW, dear friend!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
We're enjoying the rain...
We're still considered to be in drought...
I made a beef stew today and it's smelling good. Y'all can get in some grilling. We have this joke...man put meat on fire.
Have a good one. I've been reflecting on the Barnes interview and the Diesen EU conversation.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Great minds...
I have a beef stew in the crock pot. It is tomorrow night's dinner. The secret spice is bay leaves. Not a secret anymore, now that I think of it.
I ran a few head of cattle and grew a hay field for 12 years, 9 of which were during a drought. It sucked.
The first video I watch will feature Barnes. He is a very bright guy. He is a hound dog, sniffing out evidence, and discovering what evidence just ain't there.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Barnes Iran war set up hypothesis
I found very interesting. Kill Trump. R's appoint Halley and Pompous. Iran did it. Go to war. Bibi comes and says hell yeah. Not saying that was the plan, but it sure is a possibility.
These folks are evil. Hope y'all are drying out a bit. Be well!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
There are solutions...
if we desire them, and I believe TPTB do not. I think the ballot harvesting probably did win it for Biden last cycle. This year without COVID it may be more difficult.
On the other side of the aisle, I suspect Gore won in 2000, and in 2004 Ohio was manipulated by limiting voting centers in undesirable areas. There are many ways to manipulate elections.
I liked Shahid's comment, The US interferes and manipulates elections all over the world, you think they don't do it in their own country?
Thanks for the thoughtful comment.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Heh, we were involved in ballot harvesting of a sort --
One ballot drop off box is at the library, so I drove down and double parked in the back corner of the lot with the engine running so I could move if needed while my wife walked both of our ballots over and dropped them in.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
People were showing up with...
repeated bunches of ballots in 2020. But as I suggested, they have many ways to manipulate the vote.
Take for example the Hunter laptop was Russian disinformation?
We're being played, no doubt.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Gore DID win in 2000
This was shown by an investigation into and complete recount of ALL Florida votes (Gore edged Bush, after all), but the news did not come out until September 2001, when it was far too late to matter.
And of course the story was completely buried by 9/11...!!!
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
I agree...
I brought it up to counter the idea Trump was cheated in 2020. It happens to both sides.
Sure helps to cheat if your brother is Governor.
We know many Floridians. If you were registered democrat, when you showed in 2000, many were told they were no longer registered. Plus they used the "hanging chad" argument.
Thanks for coming by today!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
This is somewhat of a follow-up
on my diary "Schemes and Dreams."
Patrick Lawrence, the big cheese at Scheerpost, did a piece on the Democrats, which appears on a PDF associated with WordPress. It's titled "An Empire on Automatic Pilot." Its overall argument, that demagogues "cannot appeal to voters by offering them superior ideas, the promise of new policies, or any kind of new national direction because they have none of either," applies equally to all of the franchised. But he tosses it back to us when it comes to predicting what will happen to "an empire on automatic pilot."
Joan Robinson once said of capitalism that "The system is cruel, unjust, turbulent. but it does deliver the goods, and, damn it all, it's the goods that you want." I guess that's the point at which we see change, when the system fails to deliver the goods.
“Those who make Bernie Sanders impossible will make Luigi Mangione inevitable." - Dan Berger
the empire is on auto-pilot...
but there is a rising counterbalance with BRICS et.al., dedollarization, a cooperative model rather than a war economy.
Yes, I linked to your piece in the WW above. Sadly I think we will decline more than just goods delivery... and I wonder how much of it is planned and designed.
Thanks for links and visit!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
singing out with this one...
It's been a nice rainy day in my corner of the world. Hope you had a good day wherever you are!
The great Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter) song.
See you around the site!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Austin and Blinken visit to Japan
The Asahi article is a good update.
Thanks for the OT Lookout! Back in the old days on the road, I spoke to Bill Binney once live on a call in radio program about "parallel construction." That's means using illegal surveillance on US citizens to detect crimes, and then creating false probable cause in court to avoid the "fruit of the poisoned tree" doctrine which rules out criminal evidence based on 4th Amendment violations.
語必忠信 行必正直
I have defended people
arrested by the parallel construction.
Huge problem. Feds will never, EVER, admit they tipped off a local sheriff. No way to flush out that evidence, no real probable cause defense because it can't be revealed. Admitted, is the better descriptor.
That is the main reason I have backed off from defense cases.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
TPTB want a war with China...
They must not have a grip on reality. After all the Houthis are wiping the floor with the western navies...and they're going to take on China? We are led by fools.
Thanks for the links and articles!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Evil bastard!
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https://sputnikglobe.com/20240729/netanyahu-halts-medical-evac-of-injure...
Congress gave him cheers for slamming Americans using their 1st amendment right to protest! Ritter is right. Every one of them should have defended the protesters whether they agree with them or not. History will not be kind to those captured clapping assholes.
I enjoyed the video explaining why Trump haters were at the convention because they thought Trump would be dead and Nikki/Pompeo would have been nominated.
Heh…I’d love to have seen the look on McConnell's face when the shooter missed.
Biden asked him why he turned his head….smooth, Joe. Very smooth.
He is an evil Bastard...
and now he wants to attack Lebanon and Hezbollah? He may be the "anti-Christ" bringing us all to Armageddon.
I fear we sit on the brink of WWIII.
Thanks for the link.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
OMFG
This asswipe has no allegiance to America. Who the hell voted for him, but more importantly will they return him?
There is no constitutional duty to Israel...
sorry Brian, you're a Zionist purchased idiot.
Thanks for the X post!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”