Head Fakes
Sorting It Out,
Simplicius, Russia Launches Largest Drone Swarm of Entire War as Ukraine Gets ForgottenThis jumped out at me. Warfare is changing ra[pidly: This now makes multiple F-16s shot down by Geran drones. The problem appears to be they are incapable of locking onto the drone as it has a very small IR signature, so they are being forced to engage the drone at extremely close ranges, which peppers the F-16 with shrapnel after the drone explodes.
The US has sent the old stockpiles to Ukraine and the new stockpiles to "Israel", can't produce weapons quickly, and is running low, so "Israel first": Simplicius, Major Setback for Ukraine as US Cuts Aid Due to Critical Weapons Shortages Politico revealed that theUS is reportedly halting supplies of critical weapons systems to Ukraine because the US’ own stockpiles of these have sunk to record lows... ..Included among the items being pulled back are missiles for Patriot air defense systems, precision artillery rounds, Hellfire and other missiles that Ukraine launches from its F-16 fighters and drones.
Note that GMLRS ammo for the HIMARS and 155mm artillery shells are amongst the key systems included, although as of yet I haven’t found any other sources validating these specific claims—rather, they all mention ‘weapons systems’ more ambiguously... ..But now, breaking reports claim that the US has dropped back down to a mere 40k per month due to huge production problems:
The Army recently told Congress that155mm production currently stands at 40,000/month. This is, of course, a decrease from the 50,000/m LaPlante stated last year.
We now have a likely explanation for why it fell. The new shell body production facility in Mesquite, TX is massively behind schedule. The first two of three production lines are still not fully completed, and the third is likely to miss its due date.
The Army has formally notified General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems that their management of the facility is being reviewed for breach of contract. They have until July 10 to detail how they might be able to get things back on track. As a result, the Army's Load, Assemble and Pack capacity exceeds their ability to produce the metal parts of the projectiles. Previously there was a stockpile of shell bodies that were being drawn on by the LAP facilities, but those must have been exhausted, so projectile production has now fallen to 40,000 which is what the other metal parts plants can produce. Mesquite's 3 lines are supposed to produce 10,000 shell bodies each... ..I had covered the“new” General Dynamics Mesquite factory before, particularlythe fact that it was built by Turkey, featuring Turkish CNC lathes and other equipment, and staffed with Turkish workers. It’s not unlike the TSMC factory in Phoenix which was unable to find ‘suitable’ American workers to ably man the production lines.When I first learned of the Turkish sourcing, I immediately had my doubtsthat this boondoggle “automated” factory would amount to much; now it seemsthose doubts have been vindicated.
Russian forces discover cache of Ukrainian chemical drone munitions – FSB
Moscow has accused Kiev of systematicallyviolating the Chemical Weapons Convention https://swentr.site/russia/620814-russian-forces-drone-chemical/
Baltic Sea’s WW2 chemical legacy demands Russia-NATO cooperation – expert
Germany has been trying to extract sunken munitions on its own, while Russia has been left out of the loop completely An estimated 1.6 million tons of wartime ammunition, primarily left by Nazi Germany, are scattered across the seabed of the North and Baltic seas. While most of them are conventional shells, some 40 tons contain deadly chemical agents, such as mustard gas, phosgene, and other compounds. The munitions have been deteriorating over the decades and now pose a hazard to the marine environment. https://swentr.site/news/620754-baltic-sea-chemical-weapons/
Iranian cheap-electricity for government Bitcoin mining was much reduced: BOMBING OF IRAN SABOTAGED THEIR BITCOIN MINING OPERATION!
Bitcoin is useful to countries under $US sanctions. from 3/21/25: North Korea Becomes Third-Largest Government Bitcoin Holder https://www.fintechweekly.com/magazine/articles/north-korea-becomes-third-largest-bitcoin-holder-after-bybit-hack
No weapons-grade enrichment in Iran – Foreign Ministry spokesman
Israel’s claims that Iran has been secretly developing nuclear weapons are false, Esmail Baghaei has said https://swentr.site/news/620722-iran-no-weapons-grade-enrichment/
This is a treasure trove of detailed information about the (sometimes almost) "invisible" B-2 bomber and its vast network of complex high-tech life support. B-2 vs Iranian Air Defense: Genuine Game Changer or Expensive PR Stunt [i]
Did the B-2 genuinely change the game in Iran and bring peace through force, or was it just a masterfully orchestrated PR stunt? (Israeli 5th-column sabateurs and spies helped take out Iranian air defenses, and Iran stood down and let B-2s bomb the 3 sites the US notified them of ahead of time, so B-52s would have worked.)
British MPs invite deposed shah's son to promote Iran regime change in parliament
Pro-Israel Labour and Conservative MPs have organised Monday's event with the controversial Reza Pahlavi https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/deposed-shahs-son-promote-iran-regime-change-uk-parliament-event
Gaza’s Grassroots Effort to Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Starving Palestinians
Tribal and community leaders in Gaza are uniting to secure aid convoys after over 500 people have been killed in daily aid massacres. ..Revelations published by Haaretz on Friday that confirmed what Palestinians in Gaza have been saying for the past four weeks—that Israeli soldiers are opening fire on unarmed Palestinians gathering near food distribution sites, even when they posed no threat. In the report, soldiers said Israeli commanders instructed troops to shoot at civilians approaching aid sites before they opened or after they closed—using machine guns, mortars, and grenades. Soldiers described systematic live fire, including from tanks and said the killings weren’t isolated mistakes but part of a pattern dubbed “Operation Salted Fish”—the Israeli version of Red Light, Green Light. “We shoot, they run, we shoot again,” one soldier said. “This is our communication.” https://www.globalresearch.ca/gaza-grassroots-effort-ensure-humanitarian-aid/5893252
Israeli lawmakers accuse Netanyahu of trading Gaza war for end to his corruption trial https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250629-israeli-lawmakers-accuse-netanyahu-of-trading-gaza-war-for-end-to-his-corruption-trial/
Trump says 'not going to stand' for Netanyahu's continued prosecution
Trump slams Netanyahu’s corruption trial as a 'witch hunt', says US won’t tolerate it amid Israel-Iran tensions and ongoing Gaza ceasefire talks. https://www.newarab.com/news/trump-says-not-going-stand-netanyahus-prosecution
Court Cancels Israel PM Netanyahu's Trial Hearings this Week https://english.aawsat.com/world/5159500-court-cancels-israel-pm-netanyahus-trial-hearings-week
Trump Pivots To Pressuring Israel For New Ceasefire Deal In Gaza https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-pivots-pressuring-israel-new-ceasefire-deal-gaza
Proof that Israel Has Lost the War: “Sizable Portion of Military, Intelligence, Energy, and R&D Facilities Destroyed”. Mike Whitney Let’s say, some unexpected 9-11-type catastrophe was to take place in the next few weeks that had Iranian fingerprints all over it. And let’s say this false flag was destructive enough that the “usual suspects” on Capitol Hill and the MSM demanded that Trump take immediate action and bomb Iran. If that scenario were to unfold, then wouldn’t it better for Bibi and Trump to be able to point to their recent efforts for resolving the Gaza crisis? Wouldn’t they benefit from the perception (by the public) that they had been actively pursuing peace but were unexpectedly derailed by Iran’s actions?
Indeed, they would.
Of course, this is all just speculation; I don’t know what’s going to happen. But when you have hardliners like Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and countless others in Netanyahu’s looneybin government who believe that Israel must “keep the sword raised” to ensure Iran does not recover its military capabilities (Smotrich), then a prudent person will prepare for the worst.
Keep in mind, a number of Israeli leaders have repeatedly stated that Netanyahu should “finish the job”, which is an intentionally vague term that refers to the use of a nuclear weapon.
In order to determine the probability of such an event, we must ask ourselves whether a government that justifies the killing and forced starvation of millions of women and children in their charge, has the moral scruples to oppose the use of the world’s most lethal weapon? https://www.globalresearch.ca/heres-proof-that-israel-lost-the-war-iran-destroyed-a-sizable-portion-of-israels-military-intelligence-industrial-energy-and-rd-facilities-mike-whitney/5893172
Israel kills 72 in Gaza, including hungry Palestinians waiting for food
Calls for a ceasefire grow as US and Israeli leaders discuss a potential truce amid escalating violence in Gaza. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/29/israeli-air-strikes-kill-dozens-in-gaza-amid-worsening-humanitarian-crisis
US contractors fire live rounds as desperate Palestinians seek food in Gaza
Videos and testimony reveal chaotic scenes and alleged misconduct at the controversial American-run aid sites as Gaza reels under siege and starvation. https://trt.global/world/article/2a5e1859d0ce
Israeli Military Orders New Evacuations in Northern Gaza https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5159408-israeli-military-orders-new-evacuations-northern-gaza
Starvation and Anarchy Grip Gaza as Israel Tightens Siege, Gaza Trapped: Two Million Civilians Caught in Blockade and Chaos https://english.pravda.ru/world/163035-gaza-crisis-israel-blockade/
US keeps Gaza truce details secret, voices support for Israel amid West Bank annexation calls
State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce refuses to reveal modalities involved in Trump's Gaza truce plan and reiterates Washington "stands with Israel" as senior Israeli ministers call for annexation of occupied West Bank. https://trt.global/world/article/83ca00104c5f
Puppet rulers can get-things-done: Syria could drop demand that Israel return the Golan Heights – media Earlier, the IDF attacked the country, claiming to be protecting the Druze population https://swentr.site/news/620818-syria-golan-heights-claim/
Alex Krainer with financial primer (Prepare yourself): Why governments can't balance their books - EVER! Without a radical reform of the monetary system, deficit spending and accumulation of public debts will continue to accelerate regardless of who is in power. The problem is systemic.
Trump Vs. Musk: "Big, Beautiful Bill" Feud Sparks Overnight Political Firestorm https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-vs-musk-big-beautiful-bill-feud-sparks-overnight-political-firestorm
Trump says DOGE should investigate Musk, The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has received more US government subsidies “than any human being in history,” the president claimed https://swentr.site/news/620816-musk-trump-tesla-subsidies/
Elon Musk Backing Thomas Massie Against Trump-AIPAC Challenger https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64973
Not So Fast: Massie Announces He Has Enough Votes To Block 'One Big Beautiful Bill' In The House https://www.zerohedge.com/political/house-gop-faces-rebellion-johnson-scrambles-salvage-trump-tax-bill
On The Cusp: House Democrats Stall 'Big Beautiful Bill' For Hours After GOP Votes To Advance https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cusp-house-democrats-stall-big-beautiful-bill-hours-after-gop-votes-advance
After '8 Hours Of Hogwash' From Rep. Jeffries, House Republicans Pass Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cusp-house-democrats-stall-big-beautiful-bill-hours-after-gop-votes-advance
Japan Finally Admits Its Carmakers Have Been Paying All Trump Tariff Costs As Trade Talks Collapse https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/japan-finally-admits-its-carmakers-have-been-paying-all-trump-tariff-costs-trade-talks
The trans-shipping-tax is against China. Trump Announces Trade Deal With Vietnam; Includes 20% Tariffs, 40% Tax On Transshipping https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trump-announces-trade-deal-vietnam-includes-20-tariffs-40-tax-transshipping
John Helmer has more details and context: President Donald Trump has just won the Vietnam War – except that he’s too modest to declare it a victory over Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, or claim theirs was a war against Vietnam which would never have happened if he had been president. https://johnhelmer.net/from-the-odour-of-trumps-body-parts-into-his-pockets-this-is-how-to-smell-victory-in-us-warfighting/#more-92002
Florida has its own "Gitmo" now: Alligator Alcatraz Live: Trump Tours New Illegal Alien Deportation Camp In Florida Swamp https://www.zerohedge.com/political/alligator-alcatraz-live-trump-tours-new-illegal-deportation-camp-florida-swamp
Meryl Nass MD, Debanking was yet one more government-initiated scam to rejigger the economy and punish enemies.
Trump-proof funding: Not Just The EPA: Despite Warnings, Biden's Energy Department Disbursed $42 Billion In Its Final Hours https://www.zerohedge.com/political/not-just-epa-despite-warnings-bidens-energy-department-disbursed-42-billion-its-final
CIA Memo: Obama Team 'Excessively Involved' In Fueling Trump-Russia Narrative https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cia-memo-obama-team-excessively-involved-fueling-trump-russia-narrative
Democrat Civil War Intensifies As Obamaworld Opposes Mamdani Mamdani, a 33-year-old New York State Assembly member, decisively defeated disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo with 56% to 44% in the final ranked-choice voting results.
Two prominent Obama-era officials, former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and former Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag, have publicly opposed Mamdani’s candidacy, warning that his progressive economic policies could harm New York City. .. ..“Let me step back and just say that I am saddened to say that I think the Democratic Party is becoming increasingly antisemitic and anti-capitalism,” Orszag said. “And the thing about it is turning … towards socialism and turning away from your moral principles through antisemitism never works. So there is a fundamental concern that I have and I think many people have about the direction of the Democratic Party along those two dimensions.” https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrat-civil-war-intensifies-obamaworld-opposes-mamdani
AI is the only thing keeping the world from total stagnation (Peter Thiel)
Peter Thiel breaks down why AI might be our last shot at progress—and how everything else is collapsing… . ..The risk of the one-world totalitarian state: how the Antichrist would take over the world
Thiel introduces his most apocalyptic idea: that existential risk (AI, nukes, bioweapons) is being used to justify global governance.
This leads to the ultimate form of stagnation: “a one-world state of the Antichrist.”... (It's AI, right? Maybe the EU? UN?) ..The twist? The Antichrist doesn’t come with innovation. He comes with regulation. He offers “peace and safety”—and people submit.
Meanwhile, where rubber-meets-road: Surplus Energy Economics: The inconvenience of imminence: A LONG-DENIED INEVITABILITY The view taken here is that meaningful growth – increases in the supply of material products and services to society – may have ended in 2023, and is sure to be over by 2030.
But, and although downwards revisions to forward growth projections have become commonplace, nobody in a position of authority or influence can afford to concede that prior growth in the economy has gone into reverse, or that it ever could.
Instead, we’re flooding the economy with liquidity, first to prop up the system in ways which create purely statistical increases in reported GDP, and, second, in the forlorn hope that monetary expansion might reinvigorate the material economy.
We’re continuing, of course, to significantly understate the systemic inflation numbers used to convert nominal into real GDP. https://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/2025/06/30/305-the-inconvenience-of-imminence/#like-44606
Jessica rose Ph.D.points out that these folks say "It's not over yet". They might know definitively: The National Blueprint for Biodefense IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED TO DEFEND AGAINST BIOLOGICAL THREATS A REPORT BY THE BIPARTISAN COMMISSION ON BIODEFENSE April 2024
I agree with Charles. Get your surgeries done. Take care of your health: America's "Healthcare" System Is Now a Structured Financial Skim/Scam "Healthcare" grift, graft, fraud and financialized skims / scams will bankrupt the nation.
Ultra-Processed Foods Linked To Brain Changes That Drive Overeating https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/ultra-processed-foods-linked-brain-changes-drive-overeating
Sasha Latypova takes an unbiased look: MAHA scorecard: First 6 months of Trump Admin appointed HHS.
Jessica Rose Ph.D. follows money and clues: The plot to remove RFK by Big Pharma-ers, We come with receipts
RFK Jr. Unloads Disturbing Vaccine Secrets on Tucker—And Surprises Everyone on Trump
This conversation with startle you, infuriate you—then lift your spirits. Kennedy’s three-minute take on Trump is among the most compelling things you’ll watch today. He revealed that the health agency buried a 1999 internal study led by researcher Thomas Verstraten, which showed an alarming 1135% increase in autism risk from the hepatitis B vaccine... “They got rid of all the older children essentially and just had younger children who are too young to be diagnosed [with autism].”... ..“There’s a published article out there now that says that 50% of revenues to most pediatricians come from vaccines.”
It’s all about the money. The higher the vaccination rate, the bigger the bonus.
“And that’s why your pediatrician, if you say I want to go slow on the vaccines… will throw you out of his practice because you’re now jeopardizing that bonus structure.”... ..“None of the vaccines given to children in the first six months of life have ever been studied for autism.”... He went further, revealing that the CDC actually did find a link when they studied the DTaP vaccine. But they dismissed it. Kennedy said they claimed it “didn’t count” because the data came from VAERS—the very system they use to track vaccine injuries.
So when the evidence pointed to harm, they simply claimed their own system wasn’t reliable enough and took no steps to fix it... ..Kennedy attested that the CDC killed off a vaccine injury reporting system that actually worked—because it worked too well.
It showed that 1 in 37 vaccines caused an injury.
Tucker was stunned. “Of all vaccines?” he asked. “Yeah,” Kennedy confirmed... ..Kennedy didn’t stop at old vaccine scandals. He also broke down Pfizer’s own COVID vaccine trial data. That trial showed a 23% higher death rate in the vaccinated group... Over six months, 21 vaccinated participants died of all causes, compared to 17 in the placebo group—a 23.5% higher death rate.
What's Next For CDC's Remade Vaccine Advisory Committee?
The vaccine advisory committee remade by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to look at multiple other vaccines, after it voted to advise officials to stop recommending influenza shots that contain mercury. Martin Kulldorff, the new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), said on June 26 that one proposal is to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to make clear that young children should not receive the measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (MMRV) combination immunization. Instead, the CDC would recommend that children under the age of 47 months receive two separate vaccines: the measles, mumps, rubella shot, and the varicella, or chickenpox, vaccine.
The change would reflect data that indicate the MMRV combination vaccine causes more febrile seizures...
..Kulldorff, an epidemiologist who was fired by Harvard Medical School for declining a COVID-19 vaccine, also announced two new work groups, or subcommittees.
One will examine the impact of vaccines on the childhood immunization schedules...
..The second subcommittee will examine vaccines that have not been reviewed in more than seven years, including the hepatitis B vaccine, the first dose of which the CDC recommends at birth for infants. “Unless the mother is hepatitis B positive, an argument could be made to delay the vaccine for this infection, which is primarily spread by sexual activity and intravenous drug use,” Kulldorff said. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/whats-next-cdcs-remade-vaccine-advisory-committee
modified-mRNA platform product: Moderna To Ask For Clearance For Combination COVID-Influenza Vaccine https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/moderna-ask-clearance-combination-covid-influenza-vaccine
Landmark Peer-Reviewed Research Library on mRNA Injection Harms Just Released
Over 700 peer-reviewed studies confirm the fundamental biological dangers posed by mRNA technology.
More compensation; less hoarding: RFK Jr. Says Officials 'Revolutionizing The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rfk-jr-says-officials-revolutionizing-vaccine-injury-compensation-program
From Jane Orient MD: Public Health Watch: Flu Shots Note that the big drop in mortality occurred more than 30 years before the vaccine became available... ..The annual shot is not risk-free. Serious adverse reactions include paralysis from Guillain Barré syndrome. More people receive compensation from the U.S. government for vaccine-related injuries from influenza than from any other vaccine. The flu vaccine might increase your risk of another type of viral respiratory illness.
The CDC’s newly appointed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has voted to recommend annual influenza vaccination for all persons aged 6 months or older who have no contraindications. It recommended that children 18 years and younger and pregnant women only receive influenza vaccines in single-dose formulations that are free of mercury-containing thimerosal as a preservative. The flu vaccine is the only thimerosal-containing vaccine that was still being given to children.
Influenza season corresponds to the time of year when vitamin D levels are lowest. Supplementation is associated with fewer cold/influenza symptoms. https://aapsonline.org/public-health-watch-flu-shots/
Physicist, Anastassia Makarieva is back from a month off-grid in Siberia: Science Insider #1: The Overlooked Role of Precipitation in Hurricanes Refusing to answer valid critiques should not become a way to silence them To stress the key point again: in an intensifying hurricane, more air flows in laterally than flows out, and precipitation removes several times more mass than the net inflow. This removal is what causes the total air mass — and thus pressure — to drop. It follows that even a relatively small change in precipitation could tip the balance, turning an intensifying hurricane into a weakening one.
Environmentally Dependent (pictured this morning with large fresh carrot)
Until the increasingly obvious evidence that mRNA results in mRNA being withdrawn from all recommendations and schedules or whatever, I am not interested in anything RFK Jr does. The mRNA renders everything else pointless. IMO, etc.
Also, Diddy will walk, and Fauci will happily dance away. That's the nature of the American Way.
That may be the ugliest carrot I ever saw!
Good post sir - thanks for the news and your insights!