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​  Douglas MacGregor: Iran launches MASSIVE military move to protect Houthis, regional war breaks out​ 

[First 3:30 opens with MacGregor, who has some more to say for another 4 minutes shortly after that. Iran attacked ​only Israeli assets, no Americans.​ Netanyahu runs the show.]

​  Russian combat aircraft appeared on the Syrian-Israeli border

​  Combat aircraft of the Russian Armed Forces began patrolling the Syrian-Israeli border. In particular, Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopters are already on combat duty in the Golan Heights region.
​  Observation posts of the Russian army are being created in the Quneitra province in southern Syria. As noted by local media, there are already five such points. It is possible that more will appear.
​  The purpose of such observation posts is to prevent tension in the region. As a rule, military personnel who have the necessary training and experience in performing various tasks in Syria are sent there. https://en.topcor.ru/43372-rossijskaja-boevaja-aviacija-pojavilas-na-sirijsko-izrailskoj-granice.html

​  Informed sources revealed to Al Mayadeen today that the Iranian Islamic Revolution's Guard Corp was behind the targeting of the two Israeli ships in the Indian Ocean earlier this month on January 4th.
​  The sources emphasized that "the IRGC attack against two Israeli ships came as a retaliation to the assassination of the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Saleh al-Arouri [in Beirut], and the Iranian commander in Syria, Brigadier General Razi Mousavi." https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/exclusive--irgc-behind-attack-on-israeli-ships-in-indian-oce

  Yemen is declared "not a country" by the US:  US Re-Designates Houthis as ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorists’ The designation will hamper aid deliveries and could complicate a peace deal between the Saudis and Houthis https://news.antiwar.com/2024/01/17/us-re-designates-houthis-as-specially-designated-global-terrorists/

​  Any attack on Yemen is an attack on us: Iraqi Hezbollah to Ansar Allah The chief of the Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah sends a letter of solidarity to the Ansar Allah leader following the US decision to re-enlist the Yemeni movement as a "terrorist group". https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/any-attack-on-yemen-is-an-attack-on-us--iraqi-hezbollah-to-a

​  Hezbollah's Burkan ravages Israeli site in the Lebanese Shebaa Farms The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon has announced several operations, on Wednesday, while Hamas' military wing has also attacked Israeli sites from South Lebanon. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-s-burkan-ravages-israeli-site-in-the-lebanese-sheb

​  The Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Wednesday evening the implementation of a targeting operation against the American ship “Ginko Picardie” in the Gulf of Aden with a number of naval missiles.
​  The Armed Forces explained in a statement that the Naval Forces carried out the targeting operation against the American ship in the Gulf of Aden, and the hit was accurate and direct. https://en.ypagency.net/316469

​  Pentagon acknowledges attempts to 'deter' Sanaa unsuccessful​  [Remember that ​Benjamin Netanyahu is commanding this American operation.] Pentagon press secretary Maj Gen Pat Ryder says the US would not be surprised if it saw retaliatory strikes from the Yemeni Armed Forces over the aggression on Yemen. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/pentagon-acknowledges-attempts-to--deter--sanaa-unsuccessful

​  Joint US-UK aggression on Yemen, fourth in less than a week​  (The navy needs to use​ up land-attack missiles, because it is running low on ​air-defe​nse missiles.) CBS cited a US official as saying that the United States has launched another round of strikes on targets in Yemen, which marks the fourth aggression launched by the United States against Yemen in less than a week. CENTCOM confirms that its forces carried out strikes on 14 missiles that were loaded to be fired by the Yemeni forces. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/joint-us-uk-aggression-on-yemen--fourth-in-less-than-a-week

​  ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 103: Israeli army attacks vicinity of southern Gaza hospital, kills 7 in West Bank drone strikes
As Israel attacked the vicinity of the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, causing panic among sheltering civilians, Israeli drone strikes killed 7 in the West Bank. Qatar brokers deal to allow medical aid to reach Israeli captives and Gaza hospital https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/operation-al-aqsa-flood-day-103-israeli-army-attacks-vicinity-of-southern-gaza-hospital-kills-7-in-west-bank-drone-strikes/

‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 104: Israel’s unrelenting assault continues – ‘If we’re not killed by bombs, we die from the cold, starvation, or disease’ https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/operation-al-aqsa-flood-day-104-israels-unrelenting-assault-continues-if-were-not-killed-by-bombs-we-die-from-the-cold-starvation-or-disease/

Patients in Gaza hospitals beg for food and water as they lie ‘waiting to die,’ WHO official says https://www.arabnews.com/node/2443641/middle-east

​  Technicality Could Sink Genocide Case v Israel​ , Joe Lauria ​  In order for a claim to reach the International Court of Justice, there must be an established dispute between two states. Israel’s argument is that such a dispute was never established and thus the ICJ lacks jurisdiction to hear South Africa’s claim.​.. ..(Former UK Ambassador) Craig Murray added:​ “I am sure the judges want to get out of this and they may go for the procedural points. But there is a real problem with Israel’s ‘no dispute’ argument. If accepted, it would mean that a country committing genocide can simply not reply to a challenge, and then legal action will not be possible because no reply means ‘no dispute’. I hope that absurdity is obvious to the judges. But they may of course wish not to notice it…” https://consortiumnews.com/2024/01/17/technicality-could-sink-genocide-case-v-israel/

​  Israel targets places of worship in Lebanon For the past 100 days, the Israel Defense Forces has hit forests, residential homes and roads in the border area, but on Wednesday an Israeli drone raided the National Evangelical Church in the center of the town of Alma Al-Shaab, causing major damage to the home of the church’s cleric, Pastor Rabie Talib. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2443471/middle-east

​  War on Gaza: The reality of giving birth in a war zone​ 
Heavily pregnant, Fedaa Issa had to flee Israeli violence multiple times before she could find a hospital to give birth to her daughter in December Mothers are suffering acute mental distress, trying to keep a baby alive during a war that has killed tens of thousands of people, including more than 10,000 children. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-perils-giving-birth-gaza-amid-constant-israeli-attacks

​  Reviving ISIS: A US weapon against the Resistance Axis
​  Is it a coincidence that the world's foremost terror organization is being revived just as the US struggles under a multi-front assault on its hegemony in West Asia? More curiously, both ISIS and Washington's targets are exactly the same.​..

​..On 4 January, ISIS officially claimed responsibility for two bombings in the Iranian city of Kerman that targeted memorial processions on the anniversary of the assassination of Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani by US forces. The dual explosions killed around 90 people and injured dozens, in an unprecedented attack targeting the biggest US-Israeli adversary in West Asia – just one day after Tel Aviv killed top Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut. Before that, on 5 October 2023, ISIS drone-attacked an officers graduation ceremony at the Military College in the Syrian city of Homs, killing about 100 people.
https://new.thecradle.co/articles/reviving-isis-a-us-weapon-against-the-resistance-axis

​  World wants more US intervention – Washington​ [delusional?]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has claimed that other nations desire America’s “engagement” more than ever https://swentr.site/news/590829-blinken-says-world-wants-more-us-intervention/

​  WEF Chief Vows to Usher In Global ‘New Order’   The president of the World Economic Forum (WEF) has promised power elites that his unelected globalist organization will soon usher in a global “new order.”
​  Speaking during the group’s annual summit in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, WEF President Børge Brende sat down with top Biden administration officials and informed them how Klaus Swhwab’s vision for their “sovereign” nation will unfold.​.. ​..The post-World War II international order “seems to be not that order anymore,” Brende told Sullivan. https://slaynews.com/news/wef-chief-vows-usher-in-global-new-order/

​  Thought-criminal CJ Hopkins made fun of German authorities by showing a surgical/COVID mask with a swastika faintly apparent behind it.

​  My trial for thoughtcrimes in New Normal Germany takes place next Tuesday, January 23rd. It will likely be a one-day affair. It’s open to the public, so, if you’re in Berlin, you can come and watch at the Berlin District Court, Turmstraße 91, Room 371. The proceedings are scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon.​..
​..The German authorities are actually putting me on trial for my thoughtcrimes. I stand accused of criminal tweeting because I mocked the New Normal German authorities and pointed out one of their many lies.  https://consentfactory.org/2024/01/16/meet-the-thought-police/

​People who obey orders are prioritized over competent people.  Anthony Blinken Stranded In Davos After His Boeing 737 Breaks Down https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/anthony-blinken-stranded-davos-after-his-boeing-737-breaks-down

​  Journalist Uncovers "Shadowy Network" Of NGOs Facilitating US Border Invasion​    Journalist James O'Keefe uncovered a "shadowy network of secretive nonprofits" (some of which are funded by taxpayers) that are facilitating the invasion of illegals on the southern border.
​  O'Keefe said "Alita's Angels" is a "brand-new nonprofit with no tax records on file" that operates inside an old Bank Building in the Arizona border town of Nogales. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/journalist-uncovers-shadowy-network-ngos-facilitating-us-border-invasion

​  Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Donald Trump (after Trump called him a scam artist 48 hours earlier - so, obviously water under the bridge), Ramaswamy kept his promise to campaign for the former president after dropping out of the race.

​  "We are in the middle of a war in this country," said Ramaswamy (via modernity.news), adding "That’s what this is. It’s not a war between black and white. It’s not between Democrat and Republican, even in a deeper sense, it’s between the permanent state and the everyday citizen, between those of us who love the United States of America and a fringe minority who hates this country and what we stand for."
​  "You gotta know you’re in a war to win one," the 38-year-old biotech executive continued. "There is not a better choice left in this race than this man right here. And that is why I am asking you to do the right thing as New Hampshire and to vote for Donald J. Trump as your next president." https://www.zerohedge.com/political/were-middle-war-vivek-shoulder-shoulder-trump-battle-deep-state

​  Russia accuses Pfizer of “selling drugs dangerous to human health.”
The Russian Ministry of Defense has again published a statement on the US biological weapons programs. In it, Russia accuses Pfizer and others of being “involved in the spread of the pandemic” and of “making super profits from the sale of drugs that are dangerous to human health.” https://www-anti--spiegel-ru.translate.goog/2024/russland-wirft-pfizer-den-verkauf-von-fuer-die-menschliche-gesundheit-gefaehrlichen-medikamenten-vor/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

​  The Return of Old Growth Forests looks at New England forests which are no longer farms, and are almost "old" growth now. Anastassia Makarievava starts talking about "Biotic Pump" forest respiration and condensation cycle, which draws moist ocean air across continents to bring rain to forests starting at 37:50.

Healthy Human (took this picture of Jenny warming her hands on the drier after picking tomatoes in the cold wind)