Treading Carefully
Tenderfooted,
I am catching up with stories after 5 days of chores, jury duty and family responsibilities:
Well, he is ready, but his terms are not desirable to the adversaries: Putin Isn't Ready To End War In Ukraine, Trump Told Allies In Private https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-isnt-ready-end-war-ukraine-trump-told-allies-private
Russia's Red Lines: What Trump Heard From Putin in High Stakes Talks The Russian president came to the table with four non-negotiables, Korotchenko says. These are:
Recognition of new territorial realities (4 new regions = Russia)
Complete Ukrainian withdrawal from these territories
Halt in all Western arms shipments
Ukraine's neutral/non-bloc, non-nuclear status
"The main thing conveyed is that Russia has a consistent policy which does not change or vacillate, is absolutely clear and consistent," the veteran Russian military observer explained. Essentially, Putin's message was that "everything we say, we implement and carry out." https://sputnikglobe.com/20250519/russias-red-lines-what-trump-heard-from-putin-in-high-stakes-talks-1122089609.html
EU quietly complains Ukraine is ‘all on us now’ – FT
Trump has reportedly declined to support Brussels’ pressure tactics against Russia following a conversation with Putin https://swentr.site/news/617899-europeans-shock-trump-ft/
Ukraine Tried To Attack Putin’s Helicopter Mid-Flight, Russia Alleges, Responds With Massive Strikes On Kiev
A high-ranking Russian military commander on Sunday described that last week, as Putin traveled to the Kursk region for the first time since is liberation after 6+ months of Ukrainian occupation, Ukraine tried to attack Putin's helicopter mid-flight, sending a wave of drones to swarm the flight path of the chopper. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-tried-attack-putins-helicopter-mid-flight-russia-alleges-responds-massive
Putin has to consider the price on his head. Kremlin Says Vatican Is Not A 'Neutral' Place For Peace Talks https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/kremlin-says-vatican-not-neutral-place-peace-talks
Russia won’t abandon Ukraine’s Orthodox believers – Lavrov Moscow will make sure religious freedoms in the neighboring country are respected Lavrov condemned Kiev for cracking down on believers in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), calling it proof of the Ukrainian authorities’ “human-hating essence.”
“The authorities in Kiev have brought [the UOC] to the brink of legal liquidation… Churches continue to be seized, vandalized, and attacked, along with priests and parishioners,” Lavrov alleged. He pointed in particular to Ukraine’s attempts to wrestle control over the iconic Kiev Pechersk Lavra, the country’s oldest monastery.
“These acts are being carried out with the connivance and even support of many European countries, where the ghosts of neo-Nazism and Satanism are again lifting their heads,” the diplomat stated. https://swentr.site/russia/617916-russia-wont-abandon-ukraine-orthodox/
Ukraqine's longer distance drones have been attacking Moscow: Russia set on creating ‘buffer zone’ in Ukraine – Putin
Russian forces have been building a security buffer along the country’s border https://swentr.site/russia/618016-buffer-zone-putin-ukraine/
Sent to London, because Ukrainians trusted him more than Zelensky: Kiev can’t retake lost regions – former top general Ukraine barely has the resources to fight for its own survival, Valery Zaluzhny has said https://swentr.site/russia/618071-zaluzhny-cold-water-kiev-ambitions/
The old habits persist: Every European Country Reinstituting Drafts, They Want War – Martin Armstrong https://usawatchdog.com/every-european-country-reinstituting-drafts-they-want-war-martin-armstrong/
"Proposes to borrow", I'd say: EU Forks Out $169 Bln for War Chest https://sputnikglobe.com/20250520/eu-forks-out-169-bln-for-war-chest-1122093905.html
Iurie Rosca peels back a couple more skins: Romania in flames or post-election passions: The long saga of the false Romanian sovereignists
Israel Preparing Possible Preemptive Attack On Iranian Nuclear Facilities: US Intelligence https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-subject-unprecedented-pressured-allies-over-gaza-escalation
Iran Will Hold US Responsible For Any Israeli Attack On Nuclear Sites: Foreign Minister https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-will-hold-us-responsible-any-israeli-attack-nuclear-sites-foreign-minister
Several days have already passed: 26 Palestinians starved to death in Gaza over past 24 hours https://en.mehrnews.com/news/232114/26-Palestinians-starved-to-death-in-Gaza-over-past-24-hours
Gaza Still Waiting for Aid as Pressure Mounts on Israel https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5145778-gaza-still-waiting-aid-pressure-mounts-israel
Updates: Israel kills 80 in Gaza, aid remains insufficient, says UN https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/22/live-israel-kills-87-in-gaza-shots-fired-near-diplomats-in-west-bank
Two of the Last Functioning Hospitals in Northern Gaza Are Encircled by Israeli Forces, Staff Say https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5145588-two-last-functioning-hospitals-northern-gaza-are-encircled-israeli-forces-staff
Celia Farber, EU, Canada, UK and Even US Beginning To, In Various Ways, "Abandon" Israel, As Zehut Founder Openly Calls For Leaving "Not One" Gazan Child Alive. Bibi: "This Is A War Of Civilization Over Barbarism." Netanyahu's Blind Spot Is That The World Does Not Share Israel's "Final Solution" Logic, If You Can Call It That. Zionist Project Has Turned Gangrenous And All Sides Running For Exits.
Celia Farber, An Outstanding Analysis By Glenn Greenwald Quantifying Stunning Elite Media Reversals Against Israel, Including The Economist, Financial Times, and Piers Morgan: Same Pattern As Iraq, And Vietnam
What Made Them Suddenly Change Course? Where, Weeks Ago, Even Days Ago, They Clamored To Defend Israel, They Now Clamor To Cleanse Their Names
Israeli army opens fire to intimidate foreign diplomatic delegation in West Bank Israeli forces opened fire to intimidate a foreign diplomatic delegation upon its arrival at an entrance to the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official told Anadolu on Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
The Israeli military, in a breach of diplomatic norms, opened fire as the delegation of 35 ambassadors, consuls, and diplomats approached the camp, which has been under siege since Jan. 21, said Ahmed al-Deek, an assistant to the Palestinian foreign minister. Deek, accompanying the group, said the shooting aimed to frighten the delegation and prevent their entry into the camp.
According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the delegation had diplomats from Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, the EU, Portugal, China, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Turkiye, Spain, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Japan, Romania, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Canada, India, Chile, France, and the UK. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250521-israeli-army-opens-fire-to-intimidate-foreign-diplomatic-delegation-in-west-bank-palestinian-official/
UK calls Israel’s Gaza attacks ‘intolerable,’ ‘beyond self-defense’ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250521-uk-calls-israels-gaza-attacks-intolerable-beyond-self-defense/
Hamas says Israeli negotiators in Qatar lack authority, aim to mislead world https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250521-hamas-says-israeli-negotiators-in-qatar-lack-authority-aim-to-mislead-world/
Netanyahu Says Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plan Is a Condition To End Gaza War
The Israeli prime minister also said that 'all of Gaza’s territories will be under Israeli security control' https://news.antiwar.com/2025/05/21/netanyahu-says-trumps-ethnic-cleansing-plan-is-a-condition-to-end-gaza-war/
British Airways Extends Suspension Of Israel Flights As More Houthi Missiles Target Airport https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/british-airways-extends-suspension-israel-flights-more-houthi-missiles-target-airport
Israeli Embassy staffers: Far-Left Activist Charged In Jewish Museum Killings, Shot Couple Multiple Times As They 'Attempted To Crawl Away' https://www.zerohedge.com/political/two-israeli-embassy-staff-members-gunned-down-outside-jewish-museum-dc
What we know about Elias Rodriguez, the suspect in the DC shooting that killed 2 Israeli embassy workers
A manifesto thought to be written by the suspect called on readers to “Escalate For Gaza, Bring The War Home.” D.C. police identified Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago as the suspected shooter at a press conference Wednesday night. He implied to officers at the scene that he was responsible for the murders, according to police.
Video from the scene shows the alleged shooter in handcuffs, shouting “Free Palestine” as he is taken away by police. And an eyewitness told Jewish Insider that after the shooting, the suspect started screaming, “I did it, I did it. Free Palestine. I did it for Gaza.” His charging documents contain similar details.
That motivation matches a manifesto signed by an Elias Rodriguez and posted on X about an hour after the shooting, before authorities had named a suspect. The 900-word manifesto makes the case for the “morality of armed demonstration” and was accompanied by a caption exhorting readers to “Escalate For Gaza, Bring The War Home.”
The manifesto’s writer said he had first become “acutely aware of our brutal conduct in Palestine” during the 2014 Gaza war. Then, the manifesto said, “I think to most Americans such an action would have been illegible, would seem insane,” but things had changed.
“I am glad that today at least there are many Americans for which the action will be highly legible and, in some funny way, the only sane thing to do,” the manifesto said. https://www.jta.org/2025/05/22/united-states/what-we-know-about-elias-rodriguez-the-suspect-in-the-dc-shooting-that-killed-two-israeli-embassy-workers
US Removes Syria Sanctions In Implementation Of Trump's 'Fresh Start' Vision Syria has reportedly been reconnected to the SWIFT international payment system, and the Treasury action paves the way for American entities dealing Syria’s central government, Central Bank of Syria and other banks, as well as energy firms, and telecommunications providers, etc. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-removes-sanctions-implementation-trumps-vision-syria
The pertinent history goes way back: Supreme Court: Children Of Illegal Aliens Or Tourists Are Not U.S. Citizens https://www.zerohedge.com/political/supreme-court-children-illegal-aliens-or-tourists-are-not-us-citizens
The auto-pen blowback: House Oversight Chair Wants To Question Biden Handlers Acting As ‘De Facto Presidents’ https://modernity.news/2025/05/24/house-oversight-chair-wants-to-question-biden-handlers-acting-as-de-facto-presidents/
Watch: Tulsi Gabbard Mauls Comey For Blaming ‘8647’ Trump Threat On HIS OWN WIFE https://modernity.news/2025/05/24/watch-tulsi-gabbard-mauls-comey-for-blaming-8647-trump-threat-on-his-own-wife/
But not the Pentagon, crickets... DOGE Says It Completed 'Major Cleanup' Of Social Security Records https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doge-says-it-completed-major-cleanup-social-security-records
Senate Nullifies California's Signature Gas-Car Ban, Sends Bill To Trump https://www.zerohedge.com/political/senate-nullifies-californias-signature-gas-car-ban-sends-bill-trump
The way of pensions, under the new-world-order, John Ward: The more of your Civil Rights he steals, the more money he makes https://therealslog.ghost.io/the-more-of-your-civil-rights-he-steals-the-more-money-he-makes/
I was a non-violent one of those: Biden Adm.:"Criticism of COVID Mandates Is Doctrine of Violent Domestic Extremists" Tulsi Gabbard declassifies 13 Dec. 2021 memo warning that criticism of COVID-19 mandates was a doctrine likely to be embraced by violent extremists.
It's been like that since Omicron: "Razor Blade Throat": China Reports COVID-19 Resurgence With Painful Symptoms https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/razor-blade-throat-china-faces-covid-19-resurgence-painful-symptoms
The Causal Link Between COVID-19 Vaccination and Death
Epidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher Joins Dr. Idriss J. Aberkane to Present Autopsy Findings in Deaths Following COVID-19 Vaccination
6-Month-Old Died After Receiving 6 Routine Vaccines at Wellness Visit
Blessings Myrical Jean Simmons received six routine vaccines at roughly 3 p.m., on Jan. 13, at a 6-month wellness visit. The next morning, her parents found the baby dead in her bassinet.The autopsy listed Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, as the infant’s cause of death. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/6-month-old-died-after-receiving-6-routine-vaccines-at-wellness-visit/
Sasha Latypova, Makary & Prasad *new* covid vax FDA policy pushes injections on pregnant women! If this sounds like the age-old eugenics policy, that's because it is.
Senate Interim Report Finds Fraud and Corruption on COVID-19 Vaccine Myocarditis Public Harmed by Deception and Delay in Warning Vaccine Recipients
COVID Vaccine “Safe and Effective” Narrative Collapses on Camera: This is the Senate hearing they never wanted you to see.
Dr. McCullough Drops the Hammer in the Senate — FDA Concedes with Expanded Myocarditis Warning
Dr. Peter McCullough’s Senate Testimony Exposes the Full Scope of COVID-19 Vaccine Heart Damage and Death
NEW STUDY:Nearly HALF of Patients with Serious COVID-19 Vaccine Injuries Die Within 6 Weeks
Korean government study finds 44.7% case-fatality rate within 42 days for severe serious adverse events— highest in mix-and-match recipients and nursing home patients.
A Midwestern Doctor condensed this article: The Century of Evidence Vaccines Cause Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Unmasking one of the greatest tragedies in medicine
‘We Need to Reboot the Whole System’: RFK Jr. Addresses WHO Via Video as Member States Pass Global Pandemic Agreement
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a surprise video appearance at the WHO’s 78th World Health Assembly today, one day aftermember states reached a deal on a Pandemic Agreement, and months after President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the global health agency. The South China Morning Post reported that the Pandemic Agreement will not enter into force until WHO members finalize an annex for the establishment of a Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system — a process that may take up to two years to complete. The agreement will then come into force after 60 countries ratify it.
Independent journalist James Roguski said that the negotiating process for the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system is an “opportunity to comprehend this agreement and expose it for what it is: an attempt to expand the manufacturing capacity, logistics and distribution network for Big Pharma.” https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/rfk-jr-addresses-who-via-video-member-states-pass-global-pandemic-agreement/
Aside from still giving COVID shots to babies and pregnant women... MAHA Scores Big Wins Below Radar Not only did the Food and Drug Administration mandate thatthree of the most controversial food dyes be removed from processed food, but the agency will also be conducting a post-market review of all added food chemicals.
In a recent press release, theFDA announced measures to “increase transparency and ensure the safety of chemicals in food.”According to the press release, theFDA will roll out a modernized, evidence-based prioritization scheme for reviewing existing chemicals, initiate a final, systematic post-market review process, and expedite its review of chemicals currently under review. https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/22/drama-shadows-recent-maha-wins/
The US Ran A Solar Storm Emergency Drill And It Suggested The Real Thing Would Be Catastrophic
It's a matter of time before a major geomagnetic storm hits planet Earth again. And we ain't ready for it. The findings come from the Space Weather Operations, Research, and Mitigation (SWORM) task force involving researchers from NASA, the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
The drill, performed in May 2024, set up several hypothetical scenarios to understand how the world would respond to the threat of an impending space weather event in January 2028. https://www.iflscience.com/the-us-ran-a-solar-storm-emergency-drill-and-it-suggested-the-real-thing-would-be-catastrophic-79302
Watch black hole Yin-Yang annihilation: The first direct observation of gravitational waves captured the merging of two black holes which emitted 36 septillion yottawatts of power (3.6×10⁴⁹ watts), greater than the combined power of all light radiated by all the stars in the observable universe. https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1925046392726413436
Safe and Effective (pictured with black-eyed-peas)
Outstanding Journalism!
Jury duty? I got called in once and will never be called again, so the judge said.. lol