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December 28, 2025
The MoA Week In Review – OT 2025-299

Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:

  • Dec 24 – Happy Christmas
    Related:
    – I hope you all had some nice days. I for one caught up with family. It was fun. Unfortunately one of the kids, as usual, had some infection which immediately caught up with me and gave me the snivels. I am fine again now. On Monday I’ll be back with regular posting.

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Other issues:

Gaza:

SoAm:

Russia:

Use as open (not related to the wars in Ukraine and Palestine) thread …

Posted by b on December 28, 2025 at 12:49 UTC | Permalink
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10 year stuck above 4%3 month still above 3.5% 😳
 
de-dollarization bringd Peace in 2027
 
(rumors the US central bank printing billions buying Federal Debt to supress  interest rates….too scents can confirm with data ) 

Posted by: Exile | Dec 28 2025 13:16 utc | 1

Exile | Dec 28 2025 13:16 utc | 1
 
Its all happening now exile. Western propaganda vs Russia pragmatism.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 28 2025 13:46 utc | 2

All amid a physical silver squeeze…

Posted by: necromancer | Dec 28 2025 13:54 utc | 3

I read the Boyd-Barret drivel through to the end – gritting my teeth the whole way. Utter ignorant US exceptionalist fantasy throughout. Not one iota of insight. I can’t imagine what drove you to include it in the reading list, b.

Posted by: BM | Dec 28 2025 14:04 utc | 4

@b the [Ir]Responsible Statecraft link is defective – the initial “h” in https is missing.
 
Until it is corrected the link can be opened by manually copying the link into a browser and manually adding “h” at the beginning of the address.

Posted by: BM | Dec 28 2025 14:11 utc | 5

¿is there a biological war against cuba going on right now?
four virus infections at the same time including dengefever

Posted by: COViDiOT | Dec 28 2025 14:18 utc | 6

B, thanks for linking to the Boyd-Barrett article.  I’ve now trodden into one big bucket in which shallow military analysis, moral philosophy, imperial critique, and speculative geopolitics all get mixed together like Mr Creosote’s puke from a famous Monty Python sketch.  This only highlights how well-structured and easy to follow your posts are.
 
Sadly, in the best EU of all times (“Freedom of speech”!), people now seem to feel the need to add a “disclaimer”:
 

“Please understand, in the case of misinterpretation, that this is a scenario that I believe plausible; it is definitely NOT one for which I advocate. What I advocate is a multi-polar world of sovereign, independent nations whose international governance is negotiated through the corridors of a very much reformed and restructured United Nations located a very long way away from the USA.”

 
Should this be a career saver or rather some form of internet hopium not to land on Ursula’s list of sanctioned individuals?  Sad and funny the same time…

Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 14:43 utc | 7

link:
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/special-interests-venezuela/
 
 
Experts at oil & weapons-funded think tank: ‘Go big’ in Venezuela
Staffers at CSIS didn’t disclose that the org they work for gets money from the likes of Exxon and Lockheed Martin
Nick Cleveland-StoutDec 22, 2025
 

Posted by: suzan | Dec 28 2025 15:02 utc | 8

A very large collection of high quality scans of old photographs, mostly from the US. Many are from newspapers of the times.
 
https://www.shorpy.com/
 

Posted by: GreatLakesObserver | Dec 28 2025 15:07 utc | 9

Your move China.
 
-US spec ops destroy $5M Chinese missile cargo — ‘Ocean is not a safe back road’ –
 
US spec ops destroy $5M Chinese missile cargo — ‘Ocean is not a safe back road’

Posted by: The Painter | Dec 28 2025 15:39 utc | 10

Posted by: The Painter | Dec 28 2025 15:39 utc | 10

The story behind your link may be from today, but the matter actually happened in November.  No “move” to date, at least not in plain sight nor in direct connection to the “piracy incident”.  The latter would have sparked Fox News and the NYT to launch another yuge TCHAINA campaign.  Thus the Chinese response would highly likely be, once again, of asymmetric nature.

Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 16:20 utc | 11

“Thus the Chinese response would highly likely be, once again, of asymmetric nature.
Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 16:20 utc | 11 ”
 
Have any of Russia’s and China’s supposed asymmetric “response” dissuaded the US from pursuing its goals? I dont even think they actually happened.  

Posted by: The Painter | Dec 28 2025 16:52 utc | 12

The Painter@10……..destroyed evidence, released crew, first drugs, now missiles……hmm
 
Cheers M 
 
……..5$ mil doesn’t buy much, maybe someone’s private stash to ward off pirates  buccaneers…..

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Dec 28 2025 17:18 utc | 13

thanks b! it is the season to get a cold, but not everyone gets one here in the northern hemisphere…
 
@ BM | Dec 28 2025 14:04 utc | 4
 
it’s an interesting question you raise.. why does b post the links he posts?? does it mean he identifies with the content of the posts?? i don’t think that is why b posts what he posts… i think he is offering alternative viewpoints that others might find interesting and worth consideration… that is what ‘i think’… 
 
as for the article you cite, i just read it too, as i was curious to know why you thought it was so bad, lol…. it is a lopsided viewpoint of the writer to suggest the usa is in the drivers seat and reigns supreme… and yet, it can’t be ignored that the usa still has a number of levers of power in it’s control…  the idea that the usa would use the nuclear one like some crazy mf is an idea that can’t be ruled out, unfortunately… essentially the usa is and has been going off the rails for quite some time.. it looks like a car driven by a drunk driver that has the possibility of crashing at any point in time… the writer of the article doesn’t mention this, but i think many here do see it this way.. 

Posted by: james | Dec 28 2025 17:19 utc | 14

“……..5$ mil doesn’t buy much, maybe someone’s private stash to ward off pirates  buccaneers…..
Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Dec 28 2025 17:18 utc | 13 ”
 
Chines and Russian equipment is far cheaper and more cost effective. 
 
 

Posted by: The Painter | Dec 28 2025 17:21 utc | 15

sean the leprechaun @13: “5$ mil doesn’t buy much, maybe someone’s private stash to ward off pirates  buccaneers….”
 
 
Correct. That would be what, a single Stinger, or maybe five Javelins? Chinese missiles are more affordable, so maybe a few hundred HJ-12 fire-and-forget anti-tank missiles? Perhaps that sounds like a lot, but it isn’t really.

Posted by: William Gruff | Dec 28 2025 17:26 utc | 16

Posted by: The Painter | Dec 28 2025 16:52 utc | 12
Posted by: james | Dec 28 2025 17:19 utc | 14

 
Not making a point for the confused scholar B linked, but just stating a quite obvious fact.  The one single lever the U.S. has to this date: It is largely uncontested.  Neither by Russia nor by China, only by some Afghan and Yemeni sandal rebels with AKs and do-it-yourself missiles. 
 
American recon aircraft in the Black Sea right off Sevastopol in int’l waters?  American navy piracy against a Chinese merchant vessel heading for Iran, in int’l waters?  American navy piracy against $bricsNation merchant ships heading for Venezuela, in int’l waters?  
 
You get the idea.  The big question is how long it’ll last.

Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 17:28 utc | 17

“You get the idea.  The big question is how long it’ll last.
Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 17:28 utc | 17 ”
 
Not sure about the answer, but its been going on a long time. 
 
1990 UNSC 661: Comprehensive UN sanctions on Iraq; China/Russia voted yes.
1990 UNSC 678: UN intervention against Iraq in 1991; China abstained and Gorbachev regime USSR/Russia voted yes.
1991 UNSC 688: Imposed a no fly zone over Iraq; Russia/China abstained. UNSC 688 allowed the continuous U.S. bombing of Iraq until 2003.
1994 UNSC 954: Legitimized U.S. intervention in Somalia; China abstained and Russia voted Yes.
1999 UNSC 1244: Legitimized NATO operations in Kosovo; Russia voted Yes, China abstained.
2002 UNSC 1441: Basis for 2003 invasion of Iraq; China/Russia voted yes.
2006 UNSC 1696: Sanctions against Iran uranium enrichment; Russia/China voted yes.
2006 UNSC 1737: UN sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program that constituted the foundational architecture for U.S. policy thereafter; Russia/China voted yes.
2007 UNSC 1747: UN sanctions on the Iranian IRGC; Russia/China voted yes.
2010 UNSC 1929: Further UN sanctions on Iran over nuclear and missile programs and a UN arms embargo; Russia/China voted yes.
2011 UNSC 1970: UN sanctions on Libya; Russia/China abstained.
2011 UNSC 1973: No Fly Zone, Humanitarian bombing and regime change of Libya; Russia/China abstained.
2013 UNSC 2118: Forced Syria to destroy its chemical weapons program and stockpile; Russia/China voted yes.
2015 UNSC 2216: Reaffirmed Hadi regime’s legitimacy in Yemen. Sanctions and embargo on Houthis and the basis for Saudi intervention; China voted yes and Russia abstained.
2024 UNSC 2722: Intervention in Yemen and bombing of Houthis; Russia/China abstained.

Posted by: The Painter | Dec 28 2025 17:31 utc | 18

If only US-connected sources say something one should discard it. No trust, no belief, no excuses. It is 2025 and they can’t even be bothered to fake some photos or video?
 
As an example “chasing” an oil tanker (big and slow) for five days or more without anything more to say about it (such as plenty of explanations) renders it meaningless to the point of fiction (aka “narrative”) or worse; a “fill in the blanks” adventure of your own making.
 

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Dec 28 2025 17:32 utc | 19

The Times of Israel
Netanyahu to depart for Florida on Sunday, meet with Trump, Rubio on Monday
CNN
Why Netanyahu’s visit to Mar-a-Lago is the opening act to Israeli Prime Minister’s reelection bid
 
 

Posted by: Laurence | Dec 28 2025 17:33 utc | 20

The big question is how long it’ll last.
 
Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 17:28 utc | 17
 
—
 
Those recon airplanes are dinosaurs and the projects to replace them have all been cancelled.  Soon the USA will run out of gallium to build radars.
 
A soap box derby is over when the carts reach the bottom of the hill.
 

Posted by: too scents | Dec 28 2025 17:36 utc | 21

Posted by: The Painter | Dec 28 2025 17:31 utc | 18

I don’t see how these UNSC are related to concrete, recent unilateral and unsanctioned U.S. use of force actions.  But yes, gone are the days of Russia and China blindly greenlighting the minor geostrategic objective-de-jour the West might have, just for the sake of a friendship that never was meant to materialize due to Whitehall.
 

Posted by: too scents | Dec 28 2025 17:36 utc | 21

Aye!
 

Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 17:43 utc | 22

”  But yes, gone are the days of Russia and China blindly greenlighting the minor geostrategic objective-de-jour the West might have, just for the sake of a friendship that never was meant to materialize due to Whitehall. 
Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 17:43 utc | 22 ”
 
Oh really ? United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803  

Posted by: The Painter | Dec 28 2025 17:48 utc | 23

Posted by: The Painter | Dec 28 2025 17:48 utc | 23

Blindly I wrote, as operative keyword.  Israel and Gaza are not on the respective top priority lists of neither Russia nor China.  No losing face in virtue-signalling support for a stillborn resolution.  Throw another one at me!

Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 17:52 utc | 24

A soap box derby is over when the carts reach the bottom of the hill.
 
Posted by: too scents | Dec 28 2025 17:36 utc | 21
 
######
 
Excellently articulated.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 28 2025 17:54 utc | 25

Check it out:  Veterans Today site has a major expose’ on Air Force weather “modification”.  Documented on the Carisio site on V.T.  Question:  How much of the crazy, wild weather is from natural origin and how much is paid for by taxpayer dollars? Inform yourself.

Posted by: aristodemos | Dec 28 2025 18:00 utc | 26

Laurence@1733:  Will Zelensky be on the same plane as Nuts n’ Yahoos?  “Birds of a feather”, dontcha know.

Posted by: aristodemos | Dec 28 2025 18:03 utc | 27

Literally billions of dollars in Minnesota and federal money going to Somali “child care” and “health care” centers in Minneapolis and St. Paul.  Truth seekers went to several of those facilities, where there were no children, blacked out windows and when a locked door was opened and a Somali woman was queried, they uniformly refused to find a place for “Little Joey” in that facility.  It’s all there with videos on Russia Today (R.T.)
 
As a Minnesotan, my sales taxes are amongst the revenue flow which is quite possibly funding terrorist organizations in Somalia. The Somalis vote uniformly as a bloc.  That’s why Minnesota’s 5th District Congresswoman is a member of the Somali community in Minnesota.  Corruption unlimited and all Minnesotans, as well as federal taxpayers are on the hook.  Governor Walz is absolutely the worst chief executive iln Minnesota history…and would surely rank amongst the worst governors in American history.  When he ran with Kamala’s Foote as the Dems V.P. candidate…all his relatives iln his native state of Nebraska stated that they would not vote for that ticket.

Posted by: aristodemos | Dec 28 2025 18:11 utc | 28

Coveidiot @1418: Check out my posting at 1800 regarding WEATHER WARFARE committed by the U$$A Airfarce.  It is quite possible that the “weather modification” planes have flown upwind and just off Cuban airspace to infect that place with various viruses and similar nasties.  The AIRFARCE, along with private contractors have been spewing poisonous substances all over the place…including The Homeland, as Bu$h the Lesser described occupied America.

Posted by: aristodemos | Dec 28 2025 18:20 utc | 29

Posted by: aristodemos | Dec 28 2025 18:11 utc | 28

How did they get there in the first place?  Probably not H-1B!  ICE should come for them at 040, drag ’em on a plane to Mogadishu and pay the local warlord a nice premium to give them the Sunni treatment they cherish and deserve.

Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 18:21 utc | 30

#30 – my 04:00 hours got eaten by the dog.

Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 18:22 utc | 31

Necromancer@1354:  Ah, yes, that silver squeeze.  As of a You Tube posting just yesterday by Jon A.G., he went into major detail on the coming financial catastrophe…in which the major banking institutions have been caught with their pants down by their policy of shorting silver on the markets.  They required, over the weekend a 17B bailout by the “Federal” Reserve to just cover their most recent boo-boos.  As reported, silver spots vs futures were at nearly $79 per OUNCE as of yesterday.  The poster charged that the $100 mark may soon be in the works

Posted by: aristodemos | Dec 28 2025 18:27 utc | 32

speaking of ICE, here is a quote a friend sent me and i agree with it…
 
….. ” And then there are those being swept up by masked ICE Agents. I don’t even know why they wear masks when they really want to be wearing sheets.”
 
Shahid Bolsen 
12/27/2025 

Posted by: james | Dec 28 2025 18:28 utc | 33

“Blindly I wrote, as operative keyword.  Israel and Gaza are not on the respective top priority lists of neither Russia nor China.  No losing face in virtue-signalling support for a stillborn resolution.  Throw another one at me!
Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 17:52 utc | 24 ”
 
What moral / ethical code to the Chines and Russians operate under?

Posted by: The Painter | Dec 28 2025 18:28 utc | 34

Posted by: too scents | Dec 28 2025 17:36 utc | 21
 
#######
 
Works just as well as an extended metaphor for the kids at the bottom of the hill trying to (Sisyphean-like) push the cart back uphill to only roll back down a short distance to the bottom again.
 
Over and over and over again.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 28 2025 18:29 utc | 35

Nervous German@1821:  No need to land those planes in dangerous Mogadishu.  Simply rig them with parachutes and send them on their way over the center of Mogadishu.  It is doubtful that the recipients there would be out to rescue them.  “Collateral damage”, they would call it.

Posted by: aristodemos | Dec 28 2025 18:30 utc | 36

“The Sampson Option” in the context of israel seems to be misunderstood, so I would like to offer a brief explanation:
 
There are NO missiles involved in the Sampson Option
 
ALREADY, YESTERDAY, or 70 years ago BUT NOT TOMORROW there were PRE-installed, in (Western) Capital cities all around the world, there were PRE-installed nuclear bombs.
 
Did you get that part? israel does NOT plan on dropping a bomb or firing a missile, the weapons ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
 
So, in Western Capital cities all around the world there are the nuclear weapons…….
 
The nuclear weapons are on a count-down timer that counts 100 days.
After 50 days a radio wave message is sent from an israeli headquarters in occupied Palestine to each and every nuclear weapon in every Western Capital City around the world. The massage tells the device to re-sent it’s count down clock back to 100 days.
 
If for any reason the nuclear weapon devices do not receive the massage to re-sent their count-down timer, the nuclear weapons will detonate without any effort by anyone, automatically.
 
The Sampson Option devices were supposed to be operational some 70 years ago.
It is most likely those devices no longer function, if they ever really existed.
israel does NOT poses any delivery system with which it could bomb most Western Capital cities with large nuclear weapons.
A 1960s era Thermonuclear (big) device has a shelf life of 10 years, after which it needs new ingredients because the old ingredients have gone stale.
 
In summary: israel does NOT have magical potion that can transport nuclear weapons to Moscow and/or DC and the likelihood of israel having a working device already in place is extremely low. 
 
I might be wrong about all this, so next time you hear someone refer to the Samson Option please ask them if they think a Nuke stashed under a bed for the last 70 years is still gonna go boom?
 
 
 

Posted by: Hot Carl | Dec 28 2025 18:32 utc | 37

James@1828:  Just a couple weeks back, I saw on one site, an advertisement by ICE which is currently looking for new agents to add to the pool.  Doubtful whether those new recruits would get much “sensitivity” training…OR any psychological testing and profiling.  They would get their uniforms, a weapon, a mask and a hefty paycheck from Uncle $chmuel.

Posted by: aristodemos | Dec 28 2025 18:33 utc | 38

Settlers are restless. …
 

The AtlanticGood Intentions Gone Bad
Yesterday
By David Frum
National Post
David Livingstone: Eby’s failure to protect private property will lead to financial crisis
…
Opinion
By David N. Livingstone
The Wall Street Journal
Canada’s $1 Billion Question: Do Property Rights Still Exist in British Columbia?
…

Ain’t it good to know who’s your owner.
 

Posted by: Laurence | Dec 28 2025 18:35 utc | 39

 ” And then there are those being swept up by masked ICE Agents. I don’t even know why they wear masks when they really want to be wearing sheets.”
Posted by: james | Dec 28 2025 18:28 utc | 33 ”
 
Spare us the sanctimonious drivel. No sane nation would allow an uncontrolled invasion like the US and Europe have. 

Posted by: The Painter | Dec 28 2025 18:38 utc | 40

ZH has two postings related to our civilization war on the high seas
 
Trump Blockade Leaves $1 Billion Of Venezuelan Crude Stranded On Tankers
 
And then there is this press release from China
 
China Unveils New Footage Of Carrier-Killer Hypersonic Missile Launch From Destroyer
 

The YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile (“carrier killer“) can travel at speeds exceeding Mach 5, complicating the world’s most advanced missile defense systems and posing a direct threat to U.S. carrier strike groups. The weapon’s flight profile combines a high-speed boost phase with a maneuvering terminal phase designed to evade interceptor missiles, such as those from the U.S.’ Patriot Missile System.
Our assessment is that the public release of YJ-20 footage serves as further signaling, reinforcing Beijing’s message that U.S. naval power in the Pacific is increasingly contested.

 
Drone warfare may take over land battles for a while but missiles are part of what is going to control sea dominance and end blockade’s like around Venezuela….when is another question but the posturing is beginning?

Posted by: psychohistorian | Dec 28 2025 18:39 utc | 41

Once you see ………………..
 
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Posted by: The Painter | Dec 28 2025 18:45 utc | 42

No sane nation would allow an uncontrolled invasion like the US and Europe have. 
 
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 28 2025 18:38 utc | 40
 
—
 
The “uncontrolled invasion” is a deliberate policy to suppress wages.  One tell is the Trump administration’s carve-outs for farm and hospitality workers.
 
This is an old and obvious story.  Cultural frictions are amplified to divide to working class and keep them down.
 
In truth cultural appropriation is what moves society forward.
 

Posted by: too scents | Dec 28 2025 18:52 utc | 43

@43 too scents
 
Well, in this case with the Somalis, they are not the hardworking Mexican-types, so their wage-suppression effect might be minimal compared to Hispanics. Supposedly, it’s a Democrat-vote farming operation. But that’s poppycock. So little daylight between the two parties of the duopoly.
 
Rather, the migrant horde question is an “ace in the hole” for the elites when the cradle rocks and the bough breaks. All the angry white men will look at the Somalies instead of the Deep State that allowed them unfettered entry and gov’t welfare.

Posted by: NemesisCalling | Dec 28 2025 19:10 utc | 44

@ aristodemos | Dec 28 2025 18:33 utc | 38
 
there is no psychological training or profiling for politicians either… it goes with the present terrain.. 

Posted by: james | Dec 28 2025 19:31 utc | 45

“The “uncontrolled invasion” is a deliberate policy to suppress wages.   
Posted by: too scents | Dec 28 2025 18:52 utc | 43 ”
 
Maybe for some. But thats not the main reason. Connect these two dots and the picture becomes clearer.
Open Borders Larry Fink Drops Davos U-Turn Bombshell: Strict Immigration Nations May Outpace the West in the AI Revolution – RAIR
 
The KALERGI Plan – Rumble
 
 
 
 

Posted by: The Painter | Dec 28 2025 19:55 utc | 46

James@1931:  Those pro$tilticians you cite are a mirror reflection of the deliberate dumbing down of the American people agenda which was activated at Columbia University by John D. Rottenfeller in ca. 1920 to establish America’s “college of edumacasion”. A dumbed-down populace actually believes the lies and obfuscations on the mass media which is a willing mouthpiece for the ruling financier elite.
 
Voters are axiomatically screwed, jooed and tatooed.  They have been gradually re-engineered to a dumb herd of Goyim.  They vote on the basis of “personality” rather than character.  The American voter is psychologically OWNED.

Posted by: aristodemos | Dec 28 2025 19:59 utc | 47

Speaking of ICE and soapbox derbies ending at the bottom of a hill,  plus silver, i I am having a flashback to a moonlit wintry (very wintry but windless) night in the northern Utah mountains.  My toddler son fast asleep in his cot, whilst my sister,  husband and I were maniacally rushing in and out of our cabin kitchen with kettles of steaming hot water, to the top of a small hill nearby, tramping up and down a track as we went, till at last a slippery slope was accomplished.  The moon was high above as we next extended the track to the nearby,  already icey road down to the main house of my parents in law (their similar slumber  remaining undisturbed.)
 
And yes!  We did go far, far further than ‘the bottom of the hill, taking turns each one with a not very big sled as the slippery slope extended.   Carramba!!  A night in a million.
 
Happy  Sunday   All !!

Posted by: juliania | Dec 28 2025 20:09 utc | 48

MOATS with George Galloway: ‘Year of the Gun’
 
https://www.youtube.com/@GeorgeGallowayOfficial
 
“Trump and Zelensky| Myanmar poll| Old world over|
 
With Lt Col Anthony Aguilar & Max Blumenthal

Posted by: John Gilberts | Dec 28 2025 20:15 utc | 49

@47 aristodemos
 
And because it was so successful in America it is now rolled out worldwide.

Posted by: M | Dec 28 2025 20:15 utc | 50

kettles of steaming hot water
 
Posted by: juliania | Dec 28 2025 20:09 utc | 48
 
—
 
When I was a very young boy my dad used to build an ice skating rink for me and my sister.  He would level the surface with large pots of boiling water and a squeegee.   I remember to this day the steam rising from the ice as he swept it smooth.
 
When I was about kindergarten age I stood on the leather seats of his ’55 t-bird with my skates still on as he drove me home from the public rink one cold winter’s day.  The car was still relatively new.  Back then I could do no wrong.  I became a good skater.  I think of  my father frequently.
 

Posted by: too scents | Dec 28 2025 20:33 utc | 51

This is only for the fun of it. Sort of meaningless but a place like spglobal.com (which shouldn’t be trusted) self-referentially claims:

“The shadow fleet now comprises 978 tankers with over 27,000 deadweight tonnage, representing a combined capacity of 127 million dwt or approximately 18.5% of the global oil tanker fleet, according to S&P Global Commodities at Sea and Maritime Intelligence Risk Suite data.”

 
So according to such data the US has illegally pirated 2 out of 978 which is roughly 0.2 percent (or 2 permille) of the oil tanker ships (not tonnage). Let’s see what happens to them if the US manages to work their way up tenfold towards 2 percent which would be 20-odd tankers. Would the US be able to do that in a year?
 
Again; not that the numbers are worth much as the “source” themselves allude to by mentioning a previous estimate:

“889 tankers with 112 million deadweight tons were estimated to be used for sanctioned trades in November 2024”

 
The US actions are still an international crime, and hurts Venezuela specifically.
 
Text URL to their page where the clowns even let out a small whine about a “relentless chase for profits” on behalf of the “shadow” tankers —capitalists blaming capitalism lol:

http://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news/crude-oil/090325-factbox-shadow-fleet-expands-to-maintain-sanctioned-oil-flows

 

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Dec 28 2025 20:39 utc | 52

BM @ 5, NG @ 7:
 
I would suggest that B put up the link to OBB’s essay as a challenge to us MoA barflies, knowing that some of us would be able to tear into it, and quite deeply too.
 
For one thing OBB assumes that the way in which Russia has so far conducted its SMO in Ukraine will be the way it fights any future wars against NATO, either as a whole or against individual member nations, even with the arsenal of hypersonic weapons it has. OBB may read widely but he must not have read that statement Putin made, in English translation, in which the Russian President said his nation would fight very differently against NATO in an open hot war than it has done so far in Ukraine.
 
I’m not on Substack so if either of you wants to reply to OBB directly and use my comment here, go right ahead!

Posted by: Refinnejenna | Dec 28 2025 20:57 utc | 53

Hot Carl | Dec 28 2025 18:32 utc | 37
 
The Jericho III is designed to deliver a 1 ton warhead over intercontinental ranges. The Shavit satellite launcher which is based on the Jericho has put small spy satellites into retrograde orbit, where the rocket is fighting the earth’s rotation rather than getting a free boost, so the specs quoted for the Jericho seem plausible.
 
These missiles were ostensibly built to target Moscow, not to enforce the Sampson Option on Zionism’s Western sponsors. This could partially explain why the Russian General Staff are not as favorably disposed to relations with “Israel” as the Russian capitalists,  as during Soviet times the command centers where they learned their trade were prime targets for the Jericho.
 
The Tritium for their thermonuclear warheads is likely produced at Dimona. Now the taboo against attacking functioning nuclear sites has been broken and the accuracy of Iranian missiles demonstrated, the Tritium producing reactor could be disabled in the next phase of the “Israel”/Iran conflict. This would force the West to supply Tritium directly to maintain “Israel’s” nukes, potentially leading to some awkward questions should China raise the issue in the Security Council.

Posted by: S.P. Korolev | Dec 28 2025 21:23 utc | 54

MELI: Conscription in Britain? Russian Defence Strategies & Late Imperial Follies in Europe
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVBZODYrjsM
 
“In our Sunday night spectacular we look at whether the British government will reintroduce conscription and what this could mean. From there we go on to look at the recent speech by Russian defence minister Andrei Belousov regarding their future strategies. We conclude by examining the wild schemes being cooked up by the leaders of the EU imperialist bloc.”
 
 
PVT: Garland Nixon & Joti Brar
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krYXTN-vl6c
 
“Imperial wars against Russia, Venezuela.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Dec 28 2025 21:26 utc | 55

That last article was idiotic

Posted by: Zuke | Dec 28 2025 21:48 utc | 56

some infection which immediately caught up with me and gave me the snivels.
just because it could give the wrong impression I would like to point out the difference between sniffle and snivel.  
 
snivel – to cry slightly in a way that is weak and does not make other people feel sympathy for you.
sniffle –sniff slightly or repeatedly, typically because of a cold or fit of crying.
 
I am happy to hear you were able to shake the cold in such a short time, I have been producing a lot of mucus for about 2 months now.  seems to be slowly getting better but there sure is a lot of it going around.  Happy new year to you B and thanks again for all you do.

Posted by: dan of steele | Dec 28 2025 21:48 utc | 57

That last article was idiotic. Like silly fan fiction

Posted by: Zuke | Dec 28 2025 21:48 utc | 58

That last article was idiotic. Like silly fan fiction

Posted by: Zuke | Dec 28 2025 21:50 utc | 59

Several silver ETF funds have reportedly triggered their ‘force majeur’ clause, allowing them to cash settle ETF shares at Friday’s closing price of $79, instead of the current spot price.
Things are SHTF next week if true.
https://x.com/FinanceLancelot/status/2005362938316804295

Posted by: unimperator | Dec 28 2025 21:52 utc | 60

Things are SHTF next week if true.
 
Posted by: unimperator | Dec 28 2025 21:52 utc | 60
 
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Next week starts in a little over 1 hour when the futures markets open at 5:00pm CST.
 

Posted by: too scents | Dec 28 2025 21:59 utc | 61

 
The Times of Israel
UN Security Council to convene emergency meeting on Israel’s Somaliland recognition
Yesterday
 

Posted by: Laurence | Dec 28 2025 22:05 utc | 62

Posted by: Laurence | Dec 28 2025 22:05 utc | 62
Somaliland is the place UAE/Israel inserts terrorists and weapons for their genocide in Sudan. Obviously by declaring it an independent state, they want to use the puppet regime to continue it.
This is how Israel state terror (which isn’t possible without full US support) continues devastation and destruction in the world, actions in Gaza spread to more and more places. In this case, to grab gold, oil and other stuff over the bodies of locals.

Posted by: unimperator | Dec 28 2025 22:08 utc | 63

Refinnejenna | Dec 28 2025 20:57 utc | 53
 
I find that most about me have no understanding that Russia has not yet declared war. The conflict in Ukraine between Russia and Nato is described as high intensity. The early trophy hunters thinking they were on safari to bag a few Russians are either dead or have fled. Yet Russia has not moved to the level of declaring war.
 
All technology interests me. In the civilized world, military technology is always at the leading edge. On youtube, there is a video of traditional steel and iron making from a village in Burkina Faso. Hematite with its sulphur content was okay for gardening implements. Magnetite with low sulphur content was weapons grade ore.
 
The Europeans are now headed down juliania’s slippery slope which leads past the bottom of the hill. There does seem to be some debate within Russia as to whether they should just nuke the lot once the Europeans enter into direct warfare. I tend to think Putin’s Russia will first knock out both civilian and military command/control centers. If that does not soothe the savage European beast then the nukes will follow.
 
 
 

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 28 2025 22:10 utc | 64

unimperator | Dec 28 2025 21:52 utc | 60
 
The smelly stuff from the western world is now hitting the fan. The European farmers appear to have the right idea. Their tractors and shit carts. To be on the receiving end would be a shitty experience I assume.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 28 2025 22:19 utc | 65

Posted by: unimperator | Dec 28 2025 22:08 utc | 63
Don’t forget that the Republic of Somaliland, coincidentally with identical borders to the Protectorate of British Somaliland (cough), lies across the water from Yemen and is thus a great place to have an airbase if you happen to be fond of bombing Houthi civilians.
According to GG, the Izzies are as we speak hardening the hangars at Berbera airbase. Wonder what happens next.
More reassuringly, the British Protectorate of Somaliland was only slightly easier to pacify than the British Protectorate of Aden – i.e. only possible for temporary, short periods of time.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Dec 28 2025 22:26 utc | 66

ChatNPC | Dec 28 2025 22:26 utc | 66
 
The Polish emigre to Palestine officially recognizing the dirty streets of London…..

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 28 2025 22:32 utc | 67

In orbit: Canada’s satellite-to-cell offerings poised to grow after Rogers beta trial https://www.castanet.net/news/Business/591376/In-orbit-Canada-s-satellite-to-cell-offerings-poised-to-grow-after-Rogers-beta-trial
 

Rogers Satellite currently operates through a partnership with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The latter’s Starlink low-earth orbit satellites combine with Rogers’ wireless network to automatically connect cellphones in dead zones.
Telecommunications consultant Mark Goldberg said the advantage of satellite coverage, which he called a “supplemental-style technology,” is it allows the industry “to cover bases that you can’t serve economically with traditional wireless towers on the ground.”

 

Posted by: Laurence | Dec 28 2025 22:39 utc | 68

GD: Einar Tangen
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gli4W0PPcLg
 
“2025: The year of India’s geostrategic shock.”
 
An interesting discussion of India’s geopolitical dithering and choices.

Posted by: John Gilberts | Dec 28 2025 22:42 utc | 69

John Gilberts | Dec 28 2025 22:42 utc | 69
 
India and Erdogan’s greater Turkey. I would be very wary about bending over to pick up a bar of soap for either of them.
 

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 28 2025 22:57 utc | 70

In truth cultural appropriation is what moves society forward.
 
Posted by: too scents | Dec 28 2025 18:52 utc | 43
 
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I have a lot of thoughts on this.
 
It is inevitable, IMO, if humanity is to survive.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 28 2025 22:59 utc | 71

Just a quick trip down memory lane:

Remarks by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at a Joint Press Conference in Israel (Oct. 13, 2023)
“Now, Hamas attacked at a moment of global challenge… But the United States is the most powerful country in the world.  And we remain fully able to project power, uphold our commitments, and direct resources to multiple theaters.  So, we will stand with Israel even as we stand with Ukraine. The United States can walk and chew gum at the same time.  And U.S. security assistance to Israel will flow in at the speed of war… The United States has Israel’s back.  That is not negotiable.  And it never will be.  And after this terrible week, I wish you and all the people of Israel a Shabbat Shalom.”

Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 23:00 utc | 72

[cultural appropriation] is inevitable, IMO, if humanity is to survive.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 28 2025 22:59 utc | 71

Common knowledge, LD.  Even America is waking up to the fact, no pun intended.  All “wokeness” should and eventually will be considered an error, but our global system of eventual sanity is able to eventually self-correct.  Be more optimistic!  Time’s on our side.

Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 23:05 utc | 73

@james #33
so ICE agents enforcing actual laws; furthermore executing policy which was explicitly desired by American voters, is equated to the way Southern elites (and a lot of Northern ones) illegally acted?
Lol

Posted by: c1ue | Dec 28 2025 23:12 utc | 74

Next week starts in a little over 1 hour when the futures markets open at 5:00pm CST.
 
Posted by: too scents | Dec 28 2025 21:59 utc | 61
 
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The CME is open and silver is showing a big green candle above $82.
 
https://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=SI&p=i5
 

Posted by: too scents | Dec 28 2025 23:14 utc | 75

Peter AU1: @70
 
Fair point. We shall see…
 

Posted by: John Gilberts | Dec 28 2025 23:24 utc | 76

From the previous thread – Strewth mate….  Jolliff and Ball. Excellence on geopolitics. The school of life vs a third rate tertiary education. I had thought tertiary was old rocks. Always learning, always being placed in the naughty boys corner. Painted my house4 and the paint has now cracked and peeled so I am not a painter. My brother is a painter and he hangs out with a rough crowd. An odd world.Stewth mate sums it up. It is an odd world.
 
I have to be good now so a little old time rock n roll is in order. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKCt8ssC7cs&list=RDaKCt8ssC7cs&start_radio=1

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 28 2025 23:36 utc | 77

@too scents #43
it isn’t just to suppress wages. It is also a blatant attempt to Californicate voting in other states.
The one trick used here is the census; illegals were being counted for purposes of House of Representatives apportionment of the 435 votes.
This is now an explicit strategy to offset the inherent red state Senate advantage, as well as a powerful tool to further amplify True Blue urban center electoral domination of presidential electora, state legislatures and state governments.
That elites get cheaper Nannie’s, gardeners, delivery boys and mistresses/gigolos is just icing on the cake.

Posted by: c1ue | Dec 28 2025 23:43 utc | 78

@c1ue | Dec 28 2025 23:43 utc | 78
 
How much evidence do you need to realise that voting doesn’t matter?
 

Posted by: too scents | Dec 28 2025 23:52 utc | 79

Final post for today.  It is late here.
 
Spot silver hit $91 in Shanghai.  For now the CME is comfortable with the >$9 arbitrage.  CME silver margin is still $22’000.
 
https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/metals/precious/silver.margins.html
 

Posted by: too scents | Dec 28 2025 23:55 utc | 80

c1ue | Dec 28 2025 23:43 utc | 78
 
Icing on the cake. Russia has enticed the so called west into revealing its naked glory. The utter corruption of the woke EU. The Americans have discarded fig leaves and are there for all to see in their naked glory. Quite interesting watch. That term “Strewth mate’ is very applicable.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 28 2025 23:56 utc | 81

Posted by: c1ue | Dec 28 2025 23:43 utc | 78

I think that’s only one part of the explanation.  How many of them do actually become wage laborers?  The sheer influx quantity goes way beyond labor market demand/capacity, and anything the system was designed to handle, once you factor in the higher reproduction rate.
 
Furthermore, most people have a rough time understanding the mechanisms and practical outcomes of an exponential function… So yes, “population replacement” and other Dr. Frankenstein instruments out of the well-published WEF and Agenda 2030 toolbox cannot remain unaddressed.

Posted by: Nervous German | Dec 28 2025 23:59 utc | 82

I have always been prone to sniffles. I suffer from pollen allergy during the summer, while the dark, wet and windy winters of northern Europe make me susceptible in the winter. On top of that I have one very deformed nostril, so I am acutely aware whenever my membranes start swelling. What I have found out over the last couple of years is that vitamin D has a huge, even decisive influence on many forms of sniffling. 
After about two years of almost constant (whenever I didn’t get a bit of sun) dosing with 2k tablets I assume I am on a fairly good plateau now. What I can see – very clearly – is that whenever I have a hint of a sniffle (not the allergic one), a tablet will solve problem almost immediately, as it will usually takes less than 15 minutes to kick in. Only very rarely did I have to take more than one tablet get the effect, and it always works. —

Posted by: persiflo | Dec 28 2025 23:59 utc | 83

US-ians complaining about migrants in Europe seem unaware that some ppl actually work from 4 am to clean their hotel bedrooms and the museums they will visit…

Posted by: Tom | Dec 29 2025 0:02 utc | 84

aristodemos | Dec 28 2025 18:00 utc | 26
Glad you posted something, anything, about weather modification.  I’m continually amazed at the lack of concern about it from the bar flying commentariat.  geoengineeringwatch.org  Dane Wiggington is heroic.

Posted by: Least Weasel | Dec 29 2025 0:03 utc | 85

Posted by: persiflo | Dec 28 2025 23:59 utc | 83
My wife introduced me to colloidal silver.  It does wonders.  Like for real.  
Like how Least Weasel @ 85 mentions how geoengineering goes under the radar.  I guess vapor won’t show up, but those planes out of Vandenburg and Pt. Hueneme here in SoCal.  Humm.
And I’m down with the D!

Posted by: lex talionis | Dec 29 2025 0:13 utc | 86

persiflo | Dec 28 2025 23:59 utc | 83
Bugger the snot and ride the whirlwind. So many very interesting people here from all walks of life. The walk of life.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 29 2025 0:13 utc | 87

Posted by: persiflo | Dec 28 2025 23:59 utc | 83
 
i have hay fever.  rejected sudafed most my life, but now, i take half a sudafed, for two days, and no hay fever.
 
I used to get a cold every year, starting with painful sore throat, lasting about a week.   But ever since I got Covid in Feb 2020 I have not gotten a cold, but did get a mild case of shingles in 2024.

Posted by: UWDude | Dec 29 2025 0:22 utc | 88

lex talionis | Dec 29 2025 0:13 utc | 86
 
Blue bloods. That old term is not without merit. Feeding off a silver spoon turns the skin blue Thao9swe oxides are consumed . The cranks that glurp up silver….. wannabe blue bloods. Silver is an industrial metal. Gold remains a currency.
 
It does seem to me that the Russians and the China men are driving a stake though the heart of anglo  empire.
 
 

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 29 2025 0:27 utc | 89

Thanks for another great week, b.
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there is no psychological training or profiling for politicians either…
Posted by: james | Dec 28 2025 19:31 utc | 45

Ummm. Then what do you call all those paid trips to the entity for congresscritters, and other zealots?
 

Posted by: Sakineh Bagoom | Dec 29 2025 0:36 utc | 90

my sister has been edging on divorce for ten years over her husband’s “pornography addiction”.
 
Over those years, I have said nothing, but also taken the side in my mind of  my brother-in-law.  Porn has been a bit of spice in all my relationships, and I resent lectures about how evil it is. I feel zero guilt about it at all.
 
This Christmas, (her fam was not there, just her and “our side” of the fam.), I kade a plea for her to NOT divorce him.
 
During that discussion, she shocked me.  I never dated a Christian, (she is fundamentalist Christian), for two reasons, 1.  i dont want to have to avoid conversion my whole life, and 2. Christians are prudes.
 
A few years ago we had a great “master-debate” about pornography.  Our family is not contentious, so it was spirited, but no hard feelings.
 
Well, she told me she NEVER said no, as she believed it was her Christian duty to serve her husband.  They had sex for decades 3 to 4 times a week, AND she initiated all the time, spiced up things,AND loved it.
 
It took about ten minutes for me to process, and then I just felt such grief I felt like I was going through the divorce for a couple days.  I told her I supported her decision later, and we are closer for it. 
 
Now I think my brother-in-law is about to learn some very hard lessons about life and women, and see him in a whole different light.  All this time I thought he was always such a grump because he was in typical sex-desert marriage, typical after many children, bit nope, he is just a grumpy dude.
 
Iwould rather she would uninhibit and enjoy porn with him, but now I think there is a deeper issue, and even if she tried, he would still try to disclude her.

Posted by: UWDude | Dec 29 2025 0:40 utc | 91

lex talionis | Dec 29 2025 0:13 utc | 86
The Trumpsonium, While attempting to grab Venezuelan and Nigerian oil they are pleading for forgiveness from the snowman. The dirty and dastardly politics of America. Interesting to watch.
 
American D day is massively promoted in the west. The majority which is 5hose clowns that do not read know nothing about bagration. The Russians have always fought when their backs are to the wall. Few learn from history. In my younger years and traveling 5tbrough me school of life, I had the privilege of watching a bloke with his back to the wall. As a kid, good to watch. Every time he swung, a man went down. The lynch mob soon backed off.
 
This dirty world of western geopolio6t.ics we now watch. Epstein and the blacked out redactionsdThe European emigres to the British palesrtinian mandate.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 29 2025 1:06 utc | 92

“psychohistorian” this is on a comment of yours in a previous thread somewhere. I should probably stay away from high school physics and acceleration which is often/always (very) confusingly (mis-)named “m/s^2” when it is “m/s/s” because physicists love to make “their own” maths “gobbledygook shortcuts” 😛 (I still love them). Ain’t nothing being squared around here lol since it is “speed per second” or “distance per second per second” XD (no wonder kids fail STEM, like I might be about to here).
 
Anyway here’s a bag of salt for your use and here’s my attempt (I do not offer my body to be ripped apart by any resident high school teachers including replacement teachers but it might still happen —it is the internet after all):

  • 1 “g”-force is 9.8 m/s/s of acceleration.
  • 800 km/h is a speed, not acceleration.
  • 800 km/h = 800000 m/3600 s = 222.222… m/s

 
If it was acceleration during one second then:
222m/s (speed) / 1s (time change of acceleration) / 9.8 (parceling it all in terms of units of “g”) = 22.6 “g”
 
Which is fully yikes (but you might survive, if lucky (or “lucky”), since it’s only for a second). It gets much worse if we move below 1 second (accidents etc.) so let’s not…
 
However if the acceleration is dispersed evenly over a minute it becomes:
222/60/9.8 = 0.377 “g”
 
Which is fluffy and shouldn’t be a problem.
 
Btw this hints at why fast trains (and passengers) don’t do well with “short” curves since those mean changes in acceleration and centripetal forces and such. I’m not feeling up for it right now (*looks over shoulder*).
 
Hope I was right! XD (is that a buzzard screeching? Where did everybody go!?)
 

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Dec 29 2025 1:16 utc | 93

@ Sunny Runny Burger | Dec 29 2025 1:16 utc | 93 who missed the 0 to 800 km/h happened in 5.3 seconds so you have a time to work with.
 
The formula I saw included mass/weight in the calculation and not sure if the 1 tonne from the train or a human body weight should be used.
 
Anyway, thanks for your efforts

Posted by: psychohistorian | Dec 29 2025 1:36 utc | 94

The plot thickens. …
Venezuela Reaffirms Support for Somalia’s Sovereignty https://sputnikglobe.com/20251228/venezuela-reaffirms-support-for-somalias-sovereignty-1123375702.html

Caracas “categorically rejects any unilateral action aimed at recognizing separatist entities within Somali territory,” calling such steps a “flagrant violation of international law,” it added.
 

The Arab League and the African Union also denounced Tel Aviv’s move, which took place on December 26.

 

Posted by: Laurence | Dec 29 2025 1:53 utc | 95

Posted by: too scents | Dec 28 2025 23:52 utc | 79
 
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It’s not that voting does not matter. It does matter. It just matters to different people for different reasons than the voters believe.
 
Manufacturing consent is still necessary, even as the need for physical labor declines.
Anyone who thinks that they can vote for meaningful change is unfortunately unaware of how power works.
 
I am unaware of a single time in modern history, certainly in the West, where people were able to vote and receive significant change.
 
I feel like I was writing the exact same thing here at MoA in a similar discussion 3 years ago.
 
But, tell people their vote doesn’t matter, and they will become indignant and angry, like Canadians and Australians do when you point out that both “countries” are colonies of the UK.
 
Sweet lies are usually preferable to hard truths.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 29 2025 1:59 utc | 96

Posted by: Laurence | Dec 29 2025 1:53 utc | 95
######
 
The African Union and the Arab League are both tools of the Empire.
 
Venezuela is paving the way for China and Russia to back up Somalia diplomatically, IMO.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 29 2025 2:04 utc | 97

94
222/60 5.3/9.8  =0.427 Gs … ‘proximately.
 

Posted by: Laurence | Dec 29 2025 2:04 utc | 98

`When you point out that both “countries” are colonies of the UK,’
I laugh at your ignorance: 100% owned by Israel.
 

Posted by: Laurence | Dec 29 2025 2:10 utc | 99

LoveDonbass | Dec 29 2025 2:04 utc | 97
 
Are the `tools’ misbehaving then?
 

Posted by: Laurence | Dec 29 2025 2:13 utc | 100

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