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By Ted Belman

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April 16, 2020 | 8,874 Comments »

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  1. Why has this seen the light of day, less than 24 hours before the Russian “non-coup”?

    Kristina Wong23 Jun 20234,418
    2:51

    Photographs on Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop place him at Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, on the day he sent his Chinese business partner threatening text messages wherein he referenced his father several times, according to a report.

    Biden had sent his Chinese business partner Henry Zhao, a Chinese energy conglomerate linked to Chinese intelligence, an aggressive text message on July 30, 2017, that said:

    I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. All too often people mistake kindness for weakness — and all too often I am standing over top of them saying I warned you. From this moment until whenever he reaches me.

    He sent a subsequent message that said:

    I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father. I sure hope whatever it is you are doing is very very important.

    — https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/06/23/report-photos-on-hunter-bidens-laptop-place-him-at-fathers-home-on-day-he-texted-chinese-business-partner/

  2. Why do these two headlines seem to fill the same boilerplate?

    News
    3
    Rebellion in Russia: Putin denounces Wagner Group’s “criminal adventure” and prepares to defend Moscow…
    News
    146
    Merrick Garland: Criticizing the Hunter Biden plea deal is an attack on our democracy…

    — https://www.revolver.news/

  4. There definitely seems to be something big happening in Russia — Nancy Pelosi on Steroids, at the very least.

    How very odd, that his comes just five days after Donald Trump’s

    “Q” posting (previous post).

    — as well as desperate efforts by the US Democrats, the Deep State, etc. to deflect attention from revelations about the Biden Crime Family.

    As Steve Bannon has said repeatedly, “There are no coincidences”.

  6. Bible prophecies often mention episodes of thunder and lightning. I believe these are time markers or resets of sorts; so we do well to notice the most significant events.

    June 21, 2023
    The enormous undersea volcano that erupted in Tonga last year (began 20 Dec. 2021; climax 15 Jan. 2022) was record-breaking in many regards. It generated the highest-ever recorded volcanic plume, it triggered a sonic boom that circled the globe twice, and was the most powerful natural explosion in more than a century.

    Now, scientists studying the eruption say the volcanic plume created record-breaking amounts of volcanic lightning, the most intense lightning rates ever documented in Earth’s atmosphere. While the ash obscured the view, satellites and ground-based radio antennas with specialized instrument could peer through the ash and see every stage of the unfolding eruption. Over 200,000 lightning flashes were detected in the volcanic plume, more than 2,600 flashes every minute
    — https://www.universetoday.com/.

  7. This year’s spring wildfire season has been the worst on record in Canada, with more than 5m hectares of land burned – a figure higher than the entire 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2022 seasons combined.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/19/canada-wildfires-reconstruction-lytton

    Rev.16
    [8] And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
    [9] And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

  9. @Michael
    That may be due to either a result of my reloading the database in the last week or due to the fact that I have placed all Bear’s comments into moderation.. It may be that all comments which mention Bear suffer the same fate. If so it was not my attention. I will look into it.

    I looked into it. There was only one of your comments which has been removed and it was your fault. It had nothing to do with me.

  13. @Ted

    Isn’t this what Israel has objected to the US doing?

    Fair point – it was. This is not an embassy, but only a diplomatic mission, having living quarters to distinguish it from a mere consulate.

    The Foreign Ministry released the following statement on the subject:

    “The agreement is in line with the Foreign Ministry’s efforts to increase the number of diplomatic missions in Israel’s capital Jerusalem.”

    It seems this is an attempt by Israel to specifically ignore the disrespect being shown by Russia in not moving its embassy. Perhaps this was an olive branch from Bibi to Russia which would not cost Israel any serious grief with the US.

  14. @Peloni
    I read Russia to open embassy branch in Jerusalem carefully. The word “embassy” does not appear in their commitment.. Instead we read, “building, and operating a consular branch” and “The diplomatic compound will provide consular services to the residents of Jerusalem and its environs,”

    Israel Hayom uses the word “embassy” a number of times without providing a quote. What I read is that the Russian Embassy stays in Tel Aviv and that this consular branch will serve Palestinians. Isn’t this what Israel has objected to the US doing?

  15. The Russians are targeting US Nuclear Waste Facilities

    washington —

    The U.S. Department of Energy got ransom requests from the Russia-linked extortion group Clop at both its nuclear waste facility and the scientific education facilities that were recently hit in a global hacking campaign, a spokesperson said Friday.

    Putin is also threatening to destroy Europe’s largest nuclear plant, etc.

    References upon request.

  16. @Bear
    Russia has made claim to multiple properties in the area, including the 0.6 acre property in question which is currently being used as the Tsavta parking lot in Jerusalem. Per the report, Israel dropped its ongoing objections which include the limit other demand of taxation and repurposing part of the land for a pipeline, and in exchange Russia is to build a diplomatic residence which holds a higher standing than a consulate. Til the diplomatic residence is built, the property will continue in its current use as a parking lot. Of course, this is all per the report by Israel Hayom and statement by the Russian govt, since Israeli govt and Jerusalem’s mayor are still withholding comment on the subject.

    From what I can discern from the reports, though, the land was well documented as having been in fact purchased in 1885 by the Russian govt, and the outstanding issues have been in regards to taxation and boundary limits. In any event, if I would argue that recognition of Jerusalem would be worth the price of a parking lot, even if it needed to be donated at Jerusalem rates.

  17. @Peloni my question and I do not know answer. Did Israel give the Russian’s land in Jerusalem they did not own but was demanded by the Russian’s which was previously leased? This land was disputed between Israel and Russia for a long time.

    Did Israel buy opaque recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli by giving Russia land.
    Is there a clear answer to this?

  18. Russia to open embassy branch in Jerusalem
    Russian Federation agrees to open embassy branch in central Jerusalem, in exchange for ownership of the land and a promise of no expropriation.

    Five years after the US dedicated its new embassy in Jerusalem, Russia is set to follow suit, Israel Hayom revealed.

    According to Israel Hayom, in a secret agreement Russia and Israel agreed to open a Russian embassy branch in the center of Jerusalem.

    In the agreement between the Jerusalem municipality, headed by Mayor Moshe Lion, and the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russia officially committed itself to planning, building, and operating a consular branch in the Hama’alot parking lot off of King George Street in central Jerusalem. In exchange, the city has promised not to expropriate the land for the benefit of the light rail line which is expected to pass nearby, instead seeking alternative transportation solutions.

    The city will also allow the Russians to register as the owners of an area 100 meters in length, which will be used for the road to the future diplomatic compound, and it will remove any suits or demands from the Russian Federation, which for many years has avoided paying taxes as legally required.

    At the same time, the parking lot will continue operating until the embassy branch is constructed.

    The diplomatic compound will provide consular services to the residents of Jerusalem and its environs, and will also house diplomats, giving the land a higher status than that of a consulate. Under the agreement, construction will be completed within five years, with an option to extend it to ten years.

    The agreement was signed in the Mayor’s office on Jerusalem Day, and both Lion himself and Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (Likud) took part in the negotiations over the past six months. Representing the Russians was their Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov, along with Sergei Makarov, who acted in the name of Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. Representing the Jerusalem municipality was General Manager Itzik Larry and legal adviser Eli Malka. The Foreign Ministry’s Euro-Asia department head, Yuval Fuchs, is also a signatory to the agreement.

  19. Hacker groups reportedly team up to destroy European Banks in ‘world’s biggest cyber attack’
    ? Published: Jun 15, 2023, 09:22
    ? Updated: Jun 15, 2023, 09:23

    https://www.dexerto.com/tech/hacker-groups-reportedly-team-up-to-destroy-european-banks-in-worlds-biggest-cyber-attack-2178927/

    Comments:

    “I don’t trust any group that announces their intentions to do illegal acts – as it ONLY means they are backed by the Deep State as it is easier to track the attacks, no? Only Deep State backed animals would follow through, so if European banks go down, take a guess who is behind it. Yeah, them. The Marxists of the Deep State are desperate to hurt us all.”

    — https://choiceclips.whatfinger.com/2023/06/15/massive-ddos-attack-coming-listen-to-them-announce-it-which-means-bs-or-what/

    Hmmm… On the other hand, several articles connect the attacks to three “Pro-Russian” hackers.

    This sounds like so many gross happenings lately, with the exception that this could have world-wide consequences. We’ll see, soon enough.

  22. Can’t find my mask! Now I can’t go to the White House!

    White House Sends Out Guidance Mandating Face Masks and Social Distancing for the Unvaccinated
    By Rick Moran 9:14 AM on June 11, 2023

  23. 11 Sivan – Bnei Brak – 1924

    On this day in 1924, the town of B’nai Brak was settled just east of Tel Aviv. The town is originally mentioned in the Book of Joshua and is most famous for being the place of the all-night Seder mentioned in the Passover Hagada that was led by R’ Akiva. During the 4th Aliyah, 8 Chassidic families immigrated from Poland intending to build a religious agricultural settlement. By 1933, those 8 families had attracted over 1,000 others including the Chazon Ish who was considered the leading Rabbi in Israel until he died in 1953. The Jewish world was being guided from his little house in the town. By 1948, the population would be almost 10,000, and today there are nearly 200,000 residents. In 1950, B’nai Brak became an official city of the young State of Israel.

    Much of the growth and development of B’nai Brak can be attributed to R’ Yosef Shalom Kahneman. R’ Kahaneman had already led the city of Ponevezh in Lithuania for 20 years. One of the largest Jewish cities in Lithuania, under his tutelage the city exploded as a center of Torah. At the outbreak of WWI, he was on a trip to Israel and found himself stranded there. He continued to run the city’s institutions from afar. In 1941, the city of Ponevezh was decimated first by the Red Army and then a few days later by the Nazis y”s. The local Yeshiva was destroyed and all its students were murdered. What was R’ Kahaneman’s response? Within two years he opened the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak with Rommel and the Nazis just a few sand dunes away in North Africa. As Europe was up in smoke, he saw his duty to rebuild Torah in Israel. Within a few months, Rommel would be dead and the Ponevezh Yeshiva would be on its way to making R’ Kahaneman’s vision a reality.

    Naveed Anjum

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  25. MUDAR just tweeted:

    In the name of the People of Jordan, we condemn the extremist and racist policies of the Hashemite occupation “regime” of Jordan which are being carried out against Jews, we are utterly disgusted by the insulting of religious symbols recently exhibited by the kinglet’s henchmen against Jewish tourists.
    Laws of the NEW JORDAN will criminalize hate speech and discrimination, whether they are based on religion, sect, race, appearance, or physical disability, “zero tolerance” is our policy.

    and

    Source: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman is negotiating a peace deal between Moscow and Kiev. The Saudi proposed deal is described as “Fairly considerate of Russia’s strategic security needs and Ukraine’s independence”
    We proudly support the #Saudi effort for peace against the warmongers.

  26. Contrary to Mudar’s dismal of the recent Royal marriage between the Crown Prince and an important Saudi Princess, that it was not important event is the article I shall reference and quote a bit below:

    “The marriage of Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa al-Seif is a case in point and a particularly significant one. That such an important branch of the Saudi royal establishment was prepared to let one of its own daughters marry into the Jordanian Hashemite ruling family indicates that, after 100 years of enmity, the Saudi royal family feels secure enough to bury the hatchet and build a familial alliance with their rivals. It also shows that the Hashemites are willing to put aside their unspoken but ever-present claims to Mecca, at least for the time being.

    All of this has major ramifications for the political future of the Middle East. That the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, was prepared to allow and enable the marriage appears to be part of his program to build a more solid and stable Middle East.

    The Saudis and Jordanians share the same enemies: Radical Sunni Islam, led by the Muslim Brotherhood and the likes of Al-Qaeda, and radical Shiite Islam led by the Iranian regime. Thus, an alliance between the Saudis and the Jordanians makes geopolitical and ideological sense.” https://www.jns.org/jns/saudi-arabia/23/6/7/293437/

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  29. Ted, I keep on getting booted off, when trying to log in. he error message seems to indicate that the problem is at your end — “database error”. I’ll be happy, if this message gets through.

  30. Palestinian Emirate Solution

    There is no clear and easy solution to the Israeli Palestinian Conflict.

    Nir Barkat has put himself into the camp of believing that Palestinian Emirates as Kedar has proposed for years is the most plausible solution. These would be autonomous Palestinian Tribal Entities run by an autocrat in each area. He says they could cooperate with each other if they wished but there would be no Palestinian State. In other words there would be an emirate each in Gaza, Jericho, Hebron, Nabulus, Jenin…..)

    Could this work? Israel would apply sovereignty to all Jewish Towns, Area C, Jordan Valley and any peaceful Arab Emirates in Area A could run their own affairs. The IDF would have overall security west of the Jordan River but the Emirates would be allowed to do their own city service type management (garbage collection, local policing, education).

    The Emir or leader of each tribe would be required to cooperate with the IDF and Shin Bet to ensure security in each entity. Peaceful entities would be allowed to send day workers to Israel. Non-peaceful Areas would end up under Israeli Martial Law and would lose autonomous status.

    As I started there is nothing perfect or easy or it long ago would have occurred.

    The Palestinian Authority is rapidly dissolving, they have stopped security cooperation with Israel. This was their main rational for being allowed to exist from an Israeli perspective.

    Terror in Judea/Samaria is up significantly. Israel is fighting the terrorists constantly and as Ben Gvir correctly says a major operation is needed to clean the dens of terrorism. So the following actions are needed:

    1. Wipe out Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad terrorists and cells.

    2. Find & Work with a Tribal Leader in potential Pal Emirate to autonomously manage a certain specified area.

    The advantage of this Emirates concept is that Israel by itself works with a local tribal leader and no conferences or concurrence of any foreigner is needed. No USA, no EU, no Jordan………………etc.

    Will it work? I see no other immediate realistic ideas. The other alternative is the Civil Administration does all the work at great cost to Israel in many ways.

    If Jordan ever becomes a democracy ( I have serious doubts about this being viable) they could allow Palestinians to emigrate to Jordan who wished and bestow Jordanian Citizenship upon them. They could also give Jordanian Citizenship to any Arab living in one of the Emirates.

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  32. @Honeybee I agree with you. I had another comment that just mysteriously disappear. Maybe it was system failure or maybe it was censorship as what I said was not to the liking of the publisher.

    Anyway I need to go make to more fruitful use of my time. This was an experiment if one could touch the holy grail of Mudar and Putin. Putin this time was touchable but the Mudar was too far for freedom of speech. Every publication has their limits. I’d like to say this was fun and fruitful but that would not be candid.

  34. @Peloni okay stay tuned. We have been staying tuned or not for what ten or fifteen years for Mudar’s predicted palace revolt and him taking over Jordan and the Jordan Option to solve the Israeli – Palestinian Conflict.

    None of the predictions have ever come true.

    King may indeed fall someday as it is a Monarchy and not overly popular. Will Mudar take charge if that happens. I do not believe it for a minute. Many people in Israel believe Mudar is nothing but a conman. A few like Ted do not.

    So stay tuned!

  35. @Bear

    You may want to play along

    I am not playing along with Mudar nor with you.

    Mudar’s tweet was a simple statement, and that statement was not false, which I believe was what I said. Your response to Ted’s sharing Mudar’s tweet was to ask him to fact check Mudar, following which you added a comment about Jill Biden and a list of guests, as if this proved Mudar’s statement was inaccurate. It was not inaccurate and as I noted, your fact check proved this point.

    In any event, I intend to ‘stay tuned’ as Ted suggests.

  36. @Peloni the Royal wedding in Jordan had attendees just like typical royal weddings and was well attended. Mudar was trying to put shade on it and this was very deceptive. You may want to play along, no matter to me with Mudar’s con game.

  37. @Bear
    Mudar did not say that no one attended the wedding, only noting the

    absence of world leaders and rulers of pivotal Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, especially the absence of the US president, an ally of Jordan

    This was neither a deceptive statement nor a lie. It was, as evidenced by examination of your own list of attendees, quite an accurate description. Furthermore, rather than obscuring the fact that Biden’s wife was present, as seems to be among the points you raise in your comment, Mudar retweeted the fact that Jill Biden was present and did so 9 days prior to your own comment chastising Mudar for promoting lies and deceptions.

    Let us be quite frank, who among the list of attendees was a notable power broker? Perhaps it was wise that you pointed to Jill Biden as she is about the most significant of the lot of non-leaders of important nations and leaders of non-important nations who were present. Not a single leader of NATO, not the American ambassador to Jordan, not any of the prime ministers of Europe, not the titular rulers of any nation more significant than Jordan itself, and not anyone who might actually be considered to be a ‘world leader’ nor the ‘rulers of pivotal Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar’. The representatives and leaders who were present largely consisted of monarchs who do not rule more than their own family, and prime ministers from Arab nations who are notably among the weakest in the region. In fact, the wedding took place in Italy, and yet who from the Italian govt was present? It is quite notable that not one member of the Italian govt is listed in the article you cited nor anywhere else that I can find. Consequently, I would suggest with all due respect that your claim that Mudar’s statement is either false or deceptive is itself actually false, if not deceptive.

  39. @Ted, Mudar has provided made up information about the US Military Deployment. Mudar has told that Jordan is regime in a couple days every day for years. Nothing he has said has come true Ted.

  42. @Ted, as usual Mudar’s tweets are deceptive at best or lies!! Why do you not fact check before posting his tweet. Example the Jordanian Wedding was well attended. Here is an article (one of many with the guest list). Jill Biden was there for one.

    The Royal Hashemite Court revealed the official guest list for Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Rajwa’s wedding on Thursday, and it included royalty from around the world as well as important Middle Eastern politicians and foreign officials.

    The wider Jordanian Royal Family attended, as did members of Queen Rania’s family, and members of the bride’s Al Saif family.
    Royal Hashemite Court

    Every royal house in Europe was represented except Monaco. The Prince and Princess of Wales attended their first royal wedding, as did Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, who accompanied her father, King Philippe of the Belgians. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands attended the ceremony; Princess Amalia joined them for the evening reception. Scandinavia was represented by Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, and Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden. Former King Juan Carlos of Spain attended the wedding, accompanied by Queen Sofìa.
    Royal Hashemite Court
    Royal Hashemite Court
    Royal Hashemite Court

    The Crown Prince of Bahrain and Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad; Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan and Princess Euphelma of Bhutan; the Sultan of Brunei and Prince Abdul Mateen of Brunei; Princess Takamodo and Princess Tsuguko of Japan; Sheikh Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah and Sheikha Muna of Kuwait; the Hereditary Prince Couple of Liechtenstein and Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg; the King and Queen of Malaysia; Sheikha Moza of Qatar; and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi rounded out the international reigning royals.

    King Simeon II and Queen Margarita of Bulgaria, Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Princess Margareta and Prince Radu of Romania, and Empress Farah of Iran represented non-reigning royal houses.

    Prime ministers and presidents from throughout the Middle East—including Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt—and around the world attended as well. Dr Jill Biden represented the United States. Princess Beatrice and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, attended the wedding, as did Catherine’s family, Carole, Pippa and her husband, James Matthews.

  43. Mudar tweeted on June 4th: So far 31,000 views.

    US forces are deployed on the Jordanian side of the border with Israel…
    The American units completed their deployment at dawn today, and orders for the Jordanian army not to be present in the border areas without prior permission.
    Thousands of US troops have been stationed in Jordan since 2021 under the Jordanian-American military cooperation agreement

  44. MUDAR retweeted this tweet:

    A royal wedding and a political failure par excellence, with the absence of world leaders and rulers of pivotal Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, especially the absence of the US president, an ally of Jordan, is evidence of confusion inside the palace and the failure to accept Prince Hussein as crown prince.

  45. In sensational upset, Israel downs Brazil 3-2 to reach U-20 World Cup semifinal This is Israel’s first time in the U-20 World Cup.

    If the USA beats Uruguay tomorrow, Israel and the USA will play in a semifinal match next week.

    Israel beating Brazil comes close to proving we are the Chosen People. A better analysis is that Israel played harder from the start of the game and was more of an organized team than Brazil. Brazil clearly has the more talented individual players.

  47. Mr. Zorn,

    Although we have never met except in this virtual world, I was sadden upon hearing of your mothers passing. I too offer my condolences. We all seem to have a very special connection with our mothers. May Hashem bring you much shalom in this time.

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  48. Abed just tweeted:

    The Salmani monarchy will pay the political price for the reckless actions of Prince Muhammad bin Salman. The Saudi NEOM project is running into a dead end. And the Houthis are preparing to attack and overthrow the Salman monarchy, and the Syrians are preparing for a counter-revolution against Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the return of Aleppo under the rule of the Syrian opposition. Anyone who hugs Assad will pay a heavy political price