Palisades Inferno Forces More Evacuations, Burns Near 405 Freeway

The Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, Kenneth Fire, Hurst Fire, and Lidia Fire have scorched over 27,000 acres, destroyed 12,000 structures, claimed at least 11 lives, and evacuated more than 150,000 people. Containment for the two largest fires, the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, remains in the mid-to-high single digits. Evacuation orders were issued overnight for Mandeville Canyon as the Palisades Fire advanced toward the Interstate 405 freeway.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/palisades-inferno-forces-more-evacuations-burns-near-405-freeway

Three Military Humvees, Machine Gun Mounts, Stolen Outside Of Los Angeles

About 30 minutes south of Los Angeles, local media has reported that police are searching for criminals who stole three Humvees—one of which was armored—machine gun mounts, and a whole bunch of military-grade gear from the Army Reserve Center in Tustin.

KTLA 5 reported that the Tustin Police Department is investigating the break-in at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin on Wednesday night, between 8 pm and 11:30 pm.

"Multiple storage lockers were discovered with locks removed and missing gear. An attempt was made to cut a lock to uniform storage; however, it was unsuccessful," TPD wrote in a report, adding, "A fence was cut to gain access to a military vehicle parking lot where three Humvees were stolen. The suspects left the area at an unknown time."

The following was confirmed missing:

3 Humvees (1 armored) with the admin numbers listed below painted on the hood:

Armored Humvee Model: M1151A1

ADMIN: HHC-06

Cloth Doors Humvee Model: M1097

ADMIN: HQ-61

Cloth Doors Humvee Model: M1097

ADMIN: HQ-81

8 machine gun vehicle mounts

7 free-standing machine gun tripods

Medical equipment

40 pairs of binoculars

18 bayonets

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/three-military-humvees-machine-gun-mounts-stolen-outside-los-angeles

We Were Censored By Meta; We're Taking Them To The Supreme Court

The headline from Politico’s “Playbook” would have been unthinkable eight years ago: “Meta sends Trump a friend request.”

After all, Meta’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, is a political lightning rod in conservative political circles, especially after the $300 million worth of “Zuckerbucks” spent during the 2020 election to elect like-minded politicians.

Yet lately, Zuckerberg has been singing a much different tune. He referred to President-elect Trump as “badass,” visited him at Mar-a-Lago, and donated one million dollars to his inaugural fund. This week, Meta made news by adding Dana White, a longtime Trump ally and head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), to its board of directors.

Then came the real bombshell: Meta ended its so-called “independent fact-checking program,” ostensibly lifting restrictions on speech across Facebook, as well as their other platforms like Instagram and WhatsApp. In doing so, Zuckerberg admitted the current content moderation practices – in place since criticism of his platform during the 2016 presidential election – have “gone too far” and stressed a commitment to “restoring free expression.”

Make no mistake: Meta’s “independent fact-checkers” are neither independent nor fact-based. Their elimination is a positive step and should be encouraged. The announcement came less than 24 hours after the organization I lead – the nonprofit Children’s Health Defense – asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear our censorship lawsuit against Meta.

But if Meta is serious about supporting “free expression,” they have a lot of work to do – and it requires more than moving workers from California to Texas, as Zuckerberg also pledged to do.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Meta not only censored our posts – many having to do with topics that the so-called medical “experts” like Dr. Anthony Fauci were dead wrong about – but outright kicked us off the platform without warning. Meta first took action against CHD in May 2019, from takedowns and restrictions to an outright ban in August 2022 that is still in effect. What were our offenses? Simply publishing data on the risks of COVID vaccines, Remdesivir, and ventilation, as well as having the temerity to raise the benefits of natural immunity and alternative treatment with ivermectin and other protocols.

An unfettered discussion of all these issues would have saved lives. We knew that many of the government’s promises – on items like the pandemic’s origin and the best way to treat symptoms and prevent its spread – were not grounded in “science” as they claimed but political imperatives from the Biden administration.

In 2020, we took them to court, starting in the San Francisco federal court. We suffered some legal setbacks along the way, and this week ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court. Meta will not change its ways without a fight. They not only kicked us off the platform but censored our supporters and erased our past posts. Meta shut down the “free expression” they claim to be championing.

Yes, Meta was coerced by the Biden administration, but there’s more to the story. Zuckerberg’s WhatsApp messages showed that he conspired with the government and chose to censor because he had “bigger fish to fry” than protecting free speech. He knew then that censorship violated the rights of free expression, and he knew then that it wouldn’t help the administration bring COVID under control, but he did it anyway.

The pandemic may be over, but speech about COVID is not. If the Supreme Court takes our case, it can guarantee accountability for Meta’s role in this man-made disaster – and prevent another in the future.

Meta, like the other mega-platforms, must be held accountable when they knowingly conform their content-moderation process and decisions or cede active, meaningful control to the government’s preference to suppress constitutionally protected speech.

This time it was CHD’s health and medical freedom issues. But who will be next?

https://realclearwire.com/articles/2025/01/10/we_were_censored_by_meta_were_taking_them_to_the_supreme_court_152179.html

Is Trump Pursuing Technocracy’s Dream To Create The Great American Technate?

Recent threats by president-elect Donald Trump to annex Canada, Greenland, the Panama Canal, and potentially Mexico fall in line with a nearly centuries-old globalist plot.

Well, nobody saw this coming. In one fell swoop, President Trump has just traced out Technocracy’s mystery map of the North American Technate, which stretched from Greenland to just beyond Panama. This far exceeds George W. Bush’s failed attempt to create the North American Union in 2005-2006 to merge the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.

Let’s review the highlights first:

Trump offers to buy Greenland but doesn’t rule out force to get it.

Trump says that the U.S. is going to reclaim the Panama Canal from the Chinese and Panama, and again, he doesn’t rule out force to get it

Trump announced a name change from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Trump states intent to make Canada into the 51st state

To get some background, you must read my white paper written in 2006, Toward A North American Union. This was written before I discovered historic Technocracy and related it to the Trilateral Commission’s New International Economic Order. Now it makes perfect sense.

The North American Union Under Pres. George W. Bush

The string of events leading up to the “The Three Amigos” (George Bush, Vicente Fox, Stephen Harper) getting together in 2005, that led to a Task Force to study the integration. They ultimately issued this statement:

“The Task Force proposes the creation by 2010 of a North American community to enhance security, prosperity, and opportunity. We propose a community based on the principle affirmed in the March 2005 Joint Statement of the three leaders that ‘our security and prosperity are mutually dependent and complementary.’ Its boundaries will be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter within which the movement of people, products, and capital will be legal, orderly, and safe. Its goal will be to guarantee a free, secure, just, and prosperous North America.”

This was predictably the fallout of the North America Free Trade Agreement that was negotiated by President George H.W. Bush in 1992. Immediately after his inauguration, President Bill Clinton became the champion of NAFTA and orchestrated its passage with a massive Executive Branch effort. This was a seamless transition because both Clinton and Bush were members of the Trilateral Commission.

Trilateral Henry Kissinger promoted the passage of NAFTA in 1993:

“It will represent the most creative step toward a new world order taken by any group of countries since the end of the Cold War, and the first step toward an even larger vision of a free-trade zone for the entire Western Hemisphere.” [NAFTA] is not a conventional trade agreement, but the architecture of a new international system.“

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https://thefreethoughtproject.com/the-state/is-trump-pursuing-technocracys-dream-to-create-the-great-american-technate

BlackRock offloading real estate at a loss

In a move that signals significant shifts in the real estate landscape, BlackRock, one of the world’s largest asset managers, is reportedly scaling back its real estate investments by selling properties at a loss. This strategic retreat comes amidst whispers of an impending market collapse, with residential prices stagnating and an oversupply of unsold properties accumulating.

The decision by BlackRock to divest from real estate at a loss is not just a business maneuver but a stark indicator of underlying market dynamics. When a firm with such deep pockets and market influence starts cutting losses, it’s a red flag that the real estate sector might be facing more turbulent times ahead than currently perceived.

The sentiment shared by industry observers is one of caution, if not alarm, with some going as far as to predict that “the market is on the verge of a huge collapse.” This isn’t mere speculation; it’s based on tangible market indicators like the flatlining of residential prices. The properties aren’t moving, and the inventory is piling up, creating a scenario where sellers are increasingly desperate to offload assets, even if it means taking a financial hit.

This situation unfolds against a backdrop where the demand for housing, which once seemed insatiable, is now encountering a reality check. High interest rates, economic uncertainty, and perhaps a shift in buyer behavior towards more caution are contributing to this slowdown. BlackRock’s retreat from real estate could be seen as a preemptive move to mitigate further losses in a market that might not recover its vigor soon.

https://citizenwatchreport.com/blackrock-offloading-real-estate-at-a-loss/

We Have a Blackmail Problem

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u7XmGD1D63k

Israel's Policy of Judaization Is Swallowing Arab Towns and Building Synagogues in Their Place

A few hundred meters from the new neighborhood being built in Dimona, roughly 500 Bedouin live in the unrecognized village of Ras Jrabah. That village was built before the state was founded.

Its oldest residents still recall how they helped to build the nearby city. Since then, Dimona has developed and has gradually been pushing them out. Now, it plans to "swallow" the village without leaving a trace. The site should be cleared to make room for a "high-quality population," according to Dimona Mayor Benny Biton.

The plan to evict the residents of Ras Jrabah in order to expand Dimona is an example of the government's crude, arrogant, discriminatory and abusive treatment of its non-Jewish citizens. Everything is permissible in the name of its Judaization policy.

The current government treats the Bedouin even worse than previous governments did. In 2024, there was a 400 percent increase in the execution of demolition orders in the Negev.

In addition, the Ministerial Committee for Bedouin Affairs has agreed that Minister Amichai Chikli's plan to concentrate residents of unrecognized Bedouin villages into a few towns will be expanded to additional parts of the Negev.

Of the roughly 35 unrecognized villages in the Negev, 10 are in immediate danger of being demolished. In some cases, the state plans to build new Jewish communities or expand existing ones on their ruins.

To do so, the government is advancing a plan that would enable transferring thousands of Bedouin to temporary trailer parks that would be built in existing Bedouin towns. But the level of infrastructure in these trailer parks would be lower than is required for permanent towns. If this plan is approved, it might well enable a rapid, forcible eviction of thousands of Bedouin into shantytown neighborhoods with poor living conditions.

https://archive.is/xNR9P#selection-949.0-1089.435

Israeli officials weigh conference to divide Syria into cantons

A primary challenge remains that any initiative associated with Israel would likely face significant resistance within Syria, necessitating these discussions remain classified.

Discussions within Israel are intensifying regarding developments on the northern front. Two days ago, Defense Minister Israel Katz chaired a small ministerial meeting preceding an upcoming discussion by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which focused on Turkish involvement in Syria, according to information obtained by Israel Hayom.

The cabinet deliberations covered evolving situations in Syria, particularly addressing concerns regarding de facto leader, the jihadi-linked revolutionary Abu Mohammad al-Julani, and the safety of Druze and Kurdish minority populations in the region. In an effort to enhance regional stability, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Eli Cohen proposed convening an international conference focused on Syria.

Cohen emphasized that the primary objective is securing Israel's northern border while enabling active defense measures against threats posed by rebel organizations operating outside the framework of existing force separation agreements.

The discussions included consideration of a previously explored initiative – which top political and security officials have been examining since the collapse of Bashar Assad's regime – proposing the division of Syria into provincial regions (cantons) to safeguard the security and rights of all Syrian ethnic groups. Minister Cohen suggested this proposal should be examined during the proposed conference.

A primary challenge remains that any initiative associated with Israel would likely face significant resistance within Syria, necessitating these discussions remain classified.

Security officials emphasize that while Israel has no plans for a permanent presence in Syria, it will maintain positions in captured areas until stability is achieved – potentially through such a conference that would facilitate a redefinition of Syria's borders and structure, enabling Israeli forces to withdraw without compromising security interests. Currently, officials across all levels indicate such a scenario remains distant.

https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/01/09/israeli-officials-float-plan-to-divide-syria-into-cantons/

Watching the Banners of Empire Unfurl

Washington, Israel, and Turkey conspired in the destruction and partition of Syria, and now they face conflict among themselves. It is enough to put you on the side of the terrorists.

An Israeli government committee has advised that Israel must prepare for war with Turkey, suspected of intentions of restoring the Ottoman Empire which would encroach on Israel’s plans for Greater Israel. Such a war would present Washington with a dilemma. Turkey is a NATO member to whose aid Washington must go. But how can Washington go to war against Israel when Israel owns the US media, the financial sector, entertainment, ivy league and other universities, and Congress. No wonder Trump wants to get rid of NATO as it takes decisions out of his hands..

Perhaps Syria’s destruction will turn out to Russia’s benefit after all by allying Russia with Turkey in the conflict, which would mean a defeat for Washington and Israel.

The prospect for Arabs is dire. Their mutual antagonism–Sunni-Alawite-Shia–has left them powerless for centuries and under the rule of others. The destruction of Libya, Iraq, and Syria and the isolation of small Lebanon have left Saudi Arabia the only remaining Arab country, and the latest Israeli pronouncement has included a large portion of Saudi Arabia into Greater Israel.

Decades ago US policy was to support and constrain Israel while keeping good relations with the Arab/Muslim world. But with the advent of the incompetent, and in my opinion evil, George W. Bush regime, the Zionist neoconservatives who controlled the Bush government used 9/11 to align America against “Arab terrorists” and began the elimination of Arab states in Israel’s interest. The announced goal of the Zionist neoconservatives–7 countries in 5 years–took longer but has essentially been achieved. Only Lebanon and Saudi Arabia remain, and Syria’s demise has left Hezbollah isolated and a sitting duck for Israel.

Perhaps Israel and Turkey can come to terms on their division of the Arab world. As Iran is not Arab and as the Arab world no longer exists in the form of states, Israel is likely, as the government committee indicates, to shift its attention from Iran to Turkey.

Trump also is focused on empire. He says he wants to add Canada, Greenland, and Panama Canal to the United States. As he himself has empire expansion in mind, how does Washington oppose Greater Israel and the renewal of the Ottoman Empire?

If Trump supports Israel, and I think he has no choice, in Israel’s conflict with Turkey, NATO will lose Turkey to Russia. If the Russian/Iranian Pac due to be signed this month happens, Russia will have s southern buffer.

https://www.unz.com/proberts/watching-the-banners-of-empire-unfurl/