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‘Black swans normally come out of the world of finance (not military).’

General Michael Flynn went to social media Tuesday morning to warn the recent ship collision that collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, was a “Black Swan” event many people have been warning about for the past few months.

“This is a BLACK SWAN event,” Flynn said of the deadly bridge incident.

“Black swans normally come out of the world of finance (not military). The standard operating procedures for all U.S. ports, harbors, and bays that transit commerce and military activities are supposed to maintain an incredible level of discipline, rigor and awareness for these very type events to not occur (ever!), yet here we are.”

He added, “There are harbor masters for every single one of these transit points in America that are in charge of assuring the safety of navigation…start there.”

General Flynn also shared a video breaking down the bridge tragedy, such as the ship’s power clearly going out just before it sailed into one of the bridge’s piles.

Worth watching. To many things went wrong all at once. https://t.co/U5VBvqJTPC

— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) March 26, 2024

Alex Jones suggested the a “cyber-attack” may be to blame for the collision.

Follow the link below for live updates regarding the deadly bridge collapse on The Alex Jones Show, The American Journal and the War Room.

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Crude markets are starting to pay attention as war risk premiums are being priced in

A twin crisis is unfolding for the Biden administration as the US tax-payer-funded Ukrainian military bombs key crude refineries deep within Russian territory with suicide drones.

The administration has pleaded with the Ukranians to halt strikes on Russian energy infrastructure as this will only contribute to tightening global supplies and push energy prices higher, as well as inflation in the US, hurting Biden’s re-election odds. 

Now for the other crisis that’s unfolding in the Middle East: US Vice President Kamala Harris told ABC’s “This Week” that a major attack on the Gazan city of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians have sought refuge, “would be a huge mistake.” 

“We have been clear in multiple conversations and in every way that any major military operation in Rafah would be a huge mistake,” Harris said.

She added: “I have studied the maps – there’s nowhere for those folks to go. And we’re looking at about a million and a half people in Rafah who are there because they were told to go there.”

Harris was asked whether there would be “consequences” from the US on an Israeli counteroffensive in Rafah. She responded, “I am ruling out nothing.”

This comes as The Jerusalem Post said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials say an operation into the southern Gazan city is “imminent.” 

Bloomberg quoted Israeli intelligence that estimate about 5,000 to 8,000 Hamas fighters are in Rafah. 

As we’ve explained before, in the note titled “Terrified” Joe Biden Demands Ukraine Halt Strikes On Russian Refiners As It Is Sending Oil Prices Surging,” Biden’s foreign policy has been and always been about crude markets. 

So, of course, the administration would march the clueless VP onto ABC yesterday to give Irasel a public warning about the consequences of launching a counteroffensive against Hamas in Rafah, because it’s not entirely about the poor Palestinians, but the prospect of a much wider conflict that could send crude prices into parabolic trajectories, thus reigniting US inflation and continuing to weigh on re-election odds. 

Rapidan Energy Group wrote in a recent note that the “Axis of Resistance” (Iranian proxies in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen) is “likely to intensify its attacks as Israel moves forward with the ground offensive in Rafah.”  

“Israel would likely wait until the IDF consolidates control over Rafah and the Philadelphia corridor before risking a major confrontation with Hezbollah,” Rapidan noted. 

An invasion of Rafah could be the beginning of a series of dominoes that spark several powder kegs in the region that would put US troops at risk once again. Recall when three US Army troops were killed and more than 30 injured in a drone attack in Jordan earlier this year. A restart of these types of attacks is at high risk after Israel attacks Rafah. 

Last month, Rapidan raised its odds of a major Israeli military offensive in Lebanon from 30% to 40%. However, they “expect overall Israel-Hezbollah tensions will remain contained and that a diplomatic agreement will avert a major conflict.” 

Given these mounting uncertainties in the Middle East and Russia, it’s only a matter of time before traders focus their attention on the Saudi Aramco Abqaiq Plants (read: “The Weaponization Of Crude Could Trigger The Next Financial Shock”), the largest crude stabilization plant in the world, as it could be in the crosshairs of Iran-backed Houthis. 

Crude markets are starting to pay attention as war risk premiums are being priced in. 

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Goal of the drills was to improve the all-round combat capability of military defense operations, government says

The Taiwanese armed forces have conducted anti-aircraft drills involving US-made Patriot missile defense systems, the island’s defense ministry said on Tuesday.

The exercise was carried out from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. local time (21:00-23:00 GMT, March 25), the ministry said in a statement. The goal of the drills was to improve the all-round combat capability of military defense operations.

The Taiwanese air force will continue to step up the intensity of drills, the statement said.

The statement quoted alleged “incursions by Chinese Communist Party aircraft and ships into the sea and airspace around Taiwan” and added that “the air force will continue to increase the intensity of drills” in order to respond to these alleged threats.

Taiwan has been governed independently of mainland China since 1949. Beijing views the island as its province, while Taiwan — a territory with its own elected government — maintains that it is an autonomous country but stops short of declaring independence. Beijing opposes any official contacts of foreign states with Taipei and considers Chinese sovereignty over the island indisputable.

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Biden admins signals passivity towards proposed ceasefire in Gaza

The Biden administration signaled passivity, but not support towards a proposed ceasefire in Gaza during a vote on the matter at the United Nations on Monday.

The move made headlines as the United States’ abstention marked a shift from the country’s previous three vetoes of similar Security Council resolutions.

But analyst Mark Sleboda warns of reading too far into the incident, claiming the current rift in US-Israel relations is more of a matter of animosity between the countries’ leaders than a genuine change in their military relationship.

“As to [Israeli President] Benjamin Netanyahu, Bibi and Biden, this is a broken bromance,” said the researcher and international relations expert on Sputnik’s Political Misfits program on Monday. “I don’t know if it was ever a bromance, actually, between the two, but all the indications are that this is not indicative of some larger change in US foreign policy considering the influence of AIPAC in the US and the longstanding US security relationship with Israel. That would actually be very momentous if it was true.”

“Everything we’ve heard in the Western press is that Biden personally has problems with Netanyahu,” added Sleboda. “It seems [to be] not so much what he’s doing, but the way he’s going about it and his complete lack of political damage control which is making Joe Biden’s life and his reelection more difficult.”

The analyst said a halt in US lethal aid flowing to Israel would be evidence of a genuine shift in relations between the two longtime allies. The death toll in Gaza currently stands at over 32,000, with the majority of casualties thought to be of Palestinian civilians. Israel has been engaged in an assault on the enclave since early October.

Biden’s antipathy toward Netanyahu likely extends back to the administration of former US President Barack Obama, when Biden served as vice president. Netanyahu opposed Obama’s attempts to pursue diplomacy with Iran, preferring military confrontation with the country of 88 million.

Netanyahu’s attempts to undermine Obama extended as far as giving a televised address to a session of the US Congress blasting the US president’s policy.

Despite the open hostility, Obama still provided Netanyahu with Israel’s largest military aid package in history before leaving office.

Whatever rift existed between the current US president and Netanyahu seemed to have briefly healed as a sobbing Biden embraced the Israeli Prime Minister in Tel Aviv in the aftermath of Hamas’ October 7 uprising. But Netanyahu has repeatedly embarrassed Biden in recent months with his blatant defiance of US calls for restraint.

“We’ve already seen other potential Israeli politicians inside the unity government doing a tour of London and Washington,” noted Sleboda, “positioning themselves, it seems to me, to be the next prime minister of Israel with the US’ support.”

Observers have speculated Biden may prefer a more outwardly moderate figure like opposition leader Benny Gantz.Sleboda stated the primary concern for Biden currently is that Israel will undertake a violent incursion into Rafah, where over 1.5 million Palestinians are sheltering. Besides generating public opposition, such a move would likely also damage the United States’ relationship with Egypt if Palestinians are forced to seek refuge in the Sinai Desert.

Egypt has been one of the largest recipients of US foreign aid dating back to the late 1970s, when US President Jimmy Carry oversaw the signing of the Camp David Accords which guaranteed Egyptian backing of Israel. The United States has stifled Egyption democracy in the decades since, supporting a coup against elected President Mohamed Morsi to ensure a pro-Israel leader holds power in the country.

US support for Israel has apparently done little to generate gratitude among average Israelis. A 2009 video filmed by journalist Max Blumenthal demonstrated widespread racist attitudes among the Israeli public, with Israelis calling then US President Obama the N-word among other racial slurs.

The video was taken down by YouTube, Vimeo, and other online platforms amidst opposition from Zionist groups, who opposed drawing attention to the pervasive bigotry within Israeli society.

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$300 million allocated for Kiev in a stopgap US spending bill last week won’t go to new arms shipments, the outlet has said

A $300 million spending package for Ukraine approved by the US Congress last week will not provide fresh aid for Kiev because the money was actually spent months ago, Politico reported on Tuesday.

The allocation for Ukraine was part of a $1.2 trillion spending package signed by President Joe Biden on Saturday, which will ensure funding for the US government until October.

The $300 million goes into the Pentagon’s Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), a mechanism used by Washington to funnel arms to Kiev, and which funds contracts for future arms and equipment deliveries. The money, however, “is not available for us to use now” due to how the initiative works, a US official told Politico on condition of anonymity.

In reality, the $300 million for Kiev was obligated back in November, when the Pentagon announced a support package which it said exhausted the remaining USAI funds. The Department of Defense has since reported that an accounting trick allows it to produce another military assistance package worth $300 million under existing authority.

It has reevaluated weapons drawn from its stockpile for Ukraine under a separate mechanism at net book value rather than replacement value, which tends to be higher. The approach, however, leaves a $10 billion hole in the Pentagon budget, since it doesn’t have enough funds to replenish its arsenal, officials admitted this month.

Continued American assistance to Kiev has been stifled by partisan divisions. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is blocking over $60 billion in funding for Ukraine that the White House has been demanding for months.

The additional funds in the stopgap bill were approved by lawmakers this week in a moment of bipartisanship, even if symbolic rather than practical, Politico said.

Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated that a vote on further Ukraine aid may happen after the threat of a government shutdown in 2024 is alleviated. The chamber, however, is currently in recess, meaning any progress is unlikely before April.

Moscow has accused the West of waging a proxy war against Russia, using Ukrainians as cannon fodder. No amount of Western aid will alter the outcome of the conflict, Russian officials have insisted, warning that arms deliveries also stand in the way of a reasonable peace deal.

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The New World Order is collapsing due to its overt attack on the populous of the West, talkshow hosts say.

Talkshow host Tucker Carlson explained that the Anglo-American New World Order is fading in power as the all-out attack on civilization intensifies.

“The world is resetting completely, the post war order is collapsing, NATO is going to collapse obviously,” he said to a live audience, going on to discuss how the U.S. blew up the Nordstream gas pipeline, a necessary delivery system for an energy source used to make nitrogen-based fertilizer needed in industrial agriculture.

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