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Globals

New bakers always welcome

>>82749 Guidelines on CP, what to report in addition to illegal images

Notables Are Not Endorsements

#854

>>126264, >>126270, >>126271, >>126272, >>126279, >>126291, >>126297, >>126310, >>126317, >>126336, >>126338, >>126385, >>126388, >>126396, >>126396, >>126409 pf report(s) SAM activity, Polish AF at Dulles, SWQ (iAero) AC, Ukraine and Polish load outs/Dutch at Dulles

>>126266 Housing Inventory February 14th Update: Inventory Down 2.5% Week-over-week; New Record Low-calculatedrisk

>>126272 Germany's Scholz holds crisis talks with Ukraine's Zelenskyy in Kyiv-dw

>>126280 Inflation? not according to the NYFED- Inflation Expectations Unexpectedly Tumble For The First Time Since Oct 2020, According To The NY Fed-zh

>>126281 In we gotta do this quicker news: Warburg and Barry Sternlicht Partnering on Jumbo, 3-Way SPAC Deal-bnnB'Berg

>>126283, >>126284, >>126326 Federal government invokes Emergencies Act for first time ever in response to protests, blockades--cbc "Trudeau's Emergency Act used to be called WAR Measures"

>>126287, >>126292 Truck carrying more than 2,000 firearms stolen in Peterborough, Ont.: police-torontoctvnews

>>126291 Israeli F-15s escort American B-52 bomber-israelnationalnews

>>126296 Good/Bad cop news: Fed’s Bullard Urges Front-Loading Hikes to Ensure Inflation Credibility-bnnB'berg

>>126303 DJT Jr Twat:"To ensure democracy Castro Jr will change the law to smash the truckers. "-soc. media

>>126305 Kash Patel: Peter Strzok and Lisa Page Are Cooperating with John Durham #LoveBirds from Oct 2021 web.archive

>>126310 U.S. moving Ukraine embassy from Kyiv to Lviv amid Russian buildup

>>126313 Federal regulators probe block trading at Morgan Stanley, Goldman, other big firms-marketwatch

>>126316 Brutal Stock Deterioration: 46 Percent of Nasdaq Stocks Are More than 50 Percent Below their 52-Week High-wallstonparade

>>126332 U.S. says Goldman banker took millions in kickbacks in 1MDB scandal-nikkei

>>126335 Estee Lauder Companies sold by Chairman Ronald Lauder: $214.95m- Feb 11

>>126341 Brazil's President Bolsonaro travels to Moscow

>>126353 Roseanne Barr talking to JP Sears

>>126363 Urban Meyer partied at Mar-a-Lago with Donald Trump during Super Bowl 2022

>>126372 Did GA Tech spy just admit Obama sanctioned the job? "was providing DNS services to the Executive Office of the President"

>>126373 klaus owns the pm's and resident. who owns klaus?

>>126377 Freedom Convoy Organizers Say They Notified Police After Being Told "Nefarious Elements" Plan To Discredit Protest. Gun fuggery

>>126387 The 'imminent' Russian invasion premium sparked last week is now mostly out of Au/Ag and coming out of still ridiculous oil pricing--4+% 10 year back over 2%

>>126389, >>126390, >>126392, >>126393 Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre reach an out of court settlement.

>>126396 Austin to visit defense officials in Poland, Belgium and Lithuania as potential Russian invasion of Ukraine looms

>>126413 #854

#853

>>126121, >>126152, >>126154, >>126158, >>126167, >>126167, >>126169, >>126182, >>126195, >>126198, >>126202, >>126250 pf report(s) Polish election Duda casts vote, moar C-17s in/out of eastern Poland, Superbowl AC avtivity (moar on dat below), Ukrainian Billionaire bails to Vienna, B-52s refueled over Med, Superbowl Tanker and DHS AC/Black Sea-Kyiv Activity

>>126123 "Something Isn't Right" - 38 Lawmakers Demand Biden Undergo Cognitive Testing As Soon As Possible

>>126128 Police Arrest Ambassador Bridge Truckers In Dawn Raid After Thousands Flock To Demonstration In Ottawa-zh

>>126142 Pompeo Twat "On this day we honor the memory of Justice Antonin Scalia, a true constitutionalist. His legacy will carry on forever."-soc. media

>>126145, >>126146, >>126150, >>126178, >>126196, >>126208 Boatfag report(s) Container ship PEGASUS J-usually central america but listed for Antwerp/Amphib craft on Pendy coast/USNS Bob Hope departed Pearl/ Range tracking ship off Oregon?..

>>126153 DJT Jr Twat: SOFI Stadium filling up nicely… looks like a serious “state of emergency”-soc media

>>126154, >>126155, >>126155, >>126156 Ukrainian Billionaire-Rinat Akhmetov-left Kyiv for Vienna

>>126160 The Real NFL: NFL player arrests database: Records since 2000-usatoday

>>126161 Economic Schedule for Week of February 13, 2022-eyes on "special meeting" today-calculatedrisk

>>126163 ICYMI: "Operation Warp Speed Slowly Gets Its Due" from desk of 45 and WSJ

>>126164 Saudi Arabia moves $80 billion Aramco stake to wealth fund-businesstaandard

>>126165 Blackstone Wins Crown Resorts as Board Accepts $6.4 Billion Bid-bnnB'berg/casino.org

>>126172 Planefag and Boatfag on tanker still up over Superbowl

>>126179, >>126180, >>126183, >>126184, >>126187, >>126190, >>126191 CIty of Santa Monica twatFAILNOT a MiG 29 over CA-picture taken from Russian delivery of MiGs 2020 in Libya article partially translated via yandex

>>126206 U.S. Exporting Every Molecule of LNG Possible-gcaptain

>>126207 Micronesia Follows Marshall Islands Out Of The PIF Alliance-gcaptain

>>126214 BREAKING: Justin Trudeau has called a late Sunday night cabinet meeting.-soc.media

>>126215, >>126218 Scavino twat w/ vid

>>126216 VILE: Snitch ‘journalist’ gleefully doxxes donors to Canadian freedom protesters-postmillenial

>>126217 Telegram blocks 64 channels

>>126228 Rep. Gaetz Twat: "The CDC wanted the power of the CIA and ended up with the credibility of CNN" soc. media

>>126229 Grenell Twat responds to Marc Elias w/ a beat down

>>126235 DJT Jr Twat on Ratcliffe/Durham soce.media and foxnews

>>126243, >>126244, >>126245 David Hogg says Biden needs to act before another Parkland happens-CNN vid

>>126246 BOTUS schedule another "tough" day

>>126257 #853

#852

>>125943, >>125944, >>125945, >>125946, >>125968, >>125970, >>126011, >>126043, >>126048, >>126051, >>126055, >>126061, >>126088, >>126089, >>126091, >>126093, >>126094 pf report(s) Not AF1 Joe 'at Camp David', C-17s Poland, Romania load outs, SWQ flight activity, Blinken in Hawaii, SAM activity

>>125944 In Romania, NATO chief visits air base hosting US troops-cbs17

>>125948 Foreign chiefs from Japan, US, S.Korea to meet in Hawaii-nhk

>>125959 Russia Says It Chased US Submarine Out Of Its Territorial Waters-zh

>>125964 Dan S pointing anons to DJT 11.3 COMMs?

>>125965 Melania Tweet: "Dishonest reporting at it again..."-soc. media

>>125967 Russia issues warning to US-statement from Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs-rt

>>125971 kek! ANTIFA fail-soc. media

>>125972 Police have blocked off roads to Queens Park to stop others blocking-soc.media

>>125973, >>125975, >>125974 (You), >>125977 U.S. to send 3,000 additional troops to Poland-reuters (today) and US Delivers Military Aid to Ukraine-from Feb 10 y/t

>>125977, >>125978, >>125979, >>125981 recent Polish history: Smolensk AC 'incident' from 2010 and discussion

>>126001, >>126002, >>126003, >>126006, >>126010, >>126012, >>126037, >>126009 Durham: HRC paid to infiltrate 45 tower, WH servers

>>126004, >>126007 17:17 on the damn dot!

>>126014, >>126016, >>126017, >>126054 45 on Robert Durham, do we have the right one?

>>126022 Scavino refresher on 45 inteview with Leslie Stahl

>>126047 The 20 Internet Giants That Rule The Web

>>126052 "tesseract-ocr" for linux

>>126053, >>126063 Other Robert Durhams

>>126089 For The First Time, Orban Hints At Hungary Leaving The European Union-rferl

>>126090 11-member Saudi gang gets jail term for money laundering-tradearabia

>>126102 #852

Previously Collected Notables:

>>125733 #850, >>125905 #851

>>124798 #845, >>124977 #846, >>125173 #847, >>125372 #848, >>125553 #849

>>124155 #840, >>124270 #841, >>124385 #842, >>124517 #843, >>124634 #844

>>123046 #835, >>123309 #836, >>123532 #837, >>123644 #838, >>123887 #839

QRB notables archived here >>>/qrb/9528

>>126417

>>126418 (lb)

ty cakes

just ate but gotta meeting nao

5 captchas

>>126425

kek

damn shills huh

they still get around it

habs smoooooov one

>>126427

kek

troof

ttyl

>>126429

that gerbs pushin it

that crew put RRN in too

not feelin em at all

just swattin spam

kek

Hospice Chaplain just said God is not going to take away our personalities

was hopin mabbe for a change

kek

>>126439

jeeez I hope not

gotta rest nao

back later

>>126451

take care

>>126455

bootles?

>>126459

habby trails

>>126444

>>126461

dis for you

>>126441 trubble brewing

>>126444 nah nah

>>126444

damn right

>>126449

glad to see der's someone here with their feet on da ground. howsa gb?

>>126455

>>126456

trubble brewing

>>126459

no shoodles!!!

>>126463

seent - got a small tx and big warning

Trying to repost Rusty

https://www.cisa.gov/safecom/NCSWIC

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATEWIDE INTEROPERABILITY COORDINATORS

DHS-NCSWIC-LOGOEstablished by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in July 2010, the National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC) supports Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (SWIC) from the 56 states and territories, by developing products and services to assist them with leveraging their relationships, professional knowledge, and experience with public safety partners involved in interoperable communications at all levels of government.

CISA is the lead coordination agency for the NCSWIC and recognizes the critical role the SWICs serve in organizing and executing the interoperability effort in all the states and territories.

The Emergency Communications Advisory White Paper explains the difference between NCSWIC and organizations such as, SAFECOM, First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC), and National Public-Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC).

ICYMI

General Research #19770 >>>/qresearch/15635613

Hillary Clinton Confronted Over Durham Allegation That Her Campaign Paid To ‘Infiltrate’ Trump Tower, White House

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday morning was confronted with questions regarding special counsel John Durham’s allegation that her 2016 campaign paid a company to spy on former President Donald Trump at the White House and Trump Tower.

The former Presidential candidate declined to comment to a reporter from the Daily Mail. Watch below.

On Monday, White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also refused to address the bombshell allegations.

“That’s something I can’t speak to from this podium, so I refer you to the Department of Justice,” Jean-Pierre said.

https://breaking911.com/watch-hillary-clinton-confronted-over-durham-allegation-that-her-campaign-paid-to-infiltrate-trump-tower-white-house/

kek

General Research #19770 >>>/qresearch/15635748

ICYMI: CNN POLL: 51 Percent of Democrats Do NOT Want Joe Biden as the 2024 Nominee

https://thegatewaypundit.com/2022/02/cnn-po

CNN POLL: 51 Percent of Democrats Do NOT Want Joe Biden as the 2024 Nominee

A new CNN poll reveals 51% of Democrats don’t want 81 million vote recipient Joe Biden as the 2024 nominee.

The fake news media still hasn’t explained how the most popular president in US history lost his popularity in one year.

The reality is Joe Biden was in fifth place during the Democrat primaries in 2020.

Democrat voters weren’t excited about a geriatric Dementia patient.

But the DNC rigged the primaries (again) and installed Joe Biden with ballot harvesting and Zuckerberg ballot boxes.

The Biden presidency is going just about as bad as we expected: Record inflation, soaring gas prices, record unemployment, Russia, Iran and North Korea saber-rattling, supply chain crisis, Covid tyranny and more.

51 percent of Democrats do not want Joe Biden as the 2024 nominee, according to a CNN poll released on Sunday.

WATCH:

A CNN poll released Thursday continues a brutal string of polling for Joe Biden with this poll giving Biden a new low of 41 percent approval and a new high of 58 percent disapproval.

57 percent rate Biden’s first year in office a failure.

Strikingly, among those who disapprove of Biden’s performance, 56 percent say Biden has done nothing they approve of.

But he totally got 81 million votes.

>>126452

ty..You prolly resting nao.

be here for a leetle off/on.

doggo sad-spouse home but raining hard so no walkies

gonna tai-chi later on instead

>>126464

ok

you?

extended rest was good

we went from 90d yesterday and previous days to 50d and windy/rain today.

here we go again....

Bird flu outbreaks put US poultry farms on high alert

USDA says 'highly pathogenic' avian flu cases have hit multiple states, including Indiana and Kentucky. U.S. poultry producers are on high alert after cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have cropped up in multiple states, sparking fears that further outbreaks could cause significant losses.

The United States Department of Agriculture confirmed Feb. 9 that a commercial turkey flock in Indiana was hit with avian flu, the first case in the U.S. since 2020. The entire flock of nearly 30,000 birds was euthanized in an effort to stop the spread.

Then on Feb. 14, the agency confirmed that a commercial flock of broiler chickens was hit with bird flu in Kentucky, and a backyard flock of mixed species fowl also tested positive in Virginia. Both flocks were culled.

Tom Super, senior vice president of the National Chicken Council, told FOX Business that while any detection of bird flu "in poultry is a concern and the industry remains on high alert," the U.S. "has the most robust monitoring and surveillance program in the world – and detailed plans are in place to control spreading among flocks and eliminate the virus completely."

National Turkey Federation Vice President of Communications Beth Breeding told FOX Business that producers "are focused on farm security every day" and that "members remain vigilant and practice all biosecurity protocols."

She said that "for farms within a 10km control zone of confirmed [bird flu] cases, regular testing is taking place to monitor the health of flocks." A spokesperson from the USDA told FOX Business that the agency recently expanded its wild bird surveillance after the first detection of HPAI in a wild bird in the U.S., and that the surveillance of wild birds ensures that both the agency and the poultry industry "are able to enhance biosecurity measures and rapidly respond to reduce the risk of disease spread." The spokesperson said that "bird owners (whether it’s commercial or backyard poultry, or pet or hobby birds), should take some simple steps to protect their birds from the virus: In addition to practicing good biosecurity, all bird owners should prevent contact between their birds and wild birds and report sick birds or unusual bird deaths to state or federal officials."

moar

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/bird-flu-outbreaks-put-us-poultry-farms-on-high-alert

>>126510

almost awake now

howza

I member little kids be like, stop the rain

>>126512

If everything everywhere is locked down then WHERE is this shit coming from?

>>126517 (me)

return sweat pumps to idle, somebody picked up

>>126521

that'd be funny if he did it

kek

>>126435

‘We Follow the Plan’: Putin responds to question on Russia's 'next move'

>>126512

Evil Bastards: "What all meat is expensive except for poultry? Hold my beer..."

>>126565

checks out boss

>>126570

at yo service

General Research #19773 >>>/qresearch/15637524

GOP senators call on Justice Department to release Crossfire Hurricane records

The senators are concerned that improper redactions may be made by the DOJ.

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Tuesday sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on the Justice Department to declassify the Crossfire Hurricane records that President Donald Trump ordered to be released while he was in office.

Grassley, ranking Judiciary Committee member, and Johnson, ranking Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations member, said that the Department of Justice's "delayed transparency has interfered with congressional investigators’ review of what should already be public records."

Crossfire Hurricane is the name given to the FBI's investigation of the Trump 2016 campaign and possible ties to Russia. Trump ordered the declassification of any documents related to the probe on his last full day as president.

Sen. Johnson and Sen. Grassley in October 2021 demanded answers from the DOJ about the records' release. Since then, "the Justice Department has not only failed to declassify a single page, the Department has failed to identify for Congress records that it knows with certainty to be covered by the declassification directive," the duo wrote to Garland.

The senators voiced concern that the DOJ has yet to identify records "subject to the declassification directive" or confirm that the records have not already been reviewed by congressional staff. They also stressed that the department must ensure that the records will not be improperly redacted.

"[O]ur staff should not have to spend potentially multiple days and countless hours in the Department’s classified facility only to play a guessing game with the Department about what document may or may not be covered by the declassification directive and potentially review records that have already been produced to Congress," the senators wrote.

A previous letter from the DOJ to Grassley and Johnson "failed to provide information" about department actions taken to decide which records should be declassified, among other things, they said.

"Our oversight efforts are based on our unyielding belief that the American people deserve to know the complete truth about the Crossfire Hurricane investigation," Johnson and Grassley told Garland.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) last year released transcripts of interviews from the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crossfire Hurricane investigation. He criticized the FBI's probe as "a massive system failure by senior leadership."

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/gop-senators-call-justice-department-release-crossfire-hurricane-records

hey boaty

greetings

u post the request for international threads?

saw the discussion?

>>126555

jammin diggies

boaty, if you will drop int'ls in meta BO will place in locked thread, also drop in general so anons know there are int'l threads

update has to be done in dough resource thread, not op page

thanqs a mill boaty

we workin it

we weren't sure either

now we know

>>126587

>>126579

>>126565

>re intl's request, is from u?

guess the answer is yes.

QR meta (pinned) is the place to ask.

can also post on general thread to alert anons to changes in internationals. good "ad" for them.

>>126593

welcome news, so long awaited

>>126593

the VICE level

double meanings

General Research #19774 >>>/qresearch/15638259

Former Biden Campaign Staffer Tried To Blame Attempted Assassination On ‘Right Wing Rhetoric,’ But Suspect Is Left-Wing Activist

President Joe Biden, with help from former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, has resettled more than 74,400 Afghans across American communities since mid-August 2021.

The latest Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data reveals the extent of Biden’s unlimited Afghan resettlement operation — the largest in American history — since his administration’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

As of this week, more than 74,400 Afghans have been resettled in small towns and cities across 46 states. Today, just 1,200 Afghans remain temporarily living on U.S. military bases, as all others have been placed in communities.

More than 76,000 Afghans, in total, have been brought to the U.S. even as top DHS officials admit that minimal vetting procedures are conducted. This month, an Afghan man was charged with sexually assaulting a woman.

In January, an Afghan man was convicted for sexually molesting a three-year-old girl. Last year, a 19-year-old Afghan man was arrested in Montana in October 2021 after he allegedly raped an 18-year-old woman in a Missoula hotel. Those charges came after two Afghan men in Wisconsin were charged with domestic abuse and child sex crimes.

DHS has touted the involvement of Welcome.us — a non-governmental organization (NGO) created by Clinton, Bush, and Obama with the financial backing of multinational corporations like Facebook, Microsoft, and Walmart to resettle as many Afghans in American communities as possible.

The Chamber of Commerce is also helping to funnel Afghans into American jobs.

Last month, reports circulated that Biden is looking to bring thousands more Afghans to the U.S. with no end in sight for the resettlement operation. That plan would resettle 2,000 Afghans across American communities every month, putting them on a fast-track vetting and green card process.

Currently, House Democrats are lobbying Biden to fast-track thousands more Afghans into the U.S. at a quicker pace.

Biden’s continuing unlimited flow of Afghans to the U.S. was first authorized by 49 House and Senate Republicans who joined Democrats in September 2021 to fund the resettlement to the sum of $6.4 billion. Then, in December 2021, 20 House and Senate Republicans helped Democrats pass an additional $7 billion in funds to ramp up the endless Afghan migration.

Refugee contractors, the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that rely on American taxpayer money to resettle refugees across the U.S. annually, secured billions as a result of the funding measures.

Every five years, refugee resettlement costs taxpayers nearly $9 billion. Over the course of a lifetime, taxpayers pay about $133,000 per refugee and within five years of resettlement, roughly 16 percent will need taxpayer-funded housing assistance.

Over the last 20 years, nearly a million refugees have been resettled in the nation — more than double that of residents living in Miami, Florida, and it would be the equivalent of annually adding the population of Pensacola, Florida.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/15/bidens-unlimited-resettlement-74k-afghans-sent-to-american-communities/

London Marine Insurers Add Russian, Ukrainian Waters to High Risk List

Reuters

February 15, 2022

By Jonathan Saul

LONDON, Feb 15 (Reuters) – London’s marine insurance market on Tuesday added the Ukrainian and Russian waters around the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to its list of areas deemed high risk as tensions persist in the region, a senior official said.

Guidance from the Joint War Committee, which comprises syndicate members from the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) and representatives from the London insurance company market, is watched closely and influences underwriters’ considerations over insurance premiums.

Following a buildup of Russian troops near Ukraine, Russia said on Tuesday some were returning to base after exercises close to the border and mocked repeated Western warnings about a looming invasion, but NATO said it had yet to see any evidence of de-escalation.

Neil Roberts, head of marine and aviation with the LMA, which represents the interests of all underwriting businesses in the Lloyd’s market, said the addition was “a precautionary notification so that insurers and shipowners will be able to properly negotiate their exposure as it develops”.

“We would be remiss if we did not advise the market now and give it the ability to react,” he told Reuters. “With the increased naval activity, the possibility for a miscalculation is definitely there.”

The Committee normally meets every quarter to review areas it considers high risk for merchant vessels and prone to war, strikes, terrorism and related perils. Roberts said it had been scheduled to meet next month but had convened a meeting due to developments.

Apart from the critical sea lanes around Ukraine, ensuring insurance cover for air flights is another factor at play.

Two Ukrainian airlines disclosed problems in securing insurance for some of their flights on Monday.

Roberts said London’s Aviation Hull War Committee had met separately on Tuesday and continued “to look at risks as they develop”.

“There is the potential for significant ground exposure for aircraft and there is the additional possibility that Russia’s actions could affect areas beyond Ukraine.”

Aviation insurers have told clients they could give just 48 hours notice to exclude Ukraine, but that did not mean cover had been terminated.

A spokesperson with Lloyd’s of London, the world’s leading insurance market, said on Tuesday that “underwriters will react and adjust their risk appetite to reflect the current changing circumstances”.

Airlines and the leasing companies that control billions of dollars’ worth of passenger jets are drawing up contingency plans for a freeze in business with Russia if the standoff on Ukraine’s border boils over into a military conflict.

https://gcaptain.com/london-marine-insurers-add-russian-ukrainian-waters-to-high-risk-list/

>>126605

g'nite G

ttyt

>>126604

muh self portrait

Ukraine Crisis: Wall Street Should Forget Putin And Start Counting Ships

John Konrad February 15, 2022

by John Konrad (gCaptain) On Friday President Biden warned that Russia could attack Ukraine “any day now” and “the United States together with our allies and partners will respond decisively.” The stock market sold off sharply with the Dow Jones dropping more than 500 points. Yesterday morning Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said that his country is open to talks and the stock market responded by rallying hundreds of points… then the market fell slowly throughout the day and evening. This morning stock futures were down until Putin said he would start withdrawing troops. The market responded by opening up 400 points.

I don’t know if Russia will invade Ukraine or not. Nobody does. It is possible that Putin hasn’t even made up his mind. With so much uncertainty why is the Stock Market taking every headline at face value? I don’t know the answer to that either.

What we do know for certain is that Putin’s under no obligation to broadcast the specifics of his invasion plans (or lack of plans) to financial news outlets. In fact, there is a strong incentive for him to act a little crazy.

“Build a reputation for being a little crazy. Fighting you is not worth it. Uncertainty can be better than an explicit threat,” writes master strategist Robert Greene in his bestselling book The 33 Strategies of War. “If your opponents aren’t sure what attacking you will cost, they will not want to find out.”

Is The US Ready For War With Russia?

Biden has sent 3,000 troops to Poland which is less than one percent the number of troops Russia has on the Ukraine border. Bosphorus Naval News claims that no US or large NATO warships have entered the Black Sea this year and, according to the maritime intelligence experts at Geollect, there are currently zero US-flagged ships of any type (including sealift ships) transmitting their AIS position in the Black Sea.

The US Army and Marines do have assets prepositioned for war but there is no indication they have been sent to the Black Sea. “Originally the Marine Corps, through the Navy’s Military Sealift Command, maintained three squadrons of ships which could each offload and support a 16,000-person Marine Expeditionary Brigade anywhere in the world for thirty days,” says maritime historian Sal Mercogliano. “In 2012, Squadron One in the Mediterranean was dissolved, and its assets rolled into the other two squadrons or added to the strategic sealift fleet. These ships could be sent to Europe but would require prolonged transits from their bases at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean or the western Pacific.”

In short, moving large forces from the continental United States would require the use of government-owned ships held in reserve. Without these ships – and no amphibious warships, aircraft carriers, submarines, or surface ships in the Black Sea – it’s highly unlikely the US could fight any battle against Russia in Ukraine.

And it’s not just Mediterranean US Army and Marine supply ships that have been cut from the defense budget, but patrols of the Black Sea itself.

According to Stars and Stripes magazine, the U.S. Navy has shouldered most of the burden for patrolling the Black Sea. The number of days its warships spend annually in the strategic waterway mostly has fallen since 2014, when Kremlin forces seized Crimea from Ukraine.

“It is frustrating to see wavering allied presence in the Black Sea,” said Adm. James G. Foggo III (US Navy Retired), Dean of the Center for Maritime Strategy, at the US Navy League. “The inconsistency (of Clack Sea patrols) is driven by competing security priorities among allies, a lack of available ships and resources, and the failure of NATO to devise and implement a strategy in the Black Sea.”

According to the Bosphorus Naval News the last United States Navy warship – USS Arleigh Burke – left the region on December 15th, the French Navy left the day prior, and the UK’s Royal Navy hasn’t been in the Black Sea since last summer.

Biden said that if Russia attacks the Ukrain the “United States together with our allies and partners will respond decisively.” By counting ships, however, it’s clear that a decisive military response is not a legitimate option (at least not in the short term).

Full Article:

https://gcaptain.com/ukraine-crisis-wall-street-should-forget-putin-and-start-looking-at-logistics/

#855

>>126432, >>126438, >>126449, >>126531, >>126579, >>126602 pf report(s) Sec of Defense in Brussels, Scholz departs Moscow, RAF and US still in/out of Poland and Ukraine, SAM activity

>>126555 Boatfag report USNS PECOS over at North Island PECOS had Hawaii listed as Destination, then stopped transmitting it

>>126422 In really nigga? news: Dems are still waiting to hear back from GOP on Rusiia sanctions offer

>>126426 Kushner nominated for Nobel Peace Prize-middleeastmonitor

>>126435, >>126437, >>126438, >>126528 VP responds on how Russia will proceed in PR wth German Chancellor Scholz..."According to Plan"-theinsiderpaper via soc.media and y/t vid from rt

>>126436 Pelosi to lead Congressional delegation to Israel-israelnationalnews

>>126454, >>126462 @Techno_Fog "The scandal isn’t just the spying...So why did the CIA meet with a DNC lawyer to collect derogatory information about President Trump?"-soc. media

>>126465 Coutts, Alberta, Canada-Police and citizens supporting convey embrace in Coutts-soc.media

>>126485 National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC)-cisa

>>126497 ICYMI Hillary Clinton Confronted Over Durham Allegation That Her Campaign Paid To ‘Infiltrate’ Trump Tower, White House-B911

>>126500 ICYMI: CNN POLL: 51 Percent of Democrats Do NOT Want Joe Biden as the 2024 Nominee-gatewaypundit

>>126512, >>126534, >>126540 Bird flu outbreaks put US poultry farms on high alert-foxbiz

>>126542, >>126546, >>126548 Mystery US helicopter lands on Ukraine-Poland border-rt

>>126552 Driver in custody amid investigation at NAS North Island-fox5sandiego

>>126573 GOP senators call on Justice Department to release Crossfire Hurricane records-justthenews

>>126593 45 spoke with Glenn Beck today and he commented on the latest Durham findings + Drop #1745,1753-soc.media

>>126599 In hand off to retail news: From Credit Suisse to Goldman Sachs, investment banks say it’s time to buy Chinese stocks-cnbc

>>126601 Former Biden Campaign Staffer Tried To Blame Attempted Assassination On ‘Right Wing Rhetoric,’ But Suspect Is Left-Wing Activist-breitbart

>>126606 London Marine Insurers Add Russian, Ukrainian Waters to High Risk List

>>126610 Ukraine Crisis: Wall Street Should Forget Putin And Start Counting Ships

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