11 Jan 2025

IDF shoots down 3 Houthi drones in 1 hour, Yemeni terrorists resume attacks after 4-day lull
Israeli military recruits Yemeni-background Jews to improve intel gathering on Houthis. All drones were intercepted without causing injuries or damage. Only the first of them triggered alarm sirens in several small communities on the southern periphery of the Gaza Envelope, while the other two drones were shot down over the Mediterranean Sea without alarms being activated per policy, the IDF stated.

Turkey announces 3 new naval projects; 31 warships now under construction
Turkey announced the construction of three new warships on Thursday, bringing the total number of Turkish ships under construction to 31. The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced it was building a new submarine, an aircraft carrier, and a “TF-2000 air defence warfare destroyer,” Middle East Eye reported. Turkey is also “currently constructing five Reis-class submarines

Hamas reportedly seeks to carry out terror attacks against Jews and Israelis worldwide
On Tuesday, a senior Israeli official warned that Hamas’ ambition to carry out international terrorist attacks is driven by its severe weakness and inability to target Jews in Israel. After more than 15 months of war in Gaza, Hamas has lost most of its senior leaders, thousands of fighters and most of its military capabilities.

California Wildfires: A Glimpse of Malachi’s “Healing” Pre-Messiah Fires?
It is estimated that fire losses could cost insurers over $20 billion and perhaps as much as $50 billion, making it the costliest disaster in the state’s history.

Crazy Twist: Hegseth-Haters Humiliated When Jimmy Carter’s Funeral Proves He’s Not an ‘Extremist’
Carter’s casket, draped with an American flag, was positioned over a massive Jerusalem Cross emblazoned on a wooden platform. That symbol, composed of one large cross and four smaller crosses to represent the authors of the four Gospels, comes from the time of the Crusades, but has an extensive Christian history beyond that period. That imagery is nevertheless tied up with a complaint from Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren against Pete Hegseth, who President-elect Donald Trump nominated to lead the Defense Department, because Hegseth happens to have that symbol tattooed on his chest.

Obstacles from Hamas are preventing a deal
While acknowledging the possibility of reaching an agreement within the final days of Biden’s presidency, Kirby refrained from confirming expectations for the deal before the next administration.

Japanese crime boss tries to sell plutonium to Iranians
Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, pleads guilty to charges of trafficking narcotics and materials for nuclear weapons, including uranium and plutonium. Acting US Attorney Edward Y. Kim for the Southern District of New York added, “Takeshi Ebisawa brazenly trafficked nuclear material, including weapons-grade plutonium, out of Burma.”

Is Hamas playing Israel in hostage negotiations?
Speaking on ILTV’s Insider this week, Israeli analyst Yoni Ben-Menachem argued that even President-elect Donald Trump’s threats against Hamas are unlikely to be taken seriously. “I think that the more he talks about this hostage deal and then threatens Hamas, he is losing his credibility because Hamas doesn’t take him seriously,”

High alert for Houthi retaliation after IDF strike on Yemen
IDF strikes Haziz power plant near Sanaa, Hodeidah and Ras Isa Ports, as well as missile launchers; Senior Houthi official threatens a major response in Hebrew

The Iranian Regime Is Running Headlong Into The Judgment Of God, And They Will Lose
Iran, in the midst of a new year, continues to threaten Israel with a retaliatory strike, possibly ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20th. World Israel News (WIN) reported that the “Israeli military has been placed on high alert and is preparing to respond to possible ‘extreme’ steps by Iran against the Jewish state in the immediate future.”

“They Didn’t Even Bother To Verify”: Fortune Magazine Tricked Into Musk Hit Piece By Internet Rando
Fortune Magazine published a hit piece on Elon Musk and X on Friday, claiming that two sources told them the social media giant was planning to remove dates from posts, and charge an $8 sign-up fee.
Only one problem – there was only one source, a random anonymous person on the internet who emailed journalist Kali Hays

Greenland ‘Ready To Talk’ With Trump As ‘Status Quo No Longer An Option’
Greenland Prime Minister, Múte Egede, said on Friday that he has not spoken with Donald Trump regarding the President-elect’s recent interest in buying the Danish-controlled territory, but that he’s ‘ready to talk,’ as the ‘status quo is no longer an option.’

New York Legal System Indicts Itself With Trump Sentencing
Once considered the premier legal system in the country, figures like New York Attorney General Letitia James, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Justices Arthur F. Engoron and Juan Merchan have caused the system to be weaponized for political purposes. Trump will walk away from this trial and into the White House in less than two weeks, but the New York system will walk into infamy after this day.

California Imposes 1-Year Insurance Cancellation Freeze In Areas Ravaged By Wildfires
Los Angeles and surrounding wildfire-hit regions are shielded by a new one-year moratorium on insurance non-renewals, according to California’s insurance commissioner, Ricardo Lara, who announced the year-long freeze on Jan. 9.

Israel, US, UK Launch New Airstrikes On Yemen Amid Efforts To ‘Hunt’ Houthi Leaders
On Friday Israel has launched new major strikes on Yemen, amid ongoing vows to ‘hunt’ down Houthi leaders and kill them. Last month Netanyahu called out Iran for its support to the Houthis, warning that “whoever sponsors the Houthi terror in Hodeida or Sana’a will pay the full price.”

Apocalypse Still Unspooling
“‘Climate Change’ has been identified: it’s a 28-YO man from Reseda in a black hoodie holding a lighter and some matches.” Who knew that the best way to convert Utopian Woke Democrats back into a reality-based thought system would be to burn their houses down? The wealthy showbiz folk occupying the moral high ground of the Pacific Palisades voted Democratic by 90-percent. They were fully on-board with the agenda of the Party of Chaos, especially Diversity-Equity-and-Inclusion (DEI) and the open border that allowed a deluge of mysterious strangers to flood the country.

UK Government Investigating Elon Musk’s Tweets About Muslim Pedophile Gangs
Elon Musk’s tweets about Muslim pedophile gangs are being assessed by the UK Government’s counter-extremism unit, as a potential threat to the security of the country, it has emerged. Musk has posted hundreds of tweets in the past week related to the scandal, including openly calling Prime Minister Kier Starmer “evil,” accusing him of facilitating a cover up, and labelling Starmer and safeguarding minister Jess Philips as complicit in the “rape” of Britain. Ironically, the current head of counter-terrorism policing in the UK is an officer who served as Borough Commander in Rotherham, one of the areas most notorious for child sexual abuse at the hands of Muslim pedophile gangs, from 2006-2010.

Fires raging across the Los Angeles area entered their fourth day, killing at least ten people, forcing the evacuation of 180,000 residents, and destroying more than ten thousand structures. Preliminary estimates place damages and economic losses up to $150 billion.
 
Cyclone Dikeledi formed in the South-West Indian Ocean on Thursday, January 9, 2025, and is expected to rapidly intensify before making landfall in northern Madagascar on Saturday, January 11.
Heavy sea-effect snow has been affecting parts of Japan over the past couple of days, with more than 1 m (3 feet) of snow already registered in some regions and snowfall expected to persist through Saturday. Some areas have already received twice the usual snowfall.
A Super Scooper firefighting plane was grounded after it was struck by a drone over the Palisades Fire. Fire officials in Southern California informed the FAA that a firefighting aircraft struck a drone Thursday as it was flying over the largest of the region’s fires near the Los Angeles County coast, the agency said.
 
The UK’s gas reserves have dropped to a concerning low, with only a week’s worth of supply remaining, as the country prepares for low wind speeds and freezing temperatures.
Outrage is boiling over after revelations that the Santa Ynez Reservoir, a critical water source in Pacific Palisades, was empty and offline when a devastating wildfire ripped through the area.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently described “agentic” AI as the “next giant breakthrough” expected in 2025.
However, the rollout of agentic AI and other AI tools on Wall Street has a huge downside: job loss. According to a new Bloomberg Intelligence survey of 92 global banks, the industry could shed hundreds of thousands of jobs over the next 3-5 years because of AI.