You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
Matthew, Chapter 24.
I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.
Smedley D. Butler, War Is a Racket
December 21, 2025
United States v. Venezuela
Thee U.S. Coast Guard seized a second tanker transporting Venezuelan oil.
United States and Jordan v. ISIL
Jordan confirmed it helped the U.S. in the airstrikes in Syria against ISIL.
December 22, 2025
United States v. Venezuela
The US will be seizing, if it has not already, a third tanker.
December 23, 2025
Russo Ukrainian War
Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, was killed by an explosive device placed under his car in Moscow.
December 24, 2025
Russo Ukrainian War
Ukrainian forces withdrew from Siversk in the eastern Donetsk region after heavy fighting with Russian forces.
December 26, 2025
United States v. ISIS in Nigeria
The US hit ISIS affiliated targets in Nigeria yesterday.
Islamist attacks on Catholic Nigerians has been going on for a long time and has received very little attention in the US, outside of Catholic circles associated with Nigerians, but suddenly under the Trump Administration, it is. The attention is long overdue, but a person has to suspect that it comes out of NatCon circles and from Catholics inside the administration, rather than some personal concern from President Trump himself. Indeed, in announcing the strikes the mentally declining illegitimate chief executive stated:
Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!
The many years and evcen centuries statement demonstrates a massive deficit in historical knowledge. Th is has been going on for many years, the vast majority of Christians on the plant are Catholic and there's been many examples of brutal killing of Catholics, very notably by Muslims, for centuries.
The strikes were carried out by ship to shore missiles.
Which groups were hit is unclear, but the largest IS-linked group in Nigeria is the Islamic State West Africa Province while the smaller group known as Lakurawa has sought to establish a base in north-western Sokoto state which was where the strikes were targeted.
Islamist groups in Nigeria have acted against Muslims as well as Catholics, but while that is noted, their repression and brutality is principally directed at Catholics.
The intervention seems justified and generally welcomed but now that it has commenced, the US will have to continue as this is a very long running problems and a day of missile attacks is not going to stop things immediately.
December 27, 2025
United States v. ISIS in Nigeria
In something that's obvious, but interesting in the world of Trump claims/lies/fantasies, Nigeria indicated it was open to the new military relationship with the US being ongoing and indicated that defeating Islamic extremist in the country will take some time.
It'll take a long time.
It's a worthwhile endeavor, but I wonder how the MAGAs that believed that Trump was going to end US involvement in foreign wars will justify it. Most MAGAs believe in isolationism, and the NAR folks include groups which, in their ignorance, don't realize that Catholics, the Christians in peril in Nigeria, and which are the original Christian denomination, are actually Christians.
On the strikes:
US targets ISIS with multiple strikes in Nigeria
U.S. cruise missiles miss targets in Nigeria
December 28, 2025
Russo Ukrainian War
Russia attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones yesterday, a day before scheduled talks between the Ukraine and the United States., killing at least one person and wounding 27.
It'll be interesting to see what effect this has on the talks given the participation of the unreliable and demented Donald Trump.
Thailand v. Cambodia
The fighting parties signed a new armistice in their border conflict.
The origin of the border fight dates back to the 1950s and is over undefined and unagreed to areas of their common border.
December 31, 2025
Saudi Arabia v. Yemeni separatists
Saudi Arabia bombe the Yemeni port city of Mukalla on Tuesday after a weapons shipment from the United Arab Emirates arrived for separatist forces. A warning to the UAE followed.
United States v. Venezuela.
The Central Intelligence Area hit a Venezuelan dock with drones.
Last edition:
