Putting The Pieces Together: Part 2

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EnochWalked: www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israel-said-to-request-us-send-second-thaad-missile-defense-battery-ahead-of-iran-attack/ "to protect the country in case of an Iranian reaction to an expected Israeli reprisal attack". Suggestive of timing. Oct 19, 2024 2:09:34 GMT -6
EnochWalked: x.com/stevenheidel/status/1843378454655578550 "AC currently broken at @openai office - AGI delayed four days". Don't worry, Steve, I'm sure "the AC" will be back at OpenAI before too long. Maybe he just got distracted with his orb project. Oct 19, 2024 15:10:43 GMT -6
EnochWalked: gizmodo.com/parents-sue-school-that-gave-bad-grade-to-student-who-used-ai-to-complete-assignment-2000512000 "The lawsuit also questions whether using AI to complete assignments should be prohibited at all." Kids will send a robot to school for them! Oct 19, 2024 18:59:03 GMT -6
EnochWalked: interestingengineering.com/innovation/6g-testing-hits-9000x-5g "9000x faster internet in 6G tests, could download 20 movies a second". But it takes more than a second to watch a single movie, let alone 20 of them. Who needs that much data that fast? Oct 20, 2024 0:10:00 GMT -6
EnochWalked: luxurylaunches.com/travel/neom-city-steel-consumption-10162024.php "Forget scaling down, Saudi Crown Prince MBS’s dream project Neom is racing towards completion at such speed that it alone is consuming 20% of the worlds steel" Oct 20, 2024 2:16:03 GMT -6
EnochWalked: According to Wikipedia: "As of October 2024, Saudi Arabia intends to complete the 170 km (110 mi) project by 2045. A shorter central segment is under construction with an estimated completion date of 2030." The IEA says global oil demand will peak in 2029. Oct 20, 2024 2:18:20 GMT -6
EnochWalked: www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/20/trump-overturn-2024-election-plan-00184103 '[Disgraced former attorney, John Eastman] says the law enacted by Biden actually makes the Electoral Count Act “more unconstitutional, not less.”' Oct 20, 2024 16:18:09 GMT -6
EnochWalked: I suspect there will be a SCOTUS challenge to whatever happens, but the new Senate will be sworn in on January 3rd, giving them time to add Obama and Hillary as justices. (That bizarre scenario assumes Tester beats Sheehy in Montana, which is unlikely). Oct 20, 2024 16:32:04 GMT -6
EnochWalked: “Then you’re really getting into the realm of lawlessness,” said Rick Hasen, an election law expert at UCLA. “If people are going to be willing to just ignore the law and declare someone the winner, then you’re talking about a real coup.” Oct 20, 2024 17:43:49 GMT -6
EnochWalked: Okay here's an even crazier scenario. Harris wins in November, but Biden dies on Christmas day. The republicans in the senate say they will refuse to confirm Walz as VP so that a republican senator can act as pro tempore president for the Jan 6th session. Oct 20, 2024 18:32:57 GMT -6
EnochWalked: So to thwart this plan, Harris refuses to take the oath of office in December, creating a "sede vacante" (like the papacy) situation, and allowing her to remain VP. The cost of this, though, is that she has to let Mike Johnson become president for a month. Oct 20, 2024 18:35:17 GMT -6
EnochWalked: I'm not sure this would work, as Johnson could nominate his own VP and try to get the newly sworn in senate (on January 3rd) to confirm him or her. (Presumably he would nominate Trump?) It would require Harris to block the confirmation for 3 days. Oct 20, 2024 18:38:51 GMT -6
EnochWalked: www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/2885448/russia-to-push-new-payment-system-at-brics-summit "Central to that is the proposal for a new payments system based on a network of commercial banks linked to each other through the Brics central banks" Oct 21, 2024 4:42:53 GMT -6
EnochWalked: "The system would use blockchain technology to store and transfer digital tokens backed by national currencies. ... Lissovolik, founder of the Brics+ Analytics think tank, said the creation of such a system was technically feasible but would take time" Oct 21, 2024 4:43:56 GMT -6
EnochWalked: www.yahoo.com/news/israeli-troops-demolish-un-observation-191834317.html 'An Israeli army bulldozer has "deliberately" demolished an observation tower and perimeter fence at a UN peacekeeper position in southern Lebanon, UN officials say.' Oct 21, 2024 18:13:25 GMT -6
EnochWalked: 'It called on Israel to stop breaching UN positions, which is considered "a flagrant violation of international law."' Of course the observation tower wasn't doing much good, but what actions are Israel trying to prevent being observed? Oct 21, 2024 18:18:59 GMT -6
EnochWalked: maritime-executive.com/article/gcc-countries-conduct-simultaneous-drills-with-u-s-iran-and-russia "the Iranian exercise IMEX 2024 - which Oman, Saudi Arabia and Qatar observed, alongside representatives from Bangladesh, India, Thailand and Pakistan" Oct 22, 2024 5:17:45 GMT -6
EnochWalked: A rare sign of cooperation between Iran and Saudi Arabia. "The emphasis in this year’s exercise appears to be on integrating unmanned surface vessels into fleet activities". Future naval battles might be fought between ships that have no humans on board. Oct 22, 2024 5:20:26 GMT -6
EnochWalked: Apparently the Iran + Saudi event had a Russian element too. "The Russian Navy contributed the Steregushchiy Class corvette Merkury (F734) which is normally based at Tartous in Syria". Merkury points to the planet, but Tartous suggests the pit of torment. Oct 22, 2024 5:22:55 GMT -6
EnochWalked: For what it's worth, if we promote that F734 to a G734 number in Strong's concordance, we get: www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g734/kjv/tr/0-1/ "Artemas ...a friend of Paul the apostle". That is suggestive of NASA's current Moon settlement program. Oct 22, 2024 5:30:21 GMT -6
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