WASHINGTON (7News); Inauguration Day in D.C. is on Monday, Jan. 20. Our first look at what to expect with your weather is hinting at a return of some very cold air.
----------- Probably in the 20sF for the parade this year. FWIW, Reagan in 1981 had temps in the 50sF and in 1985 temps in the 10sF. In 1961 there was a snowstorm the day before the inauguration.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The emergence of a large coronal hole on the Sun will lead to a significant acceleration of the solar wind near the Earth, but is unlikely to provoke strong magnetic storms. Sergei Bogachev, head of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences,told RIA Novosti on January 13.
According to him, coronal holes usually occur on a quiet Sun. This phenomenon is the opposite of solar activity.
“Now, after an active start to the year, the Sun has noticeably calmed down, and against this background such phenomena are occurring,” Bogachev explained.
The increase in the solar wind speed in the vicinity of the Earth is the main consequence of the formation of coronal holes. The speed is expected to increase to 400-600 kilometers per second today and remain at this level for the entire week. This is a significant, but not too dangerous increase, the scientist noted.
Due to the acceleration of the solar wind, he added, the situation in the Earth's magnetosphere will worsen, but there will probably be no magnetic storms. Coronal holes can cause strong storms - up to the third level, but there is not enough data for an accurate forecast.
Earlier, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences Anatoly Petrukovich warned in a conversation with the Regnum news agency that powerful solar flares would continue until 2025. The expert specified that the star is experiencing a period of high activity, which repeats approximately every 11 years.
The first high-class X- ray flare in 2025 was recorded on the Sun on January 3.
#BREAKING: Santa Ana winds up to 70 mph are set to roar back today, putting the entire Los Angeles population of 10 million people on high alert for potential evacuation.
The fires have already claimed 24 lives, destroyed 12,300 structures, and forced 100,000 people to flee. pic.twitter.com/AtQKtpey7j
LOS ANGELES: Police made 34 arrests in the Eaton fire and Palisades fire. They include looters, trespassers, arsonists, firefighter impersonators and more. pic.twitter.com/soDKNwyofB
BREAKING: The soft on crime era of Soros-funded LA DA George Gascon is over. Newly elected L.A. District Attorney Nathan Hochma praises police officers and announces 9 people charged with looting in Palisades & Eaton fires.
[FoxNews] Police and residents of Azusa, California, a small city in Los Angeles County, teamed up Friday to stop a suspected arsonist in his tracks as at least three large wildfires threaten the region and winds are expected to pick up again.
With increased officers on patrol amid the wildfire emergency, Azusa Police Department Capt. Robert Landeros said the first responding officer quickly arrived on the scene at Pioneer Park around 11:30 p.m. after neighbors confronted the homeless suspect, who was still there when the first officer arrived.
"This was intentional," Landeros told Fox News Digital on Monday. "Some of the neighbors confronted him, stopped him from setting an additional fire in the park."
Video shows an Azusa officer handcuffing a man just steps from a billowing brush fire, which authorities say county firefighters quickly extinguished.
Police have identified the suspect as 39-year-old Jose Carranza-Escobar, "a transient" whose last known address was also in Azusa. They said he admitted to starting the brush fire.
The arrest comes as firefighters continue to battle at least three active wildfires in Los Angeles County that have killed at least 24 and damaged thousands of homes and businesses.
Carranza-Escobar has been charged with three separate arson charges and is facing nine years in state prison if convicted.
Landeros said Azusa police and partner agencies, including Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman's Office, the county sheriff's office, arson investigators in neighboring departments and the California National Guard are taking a "zero-tolerance" approach to arson as high winds and the dry climate fuel raging wildfires across Southern California.
"Everybody’s out there," he said. "We’re watching. Even our citizens are."
As of Monday night, 10 people have been arrested for looting and arson, Hochman said at a press conference. Nine arrests have been tied to looting in both the Palisades and Eden fires, with one person being arrested for arson.
According to Hochman, Damari Bell and Martrell Peoples are charged with first-degree residential burglary, looting and grand theft after both men allegedly stole more than $200,000 worth of belongings. If convicted, Peoples, a convicted felon, could face a potential sentence of life in prison due to California’s Three Strikes Law.
Travon Coleman, who accompanied Bell and Peoples out of a Koreatown apartment, was allegedly driving a second vehicle and sped off while Bell and Peoples were stopped, running a red light and crashing into another vehicle. Coleman is charged with one count of felony hit-and-run causing great bodily injury and is also facing a maximum sentence of life in prison under the Three Strikes Law.
The foothills outside town are a high-risk fire area and also have homeless encampments, where fires have broken out before, he said.
"We're constantly conducting enforcement operations in that area," he said. "Residents are obviously on edge when there are major fires."
Last week, another group of Los Angeles residents stopped a homeless man seen carrying a blowtorch. He was taken into custody, but police said they didn't have enough evidence to charge him with arson. Video of that incident shows him holding a torch head and a yellow fuel tank before at least five residents surrounded him and tackled him to the ground.
Investigation of cause is underway. Sometimes it is just a lit cigarette thrown away that is the cause. We do know it wasn't lightening because there were no storms around.
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I like the stand that sez CA needs more than change of leadership - it needs to change its ideology. It's now or never.
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New fire in Riverside County just detected.
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If you take Wray at his word, despite it being long overdue, besides the Chinese, who else has crossed the borders with malice? Arson in SoCal right now merely adds to the massive disaster and further depletion of any resources Trump will need to start slowing the chaos Biden has left him.
[DW] The University of Michigan, which has worked with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Communist China since 2005, suddenly announced it was ending the partnership.
Last October 31, Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), the chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, wrote a letter to University of Michigan President Santa J. Ono, warning him of the risks of a partnership with the Chinese university. His letter came in the wake of five Chinese nationals from the Joint Institute studying at the University of Michigan being charged with deliberately concealing their unauthorized visit to Camp Grayling in northern Michigan. Those nationals came from China to Michigan as students through the joint institute partnership.
"Shanghai Jiao Tong plays a critical role in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) military-civil fusion strategy," Moolenaar wrote. "Through its extensive military-aligned departments and laboratories, advanced dual-use research programs, and large-scale operational training platforms, Shanghai Jiao Tong drives the PRC’s military modernization and intelligence capabilities. For example, the university is currently home to several national-level laboratories, including three defense-related laboratories. This military-academic integration enables Shanghai Jiao Tong to make significant contributions to the PRC’s most sensitive defense programs, including nuclear weapons, carrier rockets, satellites, nuclear submarines, and fighter jets."
"Research performed at the Joint Institute advances the PRC’s defense and intelligence capabilities," he added. "For example, Institute researchers have helped the PRC achieve advancements in defense technologies from propellant combustion modeling and solid rocket fuel research to anti-corrosion technology for military aircraft developed with People’s Liberation Army (PLA) researchers. They have worked on projects to improve CT imaging technology for detecting flaws in advanced military equipment, which appears to have leveraged Department of Defense- funded research from University of Michigan faculty."
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[Regnum] World oil prices rose by more than 2% at trades on January 13. This is evidenced by trade data.
The price of Brent crude oil futures for delivery in March 2025 on the London ICE exchange exceeded $81 per barrel for the first time since October 8, 2024. As of 8:10 Moscow time, it was $81.16 per barrel, which is $1.4 (1.76%) higher than at the close of the previous trades. By 10:40 Moscow time, the price of the futures rose by 2.019%, to $81.27 per barrel. On January 10, these contracts rose in price by $2.84 (3.7%), to $79.76 per barrel.
At the same time, the WTI crude oil futures for delivery in February 2025 rose by 2.01% to $78.11 per barrel. Following the results of the previous session, the cost of these contracts increased by $2.65 (3.6%) to the maximum since October 7, 2024 of $76.57 per barrel.
As reported by Bloomberg, global oil prices have reached a four-month high amid new US sanctions against the Russian energy sector.
Regnum reported that on January 10, the United States imposed sanctions against a number of Russian oil companies and individuals. The White House said that these were the largest restrictions against Russia's energy sector. They affected 183 tankers transporting Russian oil, dozens of traders, as well as oil service companies and industry officials. The blacklist included, in particular, Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz.
The sanctions lists also included Novatek partners and Rosatom representatives. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the new American sanctions will not go unnoticed and will be taken into account when developing a foreign economic strategy.
The price of Brent crude oil futures for December delivery fell below $72 per barrel during exchange trading on October 28 last year for the first time since October 1.
[FoxNews] NATO responds to underwater cable threat in Baltic with ships, drones, AI under new joint security plan
Attacks on underwater cables running through strategically significant bodies of water in both the Baltic Sea and the South China Sea by Russia and China, respectively, in recent months has top officials concerned they are not "mere coincidence."
Maritime sabotage efforts in both regions of the world appear to have been on the rise over the last several years, with a notable spike in recent months after at least three separate attacks occurred in as many months, beginning in November, and the top suspects are Russia and China.
"The Kremlin has been running a hybrid campaign against Europe for years, ranging from spreading disinformation and cyberattacks to weaponizing energy supplies. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, these efforts have intensified dramatically," EU High Representative Kaja Kallas told Fox News Digital. "However, Russia is not the only challenge we face."
In November, two cables under the Baltic Sea were severed, and a Chinese-flagged commercial ship dubbed the Yi Peng 3 was stopped by Danish naval forces and made to anchor at sea while international authorities began investigating the incident.
The Chinese ship, which is reported to have left the Russian port of Ust-Luga on Nov. 15, was discovered to have dragged its anchor for over 100 miles along the Baltic seabed, cutting an undersea cable that connected Sweden and Lithuania on Nov. 17 as well as the only communication cable connecting Finland with Germany on the 18th.
The incident rang eerily similar to an October 2023 event in which a Chinese ship dubbed the NewNew Polar Bear, was found to have dragged anchor, again, over 100 miles in the Gulf of Finland and damaged the Balticconnector gas pipeline as well as two telecommunications cables between Sweden and Estonia.
While Beijing has denied any intentional wrongdoing in either incident, targeting international undersea cables is not a new tactic for China to employ.
Taiwan last week began investigating whether a China-linked ship was responsible for intentionally damaging one of its cables that connect the island with the internet, and Taipei has taken steps to increase its low-orbit satellite network in a move to circumvent future attempts by Beijing to cut it off from the international community by targeting its fiber-optic cables.
But the tactics China has long employed against Taiwan are now being optimized in the Baltic Sea. The U.S. Defense Department has been warning of China's plans to invade and annex the neighboring island nation by 2027.
That seems awfully targetted…
"Chinese vessels have now been implicated in the recent damage to Baltic Sea cables, something we have seen in [the] Taiwan strait for years," the EU’s top diplomat told Fox News Digital. "Considering China’s vast support for Russia in its war against Ukraine, it is difficult to view these incidents as mere coincidences.
"China is closely monitoring our response to Russia’s war. The U.S. must be strong on Russia to prevent trouble with China," Kallas warned. "Supporting Ukraine today helps keep American forces out of future conflicts."
But China isn’t the only country suspected of sabotaging international undersea cables.
A vessel accused of being tied to Russia has been seized by Finland, which is investigating a suspected attack that damaged four telecommunications and the Finnish-Estonian Estlink 2 power cables on Christmas Day by, again, dragging its anchor across the seabed.
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[Regnum] A general strike against the reduction of pensions and social benefits by three billion euros began on the evening of January 12 in the capital of Belgium, the city of Brussels, and will last 24 hours. This was reported by the RTBF television channel.
The strikers intend to protest against plans to cut social security and pension contributions by three billion euros a year. Such plans were announced by the candidate for the post of prime minister, the leader of the far-right party "New Flemish Alliance" Bart De Wever.
Mr. De Wever wants to keep the government from bankrupcy. The strikers don’t care, as long as they get theirs first.
The protest action is being held with the permission of the Brussels authorities. Teachers, public transport workers, railway workers and airport workers, including security personnel and loaders, as well as prison and utility workers, postmen and firefighters have announced their participation in the strike. According to trade union estimates, between 50,000 and 100,000 people will take part in the strike.
During the protest action in Brussels, public transport will practically cease to operate, except for one of the three intercity buses, the number of trains has been reduced and about 70% of flights have been cancelled. The center of Brussels will be closed to protesters, and city residents are advised to refrain from traveling around the city in personal vehicles.
Earlier, Regnum reported that employees of the Volkswagen car concern began a strike on December 2 against job cuts and the closure of part of the production. Volkswagen's plans to close factories in Germany became known in early October. It was noted that one of the reasons for the crisis in the car concern was the decline in interest of local consumers in electric cars. In August, sales in the EU fell by almost 44%, in Germany alone - by almost 69%.
On December 19, German trade unions and Volkswagen almost reached an agreement on preserving the concern's enterprises in Germany. The parties are leaning towards a restructuring that implies the abolition of bonuses, but provides employment guarantees until 2030 and the preservation of the work of all plants.
from footage aired on The Weather Channel, Jan. 8, 2024
"LA" may now stand for Legal Arson, approved by the authorities. and it may have to do with UN Agendas in ways previously unconsidered by most. Here’s why.
Over 45,000 square MILES have been burned, or 29% of the entire state of California
This is a land area which equals: >
100+% of each of entire states of IN, OH, VA, TN, ME, SC, WV, MD, VT, NH, MA, HI, CT, DE, AND R, as well as
92% of NORTH CAROLINA, and
91% of FLORIDA.
The destruction in this burn is over 2.5 times the size of Manhattan. As if that weren’t horror enough, we’re learning about what the Los Angeles and State officials are really up to.
The acting mayor of LA, MARQUEECE JOHNSON, waited 6 1/2 HOURS after Pacific Palisades had become an inferno, to issue a Local State of Emergency! Johnson is LA City Council President, an elected official. Marqueece must have been told to wait. Who would DO this, if they cared a fig about their fellow man — and electorate, nonetheless?? Johnson apparently understands that there will be no more elections in LA, so he is not at all worried about being voted out of office or sent to jail for his malfeasance.
Seems a lot of Angelinos have voted for their own demise, through their almost religious beliefs in myopic constructs of a fish, a DEI hire and other Green New Deal garbage. To the rest of the rational world, this is incredibly hard to comprehend.
The 3" fish, the snail darter, is really NOT so rare after all, and was removed from the "endangered species" list in 2022. The DEI movement has proven its own dangerous inefficacy. The utterly criminal leadership of Newsom, Bass and their gang, is shining bright, even to those formerly too blind to see. The evidence is now all around the residents of LA, much of it still smoldering. Delta Smelt
In addition to an elected public official waiting over 6 hours to declare an emergency, there’s more.
***Just before the Palisades fire erupted, residents caught an arsonist in the act. There have been reported to be many, but this one was caught and captured by people of the neighborhood he was torching. The nearest firefighting official was too busy doing his job to deal with the evidence, so asked them to turn him over to police. The citizens promptly did so. As I understand it, no one has yet been detained.
***Just before the Kenneth Fire erupted on Thursday, residents photographed a man on a bicycle dumping and lighting fuel with a blowtorch. When they yelled at him to STOP, he got stressed, the residents reported, and said he "had to" keep going. As he tried to pedal away, he kept yelling that. Furious citizens brought him down, tied him up and handed him over to police. This was as the fire was beginning to burn, Jan. 8.
***Authorities said there was not enough probable cause to arrest the man on suspicion of arson, but he has been charged with a felony probation violation. (Like Edgar Welch, the Pizzagate witness in NC?) The authorities said the suspect — whom residents who had brought, zip-tied, to the police, say he "lacked motive". The suspect was in his 20’s and spoke Spanish as a first language. Click on the article above.
Interesting. Might this kid, most probably an illegal working for a day’s pay, have been so stressed because he recognized the horror of what he was doing, but was (paid? forced?) to do so? One of the many millions of unanswered questions about this catastrophe which is sure to stay that way.
On Jan. 11, one neighborhood was reopened, and residents allowed in to see the smoldering ruins, and search for anything they might have left to save. This comes as burglars dressed as firefighters are among the thieves arrested as lawlessness in the city spirals during curfews and mandatory evacuation orders. I hear twenty or so have been arrested for looting.
WHY would authorities PLAN for such mass destruction? There are several horrid possibilities, all having to do with the UN AGENDAS. Oh, and, of course the 2028 Olympics.... The most evident reason of all seems to be a portion of the Globalist world control agenda called "C40", The UN C40 Cities Initiative. From their website:
Around the world, C40 mayors and the cities they lead are taking ambitious, collaborative and urgent climate action that aligns with science-backed targets. They work together across borders in order to protect people and communities everywhere, and build a more sustainable, resilient and equitable future.
This is happening in Florida as well. The "Live Local Act", recently passed in that state, supersedes local zoning restrictions. I’ve talked about it, though not by name, but by reference to development forces that have gone beyond citizen’s choices. Government, in a Constitutional Republic, must be OF and FOR the people. Not AT them.
C40 and the "Live Local" Act are good examples of the same type of "government vs citizens" game play. Hence, Fake Voter Guides and all the rest. Now, I hear that Tallahassee is shutting down groups of citizens who are members of no particular organization, if they want to come to a public meeting to hear about America First topics.
The Globalists have to use a different approach in Florida, as the population is too scattered to burn out or to destroy large numbers with hurricanes, so the taking away of Constitutional rights is done instead. Meetings are to be shut down, and votes, stolen by lies.
Los Angeles is easier pickings because of the density of its population — and its skulls, I’d add — and the natural conditions which have always been subject to a seasonal dryness and heavy winds. The Santa Anna Winds come every year. Once, there were a few fires when a BBQ grill got out of hand. Now, it’s a whole new world, thanks to that "soft treaty" (one not requiring Congressional approval) signed by Bush in 1992, which inserted the UN Agendas into every part of our lives.
"Pictured are 16 individuals arrested in Santa Monica for violating emergency orders - none of them are from the area, according to the Santa Monica Police Department. Six were found in possession of "burglary tools," according to the Santa Monica Police Department, while others were charged with violations ranging from drug possession to parole violations. Two were in possession of stolen handguns; others were in possession of stolen materials, according to the department. (Santa Monica Police Department)"
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Help me with a rumor here:
CA passed a law if a structure burns down, if it isn't being rebuilt within 2 years, the property valuation is adjusted to today's valuation for tax purposes?
It doesn't make sense to me, as my property values and therefore tax valuation is done annually, but I am admittedly ignorant of such price fixing.
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"The police acted stupidly! Hate!"
A-- J--, captured crashing the gate
Of his coastal estate,
Blamed... the Jews. "Just you wait!
When I get outta jail... need a date?"
[Zero] While the FBI - the same FBI that participated in the Russiagage hoax, polarizing half of America into focusing on the Kremlin for a decade, the Chinese government - the same one that enriched the Biden family to the tune of millions, has apparently been 'lying in wait' all over America and is ready to attack critical infrastructure at a moment's notice.
According to outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray in a Sunday appearance on "60 Minutes," - "The Chinese government is prepositioning on American civilian critical infrastructure to lie in wait on those networks to be in a position to wreak havoc & inflict real world harm at a time & place of their choosing."
If I were the media, my next question back at him would be.
So, just what the hell have you done about it? Or, was there a matter of Hunters Art Work sells/bribes from them and others. Plus. Did his daddies blanket pardons for the criminal acts, get in the way?
Either way.
It is amazing what we are learning, as various DC Deep Swampers are being forced to leave their private little kingdoms.
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Exactly what so many here have suggested, and yet only NOW is this being revealed publicly. Every aspect of this regime has put protecting Biden et al above duty and honesty. Duty, Honor, Courage are alien concepts to him and those of his ilk!
[FoxNews] Rep Anna Paulina Luna says President-elect Donald Trump backs her effort.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is unveiling a new set of bills that could have child sexual predators facing the death penalty.
"If you are raping someone, if you're molesting someone, you are essentially murdering their soul. Those people never actually fully recover. I've actually sat on a committee with a very prominent [female House Democrat] who actually talked about the fact that she was molested as a child. And so you can see that it impacts and really hurts people," Luna said.
Two of her three bills, all of which are being introduced in the 119th Congress on Tuesday, would require sentences of death or at least life imprisonment for those charged with a wide range of crimes related to children.
A third bill would require guilty verdicts of rape and sexual abuse against adults to carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years to life in prison.
Luna told Fox News Digital she broached the topic with President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend, who she suggested was enthusiastic about the idea.
"I got the impression that he absolutely is supportive of anything in this sector," Luna said.
The Florida congresswoman was among the members of the House Freedom Caucus who met with Trump over the weekend at Mar-a-Lago.
She said they also discussed Trump potentially signing an executive order levying the death penalty for pedophilia-related crimes but that it would likely be impossible to accomplish that way.
"He would be willing to sign an [executive order]. But the fact is, is that it has to go through Congress first. So it would have to come to his desk that way," she said.
Luna first introduced the bills in the last Congress when Democrats controlled half of Congress as well as the White House. They failed to get much traction, however, and ultimately never saw a House-wide vote.
She suggested that the death penalty aspect could have put some people off of an issue that otherwise could get wide bipartisan support, but she argued that child predators "cannot be rehabilitated."
"If you are going to continue to push forward in a moral society, [then] you need to ensure that people like this, that are predators, are taken off the streets permanently," Luna said.
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One of the arguments against people who rape children being given the death penalty, is that if they know they are going to get the death penalty, they no longer have a good reason to keep their victim alive.
[BBC] Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) - described as humanity's biggest gathering - in northern India's Prayagraj city on Monday.
The event - held once every 12 years - starts on Monday and over the next six weeks, the devout will bathe at Sangam - the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges river with the Yamuna river and the mythical Saraswati.
Hindus believe that taking a dip in the sacred river will cleanse them of sins, purify their soul and liberate them from the cycle of birth and death - as the ultimate goal of Hinduism is salvation.
About 400 million pilgrims are expected to attend the 45-day spectacle, which is so large it can be seen from space.
In photos: World's biggest religious festival begins in India
WATCH: Sea of humanity at world's largest religious gathering
Authorities said that on Monday, until 4pm local time, 16 million people had taken a bath. On Tuesday, numbers are expected to exceed 20 million, and the spectacle will be special as it will see ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men with matted dreadlocks, known as Naga sadhus, take a dip at dawn.
But authorities are racing against time to get the city ready to host millions who will continue to pour in throughout the festival.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Regnum] The emergence of a large coronal hole on the Sun will lead to a significant acceleration of the solar wind near the Earth, but is unlikely to provoke strong magnetic storms. Sergei Bogachev, head of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences,told RIA Novosti on January 13.
