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U.S. Launches
Massive Cruise Missile Strikes Against Assad in Syria and Targets
in Northern and Southern Iraq
NEW
PREDICTION: 8/7/16 -- Base 7 dating: September 2017.
This is something
the US should have been doing three years ago, not to mention
enforcing a no-fly zone, after the first reports that Assad was
using chemical weapons against his own people. That is what I
predicted would happen in 2013 and that is what should have
happened. Now with Russia in Syria, this seems unlikely to happen
very soon. Looks to me like when this finally will take place it
will be a case of "too much, too little, too late."
Trump: US, France and UK
launch strikes on Syria
By Kevin Liptak and
Zachary Cohen, CNN
Updated 0206 GMT (1006 HKT) April 14, 2018
Washington
(CNN) — President Donald Trump announced on Friday
he ordered strikes on the Syrian regime in response to a
chemical weapons attack last weekend.
"I ordered the United States armed forces to launch
precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical
weapon capabilities of Syrian dictator of Bashar
al-Assad," Trump said from the White House
Diplomatic Reception Room.
Witnesses told CNN that they heard explosions in the
capital city of Damascus and that they began while Trump
was making his address.
US aircraft including B-1 bombers and ships were used in
the attack, according to multiple US defense officials.
Trump said that he decided to take action because last
weekend's action by Bashar Al-Assad "was a
significant attack against his own people," and
"not the actions of a man, they are crimes of a
monster instead."
Trump said the strikes were in coordination with France
and the United Kingdom, adding that the purpose of the
campaign is to "establish a strong deterrent against
the production, spread and use of chemical weapons."
"The combined American, British and French response
to these atrocities will integrate all instruments of our
national power: military, economic and diplomatic,"
Trump said.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May said in a statement that
she "authorized British armed forces to conduct
co-ordinated and targeted strikes to degrade the Syrian
Regime's chemical weapons capability and deter their
use."
Trump indicated the strikes would continue until the
Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons ends.
"We are prepared to sustain this response until the
Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical
agents," Trump said.
Two US officials said attacks could continue beyond
tonight, with a senior administration official saying
"this isn't over."
The senior administration official said, "What
you've seen tonight is not the end of the US response.
They have built a lot of flexibility into the plan to
allow for further strikes based on what they've hit
tonight."
A US official says a big concern is how much more
sophisticated Russia's capabilities are now compared to
last year. The source says they are 'significantly
enhanced' in terms of anti-strike and anti-aircraft
capabilities.
Part of the calculation this week has also been gaming
out how Russia will respond. "We are watching what
Russians do in the next 24 hours," the official
said, adding that there will be intelligence collection
to see what Russians are up to in the wake of the
strikes, such as turning on their systems or talking
about retaliating.
The President also insisted that the US would not remain
engaged in Syria forever under any circumstances. He has
previously told his national security team he wants US
troops to exit Syria within six months.
"America does not seek an indefinite presence in
Syria," Trump said from the White House. "As
other nations step up their contributions we look forward
to the day we can bring our warriors home."
Trump told the nation in his address the US "cannot
purge the world of evil or act everywhere there is
tyranny."
And he described the Middle East as a "troubled
place."
"We will try to make it better but it is a troubled
place," Trump said. "The US will be a partner
and a friend. But the fate of the region lies in the
hands of its own people."
He criticized Russia's support of the Syrian regime
saying "Russia must decide if it will continue down
this dark path."
Trump also called out Russia's promise in 2013 that they
would guarantee the elimination of Syria's chemical
weapons.
US,
UK and France strike Syria
By
Veronica Rocha, Amanda Wills and Brian Ries, CNN
10:15 p.m.
ET, April 13, 2018
US
military action is now underway in Syria. President Trump
says this is part of a sustained military response in
coordination with France and the UK.
10 p.m. ET: Pentagon holds a briefing about Syria action.
How we got here: A chemical attack took place in Douma,
Syria, last Saturday. The World Health Organization says
about 500 people may have been affected.
These
were the 3 targets in the strikes
Air Vice
Marshall Gavin Parker said the strikes launched at 9 p.m.
ET tonight struck targets associated with the Syrian
regime's chemical weapons program.
Here are the three sites he listed:
A scientific research center located in Damascus.
A chemical weapons storage facility, which is located
west of Homs, Syria.
The third target, which was in the vicinity of the second
target, contained a chemical weapons equipment storage
facility and an important command post
Air-launched
cruise missiles were among the munitions used in the
strikes against Syria, according to two US defense
officials.
Air launch cruise missiles are fired from aircraft in
flight and can be done from outside the range of Syrian
airspace.
CNN reported earlier that US B-1 bombers were used in the
strikes. B-1 bombers are capable of firing air launched
cruise missiles.
US
official: "This wave of airstrikes is over"
General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, told reporters tonight that this particular round
of airstrikes are over.
"This wave of air strikes is over and that is why
we're out here speaking to you now," he said.
However, defense officials made clear tonight in the
Pentagon briefing that this is a sustained campaign, and
strikes will officially end when the Syrian regime ceases
its chemical weapons use.
Tonight's
strikes meant as "a clear message" to Assad
US Defense Secretary James Mattis is speaking at the
Pentagon an hour after President Trump announced the
start of precision strikes on Syria.
He said that President Trump directed the US military to
conduct the operations with the goal of destroying the
Syrian regime chemical weapons research and development
and production capability.
He added: "Clearly the Assad regime did not get the
message last year. This time our allies and we have
struck harder. Together we have sent a clear message to
Assad and his murderous lieutenants that they should not
perpetrate another chemical weapons attack for which they
will be held accountable."
Syrian
state TV reports attack on research center in Damascus,
13 missiles downed
From CNN's Roba Alhenawhi
Syrian state-run TV says there are reports of aggression
targeting the research center in the Barzeh area of the
city of Damascus
Syrian air defenses have also hit 13 missiles in Al
Kiswah in the suburbs of Damascus, the state TV also
reports.
(CNN) — The United States launched a military strike
Thursday on a Syrian government target in response to
their chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of
civilians earlier in the week.
On President Donald Trump's orders, US
warships launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian
government airbase where the warplanes that carried out
the chemical attacks were based, US officials said.
The strike is the first direct military
action the US has taken against the regime of Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad in the country's six-year civil
war and represent a substantial escalation of the US'
military campaign in the region, which could be
interpreted by the Syrian government as an act of war.
"Tonight, I ordered a targeted military strike on
the air field in Syria from where the chemical attack was
launched," Trump said during short remarks to
reporters at Mar-a-Lago, where he ordered the strike just
hours earlier. "It is in this vital national
security of the United States to prevent and deter the
spread and use of deadly chemical
weapons."
He added: "There can be no dispute that Syria used
banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under
the Chemical Weapons Convention and ignored the urging of
the UN Security Council. Years of previous attempts at
changing Assad's behavior have all failed and failed very
dramatically."
Shift in policy
Trump's decision marked a dramatic shift in his position
on whether the US should take military action against the
Syrian President's regime -- which Trump opposed during
his campaign for president -- and came after the
President was visibly and publicly moved by the images of
this week's chemical weapons attack.
The strike took place at 8:40 p.m. ET (3:40 a.m. local
time), when there would be minimal activity at the base,
and targeted aircraft, hardened aircraft shelters,
petroleum and logistical storage, ammunition supply
bunkers, air defense systems, and "the things that
make the airfield operate," Pentagon spokesman Capt.
Jeff Davis told reporters. The missiles were launched
from warships in the Eastern Mediterranean.
"Initial indications are that this strike has
severely damaged or destroyed Syrian aircraft and support
infrastructure and equipment at Shayrat Airfield,
reducing the Syrian Government's ability to deliver
chemical weapons," the Pentagon said in a statement.
Briefing reporters late Thursday night, Secretary of
State Rex Tillerson said that the strike did not
represent a "change in our policy or our posture in
Syria," even though the Thursday night strike marked
the first time the US had decided to take military action
against the Syrian government.
"There has been no change in that status," he
said. "It does demonstrate that President Trump is
willing to act when governments and actors cross the line
... and cross the line in the most heinous of ways."
Tillerson said the administration felt the strike was
"proportional because it was targeted at the
facility that delivered this most recent chemical
attack."
The US military also showed reporters Thursday night an
image of the radar track of a Syrian airplane leaving the
airfield and flying to the chemical strike area Tuesday.
A second image of bomb damage craters at the airbase was
also shown to reporters at the Pentagon.
Tillerson said the US has a "very high level of
confidence" that the Syrian regime carried out at
least three attacks in recent weeks -- including on
Tuesday -- using Sarin and nerve gas.
The strikes represented not only an escalation of the US
role in Syria, but could have a ripple effect on the US'
relations with the Syrian regime's powerful backer,
Russia.
Russians were present at the base the US struck Thursday
night, a US defense official said, though the role of
those Russians was not immediately known.
Tillerson confirmed that the US military contacted their
Russian counterparts about the attack ahead of time, in
accordance with deconfliction policies between the US and
Russia over military activities in Syria.
Congressional reaction
Lawmakers generally supported Trump's decision to strike
back against Assad Thursday night, but cautioned the
President against unilaterally starting a war without
first consulting Congress.
A pair of defense hawks -- Sens. John McCain and Lindsey
Graham -- who have frequently been critical of Trump,
roundly praised his decision Thursday night.
"Acting on the orders of their commander-in-chief,
they have sent an important message the United States
will no longer stand idly by as Assad, aided and abetted
by Putin's Russia, slaughters innocent Syrians with
chemical weapons and barrel bombs," McCain and
Graham said in a joint statement.
But Sen. Rand Paul called on Trump to consult on
Congress.
"While we all condemn the atrocities in Syria, the
United States was not attacked," Paul said.
"The President needs congressional authorization for
military action as required by the Constitution, and I
call on him to come to Congress for a proper
debate."
The US began launching airstrikes in Syria in September
2014 under President Barack Obama as part of its
coalition campaign against ISIS, but has only targeted
the terrorist group and not Syrian government forces.
The order
Trump met with his national security team before his
dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Mar-a-Lago
Thursday, where he made the decision to pull the trigger
on the biggest military action of his presidency,
national security adviser H.R. McMaster said.
He sat
through dinner with Xi as the action was under way.
The decision came two days after he was "immediately
notified" of the chemical attack in Syria and asked
his team to determine who was responsible. After it
became clear Assad was responsible, Trump asked his team
to develop options -- and settled on one Thursday after
"a meeting of considerable length and far-reaching
discussion," McMaster told reporters.
Defense Secretary James Mattis has been updating Trump
about the missile strikes in Syria following his dinner
with Xi, according to a US official. Mattis, Tillerson
and McMaster were with Trump at Mar-a-Lago at the time.
Vice President Mike Pence remained in Washington, where
he returned to the White House after dinner.
Trump's
order to strike the Syrian government targets came a day
after he said the chemical attacks -- whose grisly
effects were broadcast worldwide where videos captured in
the immediate aftermath -- "crossed a lot of lines
for me" and said he felt a
"responsibility" to respond.
"I will tell you it's already happened that my
attitude toward Syria and Assad has changed very
much," Trump said.
"When you kill innocent children -- innocent babies
-- babies -- little babies with a chemical gas that is so
lethal, people were shocked to hear what gas it was, that
crosses many, many lines. Beyond a red line, many, many
lines," Trump said.
'Red
line'
Trump's decision to launch the strikes, the most
significant military action of his young presidency, came
nearly four years after the US first concluded that
Syrian forces had used chemical weapons in Syria.
The Obama administration concluded that Syria had
violated the "red line" Obama had set a year
earlier in discussing the use of chemical weapons, but
ultimately decided against military action against Syria
in favor of a Russian-brokered deal to extricate the
country's chemical weapons stockpile.
Trump at the time said the US should "stay the hell
out of Syria" and urged Obama on Twitter to
"not attack Syria" in the wake of the 2013
chemical attack. "There is no upside and tremendous
downside. Save your 'powder' for another (and more
important) day," he tweeted in September 2013.
Trump repeatedly criticized Obama during his presidential
campaign for not acting on his "red line"
threat, but the real estate mogul also argued against
deepening the US' military involvement in Syria,
particularly as it related to Assad.
Trump argued last May in a TV interview that he would
"go after ISIS big league," but said he did not
support targeting Assad's regime, arguing the US has
"bigger problems than Assad."
Syria's six-year civil war has claimed the lives of at
least 400,000, according to a United Nations estimate
released a year ago. More than 5 million Syrians have
fled the country and more than 6 million more have been
displaced internally, according to UN agencies.
2016
rhetoric
But guided
by his "America First" ideology and rejection
of the US' propensity for "nation-building,"
Trump did not argue in favor of stepped-up US
intervention during his campaign for president.
Instead, he signaled the opposite: He argued
that the US should remain laser-focused on defeating ISIS
and vowed to try and partner with Russia, which has
heartily backed Assad's regime, in order to defeat ISIS
and bring the conflict to an end.
Those
views appeared steeped in his longstanding criticism of
the Iraq War, which he called a "stupid"
decision, lamenting the billions of dollars funneled
toward that war effort instead of on domestic programs,
like infrastructure spending.
While Trump rejected the isolationist label some placed
on him during the campaign, he made clear that his
preference was for limiting the US footprint around the
world and refocusing US foreign policy around core
national security interests.
COMMENTS (4/7/17):
For what it's worth, it has been reported that Hillary Clinton
would have launched this same attack had she been president
instead of Donald Trump, and is advising that Assad be removed by
force. Continued and relentless military action in other words. I
see a lot of arguing on the internet about Trump's decision to
launch strikes ... as though voting for him was a mistake. That's
a laugh since Hillary would have done the same thing anyway ...
read, people, read! The bloodyAL-ASSAD
(ALUS sanguinaire) WENT TOO FAR AND NOW HE MUST PAY!
And if Russia wants to be America's enemy because of this ... so
be it! The time for Russia to dictate US foreign
policy is now OVER.
Most definitely this is a PREDICTION
FULFILLED ... albeit five months
early.
What will
Russia do? On the previous page, 2017
(Part Two), we get an idea what may happen if Russia
turns adversary, and it is not good: a Russian invasion
of the Baltics (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) in June, followed
by a destructive blitz of The Czech Republic and the nuclear
destruction of Prague in August. War with Poland, predicted for
late last year, will obviously come into play in June, July or
August. Also, a possible massive nuclear attack OR EMP attack on
the United States in August 2017 (see 2017
(Part Two)), especially the East Coast cities. At this time
(see prediction below) there will also be a Second Korean War in
progress. Bear in mind that although I try to present these
events in chronological sequence, they often happen
willy-nilly, but still within a 12-month to 18-month time frame.
COMMENTS (4/16/18):
Not much to say ... it's a year
later and now a more severe blow to Assad has been dealt by the
US and Trump in concert with allies Great Britain and France.
Assad's abominable use of chemical weapons must stop or else he
may well be destroyed along with his stronghold "the burden
of Damascus." It need not be Israel that brings
about the prophecy of the destruction of Damascus;
it can just as easily be NATO or some other US-led coalition ...
or the US unilaterally. It also need not be nuclear destruction
either. One could say the prophecy is being
fulfilled as Pope Francis would say it, "by pie" (like
the pieces of a pie). Perhaps it will take years for the prophecy
to be entirely fulfilled. Meantime Russia's relationship with the
US becomes increasingly volatile. World War III could even start
this year in the manner it almost did in 1962 ... as a nuclear
war between Russia and the United States over Syria and perhaps
one other country. One Nostradamus prophecy says it will happen
over two "vassal" countries. Syria could be one; what
might be the other?
UN Secretary
General Ban Ki-Moon
Killed in Air Crash
NEW
PREDICTION: 8/7/16 -- Base 7 dating: September 2017.
Base 7 precedent: Dag
Hammarskjöld, second secretary-general of the United
Nations, who died in a plane crash on September 18,
1961. Long time ago, 56 years (7 x 8). Still, it
could happen again.
NEW
PREDICTION: 8/7/16 -- Base 7 dating: October 2017.
Base 7 precedent: East
German President Erich
Honecker was forced to step down due to ill health and
inability to deal with anti-government protests on
October 18, 1989,
twenty-eight (4 x 7) years ago.
NOTE(10-22-16):
I have just found out that Germany holds elections in 2017, do
not know what month. She will probably lose the election.
NEW
PREDICTION: 8/7/16 -- Base 7 dating: October 2017.
A powerful
earthquake rocks San Francisco killing 300 people and injuring
over 3,000 more. The quake may measure at around 7.0 on the
Richter scale, and will be triggered by the San Andreas fault.
Officials are warning about the possibility of large aftershocks in the San Francisco Bay area after a magnitude 4.5 earthquake was felt across the region Monday night. The earthquake, which occurred at 10:33 p.m. local time, was centered in the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill areas of California, according to the U.S.
SALINAS, Calif. - A magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook the ground in Salinas around 12:42 p.m. local time Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It came hours after a magnitude 4.5 quake hit the San Francisco Bay Area. The latest quake was downgraded from a magnitude of 5.0 and was centered in Tres Pinos.
Red or Orange Supernova
Becomes Brightest Star in Heavens For
Nearly a Year
Betelgeuse,
a red super giant star in the constellation Orion, is
somewhere between 430 and 640 light years from earth, which
is relatively close for an event this catastrophic. If
Betelgeuse should be the star to explode as a supernova it
will be unimaginably brighter than Kepler's Supernova of 1604
... brighter than our moon and possibly as luminous as a
small sun. Kepler's Supernova, which is discussed below, was
20,000 light years from Earth. Another potential supernova is
much closer to us than Betelgeuse. IK Pegasi A is a binary
white dwarf with a red giant star companion only 150 light
years from our solar system. If it accretes enough of the red
giant's material, as was the case with the exploding star
that created Kepler's Supernova, it could undergo a massive
explosion, with potentially deadly consequences for at least
some forms of life on earth and also on earth's climate. If
either Betelegeuse or IK Pegasi A becomes SN 2017 it could
turn night into a day of fiendish red and orange light,
emitting heat and, in the case of IK Pegasi A, deadly
radiation on our planet. Filaments from either a Betelgeuse
or IK Pegasi A explosion would also be visible in the
heavens, causing a terrifying daily and nightly spectacle
(see above image).
NEW
PREDICTION: 3/28/15 -- The precedent for such an event
is from a rather long time ago: 413 (7 x 59) years earlier than
2017 to be exact. SN 1604, also known as Kepler's
Supernova was viewable as the brightest star in the
heavens at magnitude -2.5 in the northern
hemisphere and could be seen in daylight for a period of three
weeks in October 1604. Initially, the supernova
was discovered by several astronomers and a now unknown physician
in Cosenza, Verona, Padua, and Rome on October 9,
1604 as a star as bright as Mars and, according
to the Italian physician, the same exact color as Mars.
Also, according to Italian astronomer I. Altobelli it was noted
as being "like half of a bright orange."
October 10 it was again recorded by Padua astronomer Capra-Marius
that the color of the star was like that of Mars. Upon being seen
as a bright star like Mars only somewhat brighter on October 10
in Prague by astronomer J. Brunowski, German astronomer Johannes
Kepler was notified and thereafter an extensive study of the star
was made by him until 1606. By October 15, after it had
brightened to the luminosity of Venus, it was compared to the
color of Jupiter or white by the Italian physician and by
astronomer David Fabricus. However, all other surviving
observations insist the color did not change but remained orange.
Eastern astronomers, including those of Korea, also maintained
the supernova was red or orange throughout its entire duration as
a naked eye object, only turning to yellow when it weakened
significantly in magnitude towards the end. It remained viewable
to the naked eye for about a year, although some authorities
claim it did not fade away until March 1606. It has been
determined recently that a young white dwarf star had accreted
too much material from a companion Red Giant star causing it to
explode.
If
history repeats itself in October 2017, humanity in the northern
hemisphere will witness yet another extremely bright red or
orange supernova. One could extrapolate further that this could
instead be Planet X which was compared to a red star rising in
the east by some of the ancients in Chinese prophecy. Then again
it could be the biblical Wormwood which appears in the Book of
Revelation. However, before going that far astray into prophecy,
we should at this time anticipate nothing more than a very bright
red or orange supernova ... or nothing at all. This is, after
all, a window of opportunity presented by an event that
by October 2017 will be 413 years in the past. The only reason it
may have a chance of happening again in this decade is because
the times we are currently living in are soapparently
apocalyptic in nature. If the current trend towards global
economic collapse, global war, global terrorism, and increasingly
extreme weather and geological events subsides, then one might
expect nothing like this to occur in 2017 at all.
In
January 2011 astronomers began circulating reports to the news
media that the red supergiant star Betelgeuse
in the constellation Orion was nearing the end
of it life cycle and might explode into a supernova at any time.
Since then, "at any time" seems to have changed to
"tomorrow or a million years from now." There is an
important Swiss prophecy that foretells of a time when Betelgeuse
will become one of our planet's sources of light when a future
"nebula of the Greater Bear" causes great darkness on
Earth:
Johann
Friede, Austrian monk (1204-1257) ~
"When
the great time will come, in which mankind will face its last,
hard trial, it will be foreshadowed by striking changes in
nature; the alteration between cold and heat will become more
intensive, storms will have more catastrophic effects,
earthquakes will destroy greater regions and the seas will
overflow many lowlands. Not all of it will be the result of
natural causes, but man will penetrate into the bowels of the
earth and will reach into the clouds, gambling with its own
existence. Before the powers of destruction will succeed in their
design, the universe will be thrown into disorder, and the age of
iron will plunge into nothingness. When the nights will be filled
with more intensive cold and the day with heat, a new life will
begin in nature. The heat means radiation from the earth, the
cold the waning light of the sun. Only a few more years and you
will become aware that sunlight has become perceptibly weaker.
When even your artificial light will cease to give service, the
great event of the firmament will be near.
"The
nebula of the Greater Bear will arrive in the vicinity of
earth... and will fill the space of five hundred suns at the
horizon. It will more and more cover up the light of the sun
until the days will be like nights at full moon. The illumination
will not come from the moon, but from Orion, which constellation,
by the light of Jupiter, will send forth its rays on the Greater
Bear and will dissolve its nebula with the force of light.
"By
this time mankind will be stricken with terror. Birds will be
like reptiles and will not use their wings. Animals of the
ground, in fear and alarm, will raise such a clamor that it will
make human hearts tremble. Men will flee their abodes in order
not to see the weird occurrence. Finally, complete darkness will
set in and last for three days and three nights.
"During
this time, men, deprived of the power of light, will fall into a
slumber-like sleep from which many will not awaken, especially
those who have no spark of spiritual life. When the sun will
again rise and emerge, earth will be covered with a blanket of
ashes like snow in winter, except that the ashes will have the
color of sulfur. Damp fog will ascend from the ground,
illuminated by igneous gases.
"Of
mankind there will be more dead than there have been casualties
in all wars. In the abodes of the children of light, the Book of
Revelations will be read, and in the palaces of the Church they
will await the arrival of the great comet. On the seventh day
after the return of light, earth will have absorbed the ashes and
formed such a fertility as has not been experienced ever before.
But Orion will cast its ray on the earth and show a path toward
the last resting place of the greatest and most eminent man who
had ever lived on the earth. The survivors will proclaim his
ancient doctrine in peace and will institute the millennium,
announced by the Messiah in the light of true brotherly and
sisterly love for the glory of the Creator and for the
blessedness of all mankind."
I
have doted extensively about the color of SN 2017,
if it happens, being red or orange. I would remind
everyone that the Hopi Indian prophecy of the
Blue Star Kachina has never been satisfactorily
fulfilled.
The
only other bright naked-eye supernova since SN 1604 was SN
1987A which first appeared as a faint object in February
1987 but became viewable at magnitude +2.9
in May 1987, but only in the southern
hemisphere. It was blue in color, giving rise to
some speculation that it may have been the "Blue
Star Kachina" prophesied by the Hopi
Indians. This is doubtful, however, as the prophecy was
likely intended for North America and, thus, the
northern hemisphere which includes Central America and the
Caribbean (the Hopi live and lived in the region currently
comprising the US states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado).
Also, it was not as bright as Kepler's supernova and to be such a
subject of an apocalyptic prophetic vision one would think that
it would have to at least approach the magnitude of SN 1604 if
not exceed it. The base 7
anniversary for SN 1987A is this year(May
2015). Nothing has occurred in the heavens to match
or exceed it as of yet, if anything does.
If
there is a bright blue supernova this year, the Hopi Blue Star,
then it is much more likely that a red one will occur in 2017.
Then again, if there is no blue supernova this year, then 2017
may be the year for it to appear: a blue supernova rather than a
red or orange one.
If
Johann Friede is correct,the blue
supernovawill occur in the
contellation Ursa Majoris ("the Great
Bear") and will createa
nebulathat will drift through
space andencircle the Earth,blocking outsunlight
and moonlight,but not the light
of the planet Jupiter and the
constellation Orion. It is possible Orion
will supply the much-needed lightdue
to its red star Betelgeuse explodinginto
a supernova. There are also
theories about the possibility ofthe
atmosphere of Jupiter being ignited to create a temporary second
sun. That could be accomplished by
scientists.
Of
course if IK Pegasi A, discussed in the caption
under the large image above, turns out to be the exploding star
... at a mere 150 light years from earth ... one can throw
Friede's prophecy out the window for the time being because all
hell would break loose.
In
closing, there have been two very weak naked eye novas
or supernovas in August 1885 (SN 1885A,
northern hemisphere) and December 2013
(Nova Cen 2013, southern hemisphere),
but at magnitude +6 and +5.5 respectively neither would have been
easy to see without binoculars save in the darkest possible sky.
August 1885 rolls around again as a base 7 anniversary in August
2018, and 2013 in December 2020. But it is unlikely that either
of these dim naked eye objects will be precedents for anything
other in the future than more weak, barely seen exploding stars.
COMMENTS
(8/27/20): Well, here we are back to the Betelgeuse
death watch! Apparently the star is once again dimming, causing a
split among astronomers. Some say it is just a case of the
sniffles, others say it is for certain Betelgeuse has gone
supernova. If so we may see it soon ... possibly this autumn or
winter.
Betelgeuse is one of the best-known stars in the night sky, as well as the easiest to find. New examinations of this behemoth star suggest it is both smaller - and closer - than astronomers believed. This red giant star will, one day, explode as a supernova.
Starting in late 2019, Betelgeuse began drawing a lot of attention after it mysteriously started dimming, only to brighten again a few months later. For a variable star like Betelgeuse, periodic dimming and brightening are normal, but the extent of its fluctuation led to all sorts of theories as to what might be causing it.
An international team of astronomers has proposed a telescope to monitor the bright star Betelgeuse to provide clues about the cause of its sudden drop in brightness. The Betelgeuse Scope concept - which is anticipated to cost about $0.4m - would use twelve off-the-shelf 10 cm-aperture telescopes secured to a radio telescope dish to provide detailed, nightly observations of the supergiant star.
You've probably thought that Betelgeuse is doing just fine, and its dimming process is over. Recent observations reveal how the red giant star has started acting up again. This new dimming is not as dramatic as the Great Fainting, but it still worries astronomers.
Just as you thought it was safe to go back to ignoring Betelgeuse, the red giant star started acting up again. After its first round of dimming, and then brightening, Betelgeuse has now started to dim once again. Moreover, this new dimming is inconsistent with Betelgeuse's current brightness variation cycle - so, once again, the star is moving into the spotlight.
For several weeks in summer 2020, NASA's Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, had the solar system's best view of the star Betelgeuse, whose extreme dimming over the past several months has intrigued scientists. STEREO's measurements revealed more unexpected dimming by the star, f
The Hubble Space Telescope may have solved the mystery of why Betelgeuse, a massive bright star, experienced unexpected dimming. However, the star appears to be dimming again.
COMMENTS
(1/18/20): The fading of the star is the most protracted one
in centuries and there has also been a "gravitational wave
burst" near the star, which may be indicating a possible
rift that would precede a massive explosion. If it does go
supernova we will be embarking on a very strange year to say the
least.
After a mysterious four-month fading streak, the star known as Betelgeuse could be on its way to regaining its shine. Easily recognizable as the right 'shoulder' in the constellation Orion, Betelgeuse is normally one of the ten brightest stars in the night sky.
Rumors of Betelgeuse's impending death have been greatly exaggerated. The red supergiant star appears to be in no danger of imminently exploding, even though a recent, dramatic dip in brightness hinted that it could be on its last legs. The latest observations reveal instead that the star is starting to regain its former light.
Near the end of 2019, astronomers watching the red giant Betelgeuse noted how much the star had dimmed, continuing to steadily fade for months. It's a variable star, and it's known to get dimmer and brighter, but the big surprise is that it's still continuing to dim, recently passing magnitude 1.56 and still getting dimmer.
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. The stunning new images of the star's surface show not only the fading red supergiant but also how its apparent shape is changing. Betelg
Spectacular new images taken using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Cerro Paranal in Chile, published today, reveal that red supergiant star Betelgeuse isn't just dimming, but could also be changing shape. The star in the constellation of Orion has been visibly dimming since late 2019, and now stands at just 36% of its normal brightness.
Astronomers around the world have their eyes fixed on one supergiant star at the moment, Betelgeuse. This star is acting really strange and could very well explode into a glorious supernova. It wasn't too long ago that I reported on Betelgeuse , and how astronomers are witnessing the supergiant star pulsating and dimming.
Betelgeuse is a gigantic red supergiant star that was the 10th brightest star in the sky as recently as 2019. But over the past few months it has dimmed so dramatically it's now ranked 24th, and it has astronomers wondering if it might be ready to burst in a spectacular supernova explosion.
Supergiant star Betelgeuse has been getting dimmer at an unprecedented pace over the past few months, leading some astronomers to wonder if it might be in the process of the collapse that precedes a supernova explosion. But there are other possible explanations, and we should have a better idea of what's happening to the massive star by the end of the month.
Betelgeuse keeps getting dimmer and everyone is wondering what exactly that means. The star will go supernova at the end of its life, but that's not projected to happen for tens of thousands of years or so. So what's causing the dimming?
With Orion's famous star Betelgeuse still looking weirdly dim, much is being made of the possibility that it could explode into a supernova. What would that look like? What would it do to us? Let's review supernovae that have actually happened in our Milky Way galaxy. It's a very exciting subject.
Betelgeuse keeps getting dimmer and everyone is wondering what exactly that means. The star will go supernova at the end of its life, but that's not projected to happen for tens of thousands of years or so. So what's causing the dimming? Villanova University astronomers Edward Guinan and Richard Wasatonic were the first to report Betelgeuse's recent dimming.
A star named Betelgeuse has been making headlines of late, as the normally bright celestial object has dimmed considerably for reasons still unknown to astronomers. The US-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) has detected a gravitational wave coming from the direction of one of the largest stars visible in the night sky to the naked eye, Betelgeuse, adding another intriguing detail to the mystery currently engulfing this red supergiant located in the constellation of Orion.
Gravitational waves are caused by calamitous events in the Universe. Neutron stars that finally merge after circling each other for a long time can create them, and so can two black holes that collide with each other. But sometimes there's a burst of gravitational waves that doesn't have a clear cause.
First it was the strange dimming of Betelgeuse. Now it's a gravitational wave that once again has astronomers scratching their heads over this enigmatic star found in the constellation Orion. Betelgeuse has been grabbing a few headlines lately, as the normally bright star dimmed to its lowest point ever recorded - and astronomers don't exactly know why.
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory ( LIGO) and Virgo detectors recorded a "burst" of gravitational waves this week, from an area of sky near the red supergiant Betelgeuse. This unanticipated burst has been dubbed, for now, S200114f.
January 14, 2020 by Daniel Brown, The Conversation Every season has its characteristic star constellations in the night sky. Orion-one of the most recognizable-is distinctly visible on crisp, clear winter nights in the northern hemisphere. The constellation is easy to spot even in light-polluted cities, with its bright stars representing the shape of a person.
The constellation Orion is one of the most recognizable patterns in the night sky, visible around the world. But if you've looked at Orion recently and thought something seemed off, you're not wrong: The giant red star Betelgeuse, which marks the hunter's right shoulder, is the dimmest it's been in almost a century.
North Korea
Launches Invasion of South Korea: Nuclear Korean War
Nostradamus,
Quatrain 3.1 ~
After
combat and naval battle, the great Neptune at his highest belfry:
The Red adversary
will become pale with fear, placing the great Ocean into terror.
NEW
PREDICTION: 3/11/16 -- This was posted on my blog
yesterday. Essentially we may see a repeat of the November
2010 North Korean artillery attack on Yeonpyeong
Island in November 2017. We may see this happen
even sooner. Only this time around, the attack could be much more
devastating and widespread, and may involve the use of nuclear
weapons by the North. Such an event could
easily trigger a Third World War in the Pacific.Nostradamus predicts that
the "great Ocean" will be placed "into
terror" by an enemy associated with the color red
("communism"). If the great Ocean is the Pacific Ocean,
then the enemy will come from North Korea or China or both.
Ultimately, even Russia will get involved and then a nuclear
World War III may result ... with the United States totally
annihilated.
Massive Protests in
the Czech Republic Crushed by Police
NEW
PREDICTION: 8/7/16 -- Base 7 dating: November 2017.
The vectors for
Prague's destruction during a Russian invasion of Europe and this
event could be mixed up. Prague's destruction could be a full
year later than the August 2017 dating given (August
2018 instead). Thus, the trouble in this case could
be caused by foreign instigators inciting rebellion on behalf of
Russia or even ISIS.
Can we ignore this
prediction if Prague is destroyed and the worst of World War III
has come and gone? No. Hard to say how quickly or slowly the
citizens will rebound from destruction and try to rebuild order.
Some countries in Europe like France and Italy will know nothing
but chaos and ISIS-style horror for two years after the
"worst" of the war is over (25 months according to one
prophecy); others will concentrate on rebuilding, terrorism
absent from their land. Of course these will likely have strict,
authoritarian governments ... which could be the cause of
protests that will only succeed in being crushed.
www.pixabay.com About 15,000 people, according to police, have again protested against the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš in central Prague. A week ago, 50,000 people participated in another demonstration, BTA quoted global agencies as saying. The protest movement is being organized by the Million Moments for Democracy civic group, which is seeking the resignation of the prime minister.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Prague on Tuesday evening in the latest protests calling for Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis to leave his post. Protesters gathered in Wenceslas Square in the Czech capital, carrying signs reading: "Babis is evil" and "Resign."
By Markus Salzmann 19 November 2019 On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the so-called Velvet Revolution, hundreds of thousands demonstrated in the Czech capital of Prague on Saturday against the corrupt right-wing government led by Prime Minister Andrej Babis. According to the police and the protest organisers, some 250,000 people participated.
For many Czechs, Sunday's anniversary of the Velvet Revolution will be a bittersweet moment. Three decades after the collapse of the Communist regime, people will mark a dramatic moment in history amid allegations, confirmed by a court decision, that their prime minister collaborated with the StB, the Communist-era secret police.
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in the Czech capital on Saturday as part of major anti-government protests. This comes one day ahead of the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Velvet Revolution, a series of nonviolent mass protests that led to the overthrow of communism in what was then Czechoslovakia.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Prague demanding that PM Andrej Babis resign. Mr Babis is facing a criminal investigation over alleged fraud, and is also the subject of an EU conflict-of-interest investigation. He denies the allegations. Organisers say about 250,000 people attended the rally.
Tens of thousands of Czechs took to the streets of Prague on Sunday, taking part in what its organizers described as "the biggest protest since the fall of Communism."
The Czech Republic witnessed its biggest political protest since the fall of communism after an estimated 120,000 people gathered in Prague to demand the resignation of the prime minister, Andrej Babiš. Waving Czech and EU flags, demonstrators filled Wenceslas Square, the scene of euphoric rallies 30 years ago that ushered in the velvet revolution and ended communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia.
PREDICTION
FULFILLED ...
obviously. Why was I not alerted? I guess a lot of people have a
vested interest in proving how often I "fail" even when
I do quite the opposite.
NEW
PREDICTION: 8/7/16 -- Base 7 dating: November 2017.
If 2017 is not the
year World War III in Europe begins, then it may be in 2018. The
protests in Serbia would then be part of the "troubles in
the Balkans" that Alois Irlmaier warns will precede the
assassination of a Balkans leader and a Russian invasion of
Europe. These troubles could build and simmer for a number of
months.
THIS
PREDICTION WAS NOT ONLY FULFILLED IN 2017, BUT REMAINS ONGOING
INTO 2020 ... IT NEVER ENDED! AND IT INCLUDED THE ASSASSINATION
OF A SERBIAN LEADER AND ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF ANOTHER. THIS
YEAR (2020) THE VIOLENCE HAS SPREAD TO NEIGHBORING MONTENEGRO.
A range of anti-government protests took place in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, on February 1. A gathering of the Alliance for Serbia opposition coalition -- which supports anti-government marches held in Belgrade every Saturday -- announced a boycott of the upcoming general elections.
Riot police officers block a street during the protest rally in Podgorica, Montenegro, 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE/BORIS PEJOVIC The rector of the Cetinje school of theology, Gojko Perovic, called for calm on Monday after a series of incidents between police officers and opponents of the new law on religious freedom, who believe the legislation is intended to undermine the role of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the country.
Anti-government protesters marched to the presidential palace in Belgrade and symbolically knocked on its door on January 11, calling Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic "a thief." It was the 58th Saturday march in a row since December 2018, when protesters took to the streets in condemnation of an assault on an opposition leader.
BELGRADE, Serbia - Thousands of people protested in Serbia's capital Wednesday against the alleged suppression of religious and other rights of Serb minorities in neighboring countries, answering a call to action by the Serbian Orthodox Church. Orthodox priests led a procession through downtown Belgrade to the landmark St.
Thousands took to the streets of Belgrade and other Serbian cities on Jan. 13 for the sixth straight Saturday in a collective uprising against the government, low quality of life and lack of media freedom. The protests kicked off on Dec. 8 after separate attacks on a prominent political opposition leader and a journalist.
The first anniversary of the assassination of Oliver Ivanovic, a Kosovo Serb politician, was marked in Belgrade on Wednesday evening. According to estimations, tens of thousands of people took part in the protest march demanding the perpetrators and those who have ordered the murder to be found.
Mass protests have wracked Serbia after critics of nationalist strongman president Aleksandar Vucic were attacked in a series of failed assassination attempts, compounding Vucic's own human rights abuses and indifference to popular will. Among those who were attacked are Serbian Left president Borko Stefanovic and two Serbian Left party activists, who was beaten with iron...
Thousands of demonstrators in Serbia have rallied for the fifth week against President Aleksandar Vucic. Protesters say the president has seized control of the media and launched attacks on the opposition and journalists. An attack on opposition politician Borko Stefanovic by unknown assailants in November triggered the marches.
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbians protested against President Aleksandar Vucic and his ruling Serbian Progressive Party in downtown Belgrade on Saturday. Thousands of people chanted "Vucic thief" as they marched peacefully through the city center in the fourth such protest in as many weeks. They demanded media freedoms, an end to attacks on journalists and opposition politicians.
The Social Democratic Party politician was considered a moderate in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica. Last year he was elected a deputy on the municipal council of northern Mitrovica.
The 64-year-old Ivanovic was shot in the Serbian area of Kosovska Mitrovica, the city divided between Albanians and Serbs, on Tuesday morning. According to Ivanovic's lawyer, Nebojsa Vlajic, the attacker used a pistol and shot Ivanovic five times in front of his office. Other sources reported the attacker opened fire from a moving vehicle.
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Thousands protested in central Belgrade on Tuesday against Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's government and demanded a probe into a multi-billion euro riverside building project in the Serbian capital.
Serbian protests, 2018-present One of the symbols of the 2018-19 protest depicting hashtag One of Five million Date 30 November 2018 - present Location Caused by Goals Methods Demonstrations, civil disobedience, civil resistance, riot, occupation of administrative buildings, internet activism Status Ongoing Opposition signs Agreement with people, starting a boycott
The 2017 Serbian protests against perceived dictatorship were ongoing mass protests organized across Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš and other cities and towns in Serbia, against Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, as a result of the presidential election. The election was marred by accusations of voter intimidation and a near total domination of Serbia's media by Vucic and his populist conservative Serbian Progressive Party.
Every evening at 18:00, rolling roadblocks seal off streets in Belgrade's city centre. Police Fiat Puntos zip around the capital, closing then opening roads to traffic, as a phalanx of whistling, chanting, drum-beating protesters make their regular calls: the National Assembly, Republic Square, the headquarters of state broadcaster RTS.
COMMENTS
(2/5/20): Amazing ... and potentially dangerous! No one
ever told me this was going on. It should be a major news story.
Protests that began in 2017 now in their fourth year in 2020.
Note that the prediction was posted on August 7, 2016 ... eight
months before the April 2017 protests that came first, followed
by more massive protests later in the year and ever since 2018.
These included anger and violence over the assassination
of Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic
... another event I did not know about. There was also a failed
attempt on yet another Serb leader Borko Stefanovic.
Remember that Alois Irlmaier warned that World War III would
follow the murder of a Balkans leader ... Ivanovic
apparently was NOT that leader. But who can say will be next and
when??? Meantime, the violence in Serbia has spilled over into
neighboring Montenegro. PREDICTION FULFILLED without a doubt .. and
then some.
Massive Protests in
Bulgaria Prompt Russian "Show Of Force" in Air Space
NEW
PREDICTION: 8/7/16 -- Base 7 dating: November 2017.
If 2017 is not the
year World War III in Europe begins, then it may be in 2018. The
protests in Bulgaria would then be part of the "troubles in
the Balkans" that Alois Irlmaier warns will precede the
assassination of a Balkans leader and a Russian invasion of
Europe. These troubles could build and simmer for a number of
months. In this case, however, Russia may demonstrate air power
superiority over Bulgaria during the daily and nightly mass
protests.
Bulgarians from over 30 towns and cities took to the streets and blocked roads to protest over rising fuel prices and changes to vehicle transport legislation. These changes will result in higher environmental taxes on older cars and increased automobile insurance prices, voted in by parliament in the past week.
Over the last period every Sunday the centre of Sofia has been blocked by street protests. Several groups demonstrate in front of the Parliament, each holding the Bulgarian flag. Most of them have decided to take to the streets against the high living costs caused by the rise in fuel prices and car taxes, but above all for the widespread feeling that government leaders are doing nothing to improve the situation.
Although they did not attract more than a few hundred people each, latest protests over the fuel prices drew alarmed reactions from the governing coalition on Monday. Bulgarians from over 30 towns and cities took to the streets and blocked roads on Sunday to protest over rising fuel prices and changes to vehicle transport legislation.
SOFIA (Reuters) - Thousands of Bulgarians blocked major highways and roads in the Balkan country on Sunday in protest at higher fuel prices, tax increases for older, more polluting cars and an expected increase in car insurance premiums. Over 2,000 people waving national flags marched in central Sofia chanting "Mafia" and "Rubbish", frustrated with the rising costs of living in the European Union's poorest country.
PREDICTION
PARTIALLY FULFILLED ...
Russia didn't fly any jets overhead.
NEW
PREDICTION: 8/7/16 -- Base 7 dating: December 2017.
If 2017 is not the
year World War III in Europe begins, then it may be in 2018.
Protests in Romania might then become part of the "troubles
in the Balkans" that Alois Irlmaier warns will precede the
assassination of a Balkans leader and a Russian invasion of
Europe. These troubles could build and simmer for a number of
months.
The timing for
three Balkans leaders to be assassinated prior to World War III
may begin (or end) in Romania.
Thousands of Romanians took to the streets again in the capital, Bucharest, to protest against the government and show support for the country's anticorruption authorities. Demonstrators on March 5 gathered in Victory Square near government buildings and waved Romanian and U.S. flags. The demonstrators marched toward the parliament, with many chanting, "Romania, wake up!"
Protesters filled Bucharest's Victory Square on Wednesday night after the Romanian government adopted an emergency law that decriminalizes corruption.
COMMENTS
(3/7/17): There are actually two predictions in
one here: mass protests in Romania and the
assassination of the Romanian president. We should
extend that warning to the Prime Minister
as well. Whether or not an assassination occurs, the long-running
protests, now once again getting a lot of attention in the media
the last few days and today, make this a PREDICTION
PARTIALLY FULFILLED.
The New Malta: Alliance
Treaty Between Russia and the US
NEW
PREDICTION: 2/17/17 -- US President Donald Trump
and Russian President Vladimir Putin declare the
New Cold War over during a summit in December 2017. Both nations embark on a
thirteen-year plan to cement ties though sharing of high and new
technologies, mutual economic stimulus programs not only designed
to improve trade relations, but to restructure the labor markets
of both countries for maximum growth and opportunities,
coordinated diplomacy and military action in mutual trouble
areas, and further reductions in nuclear arsenals. Nuclear
reduction talks must also include China, India, Pakistan and
other reasonable nuclear powers. Good relations with these three
nations is essential.
Prospects:
NOT GOOD. Prior to Malta in 1989, President
Ronald Reagan and President Mikhail
Gorbachev had been engaged on increasingly friendly
terms since October 1986. Such a
scenario is totally absent from Putin-Obama relations and have
yet to materialize between Putin and Trump. The hour is late and
three years of past diplomacy have not occurred.
Yet, this is the
ONLY remaining window of opportunity in peace time. The
opportunity can overlap into the following year, 2018, or occur
earlier in 2017.
The other
vector, unfortunately, takes us back to the Second
World War where the main aggressor was
Nazi Germany. By the time of the US-Soviet Alliance
of September 1941, most of Europe and
parts of Africa had already fallen to Hitler. Thus, if a
sufficiently powerful Islamic antagonist
were to threaten Europe, Africa, parts of the former Soviet
Union, including southern Russia, and most of Middle East
militarily, say the nation of IRAN,
then a similar wartime alliance between Russia and the US might
then occur in September
2018.
Opportunities for
alliance then dwindle and recede with a potential for building
trust not returning again until October 2021
and likely not establishing anything as concrete as an alliance
until December 2022.
Unfortunately,
well before these dates emerge, a US-Russian thermonuclear
exchange destroying the United States and a large part of the
Russian Federation and parts of the former Soviet Union becomes
likely in October 2018 or November
2019.
Therefore, it is a
very serious matter that steps to achieve a US-Russian alliance
be taken very soon.
Donald
Trump-Alexei Navalny Alliance?
December 25, 2017: Donald
Trump-Alexei Navalny? Perhaps a US-Russian
alliance by December 2017 was a bit
premature ... perhaps it will not occur until Putin is removed by
Navalny in March 2018? If so, I am not off in my
projections by too much time.
