Seyed M. Marandi: Iran Ready With Overwhelming Retaliation (Glenn Diesen)

Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi is a former advisor to Iran's nuclear negotiation team. Prof. Marandi argues that the U.S. is preparing another attack on Iran after Trump's failed meeting with Xi in Beijing. Iran has prepared an overwhelming retaliation.



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 18, 2026.]

UKRAINE STRIKES MOSCOW! 600 Drones – Oil Reservoir Destroyed. Military Summary 2026.05.17

Time stamps:

0:13 – UKRAINE'S BIGGEST DRONE ATTACK: 310+ drones over Russia
1:28 – Moscow + Leningrad region targeted
2:09 – Russia claims 712 drones destroyed
3:32 – Drones hit buildings in Moscow
4:39 – Oil base in Moscow HIT (reservoir destroyed)
6:30 – Russia responds: 287 drones hit Ukraine
8:10 – Crimea under attack (navy drones)
9:15 – Zelensky: Russia recruiting soldiers from Transnistria
11:07 – Ukrainian counteroffensive near Vovchansk
13:07 – Borova captured (video confirmed)
15:26 – Borova pocket days are numbered
18:23 – Zaporizhzhia: Vasylivka – Russian advances
19:54 – US preparing to strike Iran ("calm before the storm")

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 18, 2026.]

Peak drone warfare. Putin's next terms and Zelensky's Kiev panic (The Duran)

The so called stalemate on the Ukraine front line is a myth, and the collapse of Donbas may be closer than Western media is letting on. Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris of The Duran break down the latest Ukraine front line update, covering Russia's massive escalating drone offensive, the near total destruction of Ukraine's air defenses, a worsening recruitment crisis, and the domino fall of key Donbas cities pointing toward a Russian ultimatum by autumn. Could Kyiv itself be Putin's next target, and what would Russia's final terms for Ukraine actually look like?



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 18, 2026.]

Shark Tank's Steve Baxter: “A soldier with a glue gun can build a drone in 45 minutes.” (Karl Stefanovic)

Australia is facing a defence reality few are talking about.
Former soldier and investor Steve Baxter joins Karl to break down what modern warfare actually looks like — and why Australia isn’t ready for it.
From drone warfare and battlefield “marketplaces” to space technology and defence innovation, this episode goes inside the systems changing war in real time.
Why are we falling behind?
Why aren’t we investing in our own capabilities?
And what happens if we don’t catch up?
This is the conversation Australia needs to have.



Mr Baxter makes some good points about increased defence spending and increased drone capability, but some of this comments about sending Australian military assets to the Strait of Hormuz, and thinking that the US policy of using Marines to choke off sea lanes, with Island based missile units, is misguided. He also seems to think that Russia simply rolled in the tanks when it came to the war in Ukraine, when it was actually provoked by the West with the Ukrainian military shelling the Donbass region of the country. Baxter seems to have the mentality of a positive thinking action man, but not that of a genuine strategic thinker (such as Douglas Macgregor). He seems cemented to the idea of  "team Australia/team USA" which makes sense when it comes to defence investment (his line of work), but it does not serve one very well when it comes to objectively assessing what's going on in the world 4.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 18, 2026.]

They Know We Are Coming (Sargon)

Sargon talking about the latest anti immigration rally.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 18, 2026.]

Chud The Builder Hit With $1.25 Million Bond (Salty Cracker)

It looks like two tiered justice at work in the USA. 

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 18, 2026.]

You'll be dying to pay this tax. Topher Field Ep 417

They tax you when you earn, when you spend, when you invest, and now the tax you when you die.

Albanese and Chalmers hid this detail in the budget but the word has gotten out... But actually no one else is reporting just HOW bad this will be... for the people who can LEAST afford it.



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 18, 2026.]

Scientists Keep Finding Humans Where They Shouldn’t Be (Michael Button)

For decades, human evolution was explained with a simple story.

Modern humans evolved in Africa… then left once and populated the world.

But the deeper scientists dig into the fossil record, genetics, and ancient DNA, the messier that story becomes.

Earlier migrations.
Unknown human species.
Back-migration into Africa.
Interbreeding with Neanderthals and Denisovans.
And evidence that humanity may never have had a single clean origin point at all...



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 18, 2026.]

U.S. FAILS TO PRESSURE CHINA ON IRAN + CIA CHIEF MAKES OMINOUS VISIT TO CUBA (Rachel Blevins)

President Trump left Beijing without any souvenirs, without rare earth minerals for the U.S. weapons industry, and without the pressure he desperately wanted China to put on Iran. This, as the Trump Admin is also increasing their pressure on Cuba with CIA Chief John Ratcliffe making a trip to Havana.



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 17, 2026.]

Netanyahu PANICS After NYT Publishes Israel's Worst Nightmare (Kim Iversen)

A bombshell article claiming rampant sexual abuse in Israeli prisons was published by the New York Times, triggers a wave of accusations of blood libel and threats of legal action by Netanyahu himself.



The fact that an establishment newspaper reported this information shows that there is a move against further conflict in the middle east within the intelligence community. Some inside the system do not want to see an global economic calamity. 

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 17, 2026.]

How Fauci's AZT Killed AIDS Patients While Blocking Real Treatments (Jimmy Dore)

Jimmy and Children’s Health Defense’s Dr. Brian Hooker discuss how the movie Dallas Buyers Club, for which Matthew McConaughey won an Academy Award, depicted the way Dr. Anthony Fauci and the government withheld effective AIDS treatments from patients while pushing the toxic, overdosed drug AZT—which did not pass clinical trials except through manipulated results where men who died from AZT toxicity were reported as dying from HIV/AIDS.

Dr. Hooker notes that the original screenplay was scaled back because "nobody could buy the fact that Fauci was as evil as he was written," and that Dallas Buyers Club is "almost a whitewash" of Fauci's dastardly deeds. Jimmy expresses shock that members of the LGBTQ community still laud Fauci as a hero, pointing out that none of them take AZT or even know what it is, and that he has shown video of gay activists storming Fauci's offices because he refused to help them. Hooker concludes that the latest COVID booster uptake is only 6.2%, and that the virus has mutated to cause essentially "the sniffles," meaning people are being boosted for a mild illness while Fauci and his allies got rich off the vaccine platform.



A shorter portion from a longer video, where you have to ask whether Dr Fauci is a serial killer?

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 17, 2026.]

Russian economy: SANCTIONS backfire, return to growth, investment surge (The Duran)

Despite repeated Western claims that Russia is on the brink of economic collapse, the latest data tells a very different story as the Russian economy returned to growth in March 2026 with real incomes continuing to rise and investment now reaching 23% of GDP. Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris of The Duran unpack the stunning paradox at the heart of the sanctions regime: the very measures designed to cripple the Russian economy are instead driving a domestic investment surge that is making Russians wealthier, with GDP per capita now approaching levels comparable to Britain. Could it be that a decade of Western pressure has quietly produced the most resilient version of the Russian economy in modern history?



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 17, 2026.]

Antiracism's Rivers of Blood (Sargon)

The purpose of a system is what it does.



Enoch Powell's 1968 River's of Blood anti immigration speech.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 17, 2026.]

Good climate scientists suffer "madness of crowds". Natural climate variability. (Reef Rebels)

Natural variability is massive. Blaming everything we see on human outputs is similar to looking for a witch. The clip points out that in the relatively recent geological past, the Galapagos reefs simply ceased to exist for 1000 years, and that under the Greenland ice sheets are twigs and insects.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:31 Madness of crowds
02:02 Greenland ice completely melted 7000 years ago
03:54 Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea level catastrophe
07:01 Galápagos deep-sea corals vanished
09:35 Bob Carter and climate variability
10:20 Conclusions

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 17, 2026.]

The Odyssey Backlash Goes NUCLEAR - WTF Nolan? (Nerdrotic)

Did Christopher Nolan bend the knee to the message? Say it ain't so.



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 17, 2026.]

XI WARNS TRUMP ON TAIWAN: DON’T PROVOKE A CRISIS IN EAST ASIA | Patrick Henningsen (Rachel Blevins)

President Trump is in Beijing for a highly anticipated summit, and according to Chinese media, he was warned by President Xi Jinping NOT to mess with Taiwan, and that U.S. interference China’s internal affairs would cause “clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy.”

Patrick Henningsen, a journalist, geopolitical analyst and host of the Sunday Wire, noted that this visit is largely a “photo-op,” but also a reminder to Washington that the U.S. is in an increasingly weak position on the global stage, amid its ongoing illegal war against Iran.



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 16, 2026.]

CIA Whistleblower EXPOSES Fauci’s Covid LIES & Cover Up At Senate Hearing! (Jimmy Dore)

CIA whistleblower James Erdman III recently testified before Congress that Dr. Anthony Fauci intentionally influenced the intelligence community's analysis of COVID's origins, leveraging his position to ensure the IC consulted a curated list of conflicted scientists—including authors of the debunked "proximal origins" paper—resulting in a cover-up that wasted resources and failed to properly inform policymakers.

Dr. Brian Hooker of Children’s Health Defense joins the show to explain that Erdman’s testimony exposes how Fauci used financial incentives and threats to ruin careers to force scientists to align with the false "natural origins" narrative, while also noting that no Democrats remained in the hearing room to even hear the testimony.

Dr. Hooker confirms that Fauci's pardon from Biden extends back to 2014, precisely when Fauci began illegally funding gain-of-function research on SARS-CoV-2 through a CIA cutout called EcoHealth Alliance, after Barack Obama had banned such research. The whistleblower also revealed that several of the same scientists who helped Fauci rewrite the definition of gain-of-function research in 2015 to lift the funding pause participated in "Event 201," a 2019 pandemic tabletop exercise that curiously mirrored the events of the COVID pandemic.



Dr Fauci comes across as a serial killer in this interview with a long history of pushing dangerous drugs. 

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 16, 2026.]

EPIC DEBUNKING Of Tyler Robinson’s Phony “Confession” As Case Collapses! (Jimmy Dore)

Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss podcaster Baron Coleman’s evidence that alleged Charlie Kirk shooter Tyler Robinson was in custody and had invoked his Fifth Amendment rights at 6:30 p.m. on September 11th, making it impossible for him to have posted a Discord confession an hour and a half later—contradicting the official narrative and suggesting the confession was fabricated. Jimmy notes that the arresting officer, Brian Davis, is from Utah County, a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Washington County, meaning Davis would have had to leave at 6:30 p.m. to arrive for a 10:00 p.m. arrest—matching the timeline of Robinson's surrender and Miranda warning.

Additionally, Sam Parker's analysis reveals there were two sets of fabricated text messages: the first version had Robinson planning a suicide-by-cop shootout, but after he unexpectedly turned himself in alive, the conspirators scrambled to create a second version where he claimed he would turn himself in willingly. Jimmy and Kurt conclude that the original plan was for Robinson to be killed like the Butler, Pennsylvania shooter, and the fact that the rifle's scope physically blocked the safety from being disengaged proves the gun could not have been fired at all.



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 16, 2026.]

They're Covering It Up Again (Connor Tomlinson)

The UK government have published the terms of reference for the statutory local grooming gang inquiries. They promise to "explicitly examine the role of ethnicity, religion and culture, when considering the factors that drive and enable" the abuse.

But it is likely to be another limited hangout, like every report and inquiry promised by previous governments.

They are chaired by Labour Baroness Anne Longfield, the former Children's Commissioner, who praised a 2012 report which blamed white men for the crimes, and defended its author, Sue Berelowitz, receiving £134,000 in severance pay, before rehiring her on a consultant's fee of £960 a day to write another report.

The inquiry will only examine three of the over fifty affected towns and cities, ignore any crimes before 1996, and will conclude after the next general election in 2029.

The accompanying Parliamentary research briefing does not mention the state's knowledge of the gangs before 2010. But the Home Office knew by 1998, local authorities knew in the mid 1990s, and the police and press knew in the late 1970s.

This inquiry seems designed to delay and deny justice, and let the scandal drop conveniently out of the headlines.

We can only continue to document the extent to which the state has covered up these crimes, and press onwards with private inquiries and prosecutions, until a patriotic force wins a Parliamentary majority and imprisons or deports the culprits.



The extent of the criminality, also involving the authorities, is insane. Ordinary people are up against monstrous levels of corruption. Educate yourselves. This is why voting for parties like Restore Britain is imperative.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 16, 2026.]

Tommorrow's Rally (Sargon)

March peacefully and watch out for agents provocateur and be mindful of false flag attacks.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 16, 2026.]

SHOCKER: UN Scientists Call Doomsday Climate Change Predictions “IMPLAUSIBLE!” w/ Tony Heller (Jimmy Dore)

Geologist and climate change critic Tony Heller joins the show to discuss the recent IPCC admission that the most extreme high-emissions scenario (SSP5-8.5), which produced apocalyptic warming projections of 4°C by 2100 and fueled many media scare stories over the past 15 years, has been officially labeled "implausible" for the 21st century based on trends in renewable energy costs and climate policy. He notes that James Hansen, NASA's leading expert in 1988, predicted that lower Manhattan would be underwater by 2018—which did not happen—and that climate alarmism has been driven by exaggeration since the 1970s, when Steven Schneider openly advocated telling scary stories to get the public's attention.

Heller warns, however, that the climate scare movement will likely return in a few months, as a severe drought and heatwave in the western US—caused by low snowpack and overuse of Colorado River water for decades—will be blamed on Trump's cuts to climate research funding. He says that the western US has been using more water than is available for over a century, and that an expected El Niño could provide temporary relief, but long-term solutions are needed since cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas cannot be relocated.



The good thing about this downgraded threat from a changing climate is that vulnerable people should feel a lot better about the future. They might also consider that what they've been subject to previously was a scam.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 16, 2026.]

CLIVE PALMER: “Australia Will Be In Recession By July” (Karl Stefanovic)

Australia’s Federal Budget has been handed down – and now comes the fallout.

Clive Palmer and economist Leith van Onselen join Karl for a blunt conversation about the future of the Australian economy, why they believe regional Australia is being left behind and whether the country is heading towards recession faster than people realise.

Clive Palmer warns Australia could be in recession by July, while Leith van Onselen argues ordinary Australians are being crushed by rising costs, housing pressure and government policy failures.

From inflation and migration to taxes, housing and the growing divide between the cities and the regions – this is the conversation many Australians feel no one else is having.



A surprisingly good interview with Clive and Leith. Check it out. 

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 16, 2026.]

The budget was brutal, but the reality is even WORSE. Topher Project Ep 413

Albo and Chalmers are handing out snacks while driving off a cliff... But if you think the budget numbers are bad, wait till you see the REAL numbers!

The ones the government tries to HIDE with their deceptive CPI lies.

I've been warning for years that we're on the 'road to Venezuela', now thanks to a new report from Adam Creighton, I have the numbers to prove it.



Venezuela is not a good comparison since they were also subject to US sanctions, but the point is taken that the Australian economy is going down hill. When it comes to disposable income, after you include housing costs that the Government excludes in its inflation figures, people have much less disposable income today than in the past. Real wages are struggling at the same levels as seen in the late 90s. The video opens with the fact the Government got an extra 30 billion in revenue and yet the country's debt levels still went up. The big problem is if interest rates go up. This will bankrupt the country, both Government and private citizens.

The three underlying things crushing the economy at present are high housing costs driven by mass migration, high energy costs due to the artificial gas shortage on the East Coast, and also NET ZERO policies in general, plus a tax system that rewards offshoring. All this can be changed by supporting non globalist parties at the next election or by lobbying the existing Government.

Currently a lot of workers on the left, particularly teachers, are protesting for higher wages, but they would not need the extra money if the causes of inflation were addressed. Individuals protesting can make a difference by telling the present Labor Government that they will vote for anti-globalist, anti-NET ZERO parties like One Nation in order to fix the cost of living crisis.   

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 16, 2026.]

Federal budget burns Australian workers (Leithvo)

This interview with Sean Murray at ABC Upper Hunter dissects Tuesday's federal budget.

**NOTE: I incorrectly said that in NZ, you need to earn 3.5 times the median full-time salary to pay the top marginal tax rate of 39%. The figure is actually 2.5 times that. Still well below Australia's 1.9 times at 47%.



Leith van Onselen on the budget, and another person calling for less tax on low paid workers. He also points out that policy designed to help with housing will be cancelled by increased immigration numbers, when the amount of people coming in is already at record highs.

Best comment on You Tube:

@theShortsAwaken
"average salary is just above 100k". It's the median salary that matters. Which is $74k and peeks at $80k for males in their mid 40s. The average gives too much weight to outliers, it makes gas and mining executives look like they are making everyone rich even though they are bleeding the country. That's why economists never use the average. Even asking Gemini AI and it gives a note warning against using averages in economics

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 16, 2026.]

Christopher Nolan is f*cked..(Asmongold)

Asmongold Clips / Asmongold Reacts To: Christopher Nolan casting for his The Odyssey movie..



This screw up is going to cost the production company a lot in ticket sales. There are real world economic consequences to this woke nonsense.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 16, 2026.]

The Iran War Just Got Even Crazier (History Legends)

The mainstream media just revealed how Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE launched covert operations against Iran on a much larger scale than previously expected. Meanwhile, the Iranian military resisted much better to US airstrikes, and even launched a raid against Kuwait. At last, Iranian aircraft are hiding in Pakistan to be protected from US airstrikes.

0:00 Covert Operations of the Iran War
3:34 Israeli base in Iraq
5:41 Restart of war and Iranian military intact
7:32 Saudi and Emirati covert airstrikes against Iran
10:01 Israel deployed to the UAE
11:06 Iranian commando raid in Kuwait
13:14 Iranian aircraft sheltered in Pakistan
14:30 US fighter jets massing in Saudi Arabia



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 15, 2026.]

1,623 DRONES & MISSILES! Russia's Largest Strike Since Day 1. TRUMP MEETS XI IN BEIJING. MS 2026.05.14

Video Timestamps:

0:26 – 1,623 drones + missiles in 36 hours (RECORD)
2:32 – Overnight: Russia hits Kyiv with missiles
3:39 – 3 main targets: Kremenchuk refinery, Starokostiantyniv airfield, Kyiv
5:01 – Kremenchuk oil refinery on fire
7:26 – Kyiv under attack: gas stations, buildings destroyed
9:59 – Record attack – will Russia pause?
10:58 – Ukraine launches 260 drones into Russia
12:33 – Zaporizhzhia: quiet before offensive
14:07 – Kostiantynivka: encirclement threat
16:57 – Trump-Xi talks COLLAPSE in Beijing
17:15 – China's 4 red lines for the US

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 15, 2026.]

Here’s How You Know The Hantavirus Is A SCAM! (Jimmy Dore)

In this segment Jimmy argues that the media's sudden intense focus on hantavirus—with tens of thousands of articles worldwide despite only 35 annual US cases and 12 deaths—is a deliberate replay of the COVID fear playbook, designed to justify surveillance, restrictions, and a new vaccine. Dr. Pierre Kory notes the pattern is "anomalous," and Dr. Robert Malone points out that your odds of being struck by lightning are seven times higher than contracting hantavirus in the US.

Jimmy points to Jake Rosencrans, a social media influencer who aggressively pushed COVID boosters and did an internship at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, and notes that Rosencrans is now performing a fake-cry video from the quarantined cruise ship, claiming "we're not just headlines." He concludes by quoting Thomas Massie that hantavirus is “an IQ test" just like COVID, and that anyone who falls for the fear campaign again "deserves it."



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 15, 2026.]

Let Me Explain Why You Can't Have a Country (Sargon)

Go away, Mrs Ali Baba.



Sargon pointing out that most people in foreign countries don't want mass migration, and it's something that is not challenged. However, in the West the native people are called racist for having the same view. 

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 15, 2026.]

Britain and the World Are at the End of the Keynesian Road as the Debt Comes Due. (maneco64)

Because everything has been rigged and jacked up on debt for so long it's now in position to massively collapse. When interest rates go up the debt become unpayable.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 15, 2026.]