HAS THE "BIG ONE" COMMENCED?

Eruptions of Ash at 5 Volcanoes Shroud Skies in Indonesia

Eruptions of ash at five volcanoes shrouded the skies over parts of the Indonesian archipelago Wednesday, forcing three airports to close.

Mount Raung on Java island blasted ash and debris up to 2,000 meters (6,560 feet) into the air after rumbling for several weeks, government volcanologist Surono said.

Ash erupted also from Gamalama and Dukono mountains on the Moluccas islands chain, Sinabung volcano on Sumatra island and Mount Karangetang on Siau island, darkening the skies, Surono said.

A total of more than 13,000 people have been evacuated due to the volcanic eruptions since last month, mostly from around the slopes of Sinabung in Tanah Karo District, added Surono, who uses a single name.

Indonesia, a chain of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fertile flood-prone plains, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

Credit to ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/eruptions-ash-volcanoes-shroud-skies-indonesia-32610505

Russia Launches Cutting-Edge Spy Ship to Track U.S. Missile Defense

Russia inducted a new-generation spy ship into the Northern Fleet on Sunday during navy day celebrations. The new vessel will be tasked with monitoring U.S. anti-missile defenses on the high seas, a navy spokesman said.

The ship is known as the Yury Ivanov, the lead boat of the Project 18280 intelligence ships designed for the Russian navy. A second vessel of the same class will be launched next year, according to the United Shipbuilding Corporation, news agency RIA Novosti reported last week.

The ship was commissioned into the Russian navy during a large naval parade attended by President Vladimir Putin in Russia’s Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad on Sunday.

Light on armaments, heavy on sensors and advanced electronic equipment, spy ships are purpose-built to loiter and listen to what foreign vessels are up to. The Yury Ivanov will be specifically equipped to track U.S. anti-missile defenses, which are being outfitted on American warships.

Each of Russia’s four major fleets has one or two spy ships in their ranks, but these were built in the 1980s and are ill-equipped to counter the newer U.S. vessels. Each fleet is expected to receive an Ivanov-class ship over the next several years.

U.S. missile defenses have repeatedly caused friction in U.S.-Russia relations. Moscow considers the defenses an existential threat to its nuclear deterrence, which the Defense Ministry sees as its strongest guarantor of national security.

The U.S. is pursuing a sea-based missile defense strategy that will see the number of vessels fitted with Aegis anti-missile defense systems expand from 33 to 48 by the end of the 2020 fiscal year, according to a report issued by the Congressional Research Service last month.

Military planners in Moscow are making sure they can keep tabs on them.

“They are really paranoid about U.S. missile defenses being aimed at Russia, not Iran or North Korea,” said Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg, a Russian naval expert at the Virginia-based CNA think tank. “So they want to observe [those deployments].”

Russian plans to pick holes if the U.S. missile defense shield goes beyond new ships. Moscow is working on several new classes of intercontinental ballistic missiles equipped with multiple nuclear warheads and countermeasures specifically designed to confuse and evade U.S. defenses in the event of a nuclear shooting war.

The Ivanov has been promoted in the Russian media as another tool in Russia’s arsenal aimed at thwarting U.S. missile defenses, but the equipment required to track the U.S. system’s deployment allows the vessel to perform other standard functions of a spy ship.

These tasks include serving as a communications hub for naval fleets, conducting electronic warfare — a high-tech aspect of modern war that focuses on blasting the air with electronic noise to confuse enemy sensors, jam communications and make it harder for the opponent to locate your own forces.

A spy ship also serves to gather intelligence on enemy electronic warfare capabilities, as well as listen to radio and other electronic signals emitted by foreign military forces.

Russia’s navy has been a key focus of Putin’s military modernization efforts, but two decades of decay following the collapse of the Soviet Union have seen its strength deteriorate significantly. No longer a major force on the high seas, the Russian navy has been mostly relegated to coastal defense.

According to Gorenburg, the Ivanov and its sister ship “will be used as intel ships for a variety of missions, they have a long range and deployment time so that can go out and observe U.S. weapons testing or naval exercises, or even monitor communications offshore somewhere.”

The Ivanov isn’t a large ship, displacing over 4,000 tons with a crew of 120 men — similar in size to a frigate-type escort ship.

Credit to The Moscowtimes.com

DF calling up hundreds of thousands for emergency-readiness war drills

Large-scale military drills have been launched in Israel with the aim of testing the IDF’s readiness to go into emergency mode. Hundreds of thousands of reserve soldiers are involved in testing the system.

They will all be receiving a telephone call to confirm everything is in working order, according to the General Staff’s plan for the drills, set to last for three days.

Thousands of others will be summoned to bases on short notice, according to the Jerusalem Post. An IDF source told the newspaper that this is “one of the largest telephone call-ups we’ve had in an exercise.”

“We want to ensure that the system is well-oiled and working."

The Air Force, with its bases, and other facilities will also take part in the call-up. Among other activities, base personnel will be carrying out emergency intelligence data analysis for the purpose of conducting airstrikes. The same goes for the Israeli Navy and their infrastructure.

"For the first time, cyber defenses will be a part of a General Staff exercise," the source also said.

Responses to potential attacks from Syria, Lebanon and Gaza are the overarching theme of the drills, the IDF says.

"It is part of our activities linked to working on our readiness,” the source added, saying the Southern Command will practice responding to mock rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip.

Other units taking part in the war games include: the Operations Branch, which will practice coordinating emergency maneuvers; the Home Front Command, which will hold rescue drills, and others.

The IDF warns the Monday-Wednesday period will be marked by increased military activity, which will take in public places such as schools. Several cities around the country will be affected, including Tel Aviv and the central locations there.

IDF war drills have been coming under fire – not just from Palestinians, but from Israelis as well. According to Haaretz, frequent activity in regions such as Lachish has led to widespread fires, causing serious ecological damage. This is exacerbated, according to the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, by the fact that the army doesn’t take care to fight the fires, nor does it have any firefighting equipment.

The number of fires has been especially high this year in the south-east. Satellite photography was used to assess the damage. The nature authority says around 60 brush and forest fires since April have all been the result of IDF training exercises. Animals and plant life suffer immensely, the body adds.

Credit to RT

http://www.rt.com/news/310833-idf-israel-military-drills/

Pictures Baz Ratner 

Advanced Preparations for Jade Helm Led FEMA Camp Roundups Are In the Final Stages

When your children see this in the coming months, what will you tell them?

Jade Helm has faded somewhat into the background. However, there are events which are guaranteeing that Jade Helm 15 will catapult prominently back into the news.

I have been receiving emails from listeners and viewers asking me about the latest on Jade Helm and many wanted to know why I was no longer covering the Jade Helm exercise. The following email captures these sentiments.

Dear Dave, 

Why are you no longer covering Jade Helm? Is it over? I have noticed that ____  ____ on his show is no longer covering either. He actually said that he no longer considered Jade Helm to no longer be a big deal. Do you think the same?……..

Thanks for all you do for America, 

Brett

Actually, Brett’s email is only partially correct. Yes, I have slowed down in my coverage on Jade Helm because I have been gathering new evidence that takes Jade Helm to a deeper level. In fact, I recently wrote an article about Trident Juncture which is the international version of Jade Helm which will be used to terrorize southern Europe which will soon be going into an economic collapse. The nations of interest for Trident Juncture are Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy. .

Purpose of the Article

This article will present clear and convincing evidence regarding the fact that this administration fully intends on extracting political dissidents and transporting many of them by helicopter to a final holding center, a FEMA camp converted from original use.

Former Prison Converted Into a FEMA Camp

A lady named Kristie has been in contact with me regarding the suspicious activities going on at a closed prison in Lima, Ohio. When she first contacted me, at the beginning of the Jade Helm revelations, she felt that this closed prison was showing signs of life. Here is a dramatic update to her original suspicions which seem to be verified in the following communication and subsequent pictures.

Dave,

Update on Lima FEMA Camp:

The first attachment is the mapquest picture of The Lima Ohio FEMA camp (old prison)  The next picture is what it looks like today same gate. Remember this is a closed prison. Also they have attached new barbed wire to the fences (5 rows) and the building in the background they were working on the roof so it’s roped off. Interesting !! 

Kristie

Notice the arrow pointing to the fence in question.

Sparse fencing in the original pictures sent to me by Kristie

Notice the extra fencing that has been added on this “closed” prison.

Restoring a Dilapidated Area into a Helicopter Maintenance and Staging Area

I have received two emails regarding the presence of new facility located at El Mirage Road and Glendale Avenue in Glendale, Arizona. The facility, which clearly is showing business activity, has no identifying signs, no ads, there is nothing that would let you know what is going on at this facility. What kind of a business would ever conduct business in this fashion. Here is an email from Steve, along with photos, which shows a very unique helicopter facility.

Hey Dave,
Check out these interesting photos of a business in Glendale (AZ) (NE corner El Mirage and Glendale Ave) that just started up within the last couple of months. I drive past it sort of regularly and slowly last year what was dilapidated property was transformed into a place where they do something with huey helicopters. Notice the pictures I took below, there are no business signs or advertising as any new business would have however notices on the fencing about security camera and such were everywhere. I watched this place transform and was just curious to see what business was popping up through my travels back and forth.

About a 2 week ago they seem to have half a dozen of these helicopters off loaded (big crane) from flat bed trucks and took several (3-4) into the building in the back. Rarely do you see any amount of vehicles there as if it were a refurbishment/storage facility. Note also the writing on the tails of the helicopters painted over and through my search of the paint scheme I cannot find anywhere?

Just thought you would like to know what is happen around our area.
God Bless and keep up the great work…  Steve

As Steve mentions, please note the absence of any advertising, or even business identification from a street view. Someone does not want to be discovered which is the opposite of what one would expect from a new business.

This unadvertised “business” is s stone’s throw away from Luke Air Force Base.

My initial take is that this is a newly constructed CIA facility. However, my instincts tell me that this is a Jade Helm DOD/DHS activity. Consider the email I received from an Army Reservist.

Mr. Hodges, 

We are training for Jade Helm. We re also training to remove “undesirables” from their homes and place the in the type of white vans that you write about and then transport them to waiting helicopters where these so-called “high value targets” are placed in restraints in an unmarked helicopter. I am serving with the _____. 

I am getting to the point where I am questioning how far I am willing to go along with this. If I had not read some of your articles, I might not know exactly what we are going to be told to do. Even if I had not read your articles, I would know what we are doing is wrong. American citizens deserve due process instead of being kidnapped in the middle of the night.  In our removal drills, the subversive actors are screaming- I am an American citizen and you cannot do this to me-. By the way sir, you are correct in that family members are going to be separated during these raids. 

Under no circumstances can you use my name, rank or unit. When trouble begins, I will not obey these illegal orders. I am praying that this is only a drill that will go no further. My gut tells me something else. Please Mr. Hodges keep telling the public. Most of the people that I serve with will go along with this. In the drills they act with great enthusiasm in detaining people. I am frightened beyond belief. 

Name withheld by request.

What is interesting about this last email is that the writer has never seen the photos of the helicopter facility until they were published for the first time on this date.

What Does a Converted Prison In Lima, Ohio Have To Do With a Secret Helicopter Facility in Glendale, Arizona?

Retired General, Wesley Clark.

How is the connection so easily made between these two facilities and then extrapolated on a national basis? Fortunately, the establishment has done all the work and provided all the proof. Consider retired General Wesley Clark, who only four days ago called for the internment of persons deemed “disloyal” to the United States government in an interview with MSNBC last Friday. I do not think the word “deemed” is synonymous with the term due process.

Have you noticed how the elite are talking more and more about FEMA camps (e.g. Hillary Clinton)? They have them and they intend to use them.

If Wesley Clark has his way..

‘I do not believe that the facilities in Glendale, AZ. and Lima, Ohio are operationally connected in a direct manner. However, these types of facilities are clearly working towards to the same end.

The above question can best be answered with the following pictures taken during a dissident extraction exercise in Ft. Lauderdale, FL., on March 27, 2015. A picture is worth a thousand words.

Mastering America’s Domain

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The fate of unbelievers.

Extraction transport vehicles

ARSOF extraction forces approach.

As the preparations for mass detentions move forward at a rapid pace, there is evidence of a counter movement that is beginning to take shape. This will be the topic of Part Two of this series.

Credit to Common Sense

Chinese shares tumble 8.5 percent in biggest one-day drop since 2007

Chinese shares slid more than 8 percent on Monday as an unprecedented government rescue plan to prop up valuations ran out of steam, throwing Beijing's efforts to stave off a deeper crash into doubt.

Major indexes suffered their largest one-day drop since 2007, shattering three weeks of relative calm in China's volatile stock markets since Beijing unleashed a barrage of support measures to arrest a slump that started in mid-June.

"The lesson from China's last equity bubble is that, once sentiment has soured, policy interventions aimed at shoring up prices have only a short-lived effect," wrote Capital Economics analysts in a research note reacting to the slide.

The CSI300 index .CSI300 of the largest listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen tumbled 8.6 percent to 3,818.73 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC lost 8.5 percent to 3,725.56 points.

China's market gyrations have stoked fears among global investors about the broader health of the world's second biggest economy, hitting prices of growth-sensitive commodities such as copper, which fell on Monday to not far from a 6-year low. [MET/L]

But, while the recent stock market weakness will have caught out many retail investors and companies who jumped in as stocks more than doubled in a year, the low rate of stock ownership by households and a disconnect between valuations and economic fundamentals mean the impact on the economy is likely to be less than in other markets.

Credit to Reuters.com