The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top. Kindly feel free to also use it as an open thread.

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Ed Note: There are cracks in the narrative! If I was sailing on the blue waters, I would start making small adjustments to sails, tighten up here, let it out a bit over there, and check what the little tell-tails on the sails are telling me and test the wind on my face because something is happening. The Douglas Macgregor interview that is posted below, expresses a part of it: we are seeing the beginning of the end of NATO. What is NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin simultaneously doing in Asia? Partially seeking a bit of breathing room for NATO while threatening and thundering at others in complete paranoia.

There is a Chinese Spy in that balloon!  The news is breaking the internet, the ‘Chinese’ Balloon now over Montana.  Larry Johnson writes it up:

https://sonar21.com/sturm-und-drang-and-chinese-balloons/

It could be that China sent it to transport Lil’ Blinkie to Beijing?   Or Kim Jong-un is rolling around laughing.   Who’dun’it?

UPDATE:  The airship is from China. It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes. Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course. The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to force majeure. The Chinese side will continue communicating with the US side and properly handle this unexpected situation caused by force majeure. – Chinese MFA (https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/202302/t20230203_11019484.html)

Apparently Lil’Blinkie has canceled/postponed his visit to Beijing (he must be scared) and the whole of the US conservative community including Trump is shouting to “Shoot Down the Balloon!”.  Insanity rules.   Note that this balloon (perhaps more esoterically) serves as the dividing line of the tiredness with Russia and the Ukraine, and changing this to war with China.

Prof. Marandi states:  US drones are constantly violating the sovereignty of countries across the world. They’re deployed to murder countless citizens of independent nations in violation of international law. The US has no shame.

Thursday, February 2

Highlights from Lavrov’s Big Interview

Moscow is locked in a geopolitical struggle against Washington and the crisis in Ukraine is at the forefront, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. The diplomat added that Western nations are not keen on hostilities to end.

Lavrov made the remarks during a wide-ranging interview with Russian state media on Thursday, in which he also accused the US of stripping the EU of any semblance of independence.

Here are some of the key comments from Lavrov’s TV appearance.

Thursday, February 2

Iranian warships are sailing around the world.    Two ships, Dena and the Makran, docked in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil having just come from a visit to Argentina.   They are cruising right around the world and next stop is the Panama canal.   Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said: “The presence aims to strengthen our maritime presence in international waters”

It is really interesting to see the classifications given to these vessels.  From ‘Iranian war flotilla’ to ‘invasion force’ to frigate (which is a very loose definition these days and used differently in different parts of the world).  Depending on which media one consults, one gets a different view of the vessels.  They are warships though.

A little more information from Tehran Times. 

Wednesday, February 1

Here comes the pushback for the banning of chips or integrated circuits! China bans export of core solar panel technologies.
https://asiatimes.com/2023/02/china-bans-export-of-core-solar-panel-technologies/?mc_cid=c1f4a89b39&mc_eid=b5b4983eef

Wednesday, February 1

Props to @jimmy_dore for getting the message “China’s not our enemy” to the audience that most needed to hear it. Searing eloquence through this whole clip. https://t.co/cL9AgStdlf

— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) February 1, 2023

Wednesday, February 1

Wednesday, February 1

Taiwan records approach of 34 aircraft, nine ships from Chinese army – On Tuesday, Beijing strongly protested and made a stern presentation to the Czech authorities over a telephone conversation between that country’s president-elect, Petr Pavel, and Taiwan’s chief of staff, Tsai Ing-wen
https://tass.com/defense/1569787