We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
The Israeli army has entered Beit Jala, and the IDF has initiated the most substantial airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since the commencement of the war in preparation for a ground operation.
Reports from Palestinian sources describe terrible explosions in various parts of the enclave, resulting in destroyed homes and people trapped beneath rubble.
The IDF is continuing to move military equipment toward Gaza while mobilizing its forces in readiness for a ground operation.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged Israel to permit the entry of humanitarian supplies into the Gaza Strip and for Hamas to release all hostages.
The Israeli army claims to have struck 250 targets in Gaza within a day and eliminated a commander from Hamas' southern Homeland Security district.
As per the Israeli TV channel i24 News, more than 600,000 Palestinians have evacuated from the northern Gaza Strip towards the south.
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WOW 🚨 The Republican Party is protecting Ilhan Omar from accountability
Rep Nancy Mace “I tried to subpoena her immigration records, her brother husband's immigration records, and IT WAS REPUBLICANS that killed my motion”
It’s a Uniparty. One Big Club.
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Iran War & Fuel Rationing – are “Energy Lockdowns” on the way?
The war in Iran is having the impact that most people with any sense knew it would have: The price of oil is going up, and the supply of oil is going down.
Of course, whether or not the latter of these is actually true we will never know, and it’s beside the point. Oil companies will natural take the slightest excuse to price gouge and contrive scarcity for the basest of profit motives.
It also serves a political motive as well, since we know the global political machinery is –
against free travel…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/03/16/iran-fuel-rationing-are-energy-lockdowns-on-the-way/
That means that of the 2.1mn tonnes of urea — the world’s most widely used nitrogen fertiliser — that would normally have been loaded for export over the past two weeks, about half has been disrupted.
At the same time, more than 1.1mn tonnes of fertiliser and fertiliser inputs, including 570,000 tonnes of urea, is currently stuck in the Gulf, either being loaded or already on ships, according to Kpler data.
Nitrogen fertilisers, which underpin about half of global food production, are made from ammonia using natural gas, which has soared in price since the war began last month.
The shortages have begun during the northern hemisphere’s planting season, leading industry executives to warn of lower harvests for staples such as rice.
If the disruption continues, “this will be much worse than 2022”, said Veronica Nigh, senior economist at The Fertilizer Institute, a US-based trade group. “The longer the conflict goes on, the more dire the situation will become.”
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With reference to the University of Kent meningitis outbreak. All exams being conducted atm are to be taken online. Campus is open as usual. Outbreak was traced to a canterbury nightclub called club chemistry , popular with students in which 2 students (1- UKC student, 1- Faversham college student) have sadly died.
