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October 31, 2026 · 23:07

Last stop speculation central

That is what it seems to me, however, the information given to us by Al Jazeera is too worrying to keep it from you. The title ‘Are Houthis using Russian satellites as Saudi Arabia fends off strikes?’ (at https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/31/are-houthis-using-russian-satellites-as-saudi-arabia-faces-hits) on one hand it would make the gulf states see Russia as a direct enemy towards their safety and security. It would be a really dumb thing to do, because the gulf states would be pressed directly in the arms of China. And that renewed alliance would bring China billions upon billions ion defense contracts. So when we get to “Analysts say the seizure of state arsenals, external backing and extensive military evolution has enabled the Houthis to build a powerful arsenal.” The better look is given by Elijah Magnier (Brussels based) who gives us “AURORA’s findings don’t necessarily show the whole picture.” I tend to be on that horse, the United States has every reason to see the relationship between Russia and the gulf states sour, but that doesn’t take away the setting we are given with ““The third is Iran obtained information through another intermediary, so a third party could theoretically have supplied the intelligence originated from the Russian system, and there is no currently publicly verified evidence establishing such an arrangement,” he added. But Obaid highlighted that distinguishing a Russian-supported intelligence architecture from proof that a particular Russian satellite supplied the targeting data for an individual Houthi strike is essential” and this makes perfect sense. In this the setting seems to add up and Nawaf Obaid, founder of the geosignal intelligence firm AURORAH. As such there is reason to believe that the Houthi terrorists are getting high end intelligence and knowing what we know from Iranian actions, the prefer a buffer zone, and a Russia buffer zone will do very well. This puts President Putin in a spell. He either denies Iran based players access from Russian satellites, or he is willing to play this out, knowing very well that this will enable a Chinese victory over the Gulf states and there is no coming back from that. As I see it, Nawaf Obaid its leaving an impression. Because “He said the satellites they identified include Russia’s Bars-M military mapping satellites, Persona optical reconnaissance satellites, Lotos-S1 electronic intelligence satellites, Pion-NKS maritime reconnaissance systems and Kondor-FKA radar-imaging satellites. They also examined the EKS/Tundra infrared early-warning constellation.

“The critical finding was not the presence of individual Russian satellites, but the sequencing and integration of their complementary intelligence capabilities,” he said.” So either the CIA didn’t know or didn’t care and either case is damaging to the United States, especially as they received in 2025 (allegedly) “the combined National Intelligence Program ($73.4 billion)”, I have no idea how big the budget of AURORAH is, but it is not that much, not by a long shot. So has the United States lost interest in the gulf states? That would be a nice opening sentence for the Chinese parties, that the United States no longer needs access to OPEC and its 1.2 trillion to 1.5 trillion barrels of oil. As such the political plays are massive and there is a reservation I must give you. This is one article from Al Jazeera, I have not seen any corroboration from anywhere else.

So when we get to “Obaid also confirmed to Al Jazeera that based on the findings, “Russian military geospatial and signals intelligence has supported the Iranian-led intelligence architecture assisting Houthi operations in Yemen.”” As well as “He said the strongest operational example of this has been the Houthi offensive along Yemen’s western coast towards Bab al-Mandeb, where Russian-derived intelligence, Iranian command integration and local human intelligence all contributed to “the rapid deterioration of opposing Yemeni forces’ battlefield coordination”.

“We assess that this intelligence relationship is also relevant to Houthi missile and drone targeting against Saudi Arabia. Russian military reconnaissance provides capabilities far beyond ordinary commercial satellite imagery, particularly when optical, radar and electronic intelligence are integrated,” he said.” Whilst I read this may mind goes wondering how the CIA missed all this? Or are they no longer interested? You know with midterms coming up next week. But the setting that China could take this setting and offset both the United States and Russia and away from the access of more than a trillion barrels of oil is kinda astounding, especially as oil is priced between $104 and $114 dollars a barrel. And whilst they already squandered access to Canadian oil, I would think that they would make sure all intelligence on how Houthi terrorist is getting their intel might be a little higher on their list.

So whilst we contemplate “Russian officials have not yet commented on AURORAH’s findings, but in recent years, technological and military ties between Russia and Iran have deepened significantly, anchored by joint strategic agreements, space cooperation, and the exchange of defence technology. Ahmed Nagi, a senior analyst on Yemen at the International Crisis Group, said Moscow reportedly supporting Tehran’s allies like the Houthis is particularly significant because it would mean a shift in the trajectory of the Yemeni conflict.” This makes sense if this is done without approval of the Kremlin (aka President Putin) and the coins that some are getting are now getting in the way of political aspirations. And I for one am not convinced that the CIA is behind this, but I find it weird that the CIA never found this. Making Nawaf Obaid a possible new player in the Gulf States intelligence circles, especially if be can find and bind this to Iranian parties.

Yes, I am massively speculating here and I admit this, because this setting might require some additional speculation, if not for the who, it might merely push the innocent parties also in the limelight and that is equally important.

So have a great day and enjoy halloween. I did my good deed for this special day, I aided my ex in an assisted suicide I pushed her into a woodchopper, she was too scared to do it herself. And again I prove that no Halloween is complete without a bad joke or two.

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October 26, 2026 · 19:40

You could eat from the floor

That is an expression I heard in a few ways, som e not so good, some are a little better. But the version I heard today was new to me and it comes from Canada. EnergyNow.ca is giving us  (at https://energynow.ca/2026/02/billions-left-on-the-dock-why-canadas-next-pipeline-could-be-worth-21-billion-a-year/) ‘BILLIONS LEFT ON THE DOCK: Why Canada’s Next Pipeline Could Be Worth $21 Billion a Year’, so floor or dock, all the same if you want to eat and there is seemingly plenty go around. When we consider “According to the most recent data from the Alberta Energy Regulator, the annual average WCS price was US $60.99 per barrel in 2024. In that same year, the WTI-WCS differential narrowed to approximately US $14.73 per barrel, down from a decade-average discount of about US $17 per barrel. While forecasts suggest this differential could average around US $11.00 per barrel in 2025, the gap remains a substantial economic hurdle.” But as President Trump threw Canada in a tariff war, Canada could dispense with every discount and sell full price to Europe and China. It seems simple to me, The United States will have to pay full price now or the business goes overseas. So, do you really think it is contained to $21B? So as we are given “Data confirms that the expansion directly contributed to narrowing the WCS differential by providing an alternative to the U.S. Midwest market. Canadian crude can now reach global buyers in Asia and beyond, forcing U.S. refiners to compete more aggressively on price. The narrowing of the differential from over $18 to near $11 is a testament to the value of market access.” So whilst there are settings that matter, China might see this to a setting where an additional $6 could make all the difference from almost expensive oil, towards a setting the United States into moves of desperation and they did this to themselves. China merely pays top dollar for oil that now sways away from the United States. So as we see “The Western Canadian differential is not fixed by geology; it is shaped by market access and transportation capacity. At current production rates, the pricing gap represents over US $21 billion annually in unrealized revenue. Even modest improvements in market access yield significant real gains for provincial and federal budgets. Infrastructure matters because it improves pricing power. Timing matters because lost revenue compounds over years. Opportunity cost matters because every year of constrained access leaves billions on the table.” So if that is the case why was President Trump this ‘uneducated’ to waste that much money? Ad now Canada has the Trump card (bad choice of tactics) and this trump card is going (very likely) the way of the EU or even China and with the US Administration on their anti-China bender, China might actually lime the settings that he has access on and with oil towards the United Staes being suppressed, their movements become more erratic and more desperate. I reckon that is the way the Democrats want to illuminate this Republican administration.

But in all this, perhaps I am wrong, you decide. Have a great day today.

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October 25, 2026 · 10:22

And the stupid award goes to

That was the setting that I considered when the BBC gave us (at https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck4g1jg4n9dno) ‘Are California voters about to impose ‘world’s first’ tax on billionaires?’ You see, it is discriminatory to say the least and for that matter, going on from 2014, with this example from 2017 (at https://lawlordtobe.com/2017/11/07/consideration-in-3-parts/) ‘Consideration in 3 parts’, even then I was talking about “The Guardian gives us more and more mentions of ‘Tax Avoidance’ and as I mentioned a few days ago. It is not illegal, it is perfectly legal. Most papers will hide behind ’emotional’ parts to cry outrage, but in the end they too are not outspoken on pushing to adapt legislation to change this and to push for clear corporate taxation needs, whilst we see that they are all on the second largest data drain set at 1.4TB. So after the Panama Papers, do you think that banks, especially banks of these kinds, banks that rely on such paths to ensure themselves of a good income. Do you think they would hesitate to invest a few millions into hardware that keeps it secure?” A clear and balanced tax system was all that remained and now it becomes even worse. What do you think happens when California loses its handle on the total net worth of California’s billionaires with an estimated at $1.87 trillion to $2.3 trillion, depending on recent market valuations. What happens when that leaves for Bermuda, Monaco and the UAE? California is no longer the haven and heaven it was 30 years ago. That 115 million buys a lot of decent condos in all three of these jurisdictions. So they spend $30M on three apartments with all the luxuries and have the rest for their own needs. California tax system gets ZERO.

And whilst the larger group (lets just say Apple) is still in the clear. Opening all kinds of shops that most people cannot afford and it is all written off against taxes. The question “Is it wise to open a store there” is now offset by “Is it a 100% tax write off” and that is the real problem and I am merely mentioning Apple, but Microsoft and others are in that same boat. The tax system is holding them above water and we see the ridiculous Jeff Bezos settings whilst for over a decade the media made fun of him for not making any money. He thought it through and whilst HIS company grew, he grew and now that he has achieved it, we all (US Taxes) want a piece of that. No, you were stupid then, so you cannot become greedily clever now. You reap what you sow.

So whilst California is sugarcoating this as “Now voters are about to decide whether the mega-rich among them – including media mogul Oprah Winfrey, Meta head Mark Zuckerberg, Skims cofounder and reality television star Kim Kardashian, and filmmaker George Lucas – should hand over billions of dollars to pay for improvements to healthcare.” And of course there is the name George Lucas, the fact that he worked 20 hours a day for decades to bring us the entertainment we got, he created jobs for thousands and more business in several directions. No, he had to be mentioned. All whilst their lawyers will throw a tantrum on unclassified zero hours towards the money they become viable for. So what happens when Zuckerberg sets up a new technology from the UAE or from the EU? Will you complain then? Oh and when the newsreel gives us the new setting from “California’s gross domestic product (GDP) is approximately $4.5 trillion, making it the largest sub-national economy in the United States and the fourth-largest economy in the world—ranking just behind the United States, China, and Germany” towards “California’s gross domestic product (GDP) is approximately $2.1 trillion, ranking just behind the Mexico in 13th position and almost on par with Australia in 14th position” because that reality will turn several investors away from California as well. California isn’t doing too well as we see streets with closed businesses as their landlord is awaiting the next investor to make something from that and that is also a reality for California and that is already happening. As such California has a lot of problems and they catered to corporations for over 11 years and now the bill comes calling because corporations only care about their bottom line. If that was not the case these places would never have opened their new grounds in Abu Dhabi, they go where the customers go and these customers are not seeing California as a haven of vacation until deep into 2040.

That too is a reality the US tax system created (not to mention this US administration), so as I see it good luck and whilst Mexico is surpassing them in GDP, when will we hear the first Californian voices shout “Recuérdennos, amigos?” (Source: Google Translate, I don’t speak Spanish).

This is the setting and I wonder how many Californians will embrace Dubai and Abu Dhabi on 2026/2027) optionally before these tax drives become law.

Have a great day all and “sabah alkhayri, hal yumkinuni alhusul ealaa qahwat min fadlika?” (also Google Translate).

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October 19, 2026 · 14:41

The road available

That is where I am, not exactly on a crossroad, but it might look that way. Some go into the ‘consideration’ of the road less travelled, some go into the setting that they want to look elsewhere, but this is between the two. You see, as we are looking towards changing the data sovereignty in the Commonwealth and the EU, we see that there is $117B up for grabs and most go into the setting that it is too difficult and that there are too many complications. I do not completely agree with that, but there are hurdles to pass. In the first is the eating for server complexes in the EU (Belgium more specifically), UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and then the satellite server locations in Europe, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Berlin, Geneva, Rome and the is just for starters and these server locations cannot have anything from the United States. Norway can attest to the issues they have been facing and they might be a better first source of these solutions. As we are sailing away from the United States hiding behind their CLOUD Act, we have to realise that too little has been done and if you wonder why they are speeding up their data centres and in the mean time claiming that rogue (fake) AI’s are copying the data they can get a hold of, we need to insulate ourselves from that. Optionally we need to make sure that China cannot do the same thing. And when these settings are showing progress, we will see that the Gulf States will attempt to copy these settings to keep their own data safe. But when you look into that, we see a stream of consultants, trainers, support staff and a whole range of people that are part of that ‘golden’ $117,000,000,000 and it will cost Google, Amazon, Microsoft and IBM as such they are widely opposed to this setting. I do not blame them, they are (for the most) all willing to give us what we needed, but this United States Administration seems to be in some kind of grab anything they can, because the timeline is now ending for them. It is no longer a fictive worst case scenario, there is a clear end of line to be seen there. And whilst the media is now turning their story about the resilience of the United States, there are too many markers that time is running out. In the first setting the United States is no longer a superpower, with the exception of ‘boasting’, ‘bluffing’ and ‘bullying’ the larger consensus is “Whether the United States is a declining power is a complex and heavily debated topic among historians, economists, and political analysts, with a widespread public consensus leaning toward a sense of relative decline.” In this is wonder what ‘relative decline’ is? Is that in relation to EVERY other nation in the world? In other news we see that the NY Times gives us “Critics and analysts point to shifting alliances, internal political volatility, and unilateral decisions as factors diminishing international confidence in U.S. leadership and institutional stability.” In my mind I would say that the international confidence has pretty much declined to zero. So whilst opponents of these thoughts are relying on “Proponents of American resilience note that the U.S. maintains the world’s preeminent military force” so how does that go? The Trump side has (inactively) bombed Iran into the storage whilst their missiles are pretty much depleted and whilst we see that this was the fault of President Biden whilst he was in office, all whilst we see from different sources that then President Biden never send any missiles to Ukraine. So whilst we are given “Over 850 Tomahawks were fired in the first month alone, consuming nearly half of the global U.S. inventory” and I am telling you now that this is a response I merely copied, I have no idea or insights on how many tomahawks the United States has

So when you start doing the numbers up, including tourism and the amount of people who turned their back on the United States as a place of entertainment, we see a rather nasty future and there is no way this can be turned around. The people will not care about the midterms. The empty boasts that President Trump is going to prison, he might have stated that former President Biden has to go to prison, but sources tell me that former President Biden has no intent to visit President Trump in prison. But all jokes aside. The good times dealing with Google, Amazon and Microsoft is ending. The cloud act makes it impossible and we better wake up fast. My works were copied over 8000 times and I only wrote 4000 articles, so there is that to consider and when others get to consider what they optionally lost, their pressure to switch to a non-US and possibly a non-Chinese solution is pretty clear. And as some claim that the United States big four are about to lose a total of $117 billion, as such there is an opportunity for European and Commonwealth firms to invest and optionally expand on what they have and as such create a new business model, one that excludes the United States as a player on these grounds. Am I too dark? No this was always in the books, it started to get serious when Norway made it a serious agenda point in 2024 and whilst others thought it would blow over, the actions of this United States administration made  them do a turnabout instantly. The question becomes now, what were they able to keep safe? I merely wonder why happens when these sources dry up with the 4,423 tracked facilities across states (as per June 2026), because if they are all fighting for the same data, the setting becomes that these centres with lacking verification and validation become less and less accurate on a daily basis (it is a mere personal presumption) but the settings of lacking verification and validation is a known setting. As such there are several reasons to applaud data sovereignty.

Have a great day

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October 15, 2026 · 04:31

A boggling mind

That happens and at present it is my mind that is boggling. First off, there is no critique on Saudi Arabia and how it does it business. None at all. My mind is merely looking at what the media is ‘offering my mind’ and as Al Jazeera gives us ‘Houthi missile attack targets Saudi capital Riyadh for third day in a row’, my mind is at a standstill. We know what abilities Palantir has in the settings of data intelligence, but so does IBM Miner (formerly known as SPSS Miner and before that as Clementine), then there is Jingan Technology (of which I know less than nothing) and I know only what certain media settings ‘declassifies’ and we are given “Established in 2021 in Hangzhou, China, by veterans from major tech firms (Alibaba, Baidu, Huawei) and Chinese military branches, Operates under China’s military-civil fusion strategy, supplying intelligence-gathering, geospatial analysis, and predictive tools to state security, public security, and People’s Liberation Army (PLA)/defense-linked clients.” (Source: South China Morning Post) And I am merely setting that stage as Palantir as a US product might no longer be as reliable as it once was. If course IBM miner is a BI took and not an intelligence tool, so it might be missing a fair bit on sides in all this considering and contemplating Palantir Gotham. But as I see it, it is important to find ways to seek solutions in the data mess, mainly because it could help Saudi Arabia and I am careful to use the application as ‘could’ because I have no idea on how far Saudi Arabia is in the data digging mess (my best assessment in this) as I gave last week that shipping parsing in the Gulf of Aden is in part an optical solution and that is stated as I never saw any smuggling data and I have seen shipping data and these ‘box carriers’ show up all over the maritime tracking settings. But there is a catch are they being tracked or intentionally ‘avoiding to be tracked’ and that is in part a solution as one source gives me “Roughly 55 to 65 ships pass through the Gulf of Aden each day, though daily totals fluctuate due to regional security incidents and re-routing” that is an amount that is manageable. The question is how far can we track these ships and which ones are in verifiable settings and courses to be optionally disregarded and that leaves us with X amount of ships that require a closer eye. And we might be looking in the wrong direction, but the clear setting is that we get in sources from Twitter (say X) “In a statement on X, Turki Al-Maliki, the spokesperson for the coalition, said the Houthis fired one ballistic missile at Riyadh and two towards Khamis Mushait, a city in the southwest. All three were “intercepted and destroyed” my mindset is that these rockets could not have been produced in Yemen and the fact that these rocket (no matter that they were destroyed) requires certain electronics and it is for that reason that I feel that Iran is the likeliest culprit. And as it was not a drone, it was a ballistic missile. As such the pool of likely candidates is somewhat diminished from a dozen to a mere 2-3 parties. And at least one of those is on friendly terms with Saudi Arabia. So I feel that I am on the correct track. And as a solution we see the BI solution IBM Miner and in a more military setting we get to Palantir and whatever Jingan Technology has. 

But there is also the setting of whatever the Presidency of State Security (PSS) is, because as I see it, General Turki Al-Maliki should be given every support he could get and that is where I am at present. So, what solutions are in use and why can there be no additional support (because Saudi Arabia should have as much as it can), mainly because Saudi Arabia is under attack and it is Aramco, Khamis Mushait as well as the King Khalid airport. And in my mindset terrorists should not get this far, as I see it, eradication of terrorists is an essential need. Perhaps some want to invite them for tea and cookies but I am all about destroying the enemy, especially if they are targeting civilians. 

The question is how to go best about that. I have a clear view because I was given these tools in the past, I was giving (non military) intelligence in the past and as such I came to the Gulf of Aden as a first. There is of course the chance that these smuggle activities are Iran, Iraq, Jordan and then the red sea, but I would think that this track has the most complications and as such a much larger chance of failure. The other option is the Arabian Sea and than via Africa, but there are a few players there who would prefer Saudi Arabia as a friend and as such the gulf of Aden remains. A simple track (possibly a wrong one) and the resources to track these up to 80 ships daily (I am taking additional numbers under advisement) are a first, because that might get a better view and of course there is every chance that these ‘missile components’ are optionally shipped as ‘boxes of mobiles’ or something like that and there we have options of detecting and that comes with additional settings of releasing over 75% of ships who are innocent. But as my mind sees it we get the oldest question setting (from the 70s) where we get the image of Who, What, When, Where, How and Why. Six elements that might reveal who Saudi Arabia is dealing with. And of course ii am coming from a biased setting and as such I am on the Iran setting (Who) and what is either complete ballistic missiles but that seems less likely, more likely are the elements, because the explosive settings could come from all directions, but the electronics are likely from the “Who” side, making Iran the likely candidate. And in support I give you that Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthi terrorists are openly supported from Iran. 

This is my mindset and it is not impossible that I am wrong and that is also part of the analyses from either of these three parts (IBM, Palantir, Jingan Technology) and I could be wrong, but on these sides we see certain tools and these seemingly the tip of the spear and that is one place to look at. And I recently (in the last 24 hours) was given “Palantir Technologies has expanded its presence in Saudi Arabia through strategic defense, artificial intelligence, and regional digital transformation partnerships” (source: X/Twitter) as such I feel I am on the right track.

It feels nice to focus on a data problem and in the end it is a data problem because this can only work if we consider and eliminated verifiable data settings, but that might be my limited look on the matter (and I have been accused more than once of oversimplifying complex settings), but that would be me.

Have a great day and I noticed that I am now roughly 180 minutes from breakfast, so one more log to saw and of to the breakfast table I go.

Have a great day today.

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October 14, 2026 · 11:54

Deescalating ties for USA

That is what is seemingly happening and I saw the news 9 hours ago. So even if I wrote the previous blog 13 hours ago (at https://lawlordtobe.com/2026/10/13/is-business-booming/) with ‘Is business booming?’ Where the stage was offered among others to Jingan Technology. I was unaware of ‘Chinese top diplomat meets UAE president’s special envoy Khaldoon’ (at https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202610/1372209.shtml) and yes they are not the same, not even the same countries, but the setting are clear for China and their corporations. A setting is opening to push the United States out of an area that they held as their ‘A’ position for decades and they are hungry to prove their worth and value is almost everything to the gulf states (proven disloyalty aa lot less so) as such the article gives us “Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, said China and the UAE enjoy strong political mutual trust and have achieved substantive results in cooperation. Their relationship has gone beyond the bilateral scope and become a model of cooperation among Global South countries in pursuing development and revitalization, Wang said. Regardless of changes in the international and regional situation, China is ready to work with the UAE under the guidance of the two countries’ heads of state to take bilateral relations to new heights, Wang said.” And if you think that this is all to some communist party reference, it is not. China is almost entirely communist, but for the rest of the world to accept that political side takes a massive distrust of the United States and whilst they are all about “How great they and their president Tump are” the rest of the world doesn’t see it that was and by the numbers the united States is outmatched through 750,000,000 against 7,500,000,000 that is one hell of a difference and whilst some will claim “You shouldn’t see it that simple” that simpleton used numbers against all others that was until Donald the joker Trump became president and through tariffs, the 51st state, Greenland, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran and through that Canada, the gulf States, the EU and parts of Asia, it lost the match which should have never been a match and should have never started. I still believe that it was the desperate act of a nation that had run out of money and whilst they still have ‘plenty’ of bonds, the payment of a fixed coupon rate every six months until maturity is going to weigh the United States down on their 20 and 30 years bonds, the setting will get massively hindered by their $40,390,000,000,000 with over 1 trillion interest annually. So whilst the 20 and 30 years bonds are trying to shed anything they can to survive it all, the metrics (even the top-line metrics) do not hold a beneficial setting. In that stage the gulf states who have investments in the USA are waiting for them to be toppled and as such they can buy that nation per square mile on pennies on the dollar. A setting that was slowly coming to maturity. And for those thinking that this will never happen, consider who is sitting in the White House and whilst he could never live with having to make the statement “We are out of cash” and it was going this way since before he came with the bully statement that Canada was its 51st state. I was clued in long before that. Still there is a lot to be unclear about, but as I see it, it will become a shouting (optically slapping) match between the 989 billionaires in the USA and the Communist Party of China (CPC) with its 101,290,000 members and when the United States sees that these 100 million plus members are receiving an ovation from the EU and the gulf stats, their morality sinks to the lowest basement it has (minus 3 as far as I know). This is not a setting I applaud, but the UAE and Saudi Arabia must do what is best for their country, it is what we expect from our governments and why shouldn’t they want the same? 

As such China is about to enter a golden age of commerce (as President Trump stated this several times) and as commerce is real and as all AI (or SI) is fake I would assume that several corners of this world will go to China. And as more and more people are waking up from the fake statements the United States gave us. And whilst some think that others were supposed to take steps, the people are woken up by news like ‘Donald Trump sparks Republican backlash after declaring Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire’ with “Donald Trump declared a ceasefire that neither Russia nor Ukraine agreed to. His own party is now leading the charge against him.” And as the hostilities evolve though the hostile actions of an invading Russia, the US administration might now be the weakest player around (and it is seemingly massively out of missiles too) A setting that invigorates China and opens up the Gulf states for negotiations, because as I personally see it the United States bluffed and outsold itself one continent too far. 

But in all this, it might be a simple delusional me writing. Have a great day all.

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October 13, 2026 · 21:14

Is business booming?

This morning I was made aware of an article on ABC news. The article (at https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-13/saudis-probe-houthi-attack-on-riyadh-airport-amid-ongoing-attack/107258142) is giving us ‘Saudi-led coalition destroys Houthi ballistic missile amid probe into air defences’ where we get the key points “Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis towards Riyadh. Houthis claimed responsibility for two strikes on Monday, local time, aimed at Riyadh airport and an air base in Saudi Arabia’s Khamis Mushait. The fresh strikes come after Saudi Arabia launched an investigation to determine how its air defences failed to intercept the Houthi missiles.” And as I (personally) see it, Houthi terrorists don’t have the ability to set the ballistic missiles, as such I come to the conclusion that Iran is (the most likely culprit) providing assistance. Either direct or indirect, as such several options should be considered by the Saudi government. The latter one was on July 18th 2026 as I wrote ‘Terrorists are as terrorists do’ (at https://lawlordtobe.com/2026/07/18/terrorists-are-as-terrorists-do/) and I was considering different settings. You see we all look towards Palantir Gotham to solve tactical settings for Saudi Arabia, but at present the United States is no longer considered to be a reliable ally. But where is China in all this. Technological adversaries tend to be on similar terms. So what is the Chinese version of Palantir? I know nothing of them, other than that they are spread over several software considerations. And as I see it Jingan Technology might be a decent alternative and it would spread ‘the good word’ from the Chinese government towards Saudi Arabia. As I see it, a certain person (namely Alex Karp) would have to start all sails towards solving the Saudi problems and to solve the intelligence towards solving the Houthi terrorist conundrum. How are they supplied? I considered several options in ‘Where the dogs sleep’ (at https://lawlordtobe.com/2026/09/25/where-the-dogs-sleep/) and I still believe they are valid thoughts, but now the question becomes. Who will assist Saudi Arabia better? Palantir or Jingan Technology, because as I see it, whomever proves the ‘support’ channels of these terrorists, that party will have a much bigger pull into getting commerce with Saudi Arabia and I am not in that field, I merely support Saudi Arabia as it is attacked and that much stop. Unlike others I have no problems getting create suffering to the attacking party of Saudi Arabia, which I personally still believe is Iran. So when the Houthi terrorists are made evanescent (an expensive word meaning to  be reduced to nothingness) we can focus on the parties that are supporting Houthi terrorists. This might be too large a call to make, but change is done in steps and in all this I support the preservation of the Saudi way of life. I am not one of these templars who considered all saracens and muslims evil. I am not muslim, but they are allowed to defend their lands and whomever aids them is an ally. So who will answer the call? Alex Karp or Shi Qiaomu? They don’t need to call me, but I reckon that a call to Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud is in order from either, optionally both. 

Whilst the media is all about the ‘events’ no one is looking towards who is igniting these settings, just my way of thinking. So you all have a great day and try to enjoy your morning coffee in Toronto, lunch coffee in Amsterdam and Abu Dhabi and late coffee in Sydney. Different times, same concoction. 

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October 4, 2026 · 17:56

Indecent thoughts

It is something we all have at times. We are human and as such we have immature thoughts (except those involving Nina Dobrev, those are massively mature) but in other categories did you send a birthday card to President Trump today? It is world animal day after all. You see one mans thoughts are another persons food for vengeance and I am exactly on that setting at present.

A few hours ago I took notice of an event (at https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-04/houthi-saudi-yemen-iraq-middle-east-hostilities/107226524) where we saw (7 hours ago) ‘Iran-backed Houthis target Saudi oil facility as hostilities escalate in Yemen’, so who is providing these terrorists drones and ballistic missiles. The news gives us “Houthi-affiliated channel Al-Masirah TV reported that Saudi aircraft hit Sanaa with 26 strikes, after earlier reporting “Saudi aggression” against the Yemeni capital.” But the story behind all this is the fact that we are also given (at https://english.alarabiya.net/amp/News/saudi-arabia/2026/10/03/injury-damages-in-saudi-arabia-after-interception-of-houthi-missiles-drones) where we see ‘Injury, damages in Saudi Arabia after interception of Houthi missiles, drones’ and there is a setting that came to my mind. So as we see “Several attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis have resulted in an injury and damage to civilian property and infrastructure in Saudi Arabia according to official reports from late Friday and early Saturday. Fragments of an intercepted ballistic missile injured an Asian resident, damaged a prayer room and a number of vehicles in the Asir Province, according to the Saudi Civil Defense on Saturday.” I came to the thought that Houthi’s don’t have the options top produce any of that. And in that setting Palantir came to mind. If Palantir can analyze all the boats entering the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea weight get an actual handle on this setting. It will require a massive amount of number crunching and Saudi Arabia might have to add some intelligence gathering, but with every ship sunk on that roster, Houthi abilities might dwindle down and with the clear culprits in sight (I am not willing to blame Iran without evidence) we might get a handle on matters. 

As I see it, the press is useless, but their materials might give us a sight we never considered before. And I reckon that Palantir has the number crunching ability to make that work. There are more solutions, but by setting the manifesto of every ship in the region we could optionally limit the ships we need to set our sights to and there are plenty of methods, because most ships are set to turn a profit and when they do a few things that the timeline doesn’t like we get a possible target. And to be Frank (I am usually Jimmy) is there a better sight that watching this boat sink with all its ‘sugared’ cargo miles away from reaching that destination? It is merely a second price, the winning price is to use these drones and missiles and aim them at the Houthis. I fail to see the upside if they are not seeing the boom to start their party, even if they are the target themselves. 

So I wonder who considered that setting in toppling these smuggle operations. I am not saying it is an exact science, but to track the boats by other means than tracking ships radar trackers might be an idea and when we limit the numbers and whilst over 21,000 commercial and merchant vessels transit the waterway annually (averaging more than 100 per month) and these 100 per month could be tracked and from that image we see culprit, smuggler and optionally where they are off loaded. It is not likely that it is a harbour, but the timelines give is an insight of where to look. A simple thought that came to me in mere minutes (OK, I have a nautical degree and experience with this) but I am wondering how far Saudi Arabia took this setting and optionally there are ways that we can look at this (with the options to consider) how the smugglers keep the US Navy asleep. Because it is happening right under their noses. As far as I can remember they only ever found one ship with weapons (I think it is about two years ago) and now we might get a much more novel setting with one additional thought, but I will keep this private to me and Khalid bin Salman Al Saud, you can’t inform the boss of all this on the settings we get to celebrate on. 

It was such a simple setting, the setting is simple, the data acquisition is a lot less simple, but we have to start somewhere. So whilst the News channels look at the impact of Houthi terrorists, I looked at what could be done. Have a great day all

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October 3, 2026 · 19:03

Myopia ahead

We all have that, put a decent heterosexual guy in front of a topless Alexandra Daddario or even the average nicely build woman and he gets a sincere case of shortsightedness, that includes most of the politicians. Although they see the price of wealth and power in a little higher esteem. Marketing builds on this case of Myopia bin all kind of ways. But what if that shortsightedness is delusional?

So in comes the BBC (at https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck87zg8jnwngo) where we see ‘G7 to release millions of barrels of oil and diesel after Trump threat’ but is that the end of it? No, not by a long shot. Sure, it might seem that way, but the EU is now building new avenues and Canada is one of them, as such there is a short term relief for Americans, but the turn side is also blooming. The EU is ending whatever plans they had with the United States and I reckon that China is waiting in the isle ready to offer a less radical setting, because their goal is ending the supremacy of the United States. And as some say ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’ a setting President Trump should have seen a mile away. He is the the big beautiful solution to all matters. Basically if any solution has the name ‘Beautiful’ than you better believe that it will be absent of the name Trump. And as countries all over the world are going over any Trump building with fine toothbrush to see if they can find any irregularities, that building will most likely be scrapped. And as the United States ended its status as ally with the Gulf States, they have only two venues going for it. The first one is Iran (under condition that president Trump is put to death) and the second one is Russia. And a remote option is North Korea. Yes, that is a group that American citizens want to be a part of. So whilst we get “Donald Trump had warned he would ban diesel exports from the US if European countries did not agree to put more of their own stocks onto the market. That would have eased pressure on prices for US consumers ahead of November’s midterm elections, but pushed up prices elsewhere.” And that is where the Myopia really bites. The Trump administration cannot see beyond the midterms, even promising $5000 to every American who gets him reelected. But that is also the end of the game. You see the United States doesn’t have that much money left and the Diesel setting merely brings it to the top. And the people (those with half a brain) are putting things together. You see, what happens when the next threat comes calling? Because that is out there and there is a new threat coming his way. His secretary of War (who hasn’t won one yet and there is every indication that he will lose the one in Iran) is doing away with 20% of generals and these people have insight in politics, understand real negotiating and they will not turn Democrat (at least I do not think so) but the independent group in politics gets a massive infuse of non-Republicans and that ends the republican party right quick. I reckon that Bernie Sanders (Vermont) will get a likely massive back party, all with massive service on the US Armed forces. That is the setting of Myopia, shortsightedness and out of focus with the reality of things. 

And these generals will have a massive backlog of people that revere them. There will be no question on that. There might be a few that never played ball, but 20% is a massive entity and they bring hundred of thousand of votes, optionally millions and that suits Bernie Sanders just fine.

And this is merely the beginning, the road to recovery will take decades. Decades without the Five Eyes, the CIA will gobble up what it can, but they are out of the game. If only they had stopped President Trump before he got elected and the words ‘I just grab them by the pussy’ before his first election would have been that signal. 

Now the United States is heading for a disastrous setting and I reckon that PM Mette Frederiksen will be shouting hardest holding the EU flag, So when you consider that most of the US defense contracts will be shredded at a moment notice, all whilst the United States shouted that it sees NATO as a waste of space (well not exactly that), but we see that President Donald Trump and top administration officials have repeatedly characterized the alliance’s current framework as unbalanced and obsolete (source: Al Jazeera) and the United States is not very welcome in the Gulf States either. I reckon that the “China and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE) have built a comprehensive, multi-layered strategic partnership that extends far beyond traditional energy trade” (source: The Middle East Council on Global Affairs (ME Council)) and I reckon that defence cooperation is only one step away and when that works the United States is out and now that China has the attention of the EU, the Commonwealth and the EU are a mere stepping stone. That is the effect of Myopia. It comes from a lack of focus and whilst President Trump is looking at the gold in the chandeliers, all whilst several injections have been placed and will most likely stop the President of making the White House the tackiest construction in the History of the United States we still see “The estimated cost of the development has scaled up from initial estimates to between $400 million and $600 million–$900 million depending on related grounds and interior updates, with the administration stating it is financed through private donations” So, who will visit that place? North Korea? Russia? Iran? I reckon the rest is washing their hair and polishing their crown jewels. 

This is the setting that was laughingly blown away (yesterday) when I stated ‘The end is nigh” which (as I was looking at Skyrim) was a decent intonation to make. 

The shortsightedness of this US administration is laughingly insane. And whilst the next administration spends its first three years cleaning up what the Republicans broke, the Republican Party will suffer defeat after defeat, when we get rather nasty settings like Jacob Anthony Chansley (born 1988), widely known as the “QAnon Shaman” who its now giving the world Chansley publicly turned against Trump, calling him a “fraud” and withdrawing his support due to dissatisfaction with Trump’s handling and release of information regarding Jeffrey Epstein’s client list (source: CNN) 

So when the image below is the most intelligent MAGA supporter, what becomes of the rest? 

Small questions and large impacts and the United States is looking towards massive repairs and most countries will not be answering their phones. I think the United States has a problem that will last long after 2030 and that is the setting for Huawei to kick in the doors, and more than likely in the age of data sovereignty the EU and the Commonwealth will open that door themselves as they are scared for what the fake AI tidings bring, because that is still developing and whist the AI vendors need to realise that their predictive analytics time comes to an end, the fallout we see is real and they just did away with tens of thousands of people, so how to fix that? 

So have a great day and watch the impact that will be seen in every corner or the world (a weir expression to use on a globe, but there you have it).

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September 24, 2026 · 21:00

The undecided ones

That is what I see. And there is a real danger here and we will see the end come because some people cannot make decisions. They are too scared to be seen ‘in a bad light’ but the their inactions have more dire consequences than they are willing to admit to, because they are in a setting “we can talk with them”, “we could find a mutual solution” but the direct setting is that they do not want to talk. The want to lead at the expense of everyone and everything. I am of course talking about Iran and now their terrorist branches Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthi. The indecisive actions by the United States is making its mark, because Iran sees the weakness in the United States. The bully president talks and talks, but the weary part of all this is seen, the United States is broke beyond belief and they can no longer boast what they want, well they could, but it is now reaching more and more deaf ears. So whilst we get “Good morning. Donald Trump has used the platform of the UN general assembly in New York to threaten to “annihilate the Islamic republic” of Iran, “and do it quickly”. He called on countries to unite to isolate Tehran and bring down global energy prices.” So how are they doing that exactly? You see, they started their clambake 207 days ago (which amounts to 29 weeks and 4 days) and they weren’t able to stop Iran and others (like the Houthis) are seeing this as a weakness. All that, whilst I gave a much better setting in the last 29 weeks that is better, more complete and it hinders the Iranians to a much larger effect and my ‘plan’ didn’t cost and whilst AP News gave us that this is costing the USA $43.6 billion, my ‘plan’ did it at a fraction of the cost and a lot more complete. This is not a brag, I placed the idea in my blog and I gave it free of charge to the UAE and Saudi Arabia, because when these places are under attack, you are not asking for money (it would still be nice though) but these inventions are untested and they get it for free and can decide how to implement it. I had France WW2 as an example. As such it might merely be a partial innovation (aka iteration) on this. And I am not undecided, I decided to hand Saudi Arabia (the UAE too) whatever I had to counter Iran and its three terrorist organisation and perhaps my way will not work. More able engineers than me can decide on that. I am not undecided. So in the meantime we see the CSIS give us ‘Is the United States Abandoning Saudi Arabia at Its Moment of Need?’ Where we see “By 2022, Saudi Arabia and the Houthis had negotiated a ceasefire. It held imperfectly until July 2026, when Saudi Arabia was attacked again—this time most definitely by the Houthis. The attacks plunged Saudi Arabia into a conflict it had hoped to avoid.

Houthi missiles, mostly intercepted, began targeting Saudi Arabia on July 13. The Houthis announced a naval blockade on July 22 and began targeting oil tankers carrying Saudi crude in the Red Sea. They then began attacking Saudi energy infrastructure, culminating in a strike on an oil refinery in Jazan on August 9. On September 10, an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq—plausibly coordinating with the Houthis—struck the critical East-West Pipeline that had allowed the country to reroute its oil exports from the Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea. And on September 18, a Houthi ballistic missile targeting Riyadh was intercepted by Saudi air defenses.” As I personally see this, the Iranian puppets are now acting against Saudi Arabia and this requires more than just shrugging. A few weeks ago I gave Saudi Arabia more ideas and put is up to them to distill if my ideas have merit. I believe it does. We need to act in support of allies and I have always regarded that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are allies. As such we need to act. So I am in favour of acting, but we get from the Guardian ‘Trump calls off airstrikes at last minute’ and we can set this to all kinds of reasons, but in the end their ally Saudi Arabia was under attack and they became an undecided party. So what is the right action? As I see it we stand with Saudi Arabia (with the UAE too) and we take Iran and his terrorist organisations to the cleaner. I am too old to fight, but I have a few good ideas and the first one is to destroy the harbour of Mocha and destroy whatever it gets in ships, because that is how the Houthi get their weapons. It seems that their source is Eritrea, but how do they get there? That is where I see it different. The Iranian ships come to the Gulf of Aden and most likely the Iranians have a deal with people around Aden (pure speculation on my side), there I too much with Eritrea I am not accepting, it is almost like the intelligence is set for Saudi Arabia to start unprovoked attacks on Eritrea. And I am driven by evidence (and I am not privy to the evidence that might exist), so basically I am flying blind. But the media knows a lot more and they are absent in the reporting of the Iranian Houthi acts. They basically merely state ‘Iran-backed Houthis’ all whilst it should be ‘the Iranian puppet run Houthi terrorists’ and there is no place for the undecided ones. So whilst they are trying to weasel their ways in a setting where they can shine like the proverbial peace talking people and all whilst they are playing with the lives of others, they are hiding in a setting where they are safe, but their is no longer any safe place. There are no longer talks, President Trump made that impossible when they attacked on February 28th. So either they commit to eradicating Iran, or Iran becomes the biggest terrorist handler the world has ever seen and we are lucky, because this setting would be 100 times larger if Qasem Soleimani was still alive. That is the only luck we currently have and that is why we need to be decisive in all this and unite behind Saudi Arabia and the UAE. I personally feel more like an Emirati, mainly because I am no Muslim and Saudi Arabia is decently conservative Muslim. But that is probably the only reason. I still believe in the defense of Saudi Arabia, which is why I handed them my military IP. 

So when will the world wake up? When the oil stops delivering? When the Houthis decide that they should (with assistance) of Hezbollah turn towards Israel and Egypt? They are then merely one step away from France. So when that becomes a feeding ground towards pushing them all towards Shia Islam, what is stopping them? The undecided ones? It will be too late at that point. We have options at this point and as I see it the United States no longer is one, so we either unite with Saudi Arabia or we see our world come undone. And don’t put too much faith in the selective outrage of Antonio Guterres stating “I have never seen killing and destruction like Gaza”, where we should wonder what he was doing when we saw the fatalities of Ethiopia set to 750,000 to 797,000 people per year, 377,000 total deaths in Yemen, Sudan with 400,000 deaths, and Ukraine with an expected 525,000 fatalities? So, was Antonio Guterres asleep at the wheel? (Im just asking). We need to stop the lackeys of Iran and stop Iran, a two sided battle and there is no prize for the losers and if we remain undecided we will most certainly lose. A lesson that President Trump apparently never learned. Because he boasted to have defeated Iran over 30 times and as I see it Saudi Arabia as well as the UAE had to clean up the mess of this. So when this mess gets cleaned up, we need to see what to do next. I still think that China might be the solution to all this and I reckon that the EU comes around the moment the dangers of Hezbollah, Houthi and Iran becomes real, but that might be too late a setting and I have no idea how the intelligence of DGSE is. But if you are not an intelligence person you might never know and those who are aren’t putting this on their blog (as I am), a simple truth. But the best actions? I actually have no idea, but I see the danger (even if some make claim that there is none) recognising the dangers we are in is important, because that shows you who the undecided ones are and with that we could see where we can find an optional solution.

Have a great day today.

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