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John is in the process of purchasing an entire floor of a building in Johannesburg to serve as a headquarters for the work that lies ahead. The project manager for the building has been very helpful. A couple of months ago he sent me pictures that were taken from the roof of the building, where there is a helipad.

Last evening, I spoke (online) with Andrew and Yolinda, who are long-time friends from New Zealand. They sponsored a meeting the last time we were in New Zealand. This was the first time we had ever talked to them online, although we hear from them fairly regularly by email.

They told me that their daughter was the project manager of a new building in Johannesburg. In fact, Yolinda is originally from South Africa. Yolinda’s daughter had called recently and mentioned that she had met a client who had told her of his Kingdom vision and why he was interested in purchasing this property.

Her description of the man seemed to be a match for John. It turned out that it was indeed John. Furthermore, he had discerned her heart and asked her to join the Kingdom team as soon as everything was set up.

What are the odds of that??

Who Signed the Warrant for the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Raid

https://www.worldtribune.com/who-is-bruce-reinhart-magistrate-judge-who-issued-trump-search-warrant-worked-for-team-epstein/

The go-ahead for the unprecedented FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence was signed off on by a judge who, as an attorney, had represented associates of Jeffrey Epstein who were alleged to have assisted the wealthy pedophile in the trafficking of underage girls.

Judge Bruce E. Reinhart, a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Florida, signed off on the warrant to raid Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago on Monday night.

Reports note that Reinhart had previously left his position as U.S. Attorney to represent clients in Epstein’s orbit.

According to the Miami Herald, Reinhart was hired on Jan. 2, 2008, to represent accomplices of Epstein who would later go on to receive federal immunity for allegedly trafficking underage girls.

Reinhart admitted to the Miami Herald that he had represented Epstein’s pilots; his scheduler, Sarah Kellen; and Nadia Marcinkova, who Epstein once reportedly described as his “Yugoslavian sex slave.”

As many of you know, Donald Trump once kicked Jeff Epstein out of his club after Jeff tried to solicit the teenage daughter of one of the members. Trump has known many unsavory characters over the years. One cannot be in big business in New York City without working next to the Mafia. Trump was not a law-enforcement officer or agent, so he minded his own business. I do not know if Trump knew of Epstein’s pedophilia prior to the incident, but he would not tolerate it at Mar-a-Lago. Epstein was banned for life from setting foot on Mar-a-Lago.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/04/trump-banned-jeffrey-epstein-from-mar-a-lago-for-hitting-on-girl.html

And now we see Epstein’s former lawyer, now a magistrate, sign the papers for a warrant to raid Mar-a-Lago! No bias there, of course.

Meanwhile, the FBI and DOJ continue to cover up the crimes of Hillary Clinton, Hunter Biden, John Podesta, and many others. The Hunter Biden laptop shows countless crimes on video, which have been posted online for all to see, but nothing is done about it. Democrats appear to be immune from prosecution, assisted also with a few RHINO Republicans.

Final Stages of the Russia-Ukraine War

For months the Ukrainian government of Zelensky has been planning a massive offensive to retake the Kherson region in the southern part of the country. About two weeks ago, they finally began to move troops and artillery to the area in order to fulfill western expectations. Russia responded by moving more artillery to the area to defend Kherson.

The Ukrainians, however, made a fatal mistake by sending their artillery out of the Donbass region, where it was actually needed to keep the Russians at bay. In fact, just outside of Donetsk was the most fortified and entrenched area in the entire world, which the Russians had found it nearly impossible to take over. Ukrainian artillery continued to shell the city of Donetsk indiscriminately (as they had been doing for 8 years).

Right now, they are shelling the city with petal mines—small bombs that can take off a man’s legs and even kill children. (Petal bombs are considered to be war crimes today.)

https://www.youtube.com/c/EvaKBartlett/videos

When the Ukrainians moved most of their artillery southwest to prepare for the long-awaited counter-offensive to retake Kherson, it left the entrenched Ukrainian troops vulnerable. The Russians quickly broke through the front lines in about 3 places, and this seems to be the beginning of the end of the battle in the important Donbass region.

Furthermore, the Ukrainians are unable to move their artillery back to their original positions, because now the Russian side is getting ready to do their own counter-offensive in Kherson! In other words, the situation has reversed. The Ukrainians have now given up on its touted counter-offensive in Kherson, and now they are having to prepare to defend themselves from a Russian attack.

In fact, in order for Ukrainian forces to retake Kherson, it would have to cross the Dnieper River. There are only 2 bridges in the area, and now the Ukrainians have begun shelling those bridges in the attempt to prevent Russian troops from crossing the river. Now if Ukraine intended to invade Kherson, its troops would need those bridges as well. The very fact that they are shelling those bridges shows that they have no intention of mounting a Kherson offensive. Instead, they are desperately trying to prevent a Russian offensive!

Meanwhile, the Ukrainians continue to lose ground in the Donbass region, as they are being expelled steadily from the Russian-speaking break-away Republics of Lugansk and Donetsk.

This war is largely an artillery war. Russia does not send its infantry into an area until artillery strikes have decimated the Ukrainian defenses. Then they take the territory and move their artillery to the new front line and begin again. While this tactic is slow, it reduces Russian casualties to a minimum, while inflicting maximum casualties to the Ukraine side.

Ukrainian generals complain that they are totally out-gunned, and this is why they are making desperate appeals for weapons. One report says that Russia can fire 6,500 shells a day, whereas Ukraine can fire only a few hundred. Furthermore, Ukraine no longer has an air force. Russia controls the skies. It is difficult to win a war against such odds.

Ukraine continues to claim they are winning the war, but reports on the ground (from both sides) show that Ukraine continues to lose territory. The fact that the Russian troops are slowed down by the entrenched Ukrainian troops is sufficient for Ukraine to declare victory. Defining victory, of course, depends on the goal. If the goal is to slow down the Russians, then they succeeded. If the goal is to push back the Russian troops, then they are failing 90 percent of the time.

When Russian forces overrun Ukrainian positions, they must also clear the area of mines while consolidating their position. This too takes time, slowing down the Russian forces, and this gives the Ukrainian government the opportunity to claim victory even as their surviving troops retreat.

My point is that the Ukrainians appear to have made a fatal mistake in attempting to amass troops and artillery to retake Kherson. The situation is so bad that now Ukraine has begun shelling a nuclear power plant in the Russian-controlled Kherson region. Ukraine, of course, blames Russia for shelling its own power plant, endangering the lives of everyone in the region. But then, they have also continued to blame Russia for shelling Donetsk with petal mines. This is obvious propaganda. The local people can see first-hand the direction of incoming shells.

Now Ukraine is losing on both fronts, notwithstanding the propaganda that always accompanies war. Regardless of how long the war may drag out, it appears that the war has reached a major tipping point, where Russian troops will begin to accelerate its takeover of territory.

Watch for a final push within the next month, because by mid-September the rains will make it difficult to move artillery across the fields.