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Did you know? There's a script in the world that men couldn't read—and were never allowed to. This is Nüshu, originating from Hunan, China. In feudal society thousands of years ago, women were denied education. With no access to ink and paper, they improvised—using bamboo slivers as brushes and... show more

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Did you know that the French and British invaded Beijing in 1860 in order to force China to legalize opium? British and French looted and destroyed the Old Summer Palace, a massive complex of gardens, palaces, and art. Hundreds of Chinese people were killed, and dozens of the most beautiful architectural structures in the world were looted and burned down. China has left the ruins as a reminder of their history, and as a record of the brutality of Western imperialists.

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Gynarchy is a social system where women hold primary power and authority in roles of leadership, moral authority, and social privilege. It places women at the center of decision-making, both in personal relationships and society. Gynarchy is often associated with female-led relationships (FLR), where the woman’s authority and guidance shape the dynamic. It stands in contrast to patriarchal systems, advocating for a society that values female leadership, wisdom, and superiority.

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The two arsonists, #PrinceWilliam and #KateMiddleton, are still playing the victim card. William and Kate were never mentioned in the unconfirmed (fabricated/I don't believe it) story that the BM (British Media) is spreading; this means they were never part of it. But, of course, they want to insert themselves into it, acting as if #PrinceHarry or #Meghan is interested in meeting them. Meghan and Harry moved on from Wales years ago, and Meghan firmly closed the door on Wales. Meghan wants nothing to do with those two. She didn't forget what Kate did to her, and that William sent Jason Knauf to help DailyMail in their case against her.. Funny how she is still a part of their world years after she left, while they aren't a part of hers. The last time she mentioned those two arsonists was in 2022.

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It was a morning to cherish with Bill Gates! His vision of using education as a tool for global development & his commitment to empowering women & girls in tech and sciences are making a lasting impact on humanity. I have had a long association with the Gates Foundation since my time at UN Women from 2011, when we collaborated on numerous initiatives including 'Making Women Count' It was a pleasure to meet him again. We discussed India's role as a beacon for women-led development in the Global South. Honoured to present my novel 'Swallowing The Sun' to him with an inscription that highlighted how the book was an ode to the universal human spirit and the right of everyone especially women and girls to realise their potential, their dreams - "Something you seek to do in the world" @BMGFIndia UN Women #SwallowingTheSun

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"Talk is cheap, and when thousands of men, women, and children were left behind in Afghanistan ... Chad Robichaux and his makeshift band of heroes risked their lives to save tens of thousands of people from the diabolic Taliban regime." Jocko Willink 📚

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President Donald Trump was welcomed to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday by a group of dancers performing Khaleeji, a dance that involves the performer swinging their hair from one shoulder to another. The performance is a popular dance in the UAE, which has its roots deeply embedded in the Bedouin lifestyle and traditions. It serves as a symbol of national identity and unity, reflecting the heritage of Emirati culture. Women in white dresses flip their hair in rhythm while men drum and chant poetry behind them with swords, representing peace and togetherness. The inclusion of women in the performance highlights the evolving roles and contributions of women in preserving and promoting cultural traditions. It is recognized by UNESCO as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, recognizing its importance as a cultural expression and its role in fostering social cohesion and cultural continuity.

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BREAKING: Israeli forces gather large numbers of children and women into a hole and surround them with gunfire before allowing them to flee from the northern Gaza Strip. According to a testimony from one of the women in Jabalia: “They took all the children from their mothers and put them in something resembling a pit or a hole. The tank came and circled around them several times until they were covered in dirt and sand, amidst the screams of children and the wailing of mothers. After that, the soldiers came and started throwing the children in the direction of the mothers. If a mother picked up a child, she had to carry them and move quickly without confirming that the child was indeed hers. Many of the mothers picked up children that weren't theirs, forced to leave with other women's children. Here, a new chapter of suffering begins, as a mother searches for her child in the hands of another woman, calming a child in her arms until she finds her own.”

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These two women were visiting the fire department in NYC and wanted a tour. The firefighters were gracious for the public outreach and obliged. The women tried on some of the pieces of the uniform and then danced and had fun while touring the fire station and checking out the fire trucks. People who saw the video were outraged and claim that this is inappropriate and that they should not have been allowed to do this. Do you see anything inappropriate with what they did?

These two women were visiting the fire department in NYC and wanted a tour. The firefighters were gracious for the public outreach and obliged. The women tried on some of the pieces of the uniform and then danced and had fun while touring the fire station and checking out the fire trucks. People who saw the video were outraged and claim that this is inappropriate and that they should not have been allowed to do this. Do you see anything inappropriate with what they did?

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The Nigerian military is taking credit for “rescuing” some 400 hostages released by Boko Haram in Ngoshe. That is a lie, of course. Here is the word from eyewitnesses on the ground. Soldiers delivered ransom to Boko Haram, said to be somewhere between 3 and 5 billion naira. Only Muslim hostages were released. The Christian women and children remain in captivity. They were being held in a village named Gavva at the shadow of Mandara Mountain, three kilometers away from the military base in Ngoshe. That is not a rescue. That is complicity, and a wealth transfer to their terrorist comrades. It is also proof and a continuation of the ongoing Christian genocide. This is video of the Muslim women and children being returned. #EarthShaker

The Nigerian military is taking credit for “rescuing” some 400 hostages released by Boko Haram in Ngoshe. That is a lie, of course. Here is the word from eyewitnesses on the ground. Soldiers delivered ransom to Boko Haram, said to be somewhere between 3 and 5 billion naira. Only Muslim hostages were released. The Christian women and children remain in captivity. They were being held in a village named Gavva at the shadow of Mandara Mountain, three kilometers away from the military base in Ngoshe. That is not a rescue. That is complicity, and a wealth transfer to their terrorist comrades. It is also proof and a continuation of the ongoing Christian genocide. This is video of the Muslim women and children being returned. #EarthShaker

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175,327 views • 4 months ago

77 years… and China is still moving forward. On October 1, China is not simply celebrating the anniversary of the founding of the country, but highlighting a journey that has completely transformed it. From a country that emerged from decades of war and poverty to an industrial and technological power competing in the industries of the future and building cities and infrastructure on a massive scale. What stands out is that China does not see its achievements as a finish line, but as one stage in an ongoing project of modernization and development.

77 years… and China is still moving forward. On October 1, China is not simply celebrating the anniversary of the founding of the country, but highlighting a journey that has completely transformed it. From a country that emerged from decades of war and poverty to an industrial and technological power competing in the industries of the future and building cities and infrastructure on a massive scale. What stands out is that China does not see its achievements as a finish line, but as one stage in an ongoing project of modernization and development.

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“So in order to get out one, there were close to a hundred other service members involved in risking their lives on the ground.” “I think what you need to know is we would have sent more to go get the back seater.” This part made me cry. Tens of thousands of unarmed Iranians, women and children included, were slaughtered by the Islamic regime in Iran for asking to be free. America will send a hundred men, then more, to save one of its own. The regime in Iran butchers its own people. And that's the difference.

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281,338 views • 27 days ago

When over 800 women were attacked on New Years Eve in Germany by hordes of migrant men Jess Phillips downplayed it and said this is just an average Saturday night out How she is seen as this great defender of women and girls I will never know

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Basil the Great

261,640 views • 6 months ago

Israel has the drone ability to strike a kitchen table in Tehran from thousands of miles away. They chose to drop 2000lb b0mbs on a school sheltering displaced women and children while they were praying.

Israel has the drone ability to strike a kitchen table in Tehran from thousands of miles away. They chose to drop 2000lb b0mbs on a school sheltering displaced women and children while they were praying.

Casual Geopolitics

450,081 views • 2 years ago

Tucker Carlson thinks that Muslims were very kind toward Christians during the Ottoman period, and for that reason, I would like to explain to you how kind they were. For 300 years the Ottoman Turks were stealing kids from their mothers. This was the most brutal thing humanity ever witnessed. They were waiting for women to birth, raise their kids, and then at the age of 8 were collecting them. The devşirme known as "collection of children" or "blood tax" or in Greek as "paidomazoma", was a systematic practice by the Ottoman Empire from the late 14th century until the mid-17th century, that forced the recruitment of young Christian boys, typically aged 8–18, from Balkan provinces as a form of tribute ("blood tax"). They were taken from their families, converted to Islam, and rigorously trained to serve in the empire's military, administrative, and bureaucratic roles. This created a loyal class of elite soldiers and officials who were dependent on the sultan rather than on hereditary Turkish aristocracy. Many became Janissaries, the empire's elite infantry corps, or rose to high positions like grand viziers, provincial governors, admirals, or financial bureaucrats. Estimates suggest tens of thousands of boys were recruited annually at its peak in the 15th–16th centuries. Historians estimate the total number of Christian boys taken across the entire Ottoman Empire around 300.000 kids. From those kids 150.000 were Greek kids (over 300 years). It means the half of the total kids that were stolen were only Greek. For example in 1540, a levy in the Greek regions of Thessaly & Macedonia took 1.000 Greek boys in one season and in Chios (the Greek island) 200 boys taken in 1567 alone. The peak was 5.000 kids/annual from Greece. A generational trauma, with thousands of Greek families losing sons every few years for centuries. The system began under Sultan Murad I (1362–1389) and largely ended by 1648, as Muslims were increasingly allowed to fill these roles and Janissary corruption grew. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman control extended over most Greek lands, making Greek Orthodox families prime targets for recruitment. The practice targeted rural communities disproportionately, as urban or strategically important groups were often exempt. On 28 February 1395, Archbishop Isidore Glabas of Thessaloniki denounced it in a speech as "paidomazoma" (child-gathering), describing the anguish of parents: mothers scratching their cheeks in grief and fathers beating their breasts and the violent Islamization of children and their hard training in the use of dogs and falcons. A 1550 Greek poem by Ioannes Axayiolis, appealed to Charles V of Germany to liberate the Christians from the Turks (for liberation from this "sorrow"). The text is found in the Codex Vaticanus Graecus of 1624. In another account, the Roman Catholic bishop of Chios in 1646 writes to the director of the Catholic Greek Gymnasion of Rome asking the latter to accept Paulos Omeros (lol my name Pavlos Homeros), a 12-year-old boy from Chios, to save him from the devshirme. Once taken, boys were circumcised, renamed with Muslim names, and forbidden from contact with their families. They were raised as Muslims, effectively erasing their Greek cultural and religious identity to foster loyalty to the sultan. Historical records show Greek-origin devşirme boys rising to prominence, such as Mimar Sinan (chief architect of the Ottomans, possibly Greek) and several grand viziers like Ibrahim Edhem Pasha (from Chios). The system accelerated Islamization in Greek regions, reducing Christian populations and creating a class of "Greek Muslims" (for example in Pontus or Crete). It fueled revolts and the Greek War of Independence (1821), where devşirme grievances were invoked. During the Ottoman period, Muslims enjoyed performing all kinds of mutilations. Ears, noses, lips, tongues, breasts, and genitals were primarily cut off. Not just those, though. Let's recall here the Saint Raphael of Mytilene, who was hanged from a tree and had his lower jaw cut off, while the twelve-year-old martyr Irene was roasted in a barrel on the Tuesday of Easter in the year 1463, ten years after the fall of Constantinople. In many cases, the severed body parts "adorned" the warrior collection of the janissary. The pashas gave bakshish (tips) to every "brave" Muslim warrior according to how many ears of "infidel" Christians he brought back. He himself confirmed his bravery and "manliness" among his peers by having a "komboloi" (worry beads) made from the nipples of breasts he had cut off from women. The bravest man was the one with the longest komboloi after a massacre and looting. Blinding with various sharp objects was also common. This was particularly frequent during periods of massacres and atrocities. Many unfortunate Christians remained blind for the rest of their lives because they had the misfortune of a horde of janissaries passing through their land. The Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha were especially notorious for this crime. Many times Christian captives were placed in front of cannons that were fired, turning them into human shreds of flesh. In other cases, they were tied to galleys that sailed in opposite directions and were torn apart. Dismemberment of victims also occurred with horses. Indeed, Islam was very kind toward Christians during the Ottoman period. In Greece, the denial or public endorsement of the Genocide of the Greek Christians of Pontus, Asia Minor, and Anatolia by the Turkish Muslims is criminally prosecuted and constitutes an offense. We won't forget the anti-Greek and Islamic propaganda that Tucker Carlson pushed through his podcast.

Tucker Carlson thinks that Muslims were very kind toward Christians during the Ottoman period, and for that reason, I would like to explain to you how kind they were. For 300 years the Ottoman Turks were stealing kids from their mothers. This was the most brutal thing humanity ever witnessed. They were waiting for women to birth, raise their kids, and then at the age of 8 were collecting them. The devşirme known as "collection of children" or "blood tax" or in Greek as "paidomazoma", was a systematic practice by the Ottoman Empire from the late 14th century until the mid-17th century, that forced the recruitment of young Christian boys, typically aged 8–18, from Balkan provinces as a form of tribute ("blood tax"). They were taken from their families, converted to Islam, and rigorously trained to serve in the empire's military, administrative, and bureaucratic roles. This created a loyal class of elite soldiers and officials who were dependent on the sultan rather than on hereditary Turkish aristocracy. Many became Janissaries, the empire's elite infantry corps, or rose to high positions like grand viziers, provincial governors, admirals, or financial bureaucrats. Estimates suggest tens of thousands of boys were recruited annually at its peak in the 15th–16th centuries. Historians estimate the total number of Christian boys taken across the entire Ottoman Empire around 300.000 kids. From those kids 150.000 were Greek kids (over 300 years). It means the half of the total kids that were stolen were only Greek. For example in 1540, a levy in the Greek regions of Thessaly & Macedonia took 1.000 Greek boys in one season and in Chios (the Greek island) 200 boys taken in 1567 alone. The peak was 5.000 kids/annual from Greece. A generational trauma, with thousands of Greek families losing sons every few years for centuries. The system began under Sultan Murad I (1362–1389) and largely ended by 1648, as Muslims were increasingly allowed to fill these roles and Janissary corruption grew. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman control extended over most Greek lands, making Greek Orthodox families prime targets for recruitment. The practice targeted rural communities disproportionately, as urban or strategically important groups were often exempt. On 28 February 1395, Archbishop Isidore Glabas of Thessaloniki denounced it in a speech as "paidomazoma" (child-gathering), describing the anguish of parents: mothers scratching their cheeks in grief and fathers beating their breasts and the violent Islamization of children and their hard training in the use of dogs and falcons. A 1550 Greek poem by Ioannes Axayiolis, appealed to Charles V of Germany to liberate the Christians from the Turks (for liberation from this "sorrow"). The text is found in the Codex Vaticanus Graecus of 1624. In another account, the Roman Catholic bishop of Chios in 1646 writes to the director of the Catholic Greek Gymnasion of Rome asking the latter to accept Paulos Omeros (lol my name Pavlos Homeros), a 12-year-old boy from Chios, to save him from the devshirme. Once taken, boys were circumcised, renamed with Muslim names, and forbidden from contact with their families. They were raised as Muslims, effectively erasing their Greek cultural and religious identity to foster loyalty to the sultan. Historical records show Greek-origin devşirme boys rising to prominence, such as Mimar Sinan (chief architect of the Ottomans, possibly Greek) and several grand viziers like Ibrahim Edhem Pasha (from Chios). The system accelerated Islamization in Greek regions, reducing Christian populations and creating a class of "Greek Muslims" (for example in Pontus or Crete). It fueled revolts and the Greek War of Independence (1821), where devşirme grievances were invoked. During the Ottoman period, Muslims enjoyed performing all kinds of mutilations. Ears, noses, lips, tongues, breasts, and genitals were primarily cut off. Not just those, though. Let's recall here the Saint Raphael of Mytilene, who was hanged from a tree and had his lower jaw cut off, while the twelve-year-old martyr Irene was roasted in a barrel on the Tuesday of Easter in the year 1463, ten years after the fall of Constantinople. In many cases, the severed body parts "adorned" the warrior collection of the janissary. The pashas gave bakshish (tips) to every "brave" Muslim warrior according to how many ears of "infidel" Christians he brought back. He himself confirmed his bravery and "manliness" among his peers by having a "komboloi" (worry beads) made from the nipples of breasts he had cut off from women. The bravest man was the one with the longest komboloi after a massacre and looting. Blinding with various sharp objects was also common. This was particularly frequent during periods of massacres and atrocities. Many unfortunate Christians remained blind for the rest of their lives because they had the misfortune of a horde of janissaries passing through their land. The Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha were especially notorious for this crime. Many times Christian captives were placed in front of cannons that were fired, turning them into human shreds of flesh. In other cases, they were tied to galleys that sailed in opposite directions and were torn apart. Dismemberment of victims also occurred with horses. Indeed, Islam was very kind toward Christians during the Ottoman period. In Greece, the denial or public endorsement of the Genocide of the Greek Christians of Pontus, Asia Minor, and Anatolia by the Turkish Muslims is criminally prosecuted and constitutes an offense. We won't forget the anti-Greek and Islamic propaganda that Tucker Carlson pushed through his podcast.

Homer Pavlos

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Did you know that 5,000 years ago, during the Age of Taurus, Polaris was not the North Star? The North Star was Thuban, located in the tail of the constellation Draco! The stars hold the knowledge of timekeeping and axial precession. That is why, during the construction of the Hoover Dam, the elites left a monument marking the true time and era of this monumental structure. They know that civilization will be reset, but as long as the elites preserve the knowledge of timekeeping shared in the Book of Enoch, they and their bloodlines will remember the true history. We are about to enter the Age of Aquarius. A new order of the ages is upon us.

Did you know that 5,000 years ago, during the Age of Taurus, Polaris was not the North Star? The North Star was Thuban, located in the tail of the constellation Draco! The stars hold the knowledge of timekeeping and axial precession. That is why, during the construction of the Hoover Dam, the elites left a monument marking the true time and era of this monumental structure. They know that civilization will be reset, but as long as the elites preserve the knowledge of timekeeping shared in the Book of Enoch, they and their bloodlines will remember the true history. We are about to enter the Age of Aquarius. A new order of the ages is upon us.

Open Minded Approach

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