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Clayton Morris breaks down what Somalia immigrants have contributed to America since America was founded Every American should see this The U.S. had adopted a new policy welcoming political refugees in 1980, over two centuries after the founding of the American nation and 360 years after the landing of the Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, for those who are keeping count. So by 2011, nearly 100,000 Somalis had been welcomed into the United States as refugees. What exactly did they build in America? They didn't sign the Declaration of Independence, They didn't build our military or found any universities or make any of the discoveries or invent any of the inventions that made America a global superpower and gave us the American century. They weren't even here when all that stuff happened. But that doesn't mean they haven't built anything. When Somalis began arriving in the 1990s and 2000s, they built mosques and Islamic centers and Quranic schools. They opened halal shops and grocery stores that sent remittances back to Somalia. Beyond these legal, or at least semi-legal businesses, a major source of remittances to Somalia has been the American taxpayer. Because the most impressive institution that Somalis have built in the United States is the kind of community group that perpetrated one of the most expansive cases of welfare fraud in American history. — Much of that money went straight back to Somalia, with at least some of it ending up in the hands of the Islamic terrorist group al-Shabaab. According to a 2024 report, remittances from abroad, and especially from the United States, today account for between 30% and 50% of the Somalian economy. In other words, Somalis didn't build America. They've never really contributed anything to America. But they have managed to take, steal and transfer enough wealth from America that, in as much as Somalia exists today as a nation at all, America built Somalia.”
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Clayton Morris breaks down what Somalia immigrants have contributed to America since America was founded Every American should see this The U.S. had adopted a new policy welcoming political refugees in 1980, over two centuries after the founding of the American nation and 360 years after the landing of the Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, for those who are keeping count. So by 2011, nearly 100,000 Somalis had been welcomed into the United States as refugees. What exactly did they build in America? They didn't sign the Declaration of Independence, They didn't build our military or found any universities or make any of the discoveries or invent any of the inventions that made America a global superpower and gave us the American century. They weren't even here when all that stuff happened. But that doesn't mean they haven't built anything. When Somalis began arriving in the 1990s and 2000s, they built mosques and Islamic centers and Quranic schools. They opened halal shops and grocery stores that sent remittances back to Somalia. Beyond these legal, or at least semi-legal businesses, a major source of remittances to Somalia has been the American taxpayer. Because the most impressive institution that Somalis have built in the United States is the kind of community group that perpetrated one of the most expansive cases of welfare fraud in American history. — Much of that money went straight back to Somalia, with at least some of it ending up in the hands of the Islamic terrorist group al-Shabaab. According to a 2024 report, remittances from abroad, and especially from the United States, today account for between 30% and 50% of the Somalian economy. In other words, Somalis didn't build America. They've never really contributed anything to America. But they have managed to take, steal and transfer enough wealth from America that, in as much as Somalia exists today as a nation at all, America built Somalia.”

Wall Street Apes

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Since people keep asking, here are my current thoughts on Star Wars Outlaws. I’m liking it a lot so far. Some of you asked about bugs or glitches, and honestly, I haven’t run into anything. Looks like Ubisoft actually fixed the issues the game had. Visually it’s really nice, they did a solid job there. If you’re into Star Wars as an IP, the game feels pretty enjoyable. Most of what I’ve played until now leans toward stealth, so I guess that’s one of the main focuses. It’s not super punishing either. I got caught a few times, but the game didn’t instantly throw me out. You usually get a chance to fix the situation, even if that probably doesn’t work in every scenario. I also like that the game sometimes puts you in situations where you can lean toward one Syndicate or another. It’s not a fixed choice, but depending on what you do, your reputation shifts and you get different advantages. It fits the world really well. With the reduced price it has on Steam right now, I’d say it’s worth trying. These are just my thoughts after almost six hours of playtime. I still have more to see, and I’ll share more impressions as I go. The footage is also part of a new idea I’m trying. I want to start using video instead of images so people can get a better feel for how the game actually plays.
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Since people keep asking, here are my current thoughts on Star Wars Outlaws. I’m liking it a lot so far. Some of you asked about bugs or glitches, and honestly, I haven’t run into anything. Looks like Ubisoft actually fixed the issues the game had. Visually it’s really nice, they did a solid job there. If you’re into Star Wars as an IP, the game feels pretty enjoyable. Most of what I’ve played until now leans toward stealth, so I guess that’s one of the main focuses. It’s not super punishing either. I got caught a few times, but the game didn’t instantly throw me out. You usually get a chance to fix the situation, even if that probably doesn’t work in every scenario. I also like that the game sometimes puts you in situations where you can lean toward one Syndicate or another. It’s not a fixed choice, but depending on what you do, your reputation shifts and you get different advantages. It fits the world really well. With the reduced price it has on Steam right now, I’d say it’s worth trying. These are just my thoughts after almost six hours of playtime. I still have more to see, and I’ll share more impressions as I go. The footage is also part of a new idea I’m trying. I want to start using video instead of images so people can get a better feel for how the game actually plays.

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Here's a devlog made by an anonymous Chinese fan replicating the surprisingly brand new technique that I developed for detecting asteroids which wound up being so powerful that it can easily track Stealth Fighters from over 100km away even when it’s only using three $30 webcams as sensors meaning it easily outperforms all modern stealth tracking techniques in precision, range and cost. And while this demo is using optical light, this same technique which I call pixel motion to voxel projection, can be used interchangeably with thermal infrared cameras to work at night and also majorly boosts the effectiveness of radar allowing you to track fighters much more effectively through clouds and over the horizon. This technique will also always eventually give the exact location of the target even if the image is blurry as those blurs will always average out from the different perspectives into revealing the precise location of the target in the voxel grid. There is definitely a Mandela effect with this technique as it feels as though it should already exist, especially because at first as it sounds like it is performing triangulation (which has existed for years and is what we do for mocap and tennis ball tracking). But triangulation is entirely separate to this as triangulations only works if you have already identified where the ball is in a 2D image because you’re able to rely on being able to use at least 2 separate high quality cameras which are much closer to the ball making the ball’s apparent size much much bigger and therefore gives you hundreds of pixels to work with which makes it much easier to use object recognition techniques to recognize where it is in the image aka in 2D and then you’re just using the other cameras view to project out lines which intersect in 3D to find out where the ball is in 3D. The major difference is that pixel motion to voxel projection allows you to find where the object is in 3D without having already found it in 2D which is an unbelievable difference as it allows you to use much lower quality cameras together to accumulate data together into 3D space. If this seem like it doesn’t mean much then what it actually means is that you don’t understand what I’m saying as what I’m saying means a LOT in practical terms as it means you go from having to use an imaging system that has to be able to image the object to the point that it is over a hundred total pixels in surface area to have enough data to recognize it to instead be able to use something that is only images the object to be 1 pixel in surface area and only changes the brightness value by 1 value every now and then. I’d recommend an amazing video by DST studios called “Lowlight cameras can’t defeat stealth” if you want a great video which goes over the difficulty of even using telescopes to recognize stealth fighters and why this is so impressive compared to other techniques and ironically it is what inspired me to realize the asteroid tracker I was working on actually could do this. Which brings me to the point that if this wasn’t a new technique then not only would there be at least one example of an asteroid survey that points distant telescopes at the same place at the same time in order to be able to add the light together to detect asteroids which as I was shocked to learn isn’t a thing despite the fact that it would make detecting asteroids trivial by comparison to modern 2D imaging while also having no impact on the normal scientific operations of those surveys other than small changes to scheduling. But there would also be an example of a drone tracker that uses this instead of using the aforementioned high quality zoomable telescope which has to be able to zoom in close enough to be able to recognize a drone. If you want to tell me that this is something that already exists give me an exact example of a product that uses it, not the general outline of a concept that you think it is, the actual product and then also tell me the asteroid survey that uses distant telescopes that point at the exact same place at the exact same time because I can guarantee that if you google what you think uses this you won’t even find the steps of subtracting the images from each other to get motion and will definitely not get the added step of projecting that motion into a voxel grid (It would blow your mind if you found out how Xbox kinect cameras work.) Also I want to make it clear, I’m not saying you should just use web cams to do this, I’m just using them as an example to show you the power of this in reality you would probably want to use 5 high quality zoomable thermal cameras which pan across the sky in sync with each other which due to using lower frequency are much less prone to the Rayleigh scattering that scatters visible light at 150 or so km away and again, you can also use this to majorly upgrade radar. Pretty much all of the problems you could think of for this are incredibly easy to overcome if you apply even a small amount of brainpower into fixing the problem. And yes, this gives you the exact location down to the meter of whatever you are tracking even if the image is blurry as those blurs will always average out to the exact location down to the meter in the voxel grid. Which is what makes this technique so powerful since the cost of adding each camera to The network grows linearly while the rate at which each camera gives more information grows exponentially due to the increasing unlikeliness of all of them having more movement in the same place. And given the size of the cameras it really wouldn’t be that hard to hide and network these cameras together in other countries and on sea buoys to know where planes are everywhere in the world. Which brings me to the point that I personally really don’t care about the military uses of this technology, if all it could do is precisely track stealth fighters then I wouldn’t have cared enough to work on it, I could have used any of the many other life saving techniques as the subject of the video, stealth fighters just sounds the most clickable and the scale of the problem is more intuitive to most people and if I did use any of those as subjects for the demo it would inevitably result in the stealth fighter technique being figured out anyway and all of the other uses are so useful that I don't think anyone would reasonably complain about the upside. The real purpose of this video is that since this is a new technique that hasn’t been used to detect stealth fighters despite the billions we have spent on that, then what else can you apply this to that could go on to improve billions of people’s lives that you or others are working on. For example this also allows you to majorly improve the effectiveness of cryo electron microscopy and CT scanners. This part also is kind of hard to explain as it also sounds like it exists but again, when you look through all of the places where you think it is being used you will find that it wasn’t. What I’m saying here isn’t that this is a Radon transform or gaussian splat or whatever, I’m saying that this is able to get new information that wasn’t being accessed before due to the added information about depth you get from the correlation of movement between each perspective which adds to the information that you already have. This allows you to directly subtract foreground and background objects as well as noise faster than you would be able to before and works better than super resolution for your images since super resolution won’t remove foreground and background objects like this does and instead just scales up target, foreground and background objects indiscriminately. And while with enough data Radon transforms or other scanning techniques would eventually get you a correct answer this will get you there a lot faster since those are mostly averaging techniques which average out noise whereas this gets you the ability to directly subtract noise. I’m not expecting you to think that this would do anything but if you try it for yourself you will find that it does majorly improve your ability to perform 3d scans. Again, cryo EM is a field where you would expect this technique to exist but when you look through all the papers on the topic there is no mention of tilting the grid slightly in order to be able to change your perspective slightly on the order of the feature size (if you tilt the grid then you only need precision on the order of an arc minute to do this) and doing multiple exposures from multiple different known tilts and then using those difference images to correlate depth from motion. In fact, in cryo EM you would normally want to do the opposite of this and have your exposures all taken from the same grid angle and just use the variations in how many of the same proteins are oriented in order to be able to scan them for a 3D model but this will generate you far more data faster. There is so much information that I can’t really explain in text so if you have any questions such as why this hasn’t been made before then they will most likely be answered in the video I originally posted which I have added to the end of the first Devlog for your convenience. And again, pretty much all of the problems with the technique can be fixed with a little bit of brainpower, in reality you would probably want to use 5 high quality zoomable thermal cameras which pan across the sky in sync with each other which due to using lower frequency are much less prone to the Rayleigh scattering that scatters visible light at 150 or so km away and again, you can also use this to majorly upgrade radar.
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Here's a devlog made by an anonymous Chinese fan replicating the surprisingly brand new technique that I developed for detecting asteroids which wound up being so powerful that it can easily track Stealth Fighters from over 100km away even when it’s only using three $30 webcams as sensors meaning it easily outperforms all modern stealth tracking techniques in precision, range and cost. And while this demo is using optical light, this same technique which I call pixel motion to voxel projection, can be used interchangeably with thermal infrared cameras to work at night and also majorly boosts the effectiveness of radar allowing you to track fighters much more effectively through clouds and over the horizon. This technique will also always eventually give the exact location of the target even if the image is blurry as those blurs will always average out from the different perspectives into revealing the precise location of the target in the voxel grid. There is definitely a Mandela effect with this technique as it feels as though it should already exist, especially because at first as it sounds like it is performing triangulation (which has existed for years and is what we do for mocap and tennis ball tracking). But triangulation is entirely separate to this as triangulations only works if you have already identified where the ball is in a 2D image because you’re able to rely on being able to use at least 2 separate high quality cameras which are much closer to the ball making the ball’s apparent size much much bigger and therefore gives you hundreds of pixels to work with which makes it much easier to use object recognition techniques to recognize where it is in the image aka in 2D and then you’re just using the other cameras view to project out lines which intersect in 3D to find out where the ball is in 3D. The major difference is that pixel motion to voxel projection allows you to find where the object is in 3D without having already found it in 2D which is an unbelievable difference as it allows you to use much lower quality cameras together to accumulate data together into 3D space. If this seem like it doesn’t mean much then what it actually means is that you don’t understand what I’m saying as what I’m saying means a LOT in practical terms as it means you go from having to use an imaging system that has to be able to image the object to the point that it is over a hundred total pixels in surface area to have enough data to recognize it to instead be able to use something that is only images the object to be 1 pixel in surface area and only changes the brightness value by 1 value every now and then. I’d recommend an amazing video by DST studios called “Lowlight cameras can’t defeat stealth” if you want a great video which goes over the difficulty of even using telescopes to recognize stealth fighters and why this is so impressive compared to other techniques and ironically it is what inspired me to realize the asteroid tracker I was working on actually could do this. Which brings me to the point that if this wasn’t a new technique then not only would there be at least one example of an asteroid survey that points distant telescopes at the same place at the same time in order to be able to add the light together to detect asteroids which as I was shocked to learn isn’t a thing despite the fact that it would make detecting asteroids trivial by comparison to modern 2D imaging while also having no impact on the normal scientific operations of those surveys other than small changes to scheduling. But there would also be an example of a drone tracker that uses this instead of using the aforementioned high quality zoomable telescope which has to be able to zoom in close enough to be able to recognize a drone. If you want to tell me that this is something that already exists give me an exact example of a product that uses it, not the general outline of a concept that you think it is, the actual product and then also tell me the asteroid survey that uses distant telescopes that point at the exact same place at the exact same time because I can guarantee that if you google what you think uses this you won’t even find the steps of subtracting the images from each other to get motion and will definitely not get the added step of projecting that motion into a voxel grid (It would blow your mind if you found out how Xbox kinect cameras work.) Also I want to make it clear, I’m not saying you should just use web cams to do this, I’m just using them as an example to show you the power of this in reality you would probably want to use 5 high quality zoomable thermal cameras which pan across the sky in sync with each other which due to using lower frequency are much less prone to the Rayleigh scattering that scatters visible light at 150 or so km away and again, you can also use this to majorly upgrade radar. Pretty much all of the problems you could think of for this are incredibly easy to overcome if you apply even a small amount of brainpower into fixing the problem. And yes, this gives you the exact location down to the meter of whatever you are tracking even if the image is blurry as those blurs will always average out to the exact location down to the meter in the voxel grid. Which is what makes this technique so powerful since the cost of adding each camera to The network grows linearly while the rate at which each camera gives more information grows exponentially due to the increasing unlikeliness of all of them having more movement in the same place. And given the size of the cameras it really wouldn’t be that hard to hide and network these cameras together in other countries and on sea buoys to know where planes are everywhere in the world. Which brings me to the point that I personally really don’t care about the military uses of this technology, if all it could do is precisely track stealth fighters then I wouldn’t have cared enough to work on it, I could have used any of the many other life saving techniques as the subject of the video, stealth fighters just sounds the most clickable and the scale of the problem is more intuitive to most people and if I did use any of those as subjects for the demo it would inevitably result in the stealth fighter technique being figured out anyway and all of the other uses are so useful that I don't think anyone would reasonably complain about the upside. The real purpose of this video is that since this is a new technique that hasn’t been used to detect stealth fighters despite the billions we have spent on that, then what else can you apply this to that could go on to improve billions of people’s lives that you or others are working on. For example this also allows you to majorly improve the effectiveness of cryo electron microscopy and CT scanners. This part also is kind of hard to explain as it also sounds like it exists but again, when you look through all of the places where you think it is being used you will find that it wasn’t. What I’m saying here isn’t that this is a Radon transform or gaussian splat or whatever, I’m saying that this is able to get new information that wasn’t being accessed before due to the added information about depth you get from the correlation of movement between each perspective which adds to the information that you already have. This allows you to directly subtract foreground and background objects as well as noise faster than you would be able to before and works better than super resolution for your images since super resolution won’t remove foreground and background objects like this does and instead just scales up target, foreground and background objects indiscriminately. And while with enough data Radon transforms or other scanning techniques would eventually get you a correct answer this will get you there a lot faster since those are mostly averaging techniques which average out noise whereas this gets you the ability to directly subtract noise. I’m not expecting you to think that this would do anything but if you try it for yourself you will find that it does majorly improve your ability to perform 3d scans. Again, cryo EM is a field where you would expect this technique to exist but when you look through all the papers on the topic there is no mention of tilting the grid slightly in order to be able to change your perspective slightly on the order of the feature size (if you tilt the grid then you only need precision on the order of an arc minute to do this) and doing multiple exposures from multiple different known tilts and then using those difference images to correlate depth from motion. In fact, in cryo EM you would normally want to do the opposite of this and have your exposures all taken from the same grid angle and just use the variations in how many of the same proteins are oriented in order to be able to scan them for a 3D model but this will generate you far more data faster. There is so much information that I can’t really explain in text so if you have any questions such as why this hasn’t been made before then they will most likely be answered in the video I originally posted which I have added to the end of the first Devlog for your convenience. And again, pretty much all of the problems with the technique can be fixed with a little bit of brainpower, in reality you would probably want to use 5 high quality zoomable thermal cameras which pan across the sky in sync with each other which due to using lower frequency are much less prone to the Rayleigh scattering that scatters visible light at 150 or so km away and again, you can also use this to majorly upgrade radar.

ConsistentlyInconsistent

50,799 次观看 • 1 年前

Scream 4 (2011) Scream 4 stands as a pivotal entry in the iconic slasher franchise. Though it initially struggled at the box office, the film has since garnered a significant cult following, largely due to its surprisingly prescient themes. The movie marked the return of original director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson, who envisioned Scream 4 as the launchpad for a new trilogy. Before production began, Kevin Williamson "sketched out" concepts for Scream 5 and 6. In Williamson’s original concept, Jill Roberts was supposed to survive the events of Scream 4 and "get away with it all". The planned sequel, Scream 5, would have followed Jill as a "hero" at college, only to be stalked by a new Ghostface who knew the truth about her crimes. These plans were abandoned due to the film's lower-than-expected domestic box office performance and the passing of Wes Craven in 2015. The production of Scream 4 was notoriously difficult. Extensive script rewrites by Ehren Kruger (who penned Scream 3) occurred throughout filming. Early 2011 test screenings further necessitated four days of reshoots for two key sequences involving Aimee Teegarden and Alison Brie. Craven utilized computer-generated effects for the first time, adding knife blades in post-production to facilitate safer and more aggressive stabbing scenes. Unlike the California setting of the original, Scream 4 was filmed entirely in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan, chosen by the production team for its close resemblance to the fictional "Woodsboro." Despite its ambition, Scream 4's theatrical performance was underwhelming. It remains the only film in the series not to surpass the $100 million mark. Analysts attributed this lukewarm reception to an 11-year gap since Scream 3, an aging fan base, and stiff competition from Insidious, which dominated the horror market at the time. Despite its disappointing theatrical run, Scream 4 found greater success on home media. It debuted at #2 on the U.S. rental charts and remained in the top 20 for seven consecutive weeks, generating approximately $10.3 million in domestic DVD and Blu-ray sales. The Blu-ray release further catered to fans with 17 deleted/extended scenes, a gag reel, and an alternate opening/ending, offering a glimpse into the troubled production's original vision. Over time, modern audiences have reappraised Scream 4. Its commentary on social media fame and "remake" culture, which was considered confusing or cynical in 2011, is now seen as remarkably prescient. Hayden Panettiere’s character, Kirby, instantly became a fan favorite, ultimately leading to her highly anticipated return in Scream VI. While Scream 4 temporarily "killed" the franchise until the 2022 reboot, many fans now rank it among the best sequels for its bold "Jill Roberts" reveal and sharp meta-commentary, recognizing its ahead-of-its-time themes and enduring impact.
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Scream 4 (2011) Scream 4 stands as a pivotal entry in the iconic slasher franchise. Though it initially struggled at the box office, the film has since garnered a significant cult following, largely due to its surprisingly prescient themes. The movie marked the return of original director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson, who envisioned Scream 4 as the launchpad for a new trilogy. Before production began, Kevin Williamson "sketched out" concepts for Scream 5 and 6. In Williamson’s original concept, Jill Roberts was supposed to survive the events of Scream 4 and "get away with it all". The planned sequel, Scream 5, would have followed Jill as a "hero" at college, only to be stalked by a new Ghostface who knew the truth about her crimes. These plans were abandoned due to the film's lower-than-expected domestic box office performance and the passing of Wes Craven in 2015. The production of Scream 4 was notoriously difficult. Extensive script rewrites by Ehren Kruger (who penned Scream 3) occurred throughout filming. Early 2011 test screenings further necessitated four days of reshoots for two key sequences involving Aimee Teegarden and Alison Brie. Craven utilized computer-generated effects for the first time, adding knife blades in post-production to facilitate safer and more aggressive stabbing scenes. Unlike the California setting of the original, Scream 4 was filmed entirely in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan, chosen by the production team for its close resemblance to the fictional "Woodsboro." Despite its ambition, Scream 4's theatrical performance was underwhelming. It remains the only film in the series not to surpass the $100 million mark. Analysts attributed this lukewarm reception to an 11-year gap since Scream 3, an aging fan base, and stiff competition from Insidious, which dominated the horror market at the time. Despite its disappointing theatrical run, Scream 4 found greater success on home media. It debuted at #2 on the U.S. rental charts and remained in the top 20 for seven consecutive weeks, generating approximately $10.3 million in domestic DVD and Blu-ray sales. The Blu-ray release further catered to fans with 17 deleted/extended scenes, a gag reel, and an alternate opening/ending, offering a glimpse into the troubled production's original vision. Over time, modern audiences have reappraised Scream 4. Its commentary on social media fame and "remake" culture, which was considered confusing or cynical in 2011, is now seen as remarkably prescient. Hayden Panettiere’s character, Kirby, instantly became a fan favorite, ultimately leading to her highly anticipated return in Scream VI. While Scream 4 temporarily "killed" the franchise until the 2022 reboot, many fans now rank it among the best sequels for its bold "Jill Roberts" reveal and sharp meta-commentary, recognizing its ahead-of-its-time themes and enduring impact.

Tom😈Loves❤️Horror😱

15,420 次观看 • 6 个月前

NATO has never encountered modern air defenses. Although the Russians cannot win a conventional war against NATO, the alliance would face significant difficulties in establishing air superiority over Ukraine. There is a reason why both sides have lost more than 100 aircraft over Ukrainian skies, with any flight above 300 feet resulting in a short lifespan of days or weeks before being shot down. From the widespread use of drones to anti-radiation missiles, these efforts have not been able to change this scenario, mainly due to the high number of SAMs on Ukrainian territory. EU aviation attempts to change this dynamic would result in catastrophic and unprecedented losses. NATO in Europe currently has around 1,500-1,700 fourth-generation or higher aircraft, while the Russians have slightly less than half that number, though with much lower production rates. However, Russia still possesses hundreds of air defense systems and a large production of interceptor missiles—capabilities that Europe lacks. In a scenario like Ukraine, stealth aircraft would be largely ineffective. The maturity level of the air defenses is such that they can detect and lock onto drones with signatures much smaller than any stealth aircraft. Another important factor is the significant advancement of radar technology in recent years. As of October last year, Israeli F-35 jets had been locked by Iranian ADs, and the same occurred in Yemen with an American F-35. There is no easy life for aircraft facing today's radar systems. Israel has employed tactics such as destroying radars and air defenses on the ground because they knew conducting operations against modern defense systems would be impossible. I often mention the Iraq case: Saddam had hundreds of radars and batteries but was completely disorganized. The French, British, and Russians all contributed to some degree of integration. The Iraqi radars were poorly positioned, with most of the SAMs being short-range. Iraq had few systems with range around 40 km and nothing beyond that operationally. This should have made coalition operations easier. However, it didn’t turn out that way. In the first Gulf War, 52 aircraft and 23 helicopters were lost. In the second Gulf War, even with decayed and fewer systems, the coalition lost another 24 aircraft and 129 helicopters. Many of these losses were recorded as accidents, but I categorize them all as losses within a war theater. Interestingly, during the second Iraq War, the Iraqi Air Force was not even used. It was likely destroyed in the desert through American intelligence operations involving bribed Iraqi officers. The fact is, more than 150 coalition aircraft were lost without Iraq having an active air force. Another point is that Iraqi-HARM missiles had a success rate below 30%, causing some damage or destruction to Iraqi radars and batteries. In Ukraine, although exact figures are not released, this success rate is believed to be much lower due to new tactics by air defense operators and mobile coverage systems capable of intercepting these missiles, capabilities that did not exist in Iraq. It’s worth noting that the American military staff was highly trained and still faced difficulties due to the complexity of large-scale operations. The European staff has far less experience than the Americans, which would result in even greater challenges in establishing air superiority over Ukraine. It is always important to remember that Russia is not Iraq, and NATO has never faced modern air defense systems within its doctrinal framework. If NATO commanders in Europe consider taking such a risky step, there are no signs that the Americans will support it. Any attempt to establish a No-Fly Zone over Ukraine would be an extremely difficult mission, likely provoking Russian attacks on radars and bases in European countries, thereby escalating the conflict into something much larger support 👉🏻 PayPal: marpatri640@gmail.com pix: marpatri640@gmail.com
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NATO has never encountered modern air defenses. Although the Russians cannot win a conventional war against NATO, the alliance would face significant difficulties in establishing air superiority over Ukraine. There is a reason why both sides have lost more than 100 aircraft over Ukrainian skies, with any flight above 300 feet resulting in a short lifespan of days or weeks before being shot down. From the widespread use of drones to anti-radiation missiles, these efforts have not been able to change this scenario, mainly due to the high number of SAMs on Ukrainian territory. EU aviation attempts to change this dynamic would result in catastrophic and unprecedented losses. NATO in Europe currently has around 1,500-1,700 fourth-generation or higher aircraft, while the Russians have slightly less than half that number, though with much lower production rates. However, Russia still possesses hundreds of air defense systems and a large production of interceptor missiles—capabilities that Europe lacks. In a scenario like Ukraine, stealth aircraft would be largely ineffective. The maturity level of the air defenses is such that they can detect and lock onto drones with signatures much smaller than any stealth aircraft. Another important factor is the significant advancement of radar technology in recent years. As of October last year, Israeli F-35 jets had been locked by Iranian ADs, and the same occurred in Yemen with an American F-35. There is no easy life for aircraft facing today's radar systems. Israel has employed tactics such as destroying radars and air defenses on the ground because they knew conducting operations against modern defense systems would be impossible. I often mention the Iraq case: Saddam had hundreds of radars and batteries but was completely disorganized. The French, British, and Russians all contributed to some degree of integration. The Iraqi radars were poorly positioned, with most of the SAMs being short-range. Iraq had few systems with range around 40 km and nothing beyond that operationally. This should have made coalition operations easier. However, it didn’t turn out that way. In the first Gulf War, 52 aircraft and 23 helicopters were lost. In the second Gulf War, even with decayed and fewer systems, the coalition lost another 24 aircraft and 129 helicopters. Many of these losses were recorded as accidents, but I categorize them all as losses within a war theater. Interestingly, during the second Iraq War, the Iraqi Air Force was not even used. It was likely destroyed in the desert through American intelligence operations involving bribed Iraqi officers. The fact is, more than 150 coalition aircraft were lost without Iraq having an active air force. Another point is that Iraqi-HARM missiles had a success rate below 30%, causing some damage or destruction to Iraqi radars and batteries. In Ukraine, although exact figures are not released, this success rate is believed to be much lower due to new tactics by air defense operators and mobile coverage systems capable of intercepting these missiles, capabilities that did not exist in Iraq. It’s worth noting that the American military staff was highly trained and still faced difficulties due to the complexity of large-scale operations. The European staff has far less experience than the Americans, which would result in even greater challenges in establishing air superiority over Ukraine. It is always important to remember that Russia is not Iraq, and NATO has never faced modern air defense systems within its doctrinal framework. If NATO commanders in Europe consider taking such a risky step, there are no signs that the Americans will support it. Any attempt to establish a No-Fly Zone over Ukraine would be an extremely difficult mission, likely provoking Russian attacks on radars and bases in European countries, thereby escalating the conflict into something much larger support 👉🏻 PayPal: [email protected] pix: [email protected]

Patricia Marins

131,547 次观看 • 9 个月前

🧵18/34 Discontinuities on our planet (Mountains changing shape) --- In fact, talking about AGI like if it’s another technology is really confusing people. People talk about it as if it is ‘The next big thing” that will transform our lives, like the invention of the smartphone or the internet. This framing couldn’t be more wrong, it puts AGI into a wrong category. It brings to mind cool futuristic pictures with awesome gadgets and robotic friends. AGI is not like any transformative technology that has ever happened with humanity so far. The change it will bring is not like that of the invention of the internet. It is not even comparable to the invention of electricity or even to the first time humans learned to use fire. Natural Selection Discontinuity --- The correct way to categorise AGI is the type of discontinuity that happened to Earth when the first lifeforms appeared and the intelligent dynamic of natural selection got a foothold. Before that event, the planet was basically a bunch of elements and physical processes dancing randomly to the tune of the basic laws of nature. After life came to the picture, complex replicating structures filled the surface and changed it radically. Human Intelligence Discontinuity --- A second example is when human intelligence was added to the mix. Before that, the earth was vibrant with life but the effects and impact of it were stable and limited. After human intelligence, you suddenly have huge artificial structures lit at night like towns, huge vessels moving everywhere like massive ships and airplanes, life escaping gravity and reaching out to the universe with spaceships and unimaginable power to destroy everything with things like nuclear bombs. AGI Discontinuity --- AGI is another such phenomenon. The transformation it will bring is in the same category as those 2 events in the history of the planet. What you will suddenly see on earth after this third discontinuity, no-one knows. But it’s not going to look like the next smartphone. It is going to look more like mountains changing shape ! To compare it to technology (any technology ever invented by humanity) is seriously misleading.
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🧵18/34 Discontinuities on our planet (Mountains changing shape) --- In fact, talking about AGI like if it’s another technology is really confusing people. People talk about it as if it is ‘The next big thing” that will transform our lives, like the invention of the smartphone or the internet. This framing couldn’t be more wrong, it puts AGI into a wrong category. It brings to mind cool futuristic pictures with awesome gadgets and robotic friends. AGI is not like any transformative technology that has ever happened with humanity so far. The change it will bring is not like that of the invention of the internet. It is not even comparable to the invention of electricity or even to the first time humans learned to use fire. Natural Selection Discontinuity --- The correct way to categorise AGI is the type of discontinuity that happened to Earth when the first lifeforms appeared and the intelligent dynamic of natural selection got a foothold. Before that event, the planet was basically a bunch of elements and physical processes dancing randomly to the tune of the basic laws of nature. After life came to the picture, complex replicating structures filled the surface and changed it radically. Human Intelligence Discontinuity --- A second example is when human intelligence was added to the mix. Before that, the earth was vibrant with life but the effects and impact of it were stable and limited. After human intelligence, you suddenly have huge artificial structures lit at night like towns, huge vessels moving everywhere like massive ships and airplanes, life escaping gravity and reaching out to the universe with spaceships and unimaginable power to destroy everything with things like nuclear bombs. AGI Discontinuity --- AGI is another such phenomenon. The transformation it will bring is in the same category as those 2 events in the history of the planet. What you will suddenly see on earth after this third discontinuity, no-one knows. But it’s not going to look like the next smartphone. It is going to look more like mountains changing shape ! To compare it to technology (any technology ever invented by humanity) is seriously misleading.

Lethal Intelligence

533,916 次观看 • 1 年前

President Ahmad Al-Sharaa participates in a dialogue session at the Royal Institute of International Affairs “Chatham House” in London, UK. 📌 The UK has contributed to supporting Syria and lifting sanctions on the Syrian people. Today, we held fruitful meetings that will further strengthen relations. 📌 Regarding internal affairs in Syria, we conducted a national dialogue that produced recommendations, as well as the constitutional declaration. We also held parliamentary elections, whose first session will begin next month. By the end of the transitional period, we will have paved the way for free elections in Syria. 📌 After the formation of the parliament, committees will be established to revise the constitution. 📌 The constitution defines the role of the head of state and the enforcement of law, rather than imposing new laws on the people. 📌 We held dialogues with the SDF; military confrontation was not our option. 📌 The Syrian state enjoys both societal and international legitimacy. 📌 SDF forces are now being integrated into the state in a proper manner. 📌 Our policy has been clear since entering Damascus, and we have been cautious in opening relations with Iran up to this moment. 📌 We advised adopting a negotiated approach in dealing with Iran, avoiding military options. 📌 Since our return to Damascus, weapons have been centralized under state control and the rule of law has been enforced; Syria cannot have armed factions and militias. 📌 The Syrian people need to establish stability and facilitate the return of refugees. 📌 Russian bases in Syria will be converted into training centers for the Syrian army. 📌 Israel has dealt with Syria negatively; we attempted to reach positive outcomes through dialogue, but everything changed at the last moment. 📌 I did not agree with the policies of al-Qaeda and did not share their convictions, so I did not continue with them. 📌 We adopt a different approach in Syria to avoid repeating the mistakes of past experiences. 📌 Syria stands in solidarity with Gaza, having suffered as the people of Gaza have. 📌 There are historical relations between Russia and Syria. Being in the White House one day and the Kremlin another shows the activity of Syrian diplomacy. 📌 We do not have official relations with Iran. 📌 We warn against the influence of random, uncoordinated policies on the scene and their negative effects on the region and Gulf countries. 📌 There are historical circumstances affecting the region, but from the very first moment, we sought to keep Syria away from regional tensions. 📌 We try to assess matters carefully to avoid being targeted and forced to respond. 📌 We have set standards to hold accountable those who committed crimes in Syria over the past 14 years. 📌 One of the priorities of Syrian policy is transitional justice, which requires institutional building and clear legal references so that everyone who committed crimes can be held accountable. 📌 Syria was isolated from the world in the past, and we have taken many measures to end this isolation. 📌 The return of Syrian refugees is linked to the reconstruction of Syria. 📌 We are part of those affected by the crimes of the previous regime. 📌 It is important that we have passed many critical stages, particularly the fall of the previous regime, which opened the way for refugees to return. 📌 We have taken a path in reconstruction through investment, turning Syria into an investment opportunity. 📌 European countries welcomed Syrian refugees, and this generosity should not end negatively. We hope the return will be voluntary for those who wish. 📌 Key elements include restoring national belonging, reconstruction, and providing job opportunities to encourage refugees to return. We have also proposed investment opportunities for returning refugees to transfer their diaspora experience to their homeland.
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President Ahmad Al-Sharaa participates in a dialogue session at the Royal Institute of International Affairs “Chatham House” in London, UK. 📌 The UK has contributed to supporting Syria and lifting sanctions on the Syrian people. Today, we held fruitful meetings that will further strengthen relations. 📌 Regarding internal affairs in Syria, we conducted a national dialogue that produced recommendations, as well as the constitutional declaration. We also held parliamentary elections, whose first session will begin next month. By the end of the transitional period, we will have paved the way for free elections in Syria. 📌 After the formation of the parliament, committees will be established to revise the constitution. 📌 The constitution defines the role of the head of state and the enforcement of law, rather than imposing new laws on the people. 📌 We held dialogues with the SDF; military confrontation was not our option. 📌 The Syrian state enjoys both societal and international legitimacy. 📌 SDF forces are now being integrated into the state in a proper manner. 📌 Our policy has been clear since entering Damascus, and we have been cautious in opening relations with Iran up to this moment. 📌 We advised adopting a negotiated approach in dealing with Iran, avoiding military options. 📌 Since our return to Damascus, weapons have been centralized under state control and the rule of law has been enforced; Syria cannot have armed factions and militias. 📌 The Syrian people need to establish stability and facilitate the return of refugees. 📌 Russian bases in Syria will be converted into training centers for the Syrian army. 📌 Israel has dealt with Syria negatively; we attempted to reach positive outcomes through dialogue, but everything changed at the last moment. 📌 I did not agree with the policies of al-Qaeda and did not share their convictions, so I did not continue with them. 📌 We adopt a different approach in Syria to avoid repeating the mistakes of past experiences. 📌 Syria stands in solidarity with Gaza, having suffered as the people of Gaza have. 📌 There are historical relations between Russia and Syria. Being in the White House one day and the Kremlin another shows the activity of Syrian diplomacy. 📌 We do not have official relations with Iran. 📌 We warn against the influence of random, uncoordinated policies on the scene and their negative effects on the region and Gulf countries. 📌 There are historical circumstances affecting the region, but from the very first moment, we sought to keep Syria away from regional tensions. 📌 We try to assess matters carefully to avoid being targeted and forced to respond. 📌 We have set standards to hold accountable those who committed crimes in Syria over the past 14 years. 📌 One of the priorities of Syrian policy is transitional justice, which requires institutional building and clear legal references so that everyone who committed crimes can be held accountable. 📌 Syria was isolated from the world in the past, and we have taken many measures to end this isolation. 📌 The return of Syrian refugees is linked to the reconstruction of Syria. 📌 We are part of those affected by the crimes of the previous regime. 📌 It is important that we have passed many critical stages, particularly the fall of the previous regime, which opened the way for refugees to return. 📌 We have taken a path in reconstruction through investment, turning Syria into an investment opportunity. 📌 European countries welcomed Syrian refugees, and this generosity should not end negatively. We hope the return will be voluntary for those who wish. 📌 Key elements include restoring national belonging, reconstruction, and providing job opportunities to encourage refugees to return. We have also proposed investment opportunities for returning refugees to transfer their diaspora experience to their homeland.

Qusay Noor

50,655 次观看 • 4 个月前

Powerful testimony by Del Bigtree "I just wanna state the obvious, which is just this past week, news headlines described a massive study of ninety nine million people who received the COVID vaccine. The Daily Mail headline says it all. Largest COVID vaccine study ever finds shots are linked to small, increased risk of neurological blood and heart disorders." "And it adds on to the title, but they are still extremely rare. Every article about the study went out of its way, described injuries as rare. But what does rare actually mean? First slide. This is the graph that was in the Daily Mail's article. In terms of this study, what they're saying is rare includes a 3.78 times risk of swelling in the brain and spinal cord." "This means you are increasing your risk of brain and spinal swelling by 378% over someone who didn't get the vaccine. There was also a 2.86 times risk of Guillain Barre syndrome, which is a paralysis, 6.10 times risk of myocarditis, and a 6.91 x risk of pericarditis, swelling of the heart issues. The question no one in the media seems to be asking, I think, is if each of these potential injuries is rare, is it still rare when you add them all together?" "Take the Moderna vaccine, for example. In the standard three shot regimen, based on this study, a person is increasing their risk of brain and spinal swelling by 378% with the first shot. They're also adding a 348% risk of myocarditis with that same first shot, a 610% increase of myocarditis with the second shot, and another 201% increased risk of myocarditis with the third shot." "And these are just the adverse events that were the focus of the study. We're talking about cancer and all sorts of other things that we should be looking at. When the CDC was creating the v safe app, app to track the health outcomes of the first ten million people who received the COVID vaccine, they had a list of adverse events of special interest." "These were injuries that the CDC had reason to believe could be caused by the COVID vaccine. That list includes acute myocardial infarction, anaphylaxis, coagulopathy, death, Guillain Barre syndrome, Kawasaki disease, multisystem inflammatory disease, narcolepsy, seizures, convulsions, stroke, and transverse myelitis. Now let's just assume that all these issues are rare." "And since we know that the rare is currently being being described, at least in this study, as anything between a two hundred percent increase to a nearly seven hundred percent increased risk, then what is the actual risk when you add all these potential adverse outcomes together? Further still, how high is the risk when you multiply all of these risks by five doses of the COVID vaccine?" "Are we still in the ballpark of rare? Now imagine multiplying all of these known risks by 72 doses. Now you've just considered the amount of risk that every child is facing with the CDC recommended schedule. The CDC childhood schedule has been the focus of my nonprofit, ICANS, work since the February when it was founded. Through FOIA requests and lawsuits against our regulatory agencies, we've uncovered many inconvenient truths." "Perhaps the most significant finding is that none of the 14 routine vaccines on the CDC recommended schedule, which are delivered in approximately 72, was ever put through a long term, double blind, placebo based safety trial prior to licensure. Since this type of trial is really the only way to establish that a pharmaceutical product is safe, it is misinformation to state that the vaccines are safe." "We have skipped the study that would allow you to make that statement scientifically. Most people don't realize that there's a list of known side effects on the information sheet provided with every vaccine that is shipped. Here is just a partial list of printed adverse events for just one of the hepatitis b vaccines, Engerix b." "Here are the side effects. Herp b zoster, meningitis, thrombocytopenia, anaphylaxis, hypersensitivity syndrome, arthralgia, arthritis, urticaria, erythema multiforme, encephalopathy, swelling of the brain just like the COVID vaccine, multiple sclerosis, neuritis, hypoesthesia, paresthesia, Guillain Barre syndrome, paralysis, Bell's palsy, optic neuritis, paralysis, paresis, seizures, syncope, transverse myelitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis, tinnitus, vertigo, tachycardia, apnea, bronchospasms, including asthma like symptoms, dyspepsia, alopecia, angioedema, eczema, and Stevens Johnson Syndrome. That's just one vaccine." "That vaccine manufacturer has all these side effects in the warning list because why? It is stipulated by the FDA that there is a reasonable belief that they are causally related to the vaccine. That's why they're there. They're not adding them just because they think they should, because they have to. The warning label lists nearly 50 potential side effects, many of them serious, and that is just the first vaccine given to a baby on their first day of life. By the way, the safety study for that hepatitis b vaccine was only four days long and had no placebo comparator. That is not science." "That's insanity. We currently have a lawsuit trying to have that vaccine removed until they do proper safety testing. Every one of the childhood vaccines has a similar list of side effects. And though they are considered rare, how rare is it when you multiply roughly 50 potential side effects 72 times, which is the total number of doses given to a child by the time they're 18? The revelations from the recent study of the COVID vaccine explains what we've been saying for years." "Vaccines are not completely safe. And those side effects are rare. What happens when you add them all together? Perhaps it looks like this. Last slide. This is what Brian Hooker is talking about. In the nineteen eighties, when we were giving 11 of about three vaccines, the chronic illness rate, which includes neurological and autoimmune disease, was twelve point eight percent." "Once we passed the 1986 act and we had the gold rush of vaccines, it exploded to 53. As I said, seventy two that's fifty three shots, seventy two doses. You watch the chronic illness rate, neurological and autoimmune disease skyrocket to fifty four percent of our children. And by the way, that study was finished up in 2011, 2012. We had have no idea since then how bad this has gotten." "But what you were looking right at there is the greatest decline in public health in human history. Never have we watched that many children in just a few decades have their immune systems start fighting their own bodies and swelling brains. And when you look at the numbers that Brian Hooker just showed you, they match exactly what we're seeing them call rare in this COVID study." "Five times rate of neurological disorders. Vaxxed versus unvaxxed showing about four times rate of autism in people that got the vaccine compared to those that don't. So it's rare, but it's possible, and it's real. And when we look at those rare numbers stacked up, especially with autism, we're now at one in forty five. That's conservative. Many say one in thirty five children is being diagnosed with autism. Roughly one in twenty to twenty four boys. Is that still rare? Sure. Sure." "It's just a couple per one hundred. But what we can never say again after this study and what we all now know is that vaccine injury isn't happening. That's a lie. It is. And we all have a threshold, and we should figure out what that threshold is because millions of children are being injured all around the world. Nothing to see here. Right? Nothing to see here."
7:58

Powerful testimony by Del Bigtree "I just wanna state the obvious, which is just this past week, news headlines described a massive study of ninety nine million people who received the COVID vaccine. The Daily Mail headline says it all. Largest COVID vaccine study ever finds shots are linked to small, increased risk of neurological blood and heart disorders." "And it adds on to the title, but they are still extremely rare. Every article about the study went out of its way, described injuries as rare. But what does rare actually mean? First slide. This is the graph that was in the Daily Mail's article. In terms of this study, what they're saying is rare includes a 3.78 times risk of swelling in the brain and spinal cord." "This means you are increasing your risk of brain and spinal swelling by 378% over someone who didn't get the vaccine. There was also a 2.86 times risk of Guillain Barre syndrome, which is a paralysis, 6.10 times risk of myocarditis, and a 6.91 x risk of pericarditis, swelling of the heart issues. The question no one in the media seems to be asking, I think, is if each of these potential injuries is rare, is it still rare when you add them all together?" "Take the Moderna vaccine, for example. In the standard three shot regimen, based on this study, a person is increasing their risk of brain and spinal swelling by 378% with the first shot. They're also adding a 348% risk of myocarditis with that same first shot, a 610% increase of myocarditis with the second shot, and another 201% increased risk of myocarditis with the third shot." "And these are just the adverse events that were the focus of the study. We're talking about cancer and all sorts of other things that we should be looking at. When the CDC was creating the v safe app, app to track the health outcomes of the first ten million people who received the COVID vaccine, they had a list of adverse events of special interest." "These were injuries that the CDC had reason to believe could be caused by the COVID vaccine. That list includes acute myocardial infarction, anaphylaxis, coagulopathy, death, Guillain Barre syndrome, Kawasaki disease, multisystem inflammatory disease, narcolepsy, seizures, convulsions, stroke, and transverse myelitis. Now let's just assume that all these issues are rare." "And since we know that the rare is currently being being described, at least in this study, as anything between a two hundred percent increase to a nearly seven hundred percent increased risk, then what is the actual risk when you add all these potential adverse outcomes together? Further still, how high is the risk when you multiply all of these risks by five doses of the COVID vaccine?" "Are we still in the ballpark of rare? Now imagine multiplying all of these known risks by 72 doses. Now you've just considered the amount of risk that every child is facing with the CDC recommended schedule. The CDC childhood schedule has been the focus of my nonprofit, ICANS, work since the February when it was founded. Through FOIA requests and lawsuits against our regulatory agencies, we've uncovered many inconvenient truths." "Perhaps the most significant finding is that none of the 14 routine vaccines on the CDC recommended schedule, which are delivered in approximately 72, was ever put through a long term, double blind, placebo based safety trial prior to licensure. Since this type of trial is really the only way to establish that a pharmaceutical product is safe, it is misinformation to state that the vaccines are safe." "We have skipped the study that would allow you to make that statement scientifically. Most people don't realize that there's a list of known side effects on the information sheet provided with every vaccine that is shipped. Here is just a partial list of printed adverse events for just one of the hepatitis b vaccines, Engerix b." "Here are the side effects. Herp b zoster, meningitis, thrombocytopenia, anaphylaxis, hypersensitivity syndrome, arthralgia, arthritis, urticaria, erythema multiforme, encephalopathy, swelling of the brain just like the COVID vaccine, multiple sclerosis, neuritis, hypoesthesia, paresthesia, Guillain Barre syndrome, paralysis, Bell's palsy, optic neuritis, paralysis, paresis, seizures, syncope, transverse myelitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis, tinnitus, vertigo, tachycardia, apnea, bronchospasms, including asthma like symptoms, dyspepsia, alopecia, angioedema, eczema, and Stevens Johnson Syndrome. That's just one vaccine." "That vaccine manufacturer has all these side effects in the warning list because why? It is stipulated by the FDA that there is a reasonable belief that they are causally related to the vaccine. That's why they're there. They're not adding them just because they think they should, because they have to. The warning label lists nearly 50 potential side effects, many of them serious, and that is just the first vaccine given to a baby on their first day of life. By the way, the safety study for that hepatitis b vaccine was only four days long and had no placebo comparator. That is not science." "That's insanity. We currently have a lawsuit trying to have that vaccine removed until they do proper safety testing. Every one of the childhood vaccines has a similar list of side effects. And though they are considered rare, how rare is it when you multiply roughly 50 potential side effects 72 times, which is the total number of doses given to a child by the time they're 18? The revelations from the recent study of the COVID vaccine explains what we've been saying for years." "Vaccines are not completely safe. And those side effects are rare. What happens when you add them all together? Perhaps it looks like this. Last slide. This is what Brian Hooker is talking about. In the nineteen eighties, when we were giving 11 of about three vaccines, the chronic illness rate, which includes neurological and autoimmune disease, was twelve point eight percent." "Once we passed the 1986 act and we had the gold rush of vaccines, it exploded to 53. As I said, seventy two that's fifty three shots, seventy two doses. You watch the chronic illness rate, neurological and autoimmune disease skyrocket to fifty four percent of our children. And by the way, that study was finished up in 2011, 2012. We had have no idea since then how bad this has gotten." "But what you were looking right at there is the greatest decline in public health in human history. Never have we watched that many children in just a few decades have their immune systems start fighting their own bodies and swelling brains. And when you look at the numbers that Brian Hooker just showed you, they match exactly what we're seeing them call rare in this COVID study." "Five times rate of neurological disorders. Vaxxed versus unvaxxed showing about four times rate of autism in people that got the vaccine compared to those that don't. So it's rare, but it's possible, and it's real. And when we look at those rare numbers stacked up, especially with autism, we're now at one in forty five. That's conservative. Many say one in thirty five children is being diagnosed with autism. Roughly one in twenty to twenty four boys. Is that still rare? Sure. Sure." "It's just a couple per one hundred. But what we can never say again after this study and what we all now know is that vaccine injury isn't happening. That's a lie. It is. And we all have a threshold, and we should figure out what that threshold is because millions of children are being injured all around the world. Nothing to see here. Right? Nothing to see here."

Camus

46,394 次观看 • 1 年前

In this world, Africans face inhumane treatment not only from those who don’t look like them, but also from those who look, talk, and share the same DNA with them. It is hard being a Black African living in a racist world which also has people who look like you working against your group interests. I thought of Donald Trump’s racist asylum visa programme favouring South Africa’s white Afrikaners as I drove past Khayelitsha on my way to Cape Town international airport to catch my flight back to London, and wondered who actually needs help, the privileged Afrikaners or the poor Black people living in informal settlements like Khayelitsha. These informal communities are a product of apartheid’s economic inequities and the incompetence of corrupt post-colonial leaders who have come to see this type of settlement as normal, thirty-one years after gaining political independence. People living here face high rates of untold crime, overcrowding, inequality, and general suffering. It is important to consider the historical and systemic factors that contributed to the economic and social conditions that communities like Khayelitsha face today, these factors are not exclusively from one source. The racist visa programme favouring Afrikaners highlights the need for a more nuanced and equitable approach when powerful countries deal with international matters, especially when considering the ongoing effects of apartheid and its lasting impact on South Africa’s Black population. The presence of informal settlements like Khayelitsha serves as a stark reminder of the enduring effects of colonialism, particularly apartheid, and the failure of post-colonial leaders to address the root causes of poverty and economic inequality, that is why I say today’s crisis is not exclusively from one source. It is important to recognise that addressing these issues requires a comprehensive and inclusive approach that prioritises the needs of those most impacted by systemic injustices, the Black people who were humiliated by apartheid and now by poverty powered by economic inequities. The irony of Trump’s racist approach towards South Africa is that it forbids the country from radically addressing the inequalities created by centuries of racist rule, while giving help to those who do not actually need it. It is a continuation of a racist order that has long subjected Black people to being second- or third-rate global citizens. The fact that Trump can lie about a white genocide happening in South Africa, with the help of his racist allies who own social media platforms, shows how very little has changed in global politics since the lynching days except for cosmetic changes. For a state like America to lie about a genocide happening in South Africa while totally ignoring the impact and existing realities authored by racist rule is truly wild and an uncomfortable reality that Black people must live with and not in denial. Unlike Trump, who is looking after people who look and think like him, the Black man’s burden is living in a racist world where your own people, presiding over the affairs of your own country, are also working against you. While Khayelitsha is rooted in hundreds of years of racist rule, it remains a present-day reality because of failed post-colonial Black governments that do not grasp the urgent need to bestow dignity on the lives and realities of Black people. The failure to create employment and roll out adequate housing has made the situation even more unbearable. How does it feel for those in power, and those enjoying generations of wealth built through racist enterprises, to drive past Khayelitsha in their million Rand automobiles? The funny part about life is that Black Americans are actually persecuted in America with the tacit approval of the state, yet it is the same state accusing South Africa of something it has not done, all while the Black post-colonial government fails to redress the economic humiliation of the Black South African living in shameful places like Khayelitsha. Unlike the descendants of racist rule in South Africa, who are now beneficiaries of Trump’s racist asylum visas, those in Khayelitsha have nowhere to run to, only to endure their indignity in pain, as time passes by, creating a generational curse passed on from father to son and mother to daughter.
1:36

In this world, Africans face inhumane treatment not only from those who don’t look like them, but also from those who look, talk, and share the same DNA with them. It is hard being a Black African living in a racist world which also has people who look like you working against your group interests. I thought of Donald Trump’s racist asylum visa programme favouring South Africa’s white Afrikaners as I drove past Khayelitsha on my way to Cape Town international airport to catch my flight back to London, and wondered who actually needs help, the privileged Afrikaners or the poor Black people living in informal settlements like Khayelitsha. These informal communities are a product of apartheid’s economic inequities and the incompetence of corrupt post-colonial leaders who have come to see this type of settlement as normal, thirty-one years after gaining political independence. People living here face high rates of untold crime, overcrowding, inequality, and general suffering. It is important to consider the historical and systemic factors that contributed to the economic and social conditions that communities like Khayelitsha face today, these factors are not exclusively from one source. The racist visa programme favouring Afrikaners highlights the need for a more nuanced and equitable approach when powerful countries deal with international matters, especially when considering the ongoing effects of apartheid and its lasting impact on South Africa’s Black population. The presence of informal settlements like Khayelitsha serves as a stark reminder of the enduring effects of colonialism, particularly apartheid, and the failure of post-colonial leaders to address the root causes of poverty and economic inequality, that is why I say today’s crisis is not exclusively from one source. It is important to recognise that addressing these issues requires a comprehensive and inclusive approach that prioritises the needs of those most impacted by systemic injustices, the Black people who were humiliated by apartheid and now by poverty powered by economic inequities. The irony of Trump’s racist approach towards South Africa is that it forbids the country from radically addressing the inequalities created by centuries of racist rule, while giving help to those who do not actually need it. It is a continuation of a racist order that has long subjected Black people to being second- or third-rate global citizens. The fact that Trump can lie about a white genocide happening in South Africa, with the help of his racist allies who own social media platforms, shows how very little has changed in global politics since the lynching days except for cosmetic changes. For a state like America to lie about a genocide happening in South Africa while totally ignoring the impact and existing realities authored by racist rule is truly wild and an uncomfortable reality that Black people must live with and not in denial. Unlike Trump, who is looking after people who look and think like him, the Black man’s burden is living in a racist world where your own people, presiding over the affairs of your own country, are also working against you. While Khayelitsha is rooted in hundreds of years of racist rule, it remains a present-day reality because of failed post-colonial Black governments that do not grasp the urgent need to bestow dignity on the lives and realities of Black people. The failure to create employment and roll out adequate housing has made the situation even more unbearable. How does it feel for those in power, and those enjoying generations of wealth built through racist enterprises, to drive past Khayelitsha in their million Rand automobiles? The funny part about life is that Black Americans are actually persecuted in America with the tacit approval of the state, yet it is the same state accusing South Africa of something it has not done, all while the Black post-colonial government fails to redress the economic humiliation of the Black South African living in shameful places like Khayelitsha. Unlike the descendants of racist rule in South Africa, who are now beneficiaries of Trump’s racist asylum visas, those in Khayelitsha have nowhere to run to, only to endure their indignity in pain, as time passes by, creating a generational curse passed on from father to son and mother to daughter.

Hopewell Chin’ono

79,818 次观看 • 1 年前

BREAKING NEWS !! Rumours in top circles of the PLA ! The Promise is soon to be Fulfilled! China is preparing to take TAIWAN! The Date is set ! In October 2027, China’s long-anticipated reunification with Taiwan, a goal rooted in historical inevitability since the 1949 retreat of Chiang Kai-shek, unfolds with a meticulously planned military campaign. Chiang, defeated by Mao Zedong’s Communist forces, fled to Taiwan, establishing what Beijing considers an illegitimate separatist regime. Since Hong Kong’s return in 1997, whispers of China’s resolve to reclaim Taiwan have grown louder, culminating in a decisive operation that showcases the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)’s unparalleled strength and strategic foresight. China’s military, the world’s largest by personnel with over 2.6 million active troops, has undergone transformative modernization since the 1990s. By 2027, the PLA is a global powerhouse, boasting advanced technology, integrated joint operations, and a robust logistical network. The campaign begins with a multi-domain assault, leveraging the PLA’s strengths across air, sea, cyber, and space domains. The PLA Navy (PLAN), now the largest globally with over 400 ships, including three aircraft carriers like the Type 003 Fujian, deploys a blockade around Taiwan’s 36,000 km² island, cutting off external supply lines. Destroyers like the Type 055, equipped with 112 vertical launch systems, dominate the Taiwan Strait, while submarines encircle key ports, neutralizing any naval resistance. The PLA Air Force (PLAAF), with over 3,000 aircraft, including 500 J-20 stealth fighters, achieves air superiority within hours. Precision strikes from hypersonic missiles, such as the DF-17, target Taiwan’s air defenses and command centers. Simultaneously, the PLA Rocket Force unleashes a barrage of ballistic and cruise missiles, with the DF-21D “carrier killer” ensuring no foreign naval intervention, particularly from the U.S., disrupts the operation. Cyberwarfare units cripple Taiwan’s communication networks, sowing confusion while propaganda broadcasts China’s narrative of peaceful reunification to deter resistance. Ground operations follow, with the PLA’s Eastern Theater Command, responsible for Taiwan, deploying 300,000 troops. Amphibious assault ships, like the Type 075, ferry elite marines across the 180-km strait, supported by hovercraft and landing craft. The PLA’s integrated joint operations ensure seamless coordination, with drones like the WZ-10 providing real-time intelligence. Taiwan’s rugged terrain and urban centers, like Taipei, pose challenges, but the PLA’s overwhelming numbers and advanced equipment, including Type 99A tanks and Z-20 helicopters, overpower defensive positions. China’s emphasis on rapid dominance minimizes prolonged urban warfare, preserving Taiwan’s infrastructure for post-conflict integration. Psychological operations play a critical role. The PLA broadcasts messages of unity, emphasizing Taiwan as an inalienable part of China, echoing Mao’s vision of a unified nation. Leaflets and digital campaigns highlight the futility of resistance, encouraging defections. China’s global diplomatic efforts, bolstered by its Belt and Road Initiative, ensure minimal international backlash. Key allies, like Russia, provide tacit support, while economic leverage over smaller nations secures their silence. By late October, Taiwan’s defences collapse. The PLA establishes control over key cities, with minimal civilian casualties due to precision tactics. Beijing frames the operation as a restoration of sovereignty, not conquest, aligning with its historical narrative. The campaign, executed with disciplined efficiency, fulfils China’s long-standing commitment to reunification, cementing its status as a global superpower. Taiwan, once Chiang’s refuge, is reintegrated, marking a new chapter in China’s ascent, rooted in Mao’s legacy and the PLA’s unmatched prowess. BOOKMARK THIS !!!
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BREAKING NEWS !! Rumours in top circles of the PLA ! The Promise is soon to be Fulfilled! China is preparing to take TAIWAN! The Date is set ! In October 2027, China’s long-anticipated reunification with Taiwan, a goal rooted in historical inevitability since the 1949 retreat of Chiang Kai-shek, unfolds with a meticulously planned military campaign. Chiang, defeated by Mao Zedong’s Communist forces, fled to Taiwan, establishing what Beijing considers an illegitimate separatist regime. Since Hong Kong’s return in 1997, whispers of China’s resolve to reclaim Taiwan have grown louder, culminating in a decisive operation that showcases the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)’s unparalleled strength and strategic foresight. China’s military, the world’s largest by personnel with over 2.6 million active troops, has undergone transformative modernization since the 1990s. By 2027, the PLA is a global powerhouse, boasting advanced technology, integrated joint operations, and a robust logistical network. The campaign begins with a multi-domain assault, leveraging the PLA’s strengths across air, sea, cyber, and space domains. The PLA Navy (PLAN), now the largest globally with over 400 ships, including three aircraft carriers like the Type 003 Fujian, deploys a blockade around Taiwan’s 36,000 km² island, cutting off external supply lines. Destroyers like the Type 055, equipped with 112 vertical launch systems, dominate the Taiwan Strait, while submarines encircle key ports, neutralizing any naval resistance. The PLA Air Force (PLAAF), with over 3,000 aircraft, including 500 J-20 stealth fighters, achieves air superiority within hours. Precision strikes from hypersonic missiles, such as the DF-17, target Taiwan’s air defenses and command centers. Simultaneously, the PLA Rocket Force unleashes a barrage of ballistic and cruise missiles, with the DF-21D “carrier killer” ensuring no foreign naval intervention, particularly from the U.S., disrupts the operation. Cyberwarfare units cripple Taiwan’s communication networks, sowing confusion while propaganda broadcasts China’s narrative of peaceful reunification to deter resistance. Ground operations follow, with the PLA’s Eastern Theater Command, responsible for Taiwan, deploying 300,000 troops. Amphibious assault ships, like the Type 075, ferry elite marines across the 180-km strait, supported by hovercraft and landing craft. The PLA’s integrated joint operations ensure seamless coordination, with drones like the WZ-10 providing real-time intelligence. Taiwan’s rugged terrain and urban centers, like Taipei, pose challenges, but the PLA’s overwhelming numbers and advanced equipment, including Type 99A tanks and Z-20 helicopters, overpower defensive positions. China’s emphasis on rapid dominance minimizes prolonged urban warfare, preserving Taiwan’s infrastructure for post-conflict integration. Psychological operations play a critical role. The PLA broadcasts messages of unity, emphasizing Taiwan as an inalienable part of China, echoing Mao’s vision of a unified nation. Leaflets and digital campaigns highlight the futility of resistance, encouraging defections. China’s global diplomatic efforts, bolstered by its Belt and Road Initiative, ensure minimal international backlash. Key allies, like Russia, provide tacit support, while economic leverage over smaller nations secures their silence. By late October, Taiwan’s defences collapse. The PLA establishes control over key cities, with minimal civilian casualties due to precision tactics. Beijing frames the operation as a restoration of sovereignty, not conquest, aligning with its historical narrative. The campaign, executed with disciplined efficiency, fulfils China’s long-standing commitment to reunification, cementing its status as a global superpower. Taiwan, once Chiang’s refuge, is reintegrated, marking a new chapter in China’s ascent, rooted in Mao’s legacy and the PLA’s unmatched prowess. BOOKMARK THIS !!!

𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐙 🇷🇺🇮🇪

415,312 次观看 • 1 年前

Rosalie Chapman's call to rejoin the EU is a must watch - one of the best speeches by a young person 👏 "Years ago, the people of this country made a choice" "A choice that has left us isolated, diminished and weaker than before" "To those who voted leave, I say this. You were lied to" "Not just misled, not just misinformed. Lied to" "Do not forget the promises emblazoned on buses and broadcast in campaign ads" "Promises of £350 million a week for the NHS" "Promises of trade deals so plentiful they'd fall in our laps" "Promises of an economy unshackled from EU bureaucracy" "Promises of falling migration, promises of sovereignty restored, and promises that Britain would reclaim its place as a leader on the world stage" "Every single one of those promises was broken" "And today we bear that cost" "They will tell you that this country was broken and they fought to fix it" "The reality is they broke it and now we have to fix it" "If you voted to regain sovereignty, instead, you got borders that have never been more porous" "If you voted to cut migration, instead you have a doubling of net migration since 2016" "If you voted for 350 million pounds a week for the NHS, instead you have an NHS in crisis, understaffed, underfunded and overwhelmed" "Ambulance wait times, the longest on record" "Cancer care, the longest on record" "If you voted for bold new trade deals, instead, you got five new trade deals, dwarfed in scale by the unparalleled access we once enjoyed with the European single market" "If you voted for a trade revolution, instead, you got a trade collapse" "If you voted for a booming economy, instead, exports have plummeted, small businesses are suffocating in paperwork and industries like fishing, once the poster child of Brexit, are being decimated by domestic tariffs and quotas" "If you voted for a Great Britain, you were left with a little Britain" "Ladies and gentlemen, this is not sovereignty, this is not controlled, this is not opportunity" "Let's call it what it is, a total national tragedy" "By 2035, Brexit is predicted to have cost the UK 300 billion pounds" "That is not a distant abstraction. It is a fiscal black hole that will impact every community, every classroom, every hospital bed in this country" "The pound has plummeted, our exports have fallen by 15% and foreign investment is slipping through our fingers" "40,000 jobs in London lost" "2 million jobs nationwide lost" "These are mere statistics. Until it's you" "They say that Brexit hasn't changed much, but tell that to the single mother in Manchester skipping meals to feed her children, as the average person is 2,000 pounds worse off than each year" "Tell that to the small business owner in Birmingham, a steel parts manufacturer struggling to survive" "After losing European clients and facing regulatory chaos that has crushed his trade" "Tell that to the cancer patient in Bristol whose life saving treatments has been delayed because the NHS is short of 4,000 European doctors" "And tell that to the young graduate in Liverpool stuck in a dead end job because opportunities to work, study and live abroad evaporated" "These aren't just numbers, they are lives disrupted, dreams deferred and futures stolen" "Brexit has robbed a generation of its future" "My generation" "Your generation" "Our generation" "The Erasmus scheme scrapped" "Horizon Europe funding scrapped" "And let us not forget the most personal loss of all our rights as EU citizens" "The fettering of our freedom to live, work and thrive across 27 countries. Gone" "Now we have less rights than no thank you than our parents enjoyed" "And that is atrocious, because this isn't just about economics" "It is about identity" "It is a debate of hearts and a debate of minds" "Brexit has not only shrunk our wallets, it has shrunk our role in the world" "And we have lost a seat at the table. Instead of leading, we are following" "Instead of shaping the global agenda, we are reacting to it" "Instead of being a voice of authority, we are a nation on mute" "Nobody mentions the UK anymore" "We have made ourselves irrelevant. Members" "These are not my words" "They're Sir Richard Dearloves, the former head of MI6, and he could not have put it clearer. Irrelevant" "He could not have put it more alarmingly irrelevant" "And now, Brexit has not just failed, it has been rejected" "Rejected by Brexiteers and rejected by remainers" "Even Marine Le Pen, the firebrand of French Euroscepticism, has given up on Brexit, admitting that leaving the EU is a surefire path to disaster" "And the British people know it too" "Polls after poll tell the same story" "Out of 233 polls conducted in the last three years, 200 and thirty show majority support for rejoining. And here's the most damning fact of all" "Just one constituency, one constituency, one Constituency out of 632 thinks Brexit was the right choice" "I will concede, however, that the EU is no silver bullet that will terminate all our sorrows, or a shining beacon that will fix every mess. No members" "The EU is not perfect and it never was. But it is better" "Better together in trade, as part of the largest economic block in the world" "Better together in science, where collaboration knows no borders" "Better together in security, where unity strengthens our defenses against petty tyrants and expansionist dictators" "And better together in spirit, where shared challenges are met with shared solutions" "This is not the time to cling to the isolationist fantasies of a little Britain" "It is time to live up to the true meaning of our name here in a bold Britain, we embrace our fellow Europeans, rejecting the suffocating confines of xenophobic rhetoric" "Where in a brave Britain, we embrace our global responsibilities and forge alliances that champion unity, we're in a Great Britain" "We are not shackled by the weight of our past, but are propelled by the promise of an open, outward looking future" "So what would this look like? Simple" "There would be another referendum, not necessarily this year, not necessarily in two years, but at some point in our future" "Voters would receive a fact checked information booklet with details about the vote, what it would mean and accompanied by by party positions" "And those who are skeptical, let me say this" "A strong Britain needs a strong Europe, and a strong Europe wants a strong Britain" "So members, if you seek a more prosperous economy, if you seek a more welcoming country, if you seek more personal freedom, reopen your hearts to Europe, members, reach out your arms to Europe, members, unclench your fists to Europe" "Because before long, and no doubt within our lifetimes, the arguments which are being traded tonight will be played out before the country as a whole" "So if there is anyone who doubts Britain's desire to re enter the eu, who still wonders if the dreams of unity are alive in our time, and who questions whether hope can triumph over the bitterness of our past, let tonight be that answer" "I beg you, members, vote to rejoin the European Union" "Thank you"
8:13

Rosalie Chapman's call to rejoin the EU is a must watch - one of the best speeches by a young person 👏 "Years ago, the people of this country made a choice" "A choice that has left us isolated, diminished and weaker than before" "To those who voted leave, I say this. You were lied to" "Not just misled, not just misinformed. Lied to" "Do not forget the promises emblazoned on buses and broadcast in campaign ads" "Promises of £350 million a week for the NHS" "Promises of trade deals so plentiful they'd fall in our laps" "Promises of an economy unshackled from EU bureaucracy" "Promises of falling migration, promises of sovereignty restored, and promises that Britain would reclaim its place as a leader on the world stage" "Every single one of those promises was broken" "And today we bear that cost" "They will tell you that this country was broken and they fought to fix it" "The reality is they broke it and now we have to fix it" "If you voted to regain sovereignty, instead, you got borders that have never been more porous" "If you voted to cut migration, instead you have a doubling of net migration since 2016" "If you voted for 350 million pounds a week for the NHS, instead you have an NHS in crisis, understaffed, underfunded and overwhelmed" "Ambulance wait times, the longest on record" "Cancer care, the longest on record" "If you voted for bold new trade deals, instead, you got five new trade deals, dwarfed in scale by the unparalleled access we once enjoyed with the European single market" "If you voted for a trade revolution, instead, you got a trade collapse" "If you voted for a booming economy, instead, exports have plummeted, small businesses are suffocating in paperwork and industries like fishing, once the poster child of Brexit, are being decimated by domestic tariffs and quotas" "If you voted for a Great Britain, you were left with a little Britain" "Ladies and gentlemen, this is not sovereignty, this is not controlled, this is not opportunity" "Let's call it what it is, a total national tragedy" "By 2035, Brexit is predicted to have cost the UK 300 billion pounds" "That is not a distant abstraction. It is a fiscal black hole that will impact every community, every classroom, every hospital bed in this country" "The pound has plummeted, our exports have fallen by 15% and foreign investment is slipping through our fingers" "40,000 jobs in London lost" "2 million jobs nationwide lost" "These are mere statistics. Until it's you" "They say that Brexit hasn't changed much, but tell that to the single mother in Manchester skipping meals to feed her children, as the average person is 2,000 pounds worse off than each year" "Tell that to the small business owner in Birmingham, a steel parts manufacturer struggling to survive" "After losing European clients and facing regulatory chaos that has crushed his trade" "Tell that to the cancer patient in Bristol whose life saving treatments has been delayed because the NHS is short of 4,000 European doctors" "And tell that to the young graduate in Liverpool stuck in a dead end job because opportunities to work, study and live abroad evaporated" "These aren't just numbers, they are lives disrupted, dreams deferred and futures stolen" "Brexit has robbed a generation of its future" "My generation" "Your generation" "Our generation" "The Erasmus scheme scrapped" "Horizon Europe funding scrapped" "And let us not forget the most personal loss of all our rights as EU citizens" "The fettering of our freedom to live, work and thrive across 27 countries. Gone" "Now we have less rights than no thank you than our parents enjoyed" "And that is atrocious, because this isn't just about economics" "It is about identity" "It is a debate of hearts and a debate of minds" "Brexit has not only shrunk our wallets, it has shrunk our role in the world" "And we have lost a seat at the table. Instead of leading, we are following" "Instead of shaping the global agenda, we are reacting to it" "Instead of being a voice of authority, we are a nation on mute" "Nobody mentions the UK anymore" "We have made ourselves irrelevant. Members" "These are not my words" "They're Sir Richard Dearloves, the former head of MI6, and he could not have put it clearer. Irrelevant" "He could not have put it more alarmingly irrelevant" "And now, Brexit has not just failed, it has been rejected" "Rejected by Brexiteers and rejected by remainers" "Even Marine Le Pen, the firebrand of French Euroscepticism, has given up on Brexit, admitting that leaving the EU is a surefire path to disaster" "And the British people know it too" "Polls after poll tell the same story" "Out of 233 polls conducted in the last three years, 200 and thirty show majority support for rejoining. And here's the most damning fact of all" "Just one constituency, one constituency, one Constituency out of 632 thinks Brexit was the right choice" "I will concede, however, that the EU is no silver bullet that will terminate all our sorrows, or a shining beacon that will fix every mess. No members" "The EU is not perfect and it never was. But it is better" "Better together in trade, as part of the largest economic block in the world" "Better together in science, where collaboration knows no borders" "Better together in security, where unity strengthens our defenses against petty tyrants and expansionist dictators" "And better together in spirit, where shared challenges are met with shared solutions" "This is not the time to cling to the isolationist fantasies of a little Britain" "It is time to live up to the true meaning of our name here in a bold Britain, we embrace our fellow Europeans, rejecting the suffocating confines of xenophobic rhetoric" "Where in a brave Britain, we embrace our global responsibilities and forge alliances that champion unity, we're in a Great Britain" "We are not shackled by the weight of our past, but are propelled by the promise of an open, outward looking future" "So what would this look like? Simple" "There would be another referendum, not necessarily this year, not necessarily in two years, but at some point in our future" "Voters would receive a fact checked information booklet with details about the vote, what it would mean and accompanied by by party positions" "And those who are skeptical, let me say this" "A strong Britain needs a strong Europe, and a strong Europe wants a strong Britain" "So members, if you seek a more prosperous economy, if you seek a more welcoming country, if you seek more personal freedom, reopen your hearts to Europe, members, reach out your arms to Europe, members, unclench your fists to Europe" "Because before long, and no doubt within our lifetimes, the arguments which are being traded tonight will be played out before the country as a whole" "So if there is anyone who doubts Britain's desire to re enter the eu, who still wonders if the dreams of unity are alive in our time, and who questions whether hope can triumph over the bitterness of our past, let tonight be that answer" "I beg you, members, vote to rejoin the European Union" "Thank you"

Farrukh

831,280 次观看 • 1 年前

As a new wave of fire and high winds threaten Los Angeles, the media is reporting that California’s elected leaders are not to blame and that right-wing influencers and Donald Trump are spreading misinformation and politicizing a tragedy. Racial and gender quotas through DEI aren’t to blame. No, Mayor Karen Bass didn’t cut the Fire Department’s budget. No, Gavin Newsom didn’t cut CalFire’s wildfire prevention budget. And no, there wasn’t any way to prevent these fires or the fire hydrant water from running out. Climate change made the disaster inevitable due to “whiplashing” rain levels. They’re all lies. The Fire Department had made DEI such a priority that the city’s Deputy Fire Chief dismissed concerns that women would not be able to carry a man out of a fire by saying, “He got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire.” Newsom did indeed reduce CalFire’s wildfire prevention budget by $150 million in 2020. If California had elected leaders who cared about the people and were competent, they could have prevented the catastrophic fires from destroying 14,000 homes and businesses and forcing nearly 200,000 people to evacuate. Climate change is not responsible for the disasters and there is no change in the rain pattern. As always, nuance is required. The offhand remark by the Fire Chief is not proof that DEI contributed to the inadequate response. The disaster is decades in the making. LA’s leaders have known that the city was unprepared for catastrophic wildfires since the Bel Air Fire of 1961, which occurred when Karen Bass was a child and Gavin Newsom wasn’t alive. LA’s fire budget had actually increased by about $50 million compared to the last budget, reported Politico, Time, and the LA Times. And Newsom increased the CalFire budget after 2020 and increased land treated for wildfire prevention by 90,000 acres. But these facts are either wrong, misleading, or both. The attitude toward vulnerable men expressed by the deputy Fire Chief is deeply alarming and anathema to firefighter ethics. That the disaster was decades in the making makes the inaction by California political leaders even more inexcusable. The City Council in November approved $53 million to raise salaries, but that funding is completely irrelevant to the millions Bass cut, which her fire chief last month said had “severely limited the department’s capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies, including wildfires.” And while funding for wildfire prevention increased recently, it wasn’t enough, and Newsom was caught overstating how much land was treated by 690%. The amount of irresponsibility and incompetence displayed by Newsom and Bass is so extreme that insiders are coming forward and speaking out publicly. The owner of the Los Angeles Times went on national television to call it “crazy that we don’t elect leaders with competence.” And LA Fire Chief Kristen Crowley went on CNN, CBS, and Fox to denounce Bass. “Let me be clear,” she said, “the $17 million budget cut… did absolutely negatively impact…. We do not have enough firefighters….We need 62 more fire stations. We've had a 55 percent increase in overall call volume since 2010 and we’re doing it with less firefighters.” As I reported yesterday, over half of all fires that the LA Fire Department puts out are started by the homeless, who may well have started some of the fires ravaging LA. Gavin Newsom spent $24 billion of taxpayer money to increase homelessness by 40% since he took office. Karen Bass ran on a promise to force the homeless inside into shelters but has not done so. Every hour that passes, more information emerges of the corruption, incompetence, and failure. A major reservoir in Pacific Palisades, an epicenter of the fires, was out of commission for minor repairs when disaster struck. Had it been in operation, water pressure would have lasted longer during critical hours, and many homes may have been saved. Yesterday, a leaked LA government memo revealed that Bass had intended to cut an additional $49 million, on top of the $17.5 million already cut, from the fire budget. “I was also directed to develop a plan as part of a budget reduction exercise, and that could equate to 48.8 million,” the LA Fire chief told CNN. “I rang the bell that these additional cuts could be very, very devastating for our ability to provide public safety. That would have resulted to 15 fire stations closing down and potentially the elimination of over 300 firefighters.” The date of the memo is January 6, which is four days after the National Weather Service warned of danger, two days after Bass flew to Ghana on a vanity junket, and one day before the start of the Palisades fire. And LA Fire Department insiders say the head of the city’s Department of Water and Power, who Bass hired, knowingly left fire hydrants remain broken for months, and was the person responsible for draining the emptied reservoir. The response from the news media is that critics of all of this should shut up. “We’re on fire,” editorializedthe LA Times. “Maybe this is not the time for your political hot take.” Why are the LA Times and others in the media defending Bass and Newsom? In large measure because they officially endorsed them. More than that. They actively campaign for them. The hyper-partisan turn of California media two decades ago predated the more recent hyper-partisan nature of the national media. That Democrats had total, supermajority control over the state for 20 years made California media super-authoritarian. The LA Times, in particular is a radical Left publication. It has for years adamantly opposed hospitalizing homeless mentally ill people or requiring homeless addicts to go inside. In both 2020 and in 2021, the LA Times editorial board called for defunding the police to divert funding to social services. For the LA Times, Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass, who visited Cuba at least eight times, expressing admiration for its system of socialist dictatorship, aren’t Left-wing enough. For the media and California’s politicians, the problem is we the people. We complain too much. Our taxes aren’t high enough. We’re causing too much climate change. We get too much in the way of police and fire fighting. And most of all, we spend too much time listening to right-wing influencers who only spread misinformation. We need to sit down and shut up. Like LA’s radical Left deputy fire chief, the media and California’s politicians believe, deep down, that if the people of Los Angeles have to be rescued from fires, then that’s just proof that they got themselves in the wrong place.
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As a new wave of fire and high winds threaten Los Angeles, the media is reporting that California’s elected leaders are not to blame and that right-wing influencers and Donald Trump are spreading misinformation and politicizing a tragedy. Racial and gender quotas through DEI aren’t to blame. No, Mayor Karen Bass didn’t cut the Fire Department’s budget. No, Gavin Newsom didn’t cut CalFire’s wildfire prevention budget. And no, there wasn’t any way to prevent these fires or the fire hydrant water from running out. Climate change made the disaster inevitable due to “whiplashing” rain levels. They’re all lies. The Fire Department had made DEI such a priority that the city’s Deputy Fire Chief dismissed concerns that women would not be able to carry a man out of a fire by saying, “He got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire.” Newsom did indeed reduce CalFire’s wildfire prevention budget by $150 million in 2020. If California had elected leaders who cared about the people and were competent, they could have prevented the catastrophic fires from destroying 14,000 homes and businesses and forcing nearly 200,000 people to evacuate. Climate change is not responsible for the disasters and there is no change in the rain pattern. As always, nuance is required. The offhand remark by the Fire Chief is not proof that DEI contributed to the inadequate response. The disaster is decades in the making. LA’s leaders have known that the city was unprepared for catastrophic wildfires since the Bel Air Fire of 1961, which occurred when Karen Bass was a child and Gavin Newsom wasn’t alive. LA’s fire budget had actually increased by about $50 million compared to the last budget, reported Politico, Time, and the LA Times. And Newsom increased the CalFire budget after 2020 and increased land treated for wildfire prevention by 90,000 acres. But these facts are either wrong, misleading, or both. The attitude toward vulnerable men expressed by the deputy Fire Chief is deeply alarming and anathema to firefighter ethics. That the disaster was decades in the making makes the inaction by California political leaders even more inexcusable. The City Council in November approved $53 million to raise salaries, but that funding is completely irrelevant to the millions Bass cut, which her fire chief last month said had “severely limited the department’s capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies, including wildfires.” And while funding for wildfire prevention increased recently, it wasn’t enough, and Newsom was caught overstating how much land was treated by 690%. The amount of irresponsibility and incompetence displayed by Newsom and Bass is so extreme that insiders are coming forward and speaking out publicly. The owner of the Los Angeles Times went on national television to call it “crazy that we don’t elect leaders with competence.” And LA Fire Chief Kristen Crowley went on CNN, CBS, and Fox to denounce Bass. “Let me be clear,” she said, “the $17 million budget cut… did absolutely negatively impact…. We do not have enough firefighters….We need 62 more fire stations. We've had a 55 percent increase in overall call volume since 2010 and we’re doing it with less firefighters.” As I reported yesterday, over half of all fires that the LA Fire Department puts out are started by the homeless, who may well have started some of the fires ravaging LA. Gavin Newsom spent $24 billion of taxpayer money to increase homelessness by 40% since he took office. Karen Bass ran on a promise to force the homeless inside into shelters but has not done so. Every hour that passes, more information emerges of the corruption, incompetence, and failure. A major reservoir in Pacific Palisades, an epicenter of the fires, was out of commission for minor repairs when disaster struck. Had it been in operation, water pressure would have lasted longer during critical hours, and many homes may have been saved. Yesterday, a leaked LA government memo revealed that Bass had intended to cut an additional $49 million, on top of the $17.5 million already cut, from the fire budget. “I was also directed to develop a plan as part of a budget reduction exercise, and that could equate to 48.8 million,” the LA Fire chief told CNN. “I rang the bell that these additional cuts could be very, very devastating for our ability to provide public safety. That would have resulted to 15 fire stations closing down and potentially the elimination of over 300 firefighters.” The date of the memo is January 6, which is four days after the National Weather Service warned of danger, two days after Bass flew to Ghana on a vanity junket, and one day before the start of the Palisades fire. And LA Fire Department insiders say the head of the city’s Department of Water and Power, who Bass hired, knowingly left fire hydrants remain broken for months, and was the person responsible for draining the emptied reservoir. The response from the news media is that critics of all of this should shut up. “We’re on fire,” editorializedthe LA Times. “Maybe this is not the time for your political hot take.” Why are the LA Times and others in the media defending Bass and Newsom? In large measure because they officially endorsed them. More than that. They actively campaign for them. The hyper-partisan turn of California media two decades ago predated the more recent hyper-partisan nature of the national media. That Democrats had total, supermajority control over the state for 20 years made California media super-authoritarian. The LA Times, in particular is a radical Left publication. It has for years adamantly opposed hospitalizing homeless mentally ill people or requiring homeless addicts to go inside. In both 2020 and in 2021, the LA Times editorial board called for defunding the police to divert funding to social services. For the LA Times, Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass, who visited Cuba at least eight times, expressing admiration for its system of socialist dictatorship, aren’t Left-wing enough. For the media and California’s politicians, the problem is we the people. We complain too much. Our taxes aren’t high enough. We’re causing too much climate change. We get too much in the way of police and fire fighting. And most of all, we spend too much time listening to right-wing influencers who only spread misinformation. We need to sit down and shut up. Like LA’s radical Left deputy fire chief, the media and California’s politicians believe, deep down, that if the people of Los Angeles have to be rescued from fires, then that’s just proof that they got themselves in the wrong place.

Michael Shellenberger

1,657,722 次观看 • 1 年前

Death Stranding 2 | Hands-On Details ▪️Press got to play a whopping 30 hours of the game, that is around 40% of the story says Kojima ▪️"Tighter, pacier, more dynamic, more gripping" than the first game ▪️4 difficulty settings: Story, Casual, Normal, and Brutal ▪️Played on base PS5, "impressive photorealistic graphics" that draw you in right away, "hugely increased" level of detail ▪️"Fantastically surreal" bossfights ▪️Takes place 11 months after the first game with Sam living with his daughter Lou in a remote area in Mexico ▪️After connecting America to the chiral network, deliveries are now automated by AI ▪️His peaceful life is disrupted by the return of Fragile, now running the company Drawbridge, who sends Sam on a mission to connect Mexico to the network and then to Australia ▪️Pacing is improved over the first game, swiftly gets players into gameplay ▪️Corpus: In-game glossary similar to Final Fantasy 16 that can be opened at any time, including mid-cutscene, to recap and explain plot points, characters, places etc ▪️Expanding gameplay systems was a major focus, world feels more dynamic and diverse with more opportunities for player expression ▪️Still focused on taking cross-country delivery jobs through hostile landscapes, but much more evolved like going from MGS1 to MGS2 ▪️More streamlined menus, clear info on your objective, equipment, routes, less frustration in traversal ▪️Combat now plays a greater role, Kojima added more options because so many people all over the world were asking him to make another Metal Gear ▪️Sam now has to also contend with extreme weather conditions. Sandstorms can topple you over, intense rain leads to floods, earthquakes shake the ground, avalanches can come crashing down ▪️Tons of environmental diversity, barren mountains, white sandy deserts, lush jungles, cities, etc makes the first feel static by comparison ▪️Time of day (sunlight, nighttime) can impact the temperature of your precious cargo ▪️Asynchronous online connectivity expanded with more structures like ziplines that now curve, safe houses for checkpoints, ramps that can shoot Sam across the air like Sonic ▪️You can level up your abilities through use, like stamina, proficiency with weapons, skill tree buffs like better stealth that gives improved noise cancellation and enemy alerts. Likewise more time in combat unlocks better ammo, scanner range, etc ▪️You can customize your backpack with lots of attachments like extra ammo pouches, shields, and more ▪️You can also customize vehicles like adding an arm to a truck that will automatically grab lost packages, machine guns to auto shoot enemies ▪️Lots of new options to encourage experimenting your approach, like finding extra tools like powerful gloves that let you punch mechs in the face or an otter hat to float in water ▪️"Significant" number of side quests with meaningful rewards: special weapon schematics, narrative payoffs, skill points to unlock footstep dampeners, aim assistance, vehicle recharger, etc ▪️Combat is vastly expanded and improved, in many ways "feels like Metal Gear Solid 6" ▪️Mexico and Australia are filled with enemy bases to infiltrate, ripe for silent takedowns or gunfights that feel "punchy" ▪️There are new human enemy forces such as bandits and armed survivalists ▪️You can wear different camo types to blend in and throw out small puppet "Dollman" into the air to scout out enemies ▪️You can now put down Sam's backpack to allow for more agile movement ▪️Lots of weapon options from pistols to assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles, grenade launchers, 'blood boomerang', the rope-firing Bola Gun, and more ▪️Battles against BTs are much more engaging, with new enemy types that can also physically see Sam, not just sense him ▪️You can unlock a music player in the game that lets you play a playlist of tracks you collect at your choosing Full IGN Video ▶️ VGC ➡️ Eurogamer ➡️ #DeathStranding2 #PS5
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Death Stranding 2 | Hands-On Details ▪️Press got to play a whopping 30 hours of the game, that is around 40% of the story says Kojima ▪️"Tighter, pacier, more dynamic, more gripping" than the first game ▪️4 difficulty settings: Story, Casual, Normal, and Brutal ▪️Played on base PS5, "impressive photorealistic graphics" that draw you in right away, "hugely increased" level of detail ▪️"Fantastically surreal" bossfights ▪️Takes place 11 months after the first game with Sam living with his daughter Lou in a remote area in Mexico ▪️After connecting America to the chiral network, deliveries are now automated by AI ▪️His peaceful life is disrupted by the return of Fragile, now running the company Drawbridge, who sends Sam on a mission to connect Mexico to the network and then to Australia ▪️Pacing is improved over the first game, swiftly gets players into gameplay ▪️Corpus: In-game glossary similar to Final Fantasy 16 that can be opened at any time, including mid-cutscene, to recap and explain plot points, characters, places etc ▪️Expanding gameplay systems was a major focus, world feels more dynamic and diverse with more opportunities for player expression ▪️Still focused on taking cross-country delivery jobs through hostile landscapes, but much more evolved like going from MGS1 to MGS2 ▪️More streamlined menus, clear info on your objective, equipment, routes, less frustration in traversal ▪️Combat now plays a greater role, Kojima added more options because so many people all over the world were asking him to make another Metal Gear ▪️Sam now has to also contend with extreme weather conditions. Sandstorms can topple you over, intense rain leads to floods, earthquakes shake the ground, avalanches can come crashing down ▪️Tons of environmental diversity, barren mountains, white sandy deserts, lush jungles, cities, etc makes the first feel static by comparison ▪️Time of day (sunlight, nighttime) can impact the temperature of your precious cargo ▪️Asynchronous online connectivity expanded with more structures like ziplines that now curve, safe houses for checkpoints, ramps that can shoot Sam across the air like Sonic ▪️You can level up your abilities through use, like stamina, proficiency with weapons, skill tree buffs like better stealth that gives improved noise cancellation and enemy alerts. Likewise more time in combat unlocks better ammo, scanner range, etc ▪️You can customize your backpack with lots of attachments like extra ammo pouches, shields, and more ▪️You can also customize vehicles like adding an arm to a truck that will automatically grab lost packages, machine guns to auto shoot enemies ▪️Lots of new options to encourage experimenting your approach, like finding extra tools like powerful gloves that let you punch mechs in the face or an otter hat to float in water ▪️"Significant" number of side quests with meaningful rewards: special weapon schematics, narrative payoffs, skill points to unlock footstep dampeners, aim assistance, vehicle recharger, etc ▪️Combat is vastly expanded and improved, in many ways "feels like Metal Gear Solid 6" ▪️Mexico and Australia are filled with enemy bases to infiltrate, ripe for silent takedowns or gunfights that feel "punchy" ▪️There are new human enemy forces such as bandits and armed survivalists ▪️You can wear different camo types to blend in and throw out small puppet "Dollman" into the air to scout out enemies ▪️You can now put down Sam's backpack to allow for more agile movement ▪️Lots of weapon options from pistols to assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles, grenade launchers, 'blood boomerang', the rope-firing Bola Gun, and more ▪️Battles against BTs are much more engaging, with new enemy types that can also physically see Sam, not just sense him ▪️You can unlock a music player in the game that lets you play a playlist of tracks you collect at your choosing Full IGN Video ▶️ VGC ➡️ Eurogamer ➡️ #DeathStranding2 #PS5

Shinobi602

1,078,190 次观看 • 1 年前

Hello Mr Hichilema! You must be pleased to have another prominent critic of your poor leadership gone. You are very fortunate sir: death keeps taking away your most prominent critics - Edith Nawakwi, Edgar Lungu and now the retired Archbishop of Lusaka Telesphore Mpundu. I pray that you will not be demanding to officiate the funeral now, drawing on your recent experience of giving sermons in Catholic Churches and of insisting to attend funerals of individuals whom you had little regard for while they lived. Even the picture you used to accompany your post tells a story. Because your recent relationship with him had turned sour, as it has with many of those who supported you in opposition but now regret it owing to your dreadful performance in office, you had to go back all the way to 2021 to find a suitable picture that was taken after the mass that the retired Archbishop conducted for you at State House soon after your election. What followed next is well known: Archbishop Mpundu, as he did to your predecessors whenever they strayed from the course of good governance, regularly criticised your leadership actions. In response, you and your supporters, as you have repeatedly done to the Catholic Bishops and to other well-meaning critics, denounced the man of God. Today, now that he has died, you want to pretend that you are sorrowful? Please cut us some slack, Mr Hichilema. You should have a sense of shame, sir. You can lie to yourself and to your zealot supporters but you will never deceive those of us who are familiar with your breathtaking hypocrisy. The truth that must be stated is that Archbishop Mpundu, who contributed to your election, died very disappointed at what you became in office, at the tragedy of your presidency. In one of his final public interviews (I have attached it to this post for ease of reference), Archbishop Mpundu correctly branded you as “a master of corruption”, “a dictator who does not listen to anyone”, and a failure who “should not be allowed to go [i.e. remain in office for] more than one term.” I can also now tell you that the Archbishop was extremely sad that you are now trying to send civil rights activist Brebner Changala, another person who helped you ascend to public office, to prison on a transparently silly charge of sedition using Magistrate Davies Chibwili. This issue really disturbed him. Mpundu died with his extremely high regard for Changala, whom he affectionately called Saint Brebner. As you know, Changala is the man who visited you in prison in July 2017 when you were unjustly arrested on a bogus charge of treason and whom you requested to ask the Catholic leadership to help secure your release from prison. Thanks to his efforts, you were released. Today, this is the same Changala you are determined to send to prison for criticising your leadership over the abduction of then Petauke constituency member of parliament Emmanuel Banda when the people whom the victim named as his abductors, who include two of your aides, are roaming scot-free. Do you see why the Archbishop was disappointed in what you have become? What kind of a person are you, Mr Hichilema? You are very poor at managing relations. If you cannot own up to your failings, please continue with your hypocrisy and leave us to mourn the Archbishop. By us, I mean the people to whom the Archbishop was a hero before 2021 and after 2021 when you and your supporters took turns to denounce him for the crime of pointing out the pitfalls of your leadership. Should you insist on attending the funeral, I pray that the Catholics do not allow you to speak so that we may be saved from listening to more of your repulsive diet of hypocrisy. Every country has, at one time or another, a religious leader who acts as the conscience of the nation and with the strength of conviction that is respected even by their fiercest critics. For Zambia, and since the deaths of Cardinal Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (2013), Bishop Paul Francis Duffy (2011), and Bishop Dennis Harold De Jong (2003), that honour belonged to Emeritus Archbishop of Lusaka Telesphore George Mpundu. A dignified and consistent advocate for justice, the 78-year-old was among a very small number of the Zambian clergy who are incapable of finding peace in an environment in which human suffering is manufactured by the politicians in power. Throughout his public life, Mpundu consistently raised both his voice and the quality of his argument to speak out against human rights violations, corruption in government, attacks on democracy, intentional polarisation, and the indifference of the country’s political leadership to the plight of many. It is as if he was spurred by the knowledge that to be silent in the face of these human-made sins is to actively participate in sustaining the status quo. In addition to bearing sympathy for the elites in power who found his ability to speak out on issues of public interest unbearable, the man of God refused to be bullied into silence by successive governing parties’ familiar tactic of accusing anyone who criticises the government, however well intentioned, of being an opposition supporter. A highly courageous and principled individual, Archbishop Mpundu served as an inspiring example of the kind of clergy Zambia or Africa needs – those with a deep sense of responsibility and a conscience that is restless in the face of injustice, bad governance, human rights violations and the degrading poverty that surrounds them. Archbishop Mpundu fought a good fight.
1:58:08

Hello Mr Hichilema! You must be pleased to have another prominent critic of your poor leadership gone. You are very fortunate sir: death keeps taking away your most prominent critics - Edith Nawakwi, Edgar Lungu and now the retired Archbishop of Lusaka Telesphore Mpundu. I pray that you will not be demanding to officiate the funeral now, drawing on your recent experience of giving sermons in Catholic Churches and of insisting to attend funerals of individuals whom you had little regard for while they lived. Even the picture you used to accompany your post tells a story. Because your recent relationship with him had turned sour, as it has with many of those who supported you in opposition but now regret it owing to your dreadful performance in office, you had to go back all the way to 2021 to find a suitable picture that was taken after the mass that the retired Archbishop conducted for you at State House soon after your election. What followed next is well known: Archbishop Mpundu, as he did to your predecessors whenever they strayed from the course of good governance, regularly criticised your leadership actions. In response, you and your supporters, as you have repeatedly done to the Catholic Bishops and to other well-meaning critics, denounced the man of God. Today, now that he has died, you want to pretend that you are sorrowful? Please cut us some slack, Mr Hichilema. You should have a sense of shame, sir. You can lie to yourself and to your zealot supporters but you will never deceive those of us who are familiar with your breathtaking hypocrisy. The truth that must be stated is that Archbishop Mpundu, who contributed to your election, died very disappointed at what you became in office, at the tragedy of your presidency. In one of his final public interviews (I have attached it to this post for ease of reference), Archbishop Mpundu correctly branded you as “a master of corruption”, “a dictator who does not listen to anyone”, and a failure who “should not be allowed to go [i.e. remain in office for] more than one term.” I can also now tell you that the Archbishop was extremely sad that you are now trying to send civil rights activist Brebner Changala, another person who helped you ascend to public office, to prison on a transparently silly charge of sedition using Magistrate Davies Chibwili. This issue really disturbed him. Mpundu died with his extremely high regard for Changala, whom he affectionately called Saint Brebner. As you know, Changala is the man who visited you in prison in July 2017 when you were unjustly arrested on a bogus charge of treason and whom you requested to ask the Catholic leadership to help secure your release from prison. Thanks to his efforts, you were released. Today, this is the same Changala you are determined to send to prison for criticising your leadership over the abduction of then Petauke constituency member of parliament Emmanuel Banda when the people whom the victim named as his abductors, who include two of your aides, are roaming scot-free. Do you see why the Archbishop was disappointed in what you have become? What kind of a person are you, Mr Hichilema? You are very poor at managing relations. If you cannot own up to your failings, please continue with your hypocrisy and leave us to mourn the Archbishop. By us, I mean the people to whom the Archbishop was a hero before 2021 and after 2021 when you and your supporters took turns to denounce him for the crime of pointing out the pitfalls of your leadership. Should you insist on attending the funeral, I pray that the Catholics do not allow you to speak so that we may be saved from listening to more of your repulsive diet of hypocrisy. Every country has, at one time or another, a religious leader who acts as the conscience of the nation and with the strength of conviction that is respected even by their fiercest critics. For Zambia, and since the deaths of Cardinal Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (2013), Bishop Paul Francis Duffy (2011), and Bishop Dennis Harold De Jong (2003), that honour belonged to Emeritus Archbishop of Lusaka Telesphore George Mpundu. A dignified and consistent advocate for justice, the 78-year-old was among a very small number of the Zambian clergy who are incapable of finding peace in an environment in which human suffering is manufactured by the politicians in power. Throughout his public life, Mpundu consistently raised both his voice and the quality of his argument to speak out against human rights violations, corruption in government, attacks on democracy, intentional polarisation, and the indifference of the country’s political leadership to the plight of many. It is as if he was spurred by the knowledge that to be silent in the face of these human-made sins is to actively participate in sustaining the status quo. In addition to bearing sympathy for the elites in power who found his ability to speak out on issues of public interest unbearable, the man of God refused to be bullied into silence by successive governing parties’ familiar tactic of accusing anyone who criticises the government, however well intentioned, of being an opposition supporter. A highly courageous and principled individual, Archbishop Mpundu served as an inspiring example of the kind of clergy Zambia or Africa needs – those with a deep sense of responsibility and a conscience that is restless in the face of injustice, bad governance, human rights violations and the degrading poverty that surrounds them. Archbishop Mpundu fought a good fight.

Sishuwa Sishuwa

13,516 次观看 • 3 个月前