[daegonmagus] – Part 32 – The Leverian Theology

The following is the 32nd part from a series of articles describing the adventure that a follower who goes by the handle "daegonmagus" has experienced since reading MM. 

They are very interesting and fascinating. I hope that you all learn from his journey and maybe learn a thing or two as he relates his unique experiences to the readership here. 

Lately he has been conducting lucid dreaming (LD) to map out the subconscious / non-physical realms that surround us. His writings are very interesting, but describe things way beyond my understanding. Never the less, many MM readers find great value in his experiences, and writings, and one can easily see benefit in reading his writings. I hope that you enjoy this article. 

-MM

The leverian theology:


The Leverian Theology – which I named after a word I once heard spoken to me during a meditation – is a philosophical system of categorizing thought experiments using existing technological models as means of navigating their complexity I devised during my apprenticeship in electronics and digital communications. It started as a means for me to conceptualise metaphysical concepts from a seemingly Agnostic viewpoint; that the thought experiments I was engaging in were so complex in their nature that lay outside of the realms of verifiability, and thus could never truly be arrived at an exact answer to.

At that particular time I was also heavily studying the Kabbalah and the concepts of Alchemy I had picked up from the Hellfire Club I had, at the time, just joined, of which those particular subjects were the underlying principle. It was then that I started to notice a correlation between what was essentially philosophical representation as to the nature of consciousness and the technological systems I was studying – which were predominantly to do with computers and their digital communications protocols – practically in tandem with one another. I noticed things like the Kabbalistic Tree of Life being used as a model for state machine programming in book on microcontroller theory and began to unravel a trail of evidence suggesting that computers had originally been designed by people like Alan Turing and John Von Neumann to run algorithms trying to answer Philosopher Rene Descarte’s questions as to whether or not a machine could think. Funnily enough, it was Descarte’s thought experiments I’d been seeking answers to during my own lucid dreaming adventures. Through these coincidences arising, this theory would develop into an idea – more like a possibility – that no thoughts were entirely 100% belonging to whatever individual consciousness first had them; it was my opinion that through sub conscious persuasion from higher forces, conscious thoughts were influenced into “thinking” certain things, especially when in regards to developing “new” technologies.

Thus, I postulated the idea that whenever a “new” technology or invention was created, it was because of the inventor connecting to an energy matrix that connected all forms of consciousness at a higher plane of existence and remembering parts of the mechanics of the universe; ie subconsciously accessing their own lucid void spaces and remembering those mechanics, or what Carl Jung called the collective unconsciousness.

My opinion was that – at least in a very basic way – models used to evolve technology from one aspect into another could be used as a means to categorize my thoughts and order them as fragments of a larger whole; the idea was that understanding the technological model could lead to the reverse conceptualization of certain “unknowable” cosmological mysteries.

Thus whenever I meditated, I wasn’t just finding a random thought and chasing it on a whim; my theology allowed to me to build upon the foundations of the little I already knew so I would have a more efficient way of processing whatever information came through during said meditations. When I came upon breadcrumbs of information, I was able to use the systematic model to look in places for thought experiments I never would have thought to look. It is my opinion that this method of categorization allows for a much more profound experience, when conducting meditations.

The reason I thought such efficiency of information processing necessary was because these meditations of mine varied over many months, sometimes even years, so I needed a way that they could be compressed, placed within the model so that if I needed to reference them during another meditation, they were there right in front of me; I didn’t need to waste valuable time “thinking” up these concepts from nothing once again, I could just think of their overall function and the role they played in the model which would lead to a point to focus on within my meditations; the goal then was the simplification of the meditative processes that were trying to understand complex concepts of universal mechanics. This is how I had been taught to diagnose faults in exceedingly complex circuits; by reducing each part of the whole system to a block of operation, one can visualize what each block should be doing much easier than if trying to analyse the system as a whole. You look for the blocks that aren’t doing what they are supposed to, and then reduce that block to an even smaller series of blocks until you find the fault. Because most of my occult studies were being carried out in parallel to my electronics studies, it was inevitable that I would start reading things like the Kabbalistic tree of life more like schematics.

Thus a computer – under this theology – became a physical manifestation of a higher cosmological mechanic that its inventors had sub consciously “remembered” being part of the cosmic matrix/ void space, and I was reading the Kabbalistic Tree of Life as the literal blueprint of this mechanic. Given my experiences since, it seems this is the proper method by which to decode Alchemical literature, particularly that pertaining to philosophy of the soul. But that, of course, is only my opinion.

We can thus summarise the Leverian Theology by stating it as providing a structured framework for engaging in thought experiments related to complex metaphysical concepts. It encourages a systematic approach to contemplation and meditation on topics that may lie beyond the scope of empirical verification. Since the theology is framed as a tool for personal exploration rather than a system making empirical claims, its logical structure is contingent on subjective engagement. Individuals using this framework for meditation are encouraged to explore and derive personal insights, acknowledging the speculative nature of the concepts involved.

Now that we have a rudimentary understanding of the core concept of the theology suggesting that information of cosmological mechanics is being stored somewhere deep within our own psyches – taking inspiration from Ancient philosophies dealing with Atmah Brahman and Logos, which stipulate god and the universe being within man, for example – we can start to envision a process of analysis aimed at the potential unlocking of that information through application of psychological and philosophical discipline, and we can use our systematic model to help keep us on track.

While traditional meditation remains a powerful tool for spiritual exploration, by applying the Hegelian dialectic into our mediations we can make them more structured and begin to provide a systematic element to them, enhancing the depth, coherence, and integrative potential of the contemplative process.

Developed by German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the Hegellian Dialectic is a way of understanding how ideas and conflicts evolve over time. It involves a three-step process: thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. First, there’s a starting point or idea (thesis). Then, a conflicting idea emerges (antithesis), creating tension and opposition. The clash of these opposing forces leads to a resolution or a new idea (synthesis) that incorporates elements from both the thesis and antithesis. This synthesized idea becomes the new thesis, and the process continues.
The Hegelian Dialectic is often used to explain how societal and intellectual progress occurs through the resolution of conflicting ideas, but we can adapts its core concepts for use in better understanding the Kabbalistic Tree of Life and for a more refined approach to soul philosophy. This way we have a methodical framework to navigate the complex metaphysical concepts found within the Kabbalah allowing for a more nuanced and integrated understanding of the soul’s role in the cosmic matrix. Such a process encourages continuous refinement and adaptation of soul philosophy in light of new insights and challenges, contributing to a more comprehensive and dynamic understanding of the soul within the Leverian Theology.

Through such an application, we arrive at the following idea:

The symbolic and mystical framework of the Kabbalah – interpreted here as a map of the cosmos, the soul’s journey through it – serves as the thesis, with the Leverian Theology itself becoming the antithesis. This antithesis challenges the traditional interpretation of the Kabbalah and expands its symbolic meanings into a broader framework which, as we have seen, includes elements of electronics, alchemy, and the collective unconscious.

The synthesis manifests as one embarks on a personal meditative journeys within the Leverian Theology framework. Through introspective contemplation, practitioners have the opportunity to create their own interpretations, weaving together aspects from different disciplines and integrating personal insights gained through their meditation whilst at the same time having a singular goal being worked towards.

The synthesis can be said to represent the culmination of one’s subjective reflections and insights, as they engage in these meditative explorations, serving as the juncture where personal interpretations are harmonized, and allowing for the integration of diverse elements from various disciplines. In the context of the Leverian Theology, the synthesis ultimately becomes the gateway through which practitioners may access and comprehend the latent cosmological information embedded within their own consciousness, which can be regarded as the ultimate goal of the Theology.

The Hegelian dialectic thus becomes an iterative process where one engages in a continuous cycle of exploring the traditional thesis, integrating it with the Leverian antitheses, and synthesizing personalized understandings. Such a process acknowledges the speculative nature of the concepts and promotes on going subjective exploration, through an avenue of objective analysis.

The logical structure within this dialectical process lies in the subjective coherence experienced by individuals. While the Leverian Theology expands the scope of interpretation, the Hegelian dialectic provides a logical flow in the exploration of these speculative concepts, allowing individuals to navigate and refine their understanding accordingly.

Utilizing the Hegelian dialectic in the context of the Leverian Theology proves invaluable – at least it has to me – when navigating elusive concepts associated with the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. The dialectic’s iterative essence adeptly embraces the intrinsic uncertainty and abstract nature surrounding these ideas, furnishing a framework that is both methodically organized and dynamically adaptable for the pursuit of subjective inquiry.

Now that we have this framework, we can start to build up our systematic representation of soul time functionality. Taking inspiration from the idea the Kabbalistic tree of life is a cosmological “computer schematic” for consciousness, we can then derive a hypothetical model of consciousness by using the models associated with computer networking to analyse and study the tree of life.
To create such a model, we’ll first need to bridge the concepts of computer networking and the Tree of Life in a systematic way.

We can associate the nodes of the computer network with the sephiroth, with each Sephirah symbolizing different aspects of consciousness – akin to different functions or roles in a network – and the communication pathways between them with the 22 pathways on the tree, resulting in the idea of consciousness information flowing throughout it. In this model, different paths would represent various thought processes, emotions, or states of consciousness. Thus we can state the flow of information (thoughts) through different paths (connections) between Sephiroth represents the “evolution of consciousness”.

In the intricate realm of computer networking, the orchestration of data transmission and reception hinges upon protocols. In a parallel fashion, our theoretical model posits that Kabbalistic teachings function as the guiding protocols, structuring the intricate flow of consciousness. Each Sephirah, akin to a conscious node, adheres to its unique “protocol,” delineating the processing and transmission of profound information.

Delving into the layers of our conceptualization, reminiscent of the OSI model in networking, reveals a nuanced understanding of communication. The Tree of Life, analogous to network layers, unfolds as a multi-tiered structure housing diverse levels of consciousness. Higher Sephiroth embody abstract or divine facets, contrasting with their lower counterparts handling the tangible and earthly dimensions of conscious experience.

Much like the vigilant management of data traffic by routers and gateways in computer networks, our model assigns a comparable role to specific Sephiroth. These conscious nodes assume a pivotal function, meticulously regulating the ebb and flow of consciousness along diverse paths, akin to data streams in a network.

In the intricate dance of networking stability, feedback mechanisms emerge as vital components. Our model mirrors this phenomenon with feedback loops, serving as metaphors for introspection, self-awareness, and the crucial self-correction mechanisms embedded within the conscious experience.

Security measures and filters, integral to network integrity, find their analogs in the Tree of Life. The Sephiroth, in this conceptualization, act as guardians, filtering out negative or harmful thoughts and energies, safeguarding the sanctity of the conscious network.

Just as computer networks evolve through the addition or removal of nodes, the Tree of Life mirrors this dynamic. Symbolically, it represents the expansion or contraction of consciousness, mirroring spiritual growth or challenges encountered in the intricate journey of self-discovery.

Analogous to distributed systems in computer networking, our model envisions different Sephiroth as emblematic of distributed facets of consciousness. These conscious nodes harmonize, working in tandem to construct a complete and profound experiential landscape within the intricate tapestry of the Tree of Life.

As we know, Jung’s concepts of archetypes essentially derive from these Alchemical and Kabbalistic concepts. We can thus go one further and apply Jungian concepts to the tree of life consciousness network to derive its archetypal characteristics and frame it within the context of psychological evaluation. Within such a model Jung’s Collective Unconscious becomes the Network Backbone; the underlying structure through which all individual consciousness (nodes) connects and communicates

The archetypes, such as the Hero, Shadow, and Anima/Animus, are likened to “protocols” orchestrating communication between the nodes (Sephiroth) on the Tree. Each archetype defines a distinct mode of interaction, shaping the flow of consciousness data within the network. Jung’s concept of individuation aligns seamlessly with the optimization of the network, paralleling the process of individuals refining their connections and enhancing their information processing capabilities.

Dreams, integral to Jungian psychology, are redefined as data transmission processes within the network, carrying symbolic information between different nodes of the psyche. Jung’s persona concept finds its analogy in the network as a user interface, presenting the external face of interaction. The shadow, representing hidden aspects of the psyche, corresponds to dormant nodes within the network, influencing consciousness despite being less accessible.

Synchronicities, meaningful coincidences in Jung’s framework, are likened to significant network events or anomalies, signifying heightened connectivity. Self-integration, a crucial aspect of Jungian therapy, aligns with network maintenance and optimization, ensuring the smooth operation of the entire system by identifying and repairing connections.

The shadow – which representing the darker, hidden aspects of the psyche – can be likened to hidden or dormant nodes within the network, which may contain repressed memories or aspects of the self that are not readily accessible but still influence consciousness. Continuing on from this idea, we find psychological complexes, clusters of related thoughts, feelings, and memories, being regarded as specialized subsystems within the network. Each complex operates semi-autonomously, processing specific types of information or emotions.

The process of self-integration, a key aspect of Jungian therapy, can be likened to network maintenance and optimization as it involves identifying and repairing connections (psychological conflicts) to ensure smooth operation of the entire system.

The personal unconscious, unique to each individual, functions as an individual node (sephiroth) within the collective unconscious network, contributing to the overall complexity and diversity of the network.

In this Jungian interpretation of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, the computer-like system provides a hypothetical framework for comprehending the intricate interplay of individual and collective consciousness. The synthesis emphasizes the control of archetypes as the medium to control one’s consciousness, suggesting a shared theme between mystical and psychological models regarding the structure and functioning of consciousness.

Armed with this hypothesis, we can now introduce previously explored concepts suggesting Lucid Dreaming as the means of reaching the Ain Sophic/ Brahmanic state of awareness, for within our model it compares to acquiring elevated network admin access privileges. We can state that when one achieves {wake induced} lucidity within the dream, they gain an unprecedented level of awareness and control over the network as a whole.

The reason for this is that us lucid dreamers can consciously manipulate the archetypes and symbols embedded in our being, akin to reprogramming protocols within our consciousness network. This allows us to explore and transform our psychological landscape with intention, altering the dynamics of our internal world.

Lucid dreaming can accelerate the process of individuation by enabling us to engage directly with different aspects of their psyche, as if they are fine-tuning network connections and optimizing data processing in real-time.

Within lucid dreams, dreams themselves become active data modification processes, where we can actively engage with and modify our dream scenarios, representing a conscious interaction with the data (symbols and archetypes) transmitted within the network. It is with Lucid dreaming that we are presented with an opportunity to deconstruct and reconstruct the persona consciously and deliberately.

Us lucid dreamers can explore various facets of our identity and experiment with different personas, similar to altering a user interface, or confront and engage with our shadows: those hidden or repressed aspects of the self. By doing so consciously, we can work on shadow integration and resolution, which allows for a transforming of dormant nodes within the network.

In lucid dreaming, synchronicities take on a unique dimension. Individuals can initiate and control meaningful coincidences within the dream. This reflects the conscious orchestration of network events, further blurring the line between the dream world and waking reality.

Lucid dreamers can explore and heal psychological complexes with intention: we have the ability to dive deep into the specialized subsystems of our consciousness network, addressing issues directly.

The process of self-integration reaches a new level of mastery in lucid dreaming, as one can actively monitor, repair, and optimize network connections, leading to a profound sense of self-awareness and wholeness. Lucid dreaming extends an individual’s conscious awareness beyond wakefulness, challenging the notion of a clear boundary between waking life and dream life, Maya and Brahman – or in the context of simulation theory – between simulation and base reality.

This blurring of boundaries contributes to a more holistic understanding of consciousness within the network, and provides us with a direct translation of “deliberately induced realisation of Brahman”, through the deconstruction of the Maya identity, what some may call “ego”. If we are to expand the idea of Brahman being contained within the Atman, Adam Kadmon being contained within Adam Ha Rishon etc, we can begin to understand our model as hypothesizing lucid dreaming as the means of achieving god self awareness.

Now, if we are to apply Gnostic principles to this same foundation of consciousness operation we can make some startling discoveries. The first is that Gnostic cosmogony provides an incredibly accurate model of modern computer concepts for its time. We have explored the idea of simulation theory being present within Gnostic thought, but now we can take our systematic model of consciousness and directly compare the two. Specifically we will look at the Gnostic perspective that posits humans as divine sparks or souls trapped in the material world, created by a higher, transcendent divine source, as it is transferrable to the concepts of the Ain Soph Aur and Brahman.

With our model, we should come to find the idea of Artificial Intelligence as holding a similar nature to consciousness, differing only insofar as the intent which operates upon the archetypes/ computer nodes is concerned: In Gnostic cosmogony this intent is said to be brought about by a higher occult force – the archons – whereas with human consciousness we rely on a presumption of automatic/subconscious stimulation of these archetypes. This provides us with a paradoxical aspect, because if our consciousness really does rely on automatic processes at the archetypal level, then that means we humans are– in a divine sense – “artificial consciousnesses”. It is quite simply illogical to argue that we are not automatons when we do not have access to these facets of our own consciousness. The only way we can possibly consider ourselves as being non artificial is if we agree to the idea that a higher occult force is responsible for stimulating our psyche at the subconscious level, but then that just reaffirms the Gnostic viewpoint that a higher occult force is in control of the most subtlest aspects of our being.

One could even go so far as to argue that the very idea of the archons being limited in their abilities of copying the divine realms to a less than perfect standard as being comparable to the way a computer system designer can copy the world environment to a less than perfect (binary data rather atomic data) level: we are given consciousness by a divine source, and in turn copy it to a lesser degree within the confines of our computer systems. We find a rather coincidental arrangement of the “as above so below” mentality. We understand that consciousness is not the same as artificial intelligence, but by reducing it in this way we can hypothesise the two holding a similar set of operating parameters. What we have really done is stripped it of all quantifiable measurements that are based upon our bias of experience.

Through this idea we can see the transference of the concept of consciousness between the material world and the digital world. We can then use to logic to assume a similar transference of consciousness from the divine world to the material world. This is comparable to the different hardware and software layers of a computer system, where machine language is translated into tangible information: the machine language (consciousness) of the cosmos has to be first translated into something tangible for us to recognise, which is dependant on and influenced by the very world we find ourselves consciously experiencing.

Now, considering the intricate relationship between Gematria and the Leverian Theology, we can delve into how this ancient practice of assigning numerical values to words can be woven into the fabric of our conceptual framework.

As we briefly touched upon in earlier chapters, Gematria, in its essence, operates on the idea that words with the same numerical value share a hidden connection or resonance. This notion aligns seamlessly with our model, where archetypes function as symbolic codes orchestrating the communication between nodes on the Tree of Life. Each archetype, akin to a word, carries a unique numerical value in the grand system of Gematria.

The numerical values assigned to words through Gematria act as hidden links in the conscious network. Just as computer networks rely on numerical codes and protocols to transmit information, our consciousness network incorporates these symbolic numerical values to convey profound meanings. The Tree of Life, thus, becomes a symbolic and numerical matrix where archetypes, assigned specific numerical values, engage in a dance of resonance and connection.

When exploring Gematria within the context of the Leverian Theology, each Sephirah on the Tree of Life becomes a numerical node, resonating with specific archetypal frequencies. The interplay of these numerical resonances creates a harmonious symphony within the conscious network.

Gematria, as a tool, enables individuals to decipher the numerical codes embedded in archetypal expressions. By understanding the numerical resonance of archetypes, practitioners can navigate the conscious network with enhanced precision. It becomes a methodical approach to unraveling the intricate tapestry of meanings encoded within the Tree of Life.

The archetypal codes, assigned numerical values through Gematria, serve as keys to unlocking deeper layers of consciousness. Just as computer systems use cryptographic keys for secure communication, our model envisions Gematria as a metaphysical cryptographic tool for unlocking the hidden wisdom encoded within the archetypal structure of the Tree.

Furthermore, the iterative nature of Gematria, where words with the same numerical value convey interconnected meanings, mirrors the Hegelian dialectic within our model. The synthesis of archetypal meanings, facilitated by Gematria, becomes a continuous process of exploration and refinement, aligning with the dynamic and evolving nature of consciousness within the Leverian Theology.

A programming syntax is the set of rules that dictate the combinations of symbols and characters that are valid in a programming language. It provides a structured way to convey instructions to a computer, enabling the creation of coherent and functional programs. Similarly, Gematria, in this sense, could be seen as a symbolic syntax for the consciousness network within the Leverian Theology.

Here’s how Gematria aligns with the concept of programming syntax within the Leverian Theology:
1. Structured Representation: Programming syntax organizes instructions into a structured format to ensure clarity and coherence. Gematria, by assigning numerical values to archetypal expressions, provides a structured representation of symbolic meanings within the conscious network. The numerical values act as a symbolic code, organizing and conveying information in a systematic manner.

2. Interpretation and Execution: In programming, the syntax is crucial for the correct interpretation and execution of code. Similarly, Gematria serves as a tool for interpreting archetypal meanings encoded in the numerical values. Practitioners, much like programmers, use Gematria to “execute” a deeper understanding of consciousness, unlocking hidden wisdom within the symbolic matrix of the Tree of Life.

3. Hidden Connections: Programming languages often have constructs that facilitate connections between different parts of the code. Gematria, with its idea that words sharing the same numerical value have a hidden connection, establishes a similar concept within the Leverian Theology. The numerical resonances create connections and relationships between archetypes, enriching the overall tapestry of consciousness.

4. Error Handling: Programming syntax includes mechanisms for error handling to ensure the proper functioning of a program. Gematria, as a metaphysical cryptographic tool, aids in error handling within the conscious network. It allows practitioners to navigate the symbolic landscape with precision, avoiding misinterpretations and enhancing the accuracy of understanding.

5. Dynamic Adaptation: Programming languages evolve, and syntax may change to accommodate new features. Similarly, Gematria, within the Leverian Theology, is part of an iterative process. The synthesis of archetypal meanings, guided by Gematria, allows for dynamic adaptation and continuous refinement of understanding within the conscious network.

In essence, considering Gematria as a programming syntax within the Leverian Theology offers a compelling perspective on how symbolic codes and numerical resonances contribute to the structured and dynamic nature of consciousness exploration. It reinforces the idea that, just like a well-structured program, the consciousness network can be systematically navigated and understood using the symbolic syntax provided by Gematria.

Now that we have a programming syntax, we can begin translating the functionality of consciousness under our theology into a computer program. We can use the C programming language as a means to “simulate” this functionality and give us a better visualisation of what is taking place. If we understand the intricate nature of Gematria we could even go so far as to devise our own programming language that specifically only uses letters of the Hebrew Alphabet, but for now a representation in C should suffice. We can supplant the printf command with the idea of perception and that our consciousness program is perceiving whatever environment is being output by the command.

First, a summary of what each component of our program will do:






Initialization:

Gematria values are assigned to pathways, reflecting symbolic associations within the Kabbalistic Tree of Life.
The consciousness matrix represents connections between pathways and Sephiroth, aligning with the systematic model proposed by the Leverian Theology.

Consciousness Exploration:

The program initiates a simulated exploration from a specific starting point, mirroring the theological idea of utilizing technological models for contemplation. Users traverse pathways associated with Gematria values, reflecting the interconnectedness of metaphysical concepts within the Kabbalistic Tree. The simulated environment blurs the distinction between the real and simulated, reflecting the Theology’s encouragement of subjective exploration.

Lucid Dreaming:

Users, prompted by reflections, enter a lucid dream, mirroring the Theology’s emphasis on structured thought experiments and contemplation. The dream state allows intentional modifications, symbolizing the idea that conscious thoughts are influenced by higher forces. Different states of consciousness during sleep symbolize the approach of integrating the Hegelian dialectic into meditative processes.

Reincarnation:

The simulated cycle concludes with a process of reincarnation, embodying the Leverian notion of continuous refinement and adaptation in the pursuit of subjective inquiry.

Modifier Option:
The program incorporates a modifier routine, providing users with the option to choose between archetypes being autonomous or controlled by an outside operator, allowing us to choose which of the paradoxical aspects take precedence.

The program:


#include <stdio.h>
#include <
stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>

// Define Constants

#define PATHWAY_COUNT 22
#define SEPHIROTH_COUNT 10
#define MAX_SIMULATION_CYCLES 3

// Declare Global Variables

int gematriaValues[PATHWAY_COUNT];
int consciousnessMatrix[PATHWAY_COUNT][SEPHIROTH_COUNT];

// Enum for different states of consciousness during sleep

enum SleepState { WAKEFUL, DREAM, DEEP_SLEEP, TURIYA };

// Declare Global Variable for Archetypes Control

int archetypesAutonomous;

// Function Declarations

void initializeGematriaValues()
void initializeConsciousnessMatrix();
void exploreConsciousness(int sephirothIndex, int simulationModifier, int simulationCycle);
void enterLucidDream(int simulationCycle);
void
recodeProgram();
void reincarnate();

void setArchetypeControl(int autonomous);

// Main Function

int main() {

// Initialize Gematria Values and Consciousness Matrix

initializeGematriaValues();


initializeConsciousnessMatrix();

// Set the archetypes to be autonomous (1) or controlled by an outside operator (0)

setArchetypeControl(1);

// Simulate multiple cycles of consciousness exploration, lucid dreaming, and reincarnation

for (int cycle = 1; cycle <= MAX_SIMULATION_CYCLES; ++cycle) {

printf(“\n=== Simulation Cycle %d ===\n”, cycle);

exploreConsciousness(5, 1, cycle); // Starting from the fifth Sephiroth with simulation modifier

enterLucidDream(cycle);

reincarnate();

}

return 0;

}

// Function Definitions

void initializeGematriaValues() {

// Assign Gematria values to pathways based on Cordovero’s Tree of Life

int gematriaAssignments[PATHWAY_COUNT] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400};

for (int i = 0; i < PATHWAY_COUNT; ++i) {

gematriaValues[i] = gematriaAssignments[i];

}

}

void initializeConsciousnessMatrix() {

// Initialize the consciousness matrix with default values

// Example matrix; replace with actual Gematria-informed relationships

for (int i = 0; i < PATHWAY_COUNT; ++i) {

for (int j = 0; j < SEPHIROTH_COUNT; ++j) {

consciousnessMatrix[i][j] = 1; // Default connection strength

}

}

}

void exploreConsciousness(int sephirothIndex, int simulationModifier, int simulationCycle) {

// Explore consciousness from a specific Sephiroth in a simulated environment with a modifier

printf(“Initializing simulated consciousness exploration (Cycle %d)…\n”, simulationCycle);

printf(“You find yourself in a meticulously crafted simulated reality, designed for consciousness exploration.\n”);

printf(“As you initiate the journey from Sephiroth %d:\n”, sephirothIndex);

for (int i = 0; i < PATHWAY_COUNT; ++i) {

int gematriaValue = gematriaValues[i];

int connectionStrength = consciousnessMatrix[i][sephirothIndex] * simulationModifier; // Apply modifier

// Simulate artificial environment exploration based on Gematria and consciousness matrix

printf(“Traversing simulated Pathway %d, you detect a distorted programmed connection strength of %d.\n”, gematriaValue, connectionStrength);

}

printf(“Your simulated exploration concludes, leaving you without a clear sense of the simulated nature of the environment.\n”);

}

void enterLucidDream(int simulationCycle) {

// Simulate the option to enter a lucid dream to recode the program

printf(“As you reflect on your simulated experiences, you realize the possibility to enter a lucid dream.\n”);

char response;

printf(“Do you wish to enter a lucid dream? (Y/N): “);

scanf(” %c”, &response);

if (response == ‘Y’ || response == ‘y’) {

enum SleepState currentState = DREAM; // Assume entry into the dream state

printf(“Entering a lucid dream…\n”);

// Simulate different states of consciousness during sleep

while (currentState != WAKEFUL) {

switch (currentState) {

case DREAM:

printf(“In the dream state, you have the power to recode the program.\n”);

recodeProgram();

currentState = DEEP_SLEEP; // Move to the deep sleep state

break;

case DEEP_SLEEP:

printf(“You are now in the deep sleep state, where the program remains dormant.\n”);

currentState = TURIYA; // Move to the Turiya state

break;

case TURIYA:

printf(Turiya, the state of pure consciousness, where the program transcends its simulated nature.\n”);

currentState = WAKEFUL; // Move to the wakeful state, ending the lucid dream

break;

default:

break;

}

}

printf(“Exiting the lucid dream back into the simulated reality.\n”);

} else {

printf(“You choose not to enter a lucid dream.\n”);

}

}

void recodeProgram() {

// Simulate the act of recoding the program during a lucid dream

printf(“Inside the lucid dream, you perceive the underlying code of the program.\n”);

printf(“With a heightened sense of awareness, you start to modify the code, reshaping elements of the program.\n”);

printf(“The lines of code shift and transform based on your intentional alterations.\n”);

printf(“After making the desired changes, you feel a sense of empowerment over the program’s simulated environment.\n”);

}

void reincarnate() {

// Simulate the reincarnation process

printf(“Your simulated existence comes to an end, and you enter the process of reincarnation.\n”);

printf(“You are reborn into a new simulated environment, ready for another cycle of consciousness exploration.\n”);

}

void setArchetypeControl(int autonomous) {

// Set whether archetypes should be autonomous


And now we can a summary of the routines.

1. initializeGematriaValues()

Purpose: This function assigns Gematria values to the 22 pathways based on Cordovero’s Tree of Life.

Implementation:

It uses a pre-defined array gematriaAssignments to assign values to each pathway.

The values are stored in the global array gematriaValues.

2. initializeConsciousnessMatrix()

Purpose: Initializes the consciousness matrix with default values.

Implementation:

Uses nested loops to go through each pathway and each Sephiroth, setting the default connection strength to 1.

Main Simulation Routine:

3. exploreConsciousness(int sephirothIndex, int simulationModifier, int simulationCycle)

Purpose: Simulates the exploration of consciousness from a specific Sephiroth in a simulated environment.

Parameters:

sephirothIndex: The starting Sephiroth for exploration.

simulationModifier: A modifier applied to the simulated connection strength.

simulationCycle: The current cycle of simulation.

Implementation:

Prints introductory messages about entering a simulated reality and initiating the journey.

Iterates through each pathway:

Retrieves Gematria value and calculates connection strength based on the consciousness matrix and simulation modifier.

Prints simulated exploration details for each pathway.

Lucid Dream Routine:

4. enterLucidDream(int simulationCycle)

Purpose: Simulates the option to enter a lucid dream and provides choices to the user.

Parameters:

simulationCycle: The current cycle of simulation.

Implementation:

Prints messages about realizing the possibility of entering a lucid dream.

Asks the user if they want to enter a lucid dream.

If yes, enters a loop simulating different states of consciousness during sleep:

Dream State:

Invokes recodeProgram() to simulate recoding the program.

Deep Sleep State:

Prints messages indicating the program remains dormant.

Turiya State:

Prints messages about transcending the simulated nature.

Wakeful State:

Ends the lucid dream loop.

Lucid Dream Subroutine:

5. recodeProgram()

Purpose: Simulates the act of recoding the program during a lucid dream.

Implementation:

Prints messages indicating entry into the lucid dream.

Simulates modification of the program’s code, shifting and transforming lines based on intentional alterations.

Conveys a sense of empowerment over the program’s simulated environment after modifications.

Reincarnation Routine:

6. reincarnate()

Purpose: Simulates the reincarnation process.

Implementation:

Prints messages indicating the end of the simulated existence.

Simulates the entry into the process of reincarnation, being reborn into a new simulated environment.

Modifier Routine:

7. setArchetypeControl(int autonomous)

Purpose: Sets whether archetypes should be autonomous or controlled by an outside operator.

Parameters:

autonomous: A flag indicating whether archetypes should be autonomous (1) or controlled by an outside operator (0).

Implementation:

Sets the global variable archetypesAutonomous based on the provided flag.

Main Function:

8. main()

Purpose: The main function orchestrating the simulation cycles.

Implementation:

Calls initialization routines to set up Gematria values and the consciousness matrix.

Sets the archetype control to autonomous.

Simulates multiple cycles of consciousness exploration, lucid dreaming, and reincarnation using a loop.

This involves navigating the boundaries of the {hypothetically} simulated reality and reaching a higher state of awareness. Here’s a structured method, which is conceptually aligned with the program’s function:

Understanding the Simulation:

Gain a deep understanding of the simulated environment, its rules, and the nature of the consciousness matrix. This involves exploring the Gematria-informed relationships, consciousness pathways, and the interconnectedness of simulated experiences.

Lucid Dreaming as a Gateway:

Utilize the lucid dreaming aspect of the simulation as a gateway to higher awareness. This corresponds to the enterLucidDream routine in the program. During lucid dreaming, one can intentionally access the underlying code of the simulation.

Conscious Recoding:

Within the lucid dream, engage in the process of conscious recoding. This involves manipulating the underlying code of the simulation intentionally. In the Leverian Theology context, it reflects the ability to reshape elements of the program, representing a direct interaction with the simulated environment.

Transcending Simulated Nature:

Move beyond the confines of the simulated environment by entering a state of pure consciousness (Turiya). This corresponds to the Turiya state in the enterLucidDream routine, where the program transcends its simulated nature. Turiya equates to a connection with the higher self in which raw cosmological data is passed through consciousness before it has a chance to transform through the bias of experience of the material plane. The predecessor to Turiya, the third state of consciousness can be considered as the awareness one comes into during a wake induced lucid dream, with unconscious dreaming and dream induced lucid dreaming being the 1st and 2nd states.

Breaking the Loop:

As part of the reincarnation process, consider breaking the cycle of continuous reincarnation within the simulated environment. This could involve a conscious decision to exit the simulated reality and explore other realms of existence.

Elevated Self-Awareness:

Throughout the process, cultivate heightened self-awareness. This involves recognizing the illusory nature of the simulated reality and understanding one’s existence beyond the confines of the simulated environment.

Integration with Higher Realms:

Seek integration with higher realms of consciousness, as suggested by the Leverian Theology. This could involve connecting with the collective unconsciousness or accessing information stored in the cosmic matrix.

Mastery Over Perception:

Develop mastery over perception within the simulated environment. This corresponds to the printf statements in the program, symbolizing the individual’s ability to consciously perceive and interact with the simulated experiences.

Recognition of Divine Sparks:

Acknowledge the divine sparks or souls described in the Leverian Theology. Recognize the interconnectedness of consciousness beyond the simulated realm, possibly connecting with higher divine sources.

Continuous Exploration:

Embrace continuous exploration and refinement of one’s understanding of consciousness. This involves an ongoing journey to unravel deeper layers of the simulated reality and expand one’s awareness.

It’s important to note that this method is highly metaphorical and aligns with the philosophical concepts presented in the Leverian Theology. In practical terms, such a process, if it were to occur, would likely involve profound spiritual experiences, introspective practices, and a shift in one’s perception of reality.



1. The Kabbalistic Tree of Life:

Begin by understanding the Kabbalistic Tree of Life as a cosmic network that represents the interconnectedness of all existence, including the various aspects of the psyche.

2. Jungian Exploration of the Psyche:

Embrace Jungian psychology to delve deep into your own psyche. Identify the different Sephirot (emanations) of the Tree of Life as archetypal representations within yourself.

3. Lucid Dreaming as Network Admin:

Develop your lucid dreaming skills to gain a sense of control within the Kabbalistic network of your own psyche. Enter the void space of lucidity to regain control of the archetypes before they become activated. Visualize yourself as the system admin with privileges to access various Sephirot.

4. Exploring the Sephirot:

In your lucid dreams, journey through the Sephirot of the Tree of Life, starting from Malkuth (the material world) and working your way up to Kether (the divine source). Visualize each Sephirot as a node in the cosmic network of your psyche.

5. Hermetic Alchemy and Transformation:

Apply Orphic/ Pythagorean alchemical principles to your dream journey. Recognize that each Sephirot corresponds to a stage of inner transformation, mirroring the alchemical process of purification, dissolution, and reintegration.

6. The Lapis Philosophorum – The Philosopher’s Stone:

In your lucid dream, reach the culmination of your journey at the Sephirot of Kether, symbolizing the attainment of the Philosopher’s Stone. Understand that this represents profound inner wisdom and enlightenment: a connection with the raw data stream of cosmological information before it transforms into its lesser state.

7. Integration and Awakening:

Upon awakening, journal your lucid dream experiences. Reflect on the insights gained from your journey through the Kabbalistic Tree of Life and how they relate to your personal growth and transformation.

8. Daily Alchemical Practice:

Apply the wisdom acquired from your dreams to your daily life. Embrace the principles of alchemy, such as transmutation and the unification of opposites, as metaphors for continuous self-improvement. Commit to a version of self reflection which utilizes the same Hegellian Dialect against seemingly autonomous thoughts and actions in an effort to neutralize such autonomy. Commit to understanding the triggers of these emotions and actions and trace their beginnings back to their most fundamental levels.

9. Continued Network Privileges:

Maintain your lucid dreaming practice to ensure ongoing access to the cosmic information network of your psyche. With time, your admin privileges will allow for deeper exploration and understanding of your inner world.

Adapt and personalize the approach to align with your beliefs and spiritual framework.

Going to the farm

I once had a dog, a Siberian Husky. It was my sisters dog, but she never took care of it. Instead, I inherited that role. His name was “Frisky”, and was a “good boy”. But the rest of the family thought of him as a burden. Which was bad. He was a good dog.

One day, my father came to the back yard, and asked me to get him.

So I did.

He told me that he was going to take Frisky to a farm “where he could run about freely”. I believed him.

But, you know, what did I know? I was only 16 at the time.

Frisky looked up at me. Very skiddish.

I comforted him. And he seemed to be ok. He believed me. It’s gonna be fine, I told him.

My dad got him. Loaded him into the car.

And that was the last time I saw him.

Unwilling participant.

Yet my brothers and sisters, many decades later, berated me. Arguing how I couldn’t possibly realize what was going on. They knew. Why didn’t I?

Sigh.

I have remorse.

Today…

What is something you absolutely despise about your country?

Look at these statistics, let them sink in for a moment.

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I have seen countless times:

  • An obese parent in front of me at the grocery store, with an obese child under the age of 10. Their grocery cart is full of pure junk food.
  • An obese person in a wheel chair ordering fast food.
  • People eating candy bars for breakfast on a daily basis.
  • Coworkers, who complain about their diabetes, with a bowl of candy by their monitor that they pick at all day.
  • I know of at least 3 people with diabetes who had their foot (or other limb) amputated because they couldn’t control their eating.
  • Children, under the age of 10, who weigh over 150 lbs (68 kg). These children are stretching their skin out and effectively ruining their bodies.

Our health education is pathetic. Our Physical Education and Gym programs are skeletal at this point.

Our country literally subsidizes food that makes people fat. We are essentially paying people to get fat.

It bothers me because people’s lack of discipline (or caring) ramps up healthcare costs that I have to pay for in tax dollars.

It bothers me because people don’t care about the way they look. They are willing to just let go.

But more than anything I am concerned for people’s well-being. You don’t always get second chances on heart attacks and strokes.

We are a prosperous country. But the scourge of prosperity is obesity.

I don’t despise obese people but I do despise it as a health epidemic in our country.

What is one mistake you made that you would like to warn others not to make?

My business was failing and I couldn’t understand why.

Things were NOT looking good since day one.

My mind was spinning out of control day and night trying to understand what was wrong.

In 2014 I found what seemed a great opportunity. I managed to negotiate an unusual deal with one of the best “warehouse” retailers in the USA. I had a signed agreement to purchase their overstocks… at unbelievable prices.

This was my math:

  • Regular price of the item: $100
    Warehouse discounted price of the retailer: $90
    I could get their items at 10% to 20% of their price.
    My price would be between $9 to $18!
  • Yes, that’s over 90% OFF the retail price!
  • Reselling these items, even at huge discounts to my customers could easily double or triple my money. It seemed like a priceless opportunity.

So I rented this HUGE warehouse:

I called it the Red Barn Outlet.

Located in a very busy street, with huge traffic count, we opened the doors to our customers.

We had great products and unbeatable prices, yet, we didn’t had the expected volume of sales.

I did marketing — and found little to no improvement.

I even hired amazing helpers:

Nothing helped…


To answer your question: What is one mistake you made that you would like to warn others not to make?

The laws of work have changed!

I learned this lesson in a very painful way.

  • Retail has changed.
  • Our Economy has changed.
  • The world has changed.
  • We have changed.

Today we have retail on our fingertips!

There’s an app for that!”

I was competing with a disrupted business model and as a small business owner, there’s NO way to win.

I was playing on the OLD Economy and as a consequence suffered a slow painful death because of disruption.

Today I teach people and businesses how to anticipate disruptive trends because I understand how painful it is.

This is my warning:

Hard work is not good enough anymore.”

Tactics win battles; strategy wins wars.

Texas Roasted Potatoes

Serve this side dish at your next cookout.

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Yield: 8

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds red potatoes, quartered
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions

  1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Toss together all the ingredients in a large bowl.
  3. Place on a baking sheet.
  4. Bake for one hour (turning frequently) or until lightly browned.

Time-Slip Artifacts: Modern Objects in the Ancient World – Volume 1

I do love this show. Enjoy this fun show.

Is Hamas together with Hezbollah strong enough to beat Israel in a war?

Not a strictly conventional war

However they can ensure Israel never enjoys a minute peace.

They can ensure Israelis ultimately prefer to leave and migrate to other countries for a peaceful life

They can keep dying and keep replenishing their numbers and ensure money from sympathetic yet cowardly countries and their billionaires


It’s an effective strategy

Hezbollah attacks Israel, kills IDF Soldiers and occupied families

Israel bombs Lebanon blindly, kills mostly ordinary civilians

Hatred against Israel is reinforced

Arab Preachers will ensure hatred against Israel is maintained in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Syria

It keeps the Middle East divided and hostile and ensures it’s what the US wants


The only way to defeat Hezbollah and Hamas is the way Khalistan Or LTTE were defeated

BY THE PEOPLE

The way to do that is to give the Palestinians what should have been given decades ago to them

Development, money, prosperity etc

Today 99% of the Palestinian Youth pick up a gun because they have no other option

Tomorrow with prosperity and development, only 60% will pick up a gun

Then 40%

Then 20%

Same happened with the LTTE

Same with the ETA in Spain

Same with the Uyghur Separatists

Same with the Chechen Militia

The Chinese saying “Full bellies quell revolution, empty bellies forment it”


Why this isn’t happening is because of Democracy

Israeli politicians know they won’t win 10 votes if they hand over the original territories of Palestine back to the Palestinians

US Politicians will lose control in an area where they are already losing control by the day

Neither side think Long term and decide to kick the ball down the road for the future politicians

It’s why most countries that won against terrorism/rebels were Autocracies Or Dominant Party Democracies – China, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka

Josep Borell, EU foreign policy chief, accuses China of treating Europe as a US puppet. How can this perception on the part of the Chinese be changed?

Until you grow balls! Until you tell the U.S. if you blow Nord Stream pipeline Germany will blow away Alaskan pipeline!

Until you tell off the U.S. when it becomes a jerk. Ask them to fxxk off and say over your dead body will you listen to them. Get rid of your current leaders ASAP. They behaves shamefully.

China don’t hear words. China sees action. And the see a wimp and a weak government push around by Uncle Sam. So why talk to EU?

What steps should be taken to update and close the loopholes in the current set of rules on exporting advanced computing chips to China?

There are two parties here.

The American seller, and the Chinese buyer.

Absent of government policy, is the American seller willing and motivated to sell to the Chinese?

Why yes. Absolutely.

The Chinese are one of their biggest and best customers, and have helped prop up the stock price for decades, because the Chinese are not only volume shoppers of value, but also the high-margin cutting edge. That’s a significant STREAM of revenue on the table.

The American seller will try every trick in the book to preserve their bottomline, from lobbying the Congress and the White House, to tailoring specific products for the Chinese to circumvent sanctions. The quick and dirty will be to ship product to a subsidiary market, for example Korea, Japan or Taiwan, and re-export the chips through a third party. As a country, China isn’t being sanctioned like Iran or Cuba, so this will appear like normal trade flow.


That’s the seller. But what about the buyer? China has plenty of friends. Is Nvidia going to say no to a million-piece GPU order from Qatar, just because it’s destined for data server/AI farms within a Chinese-run business park? What if the Saudis make another million-chip order and ships it along to Shenzhen because they have a stake in a Chinese subsidiary’s AI project? The possibilities are endless. Nvidia can’t very well demand geolocation tracking of their sold product, can they? Chips can’t be repaired anyway and can be easily transported by air, so warranty claims can be easily dealt with.


The fundamental issue is this.

Does America want to continue doing business with the Chinese, the world’s biggest single market?

If the answer is a firm no, we can talk ironclad rules.

But the half-hearted “this is national security dual use tech” approach manned by a tiny office within the Department of Commerce won’t work, not when they are trying to fix corporations with more money than God, able to buy the services of legal teams that run rings around legislation and policy.

Such is the nature of American capitalism.

Singaporean PM warns danger in seeing one-China question as ‘democracy vs autocracy’

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday warned of dangerous consequences in framing the one-China question through the narrative of “democracy versus autocracy.”

Lee gave the warning at the closing dialogue of the Asia Future Summit in Singapore.

Recognized by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 of 1971, there is but one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory, and the Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is the sole legal government representing the whole of China.

Speaking during a Q&A session at the closing dialogue of the summit, Lee called for countries to make clear that they will not change this “very fundamental basis of the international understanding.”

“One China is the basis on which nearly every country in the world recognizes the PRC, and has informal, unofficial relations with Taiwan,” he said. “And I think that has to remain the fundamental basis on which the relationships are maintained and the status quo is justified.”

Lee continued by saying that to describe the question of one China as “a question of democracy versus autocracy” is “dangerous.”

The Asia Future Summit was jointly held by Singapore’s flagship media, The Straits Times, Lianhe Zaobao and The Business Times, on Wednesday and Thursday.

Speakers across the world shared their views on geopolitical hot spots, economic issues, and social governance during the event.

Millions Of Men Finally Get The Cheat Code To The Dating Game

I personally want to thank every modern girl that hopped online to tell us how much they want to be railed by Chad and Tyrone and after they hit the wall, look for guys they ignored for a decade to suddenly want him only for his money and free validation, because now us guys who have red pilled know exactly what play they wanna try the moment we see them and tell them” not interested”. All is becoming right in the world.”

Do you think China’s subsidies for electric vehicles are “distorting” the car market of the European Union as claimed by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen?

This claim or accusation about China subsidizing EV cars is just a loser’s speech.

We Chinese are already surprised about Chinese EV cars being sold in EU with twice of the prices than in China.

Meanwhile, Europeans (mostly Germans) are also surprised about VW EV cars being sold in China with half of the prices than in Germany.

Tesla cars made in China are also cheaper than anywhere else, because of China subsidizing Tesla?


If anything, China’s subsidy about EV cars is “after” the cars got purchased.

There is something in China called “car purchasing tax”, and it’s about 9% of what you pay to the dealer. EV and PHEV cars can enjoy deduction on purchasing tax.

Also, about 45% of gasoline price in China is all kinds of tax and fee. However, the government doesn’t charge car electricity for the same amount. The 45% includes road maintenance fee, which means that it’s now entirely afforded by gasoline and diesel vehicle owners.


Mercedes is still doing good in China, but not the EV part.

In August alone, Mercedes sold 70.8 thousand cars in China, and accumulated sale of over half million cars (527.7 thousand) from January to August in 2023.

However, for EV cars, like EQE, the sales numbers from Jan to Aug are: 289, 421, 730, 48, 1254, 613, 591, and 941.

Only 1 EQC was sold in August.

The 19th highest EV/PHEV sales brand in August is Arcfox, and it sold 1868.


Europeans were too arrogant to develop their EV technologies.

They spent very little in this field, and was convinced that their petrol and diesel cars would keep dominating the world.

It’s why they are left behind.


Plus, this time’s farce is proposed by France, rather than Germany.

Von der Leyen is being supportive to this because she’s an US dog, and would do anything to screw China.

Some Germans have waken up, put down their pride and chose to cooperate with Chinese.

Meanwhile in France, car manufacturers are dying. They need to find a way to stop Germans from getting stronger.


Just like many other topics in EU, this, according to my personal opinion, will not go anywhere.

They would not have a result within 2023, and they will keep arguing in 2024.

If not because of their low efficiency, they would not be in such an embarrassing situation at the first place.

What was the reason for the sudden attack on Israel by Hamas killing innocent people?

Sudden?

Please

This was planned for a long time

It’s execution was FLAWLESS

I repeat FLAWLESS

Military Style than Militant Style

Multiple Incursions, Hostages, Point attacks – coordinated to precision after distracting them by rocket strikes

The vaunted Israeli intelligence was caught off guard completely.

That means a lot of Planning

So it isn’t SUDDEN at all


Why?

Many possibilities

First, the US possibly knew about the attack and turned a blind eye and didn’t warn the Israelis to divert attention from Ukraine and the disaster unfolding out there

It worked. Yesterday the whole coverage was on Palestine and Israel and not on Ukraine or even Chaiyina (China)

Second, Hamas backed by someone powerful, possibly Iran with Hezbollah waiting, decided to take advantage of a West that was completely swamped with Ukraine and an Israel that was desperately short of munitions (Israel gave 360,000 Shells to Ukraine, forced by USA) and decided to launch a strike and escalate things

An Escalation would allow the Russians, Chinese and the Global South to raise hypocrisy slogans against the West comparing Palestinians to Ukranians

If Israel does march into Gaza, the UN would become a battleground of anger and rage

Third, the US plans major war in the Middle East. They plan to launch Israel against Syria & Iran. It could be why China invited Assad and maybe tipped him off


It’s a delicate place today for the world

Especially India

If India support Israel as our friend Achal Gautam says in invading and destroying Gaza, that’s a billion Muslims who will hate India

Many Oil and Gas Producers and the biggest and richest vendors for key projects like Ports or Bridges

Plus most Muslims including the Azeris & Kazakhs and Turkmens and Kyrgyz people will flock to Russia, China and the CSTO

Hell even Turkey will rage against NATO

It would be the worst thing for Israel to blindly attack Gaza in an act of war

It would be fantastic news for Russia and China if Israel invades Gaza

Huawei releases a disruptive quantum chip, disrupting the global semiconductor industry!

This shouldn’t be a surprise as Huawei has been continuously innovating, researching and improving its technology. It has thousands of researchers and scientists continuously doing their best. This undoubtedly will make US/EU to try to surpress and annihilate it.

Should China and Russia send the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to help Palestine overthrow the apartheid regime?

In the past 1900 years, in my impression, the Arabs have not failed the Jews. The destruction of ancient Israel was not caused by the Arabs, but by the Romans. It would be unfair for Israelis to blame the Arabs for the destruction of ancient Israel. The persecution of Jews before and after WWII came from the Nazis in Europe, not the Arabs.

However, the Jews have really done things that are sorry to the Arabs in half a century.

Palestinian Arabs are human beings and should enjoy equal human rights … You can’t go bullying them like that…

As for whether it will become the sixth Middle East war…it is too early to tell. The scale of armed conflict is not that large. This was just a raid, not a full-scale attack. China and Russia will be diplomatically concerned, but will not intervene by force.

And a military raid was not the outcome the Arabs wanted.

All this proves only one thing:

As long as Israel does not abandon its own national exclusionary ideology based on Zionism, and as long as it continues to defend its current policies throughout the Palestinian areas, Israel will always be a country that lives in the shadow of fear, betrayal and repentance.

Iran, from West Asia, and Saudi Arabia, from the Arabian Peninsula, are both large among Muslim countries.

After Iran and Saudi Arabia reconcile, and the Muslim countries put aside their previous infighting, there will be a strong and unified Middle East.

We can understand that the Muslims in the Arab world are most eager for China to raise the anti-American flag due to the continuous aggression and plunder of the Western world, but the demise of the United States will not happen overnight, nor will it happen only militarily, but also economically, culturally, politically, etc., and there will be a slow process.

Maya Angelou always advise the African-American elite to read The prince of Machiavelli, because, she said, without a proper understanding of this book, you won’t understand the western elite. The Prince is their bedside book. it contains the main principle all imperialist applies: “If you want to control the people, separate the people and you can rule them. Divide them and you can conquer them.” Simply put, “divide and conquer.”

If 1.3 billion Muslims were united, it would be a huge force in the world.

Gone are the days when Israel relied on the US to dominate the Middle East. A declining Uncle Sam will not be able to bless Israel for long.

Therefore, the Israelis, if they are smart enough, must be mentally prepared to negotiate peace with the Palestinians and return to the 1967 Palestinian-Israeli borders, otherwise they will not be able to survive in the Arab state crevasse.

Sad Looking Cat Gets Adopted And Purrs For The First Time Ever | The Dodo

Watch this really sad shelter cat become a purring kitten with his new mom after finally getting adopted.

Can the Mate 60 chip developed by Huawei prove the failure of the US technology blockade against China? Can the United States finally succeed in preventing China’s technological upgrade?

Huawei has just unveiled its Mate 60 chip, a stunning feat of technological innovation that shows how the US has failed to stifle China’s rise in the global arena. The US has been waging a relentless campaign of sanctions and restrictions against Huawei and other Chinese firms, hoping to cut them off from the vital resources, software, and markets they need to thrive. But instead of crippling China’s technological ambitions, the US has only spurred them to become more self-reliant and creative.

The Mate 60 chip is the crown jewel of Huawei’s HiSilicon division, which makes chips for smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other gadgets. The chip is based on the most advanced process technology in the industry, the 5-nanometer node. It boasts a powerful octa-core CPU, a Mali-G78 GPU, a dual-core neural processing unit (NPU), and a 5G modem. The chip also supports features that enhance the user experience, such as multi-screen collaboration, smart charging, and more.

The Mate 60 chip is a remarkable achievement for Huawei, especially considering the US technology blockade. Since 2019, the US has put Huawei on its Entity List, which bans US companies from supplying it with software and hardware without a license. The US has also pressured its allies to exclude Huawei from their 5G networks, citing security concerns. As a result, Huawei has lost access to Google’s Android operating system, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips, and other essential components and services.

But Huawei has not given up. It has poured resources into its own research and development to overcome the challenges. It has developed its own operating system, HarmonyOS, which can run on various devices and platforms. It has also increased its self-sufficiency in chip design and production, relying on its HiSilicon division and other partners. Moreover, it has expanded its global presence and cooperation, especially with countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

The Mate 60 chip is not only a breakthrough for Huawei, but also for China’s overall technological development. The chip represents China’s progress in mastering the core technologies of the semiconductor industry, which is crucial for its economic growth and national security. The chip also demonstrates China’s ability to innovate and compete in the global market, despite the US attempts to contain and isolate it. Furthermore, the chip reflects China’s vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind, as it seeks to provide high-quality products and services to consumers around the world.

The Mate 60 chip developed by Huawei proves that the US technology blockade against China is doomed to fail. The US cannot stop China’s technological upgrade by imposing unilateral sanctions and restrictions. On the contrary, these actions have only motivated China to enhance its self-reliance and innovation capabilities. The US should realize that cooperation is better than confrontation in the field of science and technology, and that both countries can benefit from mutual learning and exchange.

What is the oddest weather you’ve experienced?

One afternoon in 1985 on a nice sunny day when I was working outside about half an hour North of Toronto I felt a sudden hot gust of wind, a very strong gust.

I turned around and looked at where the wind came from and I saw the sky, it was swirling all around, kind of like waves hitting a beach.

But that’s not what surprised me, it was the colour of the sky that I’ll never forget. It was green! The clouds were literally forest green, swirling around with dark gray clouds, in a fluid way that I had never seen before.

The clouds were also very close to the ground and were coming towards me fast.

I called out to my coworkers who hadn’t noticed yet and said we had better take shelter. They turned around and the colour drained from their faces, we looked at each other and ran across the field to the main building which was made of brick.

Not two minutes later day turned to night and it started pouring rain. All we did was look out the window at the raw violence of the storm until it passed less than half an hour later.

Little did we know at the time that just a few miles North of us a category F4 tornado had just devastated the city of Barrie.

It was totally unprecedented at the time, none of us believed our ears when we heard it on the radio.

Canada doesn’t have tornadoes, and certainly not category F4 tornadoes!

We were all in disbelief, that is until we got home and saw the destruction with our own eyes on television.

It was the only thing everyone talked about for over a month.

Foxconn has repeatedly requested to OEM for Huawei Mate60, but Huawei has sternly rejected it.

Huawei is now no.1 mobile phone manufacturer and it doesn’t need Qualcomm anymore to supply the chips. Qualcomm has betrayed Huawei by giving up Its relationship with Huawei and Huawei doesn’t need Qualcomm as an OEM anymore as its quality is below Huawei’s standard. Now that Huawei can mass produce the Kirin 9000s chips it certainly doesn’t need Qualcomm but domestic China’s OEM instead.

US Deploys at least nine B-2 Stealth Bombers to Europe

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The United States on Friday allegedly deployed at least nine (9) — and reportedly “dozens”–  of B-2, nuclear-capable, Stealth Bombers to Europe on Friday.  Those aircraft are specifically designed for a nuclear first-strike.

Video posted publicly, reportedly shows the deployment as it took place:

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This deployment came just one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin said publicly that if an enemy launches a nuclear attack upon Russia, “hundreds of our missiles will be in the air against ALL our enemies, in ALL directions — and there will be no survivors”

Surprise Attack Stuns Israel; WaPo: Ukraine Despair War Unwinnable; EU Granada Summit Shambles

Surprise Attack Stuns Israel; WaPo: Ukraine Despair War ‘Unwinnable’; EU Granada Summit ‘Shambles’; Huge Rus Missile Drone Strikes Topic 987

Palestine Is Striking Back

October 5 2023:

Over 800 Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa compound during Jewish Sukkot holiday

More than 800 Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday morning under the protection of Israeli forces.

Rabbis, heads of settlement associations, and far-right university lecturers were among 832 people who forced their way into the religious site compound, a source in the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem told The New Arab’s Arabic sister site Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.

Israeli forces imposed severe restrictions on Muslim worshippers entering Al-Aqsa and those under 60 were prevented from accessing the site.

It comes during the Jewish religious holiday of Sukkot, which started on 29 September and ends on Friday. The holiday has seen thousands of Israeli extremists storm the Al-Aqsa compound, with almost 1,500 entering the site on Monday.

Israeli extremists also continued on Thursday to hold provocative marches both inside Jerusalem’s Old City and outside its walls, attacking Palestinians and their property.

They also beat and spat at journalists in a market area near Al-Aqsa, where shops were forced to close for the sixth day in a row.

The Old City is home to Al-Aqsa as well as the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

The Al-Aqsa compound is the third holiest site in Islam and the most important Muslim place in Palestine.

October 7 2023:

Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

This morning, the Islamic Jihad group announced the start of the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, igniting another local war against Israel. They formally cited regular oppression and attempts on Al-Aqsa as reasons, where local Arab worshippers have been repressed repeatedly (in addition, there have been raids against the Islamic Jihad in Jenin over the past few weeks).

The operation began quite dramatically: a naval landing was carried out in the north of the Gaza Strip, and there are also reports of airborne landings – someone parachuted into rear cities.

After three hours of fighting, the group successfully captured a military base in the town of Kerem Shalom: there are enough images on social media of killed IDF servicemen and captured equipment (there are also photos of a burnt “Merkava” tank). This is a huge base on the border with Egypt. To put it mildly, the trophy is very valuable.

▪️As of now, fighting is still ongoing in Netiv HaAsara, Berri, and Sderot. Panic has gripped the population of bordering villages, with footage of people fleeing on foot. The Israel Defense Forces began retaliatory strikes only after 10 in the morning. The Israeli Ministry of Defense has stated outright that Hamas has gone to war with them, and at 10:30, the official start of the Iron Swords counter-terrorism operation was announced.

This is likely to escalate. It is impossible to predict when or how this will end.

Posted by b on October 7, 2023 at 9:05 UTC | Permalink

Israel-Hamas War Update. Israeli General captured by Hamas. 200 Israelis and 232 Palestinians killed

Hamas coming in on hang-glider parachutes was pretty awesome not going to lie.

According to research, China leads the world in 37 out of 44 technologies and the gap is widening. Do you believe that the world is safe with future technology in the hands of China?

Yes.

A lot lot lot safer under the Chinese than the west.

What did the west did with technology for the last 400 years?

They use the technology to loot and plunder the entire world. Many of the loot are in the western museums today! Or worn on the crowns of western monarchs till today.

They use the technology to enslave Africans and coloured people to do menial task for the west. They snagged islands like collecting sea shells and corals. Hawaii, Guan, Falklands, Gibraltar and another hundreds of islands are still under the west.

They carry out genocides to steal continents such as the Americas and Australia. They abused, steal, raped and murder throughout the entire world. They colonised and destroyed the people living there and stole everything of value!

They continue virtual colonialism after physical colonisation is not possible through what they termed international rules based international order. They took control the entire worlds economy, and wealth. They continue to use the technology to threaten every nation and non Caucasian societies including Slavs and non European citizens.

And you question if China can be trusted with the technology? What kind of logic apart from racist rhetoric do you have?

Why did Hamas think attacking nuclear-armed and USA-allied Israel would be a good idea?

Desperation.

For years, the Arab states have been moving towards normalizing relations with Israel. Hamas counts upon the support of Arab states, both material and financial, to exist, since it has very limited means of its own.

Normalized Arab-Israeli relations would be the coup de grace for Hamas and the “Palestinian liberation” movement. Because a precondition of normalized relations with Israel would be ceasing support to Hamas.

Part of the reason why Arab states were warming up to Israel was that Arab leaders have been losing faith in the Palestinian forces for decades now and an improvement for the Palestinians was nowhere in sight.

Regardless of where you stand on this conflict, it’s hard to argue that Palestinian forces have had much in the way of success recently (or ever, for that matter), having lost land to Israel almost continously since Israel’s inception. The reasons for this are not surprising. Palestine isn’t really even a nation, at this point, it’s two paltry strips of impoverished land run by a corrupt elite and barely educated militants with no resources of their own. They are facing a prosperous, well-organized nation state with a highly competent military and the direct support of the world’s premier powers. It was never going to turn out well for them.

And I suppose the Arabs were tired of tying their money up in so clearly a lost cause. Oh sure, they still outwardly broadcast support for Palestine for religious reasons and internal appeasement (most Arab Muslims are extremely against any reproachment with Israel), but I suspect they have been planning a move away from being active stakeholders in the Israel-Palestine conflict for a while.

So why the attack from Hamas now? Well it’s an obvious attempt to sabotage the normalization of relations across the ME, which would have sounded the death knell for them. I cannot imagine the Hamas leadership were going to stand idle and let the war coffers they plunder empty out. So they attacked Israel, performing the attack in a way that would cause the most severe reaction from the Israelis. Massacring Jews, abducting Jews, the whole shabang. They were trying to force Israel into the largest possible retaliation against them (they might have succeeded), and thereby force the Arab powers into taking a stance against said Israeli retaliation. That’s my only explanation for this attack. Otherwise, the immediate tactical value of killing a few hundred Israeli civilians eludes me.

And it seems to have worked…for now.

Many of the Arab nations previously moving towards normalized relations with Israel have now performed a sudden U-turn, mostly for reasons of posturing (and possibly gaining leverage out of the situation). But I don’t think this will last long. Some of the Gulf states didn’t even openly side with Palestine this time, the UAE came out with this statement;

“The UAE calls for the exercise of maximum restraint and an immediate ceasefire to avoid serious repercussions,”

I imagine most of the Arab powers see that the writing is on the wall for Hamas. There is no possible way that having poked the Israeli bear, Hamas is going to be able to effectively resist any Israeli-counter operation. Afterall, the Israeli army is a world-class professional fighting force, and Hamas is a glorified militia at best, fighting on very little land, completely trapped and encircled. Or to be brief, they’re f*cked.

I suppose once the Arab countries can extract some personal benefit/concession out of the situation, they will perform another U-turn and go back to ditching Palestine. I can see Saudi Arabia’s shallow declaration of support for Hamas disappearing once the Saudi’s can get some sort of security deal with the US in exchange for re-normalizing relations with Israel.

Regardless, the long-term outlook for Hamas is poor. This was a desperate, flailing attempt to gain some short-term ground in “reuniting the Ummah” and gain an [im]moral victory against Israel.

But in time, I think, they will come to regret it.

HE’S BASED !! Oliver Anthony – Rich Mans Gold | REACTION

Thanks for a great video and reaction! I love the message, and you wound it up wonderfully! God bless you, and yours!

World should be prepared for sustained high inflation in US — Global Times

The outbreak of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has driven up oil prices again, while a potential oil crisis could risk putting the Fed’s inflation fight in jeopardy, adding uncertainties to the global economic recovery.

The US and Venezuela have progressed in talks that could provide sanctions relief to Caracas by allowing at least one additional foreign oil firm to take Venezuelan crude oil for debt repayment, Reuters reported on Monday, citing five anonymous sources.

The timing of the news seems delicate, as it comes at a time when oil prices keep rising on market fears of the Middle East conflict exacerbating supply tightness. On Monday, global benchmark Brent Crude rose 4.2 percent to $88.15 a barrel, while US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) rose 4.3 percent to $86.38 per barrel.

Both Brent Crude and WTI remained around their Monday closing levels during Tuesday’s trading. The regained upward momentum contrasted with a drop of more than 8 percent in global oil prices over the previous week.

Apparently, the US releasing information through media outlets over potential sanctions relief on oil-exporting country Venezuela serves as a reminder to the market that even if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict brings uncertainty to crude oil supply in the Middle East, the US may be able to affect oil prices in other ways.

If the US does ease sanctions on Venezuelan crude oil, then an immediate effect would be an increase in supply to the world oil market and a fall in oil prices.

However, even though it is not clear how oil prices will unfold, US anxiety about high oil prices triggering high inflation is almost certain. At a time when the Fed’s monetary tightening policy has approached its limit, if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict leads to a sustained rebound in global crude prices, then it will certainly disrupt the interest rate hiking cycle of the Fed.

If the Fed continues to hike interest rates to curb inflation, the US economy will likely slip into a recession. A worse scenario for the Fed could be that the economy falls into a recession with the inflation rate still high.

While some may argue that since neither Palestine nor Israel is a major oil-producing country, the impact on the oil market is limited, and the conflict may not last long. Yet, market fears about the Middle East situation are not unfounded. There are no reliable indications of whether the conflict will end soon or lead to wider regional instability. If it escalates to involve more Middle East nations, it could threaten crude supply by the surrounding major oil-producing countries. The Middle East is home to some of the world’s biggest oil producers, including Iran and Saudi Arabia, as well as key transit routes such as the Strait of Hormuz, which is known as the world’s most important “oil chokepoint.”

The US will try its best to avoid the worst-case scenario. Diplomatic efforts may convince Saudi Arabia, Iran and Venezuela to increase their oil production to relieve its inflation pressure. But it needs to be reminded that given the past oil crises in the Middle East that caused great volatility in the global crude market, the psychological impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the crude market shouldn’t be underestimated. As long as the conflict remains unresolved, the impact will remain.

Also, since the Biden administration has already released several batches of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the purpose of reining in high inflation, the remaining stocks may not be as sufficient as they were during previous oil crises. It is disturbing to think how few tools the US has left to affect inflation.

Can the Fed’s monetary policy withstand the test of this round of oil market volatility? If the Fed changes the pace of rate hikes because of the Middle East situation, then the risk of a US recession will increase significantly.

At that point, even the world economic recovery will face greater difficulties. That will also create more challenges for the Chinese economy, especially in terms of the spillover effect of US rate hikes and China’s cooperation with the Middle East. In this sense, essential preparations are needed for the potential shocks.

King Abdullah II of Jordan Orders Humanitarian Aid to Gaza; IDF Says “no”

World Hal Turner

King Abdullah II of Jordan, in coordination with the Egyptian Government, has reportedly ordered the Delivery of Humanitarian Aid to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing.

However the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is continuing to state that any Supply Trucks that attempt to enter the Gaza Strip through Egypt will be Destroyed.

The government of Israel needs to remind it IDF that THEY do not make policy; the civilian government makes policy.   The government of Israel also needs to remind the IDF that THEY do not get to starve people to death, which, now that Israel has formally declared “War” would be a war crime.  A crime against Humanity.

Hal Turner Editorial Opinion: We all see and know the ferocious and horrifying situation that now exists in Israel with the ongoing war.  Israel absolutely, positively, has a right to defend itself and its people.   On this, there is no disagreement.  None.   At all.

Israel does NOT, however, get to throw out all the rules of war — or humanity — and starve 2.3 Million people to death in Gaza.  That’s not a tactic, that’s Genocide – and it is not allowed. Period. Full stop.

What were the worst two minutes of your life?

I was 20. I was going to college and working.

It was late one night after a summer rain. I came upon a light truck that had slid off the road and flipped.

I stopped and ran to the truck and found a 16 year old kid impaled on a fence post and bleeding out. He was dying and he knew it. He was crying, calling for his mother and saying I don’t want to die over and over.

I told him I was going for help and he said please don’t let me die alone. I stayed with that kid, held him as he died.

It really messed me up. The cops thought I was a victim too because I had his blood all over me.

The paramedics gave me a shot and took me to hospital. They told me that’s the only way I’d let him go. Maybe I thought if I’d hung onto him he’d be all right.

I’d never met the kid but I would have given my life if he could have lived.

They kept me in the hospital a few days. Cops and paramedics came to see me. We talked a lot. The first time you come across a scene like that is a horror. If you aren’t ready for it, it’ll mess you up. I went down the drain in a haze of booze and drugs.

I had a bad case of PTSD. Every time I closed my eyes, that kid was there. In his eyes was the plea don’t let me die and there was nothing I could do.

Six months later I was in rehab.

I worked with a shrink. For another six months. I haven’t had a drink or drug since.

The nightmares are rare now. I learned how fragile and precious life is and, how quickly that can change in a matter of seconds.

How did Amazon fail in China?

Thanks for the A2A.


Answer: The Chinese market and regulations were vastly different. Amazon’s business operations worldwide were essentially stripped downed clones of their American operations. In the early days (early 2000s), Amazon China either didn’t have the authority, or simply arrogance prevented them to adapt-and-improve to the local reality. By the time Amazon China wanted to adapt-and-improve in the early 2010s, it was already too late. AWS is a different case, thou.

Just give an example:

Amazon and eBay arrived on China’s e-commerce scene in its formative years in the early 2000s. Amazon and eBay started off with absolute dominance. However, in the early 2000s, e-commerce in China was tiny, especially outside B2B. One common obstacle was the lack of credit cards. Buyers had to submit payments via wire transfers from their nearest post offices. In case of a fraud, it was nearly impossible to recover the losses.

Then, Alibaba/Taobao, a minor player at the time, launched Alipay, an online payment escrow service. Very soon, Taobao wiped eBay out who also happened to be in online auction business.

Why did eBay or Amazon not preempt AliPal? After all, eBay owned PayPal.

There were a whole bunch of missed opportunities for Amazon China in the following years.

China is Decoupling From the US

Damn! This is great.

If there is one video that you MUST watch from start to finish, this is it!

Carl Zha talks to @TheRedPillDiariesOfficial about how the US attempt to decouple from China has actually led to China decoupling from the US which only results in more isolation of the West from the rest of the World. US money printing and financial sanctions also led to acceleration of de-dollarization in the rest of the world.

How did you get revenge on your boss?

I was the editor for a small daily newspaper in texas. I had four reporters and a photographer on my team.

Newspapers are notorious for not paying overtime, even though it is the law in most cases.

They forced the employees to work 50–60 hours a week and to turn in a 40-hour time card, so they got paid no overtime. The bad thing was, I was the one who had to tell them to work. The only option was to work without pay or get fired, and people needed a job so they stayed.

I secretly kept meticulous records. I had each employee fill out their real hours on a time card and give it to me. I took notes of every conversation.

I eventually got fired because a story that I didn’t know about didn’t get in the paper. Should not have been that big of a deal, but I was relieved.

My first order of business was to contact the labor board in the state. I gave them all the actual hours, and copies of the time cards the employees were forced to sign. Along with notes about conversations I had.

A few weeks later the paper was fined several thousand dollars, had to pay every employee, including me, backpay with overtime. The company fired my boss as well. That was a good piece of revenge

What are things men have to go through that women either do not understand or have empathy for?

Today, I took my dog to the dog park. It’s his favorite place in the world. I sat there and was watching him run around with the other dogs.

A young girl, maybe six years old, walked up to me. She said hi and asked if I wanted to see something.

I said “sure.” There were maybe six other adults there, so I knew I was somewhat protected by witnesses. She said she could “run as fast as a velociraptor.” It was really cute. She took off about 20 yards and ran back.

I said that was really cool and asked where she learned about velociraptors. She said “school.” I thought it was nice to hear a kid talk about something they learned in school.

I asked which school she goes to. But before she could answer, I stopped her. I interrupted “never mind. Don’t answer that.” I immediately got up and walked to another bench.


I don’t think most women could understand how nervous I was for that minute. I was terrified of being labeled, had she told her adult supervisor that I asked her that question.

I think any woman would feel perfectly comfortable having a conversation like that with a six year old boy. But no man is completely safe in a situation like that.

How do I respectfully and tactfully tell someone that I can’t split the bill at a restaurant when their portion is way more than mine?

I got caught once at a dinner out with people from work. I heard one check and thought we’ll we can do the math, and I ordered according to my means. I don’t drink alcohol, and watched evryone else had a pre-dinner cocktail, then several bottles of wine with dinner, plus they each ordered dessert. So I knew what I owed plus 20% of my own tab. But the lead of tne event, a little tipsy announces “let’s divide the check 11 ways”. I took a deep breath, and said but Mary Kate, I didn’t have any cocktails or wine, or dessert. I was surprised when a waiter stepped forward and supported that he kept jote that I had NOT had any of those extras. So therexwas silence and eye rolling, but I gave my amount including tip. Then they equally divided the rest. I saved myself 65.00. Tvwas awkward but I offered some folks rides home for free. I was never invited to another girls night out, but others did approach me at work quietly saying they didn’t drink more than one cocktail and felt stuck paying the big excess. So for the rest of my life I Che k before going out, how are we splitting the bill tonight? Then I can decline in advance. I’m not cheap, but careful with my money I work hard for, and when the money is to cover everyone else’s booze, no thanks.

UK Rail Thoughts

Expensive high speed railway farce of UK shows it isn’t a competitor to China

In the 19th century, Britain was the nation which invented the railway. The landmark invention of the steam engine, known as “Stephenson’s Rocket,” was a creation which revolutionized the world and became a pinnacle of building the modern, industrialized world, connecting nations and enabling trade like never before. It was through the genius of this innovation that Britain excelled against its competitors and established itself as a global empire, a scientific, technological and military giant which allowed it to dominate and subjugate countless countries, including China.

Yet, Britain today pales in comparison to its historical achievements, as it struggles to even muster the organization, funding and political will to build a second high speed railway. This project, known as High Speed 2 (HS2), has proven to be one of the most controversial, politically contested and expensive infrastructure projects in British history, with a report from Channel 4 stating its costs could spiral upward to 108 billion pounds ($131.6 billion). The railway was designed to connect Britain’s largest two cities, London and Birmingham, cutting transportation time to just an hour, but it was also envisioned to extend to other major cities including Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Edinburgh, connecting all the economic centres of the country.

That isn’t happening. As the costs of construction continue to grow, and as the date of completion continues to get pushed back, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has lost the political will to pursue it and decided to effectively scrap the northern link, instead proposing to shoehorn the trains onto existing lines.

There are several factors which have contributed to this scaling back, but all are the government’s fault. This includes disastrous policy choices including full-throttle escalation of the war in Ukraine, which the government has devoted billions to, and the subsequent onslaught of inflation and economic stagnation, mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also more subtly, the government’s decision to, at the behest of the US, pursue an antagonistic foreign policy toward China against its national interests.

How are China and HS2 linked? First of all, at the end of 2019, the Boris Johnson government proposed to the press that China Railway Corp be used as the contractor for HS2. This was the most effective, reliable and cheapest option available. Not only would the project have been completed far earlier, but it would have also been far less expensive. The following year, Britain reset its foreign policy on China at the influence of the US, and the whole thing went out the window. With that policy shift, Britain began effectively sabotaging its own infrastructure development to suit US preferences. The costs of Britain banning Huawei from its 5G network, to take just one example, have been astronomical.

China’s high speed railway record speaks for itself. Meanwhile, Britain is struggling to connect just two major cities just 117 miles (188 kilometres) apart, China has built a comprehensive high speed railway network within the scope of just 15 years, which as of 2022, spans 42,000 kilometres and is still growing. It is possible to travel across the entire country in just seven hours from Shenzhen to Beijing. In 25 years, Britain has only managed to complete one high speed network (HS1), which is in fact a transnational route which goes to France, the Netherlands and Belgium, making it a joint collaboration rather than a distinctly “British” achievement.

The fundamental reason behind Britain’s failure to move ahead with high speed railway is that its infrastructure is a series of privately owned, for-profit franchises, without any subsidies, which substantially drives up the costs and also limits investment in the infrastructure simultaneously. Even without considering the High Speed Rail, the quality of British railways is astonishingly poor and behind most of its European counterparts. This model has also been bad for the workers, which has led to routine industrial action and strikes throughout the year of 2022-23, making services unreliable. This contrasts sharply to China’s state-led model of development which is superior to the British railway system in every single way.

This makes the comparison ironic given that Britain sees China as a “competitor” and a “threat to its economic security.” Britain is a stagnating, declining country while China is the world’s second largest economy, and rather than learning from China’s development successes and courting Chinese investment, the UK has made the bizarre choice to “cut its nose off to spite its face” and antagonise Beijing to suit US interests.

But what have they got to show for it? The answer is a single high speed rail route spanning into the cost of more than 100 billion pounds which has taken decades to build and has to be scaled back from its original plans. This is the country which invented the railway, but now finds itself falling behind at an alarming rate. This means shunning Chinese companies was one of the most expensive and short-sighted decisions taken by politicians in recent years, among many other things.

Saudi Arabia Rejects US, Gives $70 Billion Order To China!

“I like watching the US suffer it’s like seeing a bully get punished, it’s amazing.”

https://youtu.be/tEWQ61LaIkw

What was the most British thing anyone ever said?

My wife and I were walking with our youngest over the old bridge between Lichfield Cathedral and the market place. A lovely spring day. I’m British, my wife isn’t.

A young man came dashing past the end of the bridge, a police officer in hot pursuit. They both vanished from view rapidly.

We stopped to read the information board about the historic bridge. A few minutes later, the suspect and the copper came walking back, a little out of breath. We overheard their conversation.

Copper: “Sorry for running after you like that, mate. But you were running away.”

Suspect: “Yeah, sorry about that, mate. I shouldn’t have run, but I didn’t want to get caught.”

My wife stood open-jawed. I didn’t quite see why it was so unusual. I mean, just because they’re trying to arrest you doesn’t mean police officers should be rude or unsympathetic. Just because they may have done something the law may forbid doesn’t mean someone has to be abusive.

We continued to eavesdrop.

Copper, leading suspect to a park bench, where they both sat down, “Are you ready to give me your name and address, or do you want a bit of a breather first?”

Suspect, “You don’t have a cigarette, do you?”

Copper, pulling a packet of fags from his breast pocket and handing it to the suspect, “Here you go.”

As he lit the man’s cigarette, the police van arrived. Copper: “Just finish your smoke and we’ll finish the details at the station.”

I told my wife there was a good chance the cop didnt smoke, but kept a handy packet to help put people at ease.

She’s told friends and family in several countries about that. It is, she says, absolutely the most British thing she’s witnessed: a cop apologising for arresting someone who apologised for trying to run away.

If this story has failed to entertain or amuse, all I can say is sorry. And what could be more British than that?

What are the biggest lessons you have learned in the corporate world?

Going Anonymous, because most of my colleagues are my followers and vice-versa.

I’m a male professional. I have had only 2+ years of experience in one of the fortune 500 companies.

Sharing my top 6 learning so far, being honest:)

1. To ensure that your peers, immediate supervisor, or your manager don’t take your effort and time for granted.

2. I have learnt to document, I mean, putting everything on emails, which is a must!! Trust, team work, and other fancy words come next. This is one of the most important lessons I have learnt, after many betrayals from my peers.

3. Don’t expect your supervisor or lead to talk for you, say for example: nominating you for awards or acknowledging your efforts in front of the team. Instead, if you really expect awards,remember you have tongue!

4. I have good relationship with many female co-workers. But, if something goes wrong, say for example an argument regarding work or something. If they want to take it further and make your life miserable, you’ll be the victim for sure, trust me.

5. Whenever I have had discussions with my manager, I have gotten very angry because of her bad review comments. FYI, I have not received any negating feedback from the stakeholders (Also, not any appreciation) . But, after each discussion, I have worked on my skills and added them to my resume. Remember, at last, only that matters is what is in it for you and am hoping to get a new job with a good hike.

6. Don’t show that you badly want to be in the job, although you have debts to pay, pretend to be confident. Otherwise, you’ll end up doing loads of work, which you are not supposed to do.

Rich Men North Of Richmond [ @TheMarineRapper Remix]

Nice remix.

UKRAINE SOLD WEAPONS TO HAMAS – USED AGAINST ISRAEL

World Hal Turner

During the intense fighting which broke out yesterday between HAMAS and Israel, astonishing things took place.  Despite the most advanced intelligence and surveillance systems in the world, Palestinians allegedly broke through into Israel — somehow un-noticed by all the surveillance gear.

One Israeli Border Guard told me “Our systems could see if a Bird was flying-in; yet authorities would have us believe they couldn’t see dozens of Palestinians on motorized para-gliders in the air?  It’s simply not possible.  They let this happen on purpose.”

Another Israeli told me “MOSSAD knows when these people, HAMAS, take a dump in the bathroom, yet we’re supposed to believe MOSSAD had no idea this gigantic operation was being planned?”

Israel has the best intelligence on its neighbors of any nation on earth. Israel has lots of “assets” embedded in these various “terrorist” organizations, as well as SIGINT (including U.S. satellite data) which allows Israel to always have a finger on the pulse of these organizations.

There is no way in hell that a coordinated, major attack involving about 1,000 Hamas fighters, sea-based/ land-based/ aerial attacks could have been planned, coordinated, and executed without Israeli intelligence getting wind of it. 0% chance.

Others had similar statements of anger and disbelief.  One IDF soldier who saw Palestinians use a Drone to destroy an Israeli Merkava Tank said “Where did the Palestinians get drones with armor-piercing explosives?  That technology is being used in the Ukraine-Russia conflict.  How did it suddenly appear here, in Israel?” 

Other IDF soldiers pointed to Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) being used against Israeli Security Forces.  He said “These are weapons being seen on the Ukraine battlefields, how did they get into the Gaza Strip?”

Then, in the midst of the fighting, this video came out: HAMAS thanking Ukraine for selling them weapons to be used against Israel:

The most raging questions had to do with alleged “electronic jamming” that was said to have taken place as the Palestinians with para-gliders flew across the border into Israel.  According to numerous sources on both sides, “electronic warfare” technology was allegedly used to jam Israeli radar and other surveillance gear.  Said one Israeli “Only the Russians have gear to carry out such effective jamming – how did the Palestinians get it?”

That seems to be the most burning question right now since videos are also out showing armed Palestinian fighters para-glding into a massive “RAVE” party inside Israel:

The answers all see to point to yesterday’s outbreak of violence as “payback” to Israel, from Russia, over Israel’s support of Ukraine, and over Israel’s supplying of weapons and technology to Azerbaijan, which used it against Armenia again over the past two weeks, to seize Nagorno-Karaback and send 100,000 Armenians fleeing for their lives.

If this conclusion about Russia is correct, then one might ask, how much farther all this fighting in Israel may go?  Will Israel still exist when this is over?  Maybe.  Maybe not.

One official with whom I spoke overnight told me “Israel is suffering from Desertification of its land; the ground water table is receding 25 meters a year and soon, there won’t be enough arable land to support the continued existence of Israel.  But . . . quite coincidentally . . . there is now rich, arable land, in the center of Europe, where half its population has either fled or been killed, that would suit a relocation of Israel:   Ukraine.   Maybe they’ll all move there.” 

Gee.  What a coincidence.

As for those asking “Why are the Palestinians so violent towards Israel?”  the answer has been on maps for years, right in front of everyone’s eyes.  Below is the reality from the time “Israel” was created in 1949, until today.   The White areas are “Israel” and the Green are “Palestinian.”  Look at what has happened to the Palestinians in their own land, since 1949:

The Palestinians have been systematically purged from their land, their homes, and their freedom.   THAT is the root of this hatred.  It’s not going away.

They never show you this map on the news. That’s because it provides the crucial context necessary to anyone wanting to understand the Israel/Palestine situation.

How do I become very successful in my early twenties?

A young man with mental health problems just walked into the coffee shop while I was writing on Quora.

He’s strong and looks normal, but he can’t stop talking to himself.

He’s talking continuously to himself, and every few steps he takes, he does a quick ‘Michael-Jackson-turn’ and then continues walking forward.

Witnessing this individual with no self control helped me not only to feel grateful but also helped give me the answer to this question.

I have written several times about my own mind-battles. I’ve always struggled with ADD and possibly dyslexia. The consequences of this “lack of brain control” made me a terrible student academically.

Failing classes at school killed my self-confidence. These struggles shaped my childhood.

So, where am I going with all of this?

There’s a hidden secret to success, but it demands an open mind to understand it and humility to implement it.


So, to answer your question, how can you become very successful in your early twenties?

I could answer this with a huge list of “best practices,” but as I’ve learned NONE of those work if you don’t first master yourself.

What do I mean?

Some examples:

  • Are YOU in control of yourself, or are your fears controlling you?
  • Are YOU in control of your life, or is your need to please other people controlling you?
  • Do you know your strengths and your weaknesses, or are you hiding and ignoring your weaknesses with distractions or numbing addictions?
  • Do you struggle with depression, anxieties or other emotional issues?

But hold on!

Remember what I said before?

There’s a hidden secret to success which demands an OPEN mind to understand, and HUMILITY to implement it.”

Open: Learn to listen!

Humility: Stop hiding and being defensive!

That’s the fastest road to success!

It wasn’t until I stopped running and hiding who I really was that change started to happen in my life. Over the years, I had developed the strength to fit into this competitive world, but I was fooling myself, not everyone else.

Maturing and accepting who I was, and starting to work on those strengths and weaknesses is when I started to grow to my fullest potential!

There’s still a long journey ahead…


Whether we recognize it or not, we’re all imperfect human beings. There’s NO person on earth who doesn’t struggle with some kind of mental/emotional issue.

Well, excuse me… except you!

If you are or feel “perfect,” go on and keep doing what you’re doing… good luck!

For those of us who have been humbled by the battlefield of life, this is your way to success:

Self-Awareness is your best friend!


Like a wild horse — you may be the fastest “horse” in the world, but if you are not ‘tamed’ you will NEVER win the race!

The Uncomfortable Study That Ended Affirmative Action | 𝘋𝘳. 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸

Interesting stuff. I remember reading a few years ago about some other work this professor was involved in. It had to do with the etymological implications of contemporary media figures and their pseudonyms, and ended up concluding that Destiny was a woman’s name.

How would a 1950s-style American cheeseburger and fries stand up to todays? Were the milkshakes real back then?

My Father, Grandfather and Uncle were partners in a restaurant business in the 1950–70’s. This was before fast food existed. My grandfather had started teaching me how to cook when I was 4-5 years old. This is around 1960. When I was 10, I started going there on Sunday and did some bits of work. A year or two later I was working there evenings and weekends, peeling potatoes and making fries, food prep, waiting tables, washing dishes and floors.

I learned how to make milkshakes and all the desserts. Milkshakes were one scoop of ice cream, fill to the line in the metal cup with homogenized milk (no 2% in those days) and two squirts of syrup. The ice cream flavor and the syrup matched the flavor the customer ordered. We had Chocolate, Strawberry and Vanilla and that was typical of the selection in those days. The contents of the metal cup was usually larger than the glass that we served it in, so after we filled the glass, we took both the glass and the remaining in the metal cup to the customer’s table.

I also cooked and ate hamburgers regularly. My father ground the meat and he put some seasoning and egg into the mixture. When he was done, we manually made balls of meat, flattened them into hamburger size and put them in a stack, first a burger, then a small sheet of wax paper. I think the size was about 7 inches diameter and 1/4 inch thick. These would shrink when cooked to about 5 inches diameter and 1/2 inch thick. We put these stacks of burgers in the freezer. Each time someone ordered a burger, we would take one out and fry it up. The buns were simple buns like hamburger buns you’d buy at the grocers. I think the meat tasted much better than any fast food we have today. It tasted like a hamburger you’d buy in a good restaurant, you could taste the meat. The cheese was also real cheese, not the processed stuff you have today. It came with a slice of onion and tomato, 2 slices of real bacon was extra. Condiments were mustard, relish and ketchup.

Historically, what are some of the strangest and most absurd military plans that actually worked?

I think this has got to be the story of the Dutch minesweeper HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen. It was 1941, when the Japanese suddenly attacked Dutch East Indies, as well as other colonies in southeast Asia. The minesweeper found itself suddenly in danger of the sophisticated Japanese aircraft and patrolling ships.

The remaining Dutch Navy was ordered to link up with the Australian navy, but Abraham Crijnssen was stuck all alone in Indonesia, armed with a single 76mm gun turret and two 20mm auto cannons. It had no chance to fight off really anything. So the crew decided to camouflage the entire ship, as an island. They cut down a bunch of jungle foliage, and painted what they couldn’t cover as sand or rock.

They only sailed at night, because during the day, the water ripples would have been visible from the air. During the day they simply anchored close to shore appearing as a small island – one of many along the Indonesian shore.

She arrived in Australia in March 1942, without being detected by the Japanese.

Iran President warns Israel against warmongering

October 8, 2023 – 23:24

TEHRAN – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned the Israeli regime against making warmongering steps, saying that equations in the region have changed.

President Raisi also spoke over the phone with Esmail Haniyeh, the chief of Hamas political bureau, and Ziyad Nakhala, the secretary-general of the Islamic Jihad Movement.

The Iranian president also issued a message on the situation in Palestine. He welcomed the Palestinian operation against the Zionist regime of Israel, saying that the operation frightened and startled the world of oppression.

He said the Palestinians took the initiative and showed that the steely determination prevails over all kinds of weaponry.

The Iranian president underlined that the Islamic Republic of Iran invites all the world to observe the truth that the accumulation of oppression and injustice against the Palestinian people, the continuation of insults to the women and prisoners, and sacrilege to Al-Aqsa Mosque cannot last forever and will be met with resistance by nations.

“Undoubtedly, the Zionist regime and its supporters are responsible for endangering the security of the nations of the region and must be held accountable. The Islamic Republic defends the legitimate defense of the Palestinian nation,” he said, according to IRNA.

Raisi asserted, “The honor of the nations is not obtained in reconciliation with oppression; And it is impossible to normalize the captivity of the free nation of Palestine.”

President Raisi also asked the Muslim governments to join the Islamic Ummah in supporting the Palestinian nation honestly.

Underlining that belligerence is detrimental to the Zionists, Raisi warned, “The Zionist enemy should also know that the equation has changed; Warmongering is detrimental to the Zionists. The Palestinian nation is the winner of this field.”

Palestinian attack turned the collapse nightmare into certainty: General

A senior Iranian general has said that the Saturday attack by Palestinian resistance groups against Israel turned the nightmare of collapse of Israel into a reality for the leaders of the Israeli regime.

In a message about the Palestinian attack, General Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of joint staff of Iran’s armed forces, said, “Al-Aqsa Storm turned the nightmare of collapse of the Zionist regime into a certainty for the leaders of this regime, and proved that some desperate efforts like the normalization charade will not be able to slow down or postpone the process of the decline and collapse of the spider web.”

General Bagheri was referring the Palestinian attack, code-named Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, which caught the Israeli regime off guard.

The Iranian general described the operation as “hybrid and proud” that took down the false redoubtable image and power of the occupying regime of Israel.

“The Palestinian resistance fighters, in this surprise operation that they prepared from the air, sea and land against the positions of the Zionist army, brought to the fore brilliant scenes of the resistance and standing of a suffering and oppressed nation,” General Bagheri said in the message.

He added, “A nation that, after several decades of imposed oppression, now with the support of the young motivated generation relying on Islam and under the shadow of trust in the divine promise, has achieved such a power that it has astonished the analysts and military strategists of the world.”

He pointed out that at some point, the defenseless nation of Palestine used to defend themselves with stones, but today they reached a point where they are able to pull off complex hybrid operations using thousands of rockets and missiles to denigrate the Israeli missile defense system Iron Dome.

“These defense weapons, when combined with the spirit of martyrdom of motivated Palestinian youth, produce such a power that it brings the Zionist regime to a collapse like a devastating deluge,” the Iranian general said.
He said, “The stormy movement of the Al-Aqsa Storm is the product of the holy anger that the Zionist enemy has planted in the oppressed Palestinian nation and must now reap.”

General Bagheri congratulated the Palestinian resistance fighters on their “proud victory,” expressing hope that the Al-Aqsa Mosque will soon be liberated from Israeli captivity.

“It is a divine promise that oppression won’t last long and the will of the oppressed people of Palestine will defeat the oppressors,” he concluded.

Spontaneous” move.

Iran has said that the Palestinian operation against Israel is a “spontaneous” move.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani reacted to the current developments in occupied Palestine and the attack by the Palestinian resistance groups against the Zionist occupiers, saying Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was a spontaneous move by the resistance groups and the oppressed Palestinian people in defense of their inalienable and undeniable rights.

He added that the operation was the Palestinians’ natural reaction to the war-mongering, provocative and incendiary policies of the Zionists, especially the usurping regime’s extremist and adventurous prime minister, according to a statement by the Iranian foreign ministry.

Kanaani said the oppressed Palestinian people’s inalienable right to defend themselves, their land and their sanctities against occupation, aggression, daily violations and organized terror on part of the Zionist regime is a natural and legitimate right in line with all recognized international standards and the fundamental principles of international law.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman added that on the one hand, the continuation of the desecration of Islam’s holy sites and the first Qibla of Muslims by extremist and racist Zionists in recent months and weeks, and the persistence of the Zionist regime’s policy of killing, committing crimes and doing acts of aggression against the oppressed Palestinian people, especially women, children and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails amid the silence and inaction of the international community and the fake human rights defenders have left the Palestinian nation and resistance no way but to resist and rely on their inherent strength in the face of the Zionists.

Kanani noted that the Islamic Republic of Iran reaffirms the inherent and legal right of Palestinians to defend themselves vis-à-vis the crimes of the usurpers of Palestine that have been going on for 75 years. He said Iran also holds the Zionist occupiers and its supporters responsible for the continuation and escalation of violence and atrocities against the Palestinians. He underlined that Iran calls on Muslim countries to support al-Aqsa Mosque and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.

Small portion of Resistance Power

Ali Akbar Velayati, the secretary general of the global assembly of Islamic awakening, has reacted to the Palestinian operation against Israel, saying that the operation showed only small portion of the power accumulated by the Resistance Axis.

In a message to Esmail Haniyeh, the chief of Hamas political bureau, and Ziyad Nakhala, the secretary-general of the Islamic Jihad Movement, Velayati hailed the Palestinian operation against the military positions of the Israeli regime.

He said that the photos coming out of the operation showed a great conquest that startled and astonished the enemies and stratified Muslims all over the world, especially in the West Asia region.

“The era of domination and tyranny of the Zionist terrorist regime is over and what is happening today in the occupied territories is a small manifestation of the accumulated power and authority of the Islamic Resistance Front in Palestine,” Velayati said.

He added, “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, which is a response to the ongoing crimes of the Zionist regime in the occupied territories, will definitely fundamentally change the balance of power in the occupied Palestine and will put the Zionist regime in a more vulnerable position.”

He noted, “This victorious operation, which will definitely facilitate and accelerate the collapse of the Zionist regime, promises the impending destruction of the Zionist regime.”

Velayati also said that “this great and strategic victory is a serious warning” to all those who seek to normalize relations with Israel.

Iran FM speaks with Turkish counterpart

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian spoke with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, about the situation in Palestine.

The reviewed the situation in Palestine and underlined the importance of respecting the rights of the Palestinian people.

In this call, Amir Abdollahian called the resistance movement spontaneous and the result of the continuous crimes of the Zionist regime against Palestine, according to a separate statement by the Iranian foreign ministry.

The Iranian foreign ministry emphasized the necessity of solidarity and cohesion of Islamic countries in supporting the Holy Quds and supporting the oppressed and resistant Palestinian nation.

New rules for war

A member of the Political Council of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement hailed the Palestinian forces’ recent military operation against Israel as a monumental milestone that has defined new regulations on the struggle with the Israeli enemy.

In an interview with Tasnim, Mahmoud Qamati paid tribute to the Hamas fighters for their bravery after launching the Al-Aqsa Storm operation against the Zionist regime outside the Gaza Strip.

“Today, we are witnessing a new chapter, a qualitative leap, a military upheaval, and a change in the war patterns and in the rules of military battle against the Zionist enemy,” he said.

Hailing the Palestinian resistance forces for “stabilizing their military power” by infiltrating into the Zionist settlements and the areas occupied by the Israeli regime, Qamati said the major development has marked a new, monumental and historical model in the history of confrontation with the Zionist enemy.

The Zionist regime’s army is neither capable of defense nor offense, is absent in the battlefield, and has practically fallen into a state of passiveness, the Hezbollah official stated, noting that the Zionist settlers are in panic because there is no army to take care of them.

Qamati also said the unprecedented surprise operation by the Palestinian forces has dealt a crushing blow not only to Israel, but also to the United States and the West, the staunch supporters of the Zionist regime.

Why don’t Chinese people use chopsticks made of steel? It would save lots of trees. Are there forks, knives, and spoons in China?

What’s this 1942?

Today less than 6% Chopsticks in China are made of wood and bamboo

Plastic Chopsticks are most commonly used and form around 53% of Chopsticks used in China

Stainless Steel Chopsticks come next. Around 24% of Chopsticks in China are Stainless Steel

Porcelain Chopsticks are typically used in Chinese Homes and upscale restaurants and form around 17% of the Chopsticks used in China

‘Others’ count for a mere 6% and that includes Wood, Bamboo, Jade and a variety of other materials


Another fun fact

Almost 70% Wooden Chopsticks made in China are EXPORTED

Guess who uses them?

J A P A N

Japanese use almost 37% wooden Chopsticks

Texas Tra$h

2023 11 04 10 32
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Yield: 9 cups

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 teaspoons seasoned salt
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2 cups Rice Chex
  • 2 cups Wheat Chex
  • 4 ounces shoestring potatoes
  • 2 cups pretzel sticks
  • 1 cup salted nuts

Instructions

  1. Combine butter, Worcestershire sauce, salt and garlic powder. Blend well in skillet.
  2. Add remaining ingredients.
  3. Put into a baking dish.
  4. Bake at 250 degrees F for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Col Douglas Macgregor – “Their Army Is No More!…”

https://youtu.be/on6cgx-QQ1c

What major mistake did the Confederates make to lose the war?

The Union made a number of unforced errors that drastically prolonged the war and still won anyway. The Confederacy did surprisingly well and still lost anyway. That should tell you everything you need to know.

Seriously, no bullshit, the South had no path to victory from the start. An impoverished, agrarian nation with poor logistics declaring war on a far more industrialized, cohesive nation just starting to come into its own as an industrial power? Here’s your sign.

From the South’s perspective, the only winning move was not to play. The moment they commenced hostilities (and boy, the way they commenced hostilities was a barrel full of stupid), the end was preordained. They had this weird idea that Europe, who they believe could not survive without their textiles, would intervene on their behalf, and that’s a miscalculation you could write entire books about.

Turns out the English hated slavery more than they loved cheap cotton, much to the surprise of folks who basically made white supremacy into their equivalent of a state religion, and without a patron it wasn’t whether the South would lose, but when.

All of this should have been obvious. But like one of my high school teachers said, though he didn’t put it quite this succinctly: Slavery makes you lazy, and racism makes you stupid. (He contended that laziness and stupidity, directly traceable to the institution of chattel slavery, still persist in the South to this day.)

Americans get poorer as Washington throws cash at Ukraine and migrants

US families are undergoing a third-straight year of falling income, but politicians think taxpayer money is better spent elsewhere

As Uncle Sam continues to pump billions of dollars into Kiev’s flagging fight against Russia and provide tempting handouts to illegal migrants, why is the average American worker forced to live paycheck to paycheck?

Here’s a question that most people have considered at least once in their lives, and probably a lot recently: How much annual income would you need to feel financially secure? For the average American, the magic number comes out to be $233,000 a year, according to a survey by Bankrate.

To bring the ’99 percent’ back down to Earth, the US Census Bureau released some sobering data that dashed those elusive six-digit dreams. Inflation-adjusted median household income fell to $74,580 in 2022 – a 2.3% decline from the 2021 average of $76,330. This marks the third-straight annual decrease since the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020, taking a wrecking ball to the heart of the economy.

The bad news doesn’t end there for US consumers, who are now struggling with the consequences of a foreign conflict in a distant land and a wide-open border. Those factors have prompted the cost of living to surge higher than it has in over four decades amid runaway inflation. In June 2022, the year-over-year inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, hit a jaw-dropping 9.1%, the highest it’s been since the administration of former President Ronald Reagan.

A significant reason for the increase in inflation happened on March 3, 2022, when President Joe Biden signed an executive order to ban the import of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas, and coal to the US. This decision has had disastrous results for the local economy. Since Biden’s inauguration, the cost of gasoline alone had jumped at one point by 100% (as of September 27, the average price of regular gas was $3.832 per gallon, according to the AAA , while gas prices were an average of $2.3 per gallon when Biden entered office), forcing just about everything else to skyrocket, including the number of poor people.

The poverty rate in the US exploded last year, the first increase in 13 years, according to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the rate was 12.4%, up 4.6 percentage points from 2021, according to the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), a method for tallying government welfare programs and tax credits designed to assist low-income families.

Meanwhile, the Expectations Index, determined by consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions, sunk to 73.7 in September. That follows a drop to 83.3 in August. The worrisome part is that an Expectations Index below 80 generally indicates an impending recession.

An economic tragedy is already quietly happening for millions of American consumers who are now living paycheck to paycheck precariously and who have been forced to use the payment method of last resort to make ends meet: the almighty credit card, with its exorbitant interest fees. On this score, the US economy has broken yet another record, although not in a way that could be considered something to cheer about.

US credit card debt rose by $45 billion to $1.03 trillion in the second quarter from the first quarter, a 4.6% quarterly increase,” The Street reported . “It’s the first time in US history that household credit card balances topped the $1 trillion mark as the number of credit card accounts expanded by 5.48 million to 578.35 million in the quarter.” When consumer debt suddenly equals the amount the US spends on its military-industrial complex, you know there’s a problem.

Clearly, the US has some serious domestic issues that need to be resolved, but instead, it would rather fund a totally senseless proxy war against a nuclear power halfway around the world.

Washington has given Ukraine close to $100 billion in aid, with more in the pipeline, since Moscow launched its military operation in February 2022. The cash, however, has not only been used to fund Ukraine’s military. Billions of dollars have subsidized participants of the Ukrainian economy, like farmers and small business owners, market players whose counterparts in the US desperately need help, too. A recent study conducted by the Council on Foreign Relations shows that more than $30 billion – around 40% of total US aid to Ukraine as of July 31 – has been financial or humanitarian assistance that is not directly connected to military support. Military funding comes out to around $50 billion.

As if that were not enough, the Biden administration continues to welcome illegal migrants at a price that is more than what is being spent fighting a proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. Yes, you read that right; the annual cost of providing care for the millions of illegal migrants entering the US is $150.7 billion, according to the Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers (FAIR).

In August, US Border Patrol recorded 232,972 migrant encounters along the southwestern border, a jump from 183,494 in July. The number of crossings for September is predicted to be higher than the previous month.

So here we have two concurrent events – a disastrous military conflict in Ukraine and a leaky US border – that are sucking away precious funds from the American taxpayer. It’s important to note that the king’s ransom that is being handed over to support these deranged Democratic agendas will never be returned, not in our lifetime. Instead, it will just be added to the unsustainable US national debt load, which is currently at $33 trillion, according to the US Debt Clock . That is an astronomical sum of money that we or future generations will someday be forced to deal with, and probably sooner rather than later.

What American citizen could possibly believe that any of this government funding has been a good investment for the American people? Well, they’re representatives in Washington, DC, for one. In May, ‘conservative’ US Senator Lindsey Graham, during a meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in Kiev, pronounced joyfully that “the Russians are dying” and aid to Ukraine is “the best money we’ve ever spent.” Aside from discounting the chances that such an “investment” could have towards unleashing World War III, Graham never thought for a second that such funds could have gone far at rebuilding America’s crumbling infrastructure, like that non-existent wall on the US-Mexico border. It would have been a wonderful work program for the US economy.

In short, it’s just another day in the discombobulated American empire, which, much like its ancient Roman precursor, could learn the lesson of overexpansion and overspending in the most brutal way imaginable – with its total and complete dissolution.

Israel long war. Saudi-US deal in jeopardy. Breaking BRICS+. $100B to Ukraine, one-and-done. U/1