When I attended university, I met a classmate that was in one of my literature classes. And you all know, I recognized him, but I just couldn’t place him. I recognized him. But I just didn’t know him.
Well, eventually, I got to talking with him and found out what is going on.
It turned out that he didn’t know me. But yet, I recognized him. You see, he was in a very popular Taco Bell commercial in the 1970s. And I recognized him from that. Crazy huh?
He said that he got some money for his role in the commercial. But that it was around $5000 (big money in those days). And he told me that it helped him pay for his tuition. Ah, as I recall, we could of gone and had some adventures together, but we ended up going our separate ways. Ah. The university life.
Today…
11 Years Ago TODAY, The US, EU Lead a Coup d’ Etat in Ukraine – they’ve been fighting ever since
Eleven years ago today, the CIA and, likely MI6, lead a Coup d’état in Ukraine. They dubbed it the “Maidan” revolution. They’ve been at war ever since.
It was 11 years ago today that all the REAL trouble in Ukraine began. The US financed protests in Ukraine with almost one million dollars a day, in cash, coming out of the US Embassy in Kiev.
In the next weeks, the protests would become so violent, the CIA-backed protesters burned Ukrainian government people alive in cities like Odessa and Mariupol.
Within months, the democratically-elected President, Viktor Yanukovych, was overthrown and a puppet government was installed by the US and the EU, in Kiev.
This caused the people of Crimea to vote in a public referendum, to secede, and return home to Russia. Crimea had only been part of Ukraine for about 55 years, after Nikita Khrushchev (a Ukrainian) General Secretary of the Soviet Union, GAVE Crimea to Ukraine.
Crimea voted overwhelmingly to return home to Russia.
The collective West recoiled in horror, and refused to recognize the vote, even though it was closely monitored by United Nations election observers.
To this very day, the collective West denies reality, and refers to Crimea as “occupied.”
After Crimea departed Ukraine, Luhansk and Donetsk wanted to leave. Ukraine, at the urging of the EU and the US, massed troops on the borders of those two Oblasts (states) and began firing artillery and mortars into the civilian populations. They wanted to ethnically-cleanse the Russian-speaking population!
The state militia of both Luhansk and Donetsk fought Ukraine to a standstill, but at a terrible price: 13,000 civilians were killed by the Ukraine shelling and mortar fire.
Hoping to stop the bloodshed, a meeting was arranged in Minsk, Belarus for a peace conference. It was attended by the Kiev government, via President Poroshenko, representatives from Luhansk and Donetsk, the President of France, Francois Hollande, and the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin.
After almost 19 hours of negotiations, they all signed the Minsk Agreement” to restore peace.
Ukraine did not honor even ONE item of that agreement.
Enter Donald Trump. Trump handily defeated political wretch Hillary Clinton and all the troubles in Ukraine stopped. It was like magic!
Fast-forward to 2020, the Democrat Party in the US used massive mail-in Ballot fraud, and electronic fraud with electronic voting machines, to STEAL the U.S. Presidency.
Within ONE WEEK of Joe Biden taking office, all the trouble in Ukraine began again. Like Magic, again!
Seeing how this was going, In December 2021, Russia put forth a proposal for Iron-clad, legally enforceable security guarantees. The collective West laughed at them and threw the proposal in the dustbin of history.
Weeks later, Russia issued the proposal again, only this time, they finished it by saying “If Russia cannot get iron-clad, legally enforceable security guarantees by Diplomatic means, it will achieve them through military means.” They openly told everyone they were going to use force.
It took the collective West about two or three weeks to digest this, before they laughed again, and threw the proposal in the dustbin.
On February 21, 2022, Russia called Ukraine’s new President, Zelensky, and told him that Ukraine had five hours to agree not to join NATO. Zelensky called the UK Foreign Secretary and the US State Department. BOTH told Ukraine to “ignore Russia.”
Russia waited the five hours and, when there was no reply from Ukraine, two hours later, the Russian Army entered Ukraine and the war had begun.
The collective West calls this an unprovoked war of aggression. That is a lie. The West provoked this back in 2014 with the “Maidan” coup d’ etat, they provoked it again with the shelling and mortar fire into Luhansk and Donetsk, and they provoked it again by failing/refusing the Minsk Agreement.
The result has been:
- Over one million dead soldiers all together, over 600,000 Ukrainians at least out of that million.
- Likely three or four times that maimed disfigured and crippled.
- 25 or more million Ukrainians have left their country. Over half the population!
- The country of Ukraine is destroyed and will probably never recover.
Years later, after Russia entered the fight under its “Duty to Protect” in the UN Charter, both Hollande and Merkel admitted in TV interviews, the entire Minsk conference was a ruse. They both admitted they got involved “to buy time for Ukraine to arm for war with Russia.”
What kind of person goes to a Peace Conference with the intent to deceive into war? Psychopaths, maybe?
THAT is why today, the Russia-Ukraine conflict goes on, and despite all the weapons and money provided by NATO, Ukraine is losing.
The sooner Russia defeats Ukraine, the sooner all this trouble will end.
The Case for Trump & Restraining Liberalism – Steve Turley, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen
Surprisingly good.
Trump has threatened to impose 100% tariffs on goods from BRICS countries if they abandon the dollar, but isn’t the EU also not using it? Is this a veiled warning to everyone else outside BRICS to follow and respect Murican world leadership?
This is absolute nonsense
Trump never ever said this
Trump said if the BRICS established their own currency and traded in that currency then he would impose 100% tariffs on them for all the trade they did with the US
What is so wrong about this Statement?
He didn’t threaten to freeze their assets
He didn’t threaten to sanction them
All he says is he would impose a 100% tariff on all the business with US
Again note :—
BRICS trading with each other in local currencies is something Trump doesn’t give a damn about
His problem is if BRICS establishes a system that threatens the Brent System and universally changes the pricing of commodities in BRICS currencies rather than the US Dollar
Who will be affected here?
Russia doesn’t care
They don’t need US products anymore
Their exports to US are so crucial that US pays them in Rubles for all these products like Enriched Uranium & Fertilizers & Refined Titanium
Brazil doesn’t care
US runs a surplus with Brazil anyway and it’s foolish to impose tariffs on a country with whom you have a surplus
South Africa doesnt care
They get nothing critical from US and their Diamonds and Gold are needed in the US
Iran is sanctioned anyway
China is a buyer of Gold and Commodities rather than a seller so with a $ 1 Trillion annual trade surplus – China will ALWAYS use USD to buy commodities
They have too many Dollars anyway
India won’t be affected
India runs a surplus with US
India is a GOOD BOY who isn’t a threat to anyone for a minimum 50 years
So in reality, it is an Empty Threat by Trump
Life can be strange
On the deployment of a US military biolab in Tajikistan
Alarming news is coming from Tajikistan: as reported by Stan Radar, the Americans are preparing to open a military biolab at the Republican Center for the Protection of the Population from Tuberculosis (RCPT) in Dushanbe.
❗️It is this US military unit that is responsible for military biological research abroad, including in biolabs in Kazakhstan. Therefore, the information requires an immediate and tough response from both the authorities in Dushanbe and the CSTO. Especially given that Tajikistan is a member of the organization on whose territory our military base is located.
Cracklin’ Corn Bread
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup finely diced salt pork
- 2 cups cornmeal
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons salt pork drippings
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Fry salt pork over low heat until nicely browned.
- Drain fat, saving both drippings and cracklings.
- Sift together corn meal, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Combine eggs, buttermilk and drippings.
- Stir into cornmeal mixture together with cracklings.
- Spread dough in a greased cast iron skillet and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until done.
We Were Soldiers |2002| All Battle Scenes [Edited] (November 14, 1965)
Who has been the strangest world leader of the last five decades?
This guy would definitely be on the list.
When the whole world is in the middle of Coronavirus pandemic King Rama X of Thailand is staying in the four-star Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl in the Bavarian Alps (Germany) with an entourage of 20 women.
His real name is Maha Vajiralongkorn and now he is the king of Thailand so the name King Rama X.
His net worth is estimated to be a whopping 31 billion US dollars.
His father died in 2016 but his coronation took place in May,2019 as he wanted to give time to his countrymen to mourn his father’s death.
His coronation ceremony costed a freaking 31 million USD to the Thailand government.
Unlike the British royal family this guy can do pretty much whatever the heck he wants to such as naming his pet poodle Foo Foo an air chief marshal and of course a four-day-long Buddhist funeral ceremony for the Marshall after it died.
This dude has a reputation for womanizing, having fathered seven children by three women and a list of wives and girlfriends he dumped.
Don’t worry he ain’t punishing her, he’s just marrying her.
He likes to spend most of his time in Germany and Europe rather than his home country.
And his candid pics are pretty sick.
His mother, Queen Sirikit, reportedly once described her son as “a little bit of a Don Juan” in the early 1980s.
He spent most of his childhood in UK and Australia and discovered his interest in cycling and other sports.
Though his photos suggest that he dislikes shirts.
He is also pretty liberal as he is Thailand’s first modern monarch to openly have more than one partner.
He is quite conscious about his looks too because when a photo of the king was posted on Facebook showing him wearing a crop top, he threatened to sue Facebook, saying the images were insulting.
And quite dangerous too because according to Thailand’s law whoever defames the King or royal family is punished pretty hard.
At least two people arrested on royal defamation charges have been found dead under mysterious circumstances.
Hope this does not reaches him or I am dead.
The Negative Impacts of Dating Apps
This is a profound video.
Just some more pictures
Talk Of A Pre-Emptive Attack On Russia Is Going To Make Russia Even More Likely To Conduct A Pre-emptive Attack Against Us
If some lunatic shows up at your front door in the middle of the night and threatens to shoot you, does that make it more likely or less likely that you will shoot first? Any talk of NATO conducting a pre-emptive attack against Russia is extremely dangerous, because the Russians are paranoid enough already. If they become convinced that we are planning to hit them before they can hit us, that could motivate them to do something really, really stupid. We are closer to nuclear war than we have ever been before, and we definitely do not need western leaders making provocative statements that are only going to make things even worse.
For example, during a conference in Brussels NATO’s top military official said something that is now making headlines all over the globe. The following comes from an article posted on MSN News entitled “NATO considers preemptive strikes amid rising tensions with Russia”…
NATO Military Committee Chairman Admiral Rob Bauer stated during a conference in Brussels that NATO leadership is contemplating the possibility of conducting precise preemptive strikes on Russian territory in the event of an armed conflict between Moscow and the Alliance.
It is now being claimed that Bauer was not actually talking about a pre-emptive strike on Russia.
But if you look at his actual words, it certainly seems like that was precisely what he was talking about…
During a question-and-answer session after his address at the European Policy Center in Brussels, Bauer said, “The idea was we are a defensive alliance, so we will only sit and wait until we are attacked, and then when we are attacked, we will be able to shoot down the ‘arrows’ that come to us,” referring to a Russian strike.
He also said that when responding to any attack, it would be “smarter” to “attack the archer, that is…Russia—if Russia attacks us. So you need to have a combination of deep precision (strikes) with which you can take out the weapons systems that are used to attack us.”
Needless to say, the Russians were not amused.
In fact, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov believes that Bauer was essentially announcing NATO’s “real plans”…
The North Atlantic Alliance has ignored all diplomatic protocol, allowing itself to make statements about the possibility of preemptive strikes on Russia, top Russian diplomat Sergey Lavrov said.
“Just the other day, Mr. Bauer, NATO Military Committee Chair, explicitly stated that it’s no longer enough, and ensuring the defense of the North Atlantic Alliance member states requires strikes on targets in Russia that NATO believes may pose a threat to the bloc. I think there’s nothing to comment on here; it’s just that they have forgotten all etiquette, publicly announcing their real plans,” he noted at the 20th meeting of the heads of security and intelligence agencies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.
If the Russians become convinced that we are going to hit them first, that will make it much more likely that they will hit us first.
We really need to get the Russians to understand that we have no plans to do that.
Meanwhile, a French news source is reporting that European leaders continue to discuss “sending Western troops and private defense companies to Ukraine”…
As the conflict in Ukraine enters a new phase of escalation, discussions over sending Western troops and private defense companies to Ukraine have been revived, Le Monde has learned from corroborating sources. These are sensitive discussions, most of which are classified – relaunched in light of a potential American withdrawal of support for Kyiv once Donald Trump takes office on January 20, 2025.
That is insane!
What in the world are they thinking?
No matter what Donald Trump does when he gets into the White House, our European allies fully intend to continue to escalate this war.
It is madness.
On top of everything else, this week the New York Times has reported that the Biden administration has actually discussed the possibility of arming Ukraine with nuclear weapons.
When Dmitry Medvedev heard about this, he went ballistic…
Moscow will consider any threat of nuclear arms being supplied to Ukraine by the US as preparation for a direct war with Russia, former president Dmitry Medvedev has warned. The actual transfer of nuclear weapons would be tantamount to an attack on the country under Russia’s new nuclear doctrine, he added.
On Tuesday, Medvedev posted a message on Telegram that was quite ominous…
“Give nuclear weapons to a country at war with the largest nuclear power? The idea is so absurd that it raises suspicions about a paranoid psychosis in Joe The Walking Dead and all those who would advise such a move.”
He continued, “Yet I must comment on the nonsense: 1) The very threat of transferring nuclear weapons to the Kyiv regime can be considered preparation for nuclear conflict with Russia;
2) The actual transfer of such weapons can be equated to an act of attack on our country under article 19 of the Fundamentals of State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence.
The consequences are obvious.”
I don’t think that the Biden administration has any intention of giving Ukraine nuclear weapons right now.
But the fact that they are talking about it is really freaking out the Russians.
I really wish that cooler heads would prevail, but instead both sides just continue to escalate matters.
Over the past few days, Ukraine has launched more long-range missiles provided by NATO into Russian territory, and now the Russians have announced that they are preparing another “response”…
Russia is preparing a response to Ukrainian ATACMS attacks on Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday. Last week, US President Joe Biden authorized Kiev to use US-supplied long-range missiles against targets deep inside Russia’s internationally recognized borders.
In an official statement on Telegram, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that over the past three days, Ukraine’s forces had conducted two long-range strikes on Kursk Region using Western weaponry.
As I discuss in this video, many are anticipating that the Russian “response” will be even larger than last time.
Let us hope that the Russians only use conventional weapons, and let us hope that they limit their targets to Ukraine.
Because the Russians have previously identified a U.S. base in Poland as a potential target, and the Biden administration is making it clear that such a strike would trigger NATO’s Article 5…
White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said Monday that the U.S. has a ‘rock-solid’ commitment to NATO’s Article 5, should Russia strike the new U.S. anti-missile base in Poland. Article 5 is NATO’s principle of collective defense, that if one NATO member is attacked, all other NATO members go to war with the attacker, a world war-style response.
“We take our Article 5 commitments to our NATO Allies incredibly seriously. It’s rock-solid, and that’s not going to change,” Kirby said on Monday, according to Remix News.
Kirby was responding to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, who on Thursday said that Russia is considering attacking a new U.S. anti-missile base in Poland.
We are dangerously close to a point of no return.
Once nuclear missiles start flying, there will be no going back.
The Russians have been working extremely hard to prepare for a nuclear war, and meanwhile the U.S. is still relying on hopelessly outdated systems from the 1970s and 1980s.
We must change course while it is still possible to do so.
Unfortunately, it appears that we are about to witness another series of escalations which will push us even closer to the unthinkable.
Best Served Cold
Submitted into Contest #62 in response to: Write about a character preparing to go into stasis for decades (or centuries).… view prompt
Charles Stucker
“The disappearing levies.” He blinks. “And the arms. You intend to rebel when you return.”
“Exactly. I took the first levy, the men sixteen to twenty-five, to give me a double count of those men when I return.” I start walking, worried that a spy might follow and overhear. “Coupled with the nobles and their retainers, we shall have more force than today, and they shall be led by either his son, who is a halfwit, or a tired old man.”
“All this depends on your wizard. What if he fails to wake you at an appropriate point?”
“Then we shall wait for eternity I suppose.”
Dyimes’s words fill me with misgivings, yet I decide to enjoy this last day to the extent possible. I wander from hall to hall, room to room. I walk into the stables, where stablehands lead reluctant chargers- rounceys, coursers, and destriers away. Tack goes with the steeds or is already in the caverns. A youth pulls on Foecrusher’s reins, hapless before the truculence of the massive beast. I wonder where Sir Acehilm, his rider, might be. Then I am past the stables and into the kitchens, where the harried cook makes a final meal even as supplies are taken down into the depths by those who will go with us into an uncertain future.
Maudlin sentiment overcomes me. I strip my household of provender and servants, my land of youth and arms, my treasury of coins and bullion, all to prevent the usurper of Barundia claiming them. Had only his brother lived, we might have a reasonable man over there and I would still enjoy my wife’s embrace. My steps take uncertain turnings.
Then, the ambassador steps in front of me. I have no clue how he entered my court at this time. I suppose someone must have left a door open, or some such. Garven worked an enchantment to stay men’s tongues. Once he seals us in, he intends to cloud memories. I shall be a lord from a magical tale, destined to return in my people’s time of need. But only if none can tell my enemies where to find me.
“Ambassador,” Dyimes says. “You have returned early. Are our agreements nullified?”
“This castle seems much reduced.” Another of the fop’s bows. “Perhaps your duke forgot that Emperor Frentowex warned him to not loot the treasury on pain of death.”
“Perhaps I intended to spare you the fate you so richly deserve for aiding him,” I say. “Do you believe me unaware that you escorted the assassin who murdered my wife bare weeks before the birth of my first child?”
Dyimes, instantly alert, steps past the ambassador to drop the man’s bodyguard with a dagger to the belly. I have the ambassador by the throat with one hand while the other grips his wrist. “I and mine shall return one day to your liege’s dismay. But you shall tread the paths of death ere sunset.”
Dyimes plunges his dagger into the ambassador’s back.
“Leave the bodies.” I lead Dyimes to the secret entrance, where Garven awaits. “Is everything ready?”
“Including having a team of jongleurs to spread the mystery of the disappearing duke and his household.”
Knowing the bitter chill which shall encase us, I step into the depths to chase my revenge.
author’s note- This one may be a little rough. I posted just as I finished.
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Ladies and gentlemen… the Future Director of the FBI!!
China SLAPPED ASML So HARD: Europe Will NEVER Recover!
The Population
Submitted into Contest #62 in response to: Write about a character preparing to go into stasis for decades (or centuries).… view prompt
Julia Boddie
Timothy nodded. This person seemed friendly enough. When everyone else got there, he told them the same thing. Then he told them to follow him and began walking towards a large cabin.
To Timothy, it seemed like this was the only reason they could call this place a camp.
“This is where the girls will be staying. Everyone unpack and pick a bunk. There will be no fighting or roughhousing in there do you understand?”
The girls nodded and went inside their cabin. He led the boys a little bit further away to a different cabin.
“Here is your cabin boys. You guys have the same rules as the girls. No roughhousing or fighting. Everyone go ahead and unpack and choose a bunk.”
All the boys, including Timothy, rushed into their cabin, eager to get first pick on a bunk. Timothy was one of the only ones who didn’t know anyone else. Everyone else already knew each other and they all wanted to have a bunk with their friends.
Timothy ended up stuck on the bottom bunk in the corner of the room. He was fine with that though. As long as he got to attend this camp, he would be fine with anything. He unpacked all his belongings. In his suitcase, he had his clothes, toothbrush, hairbrush, and other assorted items.
After he unpacked, he decided to go explore the camp. He walked outside of the boy’s cabin and looked around. It was sunset. Timothy didn’t want to explore anymore. He just wanted to get a good view of the sunset. He looked around for a high place he could stand.
He saw a zipline. There was a wooden platform leading to it. He could stand on that. He rushed over there, not wanting to miss the beautiful sunset.
When he made it over there, he saw a ladder to climb up to the platform. Timothy climbed as fast as he could. Finally, he made it up.
Timothy didn’t know why he was so attracted to the sunset this day. It was his destiny to be. He heard someone climbing up the ladder.
“Who is it?” he asked.
“My name’s Andrew. I’m your bunkmate,” the boy shouted from the bottom of the ladder.
He continued climbing up.
“Well, what are you doing here?” Timothy asked again.
“Same as you, I assume. I just wanted to get a good look at the sunset.
Andrew was almost to the platform.
It was a little scary being up there. Timothy was about a hundred-fifty feet up in the air. Below him was water. He wondered if it was deep.
Andrew had made it up. Both boys stood there, staring at the sunset. Then Andrew started to shift ever so slightly behind Timothy. When he was behind him, he pushed him into the water below.
Timothy felt the shove come from behind. The next thing he knew, he was plunging into the water. He hit the water in a belly flop.
Timothy sunk to the bottom. With a belly flop like that, he should’ve been dead. But miraculously, he survived. Timothy was at the bottom of the lake when he heard a voice.
“Are you ready?” the voice asked.
Timothy had no idea what it was talking about. He tried to talk, forgetting that he was underwater.
“Wwwwwa rrr yaaaa ttaaaa aaaabot?”
“Oh yeah. Sorry about that, I forgot you were underwater.”
A giant bubble of air surrounded Timothy. He could breathe.
“What are you talking about?” he asked again, this time understandably.
“You weren’t told yet? They were supposed to start getting you prepared ages ago!” said the voice.
“I still don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“You have to go into stasis for a thousand years.”
Timothy laughed. The voice had to be joking.
“I’m not kidding. You must go into stasis. It is your destiny. You must do it to save the world.”
“How is me going into stasis going to save the world?”
“It’s kind of a long story. Well, the world is overpopulated. If there are too many humans, the whole race will die out. Not wanting to kill anyone, a scientist came up with a plan. She came up with a way to transfer people’s souls inside other people. So, you’re the body. There are about fifty-million souls inside of you. Still, killing all those people would be wrong. That’s why we need you to go into stasis for a while. That way, the world won’t be overpopulated anymore, and hopefully, when you wake up, the world won’t be as populated and you can come back. Don’t worry though, you won’t be in stasis for too long. Every three hundred years, you’ll wake up and I’ll take you through physical therapy.”
“That doesn’t make it any better! That means I’ll only wake up three times!” Timothy shouted.
This was a lot for him to take in. He couldn’t believe that he had about fifty-million people inside him. He had always been an ambivalent person.
Timothy did not want to go into stasis, but it was either that, or he had to die. Plus, it wasn’t fair to all the other people in him. It wouldn’t be fair if all of them had to die just because he didn’t want to go into stasis. Timothy decided he would do it.
“Besides you and the scientist, does anyone else know about this?” he asked.
“Actually, I am the scientist. I found a way to transmit my voice down here. But no, besides us, no one else knows about this. When you go into stasis, I’ll make it look like some kind of accident.”
“What will you do with me?”
“I guess I’ll just take you back to my lab and take care of you there. Before I pass away, I’ll find some more trustworthy people to take care of you. They’ll do the same. So we’ll take care of you for a thousand years,” said the scientist. “Come back here tomorrow. I have to get you prepared.”
The air bubble disappeared and Timothy floated up to the surface. He looked up and saw Andrew still standing on the platform. Timothy climbed up the ladder at lightning speed. When he made it up there, he was furious.
“Why would you push me? I could’ve died! It’s a miracle I survived!” he shouted.
“Calm down. I was just trying to have a little fun. How was I supposed to know you’re afraid of water?”
“I’m not afraid of water! You’re lucky I’m okay. I’m going back to the cabin.”
Timothy stormed off in the direction of the cabin. When he got there, he changed into some dry clothes and went to bed.
The next morning, they were woken up at sunrise by their guide.
“Everyone up! Time to get up!”
Timothy jumped up, startled. He banged his head on Andrew’s bunk above him. He rubbed his head and got up.
He and all the other boys took turns showering, brushing their teeth, washing their faces, and getting dressed. It took about an hour for everyone to get ready, mainly because there were only a few showers and a lot of kids. Also, some of the boys wouldn’t stop playing around.
When they were all ready, they waited for the girls to finish. The girls took even longer than the boys because they were putting on makeup. Timothy never got the point of makeup. Why would you go through the hassle to put it on, when you’re going to mess it up anyway? And even if you didn’t, it didn’t even last that long. The boys waited for about thirty minutes. Finally, the girls finished.
Timothy was excited about camp. He also needed to find the time to go back to the lake and meet the scientist. He wasn’t worried about that though. He could probably just slip away when nobody was looking.
The guide came by both of the cabins and led the boys and the girls.
“Today we’re letting everyone work in the labs. After that, you’ll have free time for the rest of the day. Then tonight, we’ll be roasting marshmallows by the campfire,” he said, pointing to a campfire.
When they made it to the labs, they walked in. There were adult supervisors at every station. Everyone split up and got to work.
Timothy wasn’t sure what to do. He had been so excited to come to this camp, but when he finally got there, he didn’t know what to do. Timothy eventually decided to just build a mini volcano.
After being in the lab for a few hours, the guide let them out for free time. During his free time, Timothy went to the lake. He talked to the scientist, preparing for his stasis.
She taught him what to do. If he felt like he was about to go into stasis, he had to breathe in and out at a rapid pace. This would help keep him alive.
Day after day, Timothy kept going to the lake.
Eventually, it was time.
One day, Timothy started to slip. He felt as if he was losing his grip on reality. He knew it was time. He breathed in and out rapidly. He was in the boy’s cabin alone. Then, Andrew walked through the door.
Timothy gasped. He didn’t want Andrew to see him pass out.
“Andrew, you have to get out of here,” he said, still wheezing.
“Why?”
“Ummmmmmmmmm. You’ll miss zip lining!” Timothy said, trying to sound believable.
“I didn’t know we were going zip lining today,” Andrew said.
He rushed out of the room with false hopes. Timothy was glad he was gone. He continued to breathe fast. He enjoyed those breaths. They were the last he would take for three hundred years.
We Were Soldiers Lighter Moments
Is it true that Mark Swiden was wrongfully detained by China?
Mark Swiden (U.S.) is an expert in drug manufacturing and was arrested red-handed at a drug production den with solid evidence.
On April 30, 2019, the Intermediate People’s Court of Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, in accordance with the law, the Canadian defendant Fan Wei and other 11 large transnational drug trafficking, manufacturing case for public sentencing.
The court found that in March 2012, the defendant Fan Wei, Wu Ziping people conspired to jointly manufacture, trafficking in drugs, and gathered defendants Mark Swiden (U.S.) and Leon, Pedro, Oscar, Keret (four are Mexican), such as drug production technicians and Zeng Xiantan, Li Rongfu and other drug production personnel.
From July to November 2012, Fan Wei and the others [1] set up a drug manufacturing cell in Taishan, Guangdong Province, and [2] trafficked and [3] manufactured a total of 63,833.92 grams of methamphetamine and 365.9 grams of di-methylcrystalline propylene glycol (DMP).
Mark Swiden, an American citizen, was arrested in China in 2007 for drug trafficking and manufacturing. According to available information, he was sentenced to death in 2009. The Chinese judicial system handed down this sentence due to the severity of the crime, as drug trafficking and manufacturing are considered extremely serious offenses in China.
Queen teaches a princess
Trump Nominees Are Targets Of Bomb Threats As Radical Groups Plan Massive Protests For Inauguration Day
You didn’t think that the radicals would just give up and go home after Donald Trump won the election, did you? It took a little bit of time for the shock of Trump’s election victory to wear off, but now it appears that they are ready to cause widespread chaos. On Wednesday, it was being reported that multiple individuals that have been nominated for positions in Trump’s cabinet have been “targeted with violent threats”…
Multiple of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees were targeted with violent threats in recent hours and law enforcement officials are responding, Trump’s transition team said on Wednesday.
The threats occurred on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning and included bomb threats and swatting, Trump transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. Swatting refers to attacks where people falsely report crimes to police, sending them to locations where no emergency occurred.
“Law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted,” Leavitt said. “President Trump and the entire Transition team are grateful for their swift action.”
This isn’t just happening to nominees that are highly controversial.
For example, Elise Stefanik and Lee Zeldin were not controversial picks by Trump, but they have both been targets of bomb threats…
Elise Stefanik, a Republican U.S. representative and Trump’s choice to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Lee Zeldin, a former Republican congressman who is Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, both said in separate statements they had been the targets of bomb threats.
An FBI spokesperson said the bureau is aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees, and is working with its law enforcement partners.
Could you imagine living with the fear that some nut could set off a bomb at your home at any moment?
Zeldin says that the pipe bomb threat that was directed at his family came with “a pro-Palestinian themed message”…
“A pipe bomb threat targeting me and my family at our home today was sent in with a pro-Palestinian themed message,” Zeldin said in a statement posted on X. “My family and I were not home at the time and are safe. We are working with law enforcement to learn more as this situation develops.”
President Trump hasn’t even taken office yet, and this is already beginning.
So how bad will it get once Trump and his cabinet start making decisions that the radicals absolutely detest?
Over the past few weeks, we have seen such an explosion of rage all over the country.
Many on the left were absolutely convinced that Trump would be defeated. When that didn’t happen, a tsunami of negative emotion was released.
Let me give you an example of what I am talking about. In Wisconsin, a group of women recently gathered to conduct a “primal scream” session during which they attempted to release the frustration that they are feeling as a result of the election…
A group of sad leftists gathered at Klode Park in Whitefish Bay to engage in a “primal scream,” releasing what was described as their “pain and frustration” after the election results saw President-elect Donald Trump romp to a decisive victory and Vice President Kamala Harris left far behind.
Video shows the group of people standing at the shore line and screaming. One of the event’s attendees — identified as an organizer — also posted about the event on Facebook.
“What a gorgeous morning to gather at Klode Park in Whitefish Bay to engage in a Primal Scream in order to release our pain and frustration after the election,” Tamara Gibbs posted on November 9, less than a week after the election.
I have watched footage of these women screaming at the top of their lungs, and it is truly frightening.
It is hard to imagine how this could possibly be helpful.
Instead, it seems to me that they are just whipping themselves up into even more of a frenzy.
Unfortunately, radicals have now identified a focal point for their frustrations.
Inauguration Day is coming up on January 20th, and many on the left plan to make it a day to remember. The following comes from the official website of one group that is engaged in a “nationwide mobilization” effort…
On Inauguration Day, January 20, people will come together in Washington D.C. and in cities and towns across the country in a nationwide mobilization opposing Trump’s ultra-right, billionaire agenda.
Trump ran a con game during the election. His real agenda is to destroy worker’s rights, deport millions of immigrant families, and pave the way for a complete corporate capitalist takeover by ending regulations to protect the environment, firing thousands of public sector workers, and transferring ever-larger parts of the National Treasury to the military industrial complex. He is 100 % behind Netanyahu’s genocidal war against the Palestinian and Arab people.
The Trump victory in the 2024 election represents the complete failure of the Democratic Party to stop the rise of the ultra-right. In fact, they have contributed to it by adopting much of the program of the extreme right while embracing endless war. Instead of responding to the needs of the people, both the Democrats and the Republicans have moved further and further to the right. Trump’s agenda is the culmination of this right-ward spiral, and his administration will move to make major gains for the billionaire class at the expense of the millions of everyday people in the US and across the world.
There will be lots of Trump supporters in Washington D.C. on January 20th, but there will also be lots of radicals.
In 2016, radicals smashed windows and set vehicles on fire to protest Trump’s inauguration.
I expect much worse this time around.
Sadly, the violence on January 20th will only be a preview of the tremendous chaos that is eventually coming to the streets of America.
There are literally hundreds of groups that are starting to organize a “resistance” to Trump, and they are not messing around.
Brown Sugar Rolls (Chorreadas)
The name for these rolls means “dirty faces,” referring to the dark smudge of brown sugar glaze.
Yield: 10 rolls
Ingredients
Rolls
- 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1/3 cup lard
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 3/4 cups hot water
- 1 package active dry yeast
- Dash of granulated or dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees F)
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 3 3/4 to 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
Brown Sugar Glaze
- 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 2 to 3 teaspoons water
Instructions
Rolls
- Place brown sugar, lard and salt in large bowl.
- Stir in 1 3/4 cups hot water until brown sugar is dissolved.
- Dissolve yeast and granulated or dark brown sugar in 1/4 cup warm water; stir into brown sugar mixture.
- Beat in whole wheat flour and enough all-purpose flour to make dough stiff enough to knead.
- Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
- Place in greased bowl; turn greased side up. Cover; let rise in warm place until double, about 2 hours. Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.
- Line 2 cookie sheets with aluminum foil; grease.
- Punch down dough. Turn onto lightly floured surface; knead until smooth. Shape into 10 inch long roll; cut into 10 slices. Shape each slice into smooth ball. Place on foil-covered cookie sheets; flatten into 3 1/2 to 4-inch diameter circles. Cover; let rise until double, about 30 minutes.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Brush rolls with egg.
- Spread Brown Sugar Glaze on centers of rolls.
- Make diagonal or crisscross cuts in tops of rolls with tip of sharp knife.
- Bake until rolls are brown and sound hollow when tapped, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Immediately remove rolls; cool on wire racks.
Brown Sugar Glaze
- Mix brown sugar and water until of spreading consistency.
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Why are Western-backed coups failing?
TL:DR
The western backed coups do not have organic support and rely on paid elements.
Long version
Back in the early 1990s, we had a history class. It was run by the PE teacher. He actually became semi famous for something later on (something good). Anyway in year 7 we did some history classes. The focus was on the Roman Empire and the downfall of the Roman Empire.
The Roman Empire post Marian Reforms was pretty much a superpower. The Roman Empire is famous for having one the best-militarized forces in the world for more than 300 years, with highly disciplined troops, loyal generals, and honorable traditions.
Later history would cover Henry VIII and the Plantagenet kings, but that’s a story for another day. The teacher outlined that towards the end of the Roman empire they increasingly relied on Foederati something in the modern age we would consider mercenaries.
What’s wrong with mercenaries? The teacher said the problem with Mercenaries is they fight for money and nothing else so when the going gets tough? They run away. You can’t spend money when you’re dead. Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries literally has this in it’s 1990s trailer fighting for C-bills (in universe money).
We are seeing and saw with Ukraine. ‘Volunteers’ (mercenaries) who went there ended up leaving shortly after. They had the opition.
Same with SUPER SOLDIER WALLI from Canada
The first comment literally sums it up.
So what does this have to do with the western backed coups? Lets go back to what I wrote in the opening.
TL:DR
The western backed coups do not have organic support and rely on paid elements.
When the going gets tough mercenaries/paid elements leave. A real revolution is no picnic.
As such there’s nobody to STAND AND HOLD THE LINE when the going gets tough. Lonely Cantonese Sith Lord wrote an excellent post here about why the Houthis cannot be defeated, they are willing to sacrifice everything. EVERYTHING.
Hong Kong is an excellent case study.
Anybody on the ground will know there were enormous numbers of adverts through media channels like telegram etc offering money to protest and be violent. There were children in school uniforms. They were handed black T-shirts with $500 notes in them. They were mercenaries paid to do something. We saw how ‘riot leaders’ suddenly came into large amounts of cash they couldn’t explain the origins of. Joshua Wong and his $400,000USD he tried to deposit into HSBC. Or his $4million US apartment. Or Ted Hui’s millions.
Joseph Wang himself said he was utterly shocked at how fast the yellow movement crumbled the moment the money stopped flowing. The HKSAR and CPC stopped the inflow of money and the movement pretty much vanished.
The mercenaries on the other hand were fighting against those who would stand against them out of something more important than money. Love them or hate them the white shirts stood against the rioters. I’m a Hakka clansman and I don’t mess with Yeun Long types despite common roots. 😀 there’s also a reason the british Empire in 1899 went to the Eastern Side of the New Territories to raise their flags and not the western side.
I literally wrote it myself. Around the end of 2019, it seemed as if the police were losing control as the violence escalated and numerous Hakka men had been attacked. We were seeing on television police men in stretchers after being stabbed and fanatics cheering it on . Loads of us saw this and thought holy fucking shit.
We had a second Holy FUCKING SHIT when westerners were cheering it on. I had been attacked a few weeks before. Some of the old men said it might be like the Hakka/Punti clan wars again, where we were going to be exterminated if we lost and it was time to make preparations.
All the men and even the women in the villages even the old men 60+ started martial arts training, some were even talking about moving the clan cannons to a defensive position.
We would stand and DIE fighting to protect what we held dear.
The paid mercenaries don’t have this grit and ultimately they run away because they’re not willing to put EVERYTHING on the line.
This was evident at CUHK and PolyU. They didn’t stand and fight, they tried to escape by any means possible.
You can think of it this way.
You do a young Batman, in a dark Alleyway.
You’d defend your family with all your might even if you don’t like them that much.
But if it was your boss ? Would you fight for him/her?