Big event going on. These Pentagon leaks are really showing that the Neocons are out of control and going to start world War 3.

Pay attention to the content in this video…

China Alert: US sends EMERGENCY “troops” to Taiwan, as more DoD documents leak

Someone high up is leaking these documents. More to come.

What’s being shown? Why is it being leaked?

Yes. But that’s a boring story. I have a better one.

It’s about how to not ignore people who aren’t wealthy.

Long ago I sold copiers on 100% commission in Southern Delaware County; Pennsylvania.

Media, where I lived, was middle class. Most of the rest of my sales area wasn’t as well off. Worst of all was Chester.

Not many copier salespeople visited Chester. But I did. And I assure you, that was good for me.

The lawyer’s offices in Media knew every copier salesperson in the county.

The schools, warehouses and repair shops in Chester never saw anybody. Their copiers were ten years old and counting.

I loosened the tie I once had to wear… dirtied my Catholic school tongue, and met some fantastic people who couldn’t have been happier to see me.

Each new customer told two friends, and they told two friends, and so on and so on…

I took care of their needs, and their business earned me two promotions.

I have no idea how Chester looks 30 years later, but I will always remember how happy its customers were to see me.

US Military is inside of Taiwan…

The military leak supports a proxy war in Taiwan.

Thousands of American soldiers in Taiwan.

Really?

I don’t know what to think. But I have to suggest that REDACTED is right on this. Nothing that is presented to the public is real. And a “leak” could be just another manipulation by another name.

Wonderful Vintage Photos Of Female Students At Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts In 1948

The Civil Rights Movement in the United States fueled the feminist movement as well. Women demanded equal rights in education on the basis that equality for all in education and under the law should include women of all races as well, not just men of all races. Like the fight against systemic racism, the fight against sexism, especially in higher education and the workplace, remains a difficult battle because the idea of the women’s role in the home and as a caretaker was deeply ingrained in United States society.

h/t: vintag.es

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Pumpkin and Coconut
Cream Soup (Thailand)

This is really good!

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 4 green shallots, chopped
• 2 small fresh red chiles, chopped
• 1 tablespoon freshly chopped lemon grass
• 1/2 teaspoon shrimp paste
• 2 small chicken stock cubes, crushed
• 2 cups boiling water
• 500g (1 pound) pumpkin, chopped
• 400ml (13 fluid ounces) coconut cream
• 250g (1/2 pound) cooked small prawns, shelled
• 1 tablespoon shredded fresh basil

Instructions

1. Heat oil in pan, add garlic, shallots, chiles, lemon grass and paste, cook, stirring, until shallots are soft.
2. Add stock cubes and water, bring to boil, add pumpkin, simmer, covered, for 5 minutes or until pumpkin is tender.
3. Add prawns, stir until heated through.
4. Serve soup sprinkled with basil.
5. Soup can be made a day ahead.

Serves 4

The Impact will be BIG

China relies heavily on TSMC to make 5 nm Chips as part of it’s technology surge. It also relies heavily on its SMIC foundries to make it’s own custom made 7 nm and 5 nm Chips

So if you cut off TSMC and cut off the ASML machines, you cut of 100% of Chinas supplies of 5 nm and 7 nm chips

China needs a clear 6–10 years to move to. commercially fabricating 7 nm or 5 nm chips to fulfill its demand.

Thus China will be unable to race forward as fast in areas of AI and Robotics and the progress will slow down

So R&D related to AI or Robotics or High Powered Applications will be impacted.

It’s impact on the Semiconductor industry will be the opposite

It will BOOM and SURGE

Now that China is on its own, China will flood money and manpower into everything related to chips and semiconductors

China just released CNY 1 Trillion or $ 145 Billion into R&D and into the Semi Conductor industry

Thousands and Thousands of People will be hired to work on newer fabrication designs

China will expand its 14nm technology across the entire Country by 2025 and will use stacking to avail the efficiency of 7 nm Chips using 14 nm chips.

Hundreds of Ancilliary industries will be developed to work with the Semi conductor industry and China will look to cut dependence on the West by 100% in these areas

Chinas blueprint yesterday talks of a whopping 800,000 Jobs in the Semiconductor Industry by 2025

The entire global workforce for the Industry was 1.29 Million in 2019

So the Semiconductor industry will explode in China over the next decade

After that, it all depends on how far China can succeed in these 6–10 years

If they can crack photonic chips, they rule the world, plain and simple

If they haven’t, then there will be a lull in the Semiconductor Industry in China as confidence will be a bit shaken

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So the next decade for China is one where China will have a slow down in its Technological surge

However the compensation is a rapidly expanding Semiconductor industry that was a bit lazy and complacent due to the Western assured deliveries of Chips and Core Technology

Meanwhile the West will lose both Innovation and Market shares and i see no equivalent to Chinese Demand which has a whopping CNY 41 Trillion Digital Economy ($ 6.44 Trillion) and is still only regarded 24% Saturated (Potential of almost $ 25 Trillion)

The US Digital Economy is at $ 13.82 Trillion but is 97% Saturated

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So unless China badly screw it up, they have a HUGE ADVANTAGE in this US LED Technology War

Either way US and the West are most likely f****d

Is it Dreamsicle or Creamsicle?

Let’s get straight to the question on everyone’s mind. Why do some people call a popular popsicle option creamsicle, while others call it a dreamsicle?

Creamsicles are creamy, orange-flavored popsicles that have found a special place in summertime cravings. But while some love creamsicles, others prefer another creamy, orange-flavored popsicle—dreamsicles.

You must have heard incorrectly. It’s too similar of a name to be something entirely different. Or perhaps it’s a distinction in branding (partly). But no, each side insists that it’s the name of a flavor. Though these terms have been used interchangeably since the start of the creamsicle, it turns out there is a difference, and it’s not a typo. Both have a solid sherbet exterior, but a creamsicle technically has an ice cream center while a dreamsicle has an ice milk center.

To understand this difference, consider the texture of Almond Joy Ice Cream to Maple Pecan Pie Ice Milk and how the two are made. With less milk fat than ice cream, ice milk is not as creamy as ice cream. This comes from the dairy choices used for each. While ice milk only uses milk or condensed milk, ice cream uses a variety, like milk with whipping cream or evaporated milk.

With this revelation comes a new question: is creamsicle flavored milk actually dreamsicle flavored or something else entirely? And for those who make creamsicles at home using yogurt: what lies have you been living, as you’re technically not making either popular popsicle flavor?

Regardless of semantics, creamsicle, dreamsicle, or otherwise, it’s delicious. Enjoy your favorite dairy treats with the knowledge of what makes them so good.

Photonic Dawn

And era begins.

When the US banned China from NASA projects, China built its own. 

When the US banned China from participating in the "international" space station, China built its own. 

When the US stopped China from participating in Europe's GPS project, China built its own. 

When the US blocked Israel's sale of AWACs to China, China built its own. 

When Trump imposed tariffs on Chinese products to reduce US the trade deficit, it went up. 

When Biden imposed sanctions on Xinjiang products, US imports from Xinjiang went up. 

What do you think will be the result of the US banning the sale of semiconductor technologies to China? 

–Peter Man.

“We need ubiquitous connectivity, high, high bandwidth across the entire computer system with minimal energy consumption. But electronically moving large volumes of data and high bandwidth densities over longer distances is difficult and consumes a lot of energy. Whereas in the optical domain we can send multiple signals in the same channel, achieving bandwidth densities of terabytes per millimeter”.

Dreamsicles and Creamsicles: What’s the Difference and Where to Find Them

When I was a kid, and maybe even now, my favorite summertime treat was a dreamsicle.

Deliciousness comprised of vanilla ice cream or ice milk coated in orange sherbet. Seriously, the best ice cream treat around.

I have also seen them called Creamsicles, so I wondered if there really is any difference between a creamsicle and a dreamsicle, other than the name.

What Flavor is Dreamsicle?

“Dreamsicle” and “Creamsicle” started out as brand names and weren’t flavors in and of themselves. But the flavor of both is that of orange (usually in sherbet form) and vanilla ice cream or ice milk, either swirled together or with orange sherbet coating a vanilla ice cream/ice milk core.

There’s something about fruit and cream that just works.

• A scoop of ice cream on top of a pandowdy or a slump.
• Milk dip that’s served with sonker.
• Whipped cream dolloped on fruit crisp.

Peaches and cream, strawberries and cream, raspberries and cream and, the Best of All, oranges and cream.

The dairy balances out the acid in the orange and just makes The World Taste Good.

Being a fan of orange and cream, I’ve always enjoyed a Creamsicle. Not the kind with the orange coating around the vanilla ice cream. The kind that was all swirly with orange and vanilla.

Some folks call it a Dreamsicle, but either way, when orange sherbet and vanilla ice cream come together on a stick, I am All In. Dip it in Bittersweet chocolate, and, well. There are No Words.

So THIS is why they’re so scared of the Ukraine document leaks

China v Taiwan – The Draft Begins

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that he is preparing for war. The military budget will grow by about 7.2% this year after it has already doubled over the past decade.

This is not a sudden decision.

China has been quietly positioning itself for quite some time and has taken notes over Russia’s missteps with Ukraine. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is now drafting soldiers, and veterans and college-educated students will be at the top of the list.

Wars are now fought through intelligence and strategies rather than pure brute strength.

The PLA is seeking out both women and men and is particularly interested in those with a STEM background.

China’s announcement comes after Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul visited Taiwan to “provide deterrence to China.”

Worse, McCaul told the international press that America would fight alongside Taiwan if Congress approved.

In typical political fashion, McCaul proposed a world war!

“Taiwan is in a very different position from Ukraine,” McCaul said. “Number one, they’re not battle tested or ready. They are not prepared for war.” His solution? “When you look at Ukraine, they had NATO supporting them. You don’t have NATO in the Pacific,” he continued. “That’s why when looking at Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Australia, we need to start having these discussions as a deterrent for peace.”

Peace was never an option with Ukraine, and Zelensky made it known that he would not meet Moscow on any agreement. In fact, NATO and others directly helped Kiev break its promises to Moscow, such as France and Germany helping to broker the Minsk Agreement hoax to buy time for Ukraine to build up its military. China has a strategy and a mission.

Losing Taiwan would be seen as an unfathomable loss, and they are prepared to go to war against any nation that intervenes.

The West has already stretched itself thin by hyper-fixating on Ukraine as their own economies crumble. Interestingly, US intelligence services believe China will invade Taiwan in 2027.

The computer also indicates that a world war could peak as early as 2027, with 2024-2027 being a period of concern.

Dreamsicle Vs Creamsicle: What’s the Difference?

I don’t think there is a clear difference between a Creamsicle and a Dreamsicle. 

I did a bit of research to see if Dreamsicle is a registered trademark, and Tish & Snooky’s N.Y.C. is the trademark holder. And they don’t even make food. They’re the Manic Panic people, so I guess the actual trademarked Dreamsicle refers to hair color or something.

Somewhere in the murky past, though, Dreamsicle must’ve been the name of an Ice Cream Treat, because I did find reference in this article about Dreamsicles, Creamsicles, and Other Frozen Treats that, while both had an orange sherbet shell, Creamsicles had an ice cream center while Dreamsicles had an ice milk center.

The Popsicle people own the trademark to Creamsicle, though, so these days, Creamsicle® is the actual ice cream product combining vanilla ice cream and orange sherbet, while Dreamsicle-no-® refers to the combination of vanilla and orange in pretty much any form.

ASML going down!

It was reported that ASML is seeing a once-unthinkable order cancellation from its largest customer.

Shares of the world's dominant semiconductor lithography machine maker, ASML (ASML -4.08%), were falling hard in Monday trading, down 4.8% as of 1:09 p.m. ET.

ASML has a monopoly on extreme ultraviolet lithography, or EUV, which is a crucial technology in making logic chips with transistors 7 nm apart or below, and is beginning to be used in DRAM memory chip production as well.

ASML's growth and backlog has continued to increase over the past year, even as the semiconductor industry went into a broad slump in mid-2022. That may have led some to believe EUV was immune from the semiconductor cycle, as chip manufacturers generally invest in the latest technology and move to the next node as quickly as possible.

However, on Monday there were reports the slump has become severe enough that even EUV orders may be cancelled this year and pushed out into the future... 

Are Dreamsicles Still Being Made?

In light of my trademark research, I would say that no, Dreamsicles are no longer being produced as an ice cream treat.

What About Creamsicles? Can I Still Buy Them?

Yup, you can get them at most groceries.

I looked up Creamsicles® and find that they no longer come in just orange. It doesn’t even look like you can get a package of them in the store with only orange. They come in a combo pack of orange, raspberry, and blueberry.

For my money, I only want the orange kind, though. Maybe on an ice cream truck you can get a one-off orange and vanilla without having to buy other flavors you don’t want.

Or, you know, make your own!

Homemade Creamsicles

If, like me, you’d rather not buy All The Flavors of Creamsicles and stick to just orange. So yes, you can make them yourself if you want. I looked around for some recipes, and the fastest way to make them looks like this Zoku Creamsicle recipe.

A Zoku is a self-freezing popsicle maker that isn’t strictly a necessity, but they’re nice to have if you want to make short work of making popsicles.

The Zoku Quick Pop Maker Doesn’t always get the best reviews, so if you can wait hours rather than minutes for your homemade dreamsicles, there are other ice pop molds you can buy to put in your freezer.

You’d have to freeze the orange part partially, dumping out the inside slushy part leaving the orange shell, and then add your cream mixture.

This seems a bit fussy to me, so if you are cool with having vanilla and orange swirled together like the creamsicle bars I remember as a kid, just add some of each mix to your molds and freeze away.

Clown Show

Creamsicle-Inspired Treats

The flavor of orange and cream is such a great combination that many desserts are called dreamsicle or creamsicle to let you know it’s an orange-vanilla combination.

Some of these treats are actually orange sherbet and vanilla ice cream, and others just use the term to describe the flavor of orange and vanilla together no matter the form: cake, candy, pudding, etc.

But if you’re a fan of this combination, get ready to enter dreamsicle/creamsicle heaven!

Ba Mee Nam
(Egg Noodles and Pork Soup – Thailand)

Ingredients

• 1 cup bean sprouts
• 8 ounces fresh egg noodles (ba mee)
• 6 garlic cloves
• 6 cups chicken stock
• 4 tablespoons ground pork
• 2 tablespoons dried shrimp
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce (nam pla)
• 3 lettuce leaves
• 8 slices pork, cooked, 1 1/2 x 3 inches
• 2 green onions, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon coriander leaves, chopped
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons peanuts, roasted and crushed

1 tablespoon dried red chile flakes

Instructions

1. Blanch the bean sprouts for a minute, then set them aside to drain.
2. Boil the noodles in plenty of water for five minutes, then drain them.
3. Next, cook the ground pork in a saucepan over medium heat until it begins to brown.
4. Add chicken stock, dried shrimp and fish sauce, stir, and bring the mixture to boil.
5. Meanwhile, chop the garlic and fry it in a tablespoon of vegetable oil until it is crisp.
6. Place the blanched bean sprouts in the bottom of a large serving bowl.
7. Top with the cooked noodles.
8. Pour the fried garlic and its oil over top of the noodles.
9. When the chicken stock mixture boils, tear the lettuce leaves into strips, add them to the stock, immediately remove the stock mixture from the stove, and pour it over the noodles and bean sprouts.
10. Garnish with pork slices, green onions and coriander leaves.
11. Sprinkle in the sugar, peanuts and chile flakes and serve immediately.

Serves 6.

Finally, How to Make Fudgsicles and Creamsicles at Home

Memories almost never live up to the original: We’ve already come to terms with the fact that we’re just not as appreciative of Baskin Robbins cotton candy ice cream as we once were. It’s fine. It’s totally fine. But we really want to believe. We want to go back. So senior food editor Rick Martinez dedicated weeks (months!) to making even the most untouchably perfect desserts—Fudgsicles and Creamsicles—even better than they were the first time around. Building from the ground up, Martinez reinvented the classic pops—focusing on flavor, texture, and maximum enjoyment per bite—so we can all make them at home.

Martinez had two goals: achieve the intense chocolate experience of a Fudgsicle and make the texture creamy the way he remembered it (while somehow not mimicking ice cream on a stick). He approached the recipe the same way he did the BA’s Best Hot Chocolate he developed late last year. He started with that base, but, because flavors become less potent when food is frozen, he increased the fat content (to half and half), increased the sugar, increased the chocolate content (through a combination of melted chocolate and cocoa powder), and increased the vanilla. Behold: our supremely chocolate-y, very creamy (but never icy) Fudgsicle.

When Martinez was a kid, the promise of a Creamsicle or an Orange Julius got him out of bed on on sweltering summer mornings in Texas. But he always had a “How Many Licks?” Tootsie Roll owl conundrum: How to get past the orange exterior to the creamy center as quickly as possible? So, when he built his 2016 version, he layered the fruit and cream. You get both flavors in every bite and the cooking process is a whole lot easier than doing a partial freeze of the cream center before taking on the challenge of freezing the orange curd exterior. These popsicles got the kind of upgrade that makes the ice cream man do a double-take—as if he just went to his 10 year reunion and thought, Damn, creamsicle/fudgsicle, you look goooooooood.

Avoiding Thucydides Trap?

I'm like you sir, I'd love to believe it won't come to war but the neo-cons are getting desperate and desperate people do even more desperate things.

Photographer Adrienne Salinger’s Series Of Teenage Bedrooms From The 90s

In the 90s, the photographer Adrienne Salinger has documented the bedrooms of American teenagers, asking teens to pose surrounded by their personal possessions. A delightfully vintage series that makes sense today, unveiling the styles and trends from the 90s. If Adrienne Salinger chose teenagers as models, it’s because adolescence is the last time these future adults will be living with their parents, with all their possessions in one room.

h/t: ufunk, itsnicethat

Anyone with quarter a brain knew they would

Lets see the Phases when the Sanctions started backfiring.

Blow #1 – CHINA

This was the single biggest blow to the West.

When China declared Normal Trade with Russia, increased the Rail Cargo from 46 to 74 and later to 115 trips in a 180 day period.

This was a big spoke in USAs masterplan.

China provided the Banking Structure that Russia was so dependent on the West for and provided the Cross Border Settlement Systems.

25% Game Over!!!

Blow #2 – INDIA & THE WORLD

The minute India and other Nations refused to Sanction Russia, it was 50% Game Over.

This was no longer a Global Sanction. This was a Unilateral Western Sanction.

50% Game Over!!!

Blow #3 – QATAR & SAUDI ARABIA & UAE

Refusal to follow Western Edicts over OPEC+ Wisdom.

The OPEC nations wisely understood deteriorating US hegemony and stood united for Business and Economics and not against Russia.

This meant Oil and Gas kept flowing to Europe forcing payments in Rubles and preventing the Ruble from crashing.

75% Game Over!!!

Blow #4 – ELVIRA NABULLIANA

Russias Greatest Asset – Elvira Nabulliana

She wisely ensured the Sanctions never became serious, using the perfect control of Central Banking and Asset Regulation at its highest levels.

Against her Ursula, Janet Yellen, Truss, Bierbock were torn to shreds. She had brains more than all of them combined.

Nobody likes Unilateral Sanctions outside the Golden Billion.

And they can finally see that Sanctions may not always triumph

Elon Musk DISMANTLES BBC Reporter Over Free Speech

The Chief of General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces has lauded the readiness of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in the face of threats, saying the IRGC’s capabilities instill fear in the enemy’s camp.

Major General Mohammad Baqeri made the comments in a message that he wrote to Major General Hossein Salami, chief commander of the IRGC, on anniversary of the establishment of the force.

“The IRGC has been an essential pillar in protecting the Islamic Revolution and establishment,” Baqeri wrote.

“Its comprehensive strategic authority, readiness, and capabilities not only create security and peace for the great Iranian nation and boost the country’s deterrence power but also instill fear and anger in the camp of this land’s enemy,” he added.

The top commander also noted that the Iranian armed forces, especially the IRGC have become “more determined” in following up the policy of “building up power” and giving a firm response to any threat made by the enemy.

Iran’s Revolution Guard Corps, also known as the ‘Sepah’, was established on April 22, 1979, by the founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khomeini as a paramilitary organization charged with protecting the newborn Islamic Republic. The force closely cooperates with the Iranian Army in the face of foreign threats as it was manifested during the 8-year war that was imposed by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to Iran in the 1980s.

In 2019, the US State Department designated the Guards as a terrorist organization; an unprecedented action against the military of a sovereign state.

Iran has repeatedly said its military doctrine and strategy are primarily defensive and Tehran does not seek any military confrontation.

Iranian experts have in recent years made significant progress in developing various military hardware from various types of missiles and missile systems to drones, tanks, and warships.

Iran is the only country in the world which recently attacked the US base in Iraq, killing American serviceman in the process and yet the US did not retaliate.

Now just imagine what will happen if India did the same to US for example. LOL

Zelenskyy thought that he could wage proxy war against Russian forces deployed in Syria, leaked docs show

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