My long term observations is that:

These bankrupt nations/failed States have caused a sudden drastic currency depreciation, outflow of capital, and massive inflation (cost of living stress), stock and property price drop etc. They are all linked to the United States (incredible and reckless) massive money printing. As well as the Unites States reserve Bank's interest rate rise.

This is how (in the past) the American regime would end up periodically looting the world. Not just the world, but friends and enemies alike,  including its own allies. Doing so without any military action.

This is a complex topic.

Now, the Chinese CCP studied how this US policy works.  And now, this time, China is so well prepared that there are basically no inflation in China. At all.

This time, when the US regime ran this old technique again, the EU is seriously and badly affected.

What are they to do? Well, it's obvious. Watch the outflow of currency. Indeed, a large portion of EU money is flowing to China as safe heaven instead of to the USA. 

As a result, the United States suffered catastrophic inflation domestically...

... and, in regards to China, it completely lost it effectiveness as a tool of chaos, control and power.

Cheers
Chua

Here we go through the motions as our idiotic Western governments invite nuclear war upon the world.

Threads – 10 minutes of the bunker scenes

Yeah. This is the real deal. Soak it up.

Tender and Militant: Artist Sung-Choul Ham and His South Korean Fantasy Worlds

Sung-Choul Ham is an artist from South Korea, he draws illustrations and concepts (mostly fighting anime girls) for games and movies. He’s currently working at Majors Studio where he’s developing characters for South Korean fantasy MMORPGs and he’s doing a great job.

Egg Salad

This salad takes some work, but if you don’t mind peeling a few eggs, you can enjoy this family-friendly, budget-conscious hearty salad. Mustard and paprika give it that extra kick.

Ready for something fantastic and easy? You’re in luck! This is a classic egg salad recipe, just like Grandma used to make! Sit down with it for a quick lunch … or chow down for dinner at any time as the weather gets warmer.

I know what you may be thinking … “This is such a classic! I have my own recipe passed down through the generations. Doesn’t everyone?!” To that, I answer, tradition is wonderful, but just give this one a try! It’s my own perfected egg salad recipe that you’ll simply adore. You may even use it to tweak the recipe that’s been in your family forever! It’s that amazing: creamy, eggy, and full of crisp onions and celery. So good!

And if you’ve never made egg salad before? Don’t despair!! This egg salad recipe is very, very easy. In fact, there are only a few steps: five steps to hardboil the eggs and three steps to put together the salad itself. The ingredients are the kind you can find at any store, and it lasts 3-5 days in the fridge (if you’re lucky enough to have leftovers!). If you’re someone who doesn’t have a traditional family egg salad recipe, well, here you go with your new family recipe!

Egg Salad Recipe

• large eggs
• mayonnaise
• yellow mustard
• green onion
• celery
• salt
• ground black pepper
• paprika

Note: Make sure your eggs are fresh for this recipe! Expired eggs will float to the top of the water when you try to cook them, but a fresh egg will sit neatly at the bottom of the pan on its side.

How To Make Egg Salad

A most Japanese thing…

Japan has a strict rule when you’re job hunting, especially for university students.

They all have to wear what is called recruit suit.

This is the basic black suit, white shirt, black business bag and black dress shoes. It has to be the standard design and length. Hair should be dyed black. There is a range of color of black dyes that are acceptable. For women, hair should be tied into a ponytail. For men, it should be cut short and professional-looking.

Clothing shops selling suits and businesswear sell these recruit suits every hiring season. You’ll see ads and posters all around Japan.

You should blend in together with the rest of the applicants. It will be disastrous for your application if you stray from these rules.

Very Japanese thing.

You’re a disaster

An outstanding commentary by a former Pentagon Advisor to the US President, commenting on what he would tell President Biden…

The story of emperor of China, “Wu of Jin”

At the end of his reign as emperor of China, “Wu of Jin” brought more than 5,000 women to his palace.

From that moment on, the emperor concentrated on celebrating and enjoying women, rather than on important matters of state.

It was said that there were so many beautiful women in the palace that he literally did not know who he should have sex with; therefore, he came up with a rather… “particular” solution.

Every day he walked inside the palace in a small wooden carriage powered by goats, if the goats stopped in front of any woman, that was the one the emperor chose.

Because of this, many of the women planted bamboo leaves outside their bedrooms, in order to attract the goats.

This, I assure you, will not appear in any of your history books.

We’re learning more than ever about war from the Ukraine

By <name withheld>

That is, if you follow closely what is happening.

We see that it is brutal beyond our imagination. Our imagination fails
because for the last 30 years the Western Media’s main job was to
Ignore, Deny and Justify the daily carnage dealt out to “Brown-Skins”.
There were some Eastern Europeans in there too, but call them Commies.

Now the Western Media job is to report every nuance, and even invent
most of the stories to give their “reporting” a flare. Every atrocity
they report has already been happening for 3 decades, but the official
position is that we really didn’t care. Let “Democracy” do its work.

We see that the worst travesty on earth is what they call the proxy
war. Opposing “great” powers hire third world discontents to perform a
chicken (cock) fight, and the powers sit on the sidelines making their
bets. The person could probably make $10/day in their home country.
(Like the Ukraine average), If they can get an honest job. Or they can
push drugs and engage with crime and make more (like in Ukraine).

But on the battle field they are promised $50/day, sometimes even
$100/day, (but then are usually paid less). All they have to do is kill
some people. And most of the times it’s unarmed civilians. It is kind
of like a sports club or a fraternity. Make a few IED’s. Not quite the
same in today’s war.

In the Ukraine one side is proxy, (with their own people of course, but
with proxy armaments). The Ukrainian military is not paid any premium,
but their pay is sent in by proxy. And the other side, Russian allies,
are working for their own security against the proxy sponsors. (It is
a very interesting dynamic, that I can comment on, but not in this piece.)

The Ukraine used to have all the cities except those occupied the LPR
and DPR. They had 8 years to fortify them and stock military supplies,
according to their battle plan. Now they have lost much of that
territory plus a land bridge from Russia to the Crimea, Kherson and the
like. Therefore we can conclude by this movement, that Russia is on the
offensive and Ukraine on the defensive. Today I am not counting Russia’s
drive toward Kiev. Maybe it was just an experiment to see if things
could happen easy, without much loss of life. I find it honorable.

The offensive side controls the battle plan and the speed and direction
of the attacks. The defense has to absorb what the offense doles out to
them. The offense can easily go back and forth, with the objective to
save their lives. The defense cannot go back (unless they must), and
the lives lost can make NO DIFFERENCE.

Too many commenter’s claim the battle is stalled out. So Russia must be
hurting, because it doesn’t go forward according to MY (the commenter’s)
CONCEPT. Not to Russia’s plan? But if you look closely, on each day
that the front lines don’t move, many hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers are
killed, (each day) and many dozens of their heavy equipment destroyed.
It is through stand-off artillery not face to face combat, so the losses
are not equal. It is said that 50% of Ukrainian BTG’s have heavy
losses, one up to 80%. Can you imagine what it feels like to be in a
BTG of 900 soldiers and now there are only 180 left? Unfortunately, in
war, many countries understand only body counts. I think the USA is
like that.

So the mistake is to judge the war only by movement on the front. Asking
what major cities have been taken?

So far this war is to liberate the Ex-Russian, the Russian speaking
population from under the fascist regime. So the goal is to preserve
their lives, and allow them to build a productive society in the
future. We won’t know about the non-Russian speaking population until
they get there. You can’t just take a poll to ask what they think.
They are not allowed to express any doubt, under severe fascist
penalties, including death. If they are liberated, many might choose to
live far away from the Kiev regime. So you don’t want to kill or maim
those civilians either. Maybe by the time you get to Lvov, you can
take off the kid gloves.

Iran, Argentina apply to join BRICS bloc after recent summit: Report

Ahead of the summit, Saudi Arabia too expressed interest to join the grouping, according to reports.

From HERE

Every nation is "abandoning the USD" and "abandoning the West" and getting on board with the united Asia. -MM

Iran and Argentina have applied to join the BRICS mechanism, the Russian state media reported, days after a summit of the five-nation bloc during which the leaders agreed to continue to discuss the possibility of admitting new countries to the grouping on the basis of “full consultation and consensus.”

Argentina and Iran have applied for joining BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was quoted as saying by the state-run Tass news agency.

It reported that Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday that Tehran has applied for BRICS membership.

Tehran filed the application for accession to the BRICS, he said.

The diplomat expressed hope that “Iran will be able to contribute to the BRICS’ operation and benefit the organisation.”

Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez said at a BRICS+ meeting last week that his country wants to become a full member of the association, the Tass report said.

Ahead of the summit, Saudi Arabia too expressed interest to join the grouping, according to reports.

The issue of expansion of the BRICS bloc was figured in the June 23 virtual summit hosted by China, which is this year’s chair.

The declaration issued at the end of the summit said the leaders will continue to discuss the possibility of admitting new countries to the five-nation grouping on the basis of “full consultation and consensus.”

Asked for his reaction at a media briefing here on Tuesday about Iran and Argentina applying to join BRICS, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said many countries have expressed their interest to join the five-member bloc of emerging markets.

“BRICS countries agreed that it is important to step up cooperation with other emerging markets and developing countries to improve the representativeness of the BRICS mechanism and make it loudly heard on major international issues so that we can better rise up to challenges and uphold the interests of emerging markets and developing counties,” Zhao said.

“We have noted that many countries including Iran and Argentina have expressed their willingness to join the BRICS family. As the chair of the BRICS this year China actively supports BRICS countries to start the membership expansion process to expand BRICS Plus cooperation,” he said.

Zhao said that at the 14th summit held on June 23 the BRICS leader made a unanimous voice on the expansion of the BRICS mechanism and they supported discussion, standards and procedure for the expansion.

“China will work with BRICS partners to move ahead with the expansion process steadily so that like-minded partners can join the BRICS family,” he said.

“We shall continue to set clear priorities in our wide-ranging cooperation, on the basis of consensus, and make our strategic partnership more efficient, practical and results-oriented,” the declaration said.

“We support promoting discussions among BRICS members on BRICS expansion process. We stress the need to clarify the guiding principles, standards, criteria and procedures for this expansion process through Sherpas’ channel on the basis of full consultation and consensus,” it said.

In Case You Were Wondering Why Inflation Has Started To Spiral Wildly Out Of Control…

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The Menlo Park Mall in Edison, New Jersey is just one of many large shopping malls in upscale areas publicly warning people about what to do if a Nuclear Bomb Hits!  They have been told by government to begin warning people . . . because Nuclear War with Russia is not only a possibility, it has become a likelihood.

The horrifying reality that would be a nuclear blast is becoming so likely now over the Russia-Ukraine/NATO troubles in eastern Europe that governments and now private sector industries are warning people about what to do when a nuclear bomb goes off!

Below is a full image of warning signs now installed at the Menlo Park Mall in Edison, New Jersey:

These signs, and a new Public Service Announcement (PSA) from the New York City Office of Emergency Management which came out earlier this week (Story Here) are all instructing people that if a nuclear bomb goes off, GET INSIDE.

The reason this effort is underway is that government knows it has caused such terrible troubles with Russia, over the Ukraine situation, that it is now LIKELY we are going to be attacked by Russia with nuclear bombs.

MISINFORMATION

While the first trouble is, of course, that this is a problem of our government’s own making, the second major problem is that the advice is utterly stupid.

they tell people to get inside.   Good advice . . . if there’s anything left standing to actually get inside of!

Russia uses the YARS intercontinental ballistic missile to launch nuclear attacks.   Those missile are equipped with an eight-hundred kiloton (800kt) warhead.

The blast map below is a scientific model from Nuclear Secrecy.org showing the actual scientifically-modeled blast effects of a single, 800kt nuclear bomb air bursting over New York City.

The inner smaller yellow area in the center show the initial blast area, all of which is vaporized.  Absolutely nothing will be left.   No people, no buildings, no vehicles.   Nothing.

The next area is a grayish circular area.  Everything in this area will be physically knocked down and on fire.  Not even the strongest concrete and steel buildings will remain standing.  And everything — all of it — will be on fire.

The next circular area toward the outer edges of the blast circle, will be THERMAL DAMAGE.   Things in this area may be severely damaged or knocked down but SOME structures might remain standing as they erupt in flames.  As for people in this area, anyone who was outside, and who sees the bright, white, flash, will have third-degree burns all over their body.

The final light gray area is where there will be light blast damage.  Most structures will remain standing but windows are likely broken.  People in this area will be injured from flying blast debris.

The signs then advise people  “If you were outside when the blast hit, take off all clothes, shower and shampoo to wash the radiation off immediately.”

Trouble is THERE WON’T BE ANY RUNNING WATER.   The water mains will be ruptured from the blast and the electric that powers the water pumps will all be off for miles.

But wait, there’s more . . .  idiocy . . . . the signs tell people “stay tuned to local media and don’t go outside until authorities tell you it’s safe.”  THERE WON’T BE ANY LOCAL MEDIA.  It will all be blown up.  All the TV and radio transmitters will be wiped out!

THERE WON’T BE ANY CELL PHONE SERVICE. The towers will all be knocked down, the transmitters fried by electro-magnetic pulse, and the electric will all be out.  THERE WON’T BE ANY INTERNET SERVICE. All the Internet lines will be blown up and the wireless all offline from EMP or no electricity!!!

Yet even though the advice is utterly useless, the signs have gone up anyway.

Government doesn’t do things like this for no reason.  They are putting out these PSA’s and asking large retailers to put these signs up because government KNOWS what’s coming.  After all, it is government that is causing it all.

Unless Americans mobilize right now, and tell federal officials we will not tolerate them starting a nuclear war with Russia over Ukraine, we’re all dead.

You, me, our wives, husbands, kids, extended families . . . . will all be dead.

Pick up your phones and start swarming members of Congress and the Senate, telling them we refuse to allow them to start a nuclear war with their economic sanctions.

There is very little time left to act.   It may already be too late.

But we have to put forth the effort or all of us will be killed.

The Battle of Saragarhi.

In the 1890s, the British were trying to conquer Afghanistan and it was becoming a severe challenge. As the Russians and Americans would learn, Afghanistan is not a place easily conquered.

A revolt breaks out towards the end of 1897 and Afgan tribesmen rally in the tens of thousands to the rebel banner. They begin to march towards British forts to push them out of their home.

Soon a rebel army arrives at a series of British forts and the fight begins.

It’s the morning of September 12, 1897, and the British see an army on the horizon.

The British forces are locked away in Fort Lockhart and from there they see a massive army on the horizon—numbering some 10,000-12,000. The British are dangerously outnumbered and they prepare for a siege.

A signaling outpost some miles away, called Saragarhi, is manned by 21 Sikh warriors. The Sikhs are informed that an army numbering 10,000 is quickly approaching. The Sikhs request help, but the British inform them that they cannot assist, as they cannot leave the fort unguarded.

The Sikhs could run or surrender—the Afgan tribesmen would show them mercy. But the leader of these brave men, Ishar Singh, tells his men they will stay and fight.

The board up the gate, get ammunition stockpiled, and prepare to defend their small compound from an overwhelming force.

The Afgan army approaches and the fighting begins.

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The Afghans send a massive charge to overwhelm the fort but disciplined and accurate rifle fire from the Sikh warriors is enough to break the charge and send the Afgan warriors running.

A second charge appears. This time the Afghans come in even greater numbers. The Sikh fire is unable to break the enemy lines and before too long, the Afgan tribesmen are climbing over the walls. A tough melee fight ensues with rifle butts, swords, and bayonets.

Again though the Sikhs hold, killing hundreds. They turn back the massive force and maintain control of the fort.

By this point, the Afgan forces have taken significant losses, considering this is a lightly manned signaling post. But several Sikhs have died as well.

Bhagwan Singh is the first to be killed in the fighting and his body is taken to the courtyard. Another warrior named Lal Singh is wounded and out of the fight.

One thing to note—this is all known not only from secondhand accounts but also the signalman, Gurmukh Singh. While all of this was happening he continued to send reports to the British at Fort Lockhart.

Now the Sikhs are down to 18 fighters the battle continues.

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The Afgan army offers terms of surrender. They offer wealth, safety, power, and whatever else the Sikhs could want if they will just lay down their arms. The Sikhs boldly refuse.

The Afghans light fires to the hillside clouding everything in smoke. The signalman soon gets word that a formation of Afgan warriors is approaching the fort from the side, hidden by the smoke.

It’s too late—the Afgan warriors are in the compound.

Ishar Singh along with a few of his men charge the Afghans and another round of brutal hand-to-hand fighting breaks out inside the compound. The Sikhs are relentless and skilled, killing hundreds of attackers and holding their own despite being overwhelmed.

The Afghan warriors keep coming, though, and the Sikhs are being worn down. Pretty soon the outer walls crumble and the Afghans capture that portion of the compound.

Ishar Singh knows things are desperate. He orders his men back to the inner compound to mount a defense. He knows that if they turn their backs and run they will be cut down.

In a moment of utter bravery, Ishar Singh orders his men back and then single-handedly charges the approaching Afghan army. He cuts down warrior after warrior with his sword and pistol, cutting through the ranks of the surprised Afgan army.

After a few seconds, Ishar Singh is overwhelmed and killed—but he has bought his men the time they needed to fall back.

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The Sikhs are now defending their fallback point, but the situation is hopeless. The Afghans start chopping at the wooden gate with axes and swords. Before too long they break through and thousands of them come pouring into what remains of the compound.

The Sikhs continue to fight bravely but hopelessly.

At this point, the signalman Gurmukh Singh signals the British to ask permission to abandon his post and take up his rifle. The order is approved and he calmly puts away his signal gear, takes up his rifle, and fixes the bayonet.

By now, he is the last living Sikh in the compound. The British look on as he moves to defend the door to the small building he was stationed in.

The door breaks and enemy charges in. The British watch in awe as Gurmukh Singh cuts down one, then two, then three, and then finally eighteen Afghan warriors. The men retreat and Gurmukh Singh continues to hold the building.

More charge in and he kills another twenty Afghans as the British cheer him on, watching his final battle from the fort using telescopes.

Alone and cut off, Gurmukh Singh killed 40 ENEMY WARRIORS in only a few minutes. What a total and complete you-know-what.

The Afghans are terrified by this. Unwilling to try and take the building again they set it on fire.

As the building burns, Gurmukh Singh shouts his battle cry over and over again.

“Bole so Nihal sat sri akal”

“Bole so Nihal sat sri akal”

“Bole so Nihal sat sri akal”

Shout aloud in ecstasy, true is the great timeless one.

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The battle was over—the compound was taken and the Sikhs had lost.

Yet like Thermopylae and other hopeless battles, the deeds of these heroic and ferocious warriors live on in history as one of the great moments of bravery and valor.

The 21 Sikhs had sold their lives at a high cost. While all 21 died, they took 1,400 enemy soldiers with them while injuring thousands more. Estimates from most sources list 600-1400 fatalities, with many more wounded. Either way, these 21 men took a heavy toll on their enemy.

Every Sikh there that day killed 28-50 enemies. This is an insane feat and only shows how skilled and dedicated these men were.

 

Marinated Tomatoes

Use up all those extra tomatoes with this easy make-ahead recipe – simply shake ingredients in a jar and pour over the fruit to marinate.

 

Some things I learned when I became old enough to get Social Security Insurance…

1. If you think you’re fat, you probably are.

2. Best friends see each other 3 times a year and may have no pictures together.

3. If you text, call, and still get ignored, just walk away.

4. Your hair was put on your head to remind you that you can’t control everything.

5. No one talks about how lonely healing can feel.

6. Don’t let your loneliness make you reconnect with wrong person. Meet better people here.

7. True relationship comes when the silence between you two is comfortable.

8. Go where your energy is reciprocated, celebrated, and appreciated.

9. You still haven’t met all of the people who are going to love you.

10. If today is not your day, remember there’re 365 days a year.

Sea Monkeys, X-Ray Specs, and the Twisted Secret Behind Vintage Ads from American Comic Books

American comics first came to Glasgow as ships’ ballast. In the sixties it seemed every other corner shop had a stash of these glossy-covered comics displayed on carousels or placed beside their tamer British counterparts like Beano, Topper, or Dandy. With comics like Thor, Hulk, Superman and co. it was difficult to keep collecting consecutive numbers as it was pot luck as to what arrived in the shop every month.

The clues were in the comic-book adverts for X-Ray specks, with which you could see the bones beneath your skin, or what was hidden under a layer of clothing; Sea Monkeys you could train who would entertain for hours; a mini-Polaris Nuclear Submarine with which to patrol local waterways; Aurora movie monster kits; and reinvent yourself like Charles Atlas or Arnold Schwarzenegger so no-one would kick sand in your face.

Do you want more?

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