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The adoption experience for most birthmothers leaves a large emotional scar. According to the authors of "The Adoption Triangle: The Effects of Sealed Records on Adoptees, Birthparents and Adoptive Parents," most birthmothers expressed feelings of loss, pain and mourning that remained undimmed with time (Sorosky). A University of California, at Los Angeles, psychiatrist and author, Arthur Sorosky, M.D., likened the emotional scarring from surrendering a child to a psychological amputation (Sorosky).
"Adoption Loss is the only trauma in the world where the victims are expected by the whole of society to be grateful" - The Reverend Keith C. Griffith, MBE
"Adoption practice works on the premise that, in order to save the child,
one must first destroy its mother." - Dian Wellfare, founder of Origins Inc.
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During my six lengthy visits to Kenya, I saw quite a few adults as well as children whose legs were paralized by polio.
In the late seventies, in Järna, Sweden, my son attended a small Rudolf Steiner school. Rudolf Steiner was the founder of Anthroposophy, and the teachings in his schools do have many advantages for children, which is why I chose to put my son in that school. However, Anthroposophy followers are against vaccines and do not vaccinate their children.
One day in 1977, all thirty something children in that school got polio (a mild version, thank goodness). In fact, the whole Anthroposophic community in Järna, Sweden, had the last polio epidemic in Sweden that year. The only child in that school who didn't get polio was my son, who of course was vaccinated against polio.
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Here is what ZDoggMD says about REGEN-Cov-2:
He got Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody cocktail. What is a monoclonal antibody and what does it do?
So let me see if I can explain this simply. You’ve heard of convalescent plasma. Convalescent plasma is a fraction of the blood that’s removed from patients who’ve recovered from COVID-19. Presumably it contains antibodies that the patient has made against the corona SARS coronavirus 2. And by infusing it into a patient with active coronavirus disease, you presume that those antibodies will bind to the virus and help your immune response to contain the viral replication. Now what’s the downside of convalescent plasma? It has a mix of all kinds of stuff. So it has antibodies that don’t necessarily neutralize the virus, but they may bind to the virus and in some cases, that can actually enhance viral uptake. I’m not saying that’s what happens with SARS-CoV-2, but it does happen with things like Dengue. It’s so-called antibody mediated enhancement.
So when you don’t bind to the right part of the virus, you can actually cause the virus to be recognized and pulled into the very cells it’s trying to infect. Now again, we don’t know that that occurs with SARS-CoV-2, but it’s certainly a risk and the data on convalescent plasma is still pretty soft. We’re waiting on really good prospective randomized control trials to see. And it’s not without risk because because of the other components you can have allergic reactions and that sort of thing, kind of similar to a transfusion reaction, right? But what did the president get? The president got monoclonal antibodies. These are designed to bind to the actual business end of the virus, the spike protein on the capsule of the virus that’s responsible for binding to human cells and bringing it into the cell. Those are neutralizing antibodies and what that means, and I’d encourage you to watch the interview I did with Paul Offit where we went through this, there’s a couple on my website, ZDoggMD.com.
What that means is that the virus is actually knocked out by antibodies binding to it, by the immune response that’s triggered by that and so on. And they neutralize the virus. Now there’s a couple different antibodies there so that different variants, I won’t use the technical terms of the virus that might escape the initial antibodies might have less chance of that with multiple binging antibodies. Now what’s the status of this drug, right? It’s very expensive, it’s very hard to make, it’s very hard to scale up and only 10 people including the president have gotten it outside of the current ongoing randomized control trials in humans under compassionate use. The president is one of them. So he got something very, very special that’s not part of a trial that he got very early on, I think Friday, when he was not well enough and they actually had to take him by helicopter to Walter Reed. By the way, very concerning. Anyone who tells you that’s not concerning, and oh there’s just an abundance of caution. Something was going on with the president that concerned the doctors enough that they wanted to take these actions and that’s fine. You wanna do that.
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Well, I bring up the Navalny farce:
Germany claimed that Novichok was found in Navalny's blood, in his urine and on his skin, and in a bottle he had with him when he boarded the plane in Tomsk... Now, if there really had been a poisoning, the only person or people who could have done it are a trusted cohort following the orders of Navalny's western sponsors (Putin-hating Soros and criminal Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky) in view of Navalny's constant and persistent failures over the years at destabilizing Putin and the Kremlin, and who may well have thought that Navalny serves their agenda better if he dies and becomes a "martyr" than if he stays alive and well. That is if indeed there was any Novichock anywhere on Navalny, in Navalny and in that bottle, which I seriously doubt since in view of the treatment he received at the hospital in Omsk, he would have died there had he been poisoned with Novichok. In fact, if he had really been poisoned with Novichok in his hotel room (from the bottle), he would never have made it to the airport in Tomsk alive. Novichok is an extremely fast-acting nerve agent and five times more lethal than VX.
Navalny's entourage searched his room and found three bottles of water. Now, how on earth could they have known which one was covered in Novichok? They searched that room barefoot and with simple surgical gloves on - had there been Novichok in that room, they would in those conditions also have been poisoned.
Note that Navalny drank some tea during an unscheduled and unplanned stop at a coffee shop in the airport in Tomsk - there again, only someone in his entourage could have put poison in his tea, if he actually was poisoned.
I mean, think about it. First, the Russians poison him with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world, then they do their best to save his life and finally send him to Germany so that the Germans could establish that he was poisoned with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world. No one else was affected, including his assistants and entourage, and there were no protective suits around, not anyone on the plane, not a single member of the crew who attended him on that plane, not even on the Russian doctors who treated him. The whole thing beggars belief!
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Health officials worry about long-term effects of COVID-19 on kids
More than one-third of all kids tested for COVID-19 in the state are testing positive. It’s even higher in Lee County at 46%.
Now, some health officials are sounding the alarm about the potential longer-term effects of this virus on our kids.
Health experts say we still have a lot to learn.
A warning from Doctor Alina Alonso, the director of the Department of Health Palm Beach County: Just because you don’t see any COVID-19 symptoms in a child doesn’t mean damage hasn’t been done.
“And while many of these especially younger children are asymptomatic when you take x-rays of their lungs, down in Miami and other places across the country, they’re seeing that there is damage to the lungs in these asymptomatic children.”
While Alonso says there’s proof asymptomatic children are suffering lung damage now, she and other warn we also need to start thinking about the lasting consequences these kids may have to live with.
“We may have to deal with this virus for decades because of not just the survivors coming back with consequences, but also those who were the silent, infected individuals,” said Dr. Bindu Mayi, professor of microbiology at NSU’s College of Medical Sciences.
On Thursday, when asked about the issue, Governor Ron DeSantis cited a lack of studies and evidence as a reason we shouldn’t be too concerned yet.
"It would be irresponsible for me to say, ‘There will never be any long term’ because we just don’t know. But it’s also problematic to say in 20 years, there’s going to be all of these problems because we just don’t know that."
Instead, the governor says we should stick to the proven facts, like focusing on the best strategy to avoid infection: wearing a mask and social distancing.
Experts say one reason we know so little about the virus is because of how it spreads throughout the body. It can impact multiple organs and body systems in different ways in different people.
https://www.winknews.com/2020/07/17/health-officials-worry-about-long-term-effects-of-covid-19-on-kids/
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Let's have some real facts and not your lies, Euronews:
In recent weeks the American public has been inundated with reports claiming the U.S., the U.K., and France have conclusive evidence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reportedly used chemical weapons against his own people. Most of the American, British, and French media have lined up behind the proclamations of their respective political leaders by declaring as fact that the Assad regime is responsible for alleged chemical attacks as far back as 2013. The most recent attack is alleged to have taken place earlier this month in Douma, Syria.
In a recent episode of Reality Check, Ben Swann examined government justification of air strikes in Syria, noting that “the U.S. government has a history of taking humanitarian action without evidence.” Swann also pointed out that “the U.S. is meddling in a country where multiple countries are playing out a proxy war, including Israel, Saudi Arabia and Iran, not to mention the heightened tensions from our president calling out Russia for its support of the Assad regime.”
Despite the confidence displayed by the corporate Western media, there is actually an abundant amount of conflicting reports regarding who used chemical weapons – was it pro-Assad forces backed by Russia and Iran, or was it “rebels” with backing from the U.S., the UK, France, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia? Some reports have also questioned whether the attacks happened at all.
Several foreign correspondents have been able to gain access to Douma and conduct interviews with residents. A few of the reports coincide with the Western media version of events (Assad used chemical weapons on his people), but several journalists reportedly found lack of evidence of the attack, or witness testimony to place the blame for chemical attacks on the U.S.-funded rebels.
Much, much more at http://truthinmedia.com/examining-ground-reports-syria/
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@MtnSnowflake Barack H. Obama, 44th President of the USA is my 23rd cousin thrice removed!
George Washington, 1st President of the USA is my 18th cousin 6 times removed!
Genghis Khan (Temüjin) Borjigin, Khagan of the Mongol Empire is my 23rd great grandfather!
Attila "Scourge of God", 59th King of the Huns is my 43rd great grandfather!
Elizabeth I of England is my 11th cousin 9 times removed!
Queen Elizabeth II is my 15th cousin thrice removed!
Olav V, King of Norway is my15th cousin twice removed!
Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden is my 8th cousin thrice removed!
Juan Carlos I, King of spain is my 15th cousin thrice removed!
Sofía de Greece, Queen Consort of Spain, is my 8th cousin twice removed!
Hans Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein is my 15th cousin!
Albert II Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco is my 18th cousin!
Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark is my 8th cousin twice removed!
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is my 8th cousin once removed!
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is my 11th cousin four times removed!
Edward III, king of England is my fourth cousin 17 times removed!
Peter I Alekseevich Romanov of Russia (Peter the Great), Emperor of All the Russias is my first cousin 7 times removed via my mother's line, and my third cousin 7 times removed via my father's line!
This by no means is an exhaustive list. These relationships with my relatives and my direct ancestors, past and present, are fully documented.
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Health officials worry about long-term effects of COVID-19 on kids
More than one-third of all kids tested for COVID-19 in the state are testing positive. It’s even higher in Lee County at 46%.
Now, some health officials are sounding the alarm about the potential longer-term effects of this virus on our kids.
Health experts say we still have a lot to learn.
A warning from Doctor Alina Alonso, the director of the Department of Health Palm Beach County: Just because you don’t see any COVID-19 symptoms in a child doesn’t mean damage hasn’t been done.
“And while many of these especially younger children are asymptomatic when you take x-rays of their lungs, down in Miami and other places across the country, they’re seeing that there is damage to the lungs in these asymptomatic children.”
While Alonso says there’s proof asymptomatic children are suffering lung damage now, she and other warn we also need to start thinking about the lasting consequences these kids may have to live with.
“We may have to deal with this virus for decades because of not just the survivors coming back with consequences, but also those who were the silent, infected individuals,” said Dr. Bindu Mayi, professor of microbiology at NSU’s College of Medical Sciences.
On Thursday, when asked about the issue, Governor Ron DeSantis cited a lack of studies and evidence as a reason we shouldn’t be too concerned yet.
"It would be irresponsible for me to say, ‘There will never be any long term’ because we just don’t know. But it’s also problematic to say in 20 years, there’s going to be all of these problems because we just don’t know that."
Instead, the governor says we should stick to the proven facts, like focusing on the best strategy to avoid infection: wearing a mask and social distancing.
Experts say one reason we know so little about the virus is because of how it spreads throughout the body. It can impact multiple organs and body systems in different ways in different people.
https://www.winknews.com/2020/07/17/health-officials-worry-about-long-term-effects-of-covid-19-on-kids/
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Or Muhammad, or Buddha, or Osiris, etc.
No, God's greatest gift to humanity is cannabis. It is a free gift, no strings, you can grow it yourself or harvest it in the wild. Jesus demands, Muhammad demands, Buddha demands, Osiris etc., demands - nothing free and lots of strings.
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@joni8090 The majority of Ukrainians are natural Russians. Kiev is the cradle of Russia. The Ukraine wasn't even a region one thousand years ago. It became a Russian region a few centuries ago but had been part and parcel of Russia for centuries. The Ukrainian language (which a huge proportion of Ukrainians cannot speak) is simply a Russian regional dialect. The westerm part of the Ukraine was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for a while (The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a country and bi-federation of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and was
founded in 1569), and then was part of the Austro-Humgarian empire. Geopolitics led to it becoming a part of the Ukraine. At the beginning of the 20th century Ukrainian lands were part of the Austro-Hungarian (Galicia, Transcarpathia, Bukovina) and Russian (the nine right-bank and left-bank provinces) Empires. In 1918–19 the Ukrainian territories of Austria-Hungary were consolidated to form the Western Ukrainian National Republic. After a brief period of independence it was occupied by Poland (Galicia), Romania (Bukovyna), and Czechoslovakia (Transcarpathia).
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Golikova named the reasons for the increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in Russia
The main reasons for the incidence of COVID-19 in Russia are participation in public events and non-observance of the mask regime. This was announced on September 29 by Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
“If we do not want the restrictions that we had in March-April - at the beginning of May this year, then we must strictly comply with all [sanitary] requirements,” Golikova said.
She noted that the daily increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in Russia increased by 1.7 times - from 3.1 to 5.5 times per 100 thousand population. According to surveys, 80-85% of patients say that the reason is their non-observance of the mask regime and participation in mass events.
“The rate of increase in the incidence in the country as a whole is kept at the level of 0.5-0.7%. <...> The spread of coronavirus infection, the so-called reproduction rate, is 1.1 in Russia today. This means that it has increased compared to the figure [which was recorded] three weeks ago. Today, only 41 regions have this figure below one, ”Golikova stressed.
She also said that at the moment in Russia there are opportunities to increase the production of test kits to detect coronavirus infection. In addition, according to her, the free bed capacity for patients with COVID-19 is currently 31%.
Earlier on the same day, Rospotrebnadzor said that the situation with the spread of coronavirus infection in Russia is under control, but depending on the number of new cases, new restrictions may be introduced.
The day before, Putin said that the fight against the coronavirus was not over yet and that it was impossible to lose vigilance. According to him, the country ranks 40th in the world in terms of the number of cases per 100 thousand citizens, and in terms of the number of deaths - 100th place, writes Gazeta.ru.
Source: https://iz.ru/1067024/2020-09-29/golikova-nazvala-prichiny-rosta-zabolevaemosti-covid-19-v-rossii
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@thegovernment3653 Tell us then in what manner what Afghanistan had to do with 9/11. The logistics to invade Afghanistan were practically all already in place before 9/11. Afghanistan sits over trillions of dollars of largely untapped natural resources, especially rare earths and rare metals, as well as a huge reserve of natural gas and a very large reserve of oil. Then, there was Unocal's pipeline project to bring Caspian Sea Basin oil down to Karachi via Afghanistan. The fees that Unocal offered the Taliban for the transit of oil and gas were pretty low, and the Taliban refused. They were then told that it was their choice, either they would receive a carpet of gold if they accepted or be buried under a carpet of bombs if they refused.
Insider accounts published in the British, French and Indian media have revealed that US officials threatened war against Afghanistan during the summer of 2001. These reports include the prediction, made in July, that “if the military action went ahead, it would take place before the snows started falling in Afghanistan, by the middle of October at the latest.” The Bush administration began its bombing strikes on the hapless, poverty-stricken country October 7, and ground attacks by US Special Forces began October 19.
It is not an accident that these revelations have appeared overseas, rather than in the US. The ruling classes in these countries have their own economic and political interests to look after, which do not coincide, and in some cases directly clash, with the drive by the American ruling elite to seize control of oil-rich territory in Central Asia.
The American media has conducted a systematic cover-up of the real economic and strategic interests that underlie the war against Afghanistan, in order to sustain the pretense that the war emerged overnight, full-blown, in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11.
The pundits for the American television networks and major daily newspapers celebrate the rapid military defeat of the Taliban regime as an unexpected stroke of good fortune. They distract public attention from the conclusion that any serious observer would be compelled to draw from the events of the past two weeks: that the speedy victory of the US-backed forces reveals careful planning and preparation by the American military, which must have begun well before the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
The official American myth is that “everything changed” on the day four airliners were hijacked and nearly 5,000 people murdered. The US military intervention in Afghanistan, by this account, was hastily improvised in less than a month. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, in a television interview November 18, actually claimed that only three weeks went into planning the military onslaught.
This is only one of countless lies emanating from the Pentagon and White House about the war against Afghanistan. The truth is that the US intervention was planned in detail and carefully prepared long before the terrorist attacks provided the pretext for setting it in motion. If history had skipped over September 11, and the events of that day had never happened, it is very likely that the United States would have gone to war in Afghanistan anyway, and on much the same schedule.
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Health officials worry about long-term effects of COVID-19 on kids
More than one-third of all kids tested for COVID-19 in the state are testing positive. It’s even higher in Lee County at 46%.
Now, some health officials are sounding the alarm about the potential longer-term effects of this virus on our kids.
Health experts say we still have a lot to learn.
A warning from Doctor Alina Alonso, the director of the Department of Health Palm Beach County: Just because you don’t see any COVID-19 symptoms in a child doesn’t mean damage hasn’t been done.
“And while many of these especially younger children are asymptomatic when you take x-rays of their lungs, down in Miami and other places across the country, they’re seeing that there is damage to the lungs in these asymptomatic children.”
While Alonso says there’s proof asymptomatic children are suffering lung damage now, she and other warn we also need to start thinking about the lasting consequences these kids may have to live with.
“We may have to deal with this virus for decades because of not just the survivors coming back with consequences, but also those who were the silent, infected individuals,” said Dr. Bindu Mayi, professor of microbiology at NSU’s College of Medical Sciences.
On Thursday, when asked about the issue, Governor Ron DeSantis cited a lack of studies and evidence as a reason we shouldn’t be too concerned yet.
"It would be irresponsible for me to say, ‘There will never be any long term’ because we just don’t know. But it’s also problematic to say in 20 years, there’s going to be all of these problems because we just don’t know that."
Instead, the governor says we should stick to the proven facts, like focusing on the best strategy to avoid infection: wearing a mask and social distancing.
Experts say one reason we know so little about the virus is because of how it spreads throughout the body. It can impact multiple organs and body systems in different ways in different people.
https://www.winknews.com/2020/07/17/health-officials-worry-about-long-term-effects-of-covid-19-on-kids/
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Witnesses generally are not really reliable. There is no proof that the shouting, if shouting there was, came from the Pistorius residence. I did not say that there could not absolutely have been any fury or domestic dispute that night, I said that there is no incontrovertible evidence that there were such fury and dispute.
It is a fact that in South Africa (as well as in Kenya and other African countries - it already was the case in the eighties when I was living in Kenya), the first thing that burglars do is to first kill the occupants. Poverty and a violent environment does drive many first-time burglars to commit such crimes - they can be clumsy (because of nerves, for example) and knock into things in the darkness.
Knowing that burglars will kill you before stealing your things, one does not stop to think logically when one hears an intruder in one's home at night - adrenalin runs high. As for burglars deserving to be warned before being shot, seeing as burglars themselves carry firearms, warning them is simply inviting them to shoot us first. Polite conversation and courtesy have no room in such situations if one is to survive. In the US, for example, it is both acceptable and legal to shoot an intruder without warning.
As you have no experience of life and violence in South Africa, no wonder you find his version difficult to believe. I have seven cousins living in various parts of South Africa with their families, and they all have loaded guns within reach from their beds, and those living in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town are on tenterhooks at night - considerably less so the one living in Barrydale in the Western Cape Province as it is a relatively small community with no particular tensions and very little violence. I also have several South African friends and neighbours here in Switzerland, blacks, whites and coloured, who have fled South Africa because of the high level of violence and murders, and who are in constant fear for their relatives who have remained in South Africa.
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That's nothing compared to what thousands of men, women and children have to endure every day, day in and day out, for year after year, in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Libya, in Syria and in the Donbass, thanks to EU, NATO and US bombs, missiles and other heavy weaponry.
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It is never acceptable.
“If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn . . .
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight . . .
If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive . . .
If a child lives with pity, he learns to feel sorry for himself . . .
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy . . .
If a child lives with jealousy, he learns to feel envy . . .
If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty ...
BUT
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient . . .
If a child lives with encouragement, he learns to be confident . . .
If a child lives with praise, he learns to be appreciative . . .
If a child lives with acceptance, he learns to love . .
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves..
If a child lives with honesty, he learns what truth is . . .
If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice . . .
If children live with recognition, they learn to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn to be generous.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith in himself and those about him . .
If a child lives with friendliness, he learns the world is a nice place in which to live.”
― Dorothy Law Nolte,
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@SuperMrsMar https://sites.google.com/site/birthmotherresearchproject/
http://adoptingback.com/
"Adoption Loss is the only trauma in the world where the victims are expected by the whole of society to be grateful" - The Reverend Keith C. Griffith, MBE
https://adoptionhealing.com/ginni.html
Excerpt (the second part in the above link, but the first part is also very important. At the bottom of the page there are three links: Adoptee Section, Birthmothers Section and References Section) :
In 1982, Edward Rynearson, Ph.D. described the experience of twenty of his adult patients who, as teenagers, surrendered their first child to adoption. "Nineteen of them established an intense private monologue with the fetus (during pregnancy), including a rescue fantasy in which they and the newborn infant could somehow be "saved" from the relinquishment" (Chesler).
The pressure upon these mothers was one they could not stop. Sixty-nine percent of 334 birthmothers surveyed felt they were pressured into surrendering (Deykin). Another study reports forty-four percent of 350 birthmothers surveyed surrendered against their will. The study revealed the reasons for surrender centered around being single, poverty, young age, and parental pressure (VanKeppel). Some birthmothers told me they were shipped off to a home for unwed mothers, and told not to come home until they rid of the problem. For them there was no choice; they had no where to go.
The adoption experience for most birthmothers leaves a large emotional scar. According to the authors of "The Adoption Triangle: The Effects of Sealed Records on Adoptees, Birthparents and Adoptive Parents," most birthmothers expressed feelings of loss, pain and mourning that remained undimmed with time (Sorosky). A University of California, at Los Angeles, psychiatrist and author, Arthur Sorosky, M.D., likened the emotional scarring from surrendering a child to a psychological amputation (Sorosky).
The pain of the experience was hard to bear. As time went by the pain did not diminish, it increased. Robin Winkler, Ph.D. of the Institute for Family Studies, Melbourne, Victoria, reports that ninety percent of birthmothers surveyed felt deeply harmed by the adoption and the pain increased with time (BIRCO-Winkler). Drs. Harriet Ganson and Judith Cook found, "Birthmothers expressed deep anguish over adoption" (BIRCO-Ganson). Phyllis Silverman, Ph.D., who has studied birthmothers for twenty years, on behalf of Mary Beth Whitehead testified that ninety-five percent of the women she has studied found their loss shattering and worse than they imagined (Chesler).
The effect of the pain felt by birthmothers manifests itself in many ways. Sorosky tells us that most birthmothers do not enter psychotherapy because they surrendered a child; they push that experience to the subconscious. However, it often surfaces as the key to their inability to cope (Sorosky). Birthmothers seek therapy for numerous reasons:
Kaiser-Permanente Health Care conducted a study in 1979 of birthmothers who surrendered babies. Forty percent reported depression as the most common emotional disorder. Sixty percent reported medical, sexual and psychiatric problems. (BIRCO-Kaiser)
In another study 20 of 22 birthmothers sought psychotherapy for problems including depression alienation, physical complaints with no biological basis, sexual difficulties and difficulty making commitments (Millen).
Phyllis Silverman, Ph.D., interviewed fifty birthmothers and found many were not aware until years later they were grieving. "They all reported a sense of malaise. Still other birthmothers become weepy, restless, anxious and forgetful" (Silverman).
Birthmothers were not prepared for the aftermath of the surrender. They were told by the adoption professionals involved that it would be over soon; they would forget the experience; go on with their life and have more children. It worked that way for very few, if any. In the thousands of reunions I am aware of, there is only one birthmother who does not remember the experience. That one was in an accident, resulting in full amnesia of all personal history before the accident.
In time birthmothers do go on with the day-to-day tasks, but it proved impossible for most to pick-up where they left off before becoming pregnant. In Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience, Betty Jean Lifton, Ph.D., describes what birthmothers were told. "The social worker said it would hurt for a while, and then they would forget, as if they had experienced nothing more serious than a nine-month stomach ache. They found they could not go back to the life they had left behind because they had become different people in the process of becoming mothers" (Lifton). Carole J. Anderson, M.S.W., J.D., in her booklet, Eternal Abuse of Women: Adoption Abuse, explains this in another way. "Adoption is not the end of a painful chapter, but the beginning of a lifetime of wondering, worrying, and missing the child. It is a wound that time cannot heal...it is a limbo loss" (Anderson). A limbo loss is what the families of MIA (missing in action) soldiers experience. There is no finality; not to know whether the loved one is alive or dead. Always waiting and hoping he or she will be found.
True some birthmothers did marry, and have other children. However, according to research, far too many did not have another child, 20 to 30% by choice (Anderson, Deykin), and others suffered a secondary infertility rate 170% higher than the general population (Deykin).
Ninety-six percent of birthmothers want a reunion (Ganson, Deykin).
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Ethnically, the residents of Norway are predominantly Norwegians, a North Germanic ethnic group descent. In Northern Norway live the Sami, who claim descent from people who settled the area around 8,000 years ago, probably from continental Europe through the Norwegian coast and through Finland along the inland glaciers. As of 2012, an official government study shows that 86.2% of the total population are ethnic Norwegians.[11] The national minorities of Norway include Scandinavian Romani, Roma, Jews, and Kvener, as well as a small Finnish community.
In the last decades, Norway has become home to increasing numbers of immigrants, foreign workers, and asylum-seekers from various parts of the world. Norway had a steady influx of immigrants from South Asia (mostly Pakistanis and Sri Lankans), East Asia (mainly Chinese), and Southeast Asia/Pacific Islands (e.g. Filipinos), Eastern Europe (e.g. Russians) and (Central Europe Poles), Southern Europe (Greeks, Albanians and people from former Yugoslavia etc.), and Middle East countries (especially Iraqis and Kurdish Iranians), as well as Somalis, Turks, Moroccans, and some Latin Americans. After ten Eastern European and Baltic countries joined the EU in 2004, there has also been a substantial influx of people from Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Immigrants constituted 13% of the population at the start of 2015, and an additional 2.6% were born in Norway by immigrant parents[12] (up from 8,3% and 1,5% in 2006[13]). The same year, 19% of births in Norway were to immigrant parents.[12] In 2006, non-Western immigrants constituted 75% of the total number of immigrants. They contribute much of the population growth. Among people of African descent in Oslo, almost 60% are younger than 30, compared to 20% of those of North American background.[13]
As of 2012, an official government study shows that more than 660,000 individuals (13.8%) are migrants and their descendants (110,000 second generation migrants born in Norway).[11]
Of these 660,000 immigrants and their descendants:
335,000 (51%)[11] have a Western background (Australia, New Zealand, North America, elsewhere in Europe)
325,000 (49%)[11] have a non-Western background.
In 2012, of the total 660 000 with immigrant background, 407,262 had Norwegian citizenship (62.2 percent).[14]
Immigrants were represented in all Norwegian municipalities. The cities or municipalities with the highest share of immigrants in 2012 was Oslo (26 percent) and Drammen (18 percent).[15] The share in Stavanger was 16%.[15] According to Reuters, Oslo is the "fastest growing city in Europe because of increased immigration".[16] In recent years, immigration has accounted for most of Norway's population growth.[13]
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The EU is profoundly Russophobic, you cannot believe anything it says about Russia. It has systematically been spreading fake news about Russia for years, it lies through its teeth about Russia, so how can you be so naive and gullible, Dr. John? Why do you hate Russia so much? Have you ever been to Russia and spoken with Russian people? Of course not. As to "Putin's disinfection tunnel", it is for killing the virus that may be on the surface of people, on their clothing, shoes, etc., and not a therapeutic device, for heaven's sake! You have got it all wrong, Dr. John, and you know absolutely nothing about Russia except for the mendacious and vicious Russophobic propaganda you've been exposed to via the BBC and the western mainstream media. You need to stop hating Russia and stop believing all the nasty lies about Russia.
Here, Dr. John, get your facts right about the disinfecting tunnel instead of jumping to ludicrous conclusions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4edewvns-1U
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*Russia's COVID-19 vaccine 'ready,' says official
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Russia plans to start mass production of vaccine against novel coronavirus in August
21.07.2020
MOSCOW
Russia’s first vaccine against the novel coronavirus is ready, a government official said on Tuesday.
Ruslan Tsalikov, the first deputy defense minister, said two groups of volunteers have successfully completed clinical trials, with all of them having “built up immunity.”
“At the time of discharge, all the volunteers, without exception, built up immunity to the coronavirus and felt well. Thus, the first domestic vaccine against a new coronavirus infection is ready,” he said in an interview with AiF newspaper.
The vaccine, he said, was jointly developed by the Gamaleya National Research Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Main Military Clinical Burdenko Hospital.
Tsalikov added that the Russian military has “significant scientific potential and extensive experience” in vaccine development, citing as an example its contributions to developing a vaccine against the Ebola virus.
Production approval in August
Russian companies may get the go-ahead for mass production of the COVID-19 vaccine by August, another official said.
Kirill Dmitriyev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said the next phase of clinical trials will end on Aug. 3, after which the third phase will be launched in Russia, Turkey, the UAE, and Africa.
“We expect approval from regulatory bodies in the Russian Federation in August, and immediately after that we plan to start mass production at the sites of the RDIF’s R-Pharm and Alium companies. We expect approval in other partner countries in September,” he said in a statement.
The official said Russia aims to produce 200 million doses of the vaccine by the end of the year in partnership with five other countries, which he did not name.
According to Dmitriyev, 30 million doses will be made in Russia and the rest in the other countries.
*He added that Russia also plans to produce the vaccine being jointly developed by the Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
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The Russian vaccine will be delivered together with a unique patented test that identifies special antibodies in the human body that attack the crown-like spikes of the coronavirus, the official said.
“I was myself inoculated with the Russian vaccine. I developed a stable immunity after 20 days, before getting the second maintenance dose, which should extend the immunity to two years,” he said.
Meanwhile, the daily figure of new coronavirus cases in Russia remained below 6,000 on Tuesday.
As many as 5,842 more infections raised the country’s total count to 783,328, with fatalities now over 12,500 and recoveries exceeding 562,000.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/russias-covid-19-vaccine-ready-says-official/1917666
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Not really. Stem cells from umbilical cords are far superior, anyway, and it is those that are used by the pharmaceutical industry. Stem cells are the next frontier in medicine. Stem cells are thought to have great therapeutic and biotechnological potential. This will not only to replace damaged or dysfunctional cells, but also rescue them and/or deliver therapeutic proteins after they have been engineered to do so. Currently, ethical and scientific issues surround both embryonic and fetal stem cells and hinder their widespread implementation. In contrast, stem cells recovered postnatally from the umbilical cord, including the umbilical cord blood cells, amnion/placenta, umbilical cord vein, or umbilical cord matrix cells, are a readily available and inexpensive source of cells that are capable of forming many different cell types (i.e., they are “multipotent”).
Calling me a murderer and a witch is ridiculous - I have never murdered anyone and neither do I practice witchcraft.
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Unsurprisingly after the recapture of Izium, near Kharkov, by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (FAU), Ukraine is doing a reissue of Boutcha, trying to use the graves of civilians killed by bombing and those of its soldiers killed during the battle for the control of the city, to make believe in a massacre of civilians by the Russians.
Moreover, if the Russians had really mass-executed civilians at Izium, why would they bother to bury them individually with a cross and all the proper burial ritual?
Burying Ukrainian civilians and soldiers as much as possible in individual graves with a cross, and the name of the person, or an indication that they are soldiers, shows that the Russians have done show of humanity towards the dead they found after the battles for the capture of Izioum.
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HOW TO READ THE WESTERN MEDIA. When they say Kiev forces have re-taken the airport, know that they have lost it. When they say giving up South Stream was a defeat for Putin, know it was a brilliant counter-move. When they say Russia is isolated (a stopped clock, here's The Economist in 1999!), know that it is expanding its influence and connections every day. When they say Russians are turning against Putin, know that the opposite is true. When they speak of nation-building in the new Ukraine, know it's degenerating into armed thuggery (see video). Know that when they speak of Kyrzbekistan, they're not just stenographers, they're incompetent stenographers. Take what they say, turn it upside down, and you'll have a better take on reality.
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Slav (n.) late 14c., Sclave, from Medieval Latin Sclavus (c.800), from Byzantine Greek Sklabos (c.580), from Old Church Slavonic Sloveninu "a Slav," probably related to slovo "word, speech," which suggests the name originally identified a member of a speech community (cf. Old Church Slavonic Nemici "Germans," related to nemu "dumb;" and cf. Old English þeode, which meant both "race" and "language").
Identical with the -slav in personal names (e.g. Russian Miroslav, literally "peaceful fame;" Mstislav "vengeful fame;" Jaroslav "famed for fury;" Czech Bohuslav "God's glory;" and cf. Wenceslas). Spelled Slave c.1788-1866, influenced by French and German Slave. As an adjective from 1876.
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Russians by no means live in constant fear of being arrested. You are referring to the Russia of 50 years ago, the Soviet Union. Why do Russians like Putin so much? For a great many good reasons.
The Russian national debt per capita is $1,645. The US national debt per capita is $56,952.
The size of Russia's national debt is $235 billion, less than one quarter of a trillion. The size of the US national debt is $18 trillion, 76.6 times larger than the Russian debt.
Putting this in perspective: according to the debt clocks, US GDP is $17.3 trillion and Russian GDP is $2.1 trillion. So, US GDP is eight times greater than Russian GDP, but US national debt is 76.6 times greater than Russia's debt.
Clearly, it is the US credit rating that should have been downgraded to junk status. But this cannot happen. Any US credit rating agency that told the truth would be closed and prosecuted. It wouldn't matter what the absurd charges are. The rating agencies would be guilty of being anti-American, terrorist organizations like RT, etc., and so on, and they know it. Never expect any truth from any Wall Street denizen. They lie for a living.
According to this site http://people.howstuffworks.com/5-united-states-debt-holders.htm#page=4, as of January 2013, the US owes Russia $162.9 billion. As the Russian national debt is $235 billion, 69 percent of the Russian national debt is covered by US debt obligations to Russia.
If this is a Russian Crisis, I am Alexander the Great.
As Russia has enough US dollar holdings to redeem its entire national debt and have a couple hundred billion dollars left, what is Russia's problem?
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jajajah86 Saudi Arabia refuses to take them (the conditions of the majority of the population which is poor are outrageous). Bangladesh is a dirt-poor country with huge problems and a demography it can hardly sustain. As for the sources of your assertions - what a cop-out! LOL! Historically, the Moorish "occupation" of Spain was peaceful and prosperous for all the inhabitants. Its universities were the best in the world at that time, and Muslims, Christians and Jews got on very well together. The problems began when the Catholic armies drove the Muslims out and began to persecute the Jewish population.
As for Europe being the "dumping ground" for all those refugees, it is largely responsible for the troubles in these refugees' countries. You cite various Muslim occupations, but you omit the British colonization and pillage of a large number of countries, the populations of which are allowed to immigrate into the UK - they had British passports, after all. Migrants and refugees are proportionally no more criminal than is our native population.
As for Google Translate not handling Hungarian, all I can say to you is that "Ön rakás szar." (courtesy of Google Translate).
Edit: I will add that our European civilization owed a very great deal to the Muslims - perhaps you have chosen to ignore that fact. As for the media I consult, they are not the MSM but excellent independent media, so kindly refrain from patronizing me, you are absolutely not in any position to do so.
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refugee
rɛfjʊˈdʒ
noun
plural noun: refugees
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
"tens of thousands of refugees fled their homes"
synonyms: displaced person, DP, escapee, fugitive, asylum seeker, runaway, exile, émigré, stateless person, outcast, returnee; informal reffo
"she had fled to England as a refugee"
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Russia has created a reserve of 700,000 test kits that it will regularly replenish. And the coronavirus council announced yesterday it is allotting 1.4 billion rubles ($17.7 million) to VECTOR, the antiplague facility, and several Rospotrebnadzor labs to spur vaccine and drug development.
To cope with a rising tide of patients, Russia’s federal government is building a new hospital on Moscow’s outskirts. Authorities have called on Moscow residents over age 65 to self-isolate at home—an admonishment that Russian President Vladimir Putin, 67, exempted himself from. But Putin on 24 March donned protective gear while visiting a hospital treating COVID-19 patients, and yesterday he ordered all nonessential workplaces to close from 28 March to 5 April, declaring that “the safest thing is to be at home now.” Today, the government suspended international travel into and out of Russia—starting tomorrow—except for charter flights for bringing expatriates home.
Sick people who had contact with foreigners have been isolated in hospitals starting in early February. So, starting last month, hospitals were full of suspected patients, and their relatives were warned about the danger of infection. [Russia’s coronavirus commission yesterday said 112,000 people are in self-isolation in their homes.]
There is some community transmission, but the majority of patients who tested positive arrived from Europe. Unfortunately, measures to restrict air travel with Europe were introduced too late, when outbreaks had already occurred in Italy and other countries. [The first genome of the novel coronavirus sequenced from a Russian patient—a woman in St. Petersburg—placed it in a clade circulating in Europe.]
Over the past week, Russia has sent 15 cargo planes to Italy carrying 600 ventilators, 100 military medical specialists, and eight medical teams.
The teams sent to Italy include some of Russia's top virologists and epidemiologists, including those who had participated in international efforts to combat the spread of Ebola.
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Russia now testing Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine on elderly & other high-risk groups as part of third phase trials
Excerpts:
Russia has started clinical trials of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine on volunteers from high risk groups, including the elderly. The formula is currently in its final phase of tests, before planned mass distribution.
Developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute of Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Sputnik V is the first registered Covid-19 vaccine in the world. It has already been through the first two phases of clinical trials and is due to be eventually tested on 40,000 Muscovites. Previous trial stages in the summer only accepted volunteers between the ages of 18 to 60, but the third phase will see a much broader cross-section of society.
“We do not expect any negative reactions from the elderly,” Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which has bankrolled the formula's development, said. “My mother and father are 74 years old. They have also been vaccinated as part of the volunteer program and feel great.”
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As part of the final trial phase, the 40,000 volunteers will be closely monitored by doctors, and through a unique app will be able to contact doctors to report any side effects.
https://www.rt.com/russia/501602-covid19-vaccine-third-phase-trial/
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Michael57DE Oh, and not only will what you wish befall you and your family - if you wish them back in their homes, you and your family will also know the exact same living conditions as them - the same political turmoils, the same dangerous existential circumstances, the same income (if any), the same access to food and sanitation, to clean water, to toilets, etc. So that which you wish on those people will befall you and your family exactly the same conditions as that of those people, down to each and every detail.
If it weren't for colonialism and huge American corporations, Africa would be great.
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With regard to Russia and Putin, Doctor, you are wrong - have you given in to the western mendacious Russophobic propaganda?
Russia has created a reserve of 700,000 test kits that it will regularly replenish. And the coronavirus council announced yesterday it is allotting 1.4 billion rubles ($17.7 million) to VECTOR, the antiplague facility, and several Rospotrebnadzor labs to spur vaccine and drug development.
To cope with a rising tide of patients, Russia’s federal government is building a new hospital on Moscow’s outskirts. Authorities have called on Moscow residents over age 65 to self-isolate at home—an admonishment that Russian President Vladimir Putin, 67, exempted himself from. But Putin on the 24th of March donned protective gear while visiting a hospital treating COVID-19 patients, and yesterday he ordered all nonessential workplaces to close from 28 March to 5 April, declaring that “the safest thing is to be at home now.” Today, the government suspended international travel into and out of Russia—starting tomorrow—except for charter flights for bringing expatriates home.
Sick people who had contact with foreigners have been isolated in hospitals starting in early February. So, starting last month, hospitals were full of suspected patients, and their relatives were warned about the danger of infection. [Russia’s coronavirus commission yesterday said 112,000 people are in self-isolation in their homes.]
There is some community transmission, but the majority of patients who tested positive arrived from Europe. Unfortunately, measures to restrict air travel with Europe were introduced too late, when outbreaks had already occurred in Italy and other countries. [The first genome of the novel coronavirus sequenced from a Russian patient—a woman in St. Petersburg—placed it in a clade circulating in Europe.]
Over the past week, Russia has sent 15 cargo planes to Italy carrying 600 ventilators, 100 military medical specialists, and eight medical teams.
The teams sent to Italy include some of Russia's top virologists and epidemiologists, including those who had participated in international efforts to combat the spread of Ebola.
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The majority of the population are ethnic Swedes, or people who can trace their ethnicity to Swedish stock going back at least 12 generations. The Sweden Finns are a large ethnic minority comprising approximately 50,000 along the Swedish-Finnish border, and 450,000 first and second-generation immigrated ethnic Finns, mainly living in the Mälaren Valley region. Meänkieli Finnish has official status in parts of northern Sweden near the Finnish border. In addition, Sweden's indigenous population groups include the Sami people, who have a history of practicing hunting and gathering and gradually adopting a largely semi-nomadic reindeer herding lifestyle. They have been present in Fenno-Scandinavia from at earliest 5000 years [16] to at latest around 2650 years [17]. Today, the Sami language holds the status of official minority language in four municipalities in the Norrbotten county.
In addition to the Sami, Tornedalers, and Sweden Finns, Jewish and Roma people have national minority status in Sweden.[18]
There are no official statistics on ethnicity, but according to Statistics Sweden, around 3,311,312 (32.3%) inhabitants of Sweden were of a foreign background in 2018, defined as being born abroad or born in Sweden with at least one parent born abroad.[19] The most common countries of origin were Syria (1.82%), Finland (1.45%), Iraq (1.41%), Poland (0.91%), Iran (0.76%) and Somalia (0.67%).[20] Sweden subsequently has one of the oldest populations in the world, with the average age of 41.1 years.[21]
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Since 1980, the number of Danes has remained constant at around 5 million in Denmark and nearly all the population growth from 5.1 up to the 2018 total of 5.8 million was due to immigration.[1]
According to 2017 figures from Statistics Denmark, 86.9%[2][3] of Denmark's population of over 5,760,694 was of Danish descent, defined as having at least one parent who was born in Denmark and has Danish citizenship.[4][2] The remaining 13.1% were of a foreign background, defined as immigrants or descendants of recent immigrants. With the same definition, the most common countries of origin were Poland, Turkey, Germany, Iraq, Romania, Syria, Somalia, Iran, Afghanistan, and Yugoslavia and its successor states.[citation needed] More than 752,618 individuals (13.1%)[2][3] are migrants and their descendants (146,798 second generation migrants born in Denmark[3]).
Of these 752,618[2] immigrants and their descendants:
267,606 (36%)[3] have a Western background (Norway, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UK, Poland, Romania and Iceland; definition: EU countries, non-EU Nordic countries, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican State, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand).
485,012 (64%)[3] have a non-Western background (Turkey, Romani, Iraq, Iran, Kurdistan, Pakistan, Thailand and Somalia; all other countries).
Ethnic groups
See also: Armenians in Denmark, Chinese people in Denmark, Greeks in Denmark, History of the Jews in Denmark, Arabs in Denmark, Iraqis in Denmark, Pakistanis in Denmark, and Turks in Denmark
Non-Scandinavian ethnic minorities include:
Afghans
Inuit (Greenlandic) from the territory of Greenland
Turks
Arabs (i.e. Palestinians, followed by Moroccans, Syrians, Yemenis, Egyptians, Iraqis and Jordanians)
Vietnamese
Thai
Lebanese
Jews
Chinese
Pakistanis (including Pashtuns)
Iranians/Kurdistanis
Somalis
Ethiopians
Sudanese
Indians
Chileans (the most numerous of Latin American nationalities)
Bosniaks
Poles
Albanians
Bangladeshis
Historic minorities
Ethnic minorities in Denmark include a handful of groups:
Approximately 15,000 people[6] in Denmark belong to a German minority traditionally referred to as hjemmetyskere meaning "domestic Germans" in Danish, and as Nordschleswiger in German. This minority of Germans hold Danish citizenship and self-identify as Germans. Many of them speak German or Low German as their home language. There are also several thousand German citizens and other ethnic Germans residing in Denmark with no historical connection to this group.
An estimated 23,000 people[7] in Denmark proper are ethnic Faroese, while 19,000 Greenlanders reside permanently in Denmark.[8] Many of these use the Faroese and Greenlandic languages, respectively, as their first language. All residents of the Kingdom (viz. Denmark proper, the Faroe Islands and Greenland) holds Danish citizenship, unless they inherit or otherwise receive a foreign citizenship.
The religiously affiliated Danish Jews number around 7,000.[9] Secular Jews and unaffiliated ethnic Jews in Denmark number several thousand.
There are approximately 15,000-20,000 Romani people with historical ties to Denmark, excluding recent immigrants and their immediate descendants.
Modern minorities
Rank Country of origin[10] Population (2020)[11]
1. Turkey 73,906
2. Poland 48,719
3. Syria 43,313
4. Germany 34,727
5. Iraq 33,712
6. Romania 33,625
7. Pakistan 30,634
8. Lebanon 29,747
9. Bosnia and Herzegovina 23,380
10. Iran 21,863
11. Somalia 21,166
12. Afghanistan 19,551
13. Yugoslavia 17,733
14. Norway 17,517
15. United Kingdom 17,290
16. Sweden 16,825
17. Vietnam 16,036
18. India 15,405
19. Lithuania 15,139
20. Mainland China 15,103
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It is not yet an impeachment as such, it is an impeachment inquiry.
At the federal level, the impeachment process is a three-step procedure.
- First, the Congress investigates. This investigation typically begins in the House Judiciary Committee, but may begin elsewhere. For example, the Nixon impeachment inquiry began in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The facts that led to impeachment of Bill Clinton were first discovered in the course of an investigation by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.
- Second, the House of Representatives must pass, by a simple majority of those present and voting, articles of impeachment, which constitute the formal allegation or allegations. Upon passage, the defendant has been "impeached".
- Third, the Senate tries the accused. In the case of the impeachment of a president, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the proceedings. For the impeachment of any other official, the Constitution is silent on who shall preside, suggesting that this role falls to the Senate's usual presiding officer, the President of the Senate who is also the Vice President of the United States. Conviction in the Senate requires a two-thirds supermajority vote of those present. The result of conviction is removal from office.
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@WhereTheyLay I know three - my husband in mid April, my son at the end of April, and a cousin in July. I don't live in the UK so I don't know any NHS staff, but I do know nurses, doctors and an epidemiologist where I live, and their accounts are dramatic and contradict what you have been saying. A doctor reckons that more will die from cancer than she's seen die from Covid-19? Irrelevant and unscientific anecdote. The average age of CV deaths may be 81, but it does mean that a great many who are younger than 81 also die of CV.
I am not the least bit concerned about my freedom of movement and rights of association since I wear an FFP2 mask and a face shield (to protect my eyes) whenever I go out, and I meet with friends every day and move around freely. No problem. The strategies rolled out in different countries differ a great deal. With regard to vaccines, I trust Sputnik V the most, especially as Russia plans to make it available at the price of production to the poorest countries. Why is it odd that the Bill and Melinda Gates' Foundation is one of the biggest donors to the WHO, in view of that foundation's mission?
https://www.who.int/workforcealliance/members_partners/member_list/gates/en/
The WHO gets its from two main sources: Member States paying their assessed contributions (' membership dues), and voluntary contributions from Member States and other partners. There is a great deal of zany conspiracy theories going around about Bill Gates and his foundation, based on ignorance and stupidity. The "mass" of epidemiologists/virologists etc etc who are antithetical to these lockdown measures is minuscule and irrelevant compared to all the other epidemiologists and virologists who say the opposite.
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Any physical discipline, including spanking, is associated with increased aggressive behavior and lower self-esteem in children. Spanking models for children that using aggression is fine when one is upset, or has a conflict.
Children learn what they live.
“If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn . . .
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight . . .
If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive . . .
If a child lives with pity, he learns to feel sorry for himself . . .
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy . . .
If a child lives with jealousy, he learns to feel envy . . .
If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty ...
BUT
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient . . .
If a child lives with encouragement, he learns to be confident . . .
If a child lives with praise, he learns to be appreciative . . .
If a child lives with acceptance, he learns to love . .
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves..
If a child lives with honesty, he learns what truth is . . .
If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice . . .
If children live with recognition, they learn to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn to be generous.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith in himself and those about him . .
If a child lives with friendliness, he learns the world is a nice place in which to live.”
― Dorothy Law Nolte,
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@mojokuku2745 My son and daughter are Generation X, and I have never raised a hand on them, neither did I ever hide the reality of the world from them, quite the contrary. Both are highly intelligent, university graduates, very balanced and good, upstanding people. My grand-daughter is a Millenial - likewise, her parents never raised a hand on her, she is a very balanced and good young woman, is graduating soon in university, and a fine and upstanding young woman. The same applies to my brothers, their children and their grand-children.
True parenting leads to very few and far-between misbehaviours by children - respect for, dialogue with, explanations to and communication with one's children leads to extremely rare disciplinations, and those are achieved through the above too. Good parenting also means that one doesn't even need to raise one's voice to one's children - as was the case with my brother's and my parents, my brothers and me with our children, and our children with theirs.
You are completely off the mark.
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@taht-qrm6696 The Crimean Tatars were formed as a people in Crimea and are descendants of various peoples who lived in Crimea in different historical eras. The main ethnic groups that inhabited the Crimea at various times and took part in the formation of the Crimean Tatar people are Tauri, Scythians, Sarmatians, Alans, Greeks, Goths, Bulgars, Khazars, Pechenegs, Italians and Circassians. The consolidation of this diverse ethnic conglomerate into a single Crimean Tatar people took place over the course of centuries. The connecting elements in this process were the commonality of the territory, the Turkic language and Islamic religion.
An important role in the formation of the Crimean Tatar people belongs to the Western Kipchaks, known in historiography as Cumans. They became the consolidating ethnic group, which included all other peoples who inhabited the Crimea since ancient times. Kipchaks from the XI-XII century began to settle the Volga, Azov and black sea steppes (which from then until the XVIII century were called Desht-i Kipchak – "Cumanian steppe"). Since the second half of the XI century, they began actively moving to the Crimea. A significant part of the Cumans hid in the mountains of Crimea, fleeing after the defeat of the combined Cumanian-Russian troops from the Mongols and the subsequent defeat of the Cumanian proto-state formations in the Northern black sea region.
By the end of the XV century, the main prerequisites that led to the formation of an independent Crimean Tatar ethnic group were created: the political dominance of the Crimean Khanate was established in Crimea, the Turkic languages (Cuman-Kipchak on the territory of the khanate) became dominant, and Islam acquired the status of the state religion throughout the Peninsula. By a preponderance acquired the name "Tatars" of Cumanian population of the Crimea, the Islamic religion and Turkic language, the process of consolidating the multi-ethnic conglomerate of the Peninsula began, which has led to the emergence of the Crimean Tatar people.
The recorded history of the Crimean Peninsula, historically known as Tauris (Greek: Ταυρική), Taurica, and the Tauric Chersonese (Greek: Χερσόνησος Ταυρική, "Tauric Peninsula"), begins around the 5th century BC when several Greek colonies were established along its coast. The southern coast remained Greek in culture for almost two thousand years as part of the Roman Empire (47 BC – 330 AD), and its successor states, the Byzantine Empire (330 AD – 1204 AD), the Empire of Trebizond (1204 AD – 1461 AD), and the independent Principality of Theodoro (ended 1475 AD). In the 13th century, some port cities were controlled by the Venetians and by the Genovese. The Crimean interior was much less stable, enduring a long series of conquests and invasions; by the early medieval period it had been settled by Scythians (Scytho-Cimmerians), Tauri, Greeks, Romans, Goths, Huns, Bulgars, Kipchaks and Khazars.
In the medieval period (In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery.), Crimea was acquired by Kievan Rus', but fell to the Mongol invasions as part of the Golden Horde. They were followed by the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire, which conquered the coastal areas as well, in the 15th to 18th centuries.
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@taht-qrm6696 In the mid-10th century, the eastern area of Crimea was conquered by Prince Sviatoslav I of Kiev and became part of the Kievan Rus' principality of Tmutarakan. In 988, Prince Vladimir I of Kiev also captured the Byzantine town of Chersonesos (presently part of Sevastopol) where he later converted to Christianity. An impressive Russian Orthodox cathedral marks the location of this historic event.
At the same time, the southern fringe of the peninsula was controlled by the Byzantine Empire as the Cherson theme.
Kiev lost its hold on the Crimean interior in the early 13th century due to the Mongol invasions. In the summer of 1238 Batu Khan devastated the Crimean peninsula and pacified Mordovia, reaching Kiev by 1240. The Crimean interior came under the control of the Turco-Mongol Golden Horde from 1239 to 1441. The name Crimea (via Italian, from Turkic Qirim) originates as the name of the provincial capital of the Golden Horde, the city now known as Staryi Krym.
The Byzantines and their successor states (the Empire of Trebizond (1204–1461) and the Principality of Theodoro (early 14th century–1475)) continued to maintain control over parts of southern Crimea until the Ottoman conquest in 1475. In the 13th century the Republic of Genoa seized the settlements which their rivals, the Venetians, had built along the Crimean coast and established themselves at Cembalo (present-day Balaklava), Soldaia (Sudak), Cherco (Kerch) and Caffa (Feodosiya), gaining control of the Crimean economy and the Black Sea commerce for two centuries.
The Crimean Tatars as an ethnic group dominated the Crimean Khanate from the 15th to the 18th centuries. They descend from a complicated mixture of Turkic peoples who settled in the Crimea from the 8th century, presumably also absorbing remnants of the Crimean Goths and the Genoese. Linguistically, the Crimean Tatars are related to the Khazars, who invaded the Crimea in the mid-8th century; the Crimean Tatar language forms part of the Kipchak or Northwestern branch of the Turkic languages, although it shows substantial Oghuz influence due to historical Ottoman Turkish presence in the Crimea.
So, do you still think that my history knowledge is bad? In fact, it is your history knowledge that is severely lacking. I'll also have you know that I am a direct descendant of Mordko Kurbat Naryshko who was a famous Tatar Boyar from Crimea, whence he left to go to Muscovy in 1462-63, and was a courtier at the court of Ivan III (1476).
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***** First of all, you wrote "E.U. Shengen" but the Schengen agreement was created by the E.E.C. and not by the E.U.
Secondly, I too am Swiss, and we did not vote to leave Schengen. We voted to tighten immigration control, and the referendum passed by an extremely small margin (50.3%). It is the peasants who have little to do with immigrants and no real understanding of the issues implied who voted for the right-wing initiative. The urban Swiss, who have a great deal to do with immigrants and understand the issues, voted against.
So if anyone needs to get their facts right, it is you, not me. Schengen will continue to apply because it is in Switzerland's economic interests for it to continue to apply. Without it, the Swiss economy will tank.
Your filthy racist comments are an insult to the Swiss people. You don't deserve that red passport with the white cross, you are not worthy of being Swiss. People like you shame Switzerland and give it a bad name.
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infinitecanadian Ever since a civil war brought down Somalia's last functional government in 1991, the country's 3,330 km (2,000 miles) of coastline — the longest in continental Africa — has been pillaged by foreign vessels. A United Nations report in 2006 said that, in the absence of the country's at one time serviceable coastguard, Somali waters have become the site of an international "free for all," with fishing fleets from around the world illegally plundering Somali stocks and freezing out the country's own rudimentarily-equipped fishermen.
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High-seas trawlers from countries as far flung as South Korea, Japan and Spain have operated down the Somali coast, often illegally and without licenses, for the better part of two decades, the U.N. says. They often fly flags of convenience from sea-faring friendly nations like Belize and Bahrain, which further helps the ships skirt international regulations and evade censure from their home countries.
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Beyond illegal fishing, foreign ships have also long been accused by local fishermen of dumping toxic and nuclear waste off Somalia's shores. A 2005 United Nations Environmental Program report cited uranium radioactive and other hazardous deposits leading to a rash of respiratory ailments and skin diseases breaking out in villages along the Somali coast. According to the U.N., at the time of the report, it cost $2.50 per ton for a European company to dump these types of materials off the Horn of Africa, as opposed to $250 per ton to dispose of them cleanly in Europe.
Source: http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1892376,00.html
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Pablo PicAssHoe Taqiyya is a mostly Shiite rule which allows Shia Muslims to lie about their faith if they are faced with dangerous threats.
The word "al-Taqiyya”literally means: "Concealing or disguising one’s beliefs, convictions, ideas, feelings, opinions, and/or strategies at a time of eminent danger, whether now or later in time, to save oneself from physical and/or mental injury.”A one-word translation would be "Dissimulation."
The above definition must be elaborated upon before any undertaking of this topic is to ensue. Although correct, the definition suffers from an apparent generalization, and lacks some ndamental details that should be construed:
First, the concealment of one’s beliefs does not necessitate an ABANDONMENT of these beliefs. The distinction between "concealment”and "abandonment”MUST be noted here.
Second, there are numerous exceptions to the above definition, and they MUST be judged according to the situation that one is placed in. As such, one should NOT make a narrow-minded generalization that encompasses all situations, thereby failing to fully absorb the spirit of the definition.
Third, the word "beliefs”and/or "convictions”does NOT necessarily mean "religious”beliefs and/or convictions.
With the above in mind, it becomes evident that a better, and more accurate definition of "al-Taqiyya”is "diplomacy.”The true spirit of "al- Taqiyya”is better embodied in the single word "diplomacy”because it encompasses a comprehensive spectrum of behaviors that serve to further the vested interests of all parties involved.
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What better way to subdue and control populations than by instilling fear into them? NATO's usual dirty work, and NATO is the entity that basically is ruling Norway these days.
"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." --Hermann Göring at the Nuremberg Trials.
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cgodinu
I am not lying to myself and I am not your friend. I do look around - yes, in places life is diminishing as other life forms are flourishing. There are no mass animal die-offs, either, although there are threatened species due to mankind destroying their natural habitat and over-fishing. There are no "new diseases" save perhaps for ebola which is by no stretch due to chem-trails (which anyway do not exist).
Morgellons disease is a little-known disorder that is often associated with nonspecific skin, nerve, and psychiatric symptoms. Some refer to it as a fiber disease. People with this disorder seem to be more likely to develop low thyroid functioning (hypothyroidism). Caucasian females from about 35 to 50 years old tend to develop this uncommon condition more than other groups, and Texas and California seem to have a higher incidence of this condition than other U.S. states.
Heart diseases are mostly due to bad diets, obesity, diabetes and lack of exercise. Alzheimer's has always been around, there is increasing number of it only because people are living far longer than they did until about eighty or so years ago. Influenza has also always existed - commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae, the influenza viruses, which mutate every year.
Cancers also have always existed - as with Alzheimer's, there are larger number of cases of cancers today than until a century or so ago because people live considerably longer than they did until a century or so ago, and the overwhelming number of cancers occur in people who are over 65 years of age.
Many of today's increasing number of diseases are due to bad diet, bad habits (smoking and alcohol) and pollution, as well as to the increasing number of chemicals and chemical combinations used as additives in foods, in shampoos, in plastic bottles, etc.
There exists hardly any geo-engineering save for cloud seeding, although there are many projects and ideas for future geo-engineering, almost all of which are abandoned.
The term "chem-trail" was absolutely not invented by the DOD, neither has it ever admitted their existence.
You really should be very discriminating about in what sources you find your zany ideas, you are so very much repeating what totally unreliable and exploitative sources are claiming and spreading - making a lot of money off gullible and naive people like you in the process.
Get yourself a sound education in science, physics, biology, etc., instead of swallowing so much nonsense hook, line and sinker.
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The Swiss democracy has thrived for over seven hundred years, the country is prosperous, the people are happy, there is excellent health coverage for all and those who cannot afford health insurance are subsidized by the state (up to 100% for the lowest incomes), its medical facilities (hospitals) are state-of-the-art, the education is free and excellent, universities don't cost students more than about $500 a year, unemployment rarely goes over 3%, it has the best social safety net in the world - all these are the fruit of its democracy which is vibrant and very much alive - very far indeed from committing suicide. Democracy, when properly exercised, is a great thing. Direct democracy, as practiced in Switzerland, is the best of all. You don't know what you are talking about.
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Жыве Беларусь - You have strictly nothing to teach me about the definition of the word genocide, cupcake. You are the one who needs educating on that subject. The war crimes committed by the Ukraine continue - on a much smaller scale than before, nevertheless they do continue.
Neither Slaviansk nor Mariupol are in the territory of the DPR. I was referring to Ukrainian attacks against the LPR and the DPR territories, dearie.
The Russian-speaking people in both these cities are not exactly living in peace, they live in fear of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi battalions and are keeping a low profile, for reasons of survival.
Mariupol is a Russian-speaking city - half of the population is Russian-speaking, there are some Greeks, and the rest are Ukrainian-speaking (who also speak Russian) people.
The city of Slaviansk was founded by Russian tsar Aleksey Mikhailovich in 1645, so it basically is a Russian city even though it now is largely occupied by Ukrainian-speaking Ukrainians.
My point is that the Ukraine has (and continues to) systematically targeted civilians and civilian infrastructures such as villages, homes, apartment buildings, schools, kindergartens and hospitals. The Donbass resistance has never done that at all. The overwhelming majority of the people killed in the Donbass were civilians - men, women and children - who were slaughtered by the Ukrainian army and the Ukrainian neo-Nazi battalions, mainly Pravy Sektor, Azov and Svoboda. Neither the DPR nor the LPR have ever targeted nor killed civilians and civilian infrastructures. Theirs have always been defensive armies.
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Yes, absolutely.
Royal Family earn £1.8BILLION for Britain every year it’s revealed as platinum Queen and Prince Philip celebrate 70th anniversary
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4950897/queen-money-economy-monarchy-2017/
The Sovereign is supported by the Sovereign Grant, which is an annual disbursement of approximately 15% (it's complicated) of the profits derived from the Crown Estate -- property that is technically owned by the Crown, but is in fact managed by the government. The government keeps the other 85%. In the 2014-15 fiscal year, the Sovereign Grant was £37.9 million. This isn't tax money at all; it's rent from people using the property. The government kept the other £214.7 million in profits from the Crown Estate. It's kind of like a sovereign wealth fund for Britain, except that it's chiefly invested in land rather than in companies as Norway's sovereign wealth fund does. They also get more money from the Duchy of Cornwall and the Duchy of Lancaster -- again, this is business revenue, not tax money.
The support that does come from taxpayers is the money spent on security and travel. Security costs about £100 million a year. Travel and the cost of things like royal visits (for road closures and so on) are another £21 million. So that works about to a cost of about £2 per citizen per year.
Buckingham Palace is state property. It wouldn't cost any less to maintain it if there were no Queen to live in it, though it might be possible to rent it out to oil sheiks or something. But that's just an opportunity cost, not cash out of anyone's pocket.
If you look at the main web site of Republic, the largest anti-monarchy group, they claim that the cost to the taxpayer is far higher. That's because they're assuming that all the revenue from the Duchy of Cornwall and Lancaster and the Sovereign Grant really belongs to the government and it's being "taken" from the taxpayer. But this is a bogus argument; it's not money out of the taxpayer's pocket. My taxes are not made higher just because people who pay rent on Crown Land are giving 15% of it to the Queen. Also, if the UK had a president, the president would still need security.
There are huge arguments over the extent to which the royal family is responsible for the size Britain's tourist industry, and it's practically impossible to gauge such a thing. One thing is sure, however: every time there is a royal wedding or a royal baby, revenues go up.
A marketing and PR firm has estimated that the PR value of the royal family is worth about £44 billion, if you had to actually buy that kind of publicity for cash.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/8627800/More-than-ever-the-Royal-Family-is-worth-every-penny.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/apr/29/royal-wedding-tourism-boost
Think of all the jobs linked to the Royal Family - workers in the manufactures of Royal souvenirs, workers in the shops seling Royal souvenirs, etc., etc.
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Unsurprisingly after the recapture of Izium, near Kharkov, by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (FAU), Ukraine is doing a reissue of Boutcha, trying to use the graves of civilians killed by bombing and those of its soldiers killed during the battle for the control of the city, to make believe in a massacre of civilians by the Russians.
Moreover, if the Russians had really mass-executed civilians at Izium, why would they bother to bury them individually with a cross and all the proper burial ritual?
Burying Ukrainian civilians and soldiers as much as possible in individual graves with a cross, and the name of the person, or an indication that they are soldiers, shows that the Russians have done show of humanity towards the dead they found after the battles for the capture of Izioum.
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Bullshit!
Unsurprisingly after the recapture of Izium, near Kharkov, by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (FAU), Ukraine is doing a reissue of Boutcha, trying to use the graves of civilians killed by bombing and those of its soldiers killed during the battle for the control of the city, to make believe in a massacre of civilians by the Russians.
Moreover, if the Russians had really mass-executed civilians at Izium, why would they bother to bury them individually with a cross and all the proper burial ritual?
Burying Ukrainian civilians and soldiers as much as possible in individual graves with a cross, and the name of the person, or an indication that they are soldiers, shows that the Russians have done show of humanity towards the dead they found after the battles for the capture of Izioum.
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Bullshit.
Unsurprisingly after the recapture of Izium, near Kharkov, by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (FAU), Ukraine is doing a reissue of Boutcha, trying to use the graves of civilians killed by bombing and those of its soldiers killed during the battle for the control of the city, to make believe in a massacre of civilians by the Russians.
Moreover, if the Russians had really mass-executed civilians at Izium, why would they bother to bury them individually with a cross and all the proper burial ritual?
Burying Ukrainian civilians and soldiers as much as possible in individual graves with a cross, and the name of the person, or an indication that they are soldiers, shows that the Russians have done show of humanity towards the dead they found after the battles for the capture of Izioum.
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"When you drink, alcohol makes it harder for the prefrontal cortex to work as it should, disrupting decision-making and rational thought. In this way, alcohol prompts you to act without thinking about your actions. Alcohol reduces the functions of the behavioral inhibitory centers in the brain, Forbes reports."
Excerpted from Why Alcohol Lowers Inhibitions
https://www.alcohol.org/effects/inhibitions/#:~:text=When%20you%20drink%2C%20alcohol%20makes,in%20the%20brain%2C%20Forbes%20reports.
This also contributes greatly to the spread of the virus since after drinking alcohol, people are less careful and forget to observe social distancing, wearing masks, washing hands, etc., and it also makes the drinkers feel invulnerable.
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The largest minority group in Finland is the Swedish-speaking Finns, who in 2018 numbered about 282,300, with all Swedish speakers in the country making a total of 288,400 which is 5.2% of the total population.[27] Municipalities are classified as either unilingual or bilingual with a majority language. Majority of Swedish-speakers live in unilingual Swedish-speaking municipalities. These municipalities are found in coastal areas, from Ostrobothnia to the southern coast, and in the archipelago of Åland.[7]
Pakistanis
Pakistanis form the fourth largest South Asian immigrant group in Finland after Afghans, Indians and Nepalis.
In 1971 around 100 Pakistanis came to Finland for jobs. Finland didn't want cheap labour so they turned them all down.[29] As of the 31st December 2018 there are 3,736 people of Pakistani background living in Finland, 3,065 of these people were born in Pakistan.
Russians
Russians in Finland had come from two major waves. About 5,000 originate from a population that immigrated in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when Finland was a grand duchy of Imperial Russia. Another consisted of those who immigrated after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. A significant catalyst was the right of return, based on President Koivisto's initiative that people of Ingrian ancestry would be allowed to immigrate to Finland.[33]
About 30,000 people have citizenship of the Russian Federation (2015)[34] and Russian is the mother language of about 70,000 people in Finland, which represents about 1.3% of the population.[1][24]
Romani
Further information: Finnish Kale
Romani people, also called Kale and Roma, have been present in Finland since the second half of the 16th century. With their unusual dress, unique customs, and specialized trades for earning their livelihood, Roma have stood out, and their stay in the country has not been an easy one. They have suffered periodic harassment from the hands of both private citizens and public officials, and the last of the special laws directed against them was repealed only in 1883. Even in the second half of the 1980s, Finland's 5,000 to 6,000 Romani remained a distinct group, separated from the general population both by their own choice and by the fears and the prejudices many Finns felt toward them.[7]
Finnish Roma, like Roma elsewhere, chose to live apart from the dominant societal groups. A Roma's loyalty was to his or her family and to their people in general. Marriages with non-Roma were uncommon, and the Roma's own language, spoken as a first language only by a few in the 1980s, was used to keep outsiders away. An individual's place within Roma society was largely determined by age and by sex, old males having authority. A highly developed system of values and a code of conduct governed a Roma's behavior, and when Roma sanctions, violent or not, were imposed, for example via "blood feuds," they had far more meaning than any legal or social sanctions of Finnish society.[7]
Unlike the Sami, who lived concentrated in a single region, the Romani lived throughout Finland. While most Sami wore ordinary clothing in their everyday life, Romani could be identified by their dress; the men generally wore high boots and the women almost always dressed in very full, long velvet skirts. Like most Sami, however, Roma also had largely abandoned a nomadic way of life and had permanent residences. Romani men had for centuries worked as horse traders, but they had adapted themselves to postwar Finland by being active as horse breeders and as dealers in cars and scrap metal. Women continued their traditional trades of fortune telling and handicrafts.[7]
Since the 1960s, Finnish authorities have undertaken measures to improve the Romani's standard of life. Generous state financial arrangements have improved their housing. Their low educational level (an estimated 20 percent of adult Romani could not read) was raised, in part, through more vocational training. A permanent Advisory Commission on Gypsy Affairs was set up in 1968, and in 1970 racial discrimination was outlawed through an addition to the penal code. The law punished blatant acts such as barring Romani from restaurants or shops or subjecting them to unusual surveillance by shopkeepers or the police.[7]
Jews
Further information: History of the Jews in Finland
There are about 1,300 Jews in Finland, 800 of whom live in Helsinki and most of the remainder live in Turku. During the period of Swedish rule, Jews had been forbidden to live in Finland. Once the country became part of the Russian Empire, however, Jewish veterans of the Tsarist army had the right to settle anywhere they wished within the empire. Although constrained by law to follow certain occupations, mainly those connected with the sale of clothes, the Jewish community in Finland was able to prosper, and by 1890 it numbered around 1,000. Finnish independence brought complete civil rights, and during the interwar period there were some 2,000 Jews in Finland, most of them living in urban areas in the south. During World War II, Finnish authorities refused to deliver Jews to the Third Reich, and the country's Jewish community survived the war virtually intact. By the 1980s, assimilation and emigration had significantly reduced the size of the community, and it was only with some difficulty that it maintained synagogues, schools, libraries, and other pertinent institutions.[7]
Tatars
The community of Finnish Tatars numbers only about 800. The Tatars first came to Finland from the Russian Volga region near Nizni Novgorod's Tatar villages in the mid-19th century and have remained there ever since, active in commerce. The Tatars in Finland fully integrated into the Finnish society at the same time they preserved their religion, mother tongue and ethnic culture.[35]
Karelians
In 2011 there were about 30.000 people who indentified as Karelian in Finland. About 5.000 of them are fluent or native in the Karelian language but about 25.000 of them can speak Karelian. The Karelians are a closely related group to Finns. Karelians in Finland mostly live in a Diasphora around the country and in North-Karelia. All dialects of Karelian are spoken in Finland.[36] Before 2009 Karelian was taught as a dialect of Finnish but in 2009 Karelian got an official status as a language in Finland.[37]
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Bullshit!
Unsurprisingly after the recapture of Izium, near Kharkov, by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (FAU), Ukraine is doing a reissue of Boutcha, trying to use the graves of civilians killed by bombing and those of its soldiers killed during the battle for the control of the city, to make believe in a massacre of civilians by the Russians.
Moreover, if the Russians had really mass-executed civilians at Izium, why would they bother to bury them individually with a cross and all the proper burial ritual?
Burying Ukrainian civilians and soldiers as much as possible in individual graves with a cross, and the name of the person, or an indication that they are soldiers, shows that the Russians have done show of humanity towards the dead they found after the battles for the capture of Izioum.
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We forget that Crimea declared itself independent before Ukraine became so in turn. In January 1991, that is to say while the Soviet Union was still in place, Crimea organized a referendum to belong to Moscow and no longer to Kiev. This is how it became an autonomous Soviet socialist republic. It was not until six months later, in August 1991, that Ukraine held its referendum. At that time, Crimea did not consider itself part of Ukraine, but the latter did not accept it. Between 1991 and 2014, it was a permanent showdown between the two entities. Crimea had its own constitution and its own authorities. In 1995, encouraged by the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine overthrew the Crimean government with special forces and declared its constitution invalid. But this is never mentioned, because it would shed a whole different light on the current development.
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Hey, oh so Catholic and self-proclaimed Christian Poland, with regard to your treatment of all the men, women, pregnant women, babies and children trapped at your border, remember this:
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
Matthew 25:40-45
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Germany claims that Novichok was found in Navalny's blood, in his urine and on his skin, and in a bottle he had with him when he boarded the plane in Tomsk... Now, if there really had been a poisoning, the only person or people who could have done it are a trusted cohort following the orders of Navalny's western sponsors (Putin-hating Soros and criminal Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky) in view of Navalny's constant and persistent failures over the years at destabilizing Putin and the Kremlin, and who may well have thought that Navalny serves their agenda better if he dies and becomes a "martyr" than if he stays alive and well. That is if indeed there was any Novichock anywhere on Navalny, in Navalny and in that bottle, which I seriously doubt since in view of the treatment he received at the hospital in Omsk, he would have died there had he been poisoned with Novichok.
Note that Navalny drank some tea during an unscheduled and unplanned stop at a coffee shop in the airport in Tomsk - there again, only someone in his entourage could have put poison in his tea, if he actually was poisoned.
I mean, think about it. First, they poison him with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world, then they do their best to save his life and finally send him to Germany so that the Germans could establish that he was poisoned with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world. No one else was affected, including his assistants and entourage, and there were no protective suits around, not even on the Russian doctors who treated him. The whole thing beggars belief!
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@samgrattan630 It is not my opinion, it is an incontrovertible fact. I have been to Crimea and spoken with many Crimeans, including Tatars. Have you? No, of course not. Russia invested massively in Crimea, in the infrastructure, in roads, in restoring mosques for the Tatars, in building the Kerch Bridge, in bringing electricity and water, etc., but it couldn't do everything that was needed. You simply don't know what you're babbling about.
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All about Sputnik V: https://sputnikvaccine.com/
Russian scientist behind COVID-19 vaccine defends 'wartime' roll-out
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia plans to share preliminary results of its COVID-19 vaccine trial based on the first six weeks of monitoring participants, raising the tempo in an already frenzied global race to end the pandemic.
Alexander Gintsburg, head of the Gamaleya Institute that produced the Sputnik V vaccine, told Reuters that the pace of its development was necessary under the “wartime” conditions of a pandemic but no corners were being cut.
Russia has pushed ahead with its potential COVID-19 vaccine at top speed with mass public vaccinations alongside the main human trial, raising concerns among some observers that it was prioritising national prestige over solid science and safety.
“People are dying just like during a war,” said Gintsburg, holding a crystal model of a coronavirus in his hand. “But this fast-tracked pace is not synonymous, as some media have suggested, with corners being cut. No way.”
Sitting in his wood-panelled office at the institute in Moscow, Gintsburg said his team had been set a tight deadline to produce a vaccine but all the guidelines for testing Sputnik V’s safety and efficacy had been followed.
The plan to publish interim results based on the first 42 days of monitoring volunteers means Russia has a high chance of becoming the first worldwide to announce any data from a final-stage trial, which is known as Phase III.
The first of 5,000 volunteers was vaccinated on Sept. 9, which means interim results could be issued some time after Oct. 21. Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, which has invested in the vaccine’s roll-out, has said it expects interim results to be published in October or November.
*PUBLIC INTEREST
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Several Western developers are conducting final-stage trials that have already been going on for more than 42 days but have not published any interim results.
Drugmakers have said they would wait until they have enough infections to get a reliable read-out from the data before publication, rather than assigning a specific date.
Gintsburg said there was a public interest argument for sharing interim results after 42 days as they would show the general trend in the data.
“For me, for example, it is too short. But for people who are interested in how things are going, it is already too long.”
Gintsburg said volunteers would be monitored for 180 days after the last of 40,000 participants was vaccinated. Six months on, his team planned to tally up final results and then publish them in an international journal.
More at https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russian-scientist-behind-covid-19-vaccine-defends-wartime-roll-out-idUSKBN26K0QL
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Bullshit.
Unsurprisingly after the recapture of Izium, near Kharkov, by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (FAU), Ukraine is doing a reissue of Boutcha, trying to use the graves of civilians killed by bombing and those of its soldiers killed during the battle for the control of the city, to make believe in a massacre of civilians by the Russians.
Moreover, if the Russians had really mass-executed civilians at Izium, why would they bother to bury them individually with a cross and all the proper burial ritual?
Burying Ukrainian civilians and soldiers as much as possible in individual graves with a cross, and the name of the person, or an indication that they are soldiers, shows that the Russians have done show of humanity towards the dead they found after the battles for the capture of Izioum.
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With regard to diseases in Africa:
Every two minutes, a child under 5 dies of malaria
In 2017, there were 219 million malaria cases that led to 435,000 deaths. Of these 61 per cent (266,000) were children under 5 years of age. This translates into a daily toll of nearly 730 children under age 5. Every two minutes, a child under five dies of malaria. Most of these deaths occurred in Sub-Saharan Africa. Since 2010, mortality rates among children under 5 have fallen by 34 per cent.
Malaria is an urgent public health priority. Malaria and the costs of treatment trap families in a cycle of illness, suffering and poverty. Today, 3.7 billion (half of the world population) are at risk. Since 2000, malaria has cost sub-Saharan Africa US$ 300 million each year for case management alone and it is estimated to cost up to 1.3 per cent of GDP in Africa. As of 2018, direct costs of malaria are estimated to be $12 billion USD per year.
Source: https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-health/malaria/
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Germany claimed that Novichok was found in Navalny's blood, in his urine and on his skin, and in a bottle he had with him when he boarded the plane in Tomsk... Now, if there really had been a poisoning, the only person or people who could have done it are a trusted cohort following the orders of Navalny's western sponsors (Putin-hating Soros and criminal Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky) in view of Navalny's constant and persistent failures over the years at destabilizing Putin and the Kremlin, and who may well have thought that Navalny serves their agenda better if he dies and becomes a "martyr" than if he stays alive and well. That is if indeed there was any Novichock anywhere on Navalny, in Navalny and in that bottle, which I seriously doubt since in view of the treatment he received at the hospital in Omsk, he would have died there had he been poisoned with Novichok. In fact, if he had really been poisoned with Novichok in his hotel room (from the bottle), he would never have made it to the airport in Tomsk alive. Novichok is an extremely fast-acting nerve agent and five times more lethal than VX.
Navalny's entourage searched his room and found three bottles of water. Now, how on earth could they have known which one was covered in Novichok? They searched that room barefoot and with simple surgical gloves on - had there been Novichok in that room, they would in those conditions also have been poisoned.
Note that Navalny drank some tea during an unscheduled and unplanned stop at a coffee shop in the airport in Tomsk - there again, only someone in his entourage could have put poison in his tea, if he actually was poisoned.
I mean, think about it. First, the Russians poison him with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world, then they do their best to save his life and finally send him to Germany so that the Germans could establish that he was poisoned with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world. No one else was affected, including his assistants and entourage, and there were no protective suits around, not anyone on the plane, not a single member of the crew who attended him on that plane, not even on the Russian doctors who treated him. The whole thing beggars belief!
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***** No, it isn't a proven fact that it isn't hereditary. No homosexual has chosen to be homosexual, they are born that way. You are not making any sense whatsoever. No, I have never become a full-grown man and couldn't if I wanted to, not that I want to at all. I am a full-grown woman of extensive experience, very well informed and of high intelligence with a proper education (unlike you, obviously). It is natural but not "normal" since it isn't the norm. Blue eyes are not "normal" because they are not the norm, red hair is not "normal" since it is not the norm. Freckles are not "normal" as they are not the norm. Blond hair is not "normal" as it is not the norm. Homosexuality is not "normal" because it is not the norm. Etc. All of these occur in a small percentage of humanity, but all of them are natural and none of them are the result of a choice. Homosexuality also exists in hundreds of different animal species. As for Gay Prides in Russia, they are indeed allowed, although some local authorities (mayors) have on occasion banned them, notably the mayor of Moscow, but they are allowed elsewhere in Russia. Witness the following:
http://queerussia.info/2014/07/26/5762/#sthash.rP4XdNH0.dpbs
http://queerussia.info/2015/05/01/19748/#sthash.zViJiI36.dpbs
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dan Jones Although Europe & US think, based on Ukraine's recent reversal on it's eastern border, that Russian troops are invading /supplying Luhansk, Donetsk, Crimea & the surrounding territory, but the fact is that this is absolutely not the case. The Ukraine's reversal in the Donbass is exclusively due to the fact that the Ukrainian army is badly trained, badly commanded, badly equipped, and its soldiers are totally reluctant to fight, whereas the Donbass militia are fighting to protect their families, their homes and their lands. They are completely motivated but the Ukrainian army is not motivated at all.
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codmohgwbf The first article is over one year old, as is the second article; the third article is "may have", "possible pieces" and "believed to"; the fourth article, also over a year old, is "most likely"; the fourth article reports what a small Russian anti-Putin opposition claims without providing a shred of evidence; the fifth article, from completely biased Fox so-called "News" says "Possible fragments" and "believe could be"; the ITV "article" (just two short sentences) from over a year ago states that "investigators are to examine a second black box" but we haven't heard any results from the examination of both black boxes yet, over a year later; and the fourth article is ""probably" but cannot yet determine the origin of the fragments. All very vague and speculative yet purposefully written in a way to maintain the public's baseless belief that it is Russia, Putin and the Donbass anti-Kiev militias who are responsible, in a manner to maintain the wholly artificially created hatred of Russia and Putin. Many, many people are fooled by that, but many are not.
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Not only did the US sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it even wrote most of it. Therefore, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the Supreme Law of the Land (according to the second clause of Article Six of the US constitution), and Article 25 of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services." The Universal Declaration makes additional accommodations for security in case of physical debilitation or disability, and makes special mention of care given to those in motherhood or childhood.
Therefore, health care is, by law, a human right in the USA and has been since 1948.
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Yours was only the third post here, the two posts preceding yours do not in any way reflect your judgment. Were you anticipating? Here is something you ought to read and ponder before issuing your broad-brushing because you risk coming off as a supporter of Al Qaeda:
http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2014/01/10/the-historical-us-support-for-al-qaeda/
Excerpt:
Another proud example of the United States fighting the awful jihadists is Kosovo, an overwhelmingly Muslim province of Serbia. The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) began an armed conflict with Belgrade in the early 1990s to split Kosovo from Serbia. The KLA was for years considered a terrorist organization by the US, the UK, and France, with numerous reports of the KLA having contact with al-Qaeda, getting arms from them, having its militants trained in al-Qaeda camps in Pakistan, and even having members of al-Qaeda in KLA ranks fighting against Serbia. But Washington’s imperialists, more concerned about dealing a blow to Serbia, “the last communist government in Europe”, supported the KLA.
The KLA have been known for their torture and trafficking in women, heroin, and human body parts. The United States has naturally been pushing for Kosovo’s membership in NATO and the European Union.
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Appeasement is NOT a dirty word.
appeasement (n.) mid-15c., "pacification," from Middle French apeisement, Old French apaisement "appeasement, calming," noun of action from apaisier (see appease).
appease (v.) c.1300 "to reconcile," from Anglo-French apeser, Old French apaisier "to pacify, make peace, appease, be reconciled, placate" (12c.), from the phrase a paisier "bring to peace," from a "to" (see ad-) + pais, from Latin pacem (nominative pax) "peace" (see peace). Related: Appeased; appeasing
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Scott Smith You obviously are totally ignorant about the history of Russia, of Kiev, of the very recent creation of the Ukrainian "identity". The Ukrainian language is a mixture of Polish, Lithuanian and a local Russian peasant dialect. Russia was born in Kiev 1,200 years ago. It was ruled by the Rurik Dynasty, the Grand Princes of Kievan Rus and, later, Muscovy who, according to tradition, were descendants of the Varangian prince Rurik, who had been invited by the people of Novgorod to rule that city (c. 862); the Rurik princes maintained their control over Kievan Rus and, later, Muscovy until 1598. Rurik’s successor Oleg (d. 912) conquered Kiev (c. 882) and established control of the trade route extending from Novgorod, along the Dnieper River, to the Black Sea. Igor (allegedly Rurik’s son; reigned 912–945) and his successors—his wife, St. Olga (regent 945–969), and their son Svyatoslav (reigned 945–972)—further extended their territories; Svyatoslav’s son Vladimir I (St. Vladimir; reigned c. 980–1015) consolidated the dynasty’s rule.
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There was a huge difference between the USSR and Ceaucescu's Romania. I think you are probably very young and inexperienced, and largely ignorant. The dissolution of the USSR happened on December 26, 1991, 23 years ago. Ceaucescu and his North-Korean-like regime fell in December 1989, 25 years ago. Since then, both countries have changed greatly, but Russia under Putin and after Yeltsin did a far better job than Romania. There is no point in dwelling on the past, but if we have to do so, remember that Romania joined the Axis and Hitler on 23 November 1940, and it is the USSR who defeated Nazi Germany at a cost of over 20 million lives. Were it not for the USSR, Romania would be part of a Nazi Europe and you would be speaking only in German. 22 years after WWII, there was no hatred against Germany, there should not be any hatred against Russia today. The real reason for this entirely fabricated hatred for Russia is the US' desire to access and control (steal) Russia's vast natural resources. Russia did not steal your future, it saved it - anyway, your future depends entirely on you.
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Rembrant Van Ryn
Perhaps, if there really is a God, it is protecting people from Ebola by inspiring the Saudi Arabian authorities to take the measures they have taken. I am reminded of this short tale, originally an old Sufi tale which has been adapted into a modern Christian tale:
God Will Save Me
A terrible storm came into a town and local officials sent out an emergency warning that the riverbanks would soon overflow and flood the nearby homes. They ordered everyone in the town to evacuate immediately.
A faithful Christian man heard the warning and decided to stay, saying to himself, “I will trust God and if I am in danger, then God will send a divine miracle to save me.”
The neighbors came by his house and said to him, “We’re leaving and there is room for you in our car, please come with us!” But the man declined. “I have faith that God will save me.”
As the man stood on his porch watching the water rise up the steps, a man in a canoe paddled by and called to him, “Hurry and come into my canoe, the waters are rising quickly!” But the man again said, “No thanks, God will save me.”
The flood waters rose higher pouring water into his living room and the man had to retreat to the second floor.
A police motorboat came by and saw him at the window. “We will come up and rescue you!” they shouted. But the man refused, waving them off saying, “Use your time to save someone else! I have faith that God will save me!”
The flood waters rose higher and higher and the man had to climb up to his rooftop.
A helicopter spotted him and dropped a rope ladder. A rescue officer came down the ladder and pleaded with the man, "Grab my hand and I will pull you up!" But the man STILL refused, folding his arms tightly to his body. “No thank you! God will save me!”
Shortly after, the house broke up and the flood waters swept the man away and he drowned.
When in Heaven, the man stood before God and asked, “I put all of my faith in You. Why didn’t You come and save me?”
And God said, “Son, I sent you a warning. I sent you a car. I sent you a canoe. I sent you a motorboat. I sent you a helicopter. What more were you looking for?”
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*****
I have lived in Geneva for many decades, and still do. I walk the streets at night without fear and without problems. There are people from every single country in the world living here. The quality of life here remains one of the top ten best in the world, so I really don't understand what you are complaining about. You are merely repeating the fear-mongering nonsense spewed by the UDC and the MCG and the trash and lies they regularly plant in our letter boxes. I suppose you're a supporter of that god-awful character Eric Stauffer - a crook and a liar, and a psychopath with a definite case of toxic narcissistic personality disorder coupled with being an absolute bully.
I too am Caucasian - with brown eyes. Remember that Arabs, Syrians, Iranians, Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis, Indians (and more) are just as Caucasian as are you and I, many of them having fair hair, red hair, fair skin and blue or green eyes, too.
The situation in Geneva is far from being out of control. It is so only in the minds of the paranoid and gullible.
There are a few minor problems with some African and some North African "requérants" who are either abandoned to the streets by the system, or still within the system but who only get SFR 5 to SFR 10 per day, and who try to eke out a survival as best they can, often using illegal means I will concede, but who are not violent nor a threat to the general population.
You are making a mountain out of a molehill.
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No, it hasn't changed much at all. I still walk the streets at night in various parts of the city, including the Pâquis, without ever being hassled or bothered at all. Admittedly, there are Romanian Rom beggars, but they are harmless. I always give them a couple of francs, or clothes that I no longer need, or food whenever I come out of the Migros or the Coop, and they are always friendly and warm. Their life conditions in Romania are absolutely atrocious and scandalous, through no fault of their own. Yes, the bars and cafés near the Plaine de Plainpalais tend to be noisy until 2 a.m. to the chagrin of the residents, but this is being dealt with. Apart from that, Geneva is still the wonderful city I have always lived in and it continues to be so.
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Harmful odours in the trams and buses? Hardly. At certain times of the day, they might be unpleasant, but nothing more. The TPG buses and trams have a far lesser negative impact on the environment than has the traffic, as most of them are electric-driven and the TPG has a huge surface of photovoltaic panels on its roof that adds to feeding the electricity to its vehicles. I have high standards - I either use the TPG, or I use the taxibike (www.taxibike.ch), or I walk. I am not unduly bothered by the bodily odours of workers, students and schoolkids using the trams and buses during the rush hour at the end of the working day, either. They are just humans, after all. I do keep myself clean and use natural deodorants (alun stone) so I don't add to that collective smell. Try using the TPG at different times when they are fairly empty, use a bike (an electric one if you can afford it), or, even better, walk. As a male, you no doubt are aware that your gender is particularly vulnerable to heart attacks, you can greatly diminish that risk by simply walking every day. And don't tell me that it is either too cold or it is raining - just dress adequately according to the weather conditions.
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***** Geo +moonspellsdumb The Russian national debt per capita is $1,645. The US national debt per capita is $56,952.
The size of Russia's national debt is $235 billion, less than one quarter of a trillion. The size of the US national debt is $18 trillion, 76.6 times larger than the Russian debt.
Putting this in perspective: according to the debt clocks, US GDP is $17.3 trillion and Russian GDP is $2.1 trillion. So, US GDP is eight times greater than Russian GDP, but US national debt is 76.6 times greater than Russia's debt.
Clearly, it is the US credit rating that should have been downgraded to junk status. But this cannot happen. Any US credit rating agency that told the truth would be closed and prosecuted. It wouldn't matter what the absurd charges are. The rating agencies would be guilty of being anti-american, terrorist organizations like RT, etc., and so on, and they know it. Never expect any truth from any Wall Street denizen. They lie for a living.
According to this site http://people.howstuffworks.com/5-united-states-debt-holders.htm#page=4, as of January 2013, the US owes Russia $162.9 billion. As the Russian national debt is $235 billion, 69 percent of the Russian national debt is covered by US debt obligations to Russia.
If this is a Russian Crisis, I am Alexander the Great.
As Russia has enough US dollar holdings to redeem its entire national debt and have a couple hundred billion dollars left, what is Russia's problem?
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rubikfan1 There never was a city of Russ. Rus' (a.k.a. Russia) was founded in Kiev (which had nothing to do with anything Ukrainian) by Rurik in the 9th century. He united all the closely related "little Russias" that consisted of princedoms, dukedoms, etc., into one single country - Rus' (a.k.a. Russia). He fathered the great Rurikid dynasty, and his descendants were the Grand Princes of Kiev who ruled over Russia. There is a number of still extant Russian princely and noble families who are the documented descendants of these Grand Princes - they are known as the Rurikid families and for many centuries, all Czars had to belong to a Rurikid family. The first dynasty of Czars which did not descend from a Rurikid family was the Romanov dynasty. At one point, the capital of Russia was moved to Novgorod. Later on, one of Rurik's descendants - Yuri "long arms" (Dolgoruky) founded Moscow, and later on the capital was moved to Moscow. Thus, Kiev is the cradle and birthplace of Russia. Ukraine as an entity and identity didn't really exist until fairly recently. It originally was just a small province.
As has been pointed out to you, you have no knowledge of history.
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***** http://www.agoravox.tv/actualites/politique/article/bal-pro-nazi-marine-le-pen-fait-33615
http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/fn/marine-le-pen-s-affiche-avec-l-extreme-droite-autrichienne_1295593.html
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zfzgs_fn-guy-bedos-compare-marine-le-pen-a-hitler_tv
https://luttennord.wordpress.com/tag/marine-le-pen/
http://www.dreuz.info/2012/01/pourquoi-marine-le-pen-dansait-elle-au-bal-des-neo-nazis-a-vienne-le-jour-de-celebration-de-la-shoah/
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/23740-marine-le-pen-targets-muslims-seeks-jewish-support-and-loves-vladimir-putin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqn-QGH0IJQ
Arte : Marine le Pen est aux cotés de l'ancien SS Franz Shonhuber, ancien membre des jeunesses hitleriennes, engagé à 19 ans dans la division SS Charlemagne et titulaire de la croix de guerre nazie. Après la seconde guerre mondiale, Franz Schonhuber a échappé à l'épuration. Devenu journaliste, il a minimisé les crimes contre l'humanité d'Hitler. Elu au Parlement européen, il faisait partie dans les années 1990 du groupe de l'extreme droite européenne. Il est un des fondateurs du parti d'extreme droite allemande Die Republikaner. Il condamnait la répentance de la nation allemande pendant la seconde guerre mondiale. Franz Schonhuber était un ami de la famille Le pen.Au moment ou le trés médiatisé maitre Gilbert Collard est devenu le président du comité de soutien de Marine Le pen il est nécessaire de rappeller d'ou vient Marine Le pen: de l'extreme droite la plus dure. Quant à maitre collard , il n'en est plus à un retournement de veste près. Lors des présidentielles de 1988, il soutenait le trotskyste Pierre Boussel, Pierre Lambert de son vrai nom, le chef de l'OCI(organisation communiste international). Par la suite, il a adhéré au parti radical valoisien et maintenant il est chargé de communication chez les Le pen, en somme un virage à 180 degrés de l'extreme gauche à l'extreme droite en passant par le centre. Ce monsieur n'en est plus à une contradiction, à l'image de ses plaidoiries alambiquées et de ses passages à des émissions de télé poubelle. Aujourd'hui, il défend la préférence nationale. En 1988, il défendait les droits des étrangers victimes de violences dans les centres de rétention administrative. Encore un qui a tourné sa veste...
FN : Soldats, difficile d'avoir un recrutement de qualité 20 % sont issues de l'immigration musulmane, La preuve du racisme : il devient de plus en plus difficile d'avoir un recrutement de qualité. il devient de plus en plus difficile d'avoir un recrutement de qualité. 20 % des nouvelles recrues sont désormais issues de l'immigration originaire du monde musulman.
http://site.ldh-france.org/aquitaine/2014/02/neonazi-le-temoignage-qui-accuse-un-proche-de-marine-le-pen/
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/28/europes_far_right_marches_on/
And so on and so forth.
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In order to become a member of NATO, each membership action plan has five chapters: political and economic issues, defense and military issues, resource issues, security issues, and legal issues.
The first chapter -- political and economic issues -- requires candidates to have stable democratic systems, pursue the peaceful settlement of territorial and ethnic disputes, have good relations with their neighbors, show commitment to the rule of law and human rights, establish democratic and civilian control of their armed forces, and have a market economy.
The defense chapter provides for candidates to reform their armed forces and to contribute militarily to the collective defense, while the resource chapter deals mainly with allocating sufficient funds to defense.
The last two chapters, security and legal issues, require aspirant countries to ensure the proper security of sensitive information according to NATO standards and bring national legislation into line with that of the alliance.
Consequently, the Ukraine has not a snowflake's chance in hell for many years to become a member of NATO, and the same applies to EU membership.
Of course, the Nazis running NATO might make an exception for their fellow Ukrainian Nazis.
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***** The actual facts about the Ukraine crisis are these:
The destabilization of President Viktor Yanukovych’s elected government began in November 2013 when Yanukovych balked at a proposed association agreement promoted by the European Union. He sought more time after the sticker shock of learning from Kiev economic experts that the deal would cost Ukraine $160 billion in lost revenue by cutting trade with Russia.
It was German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not Vladimir Putin, who pushed the EU agreement and miscalculated the consequences, as the German news magazine Der Spiegel has reported. Putin’s only role in that time frame was to offer a more generous $15 billion aid package to Ukraine, not exactly a war-like act.
Yanukovych’s decision to postpone action on the EU association prompted angry demonstrations in Kiev’s Maidan square, largely from western Ukrainians who were hoping for visa-free travel to the EU and other benefits from closer ties. Putin had no role in those protests – and it’s insane to think that he did.
In February 2014, the protests grew more and more violent as neo-Nazi and other militias organized in the western city of Lviv and these 100-man units known as “sotins” were dispatched daily to provide the muscle for the anti-Yanukovych uprising that was taking shape. It is frankly nutty to suggest that Putin was organizing these militias.
By contrast, there is substantial evidence that senior U.S. officials were pushing for a “regime change” in Kiev, including an intercepted phone call and various public statements.
In December 2013, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, a neocon holdover, reminded Ukrainian business leaders that the United States had invested $5 billion in their “European aspirations.” In early February, she discussed with U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt who the new leaders of Ukraine should be. “Yats is the guy,” she declared, referring to Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
The Maidan uprising gained momentum on Feb. 20, 2014, when snipers around the square opened fire on police and protesters touching off a violent clash that left scores of people dead, both police and protesters. After the sniper fire and a police retreat — carrying their wounded — the demonstrators surged forward and some police apparently reacted with return fire of their own.
But the growing evidence indicates that the initial sniper fire originated from locations controlled by the Right Sektor, extremists associated with the Maidan’s neo-Nazi “self-defense” commandant Andriy Parubiy. Though the current Ukrainian government has dragged its feet on an investigation, independent field reports, including a new one from BBC, indicate that the snipers were associated with the protesters, not the Yanukovych government as was widely reported in the U.S. media a year ago.
The worsening violence led Yanukovych to agree on Feb. 21 to a deal guaranteed by three European countries. He accepted reduced powers and agreed to early elections so he could be voted out of office. Yet, rather than permit that political settlement to go forward, neo-Nazis and other Maidan forces overran government buildings on Feb. 22, forcing Yanukovych and his officials to flee for their lives.
The U.S. State Department quickly deemed this coup regime “legitimate” and Nuland’s choice, Yatsenyuk, emerged as Prime Minister, with Parubiy put in charge of national security.
In other words, there is plenty of evidence that the Ukraine crisis was started by the EU through its mishandling of the association agreement, then was heated up by the U.S. government through the work of Nuland, Pyatt and other officials, and then was brought to a boil by neo-Nazis and other extremists who executed the coup.
But there is zero evidence that Putin engineered these events. There is no evidence that he got Merkel and the EU to overplay their hand; no evidence that he organized the neo-Nazi militias in Lviv; no evidence that he manipulated U.S. officials to manipulate the “regime change” behind the scenes; no evidence that he ordered the Maidan militants to attack.
Is the New York Times really suggesting that Putin pulled the strings on the likes of Merkel and Nuland, secretly organized neo-Nazi brigades, and ruthlessly deployed these thugs to Kiev to provoke violence and overthrow Yanukovych, all while pretending to try to save Yanukovych’s government – all so Putin could advance some dastardly plot to conquer Europe?
The Times often makes fun of “conspiracy theorists,” but the Times’ narrative is something that would make even the most dedicated “conspiracy theorist” blush. Yet, the Times not only asserts this crazy conspiracy theory but calls it “incontrovertible.”
Beyond the lack of evidence to support this conspiracy theory, there is no rational motive for Putin to have done what the Times claims that he did.
In the actual chronology of event, Putin was preoccupied with the Winter Olympics in Sochi when the Ukraine crisis took its turn for the worst a year ago. He was fearful that the Olympics would be marred by Chechen or other terrorism and thus was personally overseeing security.
Putin had spent some $40 billion on making the Olympics a glamorous show to introduce the new Russia to the world as a country ready to join the West. I’m told that he was very proud of Russia’s position in the G-8 and felt he had built a constructive relationship with President Barack Obama by helping him resolve crises in Syria and Iran in 2013.
The last thing Putin wanted to do was provoke a crisis in Ukraine. Nor is there any intelligence that he had designs on the Baltic States, as the conspiracy theory contends.
However, when a right-wing regime seized power in a violent coup in Ukraine on Russia’s border and then took provocative actions against Ukraine’s ethnic Russians, Putin responded to calls from Crimea – both from its parliament and a referendum – to take the peninsula back into Russia.
Putin also feared that the new powers in Kiev might give the historic Russian naval base at Sevastopol to NATO with its nuclear-armed submarines. In other words, as much as the New York Times has bandied about claims of a Russian “invasion” of Crimea, the Crimeans requested Russia’s intervention and up to 25,000 Russian troops were already there in the agreement with Ukraine over the naval base.
But the key point is that Putin was reacting to the Ukraine crisis, not instigating it. As even former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger explained to Der Spiegel, “The annexation of Crimea was not a move toward global conquest. It was not Hitler moving into Czechoslovakia.”
Kissinger added, “Putin spent tens of billions of dollars on the Winter Olympics in Sochi. The theme of the Olympics was that Russia is a progressive state tied to the West through its culture and, therefore, it presumably wants to be part of it. So it doesn’t make any sense that a week after the close of the Olympics, Putin would take Crimea and start a war over Ukraine.”
In this case, Kissinger is clearly right. It never made any sense for Putin to provoke the Ukraine crisis. Yet, that became the lie upon which the United States has built its increasingly aggressive policies over the past year, with politicians of all stripes now shouting that America must stand up to the madman Putin and “Russian aggression.”
This is a dangerous “group think” for a number of reasons, not the least the disturbing fact that both the United States and Russia have lots of nuclear weapons. On a less existential level, the “Putin-is-Hitler” analogy has prompted a major miscalculation on the right approach for the Obama administration to take vis a vis Putin.
As Harvard Professor Stephen M. Walt has noted, the most effective response to a crisis is different if a foreign leader is an aggressor on the march or if the leader feels cornered. The former calls for a “deterrence model,” i.e., a tough reaction. But a tough response in the latter case will only make the beleaguered leader more belligerent like a cornered animal, thus spinning the crisis into more dangerous territory under what’s known as the “spiral model.”
“When insecurity is the taproot of a state’s revisionist actions, making threats just makes the situation worse,” Walt wrote. “When the ‘spiral model’ applies, the proper response is a diplomatic process of accommodation and appeasement (yes, appeasement) to allay the insecure state’s concerns.”
Perhaps the new ceasefire agreement in Minsk – spearheaded by German Chancellor Merkel – will finally help defuse the crisis, with the legitimate concerns of the various sides being taken into account rationally rather than letting the past year’s hysteria continue to control events.
But the Times’ editorial doesn’t give much reason for hope that America’s upside-down “group think” has righted itself in any meaningful way. In the mainstream media’s latest repeat of the Iraq-WMD fiasco, the Times and virtually every other major news outlet remain committed to a dangerous misreading of the facts about Ukraine.
And anyone who dares point out the real history of the crisis is immediately shouted down with the anti-intellectual riposte: “Putin apologist!” — just as in 2002-2003, when anyone who doubted the certainty about Iraq’s WMD was a “Saddam apologist.”
Robert Parry
Consortium News
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His entourage.
Germany claimed that Novichok was found in Navalny's blood, in his urine and on his skin, and in a bottle he had with him when he boarded the plane in Tomsk... Now, if there really had been a poisoning, the only person or people who could have done it are a trusted cohort following the orders of Navalny's western sponsors (Putin-hating Soros and criminal Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky) in view of Navalny's constant and persistent failures over the years at destabilizing Putin and the Kremlin, and who may well have thought that Navalny serves their agenda better if he dies and becomes a "martyr" than if he stays alive and well. That is if indeed there was any Novichock anywhere on Navalny, in Navalny and in that bottle, which I seriously doubt since in view of the treatment he received at the hospital in Omsk, he would have died there had he been poisoned with Novichok. In fact, if he had really been poisoned with Novichok in his hotel room (from the bottle), he would never have made it to the airport in Tomsk alive. Novichok is an extremely fast-acting nerve agent and five times more lethal than VX.
Navalny's entourage searched his room and found three bottles of water. Now, how on earth could they have known which one was covered in Novichok? They searched that room barefoot and with simple surgical gloves on - had there been Novichok in that room, they would in those conditions also have been poisoned.
Note that Navalny drank some tea during an unscheduled and unplanned stop at a coffee shop in the airport in Tomsk - there again, only someone in his entourage could have put poison in his tea, if he actually was poisoned.
I mean, think about it. First, the Russians poison him with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world, then they do their best to save his life and finally send him to Germany so that the Germans could establish that he was poisoned with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world. No one else was affected, including his assistants and entourage, and there were no protective suits around, not anyone on the plane, not a single member of the crew who attended him on that plane, not even on the Russian doctors who treated him. The whole thing beggars belief!
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Bullshit!
Unsurprisingly after the recapture of Izium, near Kharkov, by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (FAU), Ukraine is doing a reissue of Boutcha, trying to use the graves of civilians killed by bombing and those of its soldiers killed during the battle for the control of the city, to make believe in a massacre of civilians by the Russians.
Moreover, if the Russians had really mass-executed civilians at Izium, why would they bother to bury them individually with a cross and all the proper burial ritual?
Burying Ukrainian civilians and soldiers as much as possible in individual graves with a cross, and the name of the person, or an indication that they are soldiers, shows that the Russians have done show of humanity towards the dead they found after the battles for the capture of Izioum.
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Health officials worry about long-term effects of COVID-19 on kids
More than one-third of all kids tested for COVID-19 in the state are testing positive. It’s even higher in Lee County at 46%.
Now, some health officials are sounding the alarm about the potential longer-term effects of this virus on our kids.
Health experts say we still have a lot to learn.
A warning from Doctor Alina Alonso, the director of the Department of Health Palm Beach County: Just because you don’t see any COVID-19 symptoms in a child doesn’t mean damage hasn’t been done.
“And while many of these especially younger children are asymptomatic when you take x-rays of their lungs, down in Miami and other places across the country, they’re seeing that there is damage to the lungs in these asymptomatic children.”
While Alonso says there’s proof asymptomatic children are suffering lung damage now, she and other warn we also need to start thinking about the lasting consequences these kids may have to live with.
“We may have to deal with this virus for decades because of not just the survivors coming back with consequences, but also those who were the silent, infected individuals,” said Dr. Bindu Mayi, professor of microbiology at NSU’s College of Medical Sciences.
On Thursday, when asked about the issue, Governor Ron DeSantis cited a lack of studies and evidence as a reason we shouldn’t be too concerned yet.
"It would be irresponsible for me to say, ‘There will never be any long term’ because we just don’t know. But it’s also problematic to say in 20 years, there’s going to be all of these problems because we just don’t know that."
Instead, the governor says we should stick to the proven facts, like focusing on the best strategy to avoid infection: wearing a mask and social distancing.
Experts say one reason we know so little about the virus is because of how it spreads throughout the body. It can impact multiple organs and body systems in different ways in different people.
https://www.winknews.com/2020/07/17/health-officials-worry-about-long-term-effects-of-covid-19-on-kids/
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Bullshit.
Unsurprisingly after the recapture of Izium, near Kharkov, by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (FAU), Ukraine is doing a reissue of Boutcha, trying to use the graves of civilians killed by bombing and those of its soldiers killed during the battle for the control of the city, to make believe in a massacre of civilians by the Russians.
Moreover, if the Russians had really mass-executed civilians at Izium, why would they bother to bury them individually with a cross and all the proper burial ritual?
Burying Ukrainian civilians and soldiers as much as possible in individual graves with a cross, and the name of the person, or an indication that they are soldiers, shows that the Russians have done show of humanity towards the dead they found after the battles for the capture of Izioum.
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@thomast7784 Archi faux, vous ne savez vraiment rien de quoi vous radotez là..
Il y avait déjà, depuis de nombreuses années, plus de 22,000 troupes russes légalement en Crimée, dans la base navale russe à Sébastopol qui abrite la flotte russe, puis soviétique, puis de la Fédération de Russie de la mer Noire depuis que la ville a été fondée par l'impératrice Catherine II à la fin du XVIIIe siècle.
Aucune troupe russe n'est entrée en Crimée, ni avant ni après le référendum (mais certes ces dernières années), référendum parfaitement légitime puisqu'orgnnisé par le peuple de Crimée et non par une puissance militaire étrangère. Le personnel militaire qu'on a vu près des bureaux de vote venaient de la base navale, ayant ôté leurs insignes de la marine russe. Ils y étaient positionné pour protéger la population qui allait voter, la protéger contre d'éventuelles attaques d'ukrainiens.
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In Gaza, Israel is still blockading it, preventing medical equipment, tests, etc., from going into Gaza - as if Israel was hoping that most of the Palestinians in Gaza will die. :(
Sweden
Confirmed: 1,934
Deaths: 21
Recovered: 16
Active: 1,897
Switzerland (a neighbour country to Italy) had its first case on February 25. Today, four weeks later, this is the situation there:
Confirmed: 7,245
Deaths: 98
Recovered: 131
Active: 7,016
The Swiss government is taking many measures to control this, and the people are turning out to be quite disciplined:
https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov.html
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The U.S. May Be Heading To A Second (Or Even Fourth) Wave Of The Coronavirus Epidemic. Here’s What That Means
Topline: Some scientists and commentators, like leading coronavirus expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, have referenced the possibility of a “second wave” of the coronavirus pandemic in the fall, following expected slower growth rates of COVID-19 cases during the summer, while infectious disease specialist Dr. Kent Sepkowitz suggests a “fourth wave” may already be upon us. Here’s what you need to know.
The Centers For Disease Control yesterday warned that the United States may face a second wave of the virus come fall, as happened in 2009 with swine flu.
By this time, many initial cases will have resolved or ended in death but a large swath of the population will still be susceptible to the infection, said CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield.
Kent Sepkowitz, an infectious disease specialist for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in an op-ed on CNN, offered an alternative definition for tracking coronavirus waves.
The first wave, according to Sepkowitz, started on the West Coast, where coronavirus ravaged a Washington-state nursing home, and in the second wave, the virus hit New York City, the country’s current epicenter, where nearly 50,000 patients have been infected so far.
In the third wave, coronavirus moved to other urban centers now emerging as “hot spots,” like New Orleans, Detroit and Atlanta.
Now, the United States has entered a fourth wave, he argues, with the virus infiltrating mid-sized and smaller cities, undercutting the popular belief that only densely populated areas could be hard hit.
Crucially, smaller cities and rural towns may lack the hospital capacity to care for an influx of patients and may be forced to lean on bigger cities already buckling under their own caseloads.
“The disruption of the well-established chain of care that goes from community hospital to local major medical center, then to regional super-specialty care may result in the largest tragedy of all,” Sepkowitz concludes.
Critical quote: “It is highly likely that we will have—I don’t know whether you want to call it a second wave—but we will have a return of infections as we get into the next season,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said of the virus’ progression.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marleycoyne/2020/04/02/the-us-may-be-heading-to-a-second-or-even-fourth-wave-of-the-coronavirus-epidemic-heres-what-that-means/#40402a5a16a0
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Sicca syndrome: An autoimmune disease, also known as Sjogren syndrome, that classically combines dry eyes, dry mouth, and another disease of connective tissue such as rheumatoid arthritis (most common), lupus, scleroderma or polymyositis.
There is a great preponderance of females. About 90% of Sjogren syndrome patients are female, usually in middle age or older.
Sjogren syndrome is an inflammatory disease of glands and other tissues of the body. Inflammation of the glands that produce tears (the lacrimal glands) leads to decreased tears and dry eyes. Inflammation of the glands that produce the saliva in the mouth (salivary glands, including the parotid glands) leads to dry mouth. The syndrome can consequently be complicated by infections of the eyes, breathing passages, and mouth.
Sjogren syndrome is typically associated with antibodies, antibodies produced by the body that are directed against a variety of body tissues (autoantibodies). The diagnosis of the syndrome can also be aided by a biopsy of an affected gland.
The treatment of Sjogren syndrome is directed toward the particular areas of the body that are involved by the disease and the complications such as infection.
The term "sicca" refers to the dryness of the eyes and mouth. The syndrome is named after the Swedish ophthalmologist Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjogren (1899-1986) who, after seeing a woman of middle age with the disease, collected 19 such cases and in his doctoral thesis in 1933 delineated the syndrome. Sjogren's thesis was not considered of sufficient importance to earn him the title of "docent", denying him a career in academic medicine. The syndrome he discovered nonetheless came to be accepted around the world.
More at https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8020
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Health officials worry about long-term effects of COVID-19 on kids
More than one-third of all kids tested for COVID-19 in the state are testing positive. It’s even higher in Lee County at 46%.
Now, some health officials are sounding the alarm about the potential longer-term effects of this virus on our kids.
Health experts say we still have a lot to learn.
A warning from Doctor Alina Alonso, the director of the Department of Health Palm Beach County: Just because you don’t see any COVID-19 symptoms in a child doesn’t mean damage hasn’t been done.
“And while many of these especially younger children are asymptomatic when you take x-rays of their lungs, down in Miami and other places across the country, they’re seeing that there is damage to the lungs in these asymptomatic children.”
While Alonso says there’s proof asymptomatic children are suffering lung damage now, she and other warn we also need to start thinking about the lasting consequences these kids may have to live with.
“We may have to deal with this virus for decades because of not just the survivors coming back with consequences, but also those who were the silent, infected individuals,” said Dr. Bindu Mayi, professor of microbiology at NSU’s College of Medical Sciences.
On Thursday, when asked about the issue, Governor Ron DeSantis cited a lack of studies and evidence as a reason we shouldn’t be too concerned yet.
"It would be irresponsible for me to say, ‘There will never be any long term’ because we just don’t know. But it’s also problematic to say in 20 years, there’s going to be all of these problems because we just don’t know that."
Instead, the governor says we should stick to the proven facts, like focusing on the best strategy to avoid infection: wearing a mask and social distancing.
Experts say one reason we know so little about the virus is because of how it spreads throughout the body. It can impact multiple organs and body systems in different ways in different people.
https://www.winknews.com/2020/07/17/health-officials-worry-about-long-term-effects-of-covid-19-on-kids/
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Moscow's Gamaleya Institute, which created the world's first Covid-19 vaccine, has sent "detailed responses" to the questions posed by British medical journal The Lancet, after a group of scientists criticized the Russian data.
On September 7, an open letter signed by twenty-six analysts, mainly based in Italy, cast doubt on Russia's vaccine, noting the discovery of "potential data inconsistencies" in the published research. The group claimed that the article had significant statistical anomalies. Following the letter, the journal's editorial board asked the developers of the Russian vaccine, dubbed Sputnik V, to reply.
According to Alexey Kuznetsov, an assistant to Russia's Minister of Health, the vaccine's creators have sent "detailed responses to the editor of The Lancet magazine."
The Institute, which developed and trialled Sputnik V in conjunction with Russia's Defense Ministry, had denied the accusations of discrepancies, highlighting that the research was checked by The Lancet's own reviewers.
"The Gamaleya Institute categorically rejects the accusations made by a group of scientists about the inaccuracy of statistical data published in The Lancet," Deputy Research Director Denis Logunov told Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
The registration of Sputnik V was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 11, who declared that the country had developed the world's first anti-coronavirus vaccine. Scheduled to be available to the general public in 2021, it is currently in the third trial stage, which will see 40,000 Muscovites receive the two shots.
https://www.rt.com/russia/500370-russian-coronavirus-vaccine-lancet-questions/
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John - "British scientists cannot prove that the novichok nerve agent used to poison ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter was made in Russia, the military laboratory which tested it has said.
"Experts at the Porton Down research laboratory were unable to establish “the precise source” of the chemical weapon, the chief executive of the Ministry of Defence facility told Sky News. He added the government had used “a number of other sources to piece together” the conclusion that the Kremlin was responsible."
Read more at link:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/salisbury-poisoning-russia-novichok-nerve-agent-porton-down-proof-evidence-mod-latest-a8286761.html
Published on 3 Aug 2017
Renowned French security expert Paul Barril discloses the existence of Operation Beluga, a covert Western intelligence scheme intended to undermine Russia and its leaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H2ikdck8F4
About Porton down:
Published on Thursday 6th of May 2004
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/may/06/science.research
Published on 26 Mar 2018
The A-234 nerve agent — this particular substance is used in the Novichok system. For the last few weeks, London has been claiming that it was Russia that produced this substance. However, as you can see, anyone can purchase the detailed instructions for 28 dollars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQFFJsKVB-8
Published on 20 Mar 2018
Have you noticed that we live in a very strange world? What is strange about it? Huge human masses have lost the ability to decide by themselves what is black and what is white. For them, white and black are not what is really white and black, but what is supposed to be considered as white or black. At the same time, those who look directly at reality and call it by its real colors, ignoring the official directives, are declared to be agents of the Kremlin.
There is the feeling that only agents of the Kremlin can have
a sound mind...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3CQ_4KEehw
This happened on the Salisbury Plain at the time of the Skripal affair. A coincidence? I really don't think so:
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2018/march/06/180306-toxic-storm-for-royal-marines-in-major-chemical-exercise
"The 33-year-old daughter of Sergei Skripal, Yulia Skripal, visited her ”Vkontakte” page – sort of a Russian version of Facebook – on the morning of March 7th, three days after the “assassination” attempt that put her allegedly in a coma, until just a few days ago. She was poisoned, according to the British government, along side her father Sergei, and according to the official version, hasn’t regained consciousness until quite recently."
https://www.fort-russ.com/2018/03/curiouser-and-curiouser-yulia-skripal-logged-into-vk-while-in-coma/
Highly Likely sat on a wall
Highly Likely had a great fall
All T May's horses and
All T May's men
Couldn't put Highly
Together again!
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c before i is pronounced s. One doesn't say calkium, kigarette, kicada, kivilization, kircus, kity,
kircumstance,
kircumkision, kinematheque, kircumscribe, kirrostratus, kirrocumulus, kitriculture, kitrus, etc.
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@mimilagrayloise7980 En fait, vous nous avez amené la preuve incontestable que vous êtes un manipulateur pervers narcissique en plein délire.
Le manipulateir pervers narcissique vit dans un délire. Il/elle construit sa pensée sur un rapport de force, et il/elle est donc en conflit perpétuel, il/elle voit la gentillesse comme de la faiblesse.
Qu’est-ce qu’un pervers narcissique ? A mi-chemin entre l’organisation névrotique (l’organisation la plus normale qui soit, avec le complexe d’œdipe…) et l’organisation psychotique (relatif au déni, au délire et à la folie), les états limites regroupent des pathologies qui, toutes, ont en commun l’angoisse d’abandon. On y trouve certaines formes de dépression et de troubles psychosomatiques, les psychopathes et les pervers narcissiques.
Aussi appelé pervers manipulateur, le pervers narcissique est une personne dont la personnalité est très fragile et qui a besoin de prendre le contrôle sur l’autre et l’assujettir pour se protéger, se rassurer.
Le pervers narcissique n’a pas d’empathie, il ne se soucie que de lui-même et nie les besoins des autres. Il n’a pas de scrupule, pas de conscience morale, pas de remords, mais il sait très bien faire semblant d’en avoir.
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Nemtsov was not popular at all.
Who was Boris Nemtsov?
At one point, just after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the rise to power of Boris Yeltsin, Nemtsov was Russia’s Golden Boy, the nino adorado, handsome, smart, westernized, the face of the future. He had a meteoric rise in Russia’s government, eventually landing the plum bureaucratic job in the land, managing the “loans for shares” program, which bankrupted Russia and created the oligarchy by selling off the sovereign wealth of the Russian people for pennies on the dollar.
What was the “loans for shares” program?
The program was created to bring about the privatization of Russian industries. It worked like this. In return for cash loans Russia would put up shares in state-owned industries as collateral. After a year, if the loans were not repaid, the shares would be put up for auction, with a minimum bid of the value of the loan, the state and the lender to split anything over that. Bidding in the auctions was by invitation only.
Would-be bidders set up shell companies to be the under-bidders to make the auctions look good. There was no agreed value of the assets. A bright ten-year-old should be able to see what would come of this. But to the untutored, a million USDs sounded like a fortune; they didn’t know the asset was worth a billion. To the not-so-untutored, it sound like the opportunity of a lifetime, if the management of the auctions was crooked enough. The staged auctions created a criminal class with the wealth of Russia in its hands.
O what a fall was there! Who was Boris Nemtsov when inflation hit 2000%, stripping the life savings of tens of millions of Russians, when revelations were made, when people had time to watch and learn, when Russia defaulted?
From the Golden Boy, Nemtsov became something you scraped off your shoe.
The Comeback Kid?
The west is used to the reemergence of disgraced politicians and government officials after a few years keeping a low profile. Ukraine was a textbook case of this, electing an inept and corrupt government, reducing its leading figures to single digits in the votes in the following election, and one election after that recycling them. Currently in Ukraine we are seeing Orange Revolution, Act III.
Virtually unemployable in Russia, Nemtsov looked like a possible bargain to the west. Pay him to become a traitor to his country; he should come cheap. Worth a try, for the price of a parade of high-priced hookers and tankers of booze and whatever.
It was not to be. Nemtsov wasn’t stupid. Shortly before he was murdered, a Russian magazine asked him about his political future and he said “I have none. Russians are never going to forget and forgive the nineties.” They also asked him if he was afraid of Putin, and he laughed. After Nemtsov’s murder, the magazine ‘revealed’ that their editors had shortened the piece, and they were going to publish the whole thing since it had more interest now. In the new and improved version, Nemtsov reveals that he was in constant fear for his life, and so was his mother. His mother, for god’s sake! They have no shame, but also no brains. They left the the original version findable on their website.
Cui bono?
The gamble on Nemtsov had turned out to be a losing bet. There was not going to be a comeback. Years of effort had failed to budge the universal contempt in which he was held. He was useless.
Unless . . . perhaps if he were to die, there was mileage to be gotten from him.
The dead Crusader
Mileage like this. Shortly after his murder, one of his entourage reported that he had left a scratch pad with doodles on it that looked as if he was talking on the phone to someone about dead Russian soldiers in the Donbass.
Next, it was revealed that Nemtsov had been about to begin investigating dead Russian soldiers in the Donbass. A motive!
Then it was announced that Nemtsov had written a report about his investigation of dead Russian soldiers in the Donbass.
Today the book is being advertised for sale.
A man’s dying words are given special credibility in western law. His words after death, not so much.
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It certainly did you a lot of harm, but you're not aware of it.
“If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn . . .
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight . . .
If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive . . .
If a child lives with pity, he learns to feel sorry for himself . . .
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy . . .
If a child lives with jealousy, he learns to feel envy . . .
If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty ...
BUT
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient . . .
If a child lives with encouragement, he learns to be confident . . .
If a child lives with praise, he learns to be appreciative . . .
If a child lives with acceptance, he learns to love . .
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves..
If a child lives with honesty, he learns what truth is . . .
If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice . . .
If children live with recognition, they learn to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn to be generous.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith in himself and those about him . .
If a child lives with friendliness, he learns the world is a nice place in which to live.”
― Dorothy Law Nolte,
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Russia has created a reserve of 700,000 test kits that it will regularly replenish. And the coronavirus council announced yesterday it is allotting 1.4 billion rubles ($17.7 million) to VECTOR, the antiplague facility, and several Rospotrebnadzor labs to spur vaccine and drug development.
To cope with a rising tide of patients, Russia’s federal government is building a new hospital on Moscow’s outskirts. Authorities have called on Moscow residents over age 65 to self-isolate at home—an admonishment that Russian President Vladimir Putin, 67, exempted himself from. But Putin on 24 March donned protective gear while visiting a hospital treating COVID-19 patients, and yesterday he ordered all nonessential workplaces to close from 28 March to 5 April, declaring that “the safest thing is to be at home now.” Today, the government suspended international travel into and out of Russia—starting tomorrow—except for charter flights for bringing expatriates home.
Sick people who had contact with foreigners have been isolated in hospitals starting in early February. So, starting last month, hospitals were full of suspected patients, and their relatives were warned about the danger of infection. [Russia’s coronavirus commission yesterday said 112,000 people are in self-isolation in their homes.]
There is some community transmission, but the majority of patients who tested positive arrived from Europe. Unfortunately, measures to restrict air travel with Europe were introduced too late, when outbreaks had already occurred in Italy and other countries. [The first genome of the novel coronavirus sequenced from a Russian patient—a woman in St. Petersburg—placed it in a clade circulating in Europe.]
Over the past week, Russia has sent 15 cargo planes to Italy carrying 600 ventilators, 100 military medical specialists, and eight medical teams.
The teams sent to Italy include some of Russia's top virologists and epidemiologists, including those who had participated in international efforts to combat the spread of Ebola.
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Bullshit.
Unsurprisingly after the recapture of Izium, near Kharkov, by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (FAU), Ukraine is doing a reissue of Boutcha, trying to use the graves of civilians killed by bombing and those of its soldiers killed during the battle for the control of the city, to make believe in a massacre of civilians by the Russians.
Moreover, if the Russians had really mass-executed civilians at Izium, why would they bother to bury them individually with a cross and all the proper burial ritual?
Burying Ukrainian civilians and soldiers as much as possible in individual graves with a cross, and the name of the person, or an indication that they are soldiers, shows that the Russians have done show of humanity towards the dead they found after the battles for the capture of Izioum.
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At the time of writing, global number of cases is 532,788, with a total of 24,077 deaths and a total of 122,672, and a global fatality rate of 4.52%.
Italy
Confirmed: 80,589
Deaths: 8,215
Recovered: 10,361
Active: 62,013
Spain
Confirmed: 57,786
Deaths: 4,365
Recovered: 7,015
Active: 46,406
France
Confirmed: 29,155
Deaths: 1,696
Recovered: 4,948
Active: 22,511
Russia
Confirmed: 840
Deaths: 3
Recovered: 38
Active: 799
Germany
Confirmed: 43,938
Deaths: 267
Recovered: 5,673
Active: 37,998
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Health officials worry about long-term effects of COVID-19 on kids
More than one-third of all kids tested for COVID-19 in the state are testing positive. It’s even higher in Lee County at 46%.
Now, some health officials are sounding the alarm about the potential longer-term effects of this virus on our kids.
Health experts say we still have a lot to learn.
A warning from Doctor Alina Alonso, the director of the Department of Health Palm Beach County: Just because you don’t see any COVID-19 symptoms in a child doesn’t mean damage hasn’t been done.
“And while many of these especially younger children are asymptomatic when you take x-rays of their lungs, down in Miami and other places across the country, they’re seeing that there is damage to the lungs in these asymptomatic children.”
While Alonso says there’s proof asymptomatic children are suffering lung damage now, she and other warn we also need to start thinking about the lasting consequences these kids may have to live with.
“We may have to deal with this virus for decades because of not just the survivors coming back with consequences, but also those who were the silent, infected individuals,” said Dr. Bindu Mayi, professor of microbiology at NSU’s College of Medical Sciences.
On Thursday, when asked about the issue, Governor Ron DeSantis cited a lack of studies and evidence as a reason we shouldn’t be too concerned yet.
"It would be irresponsible for me to say, ‘There will never be any long term’ because we just don’t know. But it’s also problematic to say in 20 years, there’s going to be all of these problems because we just don’t know that."
Instead, the governor says we should stick to the proven facts, like focusing on the best strategy to avoid infection: wearing a mask and social distancing.
Experts say one reason we know so little about the virus is because of how it spreads throughout the body. It can impact multiple organs and body systems in different ways in different people.
https://www.winknews.com/2020/07/17/health-officials-worry-about-long-term-effects-of-covid-19-on-kids/
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The EU is profoundly Russophobic, you cannot believe anything it says about Russia. It has systematically been spreading fake news about Russia for years, it lies through its teeth about Russia, so how can you be so naive and gullible, Dr. John? Why do you hate Russia so much? Have you ever been to Russia and spoken with Russian people? Of course not. As to "Putin's disinfection tunnel", it is for killing the virus that may be on the surface of people, on their clothing, shoes, etc., and not a therapeutic device, for heaven's sake! You have got it all wrong, Dr. John, and you know absolutely nothing about Russia except for the mendacious and vicious Russophobic propaganda you've been exposed to via the BBC and the western mainstream media. You need to stop hating Russia and stop believing all the nasty lies about Russia.
Here, Dr. John, get your facts right about the disinfecting tunnel instead of jumping to ludicrous conclusions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4edewvns-1U
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Moscow's Gamaleya Institute, which created the world's first Covid-19 vaccine, has sent "detailed responses" to the questions posed by British medical journal The Lancet, after a group of scientists criticized the Russian data.
On September 7, an open letter signed by twenty-six analysts, mainly based in Italy, cast doubt on Russia's vaccine, noting the discovery of "potential data inconsistencies" in the published research. The group claimed that the article had significant statistical anomalies. Following the letter, the journal's editorial board asked the developers of the Russian vaccine, dubbed Sputnik V, to reply.
According to Alexey Kuznetsov, an assistant to Russia's Minister of Health, the vaccine's creators have sent "detailed responses to the editor of The Lancet magazine."
The Institute, which developed and trialled Sputnik V in conjunction with Russia's Defense Ministry, had denied the accusations of discrepancies, highlighting that the research was checked by The Lancet's own reviewers.
"The Gamaleya Institute categorically rejects the accusations made by a group of scientists about the inaccuracy of statistical data published in The Lancet," Deputy Research Director Denis Logunov told Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
The registration of Sputnik V was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 11, who declared that the country had developed the world's first anti-coronavirus vaccine. Scheduled to be available to the general public in 2021, it is currently in the third trial stage, which will see 40,000 Muscovites receive the two shots.
https://www.rt.com/russia/500370-russian-coronavirus-vaccine-lancet-questions/
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@jonsnow6274 You truly don't know what you're babblng about. The mobillization is limited to 300,000 reservists who are experienced veterans who have fought in Syria and other places and therefore have battlefield experience.
The Russian military is the world's largest in terms of military force, with at least 2 million reserve personnel. Their branches consist of the Ground Forces, Navy, and Aerospace Forces, as well as three independent arms of service: the Strategic Rocket Forces, Airborne Forces, and Special Operations Forces.
About 70% of the Russian military is made up of contract soldiers, while conscripts make up the rest of the force. Contract soldiers typically sign on for three years and are paid about $1,100 a month, which is a very high salary in Russia.
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@mombaassa Jacques Baud holds a master’s degree in Econometrics and a postgraduate degree in International Security from the Graduate Institute of International Relations in Geneva and was a Colonel in the Swiss Army. He worked for the Swiss Strategic Intelligence Service and was an advisor on the security of refugee camps in Eastern Zaire during the Rwandan war (UNHCR – Zaire/Congo, 1995-1996). He worked for the DPKO (Department of Peacekeeping Operations) of the United Nations in New York (1997-99), founded the International Centre for Humanitarian Demining in Geneva (CIGHD) and the Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA). He contributed to the introduction of the concept of intelligence in UN peace operations and headed the first integrated UN Joint Mission Analysis Centre (JMAC) in Sudan (2005-06). He was head of the Peace Policy and Doctrine Division of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations in New York (2009-11) and of the UN Expert Group on Security Sector Reform and the Rule of Law, worked in Nato and is the author of several books on intelligence, asymmetric warfare, terrorism and disinformation.
Read and learn:
https://www.thepostil.com/the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine/
https://www.thepostil.com/our-interview-with-jacques-baud/
https://www.thepostil.com/jacques-baud-the-goal-is-not-to-help-ukraine-but-to-fight-putin/
https://www.thepostil.com/our-latest-interview-with-jacques-baud/
https://www.thepostil.com/ukraine-weapons-or-peace-a-conversation-with-jacques-baud/
https://www.thepostil.com/jacques-baud-the-goal-is-not-to-help-ukraine-but-to-fight-putin/
Excerpt from https://www.thepostil.com/jacques-baud-the-goal-is-not-to-help-ukraine-but-to-fight-putin/
JB: The whole conflict is the result of a scenario carefully worked out by the West. Its basic components were laid out in 2019 in two papers published by the RAND Corporation, the Pentagon think tank, entitled, Overextending and Unbalancing Russia and Extending Russia. These describe the sequence of events that led to the Russian offensive in February 2022. In addition to that, promises were made to Ukraine that it would become a member of NATO if it instigated a war that led to Russia’s defeat, as Oleksiy Arestovych explained in an interview with a Ukrainian television station in March 2019. In fact, Ukrainians were lied to, as Zelensky noted on CNN on March 21, 2022.
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB10014.html
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html
2019 mindblowing interview Oleksiy Aerstovych. advisor to president of Ukraine
2019 interview with Oleksiy #Arestovych, adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of #Ukraine:
'Our price for joining #NATO is a big #war with #Russia'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVSh0vjrLDg
From August 2014:
http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2014/08/its-perfectly-simple-you-need-to-kill.html
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Apparently, Lynn Hayter is a pastor for the Seeds for Wealth Ministries - a small practice that offers "financial freedom through Christ." - but the ony reference to this Seeds for Wealth Ministries I have been able to find with google is a facebook page. There are three facebook links:
https://www.facebook.com/seedsforwealthministries/ https://www.facebook.com/seedsforwealthministries/about https://www.facebook.com/seedsforwealthministries/posts/httpswwwfacebookcomlynnhayter3posts1081674338537271/477858749088590/ and they seem to be dead links.
On a RT page, it is stated that:
Hayter belongs to a tiny organization called the Seeds for Wealth Ministries, which boasts 77 followers on Facebook at time of writing.
The ministry is closer to US evangelical churches than the Anglican tradition and promises to “help you realise, release and walk into your financial freedom in Christ.”
https://www.rt.com/uk/445222-bbc-newsnight-actor-vicar/
In The Sun it is written that:
Lynn recently appeared in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
She has also starred in Foster Florence Jenkins, King Arthur, Eastenders, Wonderwoman, Mr Selfridge, The Crown and Now You See Me 2.
Her online acting profile says she can do accents as varied as Grimsby, Kent, London and Northern England.
She says she has "acting, modelling, film, and TV experience", can sing soprano, play piano, ice skate, horse ride and dance the Argentine Tango.
She writes: "I have over 25yrs in the business and i thoroughly enjoy my job.
"I'm professional, punctual and polite, I have been told I am a directors dream!"
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7864095/bbc-newsnight-vicar-pro-brexit-vicar-actor-eastenders/
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@vidznstuff1 Excerpts and corresponding links:
FFP2 masks have a minimum of 94% filtration percentage and maximum 8% leakage to the inside. They are mainly used in construction, agriculture, and by healthcare professionals against influenza viruses. They are currently used for protection against the coronavirus.
In Europe, for caregivers, it is necessary to wear a respirator of at least class FFP2 or FFP3 for maximum filtration of particles and aerosols when caring for a patient who is infected or suspected of being so
In the United States, the N95 respirator filters 95% of airborne particles, and can even filter out bacteria and viruses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So for caregivers, it is necessary to wear a respirator of class N, R or P.
http://emag.medicalexpo.com/which-masks-actually-protect-against-coronavirus/
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FFP1
Respirator masks (which means they are made of a fabric designed to filter the air or impurities) are based on a grading system do indicate how much protection they offer.
First up is FFP1, which protects against materials in concentrations up to 4x OEL or 4x APF (assigned protection factor). Because it is the first rung on the ladder (so to speak), they are the most affordable option and they can be bought from UK Meds for £9.99 for one £29.99 for a pack of five.
FFP2
Next is FFP2 and these offer more protection than FFP1, at concentrations up to 12x OEL or 10x APF. They are the European equivalent of the N95 respirator masks used in the US and this kind meet the guidance from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
FFP3
The masks that offer the highest level of protection are FFP3, which protect against materials in concentrations up to 50x OEL or 20x APF. This is substantially higher than FFP1 and they can block both liquid and solid aerosols.
Current NHS guidelines stipulate FFP3 face masks for virus and bacterial infection control when the contagion is spread through coughing and sneezing (such as with the coronavirus). They are also often used by healthcare professionals when handling hazardous pharmaceutical chemicals.
https://www.ukmeds.co.uk/blog/what-s-the-difference-between-ffp1-ffp2-and-ffp3-face-masks
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However, unlike simple facemasks or surgical masks, respiratory masks protect against aqueous and oily aerosols, smoke and fine dust in. Their protective function is verified by the Europe-wide EN 149 standard and divided into FFP2 and FFP3, these standards verify protection from avian flu, SRAS, tuberculosis, as well as infection respiratory pathogens, and bacteria.
The two classifications also signify the number of particulates filtered out by the mask, the FFP2 filters 94% and FFP3 filters 99%. The more particles that need to be filtered, the greater the number of filter material layers. Consequently, masks in the higher protection classes are thicker, meaning breathing resistance is higher.
Particle-filtering face masks protect against particles, but not gases or vapours.
Arsalan Karim, Director of Research and Development of Clinova, explains: “Right now, there’s a lot of talk about different kinds of protective masks, and which one is best. While surgical masks protect against infectious agents transmitted by droplets, they do not protect against airborne infectious agents such as viruses, so they will not prevent the wearer from being potentially infected by COVID-19.
“However, the respirator face mask, which protects the wearer from aqueous and oily aerosols, smoke, and fine dust, is also more effective at protecting against airborne infectious agents such as COVID-19 and SARS. Respirator masks prevent viruses from entering the body through the mucous membranes of the mouth and nostrils.”
https://www.healtheuropa.eu/are-face-masks-useful-for-stopping-the-spread-of-covid-19/99087/
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@vidznstuff1 Continued:
An FFP mask (“Filtering Face piece Particles”) is an individual respirator protection mask. Developed as per standard NF EN 149, it is designed to protect the wearer against the inhalation of both droplets and particles suspended in the air. Wearing this type of mask is more restrictive than a surgical mask (heat-related discomfort, breathing resistance), but it protects from inhaling infectious pathogens. Available in shell, 2-ply, 3-ply and duckbill shapes, with or without an exhaling valve, with optional facial seals, there are three categories, according to their effectiveness:
FFP1 masks which filter at least 80% of aerosols (inward leakage < 22%);
FFP2 masks which filter at least 94% of aerosols (inward leakage < 8%);
FFP3 masks which filter at least 99% of aerosols (inward leakage < 2%).
https://www.afnor.org/en/news/protective-masks-faced-with-coronavirus-standard-development-bodies-follow-multiple-leads/
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PPE MASKS (Personal Protective Equipment Mask)
Their main purpose is protection of the wearer. These PPE masks
- filter the inhaled air protecting the wearer and some types also filter the exhaled air (protection towards the outside)
- have levels recommended by the WHO (World Health Organization):
- The FFP2 filters over 92% of the suspended particles
- The FFP3 arrive at values equal to or greater than 98%;
- must fit tightly to the face and be worn correctly
- must be worn mainly by healthcare personnel as indicated by WHO
(Respiratory protective masks fall under Personal Protective Regulation. European standard EN 149 specifies performance requirements and test methods for FFP2 masks, or alternatively FFP3 (American similar standard protection levels are N95 / N99)
https://www.edana.org/how-we-take-action/covid-19/protective-and-medical-face-masks
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Currently, there are two main types of face masks: surgical face masks (also known as simple face masks, like the one pictured above) and respirator masks (such as N95 respirator and other FFP2/3 forms like the one pictured below). Unlike surgical masks, which are unable to filter out virus-containing droplets, respirator masks protect against small droplets and particles including, aqueous and oily aerosols, smoke and fine dust. For this reason, respirator masks are more suitable for use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a study published by the UK’s Health and Safety Executive, Evaluating the protection afforded by surgical masks against influenza bioaerosols[1], they found that respirators provided a much higher level of protection against viruses. The study focused on the effectiveness of surgical masks against a range of airborne particles, and through separate tests measuring “levels of inert particles and live aerosolised influenza virus”.
This research is relevant now because, as with influenza, it seems that the main way the coronavirus causing Covid-19 spreads is via inhalation or contact with tiny virus filled droplets. If wearing a mask prevents a high percentage of droplets from entering your respiratory system, the benefit is clear. While masks do not guarantee 100 per cent protection for the wearer, if used correctly, they can considerably reduce the likelihood of infection. During a time when working to flatten the curve is of top priority, any reduction in transmission rates is welcome, and masks are a good option to help combat this.
The results showed that, when compared to the baseline level, surgical masks produced a six-fold reduction in exposure, meaning that live virus cells could be detected in the air behind all models of mask tested. In comparison, a well-fitted respirator provided a 100-fold reduction as a minimum, providing meaningful protection from virus particles.
With public demand for masks growing daily, people must be able to access these high specification masks. When masks are added into the mix of social distancing and hand washing, there can be a meaningful ‘flattening of the curve’. While that may sound like a term only of interest to statisticians, it matters to us all, as it is the concept used by virologists to indicate the reduction in rates of virus transmission. When an infected person coughs or sneezes, up to half a million virus particles can spread to those around them, so it’s never been more important to have the right protection against what is a very infectious virus.
Respiratory masks
On the back of this evidence, Clinova has seen a massive increase in enquiries from the public about its face mask product, COVAFLU ™ Respirator Mask. The most common question relates to the suitability and effectiveness of different mask types during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
The protective function of respiratory masks is verified by the Europe-wide EN 149 standard, which verifies protection from avian flu, SARS, tuberculosis and a variety of other respiratory infectious agents. There are two classifications of respirator masks – FFP2 and FFP3, which filter up to 94 per cent and 99 per cent of particles, respectively. The more particles that need to be filtered, the greater the number of filter material layers. The different layers fulfil a variety of functions, including aesthetics, comfort, stability, tear-resistance and, of course, filtering.
COVAFLU™ Respiratory Mask is an FFP2/N95 mask, which has been designed to meet World Health Organisation and Health Protection Authority standards. The mask functions by effectively blocking small virus sized particles from entering the body and comfort by making the mask adjustable, allowing the wearer to customise the fit.
https://www.hospitaltimes.co.uk/know-your-mask-flu-respirator-mask-vs-surgical-face-mask/
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Conclusion: When choosing face protection, the wearer should be aware that only certified respirators from a standard of KN95 or FFP2 provide protection against Covid-19. The most effective protection is wearing a respirator in combination with observing the hygiene rules.
https://www.virmasko.com/en/worauf-es-beim-kauf-einer-atemschutzmaske-ankommt/
Etc., etc.
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unrealturbos
The Communists had absolutely nothing to do with my education. I never lived in a Communist country, neither did my parents who left Russia at the Revolution. You have nothing you can teach me about the history of Russia and even less about the history of my parents' families. Yes, Cyrillic, largely based on the Greek alphabet, was invented by saints Cyril and Methodius, at the same time that my ancestor Rurik unified the many Russian fiefdoms and oblasts into one country, but that doesn't change anything. By the way, you can bugger off. Do you know what bugger means and the etymology of that word? Well, if you don't, here it is:
bugger
ˈbʌɡə/
Britishvulgar slang
noun
noun: bugger; plural noun: buggers
1.
used as a term of abuse, especially for a man.
used to refer to a person, typically a man, for whom one feels pity or respect.
an annoyingly awkward thing.
2.
derogatory
a person who commits buggery.
verb
verb: bugger; 3rd person present: buggers; past tense: buggered; past participle: buggered; gerund or present participle: buggering
1.
penetrate the anus of (someone) during sexual intercourse.
2.
cause serious harm or trouble to.
act in a stupid or feckless way.
used to express an angrily dismissive attitude to (someone or something).
exclamation
exclamation: bugger; exclamation: buggeration
1.
used to express annoyance or anger.
Origin
Middle English (originally denoting a heretic, specifically an Albigensian): from Middle Dutch, from Old French bougre ‘heretic’, from medieval Latin Bulgarus ‘Bulgarian’. The sense ‘sodomite’ (16th century) arose from an association of heresy with forbidden sexual practices; its use as a general insult dates from the early 18th century.
So do what comes naturally to you, do what is dictated in your Bulgarian genes, and bugger off.
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St. Joseph pray for us THE SCHISM OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH FROM THE EASTERN ORTHODOX: 1054-1954
by Archbishop Michael of North and South America
Exactly nine hundred years have passed since the
separation of the two great Churches of Christendom when the Western
Church broke away from the Eastern Orthodox. Many still seek the cause
of this most unfortunate division. Actually, it can be found in the
difference concerning the Primacy of the Pope of Rome.
Until the Fifth Century A.D. there was not even a
single instance of dissension or antagonism between the two Churches.
The Bishop of Rome had always been considered the First in the order of
hierarchy. This was a natural consequence of the position of Rome as the
capital of the Roman Empire. When Constantinople became the new capital
of the Byzantine State its Bishop assumed the second position in the
ranks of the hierarchy. The third canon of the Second Ecumenical Council
(381) designates the position of honor of the Bishop of Constantinople
as second only to that of the Bishop of Rome. This decision of the
Council is based on the premise that Constantinople is new Rome, and,
incidentally, it has been retained among the titles of the Patriarch of
Constantinople.
This indicates, as was brought out at the Council,
that the political importance of the city defined the honorary status of
its hierarchy. The same fact was repeated with emphasis by the now
renown 28th Canon of the Fourth Ecumenical Council held at Chalcedon in
451. At that time, the Bishop of Constantinople was acclaimed as equal
in honor to the Bishop of Rome.
In the meantime, erroneous beliefs began to circulate
in the Church of the West. Of these, the most serious was an addition to
the Creed of Nicaea-Constantinople concerning the Holy Spirit. The
Church of Rome wanted to say that the Holy Spirit proceeds and from the
Son. In Latin, this addition was accomplished by the word, “filioque.”
It should be made clear at this point that the Creed or ??S???O,
was compiled and authorized as the Christian Confessions of faith by
the First and Second Ecumenical Councils. The first seven articles of
the Creed were approved at the First Council and the remaining five were
composed at the Second Council which was held in Constantinople. The
Eighth article states “and in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, Giver of Life,
who proceedeth from the Father, who together with the Father and the Son
is worshipped...” This addition of “filioque” (“and from the
Son”) was first heard in Spain during the middle of the Sixth Century.
From there, this innovation spread to other western countries. It is
most noteworthy however, that during the early part of the Ninth
Century, Pope Leo III protested against this addition to the Creed.
Convinced that it should remain as it has been written and proclaimed by
the first two Ecumenical Councils, he ordered that the Creed be
inscribed without any change upon two silver plaques. These were placed
in St. Peter’s at Rome for all to see. This is a historical fact which
is accepted by all historians as true.
The first to object strongly to this addition to the
Creed, and to other errors of the Western Church, was Photios, the great
Patriarch of Constantinople, who flourished in the middle of the Ninth
Century. Photios was a brilliant scholar and theologian who held a high
position in the Imperial Byzantine Court. He attained great literary
fame with his monumental work, “Myrio Biblos,” in which he summarized
280 ancient writings of which the majority were subsequently lost. Due
to his great ability and exceptional virtues as a layman he was admitted
to the priesthood and in a period of six days he was ordained deacon,
priest and bishop. On Christmas Day of 857, he was enthroned as
Patriarch of Constantinople.
The discord between the Eastern and the Western Church
continued on a livelier vein after Patriarch Photios. The Eastern
Church, with the Patriarch of Constantinople at its head, protested
against the errors in dogma taught by the Western Church. Constant
appeals were made to Rome to renounce all error and conform with the
teachings of the Seven Ecumenical Councils of the first eight centuries.
Simultaneously, the Western Church, with the Pope as its head,
maintained that the entire Christian Church was obliged to adhere
without discussion to the pronouncements of the Roman See. They
maintained that the primate of the Church of Rome was the vicar of
Christ on earth, because he was supposedly the heir to the primacy of
St. Peter whom Christ our Lord had installed as head of the universal
Church, and who had founded the Christian Church of Rome.
Now let us see what we can learn from the original account of the events in question:
(a) We should first consider that passage from the
Gospel according to St. Matthew upon which the Roman Catholics base the
primacy of St. Peter. Our Lord was at Caesarea of Philippi (Matt. 16)
when He asked His Disciples: “Whom do men say that I am? And they said,
Some say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elias and others
Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, but whom say ye
that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art Christ the Son of
the Living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou,
Simon Bar-Jonah: for the flesh and blood hath not revealed it into
thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, that
thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my Church; and the gates
of hell shall not prevail against it.” (Matt. 16:13-18)
It is quite evident from these words of our Lord that
He built His Church not upon Peter for then He would have clearly said,
“Thou art Peter and upon thee I will build my Church,” but upon the rock of
the true Faith which Peter confessed. Christ our Lord clearly said that
His Church is built upon the truth which Peter declared that our Lord
Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God. Only through considerable
distortion of the text can one draw the conclusion of the Roman
Catholics, that Christ built the Church upon Peter.
(b) It is also clear from the Scriptures that St.
Peter had no authority over the Apostles. In his Epistle to the
Galatians, St. Paul states that when he saw Peter was not thinking
correctly, he corrected him in the presence of others, “But when Peter
was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be
blamed.” (Gal. 2:11) Further down St. Paul elaborates by saying, “...
when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the
gospel, I said unto Peter before them all) if thou, being a Jew, livest
after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest
thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?” (Gal. 2:14) On the basis of
these words of St. Paul we may justly question, “Is there even a trace
of recognition here of Peter’s authority to teach without the
possibility of error?”
(c) Concerning the foundation of the Christian Church
in Rome there is authoritative testimony that it was not accomplished by
St. Peter. It was established by Christians who settled in Rome.
Moreover, St. Paul considered it his Church. He mentioned this in his
epistle to the Romans, “...from Jerusalem and round about unto
Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. Yea, so have I
strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should
build upon another man’s foundation ... for which, cause also I have
been much hindered from coming to you. But now having no more place in
these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto
you; whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I
trust to see you in my journey.” (Rom. 15:19-20, 22-23)
From this passage, therefore, we clearly see that St.
Paul had no knowledge that Peter was in Rome or that St. Peter had
founded the Church there. On the contrary, he says that he feels obliged
to preach the gospel where no other Apostle taught so that he would not
build upon the foundation laid by another. Surely this is an explicit
testimony that St. Peter was in no way connected with the foundation of
the Church of Rome. Actually St. Peter served the Church for many years
in Antioch, as verified by St. Jerome, and then went to Rome where he
suffered martyrdom with St. Paul.
(d) In conclusion it should be pointed out that the
order of precedence given to the Apostolic Sees was determined
exclusively by the political importance of various cities. The Bishop of
Rome was recognized as first because Rome was capital of the empire.
Originally, the Bishop of Constantinople was designated as second by the
Second Ecumenical Council. Subsequently, when Constantinople became the
capital of the Byzantine Empire and was referred to as New Rome, the
Fourth Ecumenical Council proclaimed the Bishop of Constantinople equal
in rank with the Bishop of Rome.
The Bishop of Alexandria was designated third, because
his city was then the great center of learning; and following him were
the Bishops of Antioch and Jerusalem. If the position of honor were
determined not by the political but by the religious significance of the
city, does it not stand to reason that the primacy of honor would be
reserved for Jerusalem, the Mother Church of Christendom? There would be
no dispute in that case, for our Lord lived there and was crucified and
arose from the tomb. Moreover, the first Christian Church was founded
in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
These are the true and accurate facts as they are
brought to light by the authentic documents which make up Ecclesiastical
History. It is very unfortunate that the Western Church insists on its
view for so many centuries.
We Orthodox are deeply grieved that our Roman Catholic
brethren distort the facts. We are praying daily and will continue to
pray that the Roman Catholic Church will again embrace the truth, as
many learned laymen of that faith have done already. That event will be
one of the most momentous in the entire history of mankind. It will mark
the beginning of the fulfillment of the prayer of Lord on the night of
His betrayal, “Father, I pray that they all may be one; as thou Father
art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; that the
world may believe that thou hast sent me.”
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***** Lamentations 3:31-33 (NIV), "For no one is cast off by the Lord forever. Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love", and 1 Timothy 4:10 (NIV), "We have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe." Colossians 1:17-20, "He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything He might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through His blood, shed on the cross."
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ZZzzzzzWhat
Firstly, I don't spam. Neither do I troll, for that matter - that's your modus operandi.
Secondly, I am not anti-Europe - I am European and, as are the majority of Europeans, I am anti-EU subservience to the US and NATO.
Thirdly, there is no such word or verb as "slak" in English.
Fourthly, I never get emotional about these subjects, I remain factual.
Fifthly, show me where I have posted anything that could remotely be termed as "Putinu- arkbahr" (you inserted a "b" that doesn't belong there, so who is being emotional, eh?).
Sixthly, I am not a pro-Putin Russian.
Finally, It will end how and when I decide, it is not up to you and you cannot "grantee" (I suppose that in your hyper-emotionality you totally garbled the word "guarantee") anything to me.
Capisce?
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ZZzzzzzWhat
Re your first paragraph - false, and false.
Where did I say that most Europeans are anti-UN? You're losing it...
So, you meant to write stalk - but I stalk nobody, not even you!
I am not at all emotional here, but you certainly are. I take things as seriously as they need to be taken seriously. I also take the mickey out of you because you truly ask for it.
Where did you see me support Putin viciously, let alone as if he were a Godly figure? Nowhere. You're just making it up or confusing me with other people - the latter is probably the most likely because you're a very confused creature. I worship no man, nor do I worship any woman. You're hallucinating.
The only tantrums have been yours, and I haven't been stalking you at all - and you know it. The only person afflicted with narcissist personality disorder here is you, due to your profound insecurities and obvious desperate attention-seeking and drama queen reactions.
Enough for today, it is past my bed-time and I have important things to do tomorrow morning. I'll be back, of course, if you respond to me and if I chance upon any more inanities of yours!
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tiffsaver I am neither. Allcaps indicate angry yelling: http://netiquette.wikia.com/wiki/Rule_number_2_-_Do_not_use_all_caps
I have lived in Sub-Saharan Africa, you obviously haven't. It is indeed a matter of geographical location, socio-economic context, and culture. I am neither jealous, angry nor violent, I am not a man and I don't enjoy shooting guns nor do I possess any, by choice.
I don't know why you bring the Bible into this discussion, it is totally irrelevant, so the only ludicrous arguments here are yours, not mine.
With regard to your last paragraph, I have already answered you, and it is you who are incapable of understanding anything.
Finally, calling me names only shows your impotence and the fact that you lost the argument from the get-go.
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ZZzzzzzWhat
The first country to abolish slavery was China, circa 221-206 BC, under the Qin Dynasty. Portugal didn't even exist as a country then.
960: Doge of Venice Pietro IV Candiano reconvened the popular assembly and had it approve of a law prohibiting the slave trade.
1102: Trade in slaves and serfdom condemned by the church in London: Council of London (1102).
1117: Slavery abolished in Iceland.
1200: Slavery virtually disappears in Japan; it was never widespread and mostly involved captives taken in civil wars.
1214: The Statute of the Town of Korčula (today in Croatia) abolishes slavery.
1215: Magna Carta signed. Clause 30, commonly known as Habeas Corpus, would form the basis of a law against slavery in English common law.
1220: The Sachsenspiegel, the most influential German code of law from the Middle Ages, condemns slavery as a violation of God's likeness to man.
1256: The Liber Paradisus is promulgated. The Comune di Bologna abolishes slavery and serfdom and releases all the serfs in its territories.
1274: Landslov (Land's Law) in Norway mentions only former slaves, which indicates that slavery was abolished in Norway
1315: Louis X, king of France, publishes a decree proclaiming that "France signifies freedom" and that any slave setting foot on the French ground should be freed.
1335: Sweden (including Finland at the time) makes slavery illegal. An abolition of slaves setting foot on Swedish ground does not occur until 1813.
1368: China's Hongwu Emperor establishes the Ming dynasty and would abolish all forms of slavery.
1416: Republic of Ragusa (modern day Dubrovnik, Croatia) abolished slavery and slave trading
1435:In Sicut Dudum, Pope Eugene IV banned enslavement of christians in the Canary Islands on pain of excommunication.
I don't see Portugal there.
Venezuela was the first country still existing in the world to abolish the death penalty for all crimes, doing so by Constitution in 1863. (San Marino had abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes only in 1848.), so Portugal is not the first country to abolish the death penalty.
Canada is by no means the most hospitable country in the world. Iceland is the most hospitable country in the world, followed by New Zealand. Canada doesn't even rank in the top ten most hospitable countries in the world.
I call a spade a spade, and I call a neo-Nazi a neo-Nazi, whether you like it or not.
My sometimes crude (but by no means exaggeratedly so) language simply shows that I have a strong personality, that I am assertive and self-assured and not constrained by a socially imposed model. This, in a woman, is threatening to men so they will try to abase her, but is deemed admirable in men. Furthermore, my occasional crude language is nowhere near as crude as yours when you have your little conversations (often about me) in Portuguese with your little friend Sims. So: Pot. Kettle. Black.
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ZZzzzzzWhat http://www.merriam-webster.com/concise/capital%20punishment
capital punishment
Execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense. Capital punishment for murder, treason, arson, and rape was widely employed in ancient Greece, and the Romans also used it for a wide range of offenses. It also has been sanctioned at one time or another by most of the world's major religions. In 1794 the U.S. state of Pennsylvania became the first jurisdiction to restrict the death penalty to first-degree murder, and in 1846 Michigan abolished capital punishment for all murders and other common crimes. In 1863 Venezuela became the first country to abolish capital punishment for all crimes. Portugal was the first European country to abolish the death penalty (1867). By the mid-1960s some 25 countries had abolished the death penalty for murder. During the last third of the 20th century, the number of abolitionist countries increased more than threefold. Despite the movement toward abolition, many countries have retained capital punishment, and some have extended its scope. In the U.S., the federal government and roughly three-fourths of the states retain the death penalty, and death sentences are regularly carried out in China, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Iran. Supporters of the death penalty claim that life imprisonment is not an effective deterrent to criminal behaviour. Opponents maintain that the death penalty has never been an effective deterrent, that errors sometimes lead to the execution of innocent persons, and that capital punishment is imposed inequitably, mostly on the poor and on racial minorities.
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This should settle our dispute on that subject.
Originally, "fascism" referred to a political movement that was linked with corporatism and existed in Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. It now also means a way of organizing a society in which a government ruled by a dictator controls the lives of the people and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government. In this respect, I disagree with the term "islamo-facists" except, perhaps, with regard to Saudi Arabia and, to a lesser degree, the UAE. Even Iran doesn't really fall in that category any more.
Definition of "verbatim" http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/verbatim
With regard to logorrhoea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logorrhoea) and attention seeking, I reckon you and I are on equal footing. I do however commend you for your efforts in English which is not your first language and in which you still have a certain degree of clumsiness.
P.S. Where can I bill you for my therapeutic services?
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Антон Городецкий Голод в Африке часто является результатом конфликтов, войны, он быстро спускается. Что вы хотите, чтобы эти африканские женщины делать в странах от голода ударил? Голод также создает крайнюю нищету в уже бедных странах. Недоедающих детей чаще, чем не в семьях, которые вынуждены бежать, чтобы выжить, они являются беженцами и прибывают в лагерях беженцев, пройдя пешком в течение многих дней, чтобы бежать конфликтов. Ребенок в таких условиях голодает и сильно страдает от обезвоживания и диареи в течение нескольких дней. Кроме того, многие из этих детей были зачаты с помощью изнасилования женщин вражеских солдат. Так что решение вы предлагаете, чтобы женщины из рождения младенцев в этих условиях?
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No, you did not really answer my questions. Sending Western soldiers to end the conflicts simply won't work. It is not the job of Americans to save the world, it is *everybody's" job. For starters, Western countries and China should stop exploiting African countries' lands and natural resources to the detriment of the local people, especially oil. Secondly, the West should stop buying blood gold and blood diamond as well as blood rare-earths from African countries. Thirdly, the West should stop interfering in the internal affairs of African countries, it should stop backing and financing African dictators. The West should stop dumping tens of thousands of tons of toxic waste in African countries. The West and Japan should stop fishing illegally in African waters with their huge factory trawlers that destroy the sea fauna and deplete these waters of fish. The list goes on and on, but it doesn't comprise any of your unrealistic suggestions.
By definition, African societies are not in any manner intrinsically rotten - those that are were made so by the West.
I can tell that you've never been to Africa. I have, many times.
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Spiritchaser Anastasis
Династия Царская Рюриковичи да, но семьи Рюриковичей жить. Вы очень грубы, чтобы позвонить мне дурак.
Династия Рюриковичи подошла к концу, когда царь Федор I умер в 1598 году. Потомки князя Рюрика правили Русью на протяжении семи веков. Многие аристократические семьи прослеживается свою родословную от князя. Они взяли свои фамилии - Одоевский, Мосальские, Горчаков, Барятинский, Оболенский, Репнин, Волконский, Кропоткин, Шаховской и Долгоруков в частности - от названий их наследственных владений или прозвищ предков. Кроме управления страной, потомство Рюрика также заняли важные политические, правовые и военные посты. Более десяти тысяч из его потомков в настоящее время разбросаны по всей России и за рубежом.
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Li Wind
So, four years is a really long time according to you?
Andre Geim*, Physics, 2010
Konstantin Novoselov*, Physics, 2010
Leonid Hurwicz*, Economics, 2007
Alexei A. Abrikosov*, Physics, 2003
Vitaly Ginzburg, Physics, 2003
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov, born in then Soviet Union, now Belarus, Physics, 2000
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, Peace, 1990
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky*, Literature, 1987
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Physics, 1978
Menachem Begin*, born in now Belarus, Peace, 1978
Ilya Prigogine*, Chemistry, 1977
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov, Peace, 1975
Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich, Economics, 1975
Wassily Leontief, Economics, 1973
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Literature, 1970
Michail Sholokhov, Literature, 1965
Nicolay G. Basov, Physics, 1964
Aleksandr M. Prokhorov, born in Australia, Physics, 1964
Lev Davidovich Landau, Physics, 1962
Boris Pasternak, Literature, 1958 (forced to decline)
Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, Physics, 1958
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm, Physics, 1958
Ilya Mikhailovich Frank, Physics, 1958
Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Chemistry, 1956
Ivan Bunin*, Literature, 1933
Wilhelm Ostwald*, born in now Latvia, Chemistry, 1909
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, born in now Ukraine, Physiology or Medicine, 1908
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Physiology or Medicine, 1904
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Ty Berius Eрунда, дерьмо, чушь собачья, херня, враки, говно, хуйня, несусветная чушь, херовина, хуевина, фигня.
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Ty Berius
There is no RUS on that registration plate in the video, there is however UKR. Furthermore, force structures of Ukraine (military units and the executive authorities with their subordinate military formations) use letter designations that are different from civil and diplomatic service. The military use the letters А, В, Е, К, Н, Р, С, Т for the motor transport (which is the case in this video). For the trailers are using the letters І, М, О and Х. The letters are combined with numbers from 1 to 9.
You know fuck-all about the truth as you spew only lies. Oh, and I am not "comrade", I never was.
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sexy05gal The first recorded landing on the islands is attributed to English captain John Strong, who, en route to Peru's and Chile's littoral in 1690, discovered the Falkland Sound and noted the islands' water and game. Therefore the islands were British.
The Falklands remained uninhabited until the 1764 establishment of Port Louis on East Falkland by French captain Louis Antoine de Bougainville, and the 1766 foundation of Port Egmont on Saunders Island by British captain John MacBride. Whether the settlements were aware of each other's existence or not is subject to debate among historians. In 1766, France surrendered its claim on the Falklands to Spain, which renamed the French colony Puerto Soledad the following year. Problems began when Spain discovered Port Egmont; an imminent war, caused by Spain's capture of the port in 1770, was avoided by its restitution to Britain in 1771.
Both the British and Spanish settlements coexisted in the archipelago until 1774, when Britain's new economic and strategic considerations led it to voluntarily withdraw from the islands, leaving a plaque claiming the Falklands for King George III. Spain's Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata became the only governmental presence in the territory. West Falkland was left abandoned, and Puerto Soledad became mostly a prison camp. Amid the British invasions of the Río de la Plata during the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the islands' governor evacuated the archipelago in 1806; Spain's remaining colonial garrison followed suit in 1811, except for gauchos and fishermen who remained voluntarily.
More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands#History
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SilverlonewolfX Nobody knows whether Jesus shed blood or not. Just because it is not mentioned in the New Testament doesn't necessarily mean it didn't happen. As it is, there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Jesus ever existed. None. The earliest Gospel was written some sixty years after the alleged crucifixion of Jesus, the other three were written much later. Therefore none of the Gospels were written by first-hand witnesses, and there are many contradictions between them. Furthermore, there is a number of different versions of the Bible - it has been truncated, mistranslated, edited, added to etc., through the ages.
Why need a religion and dogmas when one can have a direct connection to God? Why go for second-hand, third-hand, fourth-hand etc., accounts when one can have a first-hand and direct experience without all the artificial trappings and control mechanisms of any religion?
You are a prisoner.
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David Norris You really need to go back to school.
low
ləʊ/
adjective
adjective: low; comparative adjective: lower; superlative adjective: lowest
1.
of less than average height from top to bottom or to the top from the ground.
"the school is a long, low building"
synonyms:
short, small, little; More
squat, stubby, stunted, truncated, dwarfish, knee-high;
shallow
"a low fence"
antonyms:
high
situated not far above the ground, the horizon, or sea level.
"the sun was low in the sky"
synonyms:
low-lying, ground-level, sea-level, flat; More
sunken, depressed, subsided, nether
"a narrow tract of low land"
antonyms:
high
located at or near the bottom of something.
"low back pain"
(of women's clothing) cut so as to reveal the neck and the upper part of the breasts.
"the low neckline of her blouse"
synonyms:
low-cut, skimpy, revealing;
plunging
"the low neckline of her blouse"
(of latitude) near the equator.
"the warming effect will be greatest at low latitudes"
Phonetics
(of a vowel) pronounced with the tongue held low in the mouth; open.
2.
below average in amount, extent, or intensity.
"bringing up children on a low income"
synonyms:
cheap, inexpensive, low-priced, low-cost, economical, moderate, reasonable, modest, bargain, cut-price, bargain-basement, rock-bottom More
"grain prices are still low"
unambitious, unaspiring, modest
"adults have low expectations of children's ability to explain things"
antonyms:
expensive, high, ambitious
(of a river or lake) below the usual water level.
"the river was low"
(of a substance or food) containing smaller quantities than usual of a specified ingredient.
"vegetables are low in calories"
(of a supply) small or reduced in quantity.
"food and ammunition were running low"
synonyms:
scarce, scanty, scant, skimpy, meagre, sparse, few, little, paltry, measly, trifling; More
reduced, depleted, diminished;
deficient, inadequate, insufficient
"her money supplies were low"
antonyms:
plentiful, abundant
having a small or reduced quantity of a supply.
"they were low on fuel"
3.
ranking below other people or things in importance or class.
"jobs with low status"
synonyms:
humble, lowly, low-born, low-bred, low-ranking, plebeian, proletarian, peasant, poor; More
common, ordinary, simple, plain, unpretentious;
inferior, subordinate
"a woman of low birth"
antonyms:
noble, superior
(of art or culture) considered to be inferior in quality and refinement.
"the dual traditions of high and low art"
synonyms:
crude, coarse, vulgar, indecent, ribald, smutty, bawdy, suggestive, off colour, rude, rough, unrefined, indelicate, improper; More
gross, obscene, pornographic, offensive, profane, filthy, dirty;
informalblue
"down-at-heel theatres that put on low comedy"
antonyms:
high, exalted
less good than is expected or desired; inferior.
"the standard of living is low"
synonyms:
inferior, substandard, poor, bad, low-grade, low-quality, below par, second-rate, inadequate, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, deficient, defective; More
wanting, lacking, leaving much to be desired
"much of the work was of a very low standard"
antonyms:
superior, high
unscrupulous or dishonest.
"practise a little low cunning"
synonyms:
despicable, contemptible, reprehensible, lamentable, disgusting, shameful, mean, abject, unworthy, shabby, uncharitable, base, dishonourable, unprincipled, ignoble, sordid, wretched; More
nasty, cruel, foul, bad, wrong, immoral, vile;
informalrotten, beastly, low-down;
archaicdastardly, scurvy
"she considered it a rather low thing to have done"
antonyms:
admirable, decent
(of an opinion) unfavourable.
"he had a low opinion of himself"
synonyms:
unfavourable, poor, bad, adverse, negative, hostile
"most Americans have a low opinion of New York City"
antonyms:
good, favourable, high
4.
(of a sound or voice) not loud or high.
"keep the volume very low"
synonyms:
quiet, soft, faint, muted, subdued, muffled, hushed, quietened, whispered, stifled, murmured, gentle, dulcet, indistinct, inaudible More
"he was speaking in a low voice"
bass, low-pitched, deep, deep-toned, low-toned, full-toned, resonant, rich, rumbling, booming, resounding, sonorous
"going from a low note to a high note without using valves is difficult"
antonyms:
loud
5.
depressed or lacking in energy.
"I was feeling low"
synonyms:
depressed, dejected, despondent, downhearted, downcast, low-spirited, down, sorrowful, gloomy, glum, unhappy, sad, melancholy, blue, fed up, morose, moody, miserable, dismal, heavy-hearted, mournful, forlorn, woebegone; More
disheartened, discouraged, crestfallen, dispirited, without energy, enervated, flat, sapped, weary;
ill, unwell, poorly, out of sorts;
informaldown in the mouth, down in the dumps;
informalbrassed off, cheesed off
"Fran felt low and unhappy"
antonyms:
cheerful
noun
noun: low; plural noun: lows
1.
a low point, level, or figure.
"his popularity ratings are at an all-time low"
synonyms:
nadir, low point, lowest point, all-time low, lowest level, low-water mark, bottom, rock bottom
"the news caused the dollar to fall to an all-time low"
antonyms:
zenith, acme
an area of low barometric pressure; a depression.
"the weatherman talked about highs and lows"
2.
a difficult time in a person's life.
"the highs and lows of an actor's life"
informal
a state of depression.
"she doesn't have big highs or big lows"
adverb
adverb: low; comparative adverb: lower; superlative adverb: lowest
1.
in or into a low position or state.
"she pressed on, bent low to protect her face"
2.
in a low voice or at a low pitch.
"we were talking low so we wouldn't wake Dean"
loose
luːs/
adjective
adjective: loose; comparative adjective: looser; superlative adjective: loosest
1.
not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached.
"a loose tooth"
synonyms:
not fixed in place, not secure, insecure, unsecured, unattached; More
detached, unfastened;
wobbly, rickety, unsteady, movable
"a loose floorboard"
antonyms:
secure, tight
not held or tied together or contained within something.
"wear your hair loose"
synonyms:
untied, unpinned, unbound, hanging free, down, flowing, floppy
"she wore her hair loose"
(of a person or animal) not tied up or shut in.
"the bull was loose with cattle in the field"
synonyms:
free, at large, at liberty, on the loose, escaped; More
unconfined, untied, unchained, untethered, unsecured, unshackled, unfastened, unrestricted, unbound;
freed, let go, liberated, released, set loose
"there's a wolf loose in the woods"
antonyms:
secure
(of the ball in a game) in play but not in any player's possession.
2.
(of a garment) not fitting tightly or closely.
"she slipped into a loose T-shirt"
synonyms:
baggy, loose-fitting, easy-fitting, generously cut, slack, roomy, boyfriend; More
oversized, shapeless, bagging, lax, hanging, sagging, sloppy, slouchy
"a loose jacket"
antonyms:
tight
3.
not close, compact, or solid in structure or formation.
"the fabric's loose weave"
not rigidly organized.
"a loose federation of political groups"
(of play, especially in rugby) with the players not close together.
4.
relaxed; physically slack.
"she swung into her easy, loose stride"
not strict or exact.
"a loose interpretation"
synonyms:
vague, indefinite, inexact, imprecise, ill-defined, unrigorous, unmeticulous; More
broad, general, rough, non-specific, inexplicit;
liberal
"the loose interpretation of a particular ruling"
antonyms:
literal, narrow
careless and indiscreet in what is said.
"there is too much loose talk about the situation"
(of play in cricket) inaccurate or careless.
"Lucas punished some loose bowling severely"
5.
dated
promiscuous.
"a loose woman"
6.
(of faeces) containing excessive liquid.
"loose bowel movements"
noun
Rugby
noun: loose
1.
loose play.
"he was in powerful form in the loose"
verb
verb: loose; 3rd person present: looses; past tense: loosed; past participle: loosed; gerund or present participle: loosing
1.
set free; release.
"the hounds have been loosed"
synonyms:
free, set free, unloose, turn loose, set loose, let loose, let go, release, liberate; More
untie, unchain, unfetter, untether, unfasten, unpen, unleash
"the cattle were loosed on the common"
antonyms:
confine
make (something) loose; untie or undo.
"the ropes were loosed"
relax (one's grip).
"he loosed his grip suddenly"
synonyms:
relax, slacken, loosen; More
weaken, lessen, reduce, diminish, moderate, soften
"he loosed the reins a little"
antonyms:
tighten
2.
fire (a bullet, arrow, etc.).
"he loosed off a shot at the vehicle"
synonyms:
fire, discharge, shoot, eject, catapult, let go, let fly with
"Brian loosed off a shot though the back of the car"
Adjective: loose, looser (more loose), loosest (most loose)
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*****
You still got much of it wrong, and you could have written a post five times longer than what you wrote.
For example, you got the Lot and his daughters story wrong. Here is the real story:
Genesis 19:30-38
Lot and His Daughters
30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”
33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.” 35 So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
36 So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. 37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab[a]; he is the father of the Moabites of today. 38 The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.
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19 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.”
“No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
6 Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him 7 and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
9 “Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
10 But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door. 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door.
12 The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, 13 because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.”
14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.”
16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them. 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”
18 But Lot said to them, “No, my lords, please! 19 Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die. 20 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”
21 He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. 22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.”
23 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. 24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens. 25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land. 26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the Lord. 28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
29 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.
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Simon sav
Synonyms and Antonyms of liberal:
not bound by traditional ways or beliefs - <<parents who take a very liberal attitude toward letting their children stay out late>>
Synonyms - broad-minded, nonconventional, nonorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, radical, unconventional, unorthodox
Related Words - advanced, contemporary, modern; forbearing, indulgent, large-minded, lenient, permissive, tolerant; extreme; impartial, objective, unbiased
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Near Antonyms - hard, rigid, strict; doctrinal, dogmatic (also dogmatical); bigoted, blinkered, intolerant, narrow-minded; reactionary, unreconstructed
Antonyms - conservative, conventional, hidebound, nonprogressive, old-fashioned, orthodox, stodgy, traditional
Ooops! 😅
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DOCSAFETUBE Long-term biological consequences of nuclear war.
Subfreezing temperatures, low light levels, and high doses of ionizing and ultraviolet radiation extending for many months after a large-scale nuclear war could destroy the biological support systems of civilization, at least in the Northern Hemisphere. Productivity in natural and agricultural ecosystems could be severely restricted for a year or more. Postwar survivors would face starvation as well as freezing conditions in the dark and be exposed to near-lethal doses of radiation. If, as now seems possible, the Southern Hemisphere were affected also, global disruption of the biosphere could ensue. In any event, there would be severe consequences, even in the areas not affected directly, because of the interdependence of the world economy. In either case the extinction of a large fraction of the Earth's animals, plants, and microorganisms seems possible. The population size of Homo sapiens conceivably could be reduced to prehistoric levels or below, and extinction of the human species itself cannot be excluded.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6658451
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Truth Seeker The Russian national debt per capita is $1,645. The US national debt per capita is $56,952.
The size of Russia's national debt is $235 billion, less than one quarter of a trillion. The size of the US national debt is $18 trillion, 76.6 times larger than the Russian debt.
Putting this in perspective: according to the debt clocks, US GDP is $17.3 trillion and Russian GDP is $2.1 trillion. So, US GDP is eight times greater than Russian GDP, but US national debt is 76.6 times greater than Russia's debt.
Clearly, it is the US credit rating that should have been downgraded to junk status. But this cannot happen. Any US credit rating agency that told the truth would be closed and prosecuted. It wouldn't matter what the absurd charges are. The rating agencies would be guilty of being anti-american, terrorist organizations like RT, etc., and so on, and they know it. Never expect any truth from any Wall Street denizen. They lie for a living.
According to this site http://people.howstuffworks.com/5-united-states-debt-holders.htm#page=4, as of January 2013, the US owes Russia $162.9 billion. As the Russian national debt is $235 billion, 69 percent of the Russian national debt is covered by US debt obligations to Russia.
If this is a Russian Crisis, I am Alexander the Great.
As Russia has enough US dollar holdings to redeem its entire national debt and have a couple hundred billion dollars left, what is Russia's problem?
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*****
The Gypsies in Romania are not refugees - they were for many centuries kept as slaves by the Romanians, hence the Romanian's contempt for them. Under Ceaucescu's rule, the Gypsies had it better, many had good jobs, many had university education, but after the revolution in 1989, things got worse and worse for Gypsies. As for Gypsies telling their children that school doesn't matter, that simply is not true - they are not given access to proper schools, no effort is put in by the government to have those children get a real education. As for Gypsies telling their children that the state will provide, that is ludicrous - the children see that the state provides absolutely nothing totheir parents which is why the Romanian Gypsies are the poorest people in Europe who live in utter misery with no proper housing, no running water, no sewage, etc.
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*****
The EU demands stringent austerity measures first, which would make things far worse for the Ukrainian people than they already are. The EU would impose on the Ukraine EU products at a cheaper price than the same products produced in the Ukraine are sold in the Ukraine, thus cutting the grass under Ukrainian producers' feet. Joining the Eurasian Customs Union would bolster further economic integration between countries to allow for the creation common markets for goods, services, capitals, labor, and developing single transport, energy, and information systems, and ensure the effective functioning of the common market for goods, services, capital and labor, as well as establishing coherent industrial, transport, energy and agricultural policies.
As for what Russia manufactures, it manufactures plenty.
http://www.worldstopexports.com/russias-top-10-exports/2350
http://www.advantour.com/russia/economy/industry.htm
And Russia has vast amounts of natural resources.
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For your further edification:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/13/24-7-wall-st-most-educated-countries/15460733/
Excerpt:
These are the most educated countries in the world.
1) Russian Federation
> Pct. population with tertiary education: 53.5%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): N/A
> Tertiary education spending per student: $7,424 (the lowest)
More than 53% of Russian adults between the ages of 25 and 64 had some form of higher education in 2012, more than in any other country reviewed by the OECD. The country has reached this exceptional level of attainment despite spending among the least on tertiary education. Russia's tertiary education expenditure was just $7,424 per student in 2010, roughly half the OECD average of $13,957. Russia was also one of just a few countries where education spending declined between 2008 and 2012.
2) Canada
> Pct. population with tertiary education: 52.6%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): 2.3% (8th lowest)
> Tertiary education spending per student: $23,225 (2nd highest)
More than half of Canadian adults had received tertiary qualification in 2012, the only country other than Russia where a majority of adults had some form of higher education. Canada's education expenditure of $23,226 per student in 2011 trailed only the United States' expenditure. Canadian students of all ages appear to be very well-educated. Secondary school students outperformed the majority of countries in mathematics on the PISA in 2012. And nearly 15% of adults in the country performed at the highest level of literacy proficiency, versus an OECD average of 12%.
3) Japan
> Pct. population with tertiary education: 46.6%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): 2.8% (12th lowest)
> Tertiary education spending per student: $16,445 (10th highest)
Like the U.S., Korea, and the United Kingdom, private spending accounts for the vast majority of spending on tertiary education in Japan. While this can often lead to social inequalities, Schleicher explained that like most Asian countries, Japanese families are by and large willing to save money for their children's educations. Strong education spending and participation in higher education does not necessarily translate to higher academic skills. In Japan, however, higher spending did lead to better learning outcomes, as more than 23% of adults performed at the highest level of literacy proficiency, nearly double the OECD average of 12%. Younger students also seem to be well-educated, as Japan reported exceptionally high Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores in mathematics in 2012.
4) Israel
> Pct. population with tertiary education: 46.4%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): N/A
> Tertiary education spending per student: $11,553 (18th highest)
Most 18-year old Israelis are subject to at least two years of mandatory military service. Perhaps as a result, country residents tend to complete higher education degrees later in life than in other countries. The compulsory conscription, however, has not lowered educational attainment rates, as 46% of Israeli adults had attained tertiary qualification in 2012. More than $11,500 was spent per student on tertiary education in 2011, lower than most other developed countries. Low education spending in Israel has resulted in low teacher salaries. New secondary teacher hires with minimum training were paid less than $19,000 in 2013, versus an OECD average of more than $32,000.
5) United States
> Pct. population with tertiary education: 43.1%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): 1.4% (the lowest)
> Tertiary education spending per student: $26,021 (the highest)
In 2011, more than $26,000 was spent on tertiary education per student in the U.S., nearly double the OECD average of $13,957. Private expenditure in the form of tuition fees accounted for the majority of this spending. High education expenditures have paid off to some degree, as a large proportion of U.S. adults have very high levels of qualification. Because of the slow growth rates of the past decade, however, the U.S. has slipped behind many other nations. While spending per tertiary student between 2005 and 2011 increased by 10% across OECD countries on average, U.S. spending decreased over that time. And the U.S. was one of only six countries to cut public education spending between 2008 and 2011. Like other countries where education is controlled by regional authorities, tertiary attainment levels vary widely in the United States, from as little as 29% in Nevada, to as much as 71% in the District of Columbia.
See the rest of the Top 10 most educated countries in the world at: http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/09/11/the-most-educated-countries-in-the-world-3/
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***** Yes, my nation is almost gone, and that is not a bad thing - all Empires finally collapse and their people largely disappear. I am not a Socialist, either. You have no idea what my politics are nor of which political party I am a member, and you'll never guess, I'm willing to bet. Sure, whites have a right to live just as all other skin colours, but not homogenously. The fertility rate of whites has dropped dramatically and keeps on dropping, so they need immigrant populations to ensure their future pensions. Mixed marriages are the best solution, too. As for the lands of our ancestors, history shows that our ancestors moved and migrated all over the place, so the lands of our ancestors are many and varied. As for it being a human right, that is ludicrous!
Nobody has ever managed to brainwash me - I have always been a rebel and a free spirit. The land does not belong to people, to think it does is an illusion. My descendants so far are doing just fine, and they have a healthy cocktail of ancestries and skin colours in their genes. Ignorance and stupidity are yours, and yours alone.
Nope, you are the one who attacked me first and insulted me, calling me a racist and a whole stack of other insults, and you have shown yourself to be incapable of a rational, polite and adult dialogue. I can live anywhere in Britain, my mediterranean looks allow me to look like most immigrants, and my attitude is what has preserved me from any attacks from blacks. I don't live in a white area, I live in a mixed area with people from Africa, North Africa, Arab countries, East European countries, India, South-East Asia. Perhaps the only people not living in my area are Australian Aborigines (a wonderful people). You are in the position you put yourself into, you have only yourself to blame, and if you are incapable or unwilling to change, that is your problem and not the fault of your surroundings. I am staunchly against the Maidan neo-nazis and their criminal, racist and genocidal ways - on the other hand you are closer to them than to any other group because you share their sick philosophy.
You really don't know what you are babbling about, and you constantly and consistently project your own flaws and warts onto me. That's because you simply cannot handle the truth.
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moonspellsdumb maccoretti Phill D The Russian national debt per capita is $1,645. The US national debt per capita is $56,952.
The size of Russia's national debt is $235 billion, less than one quarter of a trillion. The size of the US national debt is $18 trillion, 76.6 times larger than the Russian debt.
Putting this in perspective: according to the debt clocks, US GDP is $17.3 trillion and Russian GDP is $2.1 trillion. So, US GDP is eight times greater than Russian GDP, but US national debt is 76.6 times greater than Russia's debt.
Clearly, it is the US credit rating that should have been downgraded to junk status. But this cannot happen. Any US credit rating agency that told the truth would be closed and prosecuted. It wouldn't matter what the absurd charges are. The rating agencies would be guilty of being anti-american, terrorist organizations like RT, etc., and so on, and they know it. Never expect any truth from any Wall Street denizen. They lie for a living.
According to this site http://people.howstuffworks.com/5-united-states-debt-holders.htm#page=4, as of January 2013, the US owes Russia $162.9 billion. As the Russian national debt is $235 billion, 69 percent of the Russian national debt is covered by US debt obligations to Russia.
If this is a Russian Crisis, I am Alexander the Great.
As Russia has enough US dollar holdings to redeem its entire national debt and have a couple hundred billion dollars left, what is Russia's problem?
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TheNigel01 As a member of the Axis, Romania joined the invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, providing equipment and oil to Nazi Germany as well as committing more troops to the Eastern Front than all the other allies of Germany combined. Romanian forces played a large role during the fighting in Ukraine, Bessarabia, Stalingrad, and elsewhere. Romanian troops were responsible for the persecution and massacre of up to 260,000 Jews on Romanian-controlled territories, though most Jews living within Romania survived the harsh conditions.
After the tide of war turned against the Axis, Romania was bombed by the Allies from 1943 onwards and invaded by advancing Soviet armies in 1944. With popular support for Romania's participation in the war faltering and German-Romanian fronts collapsing under Soviet onslaught, King Michael of Romania led a coup d'état, which deposed the Antonescu regime and put Romania on the side of the Allies for the remainder of the war. Despite the Red Army's presence in Romania, Stalin not only left the king on his throne, but awarded him Russia's highest military order for his part in the coup. Further showing his intent following Yalta, to abet the restoration of the powers of the ancien regimes probellum, Stalin and local Communist leaders officially honored the clerical-nationalist official churches.
Despite this late association with the winning side, Greater Romania was largely dismantled, losing territory to Bulgaria and the Soviet Union, but regaining Northern Transylvania from Hungary. Approximately 370,000 Romanian soldiers were killed during the conflict.
On 13 April 1939, France and the United Kingdom had pledged to guarantee the independence of the Kingdom of Romania. Negotiations with the Soviet Union concerning a similar guarantee collapsed when Romania refused to allow the Red Army to cross its frontiers.
On 22 June 1941 Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, attacking the Soviet Union on a wide front. Romania joined in the offensive, with Romanian troops crossing the River Prut. After recovering Bessarabia and Bukovina (Operation München), Romanian units fought side by side with the Germans onward to Odessa, Sevastopol, Stalingrad and the Caucasus. The Romanian contribution of troops was enormous. The total number of troops involved in the Romanian Third Army and the Romanian Fourth Army was second only to Nazi Germany itself. The Romanian Army had a total of 686,258 men under arms in the summer of 1941 and a total of 1,224,691 men in the summer of 1944. The number of Romanian troops sent to fight in Russia exceeded that of all of Germany's other allies combined.
Romania instituted a civil government in occupied Soviet lands immediately east of the Dniester. After the Battle of Odessa, this included the city of Odessa. Romanian armies advanced far into the Soviet Union during 1941 and 1942 before being involved in the disaster at the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942-1943.
Romania's most important general, Petre Dumitrescu, was commander of the Romanian Third Army at Stalingrad. In November 1942, the German Sixth Army was briefly put at Dumitrescu's disposal during a German attempt to relieve the Romanian Third Army following the devastating Soviet Operation Uranus.
Prior to the Soviet counteroffensive at Stalingrad, the Antonescu government considered a war with Hungary over Transylvania an inevitability after the expected victory over the Soviet Union. Although it was the most dedicated ally of Germany, Romania's turning to the Allied side in August 1944 was rewarded by returning Northern Transylvania, which had been granted to Hungary in 1940 after the Second Vienna Award.
Throughout the Antonescu years, Romania supplied Nazi Germany and the Axis armies with oil, grain, and industrial products. Also, numerous train stations in the country, such as Gara de Nord in Bucharest, served as transit points for troops departing for the Eastern Front.
On 23 August 1944, just as the Red Army was penetrating the Moldavian front, King Michael I of Romania led a successful coup with support from opposition politicians and the army. Michael I, who was initially considered to be not much more than a figurehead, was able to successfully depose the Antonescu dictatorship. The King then offered a non-confrontational retreat to German ambassador Manfred von Killinger. But the Germans considered the coup "reversible" and attempted to turn the situation around by military force. The Romanian First, Second (forming), and what little was left of the Third and the Fourth Armies (one corps) were under orders from the King to defend Romania against any German attacks. King Michael offered to put the Romanian Army, which at that point had a strength of nearly 1,000,000 men, on the side of the Allies. Surprisingly, with the Red Army occupying parts of Romania, Stalin immediately recognized the king and the restoration of the conservative Romanian monarchy.
During the Moscow Conference in October 1944 Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, proposed an agreement to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin on how to split up Eastern Europe into spheres of influence after the war. The Soviet Union was offered a 90% share of influence in Romania.
According to an international commission report released by the Romanian government in 2004, between 280,000 to 380,000 Jews in the territories of Bessarabia, Bukovina and Transnistria were systematically murdered by Antonescu's regime. Of the 25,000 Romani deported, who were deported to concentration camps in Transnistria, 11,000 died.
Though much of the killing was committed in the war zone by Romanian troops, there were also substantial persecutions behind the front line. During the Iaşi pogrom of June 1941, over 12,000 Jews were massacred or killed slowly in trains traveling back and forth across the countryside.
Half of the 320,000 Jews living in Bessarabia, Bukovina, and Dorohoi district in Romania were murdered within months of the entry of the country into the war during 1941. Even after the initial killings, Jews in Moldavia, Bukovina and Bessarabia were subject to frequent pogroms, and were concentrated into ghettos from which they were sent to concentration camps, including camps built and run by Romanians. The number of deaths in this area is not certain, but the lowest respectable estimates run to about 250,000 Jews and 25,000 Romani in these eastern regions, while 120,000 of Transylvania's 150,000 Jews died at the hands of the Germans later in the war.
Romanian soldiers also worked with the Einsatzkommandos, German killing squads, tasked with massacring Jews and Roma in conquered territories. Romanian troops were in large part responsible for the Odessa massacre, in which over 100,000 Jews were shot during the autumn of 1941.
Nonetheless, most Jews living within the pre-Barbarossa borders survived the war, although they were subject to a wide range of harsh conditions, including forced labor, financial penalties, and discriminatory laws. Jewish property was nationalized.
The report commissioned and accepted by the Romanian government in 2004 on the Holocaust concluded:
"Of all the allies of Nazi Germany, Romania bears responsibility for the deaths of more Jews than any country other than Germany itself. The murders committed in Iasi, Odessa, Bogdanovka, Domanovka, and Peciora, for example, were among the most hideous murders committed against Jews anywhere during the Holocaust. Romania committed genocide against the Jews. The survival of Jews in some parts of the country does not alter this reality."
You sound just like like a Romanian neo-Nazi and revisionist, TheNigel01.
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Germans were not "reeducated", they saw and admitted their wrongs and healed. They never denied their past, and still bear a great deal of guilt. With regard to Russia and Russians, you obviously have never understood the first thing about them. It was not only the Russian winter that defeated the Germans, either, although the Russian winter is a classical part of Russian strategy. It was Russian heroism that defeated Nazi Germany.
There are several, often interlinked reasons for the success of the Soviets in WWII.
1) They were fighting on their soil, this gave them an advantage not only because they wanted to kick out the Germans, but also because they had local knowledge. This knowledge of the forests and marshes allowed them to forage for food, and to find ways through difficult terrain that the Germans did not know.
2) They had superb machinery the T-34 was probably the best tank of the war, not because it was technologically better - the Germans would win that race, but because it was simple, and because its sloping armour offered better protection than similar straight armour. It was also easy to manufacture, easy to repair in the field and was built in huge numbers. They also had superb aircraft, such as the IL-2 and the Yak-1, again built in vast numbers.
3) Supply. It is easier to supply an army in your own country. The Germans had to send spare parts all the way from the factories in Germany - in some cases over 1500 miles. The Soviets did not have this problem. The German supply lines were strained to breaking point at Stalingrad.
4) The weather, not just the winters - both sides had to endure them. But the Soviets were used to the heat of the Soviet summer and the cold of the winters.
5) Political Leadership. Hitler tried to micro-manage battles. Telling his commanders exactly what he wanted them to do, even though his information was often very out of date, and riddled with optimistic lies. Stalin did this early in the war, but soon realised his military limitations, so he set up the Soviet High Command - the Stavka. The Stavka was the only place in the whole country where someone could have a heated disagreement with Stalin and live to tell the tale.
6) Military leadership. Stalin was very lucky in that he had some of the finest military minds on his side. Zhukov, Chuikov and Konev were geniuses. They were the decisive factor in many of the battles with the Germans, overcoming the odds to give Stalin the victory.
7) The Soviet people. The Soviet people had endured a tough two decades before the war, with the country almost on a military footing in its drive to industrialise. This enabled them to endure unimaginable hardships, and to accept the privations of war.
8) Information: The spies Richard Sorge - based in Tokyo and the spy "Lucy" - still unidentified - but based in the Nazi High Command - provided excellent, up to the minute information. This allowed Stalin's commanders to know what the enemy was going to do, almost as soon as the enemy knew it themselves.
You're only 43 - 43 and highly immature. You're pissed? Go easy on your home-made Ţuică, it is a brain-destroying poison in high doses and you are showing unmistakable and definite signs of years of excessive abuse.
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Ty Berius Eрунда, дерьмо, чушь собачья, херня, враки, говно, хуйня, несусветная чушь, херовина, хуевина, фигня.
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***** Crimean towns and villages were often changed from Russian to Ukrainian. The Russians also kept the original Tatar names of a large number of villages. Crimea was Russian for centuries before being taken over by the leftovers of the Golden Horde (the Tatars) in the 13th century. The Ottoman Empire took it over in the 15th century. The Crimean Tatars as an ethnic group emerge as the population of the Crimean Khanate during the 15th to 18th centuries. They are descended from a complicated mixture of Turkic peoples which settled in Crimea since the 8th century, presumably also absorbing remnants of the Crimean Goths and the Genoese. Linguistically, they are the descendants of the Khazars, who invaded the Crimea in the mid 8th century.
A small enclave of the Crimean Karaites, a people of Jewish descent practising Karaism who later adopted a Turkic language, was founded in the 13th century. It existed among the Muslim Crimean Tatars, primarily in the mountainous Çufut Qale area.
In 1553–1554, Cossack Hetman Dmytro Vyshnevetsky gathered together groups of Cossacks, and constructed a fort designed to obstruct Tatar raids into Ukraine. With this action, he founded the Zaporozhian Sich, with which he would launch a series of attacks on the Crimean Peninsula and the Ottoman Turks. In 1774, the Crimean Khans fell under Russian influence with the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca. In 1778, numerous Greek Orthodox residents were deported from Crimea to the vicinity of Mariupol by the Russian government. In 1783, the entire Crimea was regained by the Russian Empire.
Thus, Russia has the biggest and longest claim over Crimea.
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SaintMeran
This is simply fact. Just Google these three words: vladimir putin tall and you'll get that information at once.
Vladimir Putin
President of Russia
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has been the President of Russia since 7 May 2012. Putin previously served as President from 2000 to 2008, and as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. Wikipedia
Born: October 7, 1952 (age 62), Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height: 1.70 m
Spouse: Lyudmila Putina (m. 1983–2014)
Children: Mariya Putina, Yekaterina Putina
Presidential terms: May 7, 2000 – May 7, 2008, May 7, 2012 –
Parents: Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin, Maria Ivanovna Shelomova
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The Kurds, a group of approximately 18 million people, are the fourth largest ethnic group in the Middle East. Occupying a region of 500,000 square miles in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Russia, the Kurds are one of the most persecuted minorities of our time. Nowhere is their future more threatened than in Turkey where Kurds are one quarter of the population. Since World War I, Kurds in Turkey have been the victims of persistent assaults on their ethnic, cultural, religious identity and economic and political status by successive Turkish governments.
With the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the allies created the modern Middle-East. And while the Treaty of Sèvres provided for an independent Kurdistan, it was never ratified. In 1923 the treaty of Lausanne created the modern states of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria, but Kurdistan was ignored. During Turkey's war for independence, Turkish leaders, promised Kurds a Turkish-Kurdish federated state in return for their assistance in the war. After independence was achieved, however, they ignored the bargain they had made.
Months after the declaration of a Turkish republic, Ankara, under the pretext of creating an "indivisible nation," adopted an ideology aimed at eliminating, both physically and culturally, non-Turkish elements within the Republic. These "elements" were primarily Kurdish and Armenian.
A 1924 mandate forbade Kurdish schools, organizations and publications. Even the words "Kurd" and "Kurdistan" were outlawed, making any written or spoken acknowledgement of their existence illegal.
According to Association France-Kurdistan, between 1925 and 1939, 1.5 million Kurds, a third of the population, were deported and massacred.
In 1930 the Turkish Minister of Justice declared, I won't hide my feelings. The Turk is the only lord, the only master of this country. Those who are not of pure Turkish origin will have only one right in Turkey: the right to be servants and slaves.
While Kurdish persecution became more selective during World War II, largely restricted to Kurdish intellectuals, the overall policy in Turkey has remained consistent. This stranglehold is reflected in Kurdish literature. In this century only about a dozen works have been produced in Kurdish. The authors have usually received prison sentences.
Evidence indicates that Kurdish provinces in Turkey are deliberately and consistently underdeveloped. From 1968 to 1975, 10.7 billion lira were invested in East Anatolia and the Southeast, areas densely populated by Kurds. This represents 2.4 percent of national investment compared to 31.1 percent in Marmara, 20.8 percent in the Agean region and 16.4 percent in the Mediterranean area. National per capita investment was 266 lira in 1970, but only 148 provinces.
Under Turkey's present military regime, Kurds are hard hit by the policies of a junta fearful of political opposition. Since 1980 the Eastern and Southeastern provinces have reportedly been subjected to at least five military maneuvers aimed at terrorizing Kurds. The New York Times has reported that in the nine months that followed the military takeover 122,609 people were allegedly taken into custody. Of 40,386 formally charged, the death penalty was sought for 900. Of 70,000 current political detainees, more than 20,000 are reportedly Kurdish, and 90 percent of these are reputed to have been peaceful protestors for Kurdish cultural rights. To date, arrests in Kurdish provinces have totalled 81,634. Of these, 378 have allegedly been tortured to death, and 374 have been killed in night-time attacks.
The most frequent legal justification for these arrests are Articles 141 and 142 of the Turkish penal code that "protect the economic institutions and social foundations of the nation" and prescribe 5-15 years imprisonment for those "seeking to destroy the political and legal order of the state."
Among the non-Kurds arrested is Ismail Beshikchi, an author and sociologist who has been repeatedly imprisoned for his criticism of official policy. Previously arrested for refuting the official claim that Turks had spawned all the world's great civilizations, Beshikchi is currently in jail for attacking Turkish "Kemalism," an ideology he described as racist and colonialist, one intended to subsume autonomous institutions - the media, syndicates, universities and schools - under its rubric.
Kurdish insignia are outlawed. In Diyarbakir 12 persons were arrested for selling Kurdish music cassettes. The owners of shops with Kurdish names - HEVAL (comrade) or WELAT (homeland) - were threatened and ordered to change the signs within the hour. One tailor who refused to comply was thrown into prison for two days and his sign was altered.
It is illegal for parents to give children Kurdish names; they must select Turkish names or face punishment.
In a raid on the village of Doganbey, the gendarmerie, whose garrison commander was quoted as saying, "We shall exterminate all Kurds," tortured the imam (holy man) of the village for several hours. The inhabitants were then forced to speak Turkish. The women, who did not speak Turkish, however, could not understand the commands. When the village guard translated them into Kurdish he was beaten. When he tried to explain that he had to translate because the women spoke no Turkish, the commander ordered the villagers tortured because they did not speak Turkish.
Such tactics have not been restricted to interaction between Kurds and Turks. Two members of a French, human rights organization (Medecins Sans Frontiéres), Luc Devineau and Marie-Annick Lanternier, were travelling through Turkey to Iran when they were arrested for possessing a cassette of Kurdish music. They were also carrying a brochure in French about Kurds. They were sentenced by military tribunal to 51/2 months in prison. German tourists have also been arrested for "making Kurdish propaganda." One tourist was recently tortured and expelled after being held for 10 days without being able to contact his embassy.
Turkey is not content to persecute Kurds within its borders. In 1980 the Turkish Embassy in Denmark ordered the Union of Workers from Turkey to discontinue a Kurdish language course organized by the Copenhagen Evening School. The course was aimed at incorporating Kurdish in the home language teaching program in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and West-German schools. The Embassy Councillor asked, "Are you not Turkish citizens? You must not teach Kurdish to Kurdish children."
Turkey is in clear violation of the UN declaration of human rights and the European convention of Human rights. As both a member of the UN and the Council of Europe, Turkey is supposed to respect the fundamental human rights of its minorities.
The Council of Europe has condemned Turkey for its "suppression of political parties and organizations, imprisonment and torture of political dissidents" and its judiciary processes that "guarantee no protection for the accused." The Council has demanded that Turkey reinstate democratic institutions, including the right to free speech and safeguards for religious minorities and that it release political prisoners and permit a Red Cross examination of prison conditions.
Turkey's junta justifies its policies as being essential for the restoration of democracy. The International Commission of Jurists responds, "It is difficult to understand why in a country where terrorists have always been a minority compared with the great mass of population...all public freedoms should have been restricted...the fact that this action has been taken by an authority that wishes to save democracy constitutes a contradiction in the official attitude."
Moreover, the constitutional and statutory provisions reportedly being considered by the national security council do not leave much hope for the eventuality of a restored democracy. Revisions now being proposed would increase Executive power in the government, and diminish the independence of the judiciary. A new "State Security Court," answerable only to the Executive, would have virtually unchecked power over political cases, would ban political activities of labor unions and professional associations and eliminate all political organizations except the two major centrist parties.
Given present attitudes towards political opposition within Turkey, international opinion may be the only effective lever against the incorporation of such measures in the new constitution - measures that not only annihilate opposition but also render the ethnocide of Kurds in Turkey ever more efficient.
The persecution of Kurds is without contemporary equivalent in Europe, yet is condoned by the silence of Western powers who continue to furnish Turkey with military and economic aid. The West may well fulfill the role hypothetically cast for it by Turan Gunes, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a recent session of the Council of Europe, as he responded to the issue of Kurdish independence:
Let me tell you, with the tolerance of just a few countries like West Germany, France and England, we will have no problem liquidating millions of Kurds.
Article copyright Cultural Survival, Inc.
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It is Turkey which is the terrorist, not the Kurds. Shame, shame, shame on Turkey.
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The Russian national debt per capita is $1,645. The US national debt per capita is $56,952.
The size of Russia's national debt is $235 billion, less than one quarter of a trillion. The size of the US national debt is $18 trillion, 76.6 times larger than the Russian debt.
Putting this in perspective: according to the debt clocks, US GDP is $17.3 trillion and Russian GDP is $2.1 trillion. So, US GDP is eight times greater than Russian GDP, but US national debt is 76.6 times greater than Russia's debt.
Clearly, it is the US credit rating that should have been downgraded to junk status. But this cannot happen. Any US credit rating agency that told the truth would be closed and prosecuted. It wouldn't matter what the absurd charges are. The rating agencies would be guilty of being anti-american, terrorist organizations like RT, etc., and so on, and they know it. Never expect any truth from any Wall Street denizen. They lie for a living.
According to this site http://people.howstuffworks.com/5-united-states-debt-holders.htm#page=4, as of January 2013, the US owes Russia $162.9 billion. As the Russian national debt is $235 billion, 69 percent of the Russian national debt is covered by US debt obligations to Russia.
If this is a Russian Crisis, I am Alexander the Great.
As Russia has enough US dollar holdings to redeem its entire national debt and have a couple hundred billion dollars left, what is Russia's problem?
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HDaviator I'm a pragmatic realist and humanist, not that there is anything wrong with liberals. Liberal means broad-minded, unconventional, unorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, radical, unconventional, unorthodox, advanced, contemporary, modern; forbearing, indulgent, large-minded, lenient, permissive, tolerant, extreme, impartial, objective, unbiased, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, free-handed, free-hearted, fulsome, generous, munificent, open, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting - whereas people of your ilk are hard, rigid, strict, doctrinal, dogmatic, bigoted, blinkered, intolerant, narrow-minded, reactionary, unreconstructed, deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting; meager (or meagre), niggardly, stingy, skimpy, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive, etc. Ouch!
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*****
Well, you could not be further from the truth. There are many underpaid jobs for the Swiss, beginning with agriculture and farming jobs, especially in the mountains. Also, there are a great many young Swiss people who cannot find a job because they are under-qualified so when they are lucky enough to find a job, it will be an underpaid job such as working in McDonalds and such. Even Swiss students leaving university cannot find jobs in their speciality and have to resort to underpaid jobs to survive. A great many Swiss people who were working in the main banks but were laid off when these banks cut down on staff have had to resort to underpaid jobs or rely on social aid to survive. Many Swiss nurses are underpaid, many Swiss secretaries are underpaid. You obviously don't know anything much at all about Switzerland.
McDonald's salaries in Switzerland may seem high for Americans, but they are very low, especially in view of how expensive life is in Switzerland. A family could not survive on a McDonald's manager's salary. http://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/McDonald-s-Switzerland-Salaries-EI_IE432.0,10_IL.11,22_IN226.htm
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*****
Ce qui est certain est que celle qui a écrit
"J'habite a ----------- Je suis nee et j'ai etudie ici, malheureusement mon clavier n'a pas d'accents. Mon père est Suisse, ma famille et typique Valaisanne de Zermatt. an votre cul, il y a pas plu Suisse que moi. Fuck Google de merde, je ne vais pas relever plus d'info a cause de la NSA entre autres. Franchement j'en ai rien a battre dettre Suisse Americain ou Autrichien, ce qui conte c'est mes principes et mon integrite. Mon Character et intelligence surpasse largement celui des moutons de la Societe. Et j'en ait vraiment rien a foutre de ce que les autres pensent"
n'est pas la même personne que celui qui a écrit
"Votre argumentation est déplorable, je ne vois pas pourquoi nier le fait que je soi Suisse changerait le fait que je le suis. Être Suisse où d'une autre nationalité pour moi ne valorise rien sur les qualités des personnes. Ce qui conte c'est la personne et ses actions. Ce sont les gens qui argumente de votre façon qui ne devrait pas être Suisse. La Suisse est établie sur le principe de la richesse scientifique."
"J'ai fini mes études au Collège Calvin à Genève avec un Maturité en éco droit option complémentaire math. J'ai étudié à NY - Manhattan 4 ans et fini mon bachelor en Finance. Je suis bilingue, et oui ma famille est mixte et originaire de beaucoup d'endroits, mais principalement le continent Européen. Mon père est originaire de Tramelan BE et ma mère d'Autriche, ce qui est une bonne chose, je possède 3 passeports et j'ai une variété d'influence intellectuelle et culturelle qui m'a vraiment aidé à être le meilleur que je puisse être, avec une progression positive constante."
"Je ne suis pas un Suisse qui a de la famille où des cousins cousines se marient ensemble."
"Visiblement vous n'avez qu'accomplit une chose. Vous m'avez inquiété du fait qu'il y a des gens qui pensent comme vous en Suisse, si vous l'êtes, en Suisse."
"Je suis un vrai Suisse, non pas parce que j'ai le passeport et je suis née en Suisse, mais parce que toute ma pensée et mon argumentation sont basées sur la science."
A bon entendeur, personnes foncièrement malhonnêtes!
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*****
It is a constitutional monarchy.
A constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch is legally restricted within the boundaries of a constitution. This form of government differs from absolute monarchy, in which the monarch has absolute political power over the state and is not effectively restricted by constitutional constraints.
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Today slightly more than a quarter of constitutional monarchies are Western European countries, including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Luxembourg, Monaco, Liechtenstein, and Sweden.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy
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Adam Flesier You obviously don't know the full history of the Falkland Islands. Did you not know that the first to land and step on them was an Englishman? Argentina does not have any legal or historical claim over them.
The history of the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) goes back at least five hundred years, with active exploration and colonisation only taking place in the 18th century. Nonetheless, the islands have been a matter of controversy, as they have been claimed by the French, British, Spaniards and Argentines at various points. The islands were uninhabited when discovered by Europeans. France established a colony on the islands in 1764. In 1765, a British captain claimed the islands for Britain. In early 1770 a Spanish commander arrived from Argentina with five ships and 1400 soldiers forcing the British to leave Port Egmont. Britain and Spain almost went to war over the islands, but the British government decided that it should withdraw its presence from many overseas settlements in 1774. Spain, which had a garrison at Puerto Soledad on East Falklands, ruled the islands from Buenos Aires until 1811 when it was forced to withdraw. In 1833, the British returned to the Falkland Islands. Argentina invaded the islands on 2 April 1982. The British responded with an expeditionary force that forced the Argentines to surrender.
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can dağlaroğlu
The PKK is a resistance organization, and the fact that the USA, the EU and Turkey have declared it to be a terrorist organization makes no difference - they are not terrorists. There would never have been all those deaths on both sides if Turkey had not persecuted and terrorized the Kurds for the past 100 years. If terrorism there is, it is Turkish terrorism.
The earliest known Kurdish dynasties under Islamic rule (10th to 12th centuries) are the Hasanwayhids, the Marwanids, the Shaddadids, followed by the Ayyubid dynasty founded by Saladin. The Battle of Chaldiran of 1514 is an important turning point in Kurdish history, marking the alliance of Kurds with the Ottomans. The Sharafnameh of 1597 is the first account of Kurdish history. Kurdish history in the 20th century is marked by a rising sense of Kurdish nationhood focused on the goal of an independent Kurdistan as scheduled by the Treaty of Sèvres in 1920. Partial autonomy was reached by Kurdistan Uyezd (1923–1926) and by Iraqi Kurdistan (since 1991), while notably in Turkish Kurdistan, an armed conflict between the PKK and Turkish Armed Forces was ongoing from 1984 to 1999, and the region continues to be unstable with renewed violence flaring up in the 2000s.
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Riccardo Pisano
The referendum in Crimea was by no means a disgrace but it allowed the people to clearly express their choices. That is not a rape of democracy, quite the contrary.
You obviously don't have the first scintilla of the first iota of knowledge of the history of the Ukraine and of Crimea. With regard to the Polish colonization of the Ukraine, in the mid-14th century, Lithuania began to expand eastward and southward, supplanting the Tatars in the Ukraine. The dynastic union between Poland and Lithuania in 1386 also opened the Ukraine to Polish expansion. The Ukraine had flourished under Lithuanian rule, and its language became that of the state; but after the organic union of Poland and Lithuania in 1569, the Ukraine came under Polish rule, enserfment of the Ukrainian peasants proceeded apace, and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church suffered persecution at the hand of the Catholic Poles.
The term Ukraine, which may be translated as "at the border" or "borderland," came into general usage in the 16th cent. At that time, Poland-Lithuania and the rising principality of Moscow, or Muscovy, were vying for control of this vast area south of their borders. The harsh conditions of Polish rule led many Ukrainians to flee serfdom and religious persecution by escaping beyond the area of the lower Dnieper rapids. There they established a military order called the Zaporizhzhya Sich ("clearing beyond the rapids"). These fugitives became known as Cossacks or Kozaks, an adaptation of the Turkic word kazak, meaning "outlaw" or "adventurer." In 1648 the Cossacks, led by Hetman Bohdan Chmielnicki, successfully waged a revolution against Polish domination.
But before that, the Ukraine was the cradle of Russia under Rurik (in the 9th century - he unified the many little princedoms and dukedoms into one single country - Russia) and his descendants, the Grand Princes of Kiev, and Crimea was part of Russia until the remnants of the Golden Horde (i.e. the Tatars) entered it in the 14th century and colonized it. The Crimean Tatars emerged as a nation at the time of the Crimean Khanate. The Crimean Khanate was a Turkic-speaking Muslim state which was among the strongest powers in Eastern Europe until the beginning of the 18th century. The nobles and rulers of the Crimean Tatars were the progeny of Hacı I Girai a Jochid descendant of Genghis Khan who was Great Mongol ruler, and thus of Batu Khan of the Mongol Golden Horde. The Crimean Tatars mostly adopted Islam in the 14th century and thereafter Crimea became one of the centers of Islamic civilization. The Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) resulted in the defeat of the Ottomans by the Russians, and according to the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (1774) signed after the war, Crimea became independent and Ottomans renounced their political right to protect the Crimean Khanate. After a period of political unrest in Crimea, Russia violated the treaty and took back Crimea in 1783.
End of the history lesson, and a piece of advice - don't try to talk about things of which you know nothing, and go get a proper education instead of making a fool of yourself online.
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betatalk357 The meaning of my comment was to help ordinary Greeks who are suffering. Have you any idea how little hotel workers are earning (when they still have a job) because of this crisis? How small merchants (souvenirs, etc.,), tavern holders, restaurant owners and staff are earning practically nothing because the tour operators offer all-inclusive (meals, drinks, alcoholic beverages, etc.,) in the hotel premises for dirt cheap? That is just for the tourist industry, a mainstay of the Greek economy. Then there are clothes shops, shoe shops and many other kinds of shops in which tourists could buy quality goods but said tourists do not leave the hotel premises as they have everything within those premises included in their travel arrangements. My concern is for the "little people", those who suffer the most from the crisis.
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betatalk357 Many Greek merchants and especially producers (wine, feta, olive oil, etc.) already sell on the internet. The problem is that they are paid in Euros into their bank accounts which they cannot access any more over 60 Euros per day. On the other hand, tour operators have cheap all-inclusive (food, drinks, sports, entertainment, travel to and from) arrangements in all the tourist hotels which get paid pennies on the dollar and dare this way losing a great deal and have to lay off much of their personnel because they cannot afford to pay them slave wages any more. This is why I encourage people to make their own travel arrangements to and from Greece, book their hotel rooms directly paying the already modest full price, eat in the local restaurants, drink in the local bars, buy their souvenirs in the local shops, and pay cash for all of that. This will help a great number of Greeks and prevent a great many bankruptcies.
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*****
Russia is not conducting acts of war against Ukraine. The Tatars are not the indigenous people of Crimea, they descend from the remains of the Golden Horde and invaded Crimea in the 13th century, took it from Rus' (the ancient name of Russia). As for what the world will do, it will finally accept Crimea having of its own people's free will seceded from the Ukraine and rejoined Russia.
Winters are fairly mild in Crimea. Most of Crimea has a temperate continental climate, except for the south coast where it experiences a humid subtropical climate due to warm influences from the Black Sea and the high ground of the Crimean Mountains. Summers can be hot (28 °C or 82.4 °F July average) and winters are cool (−0.3 °C or 31.5 °F January average) in the interior, on the south coast winters are milder (4 °C or 39.2 °F January average) and temperatures much below freezing are exceptional. On the high ground, freezing weather is common in winter. Precipitation throughout Crimea is low, averaging only 400 mm (15.7 in) a year. The Crimean coast is shielded from the north winds by the mountains, and as a result usually has mild winters. Cool season temperatures average around 7 °C (44.6 °F) and it is rare for the weather to drop below freezing except in the mountains, where there is usually snow. So, you need not fret about the Crimean population in the winter. They will be just fine.
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***** Wrong. This did not happen before the Crimean referendum and Crimea's reintegration to Russia on March 16 and its ratification on March 21. Therefore, the waters in Sevastopol already were Russian territorial waters, so Russia did not commit acts of war. Russia later returned these ships to Crimea. Interestingly enough, twelve thousand of Ukraine's 15,450 Navy personnel were based in Crimea, and the majority defected to Russia, only too glad to become Russians..
The Crimean interior has been ethnically diverse throughout its recorded history, changing hands numerous times, while the south coast was held continuously for most of the last two millennia by various Roman (and Eastern Roman) states. The interior was dominated by a succession of Scytho-Sarmatian, Gothic, Hunnic, Turkic, Mongol and Slavic conquests. Its south coast was Greek speaking under the Romans (47 BC -330 AD) and their successor states, the Byzantine Empire (330 AD - 1204 AD), the Empire of Trebizond (1204 AD - 1461 AD), and the independent Principality of Theodoro (1461 AD - 1475 AD). In 1475 the region fell to Ottoman Turkish control. During the late middle ages a few coastal cities were ruled by Italian city states. The Tatars were invaders of Crimea, therefore they cannot be considered indigenous.
With regard to ferries when the Sea of Azov freezes over, that's not a problem at all. Russia's Zubr-class air-cushioned landing craft is the largest hovercraft in the world with a huge cargo and passenger capacity.
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+Sith'ari Azithoth Which country are you referring to? If it is Germany, perhaps you didn't know that Germany is significantly short in low- and unqualified workers, and in some industries, jobs and regions in Germany, there is a shortage of qualified professionals. More especially, qualified technical workers, such as engineers and IT specialists, as well as health specialists, are in short supply. Syrian refugees can provide workers in all these fields.
As for Islam, it is a religion, not a law. Sharia law was developed well after the death of Mohammed, and it is not the ambition of these refugees to impose it on any of the host countries. If you believe otherwise, you are pathologically paranoid.
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Mustafa Mustafa According to Association France-Kurdistan, between 1925 and 1939, 1.5 million Kurds, a third of the population, were deported and massacred.
The New York Times has reported that in the nine months that followed the military takeover 122,609 people were allegedly taken into custody. Of 40,386 formally charged, the death penalty was sought for 900. Of 70,000 current political detainees, more than 20,000 are reportedly Kurdish, and 90 percent of these are reputed to have been peaceful protestors for Kurdish cultural rights. To date, arrests in Kurdish provinces have totalled 81,634. Of these, 378 have allegedly been tortured to death, and 374 have been killed in night-time attacks.
Turan Gunes, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a recent session of the Council of Europe, responded to the issue of Kurdish independence:
"Let me tell you, with the tolerance of just a few countries like West Germany, France and England, we will have no problem liquidating millions of Kurds".
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+Cúchulainn Seán ó Maoilriain
With regard to reality, having worked in the field in various third-world countries (all of which have been exploited, pillaged, ruined and enslaved by European countries in the past), I reckon I have a far better grip on reality than you ever will have.
I did not call you stupid, unless you posted about me under a second identity.
As for IQ, yours obviously is about the same as your shoe size.
As for greed and failings, the colour of the skin is irrelevant, your disgusting rampant racism notwithstanding.
Off the top of my head - Namibia, Gabon, Mauritius, Botswana, Seychelles. That's five, you asked for only one.
Conversation over.
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PvtHudson
I never wrote "Death to Ukraine", to you or to anyone else, you liar! I too have family (and many friends) living in the Ukraine, in the north, the west, the south, the east and the center. They are all highly intelligent, knowledgeable, well informed and in agreement with me. In fact, I get most of my information from them. My beef is with the Banderistas and other assorted neo-Nazi organizations, as well as with the criminal oligarchs currently running the Ukraine - they are the racists, not I.
Пшёл вон!
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infinitecanadian Paid holidays, 8 hours work per day and five working days per week, retirement pensions, disability pensions, free libraries, free education, free medical care in civilized countries, and much, much more that you take for granted without realizing it is the left-wingers that gave you your high standards of living. Right-wingers sent you to be cannon fodder in their wars of greed and theft of other countries' resources.
It is left-wingers who built the society that I live in (I don't live in horrendous USA, I live in a prosperous, happy country in Europe whose prosperity and well-being was created by a large number of decades of left-winger governance.
Note that it was the USA who lured the USSR into Afghanistan. The Bolsheviks created the USSR and they were hardly left-wingers, they were Zionist Jews.
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That is nonsense. Anyway, the Suras in the Koran are not in chronological order, they are in size order, from the longest to the shortest. This horrible and disgusting individual, Geert Wilders, makes my skin crawl.
I too have read the Koran many, many times (I am not Muslim, I am a pragmatic agnostic), and there is one Surah in particular that is beautiful, something this Geert fellow must have missed. It is Surah An-Nur 24:35-36 (I use the word God because it is the correct translation into English of the arabic word Allah) :
God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly white star lit from the oil of a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. God guides to His light whom He wills. And God presents examples for the people, and God is Knowing of all things.
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How little you know about Islamic countries... LOL!
There is peace in Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Morocco, The Gambia, Guinea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, the Maldives, Brunei, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and more.
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*****
No, the Iranian plane was flying at its normal cruising altitude. Don't talk to me about research, you obviously haven't done any, because you're talking out of your arse. There were two Russian fighter jets, not one, and it was not they that felt in danger - they were dispatched to the Korean plane because it had twice intruded into Soviet air space and, as it did not respond to radio communication and to the tracer rocket, it was deemed to be a military plane and a threat to the Soviet Union. With regard to the Malaysian plane, Russia had strictly nothing to do with it. I know you are completely wrong. Russia wasn't supplying any sophisticated weapons to the self-defense militia, and it is not they who want a war, they are merely protecting and defending their families, their homes, their villages, their towns and their land. I am done with you, you are like fundamentalist Christians who stick their fingers and sing la-la-la-la-la at the top of their voices whenever presented with incontrovertible empirical evidence that proves their irrational beliefs to be wrong. Grow up.
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_Shortly before his untimely death, former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook told the House of Commons that “Al Qaeda” is not really a terrorist group but a database of international mujaheddin and arms smugglers used by the CIA and Saudis to funnel guerrillas, arms, and money into Soviet-occupied Afghanistan. Courtesy of World Affairs, a journal based in New Delhi, WMR can bring you an important excerpt from an Apr.-Jun. 2004 article by Pierre-Henry Bunel, a former agent for French military intelligence.
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“I first heard about Al-Qaida while I was attending the Command and Staff course in Jordan. I was a French officer at that time and the French Armed Forces had close contacts and cooperation with Jordan . . .
“Two of my Jordanian colleagues were experts in computers. They were air defense officers. Using computer science slang, they introduced a series of jokes about students’ punishment.
“For example, when one of us was late at the bus stop to leave the Staff College, the two officers used to tell us: ‘You’ll be noted in ‘Q eidat il-Maaloomaat’ which meant ‘You’ll be logged in the information database.’ Meaning ‘You will receive a warning . . .’ If the case was more severe, they would used to talk about ‘Q eidat i-Taaleemaat.’ Meaning ‘the decision database.’ It meant ‘you will be punished.’ For the worst cases they used to speak of logging in ‘Al Qaida.’
“In the early 1980s the Islamic Bank for Development, which is located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, like the Permanent Secretariat of the Islamic Conference Organization, bought a new computerized system to cope with its accounting and communication requirements. At the time the system was more sophisticated than necessary for their actual needs.
“It was decided to use a part of the system’s memory to host the Islamic Conference’s database. It was possible for the countries attending to access the database by telephone: an Intranet, in modern language. The governments of the member-countries as well as some of their embassies in the world were connected to that network.
“[According to a Pakistani major] the database was divided into two parts, the information file where the participants in the meetings could pick up and send information they needed, and the decision file where the decisions made during the previous sessions were recorded and stored. In Arabic, the files were called, ‘Q eidat il-Maaloomaat’ and ‘Q eidat i-Taaleemaat.’ Those two files were kept in one file called in Arabic ‘Q eidat ilmu’ti’aat’ which is the exact translation of the English word database. But the Arabs commonly used the short word Al Qaida which is the Arabic word for “base.” The military air base of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is called ‘q eidat ‘riyadh al ‘askariya.’ Q eida means “a base” and “Al Qaida” means “the base.”
“In the mid-1980s, Al Qaida was a database located in computer and dedicated to the communications of the Islamic Conference’s secretariat.
“In the early 1990s, I was a military intelligence officer in the Headquarters of the French Rapid Action Force. Because of my skills in Arabic my job was also to translate a lot of faxes and letters seized or intercepted by our intelligence services . . . We often got intercepted material sent by Islamic networks operating from the UK or from Belgium.
“These documents contained directions sent to Islamic armed groups in Algeria or in France. The messages quoted the sources of statements to be exploited in the redaction of the tracts or leaflets, or to be introduced in video or tapes to be sent to the media. The most commonly quoted sources were the United Nations, the non-aligned countries, the UNHCR and . . . Al Qaida.
“Al Qaida remained the data base of the Islamic Conference. Not all member countries of the Islamic Conference are ‘rogue states’ and many Islamic groups could pick up information from the databases. It was but natural for Osama Bin Laden to be connected to this network. He is a member of an important family in the banking and business world.
“Because of the presence of ‘rogue states,’ it became easy for terrorist groups to use the email of the database. Hence, the email of Al Qaida was used, with some interface system, providing secrecy, for the families of the mujaheddin to keep links with their children undergoing training in Afghanistan, or in Libya or in the Beqaa valley, Lebanon. Or in action anywhere in the battlefields where the extremists sponsored by all the ‘rogue states’ used to fight. And the ‘rogue states’ included Saudi Arabia. When Osama bin Laden was an American agent in Afghanistan, the Al Qaida Intranet was a good communication system through coded or covert messages.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/al-qaeda-the-database-2/24738
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@okd521 You obviously didn't read any of the articles I posted links to and which prove you wrong on every count.
Furthermore, unsurprisingly after the recapture of Izium, near Kharkov, by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (FAU), Ukraine is doing a reissue of Boutcha, trying to use the graves of civilians killed by bombing and those of its soldiers killed during the battle for the control of the city, to make believe in a massacre of civilians by the Russians.
Moreover, if the Russians had really mass-executed civilians at Izium, why would they bother to bury them individually with a cross and all the proper burial ritual?
Burying Ukrainian civilians and soldiers as much as possible in individual graves with a cross, and the name of the person, or an indication that they are soldiers, shows that the Russians have done show of humanity towards the dead they found after the battles for the capture of Izioum.
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"British scientists cannot prove that the novichok nerve agent used to poison ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter was made in Russia, the military laboratory which tested it has said.
"Experts at the Porton Down research laboratory were unable to establish “the precise source” of the chemical weapon, the chief executive of the Ministry of Defence facility told Sky News. He added the government had used “a number of other sources to piece together” the conclusion that the Kremlin was responsible."
Read more at link:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/salisbury-poisoning-russia-novichok-nerve-agent-porton-down-proof-evidence-mod-latest-a8286761.html
Published on 3 Aug 2017
Renowned French security expert Paul Barril discloses the existence of Operation Beluga, a covert Western intelligence scheme intended to undermine Russia and its leaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H2ikdck8F4
About Porton down:
Published on Thursday 6th of May 2004
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/may/06/science.research
Published on 26 Mar 2018
The A-234 nerve agent — this particular substance is used in the Novichok system. For the last few weeks, London has been claiming that it was Russia that produced this substance. However, as you can see, anyone can purchase the detailed instructions for 28 dollars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQFFJsKVB-8
Published on 20 Mar 2018
Have you noticed that we live in a very strange world? What is strange about it? Huge human masses have lost the ability to decide by themselves what is black and what is white. For them, white and black are not what is really white and black, but what is supposed to be considered as white or black. At the same time, those who look directly at reality and call it by its real colors, ignoring the official directives, are declared to be agents of the Kremlin.
There is the feeling that only agents of the Kremlin can have
a sound mind...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3CQ_4KEehw
This happened on the Salisbury Plain at the time of the Skripal affair. A coincidence? I really don't think so:
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2018/march/06/180306-toxic-storm-for-royal-marines-in-major-chemical-exercise
"The 33-year-old daughter of Sergei Skripal, Yulia Skripal, visited her ”Vkontakte” page – sort of a Russian version of Facebook – on the morning of March 7th, three days after the “assassination” attempt that put her allegedly in a coma, until just a few days ago. She was poisoned, according to the British government, along side her father Sergei, and according to the official version, hasn’t regained consciousness until quite recently."
https://www.fort-russ.com/2018/03/curiouser-and-curiouser-yulia-skripal-logged-into-vk-while-in-coma/
Highly Likely sat on a wall
Highly Likely had a great fall
All T May's horses and
All T May's men
Couldn't put Highly
Together again!
Case closed.
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@trueblue6564 First of all, if the Russian authorities really wanted to poison Navalny, why hand him over to Germany for treatment, at the risk that the poison used would be found. It doesn’t make sense.
And then especially if it was Novichok that had been used, Navalny should be dead. I won’t go back over the inconsistencies of the Skripal case which are so numerous that an encyclopedia would have to be written to cover them all.
Let’s take a closer look at what Novichok is. In reality, several substances, seven in total, are hidden under this name, which refers to chemical weapons developed by the USSR. According to its designers, these chemical weapons are even more deadly than VX (which was discovered in Porton Down, no, no, this is no joke).
VX is a nerve agent that causes neuromuscular blockage, paralysis of all muscles including the diaphragm and death by asphyxiation. This stuff is so dangerous that it is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the UN and has been banned by the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. It works so fast that it is very difficult to save the person affected. The lethal dose is in milligrams (10 mg is enough to kill half of the 70 kg adults who receive such a dose of this poison).
Now let’s look at Novichok. Where 10 mg is enough to kill half of the guinea pigs, 1 to 5 mg (depending on the molecule of the group of seven that are grouped as Novichok) is enough to achieve the same result! Clearly Novichok is 2 to 10 times more lethal than VX! And like VX, Novichok acts very quickly, in a few minutes maximum, as one of its creators recalled. Its mode of action is similar to VX and causes death by contraction of all the muscles of the body leading to asphyxiation.
In other words, if Navalny had really been poisoned with Novichok in the tea he drank, he should have died in the airport of Tomsk! He wouldn’t even have been able to get on the plane 40 to 60 minutes later!
As one of its creators recalled, like the VX, the Novichok is a weapon of mass destruction made to kill a large number of people at once. It is by no means a suitable weapon for targeted assassination. There are many other molecules much more discreet and adapted for this kind of objectives.
Moreover, the symptoms of Navalny do not correspond at all to those of Novitchok, which are close to those of VX.
If it’s not in his tea, then the poison would have to be somewhere else in contact with his skin. And there some media with the help of one of the creators of Novichok, went into a total delirium, going so far as to say that Navalny’s underwear could have been impregnated with Novichok.
But normally the underwear of a married man is handled by only two people: the man and his wife. So either Navalny made mischief with another during his trip to Siberia, or someone will have to explain to me how the “killer” was able to apply the poison on his underwear…
And the inconsistencies don’t stop there. As Alexander Rogers pointed out, given that the Novichok failed to kill the Skripal, if one were to assume that it was the Kremlin that was behind the assassination attempt in both cases, why not have changed weapons in view of the obvious ineffectiveness the first time? Why not have used something more effective and discreet?
More seriously, if it was the Kremlin that wanted to get rid of Navalny, there is no lack of discreet, targeted and cheap poisons (no, I will not provide the list, no need to give ideas to some people), it is ridiculous to imagine the Russian authorities resorting to such an inconspicuous poison (especially after the Skripal affair), and it seems to be as ineffective given the low percentage of deaths on the ground.
The other strange point is that despite multiple requests from the doctors, the General Prosecutor and the Russian authorities, the German doctors and authorities refuse to transmit their elements to Russia, while demanding a transparent investigation from the latter. This is called double standards and an obvious willingness to hide something.
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Hey, oh so Catholic and self-proclaimed Christian Poland, with regard to your treatment of all the men, women, pregnant women, babies and children trapped at your border, remember this:
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
Matthew 25:40-45
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@poopn69 Bleach (chlorine) is used for washing chickens in the USA. Household bleach is a liquid that contains sodium hypochlorite, which is simply chlorine in its liquid form:
"U.S. regulators say yes, chlorine-washed chicken is safe to eat. In fact, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved several antimicrobial rinses in poultry processing, including chlorine dioxide, acidified sodium chlorite, trisodium phosphate and peroxyacids."
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/13/chlorinated-chicken-poultry-threat-to-us-uk-trade-deal-post-brexit.html#:~:text=U.S.%20regulators%20say%20yes%2C%20chlorine,chlorite%2C%20trisodium%20phosphate%20and%20peroxyacids.
This is the reason why the UK and the EU do not import chicken from the USA.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/13/chlorinated-chicken-poultry-threat-to-us-uk-trade-deal-post-brexit.html
So, as you can see, I am NOT a liar. If you have even just a scintilla of decency in you, you will apologize to me for calling me a liar.
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Afghanistan is endowed with a wealth of natural resources, including extensive deposits of natural gas, petroleum, coal, marble, gold, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semi-precious stones. In 2006, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that Afghanistan has as much as 36 trillion cubic feet (1.0×10^12 m3) of natural gas, 3.6 billion barrels (570×10^6 m3) of oil and condensate reserves.
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Translated from French in a Geneva newspaper article published on May 11, an excerpt:
Hydroxychloroquine: not proven
The antimalarial chloroquine and its derivative hydroxychloroquine, used in particular in the treatment of lupus, have an in vitro action on many viruses, including SARS-CoV-2: they create a hostile environment for the virus by increasing the pH of the cell it seeks to infect. But they have never shown effectiveness in real conditions, or even worsened the condition of patients in certain diseases.
Some researchers and leaders tout this molecule, sometimes combined with an antibiotic, as a possible solution to the Covid-19 pandemic, but studies published so far do not allow to conclude.
The Didier Raoult IHU Méditerranée Infection in Marseille published on Tuesday a study concluding with a low mortality rate, with eight deaths in a thousand patients (against only five in a summary of the study in early April). But this level is comparable to that observed in the case of a natural course of the disease.
A study carried out in New York hospitals and published Thursday in the American journal NEJM shows that hydroxychloroquine has neither improved nor significantly deteriorated the condition of patients in serious condition. Other studies are underway in several countries.
And pharmacology specialists believe that for it to work, it should be administered in extremely high doses, which would be toxic or even fatal. Health officials have also warned of serious side effects on the heart, which may be more common in people with coronavirus.
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@grahamatsea3575 The article at the link ending in 322 - one biased professor toeing his jealous western country's line... LOL! Irrelevant, really.
You might find this video interesting and very informative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLI-gXJ7T5E
It is painfully obvious that you don't know anything at all about Russia and have never been there, because you are merely parroting the mendacious propaganda fed you by the western mainstream media. People who don't agree with Putin or with the "party line" don't have any problems whatsoever.
With regard to the alleged poisoning of Navalny:
Navalny never was a threat to Putin or the Kremlin - he has barely 1% support in Russia where he has no real impact whatsoever.
Germany claims that Novichok was found in Navalny's blood, in his urine and on his skin, and in a bottle he had with him when he boarded the plane in Tomsk... Now, if there really had been a poisoning, the only person or people who could have done it are a trusted cohort following the orders of Navalny's western sponsors (Putin-hating Soros and criminal Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky) in view of Navalny's constant and persistent failures over the years at destabilizing Putin and the Kremlin, and who may well have thought that Navalny serves their agenda better if he dies and becomes a "martyr" than if he stays alive and well. That is if indeed there was any Novichock anywhere on Navalny, in Navalny and in that bottle, which I seriously doubt since in view of the treatment he received at the hospital in Omsk, he would have died there had he been poisoned with Novichok.
Note that Navalny drank some tea during an unscheduled and unplanned stop at a coffee shop in the airport in Tomsk - there again, only someone in his entourage could have put poison in his tea, if he actually was poisoned.
I mean, think about it. First, the Russians poison him with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world, then they do their best to save his life and finally send him to Germany so that the Germans could establish that he was poisoned by the Russians with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world. No one else was affected, including his assistants and entourage, and there were no protective suits around, not even on the Russian doctors who treated him. The whole thing beggars belief!
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At the time of writing:
USA
Total Confirmed
: 148,089
Total Deaths
: 2,599
Total Recovered
: 4,886
Fatality rate: 1.755%
United Kingdom
Confirmed: 22,141
Deaths: 1,408
Recovered: 135
Active: 20,598
Fatality rate:
6.359%
Italy
Confirmed: 101,739
Deaths: 11,591
Recovered: 14,620
Active: 75,528
Fatality rate: 11.39%
Germany
Confirmed: 63,929
Deaths: 560
Recovered: 9,211
Active: 54,158
Fatality rate: 0.8759%
South Korea
Confirmed: 9,661
Deaths: 158
Recovered: 5,228
Active: 4,275
Fatality rate: 1.635%
Spain
Confirmed: 85,195
Deaths: 7,340
Recovered: 16,780
Active: 61,075
Fatality rate: 8.615%
India
Confirmed: 1,071
Deaths: 29
Recovered: 100
Active: 942
Fatality rate: 2.7%
France
Confirmed: 40,174
Deaths: 2,606
Recovered: 7,202
Active: 30,366
Fatality rate: 6.486%
South Africa
Confirmed: 1,280
Deaths: 23
Recovered: 31
Active: 1,247
Fatality rate: 0.23%
(This doesn't make sense.)
Vietnam
Confirmed: 203
Deaths: 0
Recovered: 55
Active: 148
Fatality rate: 0%
????
Japan
Confirmed: 1,866
Deaths: 54
Recovered: 424
Active: 1,388
Fatality rate: 2.89%
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"British scientists cannot prove that the novichok nerve agent used to poison ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter was made in Russia, the military laboratory which tested it has said.
"Experts at the Porton Down research laboratory were unable to establish “the precise source” of the chemical weapon, the chief executive of the Ministry of Defence facility told Sky News. He added the government had used “a number of other sources to piece together” the conclusion that the Kremlin was responsible."
Read more at link:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/salisbury-poisoning-russia-novichok-nerve-agent-porton-down-proof-evidence-mod-latest-a8286761.html
Published on 3 Aug 2017
Renowned French security expert Paul Barril discloses the existence of Operation Beluga, a covert Western intelligence scheme intended to undermine Russia and its leaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H2ikdck8F4
About Porton down:
Published on Thursday 6th of May 2004
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/may/06/science.research
Published on 26 Mar 2018
The A-234 nerve agent — this particular substance is used in the Novichok system. For the last few weeks, London has been claiming that it was Russia that produced this substance. However, as you can see, anyone can purchase the detailed instructions for 28 dollars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQFFJsKVB-8
Published on 20 Mar 2018
Have you noticed that we live in a very strange world? What is strange about it? Huge human masses have lost the ability to decide by themselves what is black and what is white. For them, white and black are not what is really white and black, but what is supposed to be considered as white or black. At the same time, those who look directly at reality and call it by its real colors, ignoring the official directives, are declared to be agents of the Kremlin.
There is the feeling that only agents of the Kremlin can have
a sound mind...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3CQ_4KEehw
This happened on the Salisbury Plain at the time of the Skripal affair. A coincidence? I really don't think so:
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2018/march/06/180306-toxic-storm-for-royal-marines-in-major-chemical-exercise
"The 33-year-old daughter of Sergei Skripal, Yulia Skripal, visited her ”Vkontakte” page – sort of a Russian version of Facebook – on the morning of March 7th, three days after the “assassination” attempt that put her allegedly in a coma, until just a few days ago. She was poisoned, according to the British government, along side her father Sergei, and according to the official version, hasn’t regained consciousness until quite recently."
https://www.fort-russ.com/2018/03/curiouser-and-curiouser-yulia-skripal-logged-into-vk-while-in-coma/
Highly Likely sat on a wall
Highly Likely had a great fall
All T May's horses and
All T May's men
Couldn't put Highly
Together again!
Case closed.
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Sweden (no lockdown)
Confirmed: 25,921
Deaths: 3,220
Recovered: 4,971
Active: 17,730
Case-Fatality Ratio: 12.42%
Switzerland (with voluntary lockdown)
Confirmed: 30,251
Deaths: 1,830
Recovered: 26,400
Active: 2,021
Case-Fatality Ratio: 6.05%
Norway (with lockdown)
Confirmed: 8,099
Deaths: 219
Recovered: 32
Active: 7,848
Case-Fatality Ratio: 2.70%
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@F.U.andS.T.F.U Germany claimed that Novichok was found in Navalny's blood, in his urine and on his skin, and in a bottle he had with him when he boarded the plane in Tomsk... Now, if there really had been a poisoning, the only person or people who could have done it are a trusted cohort following the orders of Navalny's western sponsors (Putin-hating Soros and criminal Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky) in view of Navalny's constant and persistent failures over the years at destabilizing Putin and the Kremlin, and who may well have thought that Navalny serves their agenda better if he dies and becomes a "martyr" than if he stays alive and well. That is if indeed there was any Novichock anywhere on Navalny, in Navalny and in that bottle, which I seriously doubt since in view of the treatment he received at the hospital in Omsk, he would have died there had he been poisoned with Novichok. In fact, if he had really been poisoned with Novichok in his hotel room (from the bottle), he would never have made it to the airport in Tomsk alive. Novichok is an extremely fast-acting nerve agent and five times more lethal than VX.
Navalny's entourage searched his room and found three bottles of water. Now, how on earth could they have known which one was covered in Novichok? They searched that room barefoot and with simple surgical gloves on - had there been Novichok in that room, they would in those conditions also have been poisoned.
Note that Navalny drank some tea during an unscheduled and unplanned stop at a coffee shop in the airport in Tomsk - there again, only someone in his entourage could have put poison in his tea, if he actually was poisoned.
I mean, think about it. First, the Russians poison him with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world, then they do their best to save his life and finally send him to Germany so that the Germans could establish that he was poisoned with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world. No one else was affected, including his assistants and entourage, and there were no protective suits around, not anyone on the plane, not a single member of the crew who attended him on that plane, not even on the Russian doctors who treated him. The whole thing beggars belief!
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I can't spell? Perhaps you should read your posts again. Here, let me help you: "re-affirmed" (doesn't take a hyphen), "rediculously" should be "ridiculously", "un-reliable" (doesn't take a hyphen), "cant" needs an apostrophe, "shouldnt" needs an apostrophe, "bothererd" second r shouldn't be there, "your" should be you're, "allot" should be a lot, short sighted should be shortsighted, "parliment" should be parliament, etc. Back to school for you, child.
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People who are anti-abortion should by enforceable law have to sign a fully binding documents that they will pay all the expenses, hospital fees, all the diapers, formula, clothes, cots, etc., rent, food and clothing for the children, school fees and equipment, education, etc., until a child who was not aborted by a mother who wanted to abort but agreed not to abort (after being pressured not to do so by "pro-lifers") reaches the ages of 21 - or shut the fuck up.
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@diana23456 I know a great many Armenians, and not one of them has green eyes. Ancient Greek statues do not show colours, so one cannot surmise that they depict blond people with blue eyes. On all ancient greek paintings on pottery and frescoes, the people have black hair and dark eyes.
No, I am not talking about the Romans/Italians. In northern Italy, many people have fair hair and blue eyes. In Italian Old Masters paintings, many people have blonde hair. Take a look, for example, at Boticelli's paintings.
It is a common misconception that Italians must look a particular way. The stereotype is that Italians have dark hair, dark eyes, and olive skin. Nevertheless, hair and eye color vary in Italy and so does skin tone! It is not uncommon to see Italians with lighter eye and hair shades. Italians have all different eye colors including brown, hazel, green, and blue. There are blonde, brunette, and red-haired Italians. The more North you move in Italy the more frequently you will see Italians with blue eyes.
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The only racists here are you and your disgusting ilk, dude. By the way, I am not a dude, nor a bonehead. I simply am an adult (unlike you) who, unlike you, has had a real education and who, unlike you, has considerable knowledge of this subject, and who, unlike you, has more than half a functioning braincell.
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"British scientists cannot prove that the novichok nerve agent used to poison ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter was made in Russia, the military laboratory which tested it has said.
"Experts at the Porton Down research laboratory were unable to establish “the precise source” of the chemical weapon, the chief executive of the Ministry of Defence facility told Sky News. He added the government had used “a number of other sources to piece together” the conclusion that the Kremlin was responsible."
Read more at link:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/salisbury-poisoning-russia-novichok-nerve-agent-porton-down-proof-evidence-mod-latest-a8286761.html
Published on 3 Aug 2017
Renowned French security expert Paul Barril discloses the existence of Operation Beluga, a covert Western intelligence scheme intended to undermine Russia and its leaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H2ikdck8F4
About Porton down:
Published on Thursday 6th of May 2004
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/may/06/science.research
Published on 26 Mar 2018
The A-234 nerve agent — this particular substance is used in the Novichok system. For the last few weeks, London has been claiming that it was Russia that produced this substance. However, as you can see, anyone can purchase the detailed instructions for 28 dollars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQFFJsKVB-8
Published on 20 Mar 2018
Have you noticed that we live in a very strange world? What is strange about it? Huge human masses have lost the ability to decide by themselves what is black and what is white. For them, white and black are not what is really white and black, but what is supposed to be considered as white or black. At the same time, those who look directly at reality and call it by its real colors, ignoring the official directives, are declared to be agents of the Kremlin.
There is the feeling that only agents of the Kremlin can have
a sound mind...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3CQ_4KEehw
This happened on the Salisbury Plain at the time of the Skripal affair. A coincidence? I really don't think so:
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2018/march/06/180306-toxic-storm-for-royal-marines-in-major-chemical-exercise
"The 33-year-old daughter of Sergei Skripal, Yulia Skripal, visited her ”Vkontakte” page – sort of a Russian version of Facebook – on the morning of March 7th, three days after the “assassination” attempt that put her allegedly in a coma, until just a few days ago. She was poisoned, according to the British government, along side her father Sergei, and according to the official version, hasn’t regained consciousness until quite recently."
https://www.fort-russ.com/2018/03/curiouser-and-curiouser-yulia-skripal-logged-into-vk-while-in-coma/
Highly Likely sat on a wall
Highly Likely had a great fall
All T May's horses and
All T May's men
Couldn't put Highly
Together again!
Case closed.
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Germany claims that Novichok was found in Navalny's blood, in his urine and on his skin, and in a bottle he had with him when he boarded the plane in Tomsk... Now, if there really had been a poisoning, the only person or people who could have done it are a trusted cohort following the orders of Navalny's western sponsors (Putin-hating Soros and criminal Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky) in view of Navalny's constant and persistent failures over the years at destabilizing Putin and the Kremlin, and who may well have thought that Navalny would serve their agenda better if he dies and becomes a "martyr" than if he stays alive and well. That is if indeed there was any Novichock anywhere on Navalny, in Navalny and in that bottle, which I seriously doubt since in view of the treatment he received at the hospital in Omsk, he would have died there had he been poisoned with Novichok.
Note that Navalny drank some tea during an unscheduled and unplanned stop at a coffee shop in the airport in Tomsk - there again, only someone in his entourage could have put poison in his tea, if he actually was poisoned.
I mean, think about it. First, they poison him with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world, then they do their best to save his life and finally send him to Germany so that the Germans could establish that he was poisoned with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world. No one else was affected, including his assistants and entourage, and there were no protective suits around, not even on the Russian doctors who treated him. The whole thing beggars belief!
The truth about "Putin's Palace" claims by Navalny! It is a luxury hotel still under construction, and the photos of the interior in Navalny's video are photos taken in various different palaces around Europe!
There are exposés on Youtube showing that the Palace Navalny claims is Putin's is mostly a Photoshop concoction, but the prototype Palace/Hotel is under construction and possibly belongs to one of the Russian oligarchs.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ValLisitsa/status/1355135339795505163
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1355135339795505163.html
https://smotrim.ru/article/2516987
https://smotrim.ru/article/2517125
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k227KvKFYN8&ab_channel=RT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TaG7jOlRmI&ab_channel=RTAmerica
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The laws and policies governing Syrian refugees’ lives in Turkey do not grant them full refugee rights, and the protections these laws and policies do extend have yet to be fully realized. As a result, many Syrians in Turkey still cannot access education, health care, and lawful employment. Furthermore, delays of up to six months in registration for temporary protection mean that some refugees are unable to get basic services and live in fear of being forced to live in a camp or deported.
Most Syrian refugees in Turkey are living outside the camps, unlike the situation elsewhere. While 9.12% of asylum seekers in Turkey live in the camps, the rest are trying to survive on their own – many by begging, collecting garbage, or being exploited in the informal economy.
A recent study conducted with 604 Syrian workers in Istanbul has found that only 3% receive some form of help, while high levels of unemployment and lack of work permit limit their entry to official jobs.
Work permits are highly restricted, and fewer than 20,000 have been issued so far. A comparison between Turkish and Syrian workers shows that Syrian men receive nearly US$95 less and Syrian female workers US$140 less than Turkish male workers’ average monthly wage.
Turkey hosts about 2,7 million Syrian refugees and not 4 million as you claimed, which confirms that you are a liar.
See https://borgenproject.org/syrian-refugee-camps/
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Jack Matlock: The US is not the Victor of the Cold War
19 Jan 2016
In his interview Amb. Jack Matlock discusses the mistakes that were made in the Post-Cold war period by both the US and Russia, which eventually resulted in the confrontational state of their relations today. These mistakes, as he claims, were made already after the Cold war had been ended by negotiation and to the benefit of all in 1988 – 1989, and were based on several myths the West and the US elaborated already after the USSR had broke up. He disagrees, that part of the problems of Post-Cold war US-Russia relations result from an unbalanced ending of the Cold war itself, and claims that the USSR also benefited from the end of the Cold war and from how it ended. At the same time, he argues that Russia overreacted to the mistakes that the West made in the post-Cold war period, and misperceived many of the Western steps and decisions. For instance, he argued that NATO was preserved to keep Germany under control, while Bill Clinton took the decision to enlarge NATO to get re-elected, not against Russia. He also dwells upon the problems of Russia’s market and democratic transformation after the breakup of the USSR, identifying the ways of how Russian domestic troubles impacted US-Russia relations. Finally, he describes the ways to overcome the new US-Russian confrontation and build sustainable partnership, above all a fundamental broadening of the US-Russian agenda and a recognition of diffusion of power in the world of today and tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z404fE8slY
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Unsurprisingly after the recapture of Izium, near Kharkov, by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (FAU), Ukraine is doing a reissue of Boutcha, trying to use the graves of civilians killed by bombing and those of its soldiers killed during the battle for the control of the city, to make believe in a massacre of civilians by the Russians.
Moreover, if the Russians had really mass-executed civilians at Izium, why would they bother to bury them individually with a cross and all the proper burial ritual?
Burying Ukrainian civilians and soldiers as much as possible in individual graves with a cross, and the name of the person, or an indication that they are soldiers, shows that the Russians have done show of humanity towards the dead they found after the battles for the capture of Izioum.
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No clinical benefit from use of hydroxychloroquine in hospitalised patients with COVID-19
5 June 2020
Statement from the Chief Investigators of the Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY (RECOVERY) Trial on hydroxychloroquine, 5 June 2020
Professor Peter Horby and Professor Martin Landray, chief investigators of the RECOVERY Trial, said ‘In March this year, RECOVERY was established as a randomised clinical trial to test a range of potential drugs for COVID-19, including hydroxycholoroquine.
‘The trial has proceeded at unprecedented speed, enrolling over 11,000 patients from 175 NHS hospitals in the UK. Throughout this time, the independent Data Monitoring Committee has reviewed the emerging data about every two weeks to determine if there is evidence that would be strong enough to affect national and global treatment of COVID-19.
‘On Thursday 4 June, in response to a request from the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the independent Data Monitoring Committee conducted a further review of the data. Last night, the Committee recommended the chief investigators review the unblinded data on the hydroxychloroquine arm of the trial.
‘We have concluded that there is no beneficial effect of hydroxychloroquine in patients hospitalised with COVID-19. We have therefore decided to stop enrolling participants to the hydroxychloroquine arm of the RECOVERY Trial with immediate effect. We are now releasing the preliminary results as they have important implications for patient care and public health.
More at https://www.recoverytrial.net/news/statement-from-the-chief-investigators-of-the-randomised-evaluation-of-covid-19-therapy-recovery-trial-on-hydroxychloroquine-5-june-2020-no-clinical-benefit-from-use-of-hydroxychloroquine-in-hospitalised-patients-with-covid-19
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At the time of writing:
Italy
Confirmed: 63,927
Deaths: 6,077 - 9.5%
Recovered: 7,432
Active: 50,418
Switzerland (ninth country in the number of confirmed cases, the first confirmed case occurred on February 25, a Ticinese man who returned to Ticino from Italy)
Confirmed: 8,547
Deaths: 118 - 1.38%
Recovered: 131
Active: 8,298
Confirmed Cases by Country/Region/Sovereignty (those with over 1,000 confirmed cases)
81,496 China
63,927 Italy
41,511 US
33,089 Spain
28,865 Germany
23,049 Iran
16,937 France
8,961 Korea, South
8,547 Switzerland
5,911 United Kingdom
4,764 Netherlands
4,306 Austria
3,743 Belgium
2,547 Norway
2,060 Portugal
2,046 Sweden
1,682 Australia
1,629 Brazil
1,572 Denmark
1,560 Canada
1,518 Malaysia
1,238 Israel
1,236 Czechia
1,236 Turkey
1,101 Japan
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I posted the following comment in one of your recent videos (a couple of days ago) with regard to Covid-19 antibodies (seroconversion) in the blood serum of people who recovered - would that not make the vaccine ineffective in many people?:
*Neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in a COVID-19 recovered patient cohort and their implications
*
Authors measured antibodies in plasma collected from 175 COVID-19 recovered patients with mild symptoms. around 30% had very low levels of antibodies and 6% had no detectable antibodies at all, even 14 days after recovery.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.30.20047365v1.full.pdf
Latest numbers:
Netherlands
Total Confirmed
: 31,766
Total Deaths
: 3,613 (11.37%)
USA
Total Confirmed
: 726,645
Total Deaths
: 38,664 (5.32%)
Total Tested in the US:
3,690,482
UK
Total Confirmed:
115,314
Total Deaths
: 15,498 (13.43%)
Belgium
Total Confirmed
: 37,183
Total Deaths
j: 5,453 (14.665%)
Germany
Total Confirmed
: 143,342
Total Deaths
: 4,459 (3.11%)
France
Total Confirmed
: 149,149
Total Deaths
: 19,345 (12.97%)
Ecuador
Total Confirmed:
9,022
Total Deaths
: 456 (5.05%)
Spain
Total Confirmed:
191,726
Total Deaths
: 20,043 (10.45%)
Italy
Total Confirmed:
175,925
Total Deaths:
23,227 (13.2%)
Israel
Total Confirmed: 13,265
Total Deaths: 164 (1.23%)
Bangladesh
Total Confirmed: 2,144
Total Deaths: 84 (3.91%)
Here is one of many photos of the crowds attending the funeral of Allama Maulana Zubayer Ahmed Ansari:
https://tbsnews.net/sites/default/files/styles/infograph/public/images/2020/04/18/brahmanbaria_pic_18-04_3.jpg
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*No, Covid-19 is not just viral pneumonia
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21.04.2020
Zurich researchers analyzed the tissue of people who died from the new coronavirus. They believe it is systemic vascular inflammation and not pneumonia.
Much more than pneumonia, COVID-19 is a systemic vascular inflammation, according to a study by researchers from Zurich. This explains why it causes so many cardiovascular problems and vital organ failures.
The first patients had mostly difficult-to-treat pneumonia, the University Hospital Zurich (USZ) said in a statement. Subsequently, doctors have found more and more cases of cardiovascular disorders and multiple organ failures with no apparent connection to pneumonia.
Zsuzsanna Varga's team at the USZ therefore examined tissue samples from deceased patients using a microscope and found that the inflammation affected the endothelium - the inner lining of blood vessels - of different organs.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has been detected in the endothelium itself, where it kills the cells, then the affected tissues and organs. The researchers deduce that the virus attacks the immune system not by the lungs, but directly by the ACE2 receptors present in the endothelium, which thus loses its protective function.
All affected organs
"Covid-19 disease can affect the blood vessels of all organs," says Frank Ruschitzka, director of the USZ Cardiology Clinic, who now suggests calling this clinical picture "Covid-endothelitis."
It is a systemic inflammation of the blood vessels that can affect the heart, brain, lungs, kidneys or even the digestive tract. It causes severe microperturbations in the bloodstream that can damage the heart or cause pulmonary embolism, or even obstruct blood vessels in the brain or the gastrointestinal system, says the USZ.
If the endothelium of young patients defends itself well, this is not the case for the risk groups suffering from hypertension, diabetes or cardiovascular disease, the common characteristic of which is reduced endothelial function.
Therapeutically, this means fighting the multiplication of the virus and at the same time protecting and stabilizing the vascular system of patients, concludes Professor Ruschitzka, quoted in the press release. These works are published in the British medical journal "The Lancet".
A virus like no other
Other research published in the journal “Science” goes in the same direction, evoking a systemic disease and a virus which acts in a way different from all the other pathogens seen so far.
Kidney, brain and central nervous system damage has been reported, as have seizures, encephalitis and stroke in patients who have recovered. The intestines, rich in ACE2 receptors, are another front of attack: half of the patients suffer from diarrhea. The eyes and liver are also affected. (ats / nxp)
Translated from https://www.tdg.ch/suisse/covid19-quune-pneumonie-virale/story/25930175
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Bluetooth hacking occurs when a hacker is able to connect to your phone using its Bluetooth connection. This hack can only occur if the hacker is within a potential hacked phone’s Bluetooth range, which is roughly 30 feet. Once the hacker is connected, however, it opens up a hacked phone to all sorts of security vulnerabilities.
There are 3 major types of Bluetooth hacking: bluejacking, bluesnarfing, and bluebugging. Bluejacking allows a hacked phone to send anonymous messages to other phones in the vicinity. Bluesnarfing is the practice of taking information like calendars, call lists, emails, and text messages, as well as pictures and private videos away from your phone and transferring them to the hacker. Bluebugging allows the hacker to take complete control of the phone, giving them the ability to listen in on taking and receiving calls from a hacked phone as well as complete access to a hacked phones call records.
https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/bluetooth-security-vunlerabilities/
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Bullshit.
Unsurprisingly after the recapture of Izium, near Kharkov, by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (FAU), Ukraine is doing a reissue of Boutcha, trying to use the graves of civilians killed by bombing and those of its soldiers killed during the battle for the control of the city, to make believe in a massacre of civilians by the Russians.
Moreover, if the Russians had really mass-executed civilians at Izium, why would they bother to bury them individually with a cross and all the proper burial ritual?
Burying Ukrainian civilians and soldiers as much as possible in individual graves with a cross, and the name of the person, or an indication that they are soldiers, shows that the Russians have done show of humanity towards the dead they found after the battles for the capture of Izioum.
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Traveling to the Swat Valley:
People traveling from down country on their own vehicles can take the Motorway (M-1) and reach Mardan interchange from Islamabad in about one and a half hours after covering a distance of 131 km. From Mardan onwards they can travel via Takh-e-Bai, Dargai, Malakand Pass, Batkhella, Chakdara and finally reach Mingora/Saidu Sharif after covering a distance of 112 km in an additional two and a half hours. The total distance from Islamabad to Mingora/Saidu Sharif is 247Km and it takes around 5 hours with one stop for lunch and refreshments. This route is open for all kinds of traffic throughout the year.
Using the above-mentioned route from Mardan onwards, the distance from Peshawar to Mingora/Saidu Sharif is 151 km. The total driving time from Peshawar is around 4 hours.
For those preferring public transport, traveling in air-conditioned bus service is an option. There are several bus companies with regular direct service to Mingora from Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, and Mardan. The Daewoo Bus Service operates the most comfortable and reliable air-conditioned bus service to Mingora from Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Peshawar and also provides connecting bus services to the passengers of other major cities such as Karachi, Hyderabad, Bahawalpur, Multan, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Abbottabad, Mianwali, etc.
https://wikitravel.org/en/Swat_Valley
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Driest Places in the World
Location Average Annual Rainfall (inches)
1Arica, Chile0.03
2Al'Kufrah, Libya0.03
2Aswan, Egypt0.03
2Luxor, Egypt0.03
5Ica, Peru0.09
6Wadi Halfa, Sudan0.10
7Iquique, Chile0.20
8Pelican Point, Namibia0.32
9Aoelef, Algeria0.48
9Callao, Peru0.48
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"British scientists cannot prove that the novichok nerve agent used to poison ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter was made in Russia, the military laboratory which tested it has said.
"Experts at the Porton Down research laboratory were unable to establish “the precise source” of the chemical weapon, the chief executive of the Ministry of Defence facility told Sky News. He added the government had used “a number of other sources to piece together” the conclusion that the Kremlin was responsible."
Read more at link:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/salisbury-poisoning-russia-novichok-nerve-agent-porton-down-proof-evidence-mod-latest-a8286761.html
Published on 3 Aug 2017
Renowned French security expert Paul Barril discloses the existence of Operation Beluga, a covert Western intelligence scheme intended to undermine Russia and its leaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H2ikdck8F4
About Porton down:
Published on Thursday 6th of May 2004
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/may/06/science.research
Published on 26 Mar 2018
The A-234 nerve agent — this particular substance is used in the Novichok system. For the last few weeks, London has been claiming that it was Russia that produced this substance. However, as you can see, anyone can purchase the detailed instructions for 28 dollars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQFFJsKVB-8
Published on 20 Mar 2018
Have you noticed that we live in a very strange world? What is strange about it? Huge human masses have lost the ability to decide by themselves what is black and what is white. For them, white and black are not what is really white and black, but what is supposed to be considered as white or black. At the same time, those who look directly at reality and call it by its real colors, ignoring the official directives, are declared to be agents of the Kremlin.
There is the feeling that only agents of the Kremlin can have
a sound mind...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3CQ_4KEehw
This happened on the Salisbury Plain at the time of the Skripal affair. A coincidence? I really don't think so:
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2018/march/06/180306-toxic-storm-for-royal-marines-in-major-chemical-exercise
"The 33-year-old daughter of Sergei Skripal, Yulia Skripal, visited her ”Vkontakte” page – sort of a Russian version of Facebook – on the morning of March 7th, three days after the “assassination” attempt that put her allegedly in a coma, until just a few days ago. She was poisoned, according to the British government, along side her father Sergei, and according to the official version, hasn’t regained consciousness until quite recently."
https://www.fort-russ.com/2018/03/curiouser-and-curiouser-yulia-skripal-logged-into-vk-while-in-coma/
Highly Likely sat on a wall
Highly Likely had a great fall
All T May's horses and
All T May's men
Couldn't put Highly
Together again!
Case closed.
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The title, Baron, derives from the Old Germanic word, baro, meaning freeman. Created c. 1066, a Baron is the lowest rank of the peerage, and is usually applied to tenants-in-chief, the holders of land granted to them directly by the monarch. So Trump is not very ambitious with regard to his son... The five titles of the peerage, in descending order of precedence, or rank, are: duke, marquess, earl, viscount, baron. The highest rank of the peerage, duke, is the most exclusive. Don't tell that to Trump, in case he actually fathers another son... 😂 🤣
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@eddieallen8271
At the federal level, the impeachment process is a three-step procedure.
- First, the Congress investigates. This investigation typically begins in the House Judiciary Committee, but may begin elsewhere. For example, the Nixon impeachment inquiry began in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The facts that led to impeachment of Bill Clinton were first discovered in the course of an investigation by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.
- Second, the House of Representatives must pass, by a simple majority of those present and voting, articles of impeachment, which constitute the formal allegation or allegations. Upon passage, the defendant has been "impeached".
- Third, the Senate tries the accused. In the case of the impeachment of a president, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the proceedings. For the impeachment of any other official, the Constitution is silent on who shall preside, suggesting that this role falls to the Senate's usual presiding officer, the President of the Senate who is also the Vice President of the United States. Conviction in the Senate requires a two-thirds supermajority vote of those present. The result of conviction is removal from office.
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Note that, unsurprisingly after the recapture of Izium, near Kharkov, by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (FAU), Ukraine is doing a reissue of Boutcha, trying to use the graves of civilians killed by bombing and those of its soldiers killed during the battle for the control of the city, to make believe in a massacre of civilians by the Russians.
Moreover, if the Russians had really mass-executed civilians at Izium, why would they bother to bury them individually with a cross and all the proper burial ritual?
Burying Ukrainian civilians and soldiers as much as possible in individual graves with a cross, and the name of the person, or an indication that they are soldiers, shows that the Russians have done show of humanity towards the dead they found after the battles for the capture of Izioum.
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"On Monday March 12 , British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that a nerve agent from the novichok group was used for the attack on the Russian double agent Sergei Skripal. For five days, the substance was called ‘a rare nerve agent’. This had brought experts to wild speculation on blogs and in forums. Now suddenly the child had a name: novichok. Russian for: newcomer."
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2018/03/21/unknown-newcomer-novichok-was-long-known-a1596490
Published on Thursday 6th of May 2004:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/may/06/science.research
Published on 20 Mar 2018
Have you noticed that we live in a very strange world? What is strange about it? Huge human masses have lost the ability to decide by themselves what is black and what is white. For them, white and black are not what is really white and black, but what is supposed to be considered as white or black. At the same time, those who look directly at reality and call it by its real colors, ignoring the official directives, are declared to be agents of the Kremlin.
There is the feeling that only agents of the Kremlin can have a sound mind...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3CQ_4KEehw
The plot thickens... Curiouser and curiouser, quoth Alice! Novichok apparently doesn't exist!
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2018/03/theresa-mays-novichok-claims-fall-apart.html
Media made British embassy’s presentation on Skripal’s case public
https://en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/media-made-british-embassy-s-presentation-on-skripal-s-case-public/
The PDF file:
https://en.crimerussia.com/upload/iblock/75d/UK_Briefing.pdf
The creator of the poison agent, Leonid Rink, stated Moscow's non-involvement in the poisoning of former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia:
https://en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/novichok-developer-stated-russia-s-non-involvement-in-poisoning-skripal/
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@jordanallen3078 Marie Antoinette was far from being a disgusting individual. She was married-off at at age 14 to the Dauphin (the heir to the throne). She basically was the scapegoat for everything that went wrong in the country. She was not aware of all that was happening in France, she was sort of kept in a golden cage. In the beginning, she was frivolous and a coquette who enjoyed having extravagant dresses and jewels made for her, and she enjoyed gambling at card games. She didn't know better. Later on, she did develop some political savvy, and had the King listened to her and followed her advice, things would most likely not have turned out the way they did.
The King was not a bad person, either - he was more interested in locksmithery than in reigning the country, and was manipulated and taken advantage of by the real disgusting people.
She never said "Let them eat cake", either. She was a very good mother, and she went to the scaffold and the guillotine with great dignity.
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An air-proof layer? That makes no sense as it implies that no air can enter and one cannot breathe at all.
"The three layers should include an inner layer that absorbs, a middle layer that acts as a filter, and an outer layer made from a non-absorbent material like polyester. Those layers in that order can "provide a mechanistic barrier," epidemiologist Maria D. Van Kerkhove, the WHO technical lead on COVID-19, said during a media briefing. The guidance, she emphasized, is based on "new, novel research" commissioned by the WHO. Fabric masks should also be cleaned and worn correctly, since contaminated hands can infect a person adjusting their mask or frequently taking it on or off, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director-general said."
More at https://www.businessinsider.com/who-fabric-masks-need-3-layers-to-curb-coronavirus-spread-2020-6?r=US&IR=T
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Bukomo Mazuri Actually, he knows fuck all.
Raphael Patai describes the Khazars in the field of Turkmen people with some Mongoloid admixture. After major advances in DNA sequence analysis and computing technology in the late 20th and early 21st century, a plethora of genetic research has been conducted. The Yiddish scholar Alexander Beider looks at genetic studies as often as possible.
According to Martin B. Richards, presently available genetic studies, including his own study on maternal Ashkenazi lineages, all refutes the Khazar theory. The claim that Ashkenazis has a whole place of origin from Khazars has been widely criticized. Using four Jewish groups, one being Ashkenazi, Kopelman et al found no evidence to the Khazar theory.
While the consensus in genetic research is that the world’s Jewish populations (including the Ashkenazim) share substantial genetic ancestry derived from a common Ancient Middle Eastern founder population, and that Ashkenazi has no genetic attribution attributable to Khazars, at least one study authored in this period diverges from the general view of the Khazar theory.
Counter-evidence exists to the Khazar hypothesis claiming that the male lineage of Ashkenazi Jews originates from an ancient (2000 BCE – 700 BCE) population of the Middle East who spread to Europe. -DNA studies of Ashkenazi Jews concluded that their male lineage was founded by ancestors from the Middle East and that they share this paternal ancestry with Sephardic Jewish populations. Genetic studies show that the male lineage of Ashkenazi Jews bears a common genetic heritage which originates in the Near East, and that they bear their strongest resemblance to the peoples of the Fertile Crescent . A study of Ashkenazi mitochondrial DNA by Martin B. Richards of theUniversity of Huddersfield found no maternal lineages attributable to Caucasus. Richards summarized the findings on the female line as such:
“None of the mtDNA came from the North Caucasus, located along the border between Europe and Asia between the Black and Caspian seas. But still tenacious, hypotheses: that most Ashkenazi Jews can trace their roots to the mysterious Khazar Kingdom that flourished during the ninth century in the region between the Byzantine Empire and the Persian Empire. ”
https://forward.com/opinion/382967/ashkenazi-jews-are-not-khazars-heres-the-proof/
https://notpoliticallycorrect.me/2016/04/24/ashkenazi-jews-are-not-khazar/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niG8JJuCpCE
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1040&context=humbiol_preprints
https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/khazar-myth-busted-1.5253397
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonentine/2013/05/16/israeli-researcher-challenges-jewish-dna-links-to-israel-calls-those-who-disagree-nazi-sympathizers/#4600f728bc6d
https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/178152/are-ashkenazi-jews-descended-from-khazars
https://forward.com/news/200825/why-ashkenazi-jews-are-not-descended-from-khazars/
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/2017/09/the-theory-that-ashkenazi-jews-are-descended-from-khazars-is-junk-science/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264390976_No_Evidence_from_Genome-Wide_Data_of_a_Khazar_Origin_for_the_Ashkenazi_Jews
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/study-finds-no-evidence-of-khazar-origin-for-ashkenazi-jews/2014/02/23/
http://www.gospelkc.org/uploads/8/6/5/5/86559872/ashkenazi_jews_are_not_khazars.pdf
http://new.huji.ac.il/en/article/22007
http://chelm.freeyellow.com/khazar.html
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@sandy-sx5zr Excerpt:
The Montford Delusion
Update: Another review of the book has been published by Alistair McIntosh in the Scottish Review of Books (scroll down about 25% through the page to find McIintosh’s review)
Update #2 (8/19/10): The Guardian has now weighed in as well.
If you don’t know much about climate science, or about the details of the controversy over the “hockey stick,” then A. W. Montford’s book The Hockey Stick Illusion: Climategate and the Corruption of Science might persuade you that not only the hockey stick, but all of modern climate science, is a fraud perpetrated by a massive conspiracy of climate scientists and politicians, in order to guarantee an unending supply of research funding and political power. That idea gets planted early, in the 6th paragraph of chapter 1.
The chief focus is the original hockey stick, a reconstruction of past temperature for the northern hemisphere covering the last 600 years by Mike Mann, Ray Bradley, and Malcolm Hughes (1998, Nature, 392, 779, doi:10.1038/33859, available here), hereafter called “MBH98” (the reconstruction was later extended back to a thousand years by Mann et al, 1999, or “MBH99” ). The reconstruction was based on proxy data, most of which are not direct temperature measurements but may be indicative of temperature. To piece together past temperature, MBH98 estimated the relationships between the proxies and observed temperatures in the 20th century, checked the validity of the relationships using observed temperatures in the latter half of the 19th century, then used the relationships to estimate temperatures as far back as 1400. The reconstruction all the way back to the year 1400 used 22 proxy data series, although some of the 22 were combinations of larger numbers of proxy series by a method known as “principal components analysis” (hereafter called “PCA”–see here). For later centuries, even more proxy series were used. The result was that temperatures had risen rapidly in the 20th century compared to the preceding 5 centuries. The sharp “blade” of 20th-century rise compared to the flat “handle” of the 15-19th centuries was reminiscent of a “hockey stick” — giving rise to the name describing temperature history.
But if you do know something about climate science and the politically motivated controversy around it, you might be able to see that reality is the opposite of the way Montford paints it. In fact Montford goes so far over the top that if you’re a knowledgeable and thoughtful reader, it eventually dawns on you that the real goal of those whose story Montford tells is not to understand past climate, it’s to destroy the hockey stick by any means necessary.
More at http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2010/07/the-montford-delusion/comment-page-5/
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At the time of writing:
Spain
Confirmed: 49,515
Deaths: 3,647
Recovered: 5,367
Active: 40,501
Fatality rate: 7.365%
USA
Confirmed: 68,960
Deaths: 1,041
Reclovered: 616
Fatality rate: 1.5%
United Kingdom
Confirmed: 9,529
Deaths: 465
Recovered: 135
Active: 8,929
Fatality rate: 4.88%
Italy
Confirmed: 74,386
Deaths: 7,503
Recovered: 9,362
Active: 57,521
Fatality rate: 10.08%
France
Confirmed: 25,233
Deaths: 1,331
Recovered: 3,900
Active: 20,002
Fatality rate: 5.27%
Germany
Confirmed: 37,323
Deaths: 206
Recovered: 3,547
Active: 33,570
Fatality rate: 0.55%
Globally
Confirmed: 471,407
Deaths: 21,287
Recovered: 114,051
Fatality rate: 4.51%
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Avocados, bell peppers, mormordica chaantias, courgettes, cucumbers, eggplants, pumpkins, sweet corn, sweet peppers, tindas, tomatillos, tomatos, West Indian gherkins, winter melons and zucchinis, among many others (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fruit_vegetables ), are fruit! They should then be allowed to be grown in front yards. All other vegetables can be grown in backyards. :)
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As things stand at the moment of writing this:
Italy
Confirmed: 63,927
Deaths: 6,077
- 9.5%
Recovered: 7,432
Active: 50,418
Germany
Confirmed: 28,865
Deaths: 118
- 0.4%
Recovered: 422
Active: 28,325
Spain
Confirmed: 33,089
Deaths: 2,206
- 6.66%
Recovered: 3,355
Active: 27,528
US 41,511 confirmed cases.
United Kingdom
Confirmed: 5,837
Deaths: 335
- 5.739%
Recovered: 135
Active: 5,367
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CoV-2 / COVID-19: State of Knowledge as of 08/04/2020
PRESENTATION OF THE VIRUS
* Name = CoV2 or CoronaVirus 2 (since 02/11/2020, see ICTV)
* Family / Subfamily / Genus = Coronaviridae /
Orthocoronavirinae / coronavirus
* Dimension: the largest of the RNA viruses with an average of 125 nm in diameter (50 to 200 nm)
* Genome = positive linear RNA (very long RNA: 30 kb: 29,903 nucleotides)
* Lipoprotein envelope of cellular origin
* Genetic stability: 4 to 10 genetic differences have been identified between the original Wuhan CoV2 strain and those currently circulating in the population
* Ancestor: A bat virus that may have mutated in the Pangolin
* Homology with its CoV congeners
- 50% identity with CoV from MERS-CoV in 2012
- 79.5% identity with that of SARS-CoV1 from 2002-2004
- 90% identity with a pangolin CoV (and even 99% locally at the site which ensures binding to the ACE2 cellular receptor, determining for host specificity)
- 96% identity with a CoV of a Chinese bat
* Contagiousness: the rate of spread is on average from 2 to 3. Explained by a significant capacity of multiplication in the organism and by the mode of transmission (aerosols, droplets of saliva, etc.).
* CoV2 entry doors into our cells:
- ACE 2 (Enzyme Conversion Angiotensin 2). Very present in our lungs, heart, liver, kidney, intestine.
Responsible for the 1st wave of invasion of our cells by this virus
- Other possible doors: CD147, CD209 (DC-SIGN), CD299 (DC SIGNR) and GRP78 which seem to be involved the 2nd wave of invasion of our cells by Cov2
* The key that allows the virus to open the ACE2 door is Protein S (spike)
* The virus - ACE2 link => alteration / apoptosis of cells expressing ACE2
(Sources, The Lancet, 2020 and others)
* The key that allows the virus to open the ACE2 door is Protein S (spike)
* The virus - ACE2 link => alteration / apoptosis of cells expressing ACE2
(Sources, The Lancet, 2020 and others)
(Translated from French, posted by the University of Sfax https://www.facebook.com/pmounivsfax/posts/125302175746724 )
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RUSSIA
Dr John, I highly respect and admire you for all the work you do and have been doing for keeping us informed on Covid-19, but when it comes to Russia, you go from Dr Campbell to Mr Hyde - your prejudices against Russia are totally unfounded, misguided, and even shameful.
Know that in WWII, it is Russia which won the war at a huge cost - some 27 million lives. For every five German soldier killed in WWII, the Soviet Union killed four of them. If it weren't for the Soviet Union, you'd be speaking in German and be living in a totalitarian fascist dictatorship today.
With regard to the Victory Parades all over Russia, know that every single military participant candidate was tested for Covid-19, then was quarantined for 14 days, and then tested again, and only those who tested negative were used in the parades.
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From Wikipedia: Kamala Devi Harris was born on October 20, 1964 in Oakland, California. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a Tamil Indian breast-cancer scientist who immigrated to the United States from Madras, India, in 1960 to pursue a doctorate in endocrinology at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley).[4][5] Her father, Donald Harris, is a Stanford University economics professor who emigrated from Jamaica in 1961 for graduate study in economics at UC Berkeley.
Donald Harris is a black man from Jamaica, therefore of African descent.
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It is not yet an impeachment as such, it is an impeachment inquiry.
At the federal level, the impeachment process is a three-step procedure.
- First, the Congress investigates. This investigation typically begins in the House Judiciary Committee, but may begin elsewhere. For example, the Nixon impeachment inquiry began in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The facts that led to impeachment of Bill Clinton were first discovered in the course of an investigation by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.
- Second, the House of Representatives must pass, by a simple majority of those present and voting, articles of impeachment, which constitute the formal allegation or allegations. Upon passage, the defendant has been "impeached".
- Third, the Senate tries the accused. In the case of the impeachment of a president, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the proceedings. For the impeachment of any other official, the Constitution is silent on who shall preside, suggesting that this role falls to the Senate's usual presiding officer, the President of the Senate who is also the Vice President of the United States. Conviction in the Senate requires a two-thirds supermajority vote of those present. The result of conviction is removal from office.
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More USS Roosevelt Sailors Test Positive Again
Eight more sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt tested positive for the coronavirus again, according to The Associated Press. That means 13 now seem to have COVID-19 a second time while working on the ship.
All of these sailors went through 2 weeks of quarantine and isolation and tested negative twice over a couple of days before working again.
On Friday, the Navy said that five sailors tested positive a second time. On Saturday, a Navy official, who requested anonymity, said that eight more tested positive.
Officials discovered the outbreak on the aircraft carrier in March and stopped in Guam. More than 1,000 crew tested positive, and 4,000 of the 4,800 crew members went to shore for quarantine and isolation. In late April, hundreds of sailors returned to the ship in waves to get ready to sail again.
But some sailors began showing symptoms again in early May, such as a cough and fever, according to Politico. Others had body aches and headaches.
The 13 sailors have left the ship and are back in isolation on the U.S. Naval Base Guam, officials told the news outlet.
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200518/more-uss-roosevelt-sailors-test-positive-again
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@al-bot1094 Germany claims that Novichok was found in Navalny's blood, in his urine and on his skin, and in a bottle he had with him when he boarded the plane in Tomsk... Now, if there really had been a poisoning, the only person or people who could have done it are a trusted cohort following the orders of Navalny's western sponsors (Putin-hating Soros and criminal Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky) in view of Navalny's constant and persistent failures over the years at destabilizing Putin and the Kremlin, and who may well have thought that Navalny would serve their agenda better if he dies and becomes a "martyr" than if he stays alive and well. That is if indeed there was any Novichock anywhere on Navalny, in Navalny and in that bottle, which I seriously doubt since in view of the treatment he received at the hospital in Omsk, he would have died there had he been poisoned with Novichok.
Note that Navalny drank some tea during an unscheduled and unplanned stop at a coffee shop in the airport in Tomsk - there again, only someone in his entourage could have put poison in his tea, if he actually was poisoned.
I mean, think about it. First, they poison him with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world, then they do their best to save his life and finally send him to Germany so that the Germans could establish that he was poisoned with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world. No one else was affected, including his assistants and entourage, and there were no protective suits around, not even on the Russian doctors who treated him. The whole thing beggars belief!
The truth about "Putin's Palace" claims by Navalny! It is a luxury hotel still under construction, and the photos of the interior in Navalny's video are photos taken in various different palaces around Europe!
There are exposés on Youtube showing that the Palace Navalny claims is Putin's is mostly a Photoshop concoction, but the prototype Palace/Hotel is under construction and possibly belongs to one of the Russian oligarchs.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ValLisitsa/status/1355135339795505163
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1355135339795505163.html
https://smotrim.ru/article/2516987
https://smotrim.ru/article/2517125
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k227KvKFYN8&ab_channel=RT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TaG7jOlRmI&ab_channel=RTAmerica
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@jemelshahid1582 Germany claims that Novichok was found in Navalny's blood, in his urine and on his skin, and in a bottle he had with him when he boarded the plane in Tomsk... Now, if there really had been a poisoning, the only person or people who could have done it are a trusted cohort following the orders of Navalny's western sponsors (Putin-hating Soros and criminal Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky) in view of Navalny's constant and persistent failures over the years at destabilizing Putin and the Kremlin, and who may well have thought that Navalny would serve their agenda better if he dies and becomes a "martyr" than if he stays alive and well. That is if indeed there was any Novichock anywhere on Navalny, in Navalny and in that bottle, which I seriously doubt since in view of the treatment he received at the hospital in Omsk, he would have died there had he been poisoned with Novichok.
Note that Navalny drank some tea during an unscheduled and unplanned stop at a coffee shop in the airport in Tomsk - there again, only someone in his entourage could have put poison in his tea, if he actually was poisoned.
I mean, think about it. First, they poison him with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world, then they do their best to save his life and finally send him to Germany so that the Germans could establish that he was poisoned with the deadliest chemical weapon in the world. No one else was affected, including his assistants and entourage, and there were no protective suits around, not even on the Russian doctors who treated him. The whole thing beggars belief!
The truth about "Putin's Palace" claims by Navalny! It is a luxury hotel still under construction, and the photos of the interior in Navalny's video are photos taken in various different palaces around Europe!
There are exposés on Youtube showing that the Palace Navalny claims is Putin's is mostly a Photoshop concoction, but the prototype Palace/Hotel is under construction and possibly belongs to one of the Russian oligarchs.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ValLisitsa/status/1355135339795505163
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1355135339795505163.html
https://smotrim.ru/article/2516987
https://smotrim.ru/article/2517125
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k227KvKFYN8&ab_channel=RT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TaG7jOlRmI&ab_channel=RTAmerica
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6 feet is 1.8288 meters - the recommended distance in Switzerland is 2 meters which is 6 feet 7 inches.
At the time of writing:
United Kingdom
Confirmed: 5,683
Deaths: 281
Recovered: 65
Active: 5,337
Italy
Confirmed: 59,138
Deaths: 5,476
Recovered: 7,024
Active: 46,638
Mortality rate in Italy is 9.25% and growing.
Spain
Confirmed: 28,768
Deaths: 1,772
Recovered: 2,575
Active: 24,421
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dennytenny When investigating advanced nursing degrees in order to begin work as a nurse practitioner (NP), prospective students will find both DNP and PhD programs. In the most general terms, the DNP, or doctor of nursing practice, is a clinical practice degree while the PhD, or doctor of philosophy, in nursing is a research-focused degree.
The scope of both the coursework and the ultimate applications of these programs can differ quite a bit, although both are terminal nursing degrees. That is to say that neither the DNP nor the PhD is considered "further" education than the other. Both DNP and PhD graduates can work as nurse practitioners once they earn the proper credentials. That said, many DNP programs incorporate an NP specialization, while PhD-prepared nurses must typically pursue a post-graduate certificate to become an NP.
In terms of completing each degree, the requirements can differ greatly. In order to obtain a DNP, students must complete a clinical project that demonstrates intimate knowledge of evidence-based practices. PhD programs, however, most often have a focus on original research and research methodology, which results in a final research project and defense of a dissertation.
https://www.nursepractitionerschools.com/faq/difference-between-dnp-phd-nursing/
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Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no conentration camps, starved no enemies, practiced no cruelties. Its battles have been for education, for the vote, for better working conditions, for safety on the streets, for childcare, for social welfare, for rape crisis centers, women's refuges, reforms in the law. If someone says "Oh, I'm not a feminist", I ask "Why? What's your problem?" -- Dale Spender
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Korea, South
Confirmed: 9,661
Deaths: 158
Recovered: 5,228
Active: 4,2758
Fatality rate: 1.635%
United Kingdom
Confirmed: 19,522
Deaths: 1,228
Recovered: 135
Active: 18,159
Fatality rate: 6.29%
Who is going to staff these new hospitals? Well, certainly not all those many foreign medical professionals and nurses from abroad who had to leave because of Brexit.
With regard to twice as many men than women being in a critical condition - could it have something to do with how much testosterone and estrogen men have vs women have?
USA
Confirmed: 143,025
Deaths: 2,509
Recovered: 4,856
Fatality rate: 1.75%
Denmark
Confirmed: 2,395
Deaths: 72
Recovered: 1
Active: 2,32
Fatality rate: 3%
Canada
Confirmed: 6,320
Deaths: 64
Recovered: 466
Fatality rate: 0.01%
Peru
Confirmed: 852
Deaths: 18
Recovered: 16
Active: 818
Fatality rate: 2.11
Japan
Confirmed: 1,866
Deaths: 54
Recovered: 424
Active: 1,388
Fatality rate: 2.89%
Sweden (population of 10.36 Million)
Confirmed: 3,700
Deaths: 110
Recovered: 16
Active: 3,574
Fatality rate: 2.97
(Contrast this with
Switzerland (population of 8,654,622)
Confirmed: 14,829
Deaths: 300
Recovered: 1,595
Active: 12,934
Fatality rate: 2.02%)
Switzerland's Federal Office of Public Health on Covid-19 (in English)
https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov.html
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What some experts have said about Sputnik V:
Dr Naor Bar-Zeev
International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Dr. Tom Inglesby
Director of the Center for Health Security of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
The two studies by Logunov and colleagues have several strengths. First, adenoviruses are ubiquitous, so humans might not be immunologically naive. A second strength is the threshold for neutralisation used in the two studies. A third strength is that the vaccine, similar to other before it, induced broad immune responses. Although not specifically discussed, the results imply a T-helper1-cell-weighted response that might be important for vaccine safety, potentially reducing the risk of antibodydependent enhanced disease. A fourth strength was development of two vaccine formulations, frozen and lyophilised. A lyophilised formulation could mean stability within the existing global vaccine refrigerated cold chain that is needed to maintain vaccine efficacy from factory to recipient, a hurdle other vaccines are yet to address. Although more costly to produce at scale, product stability will maximise reach in remote terrain, a must if universal and equitable coverage is to be achieved.
Prof Nadey Hakim
Vice President of the British Red Cross, Vice President of the International Medical Sciences Academy
The results of clinical trials of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V have demonstrated impressive results, which have now been recognized by the international medical community. The vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective with no serious side effects identified and uses a proven platform based on human adenoviral vectors, which is currently the safest mechanism for introducing the genetic code of the virus spike into the human body. This approach has been thoroughly studied not only in Russia but also internationally. Russia has a long and successful track record developing vaccines and remains a global leader in this field. We hope that the vaccine will soon become available across the world to help stop the devastating pandemic and enable people to return to normal life.
Dr Muhammad Munir
Lecturer in Molecular Virology at the Lancaster University
There are features that make Sputnik V a promising candidate. The idea of using two different adenoviruses as vector is superior over many vaccines in the frontline. Generally, the immune system perceive the vector proteins as antigen similar to the S protein of SARS-CoV-2, so it elicit immune response against those proteins as well. If people are reimmunized (as second dose or repeated vaccine), the pre-existing immunity can compromise the efficacy of second vaccine dose. Using a vector of different nature, as is the in Sputnik V, will avoid this problem.
Prof Brendan Wren
Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The data on the Russian vaccine studies reported in the Lancet are encouraging - demonstrating the safety and immunogenicity of the adenovirus-based COVID-19 vaccines.
Polina Stepensky
Chair of the Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cancer Immunotherapy Department at Hadassah hospital, Israel
First I should say to Russian scientists and Russian health professionals is ‘Bravo!’. This technology and scientific approach we perfectly understand and absolutely approve. You have made a real breakthrough in science and in medicine. We are really grateful that you have done a wonderful job. It is remarkable that stable humoral as well as cell-mediated immune response is generated. This is achieved through the use of two different vectors delivering the drug and, at the same time, solving the problem of a possible neutralizing effect on the second injection. The very high efficiency of two selected adenoviruses has been proven. Thus, the platform used by the Gamaleya Institute is the correct platform.
The work done inspires great respect, and the vaccine itself is worthy of study and use.
Dr. Stephane Gayet
Professor at Strasbourg University, doctor at Strasbourg University Hospital
This is a valuable and effective vaccine that I personally look forward to. I am very interested in the work that Russian researchers have done. I realized that one of the most advanced methods was being used - the adenoviral vector method.
Dr. Fabio Vilas-Boas Pinto
Health Secretary of the State of Bahia
The Government of the State of Bahia, in Brazil, is very pleased with the agreement signed with the Sovereign Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, which will guarantee access to the Sputnik V vaccine for the Brazilian people, as soon as it is approved by the Brazilian national regulatory authorities. As it is a vaccine built using human adenovirus, which is one of the safest and most effective vaccine development platforms in the world, we believe that the results of the ongoing phase 3 clinical trials will confirm the data observed in phases 1 and 2.
G V Prasad
Co-Chairman and Managing Director of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
We are pleased to partner with RDIF to bring the vaccine to India. The Phase I and II results have shown promise, and we will be conducting Phase-III trials in India to meet the requirements of the Indian regulators. Sputnik V vaccine could provide a credible option in our fight against COVID 19 in India.
Shavkat Ismailov
Chairman of LAXISAM Group of Companies
Cooperation on the Sputnik V vaccine with RDIF plays an important role. The vaccine was created by Russian scientists based on advanced scientific and clinical research.
Zhong Nanshan
Director of the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, China
I am highly appraised the vaccine against COVID-19, developed by the Gamaleya Center. Let me congratulate your country on the completion of the state registration procedure. Russian adenoviral vaccine is safe and should successfully complete of its clinical trials.
Hildegund Ertl
Professor, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, USA
From what I’ve seen out there, they are probably the most promising platform.
Ian Jones
Virology professor at Reading University, United Kingdom
There is enough general background data on recombinant adenovirus-based vaccines to assume the vaccine itself will be safe at the usual doses.
Ashwani Mahajan
National co-convener of Swadeshi Jagran Manch, India
Once the efficacy issue is resolved, then the cost would be an important issue. My feeling is that on both these accounts, the Russian vaccine would pass the test.
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RUSSIA
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/russia/
Dr John, I highly respect and admire you for all the work you do and have been doing for keeping us informed on Covid-19, but when it comes to Russia, you go from Dr Campbell to Mr Hyde - your prejudices against Russia are totally unfounded, misguided, and even shameful.
Know that in WWII, it is Russia which won the war at a huge cost - some 27 million lives. For every five German soldier killed in WWII, the Soviet Union killed four of them. If it weren't for the Soviet Union, you'd be speaking in German and be living in a totalitarian fascist dictatorship today.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/05/10/thank-russia-for-winning-world-war-ii/
With regard to the Victory Parades all over Russia, know that every single military participant was tested for Covid-19 and only those who tested negative were used in the parades. The Russian leadership and the Russian people are not stupid.
The date of the military parades in Russia has nothing to do with any kind of political ploy with regard to the coming vote - they are not electing anybody but giving their opinion on the suggested changes in the constitution, voting whether they approve and accept these changes or not. Know that in Russia, June 24 was the date of the first military parade celebrating the victory against Germany. I think you should refrain from expressing your warped opinions about Russa but inform yourself properly instead of drinking the western mainstream media's mendacious propaganda with regard to Russia. And yes, when it comes to Russia, you very much are something of a cynic.
https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/news/russia-covid-19-vaccine-trials/
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/russia-starts-clinical-trials-covid-19-vaccine-71299532
https://www.precisionvaccinations.com/vaccines/russian-covid-19-vaccine
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You must absolutely wear your mask over your nose and squeeze the top band around it, otherwise the way you are wearing it is of no use nor help at all.
Those ladies at the poll station moving their masks down to expose their mouths when talking, handling their masks all the time, are behaving irresponsibly and even dangerously. I am shocked.
How to Put the Mask On
1. Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Dry your hands with a clean paper towel and throw the paper towel away.
2. Check the mask for any defects such as a tear or missing tie or ear loop. Throw away any that are defective.
3. Make sure the exterior (usually yellow or blue) side of the mask is facing out, away from your face.
4. Place the mask on your face with the blue side facing out and the stiff, bendable edge at the top by your nose.
5. If the mask has ear loops, put one loop around each ear.
6. If the mask has ties, pick up the mask by the ties and tie the upper ties behind your head with a bow.
7. Once the mask is in place, use your index finger and thumb to pinch the bendable top edge of the mask around the bridge of your nose.
8. If the mask has a lower tie, then once the mask is fitted to the bridge of your nose, tie the lower ties behind your head with a bow.
9. Make sure the mask is completely secure. Make sure it covers your nose and mouth so that the bottom edge is under your chin.
10. Wash your hands.
Removing the Mask
1. Wash your hands before removing the mask.
2. Do not touch the inside of the mask (the part over nose and mouth). It may be contaminated from your breathing, coughing or sneezing.
3. Do not touch the outside of the mask. It may be contaminated from other people's breathing, talking, shouting, singing, coughing or sneezing.
4. Untie or remove the ear loops and remove the mask by the straps.
5. Throw the mask in the trash.
6. Wash your hands.
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Hottest Places in the World
Country Temperature Extreme(F)
1Al'Aziziyah, Libya136.4
2Greenland Ranch, Death Valley, United States134.0
3Ghudamis, Libya131.0
4Kebili, Tunisia131.0
5Timbouctou, Mali130.1
6Araouane, Mali130.0
7Tirat Tavi, Israel129.0
8Ahwaz, Iran128.3
9Agha Jari, Iran128.0
10Wadi Halfa, Sudan127.0
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