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[probablyasocialecologist]

If Plan Dalet was a settler-colonial script for the destruction of Palestine from 1948 onwards, it was preceded by – and had its conditions of existence in – the imperialist vision of an entity imposed on the land of Palestine for the protection of the interests of the core: access to raw materials and markets, prevention of subversive projects, buffer zones and counterweights against more distant rivals. In 1840, it was cotton, Muhammed Ali and Tsarist Russia. 127 years later, when the occupation was completed, it was petroleum, third world liberation and the Soviet Union. We are dealing here with an exceedingly deep structure, not an event or two; a ratcheting up and escalation across two centuries, a worsening and intensification of patterns first developed in the early nineteenth – also, not coincidentally, the temporal form of global warming itself. I have pointed very quickly and superficially to three further pivotal moments of articulation. In 1917 and after, the British occupation of Palestine was part of the transformation of the Middle East into a foundation for fossil capital, by dint of its oil resources. In 1947 and after, Western support for the new Zionist state was informed by the consummation of that order; in 1967 and after, by its defence. The steps along the way to the destruction of Palestine were simultaneously steps along the way to that of the Earth.

[...]

The destruction of Gaza is executed by tanks and fighter jets pouring out their projectiles over the land: the Merkavas and the F-16s sending their hellfire over the Palestinians, the rockets and bombs that turn everything into rubble – but only after the explosive force of fossil fuel combustion has put them on the right trajectory. All these military vehicles run on petroleum. So do the supply flights from the US, the Boeings that ferry the missiles over the permanent airbridge. An early, provisional, conservative analysis found that emissions caused during the first 60 days of the war equalled annual emissions of between 20 and 33 low-emitting countries: a sudden spike, a plume of CO2 rising over the debris of Gaza. If I repeat the point here, it is because the cycle is self-repeating, only growing in scale and size: Western forces pulverise the living quarters of Palestine by mobilising the boundless capacity for destruction only fossil fuels can give.

[opencommunion]

"If there is any country where the 'clash of civilizations' has become an official ideology that also comes close to permeating the entire society, it is certainly Israel. 'We still live in a modern and prosperous villa in the middle of the jungle,' declared former Prime Minister Ehud Barak in 1996, when he was still minister of foreign affairs. This image is a perfect reflection of how Israelis view themselves in the heart of the Arab and Muslim world, as an outpost of civilization in the midst of a barbarous world whose only aim is the destruction of civilization and against which an unlimited preventive war is a matter of life and death. For the various neoconservative governments that have ruled in Jerusalem, the preventive war is a war for survival. As such, it can have no limits—in terms of time but also in terms of means. The distinguishing feature of 'civilization wars' and other crusades is the way they view the adversary—including civilians, of course—as a target to eradicate, or at least to utterly neutralize. It’s 'them or us.' The war of destruction Israel has waged against Palestine since 2000—but planned and prepared two years earlier—is the archetype of such new wars. Its bloody brutality is not 'collateral' but intrinsic to its nature as a 'civilization war,' as are the destruction of Iraq and the more than 100,000 deaths resulting from the U.S. occupation.

Throughout the Thirty-Three-Day War against Lebanon, Israeli leaders, as well as the country’s journalists and experts, spoke about 'cultures' and a basic incompatibility between 'us'—Israelis, but also Civilization with a capital C, which is assumed to be Judeo-Christian—and 'them.' This involves an utterly contradictory line of argument, incidentally. On the one hand 'those people don’t care if they die' or if they sustain casualties, whereas on the other hand the aim of the war and the massive destruction was to 'teach them once and for all' what it would cost them to dare to attack Israel. The Middle East is a central, priority objective in Washington’s unlimited, preventive global war. In consequence, Israel’s military role is more indispensable than ever before. For the Jewish state, it was a matter of both taming and 'pacifying' rebellious peoples and of terrorizing others, so they would never dream of escaping U.S. hegemony or countering Israel’s own aims. The martyrdom of Gaza and the deliberate destruction of Lebanon are both aspects of this 'pacification' and terror policy." Gilbert Achcar and Michel Warschawski, The 33-Day War: Israel’s War on Hezbollah in Lebanon and Its Consequences (2007)

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[rjzimmerman]

In a first, sea-level rise drove a cactus to extinction in U.S. (Washington Post)

They once stood sentinel near the edge of the ocean. Giant columns of green studded in spikes, adorned with garlic-scented flowers and decked with woolly hair so thick it looked like snow had somehow accumulated in the subtropical heat.

Now scientists believe the Key Largo tree cactus, which grew in the Florida Keys, is the first plant of its kind to go extinct in the wild in the United States due in part to sea-level rise. Its disappearance, they warn, is a preview of things to come for other low-lying coastal species if human-caused climate change continues unabated.

“It’s a big deal when we lose species from an entire country,” said George Gann, executive director of the Florida-based nonprofit Institute for Regional Conservation.

Scientists have warned for a while that global warming threatens to batter many species. The loss of this cactus underscores how climate change is driving extinctions in real time — not in the future, but today.

“For me, it was devastating,” said Jimmy Lange, a research botanist at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Florida who monitored the Key Largo tree cactus for years. Lange, Gann and other researchers described the local extinction in a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas.

“This is such a glorious plant,” Lange said.

The tree cactus persists elsewhere in the Caribbean, including parts of Cuba and the Bahamas. But the stand lost on Key Largo to saltwater intrusion from rising seas and soil depletion from high tides and hurricanes was the only one known in the United States. This coastal plant with the snowy fur is Florida’s latest victim of sea-level rise, fueled by the melting of glacial ice thousands of miles away.

Discovered in 1992, this solitary stand of Key Largo tree cactuses sprouted from a limestone outcrop bordered by mangroves on Key Largo, a 33-mile-long island south of Miami popular with tourists. At night, its cream-colored flowers reflected moonlight and attracted bats that actedas pollinators. The magenta fruit that grew from the pollinated plants lured hungry birds and mammals during the day.

Botanists first noticed a problem in 2015 when they discovered something had almost entirely chewed through many of the cactus stems, probably in search of water. Only 60 individuals were left alive; half the population was gone.

The perpetrator may have been a raccoon or rat, though a wildlife camera never caught a culprit. “We’re not 100 percent sure,” Lange said. The team began rescuing stem fragments the following year.

Then in 2017, Hurricane Irma sent a 5-foot storm surge through Key Largo. The cactuses had endured hurricanes before, but the rush of seawater from that Category 5 storm accelerated the die-off. Past research has shown higher mortality rates for tree cactuses in saltier soil.

Even after the skies cleared, “king tides” boosted by sea-level rise continued to bring destructive saltwater within inches of the plants. The higher tides may have even made freshwater less available to small mammals and prompted the frenzy on the cactuses stems to quench their thirst. “But we can’t say for sure,” Lange said.

[tieflingkisser]

In Gaza, all eyes are on Lebanon 

People in Gaza hoped that an expansion of the Lebanese front would ease pressure on Gaza. Instead, Israel has escalated its massacres while global attention is elsewhere. They still hope the resistance in Lebanon will make Israel pay.

A day after the start of the genocide in Gaza on October 7 of last year, the first Arab front of solidarity aimed at ending the genocide was formed in Lebanon, and Hezbollah announced that it would fight Israel from the north until the war on Gaza ended. For an entire year, the resistance in Lebanon never let up in maintaining its “support front,” as its Secretary General Hasan Nasrallah called it. The reaction of the Palestinians of Gaza to Hezbollah’s intention to continue fighting alongside the Palestinians was hopeful. They believed that increased military pressure on Israel from the north would force it to divide up its forces and lessen the pressure on Gaza. But contrary to this belief, expanding the war in Lebanon has now been met with an expansion of the pace of massacres in Gaza as well. 

[...]

“What is happening in Lebanon is what is happening in Gaza,” says Khaled Salama, 33, from a tent encampment in Khan Younis. “Genocide and forced displacement are taking place in Gaza and Lebanon. The Zionists want to annihilate all Palestinians, as well as those who stand with them and support them.”

[...]

Many in Gaza are now convinced that Israel wants to expand the circle of genocide to include non-Palestinians. Since the news began to come in from Lebanon, accompanied by the familiar scenes of bombing, displacement, and large numbers of people martyred in a single day, Gazans confirmed what they already knew: that Israel wants nothing but destruction, death, and genocide for everyone around it. “We saw how ambulances were bombed in Lebanon, how entire families were killed in a single raid, and we saw the screams from the rubble. We lived all of this before it happened in Lebanon, so we are the ones who know best what Lebanon is going through now,” Khaled tells Mondoweiss. “Israel’s excuse for destroying the Gaza Strip was the October 7 attack,” Khaled continues. “What is Israel’s excuse for destroying Lebanon now? Israel is now more certain than ever that no one will hold it accountable, so the pace of its crimes is increasing day by day.”

[freebiblestudies]

The Three Angels' Messages Lesson 01: The Final Countdown

When you read through the book of Revelation, it is very easy to get caught up in the imagery of beasts and plagues. However, Revelation is ultimately about Jesus. Did you know that  Jesus has a special message for His people in the last days before the second coming?

This message is proclaimed in Revelation chapter 14 by three angels.  In short, they are Jesus’ final push to save people from ultimate destruction.  Today we are going to study the first angel’s message.

Revelation 14:6-7 - Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth–to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people–saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

What is so special about this message? How is it related to the Gospel?

Let’s read together Genesis 3:15; Deuteronomy 18:15; John 1:29; John 3:16; and Revelation 14:6

The key phrase in Revelation 14:6 is “the everlasting Gospel.”

The Gospel message is the same now as it was when Adam and Eve first received it.  The people of the Old Testament were looking forward to a coming Savior who will save them from their sins.  The people of the New Testament and throughout the centuries until today look forward to a Savior who died for our sins.

Jesus is that Savior, taking upon the sins of all of humanity when He died for our sins on the cross at Calvary two thousand years ago.

While the Gospel message never changes, people in a particular age may receive a specific mission or message. For this study, let’s refer to that specific mission or message as present truth.

For example, in the time of Noah, the present truth was to get in the ark.  The world was about to be destroyed.  The only way Jesus could save people was if they had the faith to get in the ark.  For the people in the time of John the Baptist, the present truth was to accept his message that the coming Messiah was upon them.  Did they have the faith to accept Jesus was  the Messiah as pointed out by John?  Today, the present truth is to heed the three angels’ messages.

Let’s read together Revelation 14:7.

The first angel has a global message, which has four parts:

 Fear God

Give Him glory

The hour of His judgment has come

 Worship Him

What does it mean to fear God? Let’s turn to Exodus 20:20; Deuteronomy 10:12; Proverbs 9:10; Jeremiah 32:40; and 1 John 4:18.

Many people, including Christians, believe that to fear God is to grovel before Him.  They should be afraid of Him and try to appease Him in order to avoid His wrath. 

However, the fear of God actually has nothing to do with being afraid of Him.  To fear God, biblically speaking, is to give Him the reverence and respect He deserves.  When we fear God in this manner, we can also love Him.

For example, we love our parents, but we should also show the proper respect due to them.

Let’s read together Psalm 29:2 and Luke 19:37-40. 

What is glory?  One of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s definitions of the word “glory” is “worshipful, praise, honor, and thanksgiving.”

Have you ever been to a sporting event, a concert, or even a movie with a large crowd who are really into the experience?  Everyone shouting for joy at a particular moment or overcome with a sense of awe from what they just experienced?  Even if you are someone who would never go to such events, have you ever experienced that sense of awe in the presence of God?

When we fear God, our lives will change.  We will begin to see how great and wonderful He truly is.  We will become in awe of Him.  If we are in awe of God, we cannot help but give Him glory.  We will gladly worship Him, praise Him, honor Him, and thank Him.

Let’s read together Daniel 2:33; 41-44; Malachi 3:5; Matthew 24:12-14; 1 Peter 4:17; 2 Peter 3:1-3; and Revelation 14:7.

Note that REvelation 14:7 says “the hour of judgment  has come, not will come.”  We know from Daniel chapter 2 and Matthew chapter 24 we are living in the end times.

There is an urgency to the first angel’s message.  To put it into perspective, if you are a student, finals week is here.  If you are into sports, the playoffs are here.  If you are in the medical field, the board inspector is here.

There is no time to procrastinate.  This is the final push to bring people to Jesus.

Let’s read together Genesis 24:48; Exodus 5:2; Nehemiah 9:3; Psalm 99:9; Matthew 14:33; and Revelation 7:11.

Why should we fear the Lord and give glory to Him?  Pharoah once asked Moses the same question once.  What kind of response will you get if you ask Christians, “why should you worship Jesus?”  They will usually say something like “we worship Jesus because He died for our sins at Calvary and redeemed us.”  It is a good answer, but not the entire answer.

Let’s read together Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 40:26; Isaiah 43:1; and Colossians 1:16.

Broadly speaking, humans are the only beings in the universe who do not acknowledge God as our Creator.  The angels in heaven acknowledge God as their Creator.  The unfallen beings in the rest of the universe acknowledge God as their Creator.  We limit God when we do not acknowledge Him as our Creator.

In summary, the first angel’s message is not a new message.  It is linked to the Gospel.  It reminds us we should not be afraid of God.  He is our Creator and He loves us.  God is much bigger than we think of Him.  Not only did He create us, He created the heavens and earth and everything within.  God holds all of creation together with His power.  He is calling us to come back to Him, to worship Him and give Him the respect He deserves.  If you come to know Him then you will surely be in awe of Him.  Your relationship with God will be more intimate and proud that any secular experience you could have.

Friend, if you love Jesus and are in awe of Him, will you share the first angel’s message with others?

[usafphantom2]

IMAGES: BUFFs return to Guam in new deployment of the Bomber Task Force

Implementation of the B-52 occurred after a recent hurricane in the region.

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 06/16/2023 - 19:33 in Military, War Zones

More than 200 aviators and four B-52 Stratofortresses bombers assigned to the 23º Bomber Squadron, from Minot Air Base, North Dakota, arrived at Andersen Air Base, Guam on June 14 to conduct missions from the Bomber Task Force - or BTF.

BTF deployments and operations support U.S. Indo-Pacific Command missions by integrating strategic bomber capabilities into a joint and coalition environment.

The deployment in Guam has been less than a month since the island was hit by super-tufão Mawar, leading the U.S. Air Force to send its Natural Disaster Recovery Team to Andersen. The base did not report serious injuries or damage to the aircraft, but some facilities were damaged or lost power during the storm. The permanent change of season change to Andersen was interrupted for 60 days to facilitate recovery.

“Being here in the Indo-Pacific with the Bomber Task Force allows our forces to show our ability to unfold anytime, anywhere, in support of the fighting commander's goals,” said Lieutenant Colonel Ryan Loucks, commander of this recent U.S. Air Force BTF. "Training and operating in the priority theater allows us to demonstrate our continued readiness, willingness and commitment to our allies and partners."

This marks the second deployment of B-52s in Guam in three months - four bombers from Barksdale Air Base, Louisiana, arrived on March 30 and returned home at the end of April. During this time, they completed 29 outbreaks while integrating with four allied partners, according to a statement from the Pacific Air Forces.

On the other side of the world, another deployment of the Bomber Task Force is underway in Europe - B-1s from Dyess Air Base, Texas, landed at the Fairford RAF Base, United Kingdom, on May 23 and participated in the Arctic Challenge Exercise and Air Defender 23, as well as a mission in the Middle East.

The B-52s in the Pacific will also be occupied - previous USAF bomber rotations flew over the Korean Peninsula as part of the U.S. commitment to South Korea.

The B-52H Stratofortress, nicknamed BUFF (Big, Ugly, Fat and Fellow), is a long-range, nuclear and conventional heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions. The B-52H can fly at high subsonic speeds at altitudes of up to 50,000 feet, with a fuel-free combat range of more than 8,800 miles and can carry precision-guided ammunition with precision navigation around the world.

The U.S. maintains a strong and reliable strategic bomber force that increases the security and stability of allies and partners. BTF missions allow crews to maintain a high state of readiness and proficiency and validate the USAF's always-ready global attack capability.

Tags: Military AviationBoeing B-52H StratofortressBTFUSAF - United States Air Force / U.S. Air ForceWar Zones - Indo-Asia-Pacific

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[walkswithmyfather]

“In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once?” And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” —Matthew 21:18‭-‬22 (ESV)

“Easter Explained: An 8-Day Guide to Celebrating Holy Week.” A Devotional By Spoken Gospel - Day 3: “Holy Tuesday”:

“For the last 1,600 years, Christians around the world remember the last days of Jesus' life during Holy Week. Today is Holy Tuesday. Holy Tuesday remembers the day Jesus curses a fig tree and it withers down to the root.

Israel, and in particular her priests and temple, were God's intended plan to extend his love and blessing to all nations. But the priests of Jesus' day made it impossible for foreigners to worship God (Matthew 21:13). The faith of the religious elite had departed from its original purpose and was now a dead religion. Yesterday we remembered how Jesus, with a whip in hand, challenged the religious establishment of Israel.

Like Jesus, the prophets of the Hebrew Bible often spoke against Israel's priests and their leadership of the temple. Many, like the prophet Micah, described them as diseased trees that from a distance looked healthy, but close up were rotten and infertile (Micah 7:1-7). So the next morning, when Jesus sees a fig tree with no fruit on it, he curses it and it withers (Matthew 21:19). It's a prophetic symbol to his disciples that the current leadership of Israel's temple has forgotten its purpose. It is corrupt, dead, and must be destroyed.

The disciples miss the symbolism and only ask how the fig tree withered so quickly. Jesus replies, 'Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done' (Matthew 21:21).

But Jesus isn't explaining how the disciples can go and curse their own fig tree or throw their problems into the ocean. He's telling them how the religious establishment of Israel will fall. When the disciples pray in faith, the mountain that the temple is built on will crumble. Through the disciples' faith, Israel's corrupt leadership will fall. Jesus has come to cleanse the temple of its dead religion, and Jesus expects his disciples to share that responsibility. They are part of his rebellion against the corrupt religious status quo.

In the verses following today's passage, the religious leaders question what right Jesus has to claim the end of their temple system (Matthew 21:23). Jesus responds over and over again with stories and parables that reveal their corruption (Matthew 21:33-46). And then, like the prophets before him, Jesus predicts the destruction of Israel's temple by an invading army (Matthew 24:1-2). The religious leaders of Israel can't take it any more and continue their schemes to kill Jesus (Matthew 26:3-4).

Holy Tuesday is good news because Jesus announces the end of a corrupt religious order and the dawning of a new global people of God. And more than that, he invites us to join him in both rejecting dead religion and creating a new and indestructible Church. And Jesus says the way we both do battle and build is through prayer.

When we ask God, in faith, to tear down dead religion, he will. And when we ask God to build in its place a global Church that cannot be destroyed, he will do that too. And God guarantees these prayers will be answered in Jesus' death and resurrection. Because Jesus dies, we know that all dead religion will one day be judged for its failures. But because Jesus rose from the dead, we know that in its place Jesus is making a new temple, called the Church, that can never be destroyed, not even by death.

So I pray that on this Holy Tuesday you will accept that Jesus is creating a new religious order in us. And that by faith we can join Jesus in building a Church that death, corruption, or the schemes of men will never destroy.”

[warsofasoiaf]

What is the most likely result of a US-China conflict in the Taiwan Strait?

My guess is a very high-cost victory for the United States/Taiwan/Japan.

I'm overall not very impressed by the modernization of the PLA and PLAN, especially in the field of aircraft where I know a little bit more compared to ground and naval assets. Most of their indigenous designs are reverse-engineered from poorly-performing Soviet aircraft. The J-15 has an abysmally high sortie failure rate (~33%) for a carrier aircraft and their stealth aircraft are very unimpressive given what we've seen of their RCS.

Amphibious operations are already tricky, and China simply doesn't have the number of landing craft to take Taiwan. Their logistical staff is anemic for their regular army, let alone a complicated operation of that size. Given their experience in both their failed invasion of Vietnam and their poor and unprofessional performance as UN peacekeepers, I'd say that their army is primarily trained to act as enforcement for their police state as opposed to unpredictable combat situations.

That isn't to say it wouldn't be bloody, there would be a lot of munitions fired. The USN would have to be prepared to lose dozens of ships, hundreds of aircraft, and five-figure casualty counts. The destruction to China would be devastating, much of the eastern shore would have been bombarded. Much like Russia, I don't see China being too precise with any strikes given poor quality control in arms manufacture and a cavalier attitude toward civilian casualties. Given that a significant part of Taiwan is high-density urban environment, I predict a lot of civilian casualties as poorly-aimed cross-Strait strikes impact apartment buildings, hotels, and offices. Economic damage would be immense on both sides and would be felt across the entire planet, creating a global economic recession if not a full on depression.

So with that in mind, the best thing to do would be to continue to fortify Taiwan using the porcupine strategy as an effective deterrent to prevent war.

Thanks for the question, Cle-Guy.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

[hildathesaint]

Lets talk about why I don't support protecting invasive species

This popped into my mind the other day when I was sitting at lunch with a couple of friends and I saw a line of Argintinean ants on our table, so I squashed them. One of my friends made a snarky comment that "I thought you loved all animals, why are you killing the ants then," and I have been waiting for this rant for a long time. Argintinean ants are a huge problem in South Africa, where I live. They are slowly destroying the populations of native ants to the point that I barely see any other species left. Yes, I do love all animals. I love scuttly long, legged spiders that hide in the corners of my home, I love the slimy frogs that I constantly have to remove from my schoolgrounds for their safety, I even love stink bugs and the odd little buzzing sound they make when they fly. Animals are all fascinating in their own way, IN THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE ECOSYSTEM.

I will not hesitate to exterminate an invasive wasp nest from my house that is threatening my native bee colonies. I will not hesitate to rip out Black Wattle and Rooikrans from the ground to protect native plants. This does not count for natural, native predators, as I understand that every system needs a form of balance. The problem is that these invasive species throws this balance off, which could lead to extinction in extreme cases. Another big example of invasive species is domesticated animals, especially cats. I adore cats, but I also acknowledge the huge threat they pose to ecosystems all around the world. According to BBC, "they are responsible for the deaths of between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds and 6.9-20.7 billion mammals annually," and National Geographic says "free-ranging domestic cats kill between 1.3 and 4 billion birds – on top of between 6.2 and 22.3 billion mammals – every year in the United States alone." Domestic cats have also been blamed for the global extinction of at least 33 species.

I don't want everyone to forget that other domestic animals are also a huge problem to native species, such as dogs, rats and pigs, but cats are by far the most destructive.

I think it is extremely important for pet owners to realize the potential threat their pet poses for their native ecosystem, and I think it is necessary for them to monitor their pets, especially cats, much more strictly. It is also very important to neuter your pets, because more of them means less native species. Consider adopting instead of buying a new puppy or kitten, since stray animals also account for a lot of destruction. I do not mean to hate on pets or pet owners, As I said previously I adore animals in all their different forms. I just feel very strongly that we should put the welfare of our native wildlife before the welfare of invasive species. I want to protect them while they are still here.

Here are some links for further reading:

[andersunmenschlich]

It was the law enforcement response earlier in the week that did not sit well with members of the faculty.

“Our colleagues observed that the LAPD advanced on the student encampment, pushing and herding them, using the tactic of kettling,” alleged faculty in their statement. “Forced closely together, the students made easy targets for police who shot them with stun grenades, chemical agents, and rubber bullets. Police beat them with batons and shot them with rubber bullets, striking one student in the face with a rubber bullet.

“At least 25 students had to be hospitalized. They then arrested approximately 200 students, staff, faculty, dragging visibly injured students away. This wanton use of potentially lethal force culminated in the complete destruction of the encampment.”

The professors — 33 who signed the statement — added that Block’s message to the community after the event “seriously misrepresented these matters.”

Rubber bullets (also called rubber baton rounds) are a type of baton round. Despite the name, rubber bullets typically have either a metal core with a rubber coating, or are a homogeneous admixture with rubber being a minority component. Although they are considered a less lethal alternative to metal projectiles, rubber bullets can still cause fatal injuries as well as other serious injuries such as blindness or other permanent disabilities.

Security forces across the world are routinely misusing rubber and plastic bullets and other law enforcement weapons to violently suppress peaceful protests and cause horrific injuries and deaths, said Amnesty International today, in a new report calling for strict controls on their use and a global treaty to regulate their trade.

The report, My Eye Exploded, published jointly with the Omega Research Foundation, is based on research in more than 30 countries over the last five years. It documents how thousands of protesters and bystanders have been maimed and dozens killed by the often reckless and disproportionate use of less lethal law enforcement weaponry, including kinetic impact projectiles (KIPs), such as rubber bullets, as well as the firing of rubberized buckshot, and tear gas grenades aimed and fired directly at demonstrators.

Just a reminder for people who may not know, in light of protestors at UCLA being shot in the face with rubber bullets— rubber bullets are not bullets made of rubber. They are metal bullets encased in rubber.

Despite being called “non-lethal” or sometimes “less lethal”, they are well known to cause death and permanent disability.

Here’s a photo showing their size— these are actual rubber bullets used during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

Do not let them downplay the severity of what they are subjecting this students to for standing against genocide. Stay safe and stay educated.

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Douglas Macgregor: Putin Launch Devastating Strike In Next 48H As UK & France Send Troops To Ukraine

Nov 27, 2024

"we need to understand that the war that is now going on on in Ukraine and what is

19:00 developing in the Middle East into a potentially Regional even global conflict those are not disconnected they

19:08 are connected and doing what we are doing today to the Russians in terms of

19:14 pouring buckets of Filth and abuse all over them accusing them of things they've never done taking a position

19:21 that they are somehow evil and deserve to be destroyed that is not going to help us

19:26 in the Middle East in any way shape or form bring about any sort of solution in fact it's very similar in the stridden

19:33 tone to what Netanyahu and his friends have said about virtually everybody in the region everybody in the region is

19:41 AMC everybody in the region deserves the worst and we're going to give it to them that's the perception in the Middle East

19:48 everybody knows that feels that way the same thing is true today in mosow

19:54 so I I cannot conceive of a worse set of circumstances and and

19:59 if there is ever a need for very Dynamic and forceful leadership out of this

20:04 morass that is leading us to destruction it is now and it's Donald Trump we'll

20:10 have to see if any of that finally penetrates with him..."

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Larry Johnson: Netanyahu PAINFUL Begs US As IDF SURRENDERS In Lebanon! Russia STRANGLING Ukraine

Nov 27, 2024

because right now the the events the combination of

23:01events between the war in Ukraine and then what is uh May unfold

23:09in the Middle East are outside of the control of the United States the Trump assumes that the

23:17United States has some control here has some ability to really influence and shape

23:23the outcomes and he doesn't realize how Limited

23:29our influence is how reduced uh our influence is so you know

23:36there's there's going to they'll have a sort of a moment of what do you mean what do you mean we can't do

23:42that 

you know it wasTrump you know let's let's give Trump blame forwhat he did he was president when they decided okay we're going to abandon the intermediate nuclear forces intermediate range nuclear forces agreement because they abandoned that agreement Russia now has an intermediate range ballistic missile but it's more than an intermediate range ballistic missile it's a new kind of let's call it nonnuclear nuclear equivalent technology this technology that can function like a nuclear bomb without all the nasty side effects you know this is this is like finding that diet pill which means hey you can eat all the donuts and Cake you want you're not going to get fat you might be inclined to use that thing a little more uh so Russia's got some options that he doesn't have to yeah look there needs there needs to be this recognition of uh arm to get into arms,control but you know the West is the one who's walked away the West has abrogated every single agreement it was George W bush that walked away from the anti-ballistic missile treaty Donald Trump who walked away from the INF a start is set set to expire and and Russia is now saying you guys aren't serious about negotiating anything We're No we're going to go our own way and they I I think part of their confidence in going that way is they've now developed Technologies that the West doesn't have and the West cannot counter and this what was shown the other day is um the Russians have strongly suggested they've got some other tricks up their sleeve some other Technologies to be unveiled that we haven't seen so this um you know what what wha twill re be required for Trump to do is something I don't think is politically possible in the United States..."

" if the definition of terrorism is the attack on civilians the use of violence on civilians for political purposes the most active terrorist in the Middle East is Israel the state of Israel they killed prior to October 7th they were killing eight Palestinians for every single Israeli that died in an act of violence 8 to1 and now since the Advent of October7 uh and again the the number of 1,139 Israelis killed on October 7th significant portion of them maybe as much as 50% were killed by Israel but let's just go and said that all were killed by Hamas you've got approaching 50,000dead 50 dead Palestinians women childreelderly for every dead Israeli that that's fair that's proportional yeah people people like or could disgustme there is still there is a lot of disagreement between substantial disagreement between some of the European countries together with the United States and Canada here is what

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Homeopathic Treatment for Vitiligo – Say Goodbye to White Spots with Bharat Homeopathy

Vitiligo can be described as an immune condition that develops and is caused by the loss of epidermal melanocytes, leading to a loss of pigmentation. The condition could progress to affect the dermal hair follicular reserve and cause damage to melanocyte stem cells. Although the global prevalence of vitiligo is less than 1%, for certain groups, it can be at least 33%. Traditionally, vitiligo is classified into segmental and non-segmental varieties according to the pattern of skin pigmentation. Vitiligo can cause psychological stress, especially among those who have darker skin tones, because of the changes in appearance that it can bring. Additionally, in some areas, such as rural India, the condition is seen as a stigmatised social issue, particularly for females who are young.

Symptoms of Vitiligo

In the majority of cases, there is a rapid loss of colour across a variety of areas of the skin. Once the white spots appear, they remain for a short time, but they may then get larger. The pigmentation can be reduced and stabilised repeatedly. Homeopathy is among the best treatment for vitiligo.

White spots typically appear on:

Folds in the body (e.g. armpits)

The areas of injury that have been previously injured

Sun-struck areas

Around moles

vitiligo on lips

Around the body orifices

Mucous membranes (tissue in the nasal area and mouth)

Hair and eyes can be affected, too.

When white patches appear, the pigmentation is not always present.

Different types of Vitiligo

There are five kinds of Vitiligo. Homeopathy provides treatment for white spot on skin for all five types.

Generalised type: This is the most commonly used kind. These patches of discolouration appear on every part of your body.

Segmental types: This occurs when the vitiligo is restricted to a particular area of the body, like the hands or face.

Localised: The discolouration is limited to one region and doesn't spread.

Trichromatic: The discolouration is particularly intense in certain regions and less so in others, and then it is accompanied by normal-coloured skin.

Universal: Rare Type. Over 80% of skin discolours.

Complications of Vitiligo:

While vitiligo is mostly an immune system problem, it could cause a variety of complications if it is not treated appropriately. You should seek natural remedies for vitiligo disease treatment early enough to prevent these issues. The risks associated with vitiligo are as follows:

Sunburns: Because of the absence of melanin produced by vitiligo. The skin is more sensitive to the harmful effects of the sun. Therefore, people with extensive vitiligo have a higher chance of developing sunburns.

Autoimmune diseases are increased:  People suffering from vitiligo could be at risk of developing other autoimmune diseases. These may include illnesses like anaemia, hypothyroidism, and diabetes.

Eye issues: People with vitiligo might experience eye-related issues such as a swollen iris as well as uveitis (a condition characterised by inflammation within the middle layer of the eye). Additionally, they might be able to notice changes in the iris's colour and could also have retinal issues.

Ear problems: In certain instances, those suffering from Vitiligo may experience hyperacusis (partial hearing loss). Homeopathy provides an effective and efficient vitiligo treatment.

Psychological issues: One of the most frequent complications of vitiligo is issues with the complexion of your skin. People with vitiligo frequently suffer from low self-esteem and anxiety about their illness. This can lead to stress, and in some instances, individuals may decide to remain in a secluded area.

Homeopathic Treatment For Vitiligo

Homeopathic remedies to treatment for white spot on skin treat the affected areas by stopping the destruction of melanin triggered by the body's immune response. These treatments work on the level of the immune cells to protect against further damage and rebuild those affected regions as quickly as they can. Homeopathy vitiligo medication

Treatment for vitiligo is a tested method of treatment that lasts for a long time and strives to provide a lasting treatment with the course.

The homeopathic vitiligo treatment naturally must be tailored to each person. A thorough medical study of your medical history is crucial to customise the treatment for vitiligo. The homeopathic treatment for vitiligo is developed after a thorough analysis of your prior treatments and the drugs you've used to treat this condition.

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Yuval Noah Harari’s new book is ‘NEXUS: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI.’

The Diary of a CEO with Steve Bartlett

September 5, 2024

Can humanity handle AI or will it be our downfall? Yuval Noah Harari looks back at history to guide us through this uncertain journey ahead.

Yuval Noah Harari is a best-selling author, public intellectual and Professor of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of multi-million bestseller books such as, ‘Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind’ and ‘Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow’. 

In this conversation, Yuval and Steven discuss topics such as, how AI is disconnecting people, the best way to control fake news, how institutions drive trust, and how Trump could change democracy. 

(00:00) Intro (02:31) Will Humans Continue To Rule The World? (06:48) Why AI Is The Biggest Game-Changer In History (10:34) Is AI Just Information Or Something More? (16:53) Can AI Manipulate Our Bank Accounts And Political Views? (21:42) How AI Will Affect Human Intimacy (23:44) Will AI Replace Teachers? (25:09) Why Online Information Is Junk (28:42) How Politicians Use Fear To Manipulate Us (31:52) Should There Be A Free Speech Movement (39:38) How Algorithms Are Shaping Global Politics And Increasing Fear (45:30) The Impact Of The US Election On Global Politics (48:48) What Trump Could Do To US Democracy (50:29) Can We Trust What We See On Social Media And The News? (55:37) Will AI Eventually Run Governments? (00:58:32) What Jobs Will AI Leave For Humans? (01:02:01) Which Jobs Will Be Automated By AI? (01:05:33) Is AI Conscious? (01:07:19) AI, Robots, And The Future Of Consciousness (01:10:01) Are We Living In A Simulation? (01:13:09) How Algorithms Control Our Lives (01:16:21) Understanding The AI Alignment Problem (01:21:13) The Relationship Between AI And Corporate Interests (01:25:04) The Growing Threat Of Totalitarian Governments (01:33:08) How The Algorithm Knows It's Fake News (01:38:01) Is Yuval Tempted To Log Off? (01:41:52) Will Humans Become Two Species? (01:44:00) What's The Solution To The Negatives Of AI? (01:49:17) The Last Guest Question

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“Masterful and provocative.”—Mustafa Suleyman

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI—a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive?

Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world. Taking us from the Stone Age, through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today, Yuval Noah Harari asks us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power. He explores how different societies and political systems throughout history have wielded information to achieve their goals, for good and ill. And he addresses the urgent choices we face as non-human intelligence threatens our very existence.   Information is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. Nexus explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity.

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Unholy Alliance A bizarre marriage is now under way in the shadows of American politics. The coy but ambitious bride is the Christian Right. The mysterious bridegroom is the Reverend Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church, an international cult with apparently unlimited means and a well-developed taste for power. This peculiar alliance is blessed with Moonie money and fired by anticommunist zeal. Witnesses to the wedding may well wonder, however, what this unholy union holds for American politics. LINK

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DAY AND HOUR, NOT KNOWN? May 15, 2026

God forewarned His people of the delusive belief that His Second Advent will be in secret, for these are the perverted claims of false prophets and teachers.

MATTHEW 24:24, 26

(24) For there shall arise false Christs, and FALSE PROPHETS… they shall DECEIVE the very elect.

(26) …if they shall say unto you… he is in the SECRET chambers; BELIEVE IT NOT.

Christ’s disciples have inquired the definite time of Christ’s coming, for they knew that God has appointed the day of His return (Matthew 24:3, 4).

Moreover, Christ was being likened to a goodman who has gone a long journey (Mark 13:32–34) and will definitely come home on the day He appointed.

PROVERBS 7:19, 20

(19) For the GOODMAN is not at home, he is gone a long JOURNEY:

(20) …and will COME home at the DAY APPOINTED.

The appointed time of Christ’s return was being correlated to the summer, which can be known, for it precisely occurs in the appointed season (Matthew 24:32, 33).

Herein, God assures His people to bestow upon them the knowledge of knowing the set time of His return

(1 Timothy 6:14, 15).

Thus, God regarded His people as wise servants (Matthew 24:40, 45) and the children of light, for they were not ignorant of His appointed time.

On the other hand, the evil servants, who were the children of darkness, contend to believe that Christ’s return will be delayed and will not be known (Matthew 24:48, 50-51).

1 THESSALONIANS 5:2, 4-5

(2) For yourselves know perfectly that the DAY of the Lord so COMETH as a THIEF in the night.

(4) But ye, brethren, are NOT in DARKNESS, that that DAY should OVERTAKE you as a THIEF.

(5) Ye are all the children of LIGHT… we are NOT of the NIGHT, NOR of DARKNESS.

Christ’s return will only overtake as a thief in the night to those who were in darkness (1 Thessalonians 5:2, 4-5), for they have not watched, refusing to believe the undeniable truth of God’s appointed time.

MATTHEW 24:42 WATCH therefore: for ye KNOW NOT what hour your LORD doth COME.

REVEVLATION 3:3 …If therefore thou shalt NOT WATCH, I will COME on thee as a THIEF, and thou shalt NOT KNOW what HOUR I will COME upon thee.

Similarly, those who knew not the coming of the flood in the days of Noah have suffered God’s retribution, for they mocked the message of God concerning His appointed time (Genesis 6:3).

MATTHEW 24:37-39

(37) But as the DAYS of NOE were, so shall also the COMING of the SON of man be.

(38) …they were eating and drinking… until the day that NOE ENTERED into the ARK,

(39) And KNEW NOT until the flood came, and TOOK THEM all away…

God esteemed the fowls of the air, who knew the appointed time of their coming, as wiser than those people who firmly argue that Christ’s return has no definite time.

JEREMIAH 8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven KNOWETH her APPOINTED TIMES… observe the TIME of their COMING; but my PEOPLE KNOW NOT the JUDGMENT of the LORD.

ACTS 17:30, 31

(30) And the times of this ignorance God winked at…

(31) Because he hath APPOINTED a DAY, in the which he will JUDGE the WORLD in righteousness…

Israel has been terribly destroyed, for they intentionally denied the appointed time of God’s visitation (Luke 19:41-44).

586 BCE – FIRST Destruction, 70 CE – SECOND Destruction

BY USING CONCATENATION:

586 + 7 = 5867 (flipped figure of 5786)

The Hebrew year 5786 corresponds to the year 2026 in the Gregorian Calendar, which is the exact year of Christ’s return.

This will likewise be the cause for the global destruction in these last days considering that Christ’s return was being typified in the first and second destructions of Jerusalem.

MARK 1:15 The TIME IS FULFILLED, and the kingdom of God is at hand: REPENT ye, and BELIEVE the gospel.

TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

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Woman charged after 18-month St. Thomas police probe into alleged $150K 'romance scam'

Transfers to a Canadian bank account played a key role in a rare arrest in a romance scam that cost a St. Thomas resident more than $150,000, police say.

The arrest came 18 months after police launched an investigation in 2018, when the sons of a deceased St. Thomas woman found money was missing from her bank account while settling her estate.

Police investigators found several iTunes purchases and money transfers to a bank account belonging to a woman in Halifax. Police tracked down the suspect, who allegedly was posing as a man from Texas online.

“The fact that the money transfers stayed domestic gave (St. Thomas police) the advantage they needed to follow the paper trail to locate the suspect,” said Tanya Calvert, a spokesperson with St. Thomas police.

On Wednesday, police said Ogheneruemu Osirim, 33, of Halifax was charged with possession of property obtained by crime valued at more than $5,000.

She was in court Wednesday and released on bail.

St. Thomas Police Chief Chris Herridge said he was proud of the “hard work and dedication” officers put into the months-long investigation, also speaking about the human toll these types of scams can have.

“Scammers prey on lonely, vulnerable people and leave a path of emotional and financial destruction in their wake,” he said in a statement.

Romance scams involve individuals pretending to have romantic intentions toward the victim in an attempt to gain their trust and affection and later ask the victim for money.

Romance scams where the victim and fraudster are in the same country are rare, said Jeff Thomson, an RCMP intelligence analyst with the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.

“Romance scams typically start online through social media or social network sites or dating website and those people can essentially be anywhere in the world,” he said.

The geographic location of fraudsters usually is one of the most challenging hurdles for police forces investigating these crimes, said London-based tech analyst Carmi Levy.

“Technology has always been a double-edged sword and perpetrators of these kinds of crimes know that all too well, and they take advantage of it to hide their tracks,” he said.

“This is a global crime, but law enforcement obviously has geographic limits and if the perpetrator is located outside of the victim’s jurisdiction, it adds an incredible layer of complexity to investigating the case and bringing those responsible to justice.”

Through more than 900 cases reported last year, Canadians lost more than $18.3 million to this type of scam.

The numbers underscore how personally involved victims are with fraudsters by the time they are scammed, Thomson said.

“Fraudsters will continue with the relationship for four, five, six months before they even ask for a cent,” he said.

“A victim of a romance scam is so emotionally and psychologically involved with the fraudster that the hardest part is for them to realize that that it is a scam.”