shoebat--2020-07-06--“Black Lives Matter” Nowhere To Be Found As Many Black Children And Adults Are Gunned Down In Cities

“Black Lives Matter” Nowhere To Be Found As Many Black Children And Adults Are Gunned Down In Cities Over The Weekend

These are some sayings that became very popular in the last month after thousands , and possibly millions of people across America and around the world marched for “ Black Lives Matter ” using the convicted felon and porn whore who kidnapped and tortured a pregnant woman George Floyd and the drunk driver who attacked a police officer , stole an officer ’ s weapon , and then tried to attack him with it Rayshard Brooks as their veritable ‘ martyrs for the cause.
’ Many of these marchers got their wishes , as police departments were politically chastised and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some have stopped doing the patrols they usually did in high-crime areas .
They got what they wanted- neighborhoods with little or no police .
As a result , crime has exploded .
For example , this weekend in New York , ten people were murdered and dozens injured in gunfights .
Police said 55 people were shot , 10 fatally , in 37 separate shooting incidents across the city over the 4th of July holiday weekend .
NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison said in a tweet that the city saw at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 12 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sunday .
In one incident , a 29-year-old Brooklyn man died after he was shot in the chest on East 170th Street in the Bronx near Sheridan Avenue around 6 p.m. Sunday , just four hours before three men were shot in a separate incident about a block away .
In that case , two men were killed and a third victim was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in the arm .
( source ) Then in Chicago , fifteen people were murdered , two of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more shot .
Chicago was left reeling over the Fourth of July weekend as citywide gun violence left multiple children killed for the third weekend in a row .
As of 5 a.m. Monday , 79 people were shot , 15 of them fatally , including two children shot dead Saturday night .
Nine other gunshot victims over the weekend were minors .
Ten children under 18 have died in Chicago gun violence since June 20 , according to Chicago Sun-Times records .
The weekend ended up being more deadly than Independence Day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were killed and 65 others wounded .
In 2018 , 14 people killed and 87 wounded citywide in holiday weekend shootings .
( source ) In Atlanta , near the place where Rayshard Brooks was killed , an eight-year-old was murdered in the continual violence over the weekend .
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is calling for change to fight “ the enemy within ” saying that enough is enough after an 8-year-old girl was fatally shot Saturday near the Wendy ’ s where Rayshard Brooks was killed .
Later Sunday night the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ killed and two other victims were injured during an exchange of gunfire just two doors down from the scene of Brooks ’ death .
Secoriea Turner , 8 , was shot in the area of University Ave and I-75/85 Saturday night while riding in a vehicle with her mother and an adult friend , according to police .
The driver was attempting to enter a parking lot at 1238 Pryor Road where a group of individuals illegally placed barricades .
Someone in the group opened fire on the vehicle , according to police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Where are the protests ?
Where are the marches ?
Where are all of the “ Black Lives Matter ” people ?
Where are the riots and looting that happened last month now ?
Where are all of the opportunistic “ pastors ” and “ preachers ” that appeared ?
Where are all of the politicians , businessmen , “ community leaders ” , and other people we are supposed to respect ?
They are not present at all .
Now I have made very clear here that I have criticized police , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of brutality because as many people from around the world have noted , that while there are many good policemen , there is a well-documented segment who will commit crimes in the execution of their duty and then be protected by the court system from said crimes .
At the same time , the average man who does much less and in the cause of legitimate self-defense often finds himself hyper-prosecuted to the point of his life being completely ruined .
This is not an individual case , but a serious issue that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legal and judicial system , as prosecutions have in the US often become political statements instead of actual inquiry into situations and preserving good public safety .
In the case of both officers charged with murdering the above men- and especially in the case of Rayshard Brooks -it was very obvious upon further investigation , and let alone any questions about circumstances , that the police were not being excessive , but following standard procedures , and especially in the Brooks case , were very generous before using deadly force .
Thus even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become an exercise in justice , but rather politics .
Police are necessary in society not because of a love of “ force ” or violence , but because they are a testament to the existence of Original Sin .
No police are perfect , and abuses happen , and abuses must be corrected among them , but one can not have a society without police because contrary to the anarchist ’ s dream of a police-free utopia , it would merely give way to the rise of militias and gangs to act @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absolutely unjust ( one only needs to look at any area of conflict be in Mexico , Africa , Iraq , or the Balkans as an example ) .
This is the real scandal , for as people scream for “ justice ” and about “ racism ” using criminals as their martyrs , their own children and family members are dying as a result of the consequences of their actions , and now many of the same are asking “ why isn ’ t anybody helping us ?
” Such a situation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his hatred of God , and then when God leaves and the demons attack him , he screams for help and asks why there is no help coming .
Indeed , there was help there , and while he may not have enjoyed or agreed with everything , he chased away his own protection and left himself at the mercy of his environmental factors .
The talk of racialism and racial nonsense needs to end .
If people want to march about something and be angry , an eight-year-old girl who was murdered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ graduated from High School and was tending to his own business , or individual people who are murdered by their neighbors for unclear reasons are worthwhile things , because these are beyond race , but of human concern .
Such an approach truly is saying that “ Black lives matter ” because indeed , “ all lives matter ” since all men are “ made in the image and likeness of God ” and are to care for each other as men equal in dignity and worth as men .
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“The police are racist.”
“Disband the police.”
“All cops are murderers.”
These are some sayings that became very popular in the last month after thousands, and possibly millions of people across America and around the world marched for “Black Lives Matter” using the convicted felon and porn whore who kidnapped and tortured a pregnant woman George Floyd and the drunk driver who attacked a police officer, stole an officer’s weapon, and then tried to attack him with it Rayshard Brooks as their veritable ‘martyrs for the cause.’
Many of these marchers got their wishes, as police departments were politically chastised and pushed to ‘disband’, and some have stopped doing the patrols they usually did in high-crime areas.
They got what they wanted- neighborhoods with little or no police. As a result, crime has exploded. For example, this weekend in New York, ten people were murdered and dozens injured in gunfights.
Police said 55 people were shot, 10 fatally, in 37 separate shooting incidents across the city over the 4th of July holiday weekend. NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison said in a tweet that the city saw at least 21 shootings with 37 victims from 12 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sunday. In one incident, a 29-year-old Brooklyn man died after he was shot in the chest on East 170th Street in the Bronx near Sheridan Avenue around 6 p.m. Sunday, just four hours before three men were shot in a separate incident about a block away. In that case, two men were killed and a third victim was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in the arm. (source)
Then in Chicago, fifteen people were murdered, two of which were small children, and dozens more shot.
Chicago was left reeling over the Fourth of July weekend as citywide gun violence left multiple children killed for the third weekend in a row. As of 5 a.m. Monday, 79 people were shot, 15 of them fatally, including two children shot dead Saturday night. Nine other gunshot victims over the weekend were minors. Ten children under 18 have died in Chicago gun violence since June 20, according to Chicago Sun-Times records. The weekend ended up being more deadly than Independence Day weekend in 2019, when five people were killed and 65 others wounded. In 2018, 14 people killed and 87 wounded citywide in holiday weekend shootings. (source)
In Atlanta, near the place where Rayshard Brooks was killed, an eight-year-old was murdered in the continual violence over the weekend.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is calling for change to fight “the enemy within” saying that enough is enough after an 8-year-old girl was fatally shot Saturday near the Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed. Later Sunday night the Atlanta Police Department said another man was killed and two other victims were injured during an exchange of gunfire just two doors down from the scene of Brooks’ death. Secoriea Turner, 8, was shot in the area of University Ave and I-75/85 Saturday night while riding in a vehicle with her mother and an adult friend, according to police. The driver was attempting to enter a parking lot at 1238 Pryor Road where a group of individuals illegally placed barricades. Someone in the group opened fire on the vehicle, according to police, striking Turner. (source)
Where are the protests?
Where are the marches?
Where are all of the “Black Lives Matter” people?
Where are the riots and looting that happened last month now?
Where are all of the opportunistic “pastors” and “preachers” that appeared?
Where are all of the politicians, businessmen, “community leaders”, and other people we are supposed to respect?
They are not present at all.
Now I have made very clear here that I have criticized police, and specifically American police, for issues of brutality because as many people from around the world have noted, that while there are many good policemen, there is a well-documented segment who will commit crimes in the execution of their duty and then be protected by the court system from said crimes. At the same time, the average man who does much less and in the cause of legitimate self-defense often finds himself hyper-prosecuted to the point of his life being completely ruined. This is not an individual case, but a serious issue that has eroded faith and trust in the legal and judicial system, as prosecutions have in the US often become political statements instead of actual inquiry into situations and preserving good public safety.
In the case of both officers charged with murdering the above men- and especially in the case of Rayshard Brooks -it was very obvious upon further investigation, and let alone any questions about circumstances, that the police were not being excessive, but following standard procedures, and especially in the Brooks case, were very generous before using deadly force. Thus even the prosecutions of these officers has not become an exercise in justice, but rather politics.
Police are necessary in society not because of a love of “force” or violence, but because they are a testament to the existence of Original Sin. No police are perfect, and abuses happen, and abuses must be corrected among them, but one cannot have a society without police because contrary to the anarchist’s dream of a police-free utopia, it would merely give way to the rise of militias and gangs to act as police, and they would be absolutely unjust (one only needs to look at any area of conflict be in Mexico, Africa, Iraq, or the Balkans as an example).
This is the real scandal, for as people scream for “justice” and about “racism” using criminals as their martyrs, their own children and family members are dying as a result of the consequences of their actions, and now many of the same are asking “why isn’t anybody helping us?”
Such a situation is just like the man who screams his hatred of God, and then when God leaves and the demons attack him, he screams for help and asks why there is no help coming. Indeed, there was help there, and while he may not have enjoyed or agreed with everything, he chased away his own protection and left himself at the mercy of his environmental factors.
The talk of racialism and racial nonsense needs to end. If people want to march about something and be angry, an eight-year-old girl who was murdered simply for existing, a teenager who graduated from High School and was tending to his own business, or individual people who are murdered by their neighbors for unclear reasons are worthwhile things, because these are beyond race, but of human concern. Such an approach truly is saying that “Black lives matter” because indeed, “all lives matter” since all men are “made in the image and likeness of God” and are to care for each other as men equal in dignity and worth as men.
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shoebat--2020-07-06--Supreme Court Rules States Can Punish Electors For Not Voting With The Popular Vote

With the 2020 elections coming up and the high chance of a lot of controversy amid what will likely be a close presidential race between two geriatric candidates showing signs of cognitive decline , delusions of power , or both , CNN reports in breaking news the Supreme Court has ruled that states can punish electors who refuse to vote for the candidate which has received the popular vote for their particular state .
The Supreme Court said Monday that states can punish members of the Electoral College who break a pledge to vote for a state ’ s popular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case comes as the election season is heating up , putting the Electoral College will once again be front and center in an increasingly polarized and volatile political atmosphere .
In 2016 , 10 of the 538 presidential electors went rogue , attempting to vote for someone other than their pledged candidate .
In all , 32 states and the District of Columbia have laws that are meant to discourage faithless electors .
But until 2016 , no state had ever actually punished or removed an elector because of his or her vote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a State may also penalize an elector for breaking his pledge and voting for someone other than the presidential candidate who won his State ’ s popular vote .
We hold that a State may do so , ” Justice Elena Kagan wrote .
“ The Constitution ’ s text and the Nation ’ s history both support allowing a State to enforce an elector ’ s pledge to support his party ’ s nominee — and the state voters ’ choice — for President , ” she added .
The ruling was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vladeck , CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law .
“ Given the potential implications of a holding that electors could vote for anyone they chose , it ’ s not surprising that the justices held that states can prevent them from doing so , ” Vladeck said .
“ The only surprise is the unanimous vote in cases at least some expected to divide the Court , ” Vladeck added .
“ Here , at least , concern over the consequences of a contrary ruling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Three presidential electors in Washington state , for example , voted for Colin Powell in 2016 rather than Hillary Clinton and one voted for anti-Keystone XL pipeline protester Faith Spotted Eagle .
A $ 1,000 fine was upheld by the state Supreme Court .
In Colorado , the legal outcome was different when Micheal Baca sought to vote for John Kasich instead of Clinton .
Baca ’ s vote was rejected and he was removed and replaced with a substitute who voted for Clinton .
Baca was referred for potential perjury prosecution , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ filed suit , and ultimately won when the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals held that while the state does have the power to appoint electors , that does not extend to the power to remove them .
During oral arguments , Frodo Baggins , a hobbit from the “ Lord of the Rings ” trilogy , became a part of the court ’ s historical record .
In a line of hypothetical questioning , Justice Clarence Thomas used Baggins as a case study .
“ The elector who had promised to vote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ‘ You know , I ’ m going to vote for Frodo Baggins .
I really like Frodo Baggins.
’ And you ’ re saying , under your system , you can ’ t do anything about that , ” Thomas asked Baca ’ s attorney , Jason Harrow .
“ Your honor , I think there is something to be done , because that would be a vote for a non-person .
No matter how big a fan many people are of Frodo Baggins , ” Harrow said .
( source @

With the 2020 elections coming up and the high chance of a lot of controversy amid what will likely be a close presidential race between two geriatric candidates showing signs of cognitive decline, delusions of power, or both, CNN reports in breaking news the Supreme Court has ruled that states can punish electors who refuse to vote for the candidate which has received the popular vote for their particular state.
The Supreme Court said Monday that states can punish members of the Electoral College who break a pledge to vote for a state’s popular vote winner in presidential elections.
The case comes as the election season is heating up, putting the Electoral College will once again be front and center in an increasingly polarized and volatile political atmosphere.
In 2016, 10 of the 538 presidential electors went rogue, attempting to vote for someone other than their pledged candidate. In all, 32 states and the District of Columbia have laws that are meant to discourage faithless electors. But until 2016, no state had ever actually punished or removed an elector because of his or her vote.
The vote count was 9-0.
“Today, we consider whether a State may also penalize an elector for breaking his pledge and voting for someone other than the presidential candidate who won his State’s popular vote. We hold that a State may do so,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote.
“The Constitution’s text and the Nation’s history both support allowing a State to enforce an elector’s pledge to support his party’s nominee — and the state voters’ choice — for President,” she added.
The ruling was “not surprising,” said Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law.
“Given the potential implications of a holding that electors could vote for anyone they chose, it’s not surprising that the justices held that states can prevent them from doing so,” Vladeck said.
“The only surprise is the unanimous vote in cases at least some expected to divide the Court,” Vladeck added. “Here, at least, concern over the consequences of a contrary ruling appears to have united the Justices.”
Three presidential electors in Washington state, for example, voted for Colin Powell in 2016 rather than Hillary Clinton and one voted for anti-Keystone XL pipeline protester Faith Spotted Eagle. A $1,000 fine was upheld by the state Supreme Court.
In Colorado, the legal outcome was different when Micheal Baca sought to vote for John Kasich instead of Clinton.
Baca’s vote was rejected and he was removed and replaced with a substitute who voted for Clinton. Baca was referred for potential perjury prosecution, although no charges were filed. He filed suit, and ultimately won when the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals held that while the state does have the power to appoint electors, that does not extend to the power to remove them.
During oral arguments, Frodo Baggins, a hobbit from the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, became a part of the court’s historical record.
In a line of hypothetical questioning, Justice Clarence Thomas used Baggins as a case study.
“The elector who had promised to vote for the winning candidate could suddenly say, ‘You know, I’m going to vote for Frodo Baggins. I really like Frodo Baggins.’ And you’re saying, under your system, you can’t do anything about that,” Thomas asked Baca’s attorney, Jason Harrow.
“Your honor, I think there is something to be done, because that would be a vote for a non-person. No matter how big a fan many people are of Frodo Baggins,” Harrow said. (source)


shoebat--2020-07-06--More Jobs Say ‘Sayonara’ As Japan Chooses To Use Robots, Triple Pay Rates For Mexican Workers Than B

More Jobs Say ‘Sayonara’ As Japan Chooses To Use Robots, Triple Pay Rates For Mexican Workers Than Build Cars In The US

“ Free trade ” has given the American public many benefits , such as cheap goods , but it has come at the serious cost of American jobs amid increasing standards of living demanded and yet declining pay , thus resulting it the evisceration of communities , the proliferation of economic-based crime or other socially deviant behaviors , and the long-term stagnation of the economy .
No president in spite of his talk about “ jobs ” has done anything fundamentally to resolve this problem and there is no answer in sight , and certainly not with the current ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The situation is so bad that as the Nikkei Asian Review points out , Japanese companies would prefer to build cars in Mexico while tripling their pay rates instead of build cars in the US .
he new North American free trade agreement that goes into effect Wednesday was touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as an engine of American job creation .
But Japan ’ s automakers are largely opting instead to keep operations in place and pay Mexican workers more or even just pay tariffs .
The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement requires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ each passenger vehicle be manufactured by workers who are paid at least $ 16 per hour as a condition to make them tariff free in the region .
Trump hailed that feature as a way to boost production in the U.S. , which has a higher hourly rate than Mexico .
However , this looks to be wishful thinking .
The ratio of US-Canada parts among Mexican-assembled vehicles sold in the U.S. was 13.5 % in 2018 , according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Highway Traffic Safety Administration .
Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increase to meet the 40 % requirement , but Japanese automakers , which had already positioned their production bases according to the old NAFTA regime , are not simply willing to pull up stakes and redeploy .
One reason is the cost of moving production .
Honda Motor-affiliated parts maker Keihin will raise the hourly wage of employees at a factory in Mexico to $ 16 by next month — triple the average rate of a parts factory in Mexico , but still cheaper than making a move .
Because the pandemic has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moving production will likely be too burdensome over the foreseeable future .
Auto component maker Piolax , will also raise the hourly wage at its Mexican plant to $ 16 within the year .
The company is also installing robots to mitigate rising labor costs , President Yukihiko Shimazu said .
Toyota Motor , which built a new plant in Mexico in 2015 , is not finding it easy to change plans either .
The new plant started full-scale production of pickup trucks in February .
The trucks are popular in the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % tariff if they do not meet the content requirements of the USMCA .
But if Toyota does not operate the factory , it can not recover its investment .
“ We don ’ t want to be whipped around by a policy that we don ’ t know how long it will last , ” said an executive at a Japanese automaker .
( source ) The US is in a very bad economic situation , and it is not going to get better .
The issues are deep any many , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” , but the simple explanation is that in the US , certain job sectors are overregulated and in need of deregulation , and others are in need of regulation as there is none .
The result of this imbalance is a constant chaos that has inhibited real cooperation and economic growth from happening , with most “ growth ” as a result of lowered costs due to sending jobs to foreign lands and stockholders or CEOs pocketing the difference while continuing to demand more from their domestic employees for continually lower pay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do not like being treated similar to a slave in a suit , for not all slaves have chains , and not all switches used on slaves are whips .
During the Second World War , there was a great economic recovery because of domestic factories , but as domestic production sees no sign of coming back but rather a continual outsourcing even as the conditions for war continue to develop , it is likely that not only will poverty increase , but in the event of a major conflict , it will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has a job , it is a time to be very grateful , and to work as hard as possible while one can still earn the money in preparation for the future , which always comes upon one very fast , and at that point it is too late to do anything else to help oneself .
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“Free trade” has given the American public many benefits, such as cheap goods, but it has come at the serious cost of American jobs amid increasing standards of living demanded and yet declining pay, thus resulting it the evisceration of communities, the proliferation of economic-based crime or other socially deviant behaviors, and the long-term stagnation of the economy. No president in spite of his talk about “jobs” has done anything fundamentally to resolve this problem and there is no answer in sight, and certainly not with the current (or even likely a future) president. The situation is so bad that as the Nikkei Asian Review points out, Japanese companies would prefer to build cars in Mexico while tripling their pay rates instead of build cars in the US.
he new North American free trade agreement that goes into effect Wednesday was touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as an engine of American job creation. But Japan’s automakers are largely opting instead to keep operations in place and pay Mexican workers more or even just pay tariffs. The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement requires 40% or more of parts for each passenger vehicle be manufactured by workers who are paid at least $16 per hour as a condition to make them tariff free in the region. Trump hailed that feature as a way to boost production in the U.S., which has a higher hourly rate than Mexico. However, this looks to be wishful thinking. The ratio of US-Canada parts among Mexican-assembled vehicles sold in the U.S. was 13.5% in 2018, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Trump’s theory was that U.S. production would inevitably increase to meet the 40% requirement, but Japanese automakers, which had already positioned their production bases according to the old NAFTA regime, are not simply willing to pull up stakes and redeploy. One reason is the cost of moving production. Honda Motor-affiliated parts maker Keihin will raise the hourly wage of employees at a factory in Mexico to $16 by next month — triple the average rate of a parts factory in Mexico, but still cheaper than making a move. Because the pandemic has hurt earnings, the cost of the moving production will likely be too burdensome over the foreseeable future. Auto component maker Piolax, will also raise the hourly wage at its Mexican plant to $16 within the year. The company is also installing robots to mitigate rising labor costs, President Yukihiko Shimazu said. Toyota Motor, which built a new plant in Mexico in 2015, is not finding it easy to change plans either. The new plant started full-scale production of pickup trucks in February. The trucks are popular in the U.S. and would be subject to a 25% tariff if they do not meet the content requirements of the USMCA. But if Toyota does not operate the factory, it cannot recover its investment. “We don’t want to be whipped around by a policy that we don’t know how long it will last,” said an executive at a Japanese automaker. (source)
The US is in a very bad economic situation, and it is not going to get better. The issues are deep any many, and there is no one “answer”, but the simple explanation is that in the US, certain job sectors are overregulated and in need of deregulation, and others are in need of regulation as there is none. The result of this imbalance is a constant chaos that has inhibited real cooperation and economic growth from happening, with most “growth” as a result of lowered costs due to sending jobs to foreign lands and stockholders or CEOs pocketing the difference while continuing to demand more from their domestic employees for continually lower pay and threatening them when they say they do not like being treated similar to a slave in a suit, for not all slaves have chains, and not all switches used on slaves are whips.
During the Second World War, there was a great economic recovery because of domestic factories, but as domestic production sees no sign of coming back but rather a continual outsourcing even as the conditions for war continue to develop, it is likely that not only will poverty increase, but in the event of a major conflict, it will persist and possibly worsen.
If one has a job, it is a time to be very grateful, and to work as hard as possible while one can still earn the money in preparation for the future, which always comes upon one very fast, and at that point it is too late to do anything else to help oneself.
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shoebat--2020-07-07--Financial Institutions Push ‘Cashless Transactions’ Amid Spread Of COVID-19

With the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus and amid many political and social changes , DNYUZ reports that financial institutions are ‘ changing ’ to encourage more cashless transactions , emphasizing that at some point , the common form of currency may become another relic of the past .
But in the era of the coronavirus , cash is no longer à la mode at La Fromagerie , as social distancing requirements and concerns over hygiene prompt nearly everyone who walks through his door to pay with plastic .
“ People are using cards and contactless payments because they don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anything , ” said Mr. Cornu , as a line of mask-wearing shoppers stood three feet apart before approaching the register and swiping contactless cards over a reader .
While cash is still accepted , even older shoppers — his toughest clientele when it comes to adopting digital habits — are voluntarily making the switch .
Cash was already being edged out in many countries as urban consumers paid increasingly with apps and cards for even the smallest purchases .
But the coronavirus is accelerating a shift toward a cashless future , raising @ @ @ @ @ @ @ digital payments industry .
Fears over transmission of the disease have compelled consumers to rethink how they shop and pay .
Retailers and restaurants are favoring clicks over cash to reduce exposure for employees .
China ’ s central bank sterilized bank notes in regions affected by the virus .
And governments from India to Kenya to Sweden , as well as the United Nations , are promoting cashless payments in the name of public health .
“ Time to swap your coins for payment cards — safer for containing coronavirus , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for financial services , wrote on Twitter as Europe imposed quarantines .
Cash is certainly not dead .
Before the pandemic , bills and coins were used for 80 percent of the transactions in Europe , and there are few signs that the pandemic is about to wipe it out .
Yet for a growing number of people sensitized by Covid-19 quarantines , cash is a fading routine .
“ We ’ re living through an amazing global social experiment that is forcing governments , businesses and consumers to rethink their operating models @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said Morten Jorgensen , director of RBR , based in London , a consulting firm specializing in banking technology , cards and payments .
“ We have a world in which there is less contact , ” he said .
“ People ’ s habits are changing as we speak.
” Those dynamics are creating a golden moment for credit card companies , banks and digital platforms , which are capitalizing on the crisis to advance the cashless revolution by encouraging consumers and retailers to use cards and smartphone apps that yield lucrative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paid 1.3 billion pounds ( about $ 1.7 billion ) in third-party fees in 2018 , up £70 million from the year before , according to the British Retail Consortium .
( source ) A few days ago , I went to a hardware store to pick up some replacement parts for a tool .
While I was there , two things struck me .
First , was that the shelves , while stocked , were very sparse if one looked carefully .
Second , was that there were signs saying to please @ @ @ @ @ @ @ short supply and could not necessarily be used to make change .
Now it is true that germs spread by cash- this is a known fact .
However , as the story above notes , one can not help but wonder if something else is taking place .
There has been a “ war on cash ” for a long time , especially in the US , where cards have been promoted aggressively .
The reasons for this are numerous , but cash always has been “ king ” because cash , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say about it , is a physical connection to a purchase that also can not be forever monitored like a card , and cash also does not incur fees by its mere use ( cards charge merchants a fee for each use ) .
Many people have speculations as to what such a system could look like or its effects .
However , what one can say is that regardless of possibilities , the reduction in cash correlates directly with monitoring and fee-exploitation by way of major banks and financial institutions .
Ultimately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safety , but about consolidating power using in this case , COVID-19 as an excuse by exploiting the real germ-carrying potential of cash for a greater political objective .
One may not see cash ‘ disappear ’ , at least for a long time .
After all , it is ‘ legal tender for all debts , public and private ’ , as it says on the money itself .
However , what may happen is that one finds it is ‘ not preferred ’ and that using it causes delays and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but with difficulty , and will be used to funnel the masses into the non-cash options .
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With the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus and amid many political and social changes, DNYUZ reports that financial institutions are ‘changing’ to encourage more cashless transactions, emphasizing that at some point, the common form of currency may become another relic of the past.
But in the era of the coronavirus, cash is no longer à la mode at La Fromagerie, as social distancing requirements and concerns over hygiene prompt nearly everyone who walks through his door to pay with plastic. “People are using cards and contactless payments because they don’t want to have to touch anything,” said Mr. Cornu, as a line of mask-wearing shoppers stood three feet apart before approaching the register and swiping contactless cards over a reader. While cash is still accepted, even older shoppers — his toughest clientele when it comes to adopting digital habits — are voluntarily making the switch. Cash was already being edged out in many countries as urban consumers paid increasingly with apps and cards for even the smallest purchases. But the coronavirus is accelerating a shift toward a cashless future, raising new calculations for merchants and enriching the digital payments industry. Fears over transmission of the disease have compelled consumers to rethink how they shop and pay. Retailers and restaurants are favoring clicks over cash to reduce exposure for employees. China’s central bank sterilized bank notes in regions affected by the virus. And governments from India to Kenya to Sweden, as well as the United Nations, are promoting cashless payments in the name of public health. “Time to swap your coins for payment cards — safer for containing coronavirus,” Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission vice-president for financial services, wrote on Twitter as Europe imposed quarantines. Cash is certainly not dead. Before the pandemic, bills and coins were used for 80 percent of the transactions in Europe, and there are few signs that the pandemic is about to wipe it out. Yet for a growing number of people sensitized by Covid-19 quarantines, cash is a fading routine. “We’re living through an amazing global social experiment that is forcing governments, businesses and consumers to rethink their operating models and norms for social interactions,” said Morten Jorgensen, director of RBR, based in London, a consulting firm specializing in banking technology, cards and payments. “We have a world in which there is less contact,” he said. “People’s habits are changing as we speak.” Those dynamics are creating a golden moment for credit card companies, banks and digital platforms, which are capitalizing on the crisis to advance the cashless revolution by encouraging consumers and retailers to use cards and smartphone apps that yield lucrative fees. In Britain alone, retailers paid 1.3 billion pounds (about $1.7 billion) in third-party fees in 2018, up £70 million from the year before, according to the British Retail Consortium. (source)
A few days ago, I went to a hardware store to pick up some replacement parts for a tool. While I was there, two things struck me. First, was that the shelves, while stocked, were very sparse if one looked carefully. Second, was that there were signs saying to please use a card since cash was in short supply and could not necessarily be used to make change.
Now it is true that germs spread by cash- this is a known fact. However, as the story above notes, one cannot help but wonder if something else is taking place.
There has been a “war on cash” for a long time, especially in the US, where cards have been promoted aggressively. The reasons for this are numerous, but cash always has been “king” because cash, for all of the criticisms that one can say about it, is a physical connection to a purchase that also cannot be forever monitored like a card, and cash also does not incur fees by its mere use (cards charge merchants a fee for each use).
Many people have speculations as to what such a system could look like or its effects. However, what one can say is that regardless of possibilities, the reduction in cash correlates directly with monitoring and fee-exploitation by way of major banks and financial institutions. Ultimately it is not about public health or safety, but about consolidating power using in this case, COVID-19 as an excuse by exploiting the real germ-carrying potential of cash for a greater political objective.
One may not see cash ‘disappear’, at least for a long time. After all, it is ‘legal tender for all debts, public and private’, as it says on the money itself. However, what may happen is that one finds it is ‘not preferred’ and that using it causes delays and other problems that one can fight through, but with difficulty, and will be used to funnel the masses into the non-cash options.
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shoebat--2020-07-07--Trump Blames His Failing Presidential Campaign On “Woke Jared”

President Trump presented himself for decades as a successful businessman who possesses a superior intellect and incredible negotiating skills , not to mention an above-average acumen for understanding the difficulties and complexities of life .
However , the reality has been the opposite , which is that he is just a rich playboy who uses government bailouts to cover his bad investments while indulging in pay-for-play fornication with his money earned not from business , but a combination of inheritance and as an actor .
Having noted this , President Trump has attempted to shift the blame of his failing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying in a report from New York Magazine that “ woke Jared ” is the reason he is failing .
The good news for President Trump ’ s campaign is that the candidate seems to be finally moving out of the denial stage and recognizing that he is losing to Joe Biden .
Trump “ has privately come to that grim realization in recent days , ” multiple sources have told Politico .
The bad news is that Trump ’ s diagnosis of the problem seems to be somewhat underpowered .
Jonathan Swan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on bad advice from Jared Kushner .
And while disregarding advice from Kushner is a generally sound principle , in this case , Kushner ’ s strategy made some sense .
Trump regrets having followed the Kushner-led ploy of trying to appeal to Black voters .
“ One person who spoke with the president interpreted his thinking this way : “ No more of Jared ’ s woke shit , ” reports Swan .
The “ woke shit ” consisted of a series of high-profile , relatively symbolic measures , like touting funding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clemency measures .
Trump ’ s campaign spent $ 10 million on a Super Bowl ad highlighting his commutation of a sentence for nonviolent drug offender Alice Johnson .
In the wake of George Floyd ’ s death , Trump ’ s immediate response was empathetic , if not terribly articulate : “ I feel very , very badly .
That ’ s a very shocking sight … That was a very , very bad thing that I saw .
I saw it last night and I didn ’ t like it … @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Very bad.
” The concept of repositioning himself to the left on race is — or , at least , was — perfectly sensible .
Even incremental reductions in the Democratic vote share among African-Americans would be potentially decisive in states like Florida , Pennsylvania , and Michigan .
Joe Biden does have historical baggage with his own base — and while it may be incoherent for the man who demanded the execution of innocent teens to attack Biden from the left on criminal justice , successful political attacks don ’ t always @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , detoxifying his racist image is helpful and probably necessary for Trump to regain his standing with some of his wavering white supporters .
The problem is that Trump ’ s pivot to the center on race nearly coincided with the onset of the coronavirus and then the Floyd murder , both of which Trump has bungled catastrophically .
Trump has naturally blamed his polling plunge not on his mismanagement of either crisis but on the strategy his son-in-law foisted upon him .
So Trump has pivoted back to raw white racial grievance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black people attacking white people , urging New York police to ( illegally ) remove a “ Black Lives Matter ” sign — which he calls a “ symbol of hate ” — and threatening to veto a bipartisan defense-authorization bill because it would rename military bases that currently honor Confederate leaders .
Trump reportedly believes this message will activate a “ silent majority ” that may have previously hesitated to vote for him because he had grown too anti-racist .
But there is no evidence in public polling that Trump has any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ majorities see racism and police mistreatment of Black people as serious problems .
And while defunding the police may be unpopular , Biden is proposing to increase funding for police in support of reform efforts .
Trump learned the value of white racial backlash early on .
He is an old man who resists changing his mind on anything , and surrounds himself with people who entrench his prejudices rather than challenge them .
His modest , aborted outreach to Black voters represented one of the few exceptions to the pattern of rigidity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is responding in the way ossified thinkers do : by turning back to what he has always wanted to do .
( source ) Now it is fair to say that Jared Kushner gives the impression for many as one who is a worm , weasel , generally repulsive , and deceitful , as his actions , words , and gestures all indicate such .
However , Trump is the President- not Jared -and if Trump were truly such an intelligent businessman who is seeking the good will of the country , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” the same way that Trump treats real US allies and potential friends .
Jared is awful , but the people did not vote for President Jared .
They voted for President Trump .
They want Trump to do what he promised , which is to take charge and deal with national problems .
Trump is not doing this , and this is the reason why 2020 make a geriatric shuffleboard contest more exciting than the elections , because there is nothing .
It is entirely a joke .
Most people don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ words on Twitter , or high-school level bantering while their families suffer and they have no hope of a future .
People want answers to problems such as the employment crises , the tax imbalances , the broken immigration system ( that hurts both the migrant and the citizen ) , prison reform , tax reform , and fixing the roads along with national defense .
If they want to listen to teens banter , that is what Neflix shows and TikTok videos are for .
Who is going to win this fall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but at the current rate , if Trump is to win , it is not unreasonable to suspect that one may see election 2000 tier chicanery and multiple ballot boxes in a victory reminiscent of that which Bush had over Gore .
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President Trump presented himself for decades as a successful businessman who possesses a superior intellect and incredible negotiating skills, not to mention an above-average acumen for understanding the difficulties and complexities of life. However, the reality has been the opposite, which is that he is just a rich playboy who uses government bailouts to cover his bad investments while indulging in pay-for-play fornication with his money earned not from business, but a combination of inheritance and as an actor.
Having noted this, President Trump has attempted to shift the blame of his failing campaign to his son-in-law Jared Kushner, saying in a report from New York Magazine that “woke Jared” is the reason he is failing.
The good news for President Trump’s campaign is that the candidate seems to be finally moving out of the denial stage and recognizing that he is losing to Joe Biden. Trump “has privately come to that grim realization in recent days,” multiple sources have told Politico. The bad news is that Trump’s diagnosis of the problem seems to be somewhat underpowered. Jonathan Swan reports that Trump is blaming his predicament on bad advice from Jared Kushner. And while disregarding advice from Kushner is a generally sound principle, in this case, Kushner’s strategy made some sense. Trump regrets having followed the Kushner-led ploy of trying to appeal to Black voters. “One person who spoke with the president interpreted his thinking this way: “No more of Jared’s woke shit,” reports Swan. The “woke shit” consisted of a series of high-profile, relatively symbolic measures, like touting funding for HBCUs, and a handful of clemency measures. Trump’s campaign spent $10 million on a Super Bowl ad highlighting his commutation of a sentence for nonviolent drug offender Alice Johnson. In the wake of George Floyd’s death, Trump’s immediate response was empathetic, if not terribly articulate: “I feel very, very badly. That’s a very shocking sight … That was a very, very bad thing that I saw. I saw it last night and I didn’t like it … what I saw was not good. Very bad.” The concept of repositioning himself to the left on race is — or, at least, was — perfectly sensible. Even incremental reductions in the Democratic vote share among African-Americans would be potentially decisive in states like Florida, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. Joe Biden does have historical baggage with his own base — and while it may be incoherent for the man who demanded the execution of innocent teens to attack Biden from the left on criminal justice, successful political attacks don’t always require coherence. What’s more, detoxifying his racist image is helpful and probably necessary for Trump to regain his standing with some of his wavering white supporters. The problem is that Trump’s pivot to the center on race nearly coincided with the onset of the coronavirus and then the Floyd murder, both of which Trump has bungled catastrophically. Trump has naturally blamed his polling plunge not on his mismanagement of either crisis but on the strategy his son-in-law foisted upon him. So Trump has pivoted back to raw white racial grievance. He is retweeting video of random Black people attacking white people, urging New York police to (illegally) remove a “Black Lives Matter” sign — which he calls a “symbol of hate” — and threatening to veto a bipartisan defense-authorization bill because it would rename military bases that currently honor Confederate leaders. Trump reportedly believes this message will activate a “silent majority” that may have previously hesitated to vote for him because he had grown too anti-racist. But there is no evidence in public polling that Trump has any advantage to mobilize. Strong and growing majorities see racism and police mistreatment of Black people as serious problems. And while defunding the police may be unpopular, Biden is proposing to increase funding for police in support of reform efforts. Trump learned the value of white racial backlash early on. He is an old man who resists changing his mind on anything, and surrounds himself with people who entrench his prejudices rather than challenge them. His modest, aborted outreach to Black voters represented one of the few exceptions to the pattern of rigidity. As he is failing, he is responding in the way ossified thinkers do: by turning back to what he has always wanted to do. (source)
Now it is fair to say that Jared Kushner gives the impression for many as one who is a worm, weasel, generally repulsive, and deceitful, as his actions, words, and gestures all indicate such. However, Trump is the President- not Jared -and if Trump were truly such an intelligent businessman who is seeking the good will of the country, he would treat Jared and his “friends” the same way that Trump treats real US allies and potential friends.
Jared is awful, but the people did not vote for President Jared. They voted for President Trump. They want Trump to do what he promised, which is to take charge and deal with national problems. Trump is not doing this, and this is the reason why 2020 make a geriatric shuffleboard contest more exciting than the elections, because there is nothing. It is entirely a joke.
Most people don’t want stupid racial punditry, sharp words on Twitter, or high-school level bantering while their families suffer and they have no hope of a future. People want answers to problems such as the employment crises, the tax imbalances, the broken immigration system (that hurts both the migrant and the citizen), prison reform, tax reform, and fixing the roads along with national defense. If they want to listen to teens banter, that is what Neflix shows and TikTok videos are for.
Who is going to win this fall 2020? That remains to be seen, but at the current rate, if Trump is to win, it is not unreasonable to suspect that one may see election 2000 tier chicanery and multiple ballot boxes in a victory reminiscent of that which Bush had over Gore.
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shoebat--2020-07-07--If The People Destroying Statues Really Cared About Fighting Racism, Then Why Haven’t They Called Fo

If The People Destroying Statues Really Cared About Fighting Racism, Then Why Haven’t They Called For The Removal Of The Statue Of Charles Darwin?

The United States is in the midst of a torrent of vicious and insatiable hatred against statues , a demonstration of Left-wing iconoclastic fury that knows no reason nor bounds .
Of course , they are attacking statues that represent American culture and heritage , and want to keep and erect images that symbolize their own chaotic mentality .
Make no mistake , what these people are fighting against is not as significant as what they are fighting for .
The target of their vitriol is not racism , as they so claim ; for if that were the case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other ’ s toes to tear down the statue of Charles Darwin — the patriarch of scientific racism — that still sits in the Suzzallo Library at University of Washington , Seattle .
No one has defaced , graffitied or vandalized this statue .
Yet , its in the middle of one of the most Left-wing cities on earth , and it remains untouched in the midst of Leftist fury against ‘ racist ’ statues .
If you truly hated racism , then why not remove the statue of the one who would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Darwinism which would give the underpinnings for so many genocides and crimes , such as the mass murder of tens of thousands of Africans in Namibia by Germany , the murders of Aboriginals by Australian head hunters who captured and decapitate Aboriginals so that their heads could be ‘ examined ’ for ‘ science ’ ; and of course , there is the Holocaust committed by the Nazis who were zealous followers of the creed of ‘ survival of the fittest.
’ In fact , Darwinism has influenced every statement , every ideology @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pushed or pushes for the idea of a biological inferiority of a particular race , and the superiority of another race .
These fanatics want to remove statues of prominent Confederate figures because the Confederacy was racist .
The Confederacy was indeed racist and had as its foundational principle the belief that the White man was superior to the Black man , and it referenced ‘ science ’ as its authority for this .
But , it was Darwinism that provided this perceived authority .
Alexander H. Stephens , Vice President of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Confederacy : Which “ science ” was Stephens speaking of ?
historian and political scientist Harry Jaffa , in his book A New Birth of Freedom : Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War : If the anger towards statues was really about racism , then why aren ’ t these fanatics removing the statue of Darwin who said : Regardless of all of these racist and eugenist statements , the Left still upholds Darwin as though he some sort of saint for their “ enlightened ” society .
To @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , let us look to one of his main allies , Alfred Russel Wallace , and what Darwin would later confide to him regarding his beliefs on eugenics .
Before Darwin had his book , On the Origin of Species , published , there was a man who was close to him , who had conceived of the idea of evolutionism , his name was Alfred Russel Wallace , and not only was he an evolutionist , but an occultist as well .
Being deeply entrenched in the idea of philosophical biology , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strong delusion , to read Malthus ’ essay on population .
He was a diabolically possessed individual , suffering from hallucinations and other dark visions .
In his chaotic hallucinations during his stay in the Malay Archipelago , he would begin to imagine that he was having a conversation with Charles Darwin , or times with the French naturalist , Jean-Baptist Lamarck , about evolution and natural selection .
“ All species have evolved , ” Wallace would say in his delusional and shaking voice , with his face covered with sweat , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ organisms have descended from earlier forms.
” While in his hut , Wallace recounted , “ somehow my thoughts turned , ” he wrote , to Malthus ’ book on population , which he had read fourteen years earlier in Leicester .
He continued to write in his recounting of this contemplation on Malthus , and how he inspired him in his acceptance of Social-Darwinism : “ it occurred to to ask the question , Why do some die and some live ?
And the answer was clearly , that on the whole @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effects of disease the most healthy escaped ; from enemies , the strongest , the swiftest , or the most cunning ; from famine , the best hunters or those with the best digestion ; and so on .
Then it suddenly flashed upon me that this self-acting process would necessarily improve the race , because in every generation the inferior would inevitably be killed off and the superior would remain — that is , the fittest would survive .
Then at once I seemed to see the whole effect of this .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the more I became convinced that I had at length found the long-sought-for law of nature that solved the problem of the origin of species.
” Wallace was also an extreme heretic , following the teachings of David Friedrich Strauss , that the miracles of Christ were merely myths that grew from rumors that naturally were said about all great men of the past .
( 94 ) Other than being a heretic , he was a firm believer in occultism and partook in spiritism , necromancy and the ouija board .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , The Scientific Aspect of the Supernatural .
Wallace had one hundred copies of the book printed out , and reserved twenty five copies for his friends .
These reserved copies , wrapped with paper , sat in the study of Wallace ’ s sister , Frances , who was supposed to distribute them to her brother ’ s friends .
But she neglected them for several days , thinking that she would eventually give them away when she had the time .
One day she left the study for a few minutes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the books were scattered about the room .
Frances , frightened , called her friend , Agnes Nichol , who summoned a spirit through a ouija board to seek the answer as to why the volumes had been scattered about .
“ One for my sister Frances , I have marked it , ” said the spirit .
Frances picked up a copy and began flipping through the pages .
She found red crayon marks on some of the pages and believed that they were made by the spirit .
“ If you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shut up , ” said Frances to the spirit , “ you could write my name in this book while it lays under my hands.
” She closed the book , and after a few moments she reopened it and found her name , “ Frances Wallace , ” written on the top of the first page .
In this cursed book , Wallace taught that human evolution is a process that encompasses both biology and spirit ; that man is evolving physically and spiritually into a higher being .
“ Survival of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both biological evolution and spiritual evolution .
A man could not only be superior in his biological evolutionary state , but in his spiritual state as well .
He wrote : The “ fittest ” beings of the human species , to Wallace , progress to a higher , superior spiritual plane than inferior beings .
Superiority is not only obtained biologically , but religiously .
For Wallace and those like him , the “ selected ” beings — the “ fittest ” that is — progress in the evolutionary process into a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ human , high in the sphere of biological fitness , and lofty in his state of intellectual and spiritual disposition , the perfect human who has obtained the impeccable state of consciousness .
Both Wallace and Darwin envisaged a utopia caused by the elimination of those deemed “ inferior , ” and the evolution of the “ superior ” towards superhumanity ; they both lamented that this process was not being facilitated .
In 1890 , Wallace recounted : That Darwin observed that this progression towards a society of perfect humans was impossible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ theory of evolution was not advocated on the basis of a sincere desire for truth .
For if it was indeed truth , it would take place without humans forcing it .
Evolutionism was promoted , not for the cause of truth , but for the seizing of power ; for the creation of a dark , dismal , mechanical and despotic society , in which the pompous , filled with a perception of power , conduct genocide on the meek , the humble , the holders of the Faith , the holders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lies is at war .
But we can forever recount and present quotes proving Darwin ’ s racism , these Left-wing fanatics will never turn on the statue of Darwin ; for it is not about fighting racism , but about a pursuit to power and domination and the restructuring of American society for the cause of jacobin insanity .
Moreover , the fact that the Left upholds people like Darwin , Margaret Sanger , and philosophers like Nietzsche and Heidegger ( who was a major philosophical supporter of the Nazis ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ones that would definitely manifest into an animal fury filled with violence and mayhem .

By Theodore Shoebat
The United States is in the midst of a torrent of vicious and insatiable hatred against statues, a demonstration of Left-wing iconoclastic fury that knows no reason nor bounds. Of course, they are attacking statues that represent American culture and heritage, and want to keep and erect images that symbolize their own chaotic mentality. Make no mistake, what these people are fighting against is not as significant as what they are fighting for. The target of their vitriol is not racism, as they so claim; for if that were the case, they would be tripping on each other’s toes to tear down the statue of Charles Darwin — the patriarch of scientific racism — that still sits in the Suzzallo Library at University of Washington, Seattle.
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No one has defaced, graffitied or vandalized this statue. Yet, its in the middle of one of the most Left-wing cities on earth, and it remains untouched in the midst of Leftist fury against ‘racist’ statues.
If you truly hated racism, then why not remove the statue of the one who would provide the foundational principles for eugenics and Darwinism which would give the underpinnings for so many genocides and crimes, such as the mass murder of tens of thousands of Africans in Namibia by Germany, the murders of Aboriginals by Australian head hunters who captured and decapitate Aboriginals so that their heads could be ‘examined’ for ‘science’; and of course, there is the Holocaust committed by the Nazis who were zealous followers of the creed of ‘survival of the fittest.’ In fact, Darwinism has influenced every statement, every ideology, government and every movement that has pushed or pushes for the idea of a biological inferiority of a particular race, and the superiority of another race. These fanatics want to remove statues of prominent Confederate figures because the Confederacy was racist. The Confederacy was indeed racist and had as its foundational principle the belief that the White man was superior to the Black man, and it referenced ‘science’ as its authority for this. But, it was Darwinism that provided this perceived authority. Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, declared on the foundations of the Confederacy:
its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition. [Applause.] This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth. This truth has been slow in the process of its development, like all other truths in the various departments of science.
Which “science” was Stephens speaking of? historian and political scientist Harry Jaffa, in his book A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War:
Stephens compares the great scientific discovery in regard to the Negro to the discoveries of Galileo, Adam Smith, and Harvey. He does not name the discoverer of Negro inferiority, nor does he even hint at what evidence had supposed this great discovery. One can only surmise that Darwin’s Origin of Species, published in 1859, may have been on his mind.
If the anger towards statues was really about racism, then why aren’t these fanatics removing the statue of Darwin who said:
“At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world the savage races. At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Professor Schaaffhausen has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated. The break will then be rendered wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilised state as we may hope, than the Caucasian and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as at present between the negro or Australian and the gorilla.”
“I could show fight on natural selection having done and doing more for the progress of civilization than you seem inclined to admit. Remember what risk the nations of Europe ran, not so many centuries ago of being overwhelmed by the Turks, and how ridiculous such an idea now is! The more civilised so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turkish hollow in the struggle for existence. Looking to the world at no very distant date, what an endless number of the lower races will have been eliminated by the higher civilized races throughout the world.”
“western nations of Europe … now so immeasurably surpass their former savage progenitors and stand at the summit of civilization”
“From the remotest times successful tribes have supplanted other tribes. … At the present day civilised nations are everywhere supplanting barbarous nations”
Regardless of all of these racist and eugenist statements, the Left still upholds Darwin as though he some sort of saint for their “enlightened” society. To inquire more into the thought of Darwin, let us look to one of his main allies, Alfred Russel Wallace, and what Darwin would later confide to him regarding his beliefs on eugenics.
Before Darwin had his book, On the Origin of Species, published, there was a man who was close to him, who had conceived of the idea of evolutionism, his name was Alfred Russel Wallace, and not only was he an evolutionist, but an occultist as well. Being deeply entrenched in the idea of philosophical biology, Wallace was greatly pulled, while under strong delusion, to read Malthus’ essay on population. He was a diabolically possessed individual, suffering from hallucinations and other dark visions. In his chaotic hallucinations during his stay in the Malay Archipelago, he would begin to imagine that he was having a conversation with Charles Darwin, or times with the French naturalist, Jean-Baptist Lamarck, about evolution and natural selection. “All species have evolved,” Wallace would say in his delusional and shaking voice, with his face covered with sweat, “adapted and mutated. All living organisms have descended from earlier forms.”
While in his hut, Wallace recounted, “somehow my thoughts turned,” he wrote, to Malthus’ book on population, which he had read fourteen years earlier in Leicester. He continued to write in his recounting of this contemplation on Malthus, and how he inspired him in his acceptance of Social-Darwinism:
“it occurred to to ask the question, Why do some die and some live? And the answer was clearly, that on the whole the best fitted survive. From the effects of disease the most healthy escaped; from enemies, the strongest, the swiftest, or the most cunning; from famine, the best hunters or those with the best digestion; and so on. Then it suddenly flashed upon me that this self-acting process would necessarily improve the race, because in every generation the inferior would inevitably be killed off and the superior would remain — that is, the fittest would survive. Then at once I seemed to see the whole effect of this. … The more I thought over it the more I became convinced that I had at length found the long-sought-for law of nature that solved the problem of the origin of species.”
Wallace was also an extreme heretic, following the teachings of David Friedrich Strauss, that the miracles of Christ were merely myths that grew from rumors that naturally were said about all great men of the past. (94) Other than being a heretic, he was a firm believer in occultism and partook in spiritism, necromancy and the ouija board. He put out a book in 1866 entitled, The Scientific Aspect of the Supernatural. Wallace had one hundred copies of the book printed out, and reserved twenty five copies for his friends. These reserved copies, wrapped with paper, sat in the study of Wallace’s sister, Frances, who was supposed to distribute them to her brother’s friends. But she neglected them for several days, thinking that she would eventually give them away when she had the time. One day she left the study for a few minutes and when she returned she saw that the books were scattered about the room. Frances, frightened, called her friend, Agnes Nichol, who summoned a spirit through a ouija board to seek the answer as to why the volumes had been scattered about. “One for my sister Frances, I have marked it,” said the spirit. Frances picked up a copy and began flipping through the pages. She found red crayon marks on some of the pages and believed that they were made by the spirit. “If you could do this while the book was shut up,” said Frances to the spirit, “you could write my name in this book while it lays under my hands.” She closed the book, and after a few moments she reopened it and found her name, “Frances Wallace,” written on the top of the first page.
In this cursed book, Wallace taught that human evolution is a process that encompasses both biology and spirit; that man is evolving physically and spiritually into a higher being. “Survival of the fittest” was something that entailed both biological evolution and spiritual evolution. A man could not only be superior in his biological evolutionary state, but in his spiritual state as well. He wrote:
“The organic world has been carried on to a high state of development, and has been ever kept in harmony with the forces of external nature, by the grand law of “survival of the fittest” acting upon ever varying organisations. In the spiritual world, the law of the “progression of the fittest” takes its place, and carries on in unbroken continuity that development of the human mind which has been commenced here.” (96)
The “fittest” beings of the human species, to Wallace, progress to a higher, superior spiritual plane than inferior beings. Superiority is not only obtained biologically, but religiously. For Wallace and those like him, the “selected” beings — the “fittest” that is — progress in the evolutionary process into a form of ubermensch, an ideal superior human, high in the sphere of biological fitness, and lofty in his state of intellectual and spiritual disposition, the perfect human who has obtained the impeccable state of consciousness. Both Wallace and Darwin envisaged a utopia caused by the elimination of those deemed “inferior,” and the evolution of the “superior” towards superhumanity; they both lamented that this process was not being facilitated. In 1890, Wallace recounted:
“In one of my last conversations with Darwin he expressed himself very gloomily on the future of humanity, on the ground that in our modern civilization natural selection had no play, and the fittest did not survive. Those who succeeded the race for wealth are by no means the best or the most intelligent, and it is notorious that our population is more largely renewed in each generation from the lower than from the middle and upper classes.”
That Darwin observed that this progression towards a society of perfect humans was impossible without governmental facilitation, shows that the theory of evolution was not advocated on the basis of a sincere desire for truth. For if it was indeed truth, it would take place without humans forcing it. Evolutionism was promoted, not for the cause of truth, but for the seizing of power; for the creation of a dark, dismal, mechanical and despotic society, in which the pompous, filled with a perception of power, conduct genocide on the meek, the humble, the holders of the Faith, the holders of humanity against whom the father of lies is at war.
But we can forever recount and present quotes proving Darwin’s racism, these Left-wing fanatics will never turn on the statue of Darwin; for it is not about fighting racism, but about a pursuit to power and domination and the restructuring of American society for the cause of jacobin insanity. Moreover, the fact that the Left upholds people like Darwin, Margaret Sanger, and philosophers like Nietzsche and Heidegger (who was a major philosophical supporter of the Nazis), is symptomatic of their own Darwinist tendencies, ones that would definitely manifest into an animal fury filled with violence and mayhem.
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shoebat--2020-07-07--In 2016 It Was “Build The Wall”, Now It’s ‘Save The Statues’

In 2016 , President Trump boldly proclaimed among many things that he would “ Build the wall ” to finally resolve the migration and border issues that have been such a serious political issue for so many .
Instead , and regardless of what one holds about the matter , the fact is that Trump did nothing about the situation , as with most of his promises .
This was the real scandal- instead of giving a “ yes ” or “ no ” answer , he refused to answer , tried to say other people were the problem , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This persistent pattern of failure is what has made so many people despise Trump , especially from his own base .
Now in 2020 , not only have both campaigns considerably lacked energy ( indeed there is more energy in a shuffleboard tournament in a retired persons ’ home than in the current election ) , but instead of “ build the wall ” ( a powerful , evocative phrase ) , Trump ’ s campaign is promising to ‘ save the statues ’ with pictures of the statue of Christ the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reports .
President Donald Trump ’ s determination to preserve iconic statues and monuments is so profound and all consuming that he ’ s apparently extending his policy abroad .
In a round of new digital ads , the Trump re-elect asks people to support the president as he stands up to the angry mobs trying to tear down iconic memorials .
In one specific ad , the endangered statue that the campaign spotlights happens to be the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .
“ The President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against the Radical Left , ” declared dozens of ads run over the weekend on pages for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence .
The ads featured a graphic with an image of the Christ the Redeemer statue above the text , “ WE WILL PROTECT THIS.
” The photo appears to have come from an online database of free stock images .
The ads , which ran on Facebook and Instagram , come as the Trump campaign is increasingly focused on the destruction and removal of historic monuments and statues by protesters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Jim Crow era but others tied to colonial America and even some honoring abolitionist and civil-rights icons .
Trump focused significant attention on the matter during a speech at Mount Rushmore over the Fourth of July weekend .
Unlike the statues Trump and his team have focused on to date , though , Christ the Redeemer is not in the United States .
There ’ s no indication that the 125-foot sculpture , which sits at the peak of Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio , is at risk of vandalism or removal .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump or Pence might go about protecting it if it were threatened , which , again , it does not appear to be .
There have been demonstrations against other famous likenesses of Jesus Christ around the world ; in India , Hindu nationalists recently protested plans for a new statue that could rival Christ the Redeemer in size .
But the Brazilian statue doesn ’ t appear to have been targeted .
Indeed , it ’ s been used instead to promote messages of unity and perseverance as Brazil reels from a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Trump has vowed to protect statues of Jesus Christ in the United States , and has railed against calls from some progressives , notably a one-time spokesperson for Sen. Bernie Sanders ’ ( I-VT ) presidential campaign , to remove or replace Christian imagery .
It was not immediately clear whether the Trump campaign was aware that the image it chose for its Facebook ads over the weekend showed a statue in another country .
According to Facebook political ad data , the Trump Make America Great Again Committee , a joint @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Republican National Committee , paid between $ 14,000 and $ 22,000 to promote 67 versions of the ad on Facebook and Instagram .
The ads , which began running on Friday and are now inactive , were viewed between 930,000 and 1.1 million times , according to Facebook data .
( source ) Nobody should actually believe that Trump is going to do anything .
If he refused to fulfill basic campaign promises before , it is doubtful he will do this for anything in the future .
What is his plan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a plan .
He does not have anything .
Rather , this is a shameless ploy for votes from the Boomer bloc , since Boomers are the only remaining generation of Americans with any serious interest at all in Christianity .
Millennials certainly do not care about religion much , Zoomers even less , and the Alphas , who can not vote but are growing up now , are the absolute most atheistic , heathen , and godless generation of Americans yet to exist .
Given the trends developing , it would not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but in particular the youngest upon reaching maturity , would also pull down churches and statues out of a hatred of religion and God because they have nothing .
The current 2020 election is as ridiculous as the course of events has been .
At this point , one might as well ( noting the words of Justice Clarence Thomas ) give electoral votes to Frodo Baggins , and likewise nominate the cartoon character Cotton Hill , father of Hank Hill from the “ King of the Hill ” TV series , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be funny to watch , and he would probably do what he promised .
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In 2016, President Trump boldly proclaimed among many things that he would “Build the wall” to finally resolve the migration and border issues that have been such a serious political issue for so many. Instead, and regardless of what one holds about the matter, the fact is that Trump did nothing about the situation, as with most of his promises. This was the real scandal- instead of giving a “yes” or “no” answer, he refused to answer, tried to say other people were the problem, and then run away from the issue.
This persistent pattern of failure is what has made so many people despise Trump, especially from his own base. Now in 2020, not only have both campaigns considerably lacked energy (indeed there is more energy in a shuffleboard tournament in a retired persons’ home than in the current election), but instead of “build the wall” (a powerful, evocative phrase), Trump’s campaign is promising to ‘save the statues’ with pictures of the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil as the Daily Beast reports.
President Donald Trump’s determination to preserve iconic statues and monuments is so profound and all consuming that he’s apparently extending his policy abroad. In a round of new digital ads, the Trump re-elect asks people to support the president as he stands up to the angry mobs trying to tear down iconic memorials. In one specific ad, the endangered statue that the campaign spotlights happens to be the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “The President wants to know who stood with him against the Radical Left,” declared dozens of ads run over the weekend on pages for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. The ads featured a graphic with an image of the Christ the Redeemer statue above the text, “WE WILL PROTECT THIS.” The photo appears to have come from an online database of free stock images. The ads, which ran on Facebook and Instagram, come as the Trump campaign is increasingly focused on the destruction and removal of historic monuments and statues by protesters around the country—many of them relics of the Jim Crow era but others tied to colonial America and even some honoring abolitionist and civil-rights icons. Trump focused significant attention on the matter during a speech at Mount Rushmore over the Fourth of July weekend. Unlike the statues Trump and his team have focused on to date, though, Christ the Redeemer is not in the United States. There’s no indication that the 125-foot sculpture, which sits at the peak of Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio, is at risk of vandalism or removal. It’s also not clear how Trump or Pence might go about protecting it if it were threatened, which, again, it does not appear to be. There have been demonstrations against other famous likenesses of Jesus Christ around the world; in India, Hindu nationalists recently protested plans for a new statue that could rival Christ the Redeemer in size. But the Brazilian statue doesn’t appear to have been targeted. Indeed, it’s been used instead to promote messages of unity and perseverance as Brazil reels from a huge outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Trump has vowed to protect statues of Jesus Christ in the United States, and has railed against calls from some progressives, notably a one-time spokesperson for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) presidential campaign, to remove or replace Christian imagery. It was not immediately clear whether the Trump campaign was aware that the image it chose for its Facebook ads over the weekend showed a statue in another country. According to Facebook political ad data, the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, a joint fundraising account for the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, paid between $14,000 and $22,000 to promote 67 versions of the ad on Facebook and Instagram. The ads, which began running on Friday and are now inactive, were viewed between 930,000 and 1.1 million times, according to Facebook data. (source)
Nobody should actually believe that Trump is going to do anything. If he refused to fulfill basic campaign promises before, it is doubtful he will do this for anything in the future.
What is his plan? Indeed, Trump does not have a plan. He does not have anything. Rather, this is a shameless ploy for votes from the Boomer bloc, since Boomers are the only remaining generation of Americans with any serious interest at all in Christianity. Millennials certainly do not care about religion much, Zoomers even less, and the Alphas, who cannot vote but are growing up now, are the absolute most atheistic, heathen, and godless generation of Americans yet to exist. Given the trends developing, it would not be a surprise if all three, but in particular the youngest upon reaching maturity, would also pull down churches and statues out of a hatred of religion and God because they have nothing.
The current 2020 election is as ridiculous as the course of events has been. At this point, one might as well (noting the words of Justice Clarence Thomas) give electoral votes to Frodo Baggins, and likewise nominate the cartoon character Cotton Hill, father of Hank Hill from the “King of the Hill” TV series, for President.
At least Cotton Hill would be funny to watch, and he would probably do what he promised.
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shoebat--2020-07-07--Greeks And Russians Voice Protests As Sultan Aspirant Erdogan Moves To Turn Hagia Sophia Back Into A

Greeks And Russians Voice Protests As Sultan Aspirant Erdogan Moves To Turn Hagia Sophia Back Into A Mosque

The place where the Hagia Sophia is located has been used as a church since 360 , but after the construction of the particular church in 537 , for over 900 years it was used as a church until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 , at which point it was turned and used as a mosque until the overthrow of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of the modern Turkish republic , in which it was turned into a museum in 1935 .
However , with President Erdogan aspiring to the classical ideals and possibly title of “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Islamization of Turkish society , he is pushing to have to museum and church transformed back into a mosque , which Zero Hedge reports from the Greek Times and the Russian TASS that both Greece and Russia are voicing major protests .
Greece and Turkey are once again at odds over the fate of one of Christendom ’ s largest and oldest churches , built under Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the 6th century , and surviving changing empires throughout history .
The Church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was – prior to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Constantinople ’ s most famous church and center of the Orthodox Christian world .
Under the modern Turkish state it ’ s gone from mosque to museum to ‘ protected ’ UNESCO world heritage site , despite still being considered by Greece and Greek visitors , as well as Russian pilgrims , a church .
But now Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and lawmakers are eyeing changing its status back to a mosque , which has outraged Athens .
Russia has also chimed in , with both the Kremlin and Russian Orthodox Patriarch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hagia Sophia into a mosque .
“ We by all means hope that Hagia Sophia ’ s status as a world heritage site will be taken into consideration , ” a Kremlin spokesman said Monday .
“ Of course , this is a world masterpiece beloved by tourists coming to Turkey from all over the world and especially by tourists from Russia who not only recognize Hagia Sophia ’ s tourist value but also it ’ s sacred spiritual value , ” he added .
Turkey ’ s top court is said to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are still multiple tens of thousands of indigenous Christians in Istanbul and in parts of Anatolia , mostly Greek , Syriac , and and some few remnant Armenian Christians .
These ancient communities say Erdogan has newly unleashed a war on Turkey ’ s Christians .
The Russian Orthodox Church slammed the potential Turkish move as “ unacceptable ” and a “ violation of religious freedom ” .
The statement said : “ We can ’ t go back to the Middle Ages now ” — referencing centuries where Ottoman policy severely suppressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has unleashed a storm on social media , which has included those against turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque envisioning it as a church once again : ( source ) The question truly is , will this actually mean anything , and the answer is likely no .
Greece is not even a paper tiger , because she is so disorganized she does not know where her papers are , even her bank papers .
She has a lot of history but is broke , impoverished , and just weak , a far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sparta ” that so many people , especially in right-leaning political circles , fantasize about from movies .
Turkey is the eighth most powerful military in the world and the second largest in Europe .
Indeed , Greece is but feed corn for the Turkish military juggernaut that will not be easily stopped .
Russia is lauded by many as a sort of “ Christian savior ” , but the “ Christian ” whose leader and state-sanctioned Church have such a fawning adoration for the atheist mass-murderer Stalin is about as pious or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Catholic Church to honor Garibaldi , Mazzini , or Mussolini .
Besides , Christianity is largely associated with political affiliations in Russia as opposed to actual belief , and those who believe are mostly old and dying , since most people do not believe in anything and for those people who do have a religion and seriously practice it , Islam is not just the major religion , but it is the Muslim regions ( such as Tartarstan ) that often constitute what little “ middle class ” there is that exists in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population is growing while the Christian population is declining , and in spite of his language , he works very hard to win and keep the support of the Russian Muslims , many who are of Turkic stock and naturally have sympathies for ethnic , historical , and cultural reasons with their Ottoman kinsmen or co-religionists .
It will be interesting to see if Greece or Turkey do anything other than to register protests .
However , from the way it seems and knowing history , plus the fact that Turkey is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ German support if she going to be able to successfully keep American influence against her , and possibly a loss to the US from taking place , it is likely this will be like many political statements , which are a bunch of words and photo opportunities to be forgotten later .
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The place where the Hagia Sophia is located has been used as a church since 360, but after the construction of the particular church in 537, for over 900 years it was used as a church until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, at which point it was turned and used as a mosque until the overthrow of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of the modern Turkish republic, in which it was turned into a museum in 1935. However, with President Erdogan aspiring to the classical ideals and possibly title of “Sultan” and his push for the Islamization of Turkish society, he is pushing to have to museum and church transformed back into a mosque, which Zero Hedge reports from the Greek Times and the Russian TASS that both Greece and Russia are voicing major protests.
Greece and Turkey are once again at odds over the fate of one of Christendom’s largest and oldest churches, built under Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the 6th century, and surviving changing empires throughout history. The Church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was – prior to the Turkish takeover of Byzantium in 1453 – Constantinople’s most famous church and center of the Orthodox Christian world. Under the modern Turkish state it’s gone from mosque to museum to ‘protected’ UNESCO world heritage site, despite still being considered by Greece and Greek visitors, as well as Russian pilgrims, a church. But now Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and lawmakers are eyeing changing its status back to a mosque, which has outraged Athens. Russia has also chimed in, with both the Kremlin and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill condemning any potential move to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque. “We by all means hope that Hagia Sophia’s status as a world heritage site will be taken into consideration,” a Kremlin spokesman said Monday. “Of course, this is a world masterpiece beloved by tourists coming to Turkey from all over the world and especially by tourists from Russia who not only recognize Hagia Sophia’s tourist value but also it’s sacred spiritual value,” he added. Turkey’s top court is said to still be debating the move. There are still multiple tens of thousands of indigenous Christians in Istanbul and in parts of Anatolia, mostly Greek, Syriac, and and some few remnant Armenian Christians. These ancient communities say Erdogan has newly unleashed a war on Turkey’s Christians. The Russian Orthodox Church slammed the potential Turkish move as “unacceptable” and a “violation of religious freedom”. The statement said: “We can’t go back to the Middle Ages now” — referencing centuries where Ottoman policy severely suppressed Christians throughout Asia Minor. The controversy has unleashed a storm on social media, which has included those against turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque envisioning it as a church once again: (source)
The question truly is, will this actually mean anything, and the answer is likely no.
Greece is not even a paper tiger, because she is so disorganized she does not know where her papers are, even her bank papers. She has a lot of history but is broke, impoverished, and just weak, a far shadow from the ancient ideals of “Sparta” that so many people, especially in right-leaning political circles, fantasize about from movies. Turkey is the eighth most powerful military in the world and the second largest in Europe. Indeed, Greece is but feed corn for the Turkish military juggernaut that will not be easily stopped.
Russia is lauded by many as a sort of “Christian savior”, but the “Christian” whose leader and state-sanctioned Church have such a fawning adoration for the atheist mass-murderer Stalin is about as pious or Christian as it would be for the Catholic Church to honor Garibaldi, Mazzini, or Mussolini. Besides, Christianity is largely associated with political affiliations in Russia as opposed to actual belief, and those who believe are mostly old and dying, since most people do not believe in anything and for those people who do have a religion and seriously practice it, Islam is not just the major religion, but it is the Muslim regions (such as Tartarstan) that often constitute what little “middle class” there is that exists in Russia. Putin knows that the Muslim population is growing while the Christian population is declining, and in spite of his language, he works very hard to win and keep the support of the Russian Muslims, many who are of Turkic stock and naturally have sympathies for ethnic, historical, and cultural reasons with their Ottoman kinsmen or co-religionists.
It will be interesting to see if Greece or Turkey do anything other than to register protests. However, from the way it seems and knowing history, plus the fact that Turkey is a main ally of Germany and Russia needs German support if she going to be able to successfully keep American influence against her, and possibly a loss to the US from taking place, it is likely this will be like many political statements, which are a bunch of words and photo opportunities to be forgotten later.
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