shoebat--2020-09-22--Trump Shows Signs Of Concerning Behavior In Interviews With Major American Journalist

According to the American Psychological Association in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual , which is the official manual used for diagnosing mental health issues , a person has narcissistic personality disorder if he has five of the nine or more traits : -A grandiose sense of self-importance -A preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success , power , brilliance , beauty , or ideal love -A belief that he or she is special and unique and can only be understood by , or should associate with , other special or high-status people or institutions -A need for excessive admiration -A sense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of empathy -Envy of others or a belief that others are envious of him or her -A demonstration of arrogant and haughty behaviors or attitudes It is difficult to argue , based on watching Trump ’ s behavior over the years and now that he has been president for the past four years , that he may not have such , for he has shown strong indications of all nine characteristics over an extended period of time .
It is not uncharitable , or an exaggeration to suggest that , from a purely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Trump may have a serious case of narcissistic personality disorder .
A lot of people have brought attention to this issue because there are a lot of people who are concerned about him .
Such another example of this behavior was seen recently as an article from the Washington Post via Chron noted , in which Trump bragged about his appointment of justices to the courts and compared himself to George Washington .
Now , as Trump prepares to announce a nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those interviews reveal a president animated about remaking the courts and working with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-Ky. , to appoint conservative judges .
Some of the conversations were chronicled in Woodward ’ s new book , “ Rage , ” while audio recordings of others were obtained by The Washington Post .
In a mid-December interview with Woodward , Trump boasted that he and McConnell “ have broken every record ” on judges , saying the issue is the majority leader ’ s top priority .
“ You know what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the whole world ?
His judges , ” Trump enthuses , explaining that faced with a choice between pushing 10 ambassadors or a single judge through the Senate , “ he will absolutely ask me , ‘ Please , let ’ s get the judge approved instead of 10 ambassadors.
’ ” In January , the president bragged that he had installed 187 judges to the federal bench – making 1 in 4 circuit court judges a Trump appointee – and two to the Supreme Court .
“ The only one that has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because he appointed 100 % , ” Trump told Woodward , a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Washington Post associate editor .
“ But my percentage is , you know , like , ridiculous.
” During a May interview , Trump also crowed about how President Barack Obama had left him more than 100 court vacancies to fill when he took office , referring to them as “ golden nuggets.
” The numerous judicial slots Trump was able to fill upon entering the White House were a result of McConnell ’ s deliberate effort @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nominees – reducing the confirmation of judges to the slowest rate in more than 60 years .
( source ) As noted , this is an interesting time because the death of Justice Ginsburg so close to a presidential election makes for a more interesting political show than what one might expect .
In other words , grab the popcorn and a soda , because things are about to get fun .
Now I recently discussed Woodward ’ s new book , and while I have not read it myself , and regardless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Woodward , the man is a respected journalist with a distinguished history and record .
One may or may not like him , but he can not be written off as a simple fool or a pointless name .
What he says does carry weight in the world of academia and politics , and when he notes that Trump is making bold comments about himself and his actions and how it concerns him , it should be considered seriously .
I have also noted in the past that Trump has shown contempt for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was publicly rebuked by major justices in the Supreme Court for threatening the integrity of the courts and with it , the stability of the judicial process by trying to “ bully ” his way outside of the process with the excuse that he is the president and his concerns therefore are more important than other cases .
Now we see here Trump turning back to the court system and lauding it , not because he appreciates the process , but because he attributes what he sees as positive changes in it to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much that he is willing to compare himself to major American heroes .
This is not helping the court system .
Indeed , the opening up of any justice seat is a serious matter , and especially when it comes to a Supreme Court justice .
The greatness of a president is not in the volume of justices appointed , but the quality , and given Trump ’ s behavior , volume would theoretically work against him , for since he has shown himself to be generally feckless in keeping his promises to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is natural to suspect that he would not do such for larger things .
It is what I have been warning about .
Trump has been given multiple chances , and it is almost each time he shows himself by choice to be the opposite of what the people wanted in him .
Trump , for his part , has raged against Woodward and the book , trashing them both in campaign rallies and tweets .
“ Bob Woodward ’ s badly written book is very boring & totally ‘ obsolete , ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dismissing the author as “ just another tired , washed up Trump Hater.
” On judges , Trump – who has made more than 20,000 false or misleading statements during his presidency – has frequently overstated the number of judges he has named to the bench .
In a March interview with Woodward , he claimed that he had just signed his 220th judge and expected to be at “ 260 , 270 , maybe even 280 , maybe even 300 ” by the end of his first term .
As of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Trump ’ s judges .
Still , remaking the bench with conservatives is one of Trump ’ s key accomplishments , so much so that Woodward responded with a joke : “ Maybe they ’ ll put a statue of you outside the Supreme Court.
” Woodward ’ s comedic remarks are well-deserved , and also have an important point- that Trump needs to tone down his statements .
It is very upsetting that Trump has made such untrue statements , and while some may be debatable , many are not , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has become characteristic of Trump ’ s behavior and presidency .
Trump was not elected to brag about himself .
He was elected to represent the people and help guide the country in a difficult time .
His arguably unexpected and unique circumstances of his election allotted him a chance given to few in history to make wrong things right and to fix problems that needed to be addressed , for while Trump is not perfect , he had the chance to mitigate the full effect of decades of bad decisions .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , his position has served only to puff up his already inflated ego and to make matters worse .
As I have noted , his money-printing in response to the financial effects of COVID-19 is precipitating a future hyperinflationary scenario , especially as more money was spent on that bill than in all the budget for 2019 .
Obama , as much criticism as he deserves , never did anything to that extent , and thus Trump ’ s betrayal is not only to the country , but to his own party and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into office .
This does note even touch on how the stipulations for many of the corporations who took bailout money guarantee a government stake in those corporations , which in a silent way implemented fascism as a policy without it being publicly stated or understood to the public .
This is also not to say that Biden is good , or that I support him .
The only charitable thing that can be said about Biden is that his statements and actions , love them or hate them , are clear and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same can not be said about Trump , who publicly promoted one view and convinced people to support him , and then did the opposite while still claiming he fulfilled his original views , and then criticizes those who point this out .
Trump ’ s narcissistic behavior , one may say , borders on a veritable attack on the sanity of his own supporters and critics .
This latest collection of his remarks about his work on the courts is just an extension of this behavior .
It is ultimately not about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s opinions , but the fact that for all of the criticism that is rightly thrown at Biden , Trump shows a like dangerous sign in his own self-assurance to the point of recklessness and even daring to risk wrecking the rule of law .
As the article later notes , when Trump was talking with Woodward about a ruling on the Supreme Court which he disagreed with , The bold emphasis is mine , and it speaks for itself .
Regardless of what candidate one supports , it is always important to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for good and for bad .
Politicians are human beings with faults and good points too .
However , the continued polarization of American politics where candidates are elevated into cults of personality prevents many from taking a balanced approach when looking at men for who they are in their totality , yet it is in such contentious periods of history when this is most needed .
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According to the American Psychological Association in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which is the official manual used for diagnosing mental health issues, a person has narcissistic personality disorder if he has five of the nine or more traits:
-A grandiose sense of self-importance
-A preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
-A belief that he or she is special and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people or institutions
-A need for excessive admiration
-A sense of entitlement
-Interpersonally exploitive behavior
-A lack of empathy
-Envy of others or a belief that others are envious of him or her
-A demonstration of arrogant and haughty behaviors or attitudes
It is difficult to argue, based on watching Trump’s behavior over the years and now that he has been president for the past four years, that he may not have such, for he has shown strong indications of all nine characteristics over an extended period of time. It is not uncharitable, or an exaggeration to suggest that, from a purely objective view based on the above criteria, Trump may have a serious case of narcissistic personality disorder.
A lot of people have brought attention to this issue because there are a lot of people who are concerned about him. Such another example of this behavior was seen recently as an article from the Washington Post via Chron noted, in which Trump bragged about his appointment of justices to the courts and compared himself to George Washington.
Now, as Trump prepares to announce a nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday night at age 87, those interviews reveal a president animated about remaking the courts and working with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to appoint conservative judges. Some of the conversations were chronicled in Woodward’s new book, “Rage,” while audio recordings of others were obtained by The Washington Post. In a mid-December interview with Woodward, Trump boasted that he and McConnell “have broken every record” on judges, saying the issue is the majority leader’s top priority. “You know what Mitch’s biggest thing is in the whole world? His judges,” Trump enthuses, explaining that faced with a choice between pushing 10 ambassadors or a single judge through the Senate, “he will absolutely ask me, ‘Please, let’s get the judge approved instead of 10 ambassadors.’ ” In January, the president bragged that he had installed 187 judges to the federal bench – making 1 in 4 circuit court judges a Trump appointee – and two to the Supreme Court. “The only one that has a better percentage is George Washington, because he appointed 100%,” Trump told Woodward, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Washington Post associate editor. “But my percentage is, you know, like, ridiculous.” During a May interview, Trump also crowed about how President Barack Obama had left him more than 100 court vacancies to fill when he took office, referring to them as “golden nuggets.” The numerous judicial slots Trump was able to fill upon entering the White House were a result of McConnell’s deliberate effort to block and delay Obama’s nominees – reducing the confirmation of judges to the slowest rate in more than 60 years. (source)
As noted, this is an interesting time because the death of Justice Ginsburg so close to a presidential election makes for a more interesting political show than what one might expect. In other words, grab the popcorn and a soda, because things are about to get fun.
Now I recently discussed Woodward’s new book, and while I have not read it myself, and regardless of one’s opinions on Mr. Woodward, the man is a respected journalist with a distinguished history and record. One may or may not like him, but he cannot be written off as a simple fool or a pointless name. What he says does carry weight in the world of academia and politics, and when he notes that Trump is making bold comments about himself and his actions and how it concerns him, it should be considered seriously.
I have also noted in the past that Trump has shown contempt for the judicial system, in which he was publicly rebuked by major justices in the Supreme Court for threatening the integrity of the courts and with it, the stability of the judicial process by trying to “bully” his way outside of the process with the excuse that he is the president and his concerns therefore are more important than other cases.
Now we see here Trump turning back to the court system and lauding it, not because he appreciates the process, but because he attributes what he sees as positive changes in it to himself and his actions, and so much that he is willing to compare himself to major American heroes.
This is not helping the court system. Indeed, the opening up of any justice seat is a serious matter, and especially when it comes to a Supreme Court justice. The greatness of a president is not in the volume of justices appointed, but the quality, and given Trump’s behavior, volume would theoretically work against him, for since he has shown himself to be generally feckless in keeping his promises to his base on small issues, it is natural to suspect that he would not do such for larger things.
It is what I have been warning about. Trump has been given multiple chances, and it is almost each time he shows himself by choice to be the opposite of what the people wanted in him.
Trump, for his part, has raged against Woodward and the book, trashing them both in campaign rallies and tweets. “Bob Woodward’s badly written book is very boring & totally ‘obsolete,’ ” Trump wrote in one tweet, dismissing the author as “just another tired, washed up Trump Hater.” On judges, Trump – who has made more than 20,000 false or misleading statements during his presidency – has frequently overstated the number of judges he has named to the bench. In a March interview with Woodward, he claimed that he had just signed his 220th judge and expected to be at “260, 270, maybe even 280, maybe even 300” by the end of his first term. As of this week, the Senate has confirmed 216 of Trump’s judges. Still, remaking the bench with conservatives is one of Trump’s key accomplishments, so much so that Woodward responded with a joke: “Maybe they’ll put a statue of you outside the Supreme Court.”
Woodward’s comedic remarks are well-deserved, and also have an important point- that Trump needs to tone down his statements.
It is very upsetting that Trump has made such untrue statements, and while some may be debatable, many are not, and have the sense of arrogance that has become characteristic of Trump’s behavior and presidency.
Trump was not elected to brag about himself. He was elected to represent the people and help guide the country in a difficult time. His arguably unexpected and unique circumstances of his election allotted him a chance given to few in history to make wrong things right and to fix problems that needed to be addressed, for while Trump is not perfect, he had the chance to mitigate the full effect of decades of bad decisions.
But he did not do this. Instead, his position has served only to puff up his already inflated ego and to make matters worse. As I have noted, his money-printing in response to the financial effects of COVID-19 is precipitating a future hyperinflationary scenario, especially as more money was spent on that bill than in all the budget for 2019. Obama, as much criticism as he deserves, never did anything to that extent, and thus Trump’s betrayal is not only to the country, but to his own party and the promises he made which brought him into office. This does note even touch on how the stipulations for many of the corporations who took bailout money guarantee a government stake in those corporations, which in a silent way implemented fascism as a policy without it being publicly stated or understood to the public.
This is also not to say that Biden is good, or that I support him. The only charitable thing that can be said about Biden is that his statements and actions, love them or hate them, are clear and consistent for all to see. The same cannot be said about Trump, who publicly promoted one view and convinced people to support him, and then did the opposite while still claiming he fulfilled his original views, and then criticizes those who point this out.
Trump’s narcissistic behavior, one may say, borders on a veritable attack on the sanity of his own supporters and critics. This latest collection of his remarks about his work on the courts is just an extension of this behavior.
It is ultimately not about the courts, or even Trump’s opinions, but the fact that for all of the criticism that is rightly thrown at Biden, Trump shows a like dangerous sign in his own self-assurance to the point of recklessness and even daring to risk wrecking the rule of law. As the article later notes, when Trump was talking with Woodward about a ruling on the Supreme Court which he disagreed with,
“Well, maybe you can appoint yourself,” Woodward joked. “I am what’s good for the people,” Trump responded. “All people. So, you know, that’s where I am.”
The bold emphasis is mine, and it speaks for itself.
Regardless of what candidate one supports, it is always important to have a balanced view of him, for good and for bad. Politicians are human beings with faults and good points too. However, the continued polarization of American politics where candidates are elevated into cults of personality prevents many from taking a balanced approach when looking at men for who they are in their totality, yet it is in such contentious periods of history when this is most needed.
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shoebat--2020-09-21--It’s Not Just The Americans Encouraging Nationalism And Separatism

It is a known fact that the Americans have been encouraging nationalism , separatism , and even National Socialism for political gain around the world .
This is no secret , and in spite of mountains of political propaganda and legal-sounding jargon heaped up with rhetoric and topped with legalese , the historical facts are clear and have been since the end of World War II , and the natural revelation , release , or both of government documents and personal testimonies consistently affirms this to be so .
This pattern is not new , has been going on since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” of the nineteenth century , and is just the same today but with different faces , tools , and sometimes emphases .
A lot of people point their fingers at the US , and in fairness , she deserves this because of her role in generating said problems or participating in conflicts for political gain .
But it is wrong to say “ it is just the Americans ’ fault ” because there is another major player , and that is Russia .
Far from the image of a “ Christian ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whole world , Russia is basically America with a few differences , but in essence , the two nations are more alike than different .
Because of this reason , since it includes not just population but aspirations , ideology , sense of self and place in the world , Russia should be expected to respond similar to the US in many ways , but by means of her own peculiarities but the same in essential philosophy .
This is why we see Russia encouraging nationalism and separatism too , but in different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A particularly notable situation is that of Azov , which the US and Russia have been backing to advance their ends and has been covered on Shoebat.com Another interesting example of this recently came out from the Russian-backed ( and likely front ) of the “ Strategic Culture Foundation ” , which in an article encourages that Germany and the rest of Europe stop using English save for the British Isles .
In places like Poland , Russia and Kazakhstan the stock answer as to why the entire planet needs to learn English @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s the international language ” .
When you ask them , why that is the case ( who deemed this to be so and by what authority ? )
you are met with just blank stares as either their minds are open or they feel like a parent having to explain to their son why the sky is blue for the third time .
The NPC programming has not worked out this if-then statement yet .
The uncomfortable actual reason that Europe “ speaks ” English is because the United States won the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the continent was occupied by the Soviet Union and the other half was occupied by the United States only we called it the Marshall Plan and NATO and other more friendly terminology .
Had the Soviets won the conflict , then every human on Earth would know how to at least read the letters of the Cyrillic Alphabet .
English today in Europe has left the same mark as Western European languages did in Africa – as a symbol of subordination .
( source ) I love the irony , and the implied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being conveyed through the article ( in fairness I do not know his intentions , and in so far as the facts of the matter are concerned , he speaks correctly ) .
The struggle between the UK/USA and then Russian Empire/USSR/Russian Federation is a simply struggle for power that is a part of human history , and to the credit of the Anglos , while the Russians have a large geographic territory , the Anglos were more skilled in their approach that they conquered the world economically as well as culturally , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Russia has .
Russia ’ s biggest asset is her hold on the “ global pivot region ” , which was a part of Mackinder ’ s hypothesis and I have written about before at Shoebat.com , the essential theory being that most empires emerge from Central Asia due to geographical and political considerations , and that Russia ’ s control over that region not only gives her access to the resources of Siberia , but also allows her to control other nations , for without that region , she would just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Urals constrained to the worries of European politics in the West and besieged by the Turkic peoples in the east as she has been for centuries .
If the Russians had been able to assert themselves the way the Anglos have , the world would most certainly speak Russian as the “ global language ” , but that is not what ended up happening .
The reason why people don ’ t use Russian is not just because “ they lost ” , but because Russia has utterly failed to integrate other people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the reason for this is because of her approach .
It is to the credit of the Anglos that in spite of brutality , they also have helped raise the standards of living for many people , and simply did not just take everything for themselves and their friends .
This compares to the Russians , whose approach is more of that akin to a stereotypical “ oriental despot ” that takes the work of others for himself and his friends and leaves nothing for the creator .
While this has happened in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far less than in Russia , where it is practically an unspoken rule .
This how English became prominent and the UK/USA took power , because they integrated people , helped them , and then those people and more wanted to be a part of their society .
This is more than just immigration , which is certainly part of the approach , but because the influence of the British Empire and now the Americans , while problematic in some ways , also brings economic benefits .
The ham-fisted brutality of the Russian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lot and watch those who controlled the fist benefit from their gain .
This pattern still happens today , and is why there is among the common people so much hopelessness and why so many want to emigrate to the western world and never look back .
Likewise , Russia had a chance under the Bolsheviks to help those who she dominated in a similar way , and instead the memory that Poland , East Germany , Kaliningrad/Koenigsberg , Belarus , Ukraine , Latvia , Lithuania , Estonia , Armenia , Azerbaijan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Central Asia have is that of being exploited and abused with no benefit to the people and no apologies for the past .
Is Who would not be jealous of such a thing in the case of the former , and what man would not want to avoid the fate of the latter ?
And to that , if one was that jealous at the success of another and was wanting to get his global power back , would he not attempt to deny the usefulness and purpose of the modern day lingua @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hope that he can replace it with his tongue in time ?
The real center of Europe is shown by the so-called “ Blue Banana ” that goes right over the territory of the old Holy Roman Empire + England .
This is the economic and population heart of Europe .
Removing London from the picture linguistically , we are looking at an EU master language that should be something Franco-German-Italian .
The languages of the Blue Banana are the actual means of human communication of the EU after Brexit .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to orient itself towards this language realm rather than to now foreigners outside of the European Union .
If the EU is actually as independent as it says it is , then perhaps now would be the time to start forcing children across the continent to learn French , German or Italian or some sort of combination of the three .
Continuing to be dominated by the English language only proves the Political Realists right – that the EU is and always has been just a tool of Washington .
A powerful independent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( s ) wouldn ’ t it ?
With England gone now would be a good time for Europe to speak European and not the foreign squawking of the Anglo-Saxons .
His point about the “ blue banana ” makes sense .
However , England has not only always been a part of European politics , but her language is the international language of business , science , technology , and economics as well .
It is so much in this way that it has literally built itself into the systems that make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not be separated from them , and this has been so for about a century .
The only way to undo this would be a massive catastrophe beyond human understanding that would wipe out technology and modern progress in these areas in a way that is difficult to describe .
The Russians had the chance to do this , but like with many things , they were too late and sub-par in what they generated , just like with many things , for in spite of Russian bluffing ( as opposed to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impression of further progress but not actually having said progress claimed be true in practice .
Ultimately , the emphasis is not about language or even Russian domination in the world ( for now ) , but about setting up the conditions to isolate the Anglosphere ’ s influence and eventually , England in a political sense from Germany , to encourage German separatism , and in the name of “ European brotherhood ” ( another oxymoron if one looks at the history of Europe for a single page in a textbook ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russia so to help her rise and in doing so , help Russia fend off Anglo-American attempts to overtake her by splitting off Siberia from the rest of Russia into a series of smaller states that can be “ influenced ” geopolitically speaking .
Russia does not even care about Germany ( and neither does the US ) , but rather like the US , to use the clock-like currents of Germanic history to her advantage .
Thankfully , arguable propaganda pieces such as these ( as it is difficult to say what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are easily addressed because their propositions are as likely unrealistic as is the change of realizing their intended outcomes .
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It is a known fact that the Americans have been encouraging nationalism, separatism, and even National Socialism for political gain around the world. This is no secret, and in spite of mountains of political propaganda and legal-sounding jargon heaped up with rhetoric and topped with legalese, the historical facts are clear and have been since the end of World War II, and the natural revelation, release, or both of government documents and personal testimonies consistently affirms this to be so. This pattern is not new, has been going on since the days of the “Great Game” of the nineteenth century, and is just the same today but with different faces, tools, and sometimes emphases.
A lot of people point their fingers at the US, and in fairness, she deserves this because of her role in generating said problems or participating in conflicts for political gain. But it is wrong to say “it is just the Americans’ fault” because there is another major player, and that is Russia. Far from the image of a “Christian” nation that just wants good for the whole world, Russia is basically America with a few differences, but in essence, the two nations are more alike than different.
Because of this reason, since it includes not just population but aspirations, ideology, sense of self and place in the world, Russia should be expected to respond similar to the US in many ways, but by means of her own peculiarities but the same in essential philosophy.
This is why we see Russia encouraging nationalism and separatism too, but in different areas, although sometimes they overlap. A particularly notable situation is that of Azov, which the US and Russia have been backing to advance their ends and has been covered on Shoebat.com
Another interesting example of this recently came out from the Russian-backed (and likely front) of the “Strategic Culture Foundation”, which in an article encourages that Germany and the rest of Europe stop using English save for the British Isles.
In places like Poland, Russia and Kazakhstan the stock answer as to why the entire planet needs to learn English is something like “but it’s the international language”. When you ask them, why that is the case (who deemed this to be so and by what authority?) you are met with just blank stares as either their minds are open or they feel like a parent having to explain to their son why the sky is blue for the third time. The NPC programming has not worked out this if-then statement yet. The uncomfortable actual reason that Europe “speaks” English is because the United States won the Cold War. After WWII half of the continent was occupied by the Soviet Union and the other half was occupied by the United States only we called it the Marshall Plan and NATO and other more friendly terminology. Had the Soviets won the conflict, then every human on Earth would know how to at least read the letters of the Cyrillic Alphabet. English today in Europe has left the same mark as Western European languages did in Africa – as a symbol of subordination. (source)
I love the irony, and the implied but not directly stated frustration most likely being conveyed through the article (in fairness I do not know his intentions, and in so far as the facts of the matter are concerned, he speaks correctly).
The struggle between the UK/USA and then Russian Empire/USSR/Russian Federation is a simply struggle for power that is a part of human history, and to the credit of the Anglos, while the Russians have a large geographic territory, the Anglos were more skilled in their approach that they conquered the world economically as well as culturally, and with that have the same resources the Russia has. Russia’s biggest asset is her hold on the “global pivot region”, which was a part of Mackinder’s hypothesis and I have written about before at Shoebat.com, the essential theory being that most empires emerge from Central Asia due to geographical and political considerations, and that Russia’s control over that region not only gives her access to the resources of Siberia, but also allows her to control other nations, for without that region, she would just be an impoverished basin west of the Urals constrained to the worries of European politics in the West and besieged by the Turkic peoples in the east as she has been for centuries.
If the Russians had been able to assert themselves the way the Anglos have, the world would most certainly speak Russian as the “global language”, but that is not what ended up happening.
How many Africans use French in contrast to how many French colonizers learned local African languages? With few if zero exceptions the losers of history are forced to speak the language of the winners. So for the EU, its English based internationalism is a big Elephant in the room that no one ever speaks of and it was the presence of the United Kingdom that kept this question down for years. Having countless millions of native English speakers in the Union made universal English education seem reasonable or at least didn’t raise any red flags in the subconscious mind of the masses. But now the British are gone and they aren’t coming back. So why should children in Germany spend so much time fiddling with English? (source)
The reason why people don’t use Russian is not just because “they lost”, but because Russia has utterly failed to integrate other people into her sphere of influence, and the reason for this is because of her approach.
It is to the credit of the Anglos that in spite of brutality, they also have helped raise the standards of living for many people, and simply did not just take everything for themselves and their friends. This compares to the Russians, whose approach is more of that akin to a stereotypical “oriental despot” that takes the work of others for himself and his friends and leaves nothing for the creator. While this has happened in the US and anglosphere, it is far less than in Russia, where it is practically an unspoken rule.
This how English became prominent and the UK/USA took power, because they integrated people, helped them, and then those people and more wanted to be a part of their society. This is more than just immigration, which is certainly part of the approach, but because the influence of the British Empire and now the Americans, while problematic in some ways, also brings economic benefits. The ham-fisted brutality of the Russian approach benefitted people little while they suffered a lot and watch those who controlled the fist benefit from their gain. This pattern still happens today, and is why there is among the common people so much hopelessness and why so many want to emigrate to the western world and never look back. Likewise, Russia had a chance under the Bolsheviks to help those who she dominated in a similar way, and instead the memory that Poland, East Germany, Kaliningrad/Koenigsberg, Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and even most of Central Asia have is that of being exploited and abused with no benefit to the people and no apologies for the past. Is
Who would not be jealous of such a thing in the case of the former, and what man would not want to avoid the fate of the latter? And to that, if one was that jealous at the success of another and was wanting to get his global power back, would he not attempt to deny the usefulness and purpose of the modern day lingua franca used by the current inner in the hope that he can replace it with his tongue in time?
The real center of Europe is shown by the so-called “Blue Banana” that goes right over the territory of the old Holy Roman Empire + England. This is the economic and population heart of Europe. Removing London from the picture linguistically, we are looking at an EU master language that should be something Franco-German-Italian. The languages of the Blue Banana are the actual means of human communication of the EU after Brexit. It seems much more logical for this organization to orient itself towards this language realm rather than to now foreigners outside of the European Union. If the EU is actually as independent as it says it is, then perhaps now would be the time to start forcing children across the continent to learn French, German or Italian or some sort of combination of the three. Continuing to be dominated by the English language only proves the Political Realists right – that the EU is and always has been just a tool of Washington. A powerful independent union would surely speak its own language(s) wouldn’t it? With England gone now would be a good time for Europe to speak European and not the foreign squawking of the Anglo-Saxons.
His point about the “blue banana” makes sense. However, England has not only always been a part of European politics, but her language is the international language of business, science, technology, and economics as well. It is so much in this way that it has literally built itself into the systems that make up modern life in that it cannot be separated from them, and this has been so for about a century. The only way to undo this would be a massive catastrophe beyond human understanding that would wipe out technology and modern progress in these areas in a way that is difficult to describe.
The Russians had the chance to do this, but like with many things, they were too late and sub-par in what they generated, just like with many things, for in spite of Russian bluffing (as opposed to the Anglo-Saxon lying), they gave the impression of further progress but not actually having said progress claimed be true in practice.
Ultimately, the emphasis is not about language or even Russian domination in the world (for now), but about setting up the conditions to isolate the Anglosphere’s influence and eventually, England in a political sense from Germany, to encourage German separatism, and in the name of “European brotherhood” (another oxymoron if one looks at the history of Europe for a single page in a textbook) to create a peace between Germany and Russia so to help her rise and in doing so, help Russia fend off Anglo-American attempts to overtake her by splitting off Siberia from the rest of Russia into a series of smaller states that can be “influenced” geopolitically speaking.
Russia does not even care about Germany (and neither does the US), but rather like the US, to use the clock-like currents of Germanic history to her advantage. Thankfully, arguable propaganda pieces such as these (as it is difficult to say what category it would otherwise fit into) are easily addressed because their propositions are as likely unrealistic as is the change of realizing their intended outcomes.
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shoebat--2020-09-21--The President Of Lebanon Just Warned: ‘Lebanon Is Going To Hell If We Don’t Form Another Government.

The President Of Lebanon Just Warned: ‘Lebanon Is Going To Hell If We Don’t Form Another Government.’

The president of Lebanon , Michel Aoun , has warned that Lebanon will be going “ to hell ” if another government is not formed in time .
As we read in Al-Jazeera : Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Monday that his country was going “ to hell ” if a government is not formed as French efforts to encourage the formation of a new cabinet falter .
Asked where Lebanon was headed if there was no agreement among its fractious leaders , Aoun responded : “ Of course – to hell.
” “ As the positions have grown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the horizon soon , ” he said in a televised address almost a week after the passing of the deadline agreed with France to name a cabinet .
That Lebanon is going “ to hell ” is neither adventuresome nor far-fetched .
Just recently there was a gun battle between Sunni and Shiite militants which lasted for four hours , leaving two people dead .
As we read in a report from Reuters : A deadly battle between Lebanese Sunnis and Shi ’ ites overnight prompted warnings of more violence as the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ financial meltdown and political tensions .
Two people – a 13-year-old Lebanese Sunni boy and a Syrian man – were killed in the Khaldeh area south of the capital in the shootout on Thursday night .
Machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades were used in the fighting , which witnesses said lasted four hours .
A Sunni Arab tribe to which the boy belonged accused members of the powerful Iran-backed Shi ’ ite group Hezbollah of opening fire .
Hezbollah categorically denied having anything to do with the incident .
The Lebanese army , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Friday , said the problem spiralled out of a row over a poster put up by Shi ’ ites to commemorate Ashura , the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein .
The army statement said the problem erupted between members of [ a community known as the Arab Khaldeh tribes and residents of the area , without identifying them .
The violence triggered a flurry of contacts among Lebanese politicians seeking to contain tensions .
It would not be surprising at all if another civil war broke out in Lebanon .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Christian Maronites ( who support the French ) , Shiites ( who back Iran ) and Sunnis ( who revere Turkey ) .
The atmosphere of division is still very alive in Lebanon , and the country is under the watchful eyes of many outside powers , such as Russia and Iran — who both back Hezbollah – , and NATO countries like the United States and Turkey , and then you have Israel who supported the fascist Phalange paramilitary who committed horrendous atrocities during the Lebanese-Palestinian conflict .
It was just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was engulfed in the jaws of the leviathan — the leviathan of war , of cruelty , of sinister aspirations , of the inventors of evil things , of dark machinations and depravity into which lies a boundless spiral downwards to the abyss .
One need only to look at the various incidents to comprehend the hell that Lebanon was once in , and to get an idea of what Lebanon could be descending to .
Let us briefly describe some of the stories of horror .
In 1977 , the fascist Phalange @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , holding up the cross as if they were warrior Catholics — was deepening ties with Israel .
Suleiman Franjieh , who was at the end of his rule as president , left the Right-wing Lebanese Front in protest to this relationship .
The Phalange wanted to instill terror and dread in the heart of Franjieh , and so a gang of fascist gunmen went to the home of Franjieh ’ s son , Tony .
They murdered thirty-two of Franjieh ’ s supporters and bodyguards .
They then took Tony and forced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ baby , and then his wife , and then they executed him .
In December of 1975 , four Christians were found dead outside the electricity company headquarters in east Beirut .
The Phalangist leader , Bashir Gemayel , wanted retaliation .
Phalange officers set roadblocks at the eastern end of the Ring motorway .
The first forty Muslim men to be found , were to be murdered .
Men , in front of their wives and children , were forced out of their vehicles and their throats were slit .
Sunni Muslim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made their own roadblocks and began to slaughter Christians on the streets .
Killings like these would go on for hours .
At least 300 Muslims were butchered at these roadblocks , and an equal number of Christians were probably also killed in these butchering sessions .
In January of 1976 , the Phalange overran the Palestinian slum of Karantina .
The inhabitants were either forced out or slaughtered .
The PLO ( Palestinian Liberation Organization ) joined forces with Muslim and Left-wing militias and together they attacked the Christian village of Damour @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this point , the Palestinian cause was no longer just about returning to the West Bank , but taking over parts of Lebanon .
Salah Khalaf , one of the PLO ’ s leading strategists , made an announcement in May of 1976 , as the Palestinians were making their way to attack the Christians at Mount Sannine , that the road to Palestine should pass through “ Uyun Al-Siman , Aintura , and even Jounieh itself to prevent any further threat to the Palestinian presence in Lebanon.
” The Palestinian cause was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state within Lebanon .
In the words British journalist Robert Fisk : “ the Palestinians regarded their cause , their country — Palestine — as infinitely more holy , more sacred than the nation in which they had been given refuge.
” ( Pity the Nation , ch , 3 , p. 80 ) .
The conflict ended up taking the lives of around 120,000 people .
The polarization within Lebanon is still there , still lingering , like flammable fumes filling the air , only waiting to be ignited by one match @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sparked , the conflagrations of hell will be unleashed .

By Theodore Shoebat
The president of Lebanon, Michel Aoun, has warned that Lebanon will be going “to hell” if another government is not formed in time. As we read in Al-Jazeera:
Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Monday that his country was going “to hell” if a government is not formed as French efforts to encourage the formation of a new cabinet falter. Asked where Lebanon was headed if there was no agreement among its fractious leaders, Aoun responded: “Of course – to hell.” “As the positions have grown harder, there appears no solution on the horizon soon,” he said in a televised address almost a week after the passing of the deadline agreed with France to name a cabinet.
That Lebanon is going “to hell” is neither adventuresome nor far-fetched. Just recently there was a gun battle between Sunni and Shiite militants which lasted for four hours, leaving two people dead. As we read in a report from Reuters:
A deadly battle between Lebanese Sunnis and Shi’ites overnight prompted warnings of more violence as the country is pushed to breaking point by a financial meltdown and political tensions. Two people – a 13-year-old Lebanese Sunni boy and a Syrian man – were killed in the Khaldeh area south of the capital in the shootout on Thursday night. Machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades were used in the fighting, which witnesses said lasted four hours. A Sunni Arab tribe to which the boy belonged accused members of the powerful Iran-backed Shi’ite group Hezbollah of opening fire. Hezbollah categorically denied having anything to do with the incident. The Lebanese army, which was heavily deployed in the area on Friday, said the problem spiralled out of a row over a poster put up by Shi’ites to commemorate Ashura, the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein. The army statement said the problem erupted between members of [a community known as the Arab Khaldeh tribes and residents of the area, without identifying them. The violence triggered a flurry of contacts among Lebanese politicians seeking to contain tensions.
It would not be surprising at all if another civil war broke out in Lebanon. The country is heavily divided by sectarianism, with Christian Maronites (who support the French), Shiites (who back Iran) and Sunnis (who revere Turkey). The atmosphere of division is still very alive in Lebanon, and the country is under the watchful eyes of many outside powers, such as Russia and Iran — who both back Hezbollah –, and NATO countries like the United States and Turkey, and then you have Israel who supported the fascist Phalange paramilitary who committed horrendous atrocities during the Lebanese-Palestinian conflict. It was just a number of decades ago when Lebanon was engulfed in the jaws of the leviathan — the leviathan of war, of cruelty, of sinister aspirations, of the inventors of evil things, of dark machinations and depravity into which lies a boundless spiral downwards to the abyss. One need only to look at the various incidents to comprehend the hell that Lebanon was once in, and to get an idea of what Lebanon could be descending to. Let us briefly describe some of the stories of horror. In 1977, the fascist Phalange — who styled themselves as modern Crusaders, holding up the cross as if they were warrior Catholics — was deepening ties with Israel. Suleiman Franjieh, who was at the end of his rule as president, left the Right-wing Lebanese Front in protest to this relationship. The Phalange wanted to instill terror and dread in the heart of Franjieh, and so a gang of fascist gunmen went to the home of Franjieh’s son, Tony. They murdered thirty-two of Franjieh’s supporters and bodyguards. They then took Tony and forced him to watch as they murdered his baby, and then his wife, and then they executed him.
In December of 1975, four Christians were found dead outside the electricity company headquarters in east Beirut. The Phalangist leader, Bashir Gemayel, wanted retaliation. Phalange officers set roadblocks at the eastern end of the Ring motorway. The first forty Muslim men to be found, were to be murdered. Men, in front of their wives and children, were forced out of their vehicles and their throats were slit. Sunni Muslim militias, upon hearing of this, made their own roadblocks and began to slaughter Christians on the streets. Killings like these would go on for hours. At least 300 Muslims were butchered at these roadblocks, and an equal number of Christians were probably also killed in these butchering sessions. In January of 1976, the Phalange overran the Palestinian slum of Karantina. The inhabitants were either forced out or slaughtered. The PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) joined forces with Muslim and Left-wing militias and together they attacked the Christian village of Damour where they slaughtered the inhabitants. At this point, the Palestinian cause was no longer just about returning to the West Bank, but taking over parts of Lebanon. Salah Khalaf, one of the PLO’s leading strategists, made an announcement in May of 1976, as the Palestinians were making their way to attack the Christians at Mount Sannine, that the road to Palestine should pass through “Uyun Al-Siman, Aintura, and even Jounieh itself to prevent any further threat to the Palestinian presence in Lebanon.” The Palestinian cause was now about conquest and carving a Palestinian state within Lebanon. In the words British journalist Robert Fisk: “the Palestinians regarded their cause, their country — Palestine — as infinitely more holy, more sacred than the nation in which they had been given refuge.” (Pity the Nation, ch, 3, p. 80). The conflict ended up taking the lives of around 120,000 people. The polarization within Lebanon is still there, still lingering, like flammable fumes filling the air, only waiting to be ignited by one match. And if such a match is sparked, the conflagrations of hell will be unleashed.
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shoebat--2020-09-21--Algorithms Are Being Used To Determine Who Goes Free And Who Stays In Jail

One of the major trends that I have warned about is the integration of robotics and artificial intelligence into daily life .
There is much good and bad to be had for this , and the changes will be comparable to the Industrial Revolution as well as the Internet in what it will do to society , and people must be ready for this .
One of the more interesting changes that A.I .
will be used for is in making “ decisions ” once relegated to humans that will have a lasting effect on other human beings .
While @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , instead of people making decisions for people , it will likely now see a rise in machines making decisions for men about other men that directly impacts their lives .
The Wall Street Journal recently covered this in a story that discussed how an algorithm is being used to determine which persons accused of crimes can receive bail .
The algorithm is at the center of a real-world experiment New York City began late last year to help decide who stays in jail before a criminal trial and who goes free .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 2.7 million , five-year process , was designed to bring about better decisions by the 200 or so judges who make snap determinations every day about people ’ s freedom .
The algorithm—typically called a “ risk assessment , ” though city officials prefer “ release assessment ” —is set to return to use later this month after a six-month hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic .
The tool has been mostly well received , with preliminary data showing its recommendations aligned with the likelihood of defendants showing up for court .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ science behind the tool and are therefore likely to trust its recommendations .
( source ) The theory behind this is not a bad idea- that people who do certain things or have certain crimes will likely behave in a certain way , and therefore they can be mathematically structured in a program with specific “ weights ” for certain acts , at which point a successful or most likely successful outcome can be garnished , which in this case is the idea that people will come to their court dates for those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remain in jail .
It sounds really good .
However , Communism also sounds like a great idea on paper until people realize the implications behind it .
There is always a balance in life between mechanized decisions like a machine and the non-consistent and sometimes illogical intuition or feelings-based decisions that humans make .
It is this balance , however , that makes a man different from an animal or a machine , because while the former simply acts on instinct or instructions like a mathematical function , a man can follow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , possesses the ability to make choice consciously .
This is not to say that man always makes the correct decisions- one does not need a history book to demonstrate his errors .
But at the same time , there are many times when human nuance is critical and good because it can prevent disaster from happening .
This reduction of decisions about the fate of a man to the will of a machine is a dangerous precedent , as it undermines the human element in decision making that while not per se @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many times prevents legal abuse .
Likewise , it is also an issue of philosophy , for here it says that as a machine can make decisions affecting the fate of a man , a man is little more valuable than a machine , and so a machine , not a man , can also make decisions about his life with no moral consequence differently than if a man made it , and since it is a machine making the decisions , any errors can be socially laid at feet of the machine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on a machine .
Thus the employment of this tool is not so much a means to aid man , but the common phenomenon of subjecting the man to the tool so to protect the man using ( or being used by ) the tools from his own errors against the one being affected .
The fact that the court system is backed up does not justify the use of an algorithm to “ fix it ” , as this is equal to a man burning down a home so to sell his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
One of the main problems with the legal system is not the lack of laws- there are plenty of laws and one would be able to argue too many since it is impossible to go through them all in a lifetime -but rather the politicization of law as a tool to subjugate people that constantly changes instead of it being a means of governing people and distinguishing between different forms of behavior .
There are many reasons for this , but this problem is not new and is often exacerbated in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the outsourcing of prisons to private corporations who make money on lucrative government contracts and then turn around to lobby for more and harsher sentencing laws so to keep the prisons full and thus to justify getting more contracts and more money , and all at the public ’ s expense and with no philosophy guiding them except the pursuit of unlimited greed in the name of social darwinism that would shock even Scrooge .
How are these algorithms made ?
Who determines their functioning ?
Who runs the companies that make these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of these people to those in law , government , business , and other areas of interest ?
These are just a few of the vital questions that need to be answered but are not going to be answered or for which the answer is going to be difficult to obtain because this pertains to conflicts of interest and perhaps biases of a real nature that are being covered over in the name of attempting to find a more ‘ expedient ’ method of dealing with criminal issues .
This is how abuse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intentional , but in the name of trying to find balance , tools are made for which their effects are not fully understood until it is too late and somebody is seriously hurt or his life is ruined .
It is bad enough that the US court system too often functions as a practical theater where court trials are a show for many cases ( but certainly not all ) .
When a program such as this is added in , the effects are amplified so that what objectivity is present may be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrongly convicted or wrongly set free , and the excuse will be that it is the fault of the tool but not the person .
This likewise is another problem with the people , in that for a variety of reasons , people do not take responsibility for their actions , but seek to blame them on third parties and then distance themselves from that party , and in the case of a program such as this , it is an ideal excuse for lawyers , judges , and even the makers of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tool and then place the blame on so as to absolve themselves from responsibility for their actions while everybody is still able to maintain a profit from the current status quo even if another man ’ s life is unintentionally destroyed by it .
There are a lot of good uses for A.I.
, including in the courtroom , but all new tools have to be approached with caution .
The failure to heed this is the warning of the original Terminator film , where people make an A.I .
type system that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but in the name of good intentions create a monster they lose control over and which turns against them , destroys them and then many innocent people .
This is just legal cases , but as the use of A.I .
expands , people must be very careful to avoid putting themselves and others , accidentally or intentionally , into a situation where the tools made to help them turn to enslave them and then destroy them and others , for good intentions are always good to have in mind when acting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into good actions , they are not just necessarily bad , but sometimes can be even worse than something bad done with bad intentions .
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One of the major trends that I have warned about is the integration of robotics and artificial intelligence into daily life. There is much good and bad to be had for this, and the changes will be comparable to the Industrial Revolution as well as the Internet in what it will do to society, and people must be ready for this.
One of the more interesting changes that A.I. will be used for is in making “decisions” once relegated to humans that will have a lasting effect on other human beings. While men can be fickle and make decisions, instead of people making decisions for people, it will likely now see a rise in machines making decisions for men about other men that directly impacts their lives. The Wall Street Journal recently covered this in a story that discussed how an algorithm is being used to determine which persons accused of crimes can receive bail.
The algorithm is at the center of a real-world experiment New York City began late last year to help decide who stays in jail before a criminal trial and who goes free. The tool, the result of a $2.7 million, five-year process, was designed to bring about better decisions by the 200 or so judges who make snap determinations every day about people’s freedom. The algorithm—typically called a “risk assessment,” though city officials prefer “release assessment”—is set to return to use later this month after a six-month hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic. The tool has been mostly well received, with preliminary data showing its recommendations aligned with the likelihood of defendants showing up for court. Some judges have said they understand the science behind the tool and are therefore likely to trust its recommendations. (source)
The theory behind this is not a bad idea- that people who do certain things or have certain crimes will likely behave in a certain way, and therefore they can be mathematically structured in a program with specific “weights” for certain acts, at which point a successful or most likely successful outcome can be garnished, which in this case is the idea that people will come to their court dates for those released and those who are unreliable will remain in jail.
It sounds really good. However, Communism also sounds like a great idea on paper until people realize the implications behind it.
There is always a balance in life between mechanized decisions like a machine and the non-consistent and sometimes illogical intuition or feelings-based decisions that humans make. It is this balance, however, that makes a man different from an animal or a machine, because while the former simply acts on instinct or instructions like a mathematical function, a man can follow instructions but due to his free will, possesses the ability to make choice consciously. This is not to say that man always makes the correct decisions- one does not need a history book to demonstrate his errors. But at the same time, there are many times when human nuance is critical and good because it can prevent disaster from happening.
This reduction of decisions about the fate of a man to the will of a machine is a dangerous precedent, as it undermines the human element in decision making that while not per se measurable or tangible, is also what many times prevents legal abuse. Likewise, it is also an issue of philosophy, for here it says that as a machine can make decisions affecting the fate of a man, a man is little more valuable than a machine, and so a machine, not a man, can also make decisions about his life with no moral consequence differently than if a man made it, and since it is a machine making the decisions, any errors can be socially laid at feet of the machine as opposed to the reliance of man on a machine. Thus the employment of this tool is not so much a means to aid man, but the common phenomenon of subjecting the man to the tool so to protect the man using (or being used by) the tools from his own errors against the one being affected.
Its return comes at a challenging time for the city’s criminal courts, which curtailed operations during the pandemic. There are now 41,000 pending cases, about 40% more than this time last year. Shootings and homicides are up. Judges have been conducting video arraignments without using the assessment and have become accustomed to making decisions without it. Still, the tool could help alleviate backlogs and avoid warrants, said Aubrey Fox, executive director of New York City Criminal Justice Agency, a pretrial-services nonprofit that administers the assessment and worked with the city to develop it. “If anything, the courts are saying ‘We need your help in making sure people come back,’ ” he said.
The fact that the court system is backed up does not justify the use of an algorithm to “fix it”, as this is equal to a man burning down a home so to sell his very own “home repair services”.
One of the main problems with the legal system is not the lack of laws- there are plenty of laws and one would be able to argue too many since it is impossible to go through them all in a lifetime -but rather the politicization of law as a tool to subjugate people that constantly changes instead of it being a means of governing people and distinguishing between different forms of behavior. There are many reasons for this, but this problem is not new and is often exacerbated in the drive for profit, such as with the outsourcing of prisons to private corporations who make money on lucrative government contracts and then turn around to lobby for more and harsher sentencing laws so to keep the prisons full and thus to justify getting more contracts and more money, and all at the public’s expense and with no philosophy guiding them except the pursuit of unlimited greed in the name of social darwinism that would shock even Scrooge.
Jurisdictions across the U.S. have long used algorithms to help make decisions about bail, classify inmates and sentence convicts. The city set out to build a new system to address a criticism of other models: that they recommended lockup for disproportionate numbers of young Black and Latino men. Many critics of the models say they were built using inherently biased data. “You’re codifying these structural inequalities into the tool,” said Scott Levy, chief policy counsel at the Bronx Defenders, a public-defender organization. “That is particularly pernicious because you are doing it under the guise of science.”
How are these algorithms made? Who determines their functioning? Who runs the companies that make these algorithms, and what are the relationships of these people to those in law, government, business, and other areas of interest? These are just a few of the vital questions that need to be answered but are not going to be answered or for which the answer is going to be difficult to obtain because this pertains to conflicts of interest and perhaps biases of a real nature that are being covered over in the name of attempting to find a more ‘expedient’ method of dealing with criminal issues.
This is how abuse happens, because it may not be intentional, but in the name of trying to find balance, tools are made for which their effects are not fully understood until it is too late and somebody is seriously hurt or his life is ruined. It is bad enough that the US court system too often functions as a practical theater where court trials are a show for many cases (but certainly not all). When a program such as this is added in, the effects are amplified so that what objectivity is present may be thrown out and a person may be wrongly convicted or wrongly set free, and the excuse will be that it is the fault of the tool but not the person. This likewise is another problem with the people, in that for a variety of reasons, people do not take responsibility for their actions, but seek to blame them on third parties and then distance themselves from that party, and in the case of a program such as this, it is an ideal excuse for lawyers, judges, and even the makers of this program to direct attention to the tool and then place the blame on so as to absolve themselves from responsibility for their actions while everybody is still able to maintain a profit from the current status quo even if another man’s life is unintentionally destroyed by it.
There are a lot of good uses for A.I., including in the courtroom, but all new tools have to be approached with caution. The failure to heed this is the warning of the original Terminator film, where people make an A.I. type system that is able to control defense network operations, but in the name of good intentions create a monster they lose control over and which turns against them, destroys them and then many innocent people.
This is just legal cases, but as the use of A.I. expands, people must be very careful to avoid putting themselves and others, accidentally or intentionally, into a situation where the tools made to help them turn to enslave them and then destroy them and others, for good intentions are always good to have in mind when acting, but if this does not translate into good actions, they are not just necessarily bad, but sometimes can be even worse than something bad done with bad intentions.
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shoebat--2020-09-21--Twenty-Nine Police Officers Suspended For Sharing National Socialist Imagery Online

National Socialism never died , but it just went underground .
This is the view that Ted , Walid , and I have noted here at Shoebat.com , saying that while the movement may be banned in Germany , it is still present and while it strongly distinguishes itself from International Socialism , is no different than this cousin save for accents , preferring instead of economics and class to use the concept of “ Blut und Boden ” as its lever to turn the wheels of revolution , and like its cousin , it necessarily is a variant of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ due to the positions it espouses .
Yahoo !
News thus reports by way of Business Insider an interesting story in the twenty-nine police officers , largely concentrated in the northwestern German state of Nordrhein-Westfalen have been suspended for sharing National Socialism imagery and posts online .
Twenty-nine police officers in Germany have been suspended for sharing neo-Nazi imagery and pictures of Adolf Hitler on far-right chatrooms .
According to officials in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia ( NRW ) , the officers were allegedly using chatrooms and WhatsApp groups to share @ @ @ @ @ @ @ images of refugees in gas chambers .
Most of the officers working in the city of Essen are said to have shared more than 100 neo-Nazi images .
The findings come after 34 police stations and private homes linked were raided .
( source ) This is not a surprise .
National Socialism has never died in Germany because the movement is not something that is merely a political phenomenon .
As Hitler notes in the first volume of Mein Kampf , National Socialism is a political movement but is more aligned with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ found in Hinduism .
Thus to call National Socialism a form of “ neo-Hinduism ” is not an exaggeration or hyperbole , but a truthful expression of the nature of the movement , for just as Hinduism was essentially the glorification of the Aryan race based on classes that one was born into that put one closer to or further from the pantheistic ‘ great world spirit ’ , National Socialism also holds that the first premise of the religion and also a people ’ s greatness predominates in the blood .
Therefore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the greatest sin because it means soiling the greatness of God , who does not create man in His image , but rather in which man and he share an innate image and as different peoples mix in , the concentration of the ‘ divine ’ is reduced until a man is reduced to an animal .
In short , God is made in man ’ s image as opposed to the Christian truth that man is made God ’ s image , and that this is a modern expression of an ancient @ @ @ @ @ @ @ why Germany was not only so difficult to convert , but has always been a place which has rebelled against Christianity throughout her history in favor of nationalistic pursuits .
But do these persons really believe it is a disgrace ?
One does not know this , because the support of this particular form of nationalism is so extensive , and to support it publicly would mean the death of one ’ s career .
Indeed , just as in Germany there have been many people who genuinely embraced the Church , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and are very aggressive against it .
However , the reality is that one does not know what people believe .
We know for a fact how old ideas are once again becoming popular , a fact that is like a matter of clockwork in Germanic history , and often leads to violence .
This is not just about a small group of officers who are doing something that is considered socially unacceptable .
This is about a phenomenon happening in society that , if not watched or stopped ( and it likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have the world wake up one morning and realize that Germany is back to war , and to the shock of the whole world .
This is nothing , and I don ’ t say that to ignore the gravity of what he is saying and implying .
What I am saying is that this is not an isolated phenomena at all , but something that is bubbling beneath the surface of society .
The anger at the migrants is exactly what was hoped for , because throughout German history , either the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the perception of threats acts as a galvanizing force to consolidate the various Germanic peoples to nationalism , then militarism .
It is not an accident , but a consistent pattern , and was what Hitler used in order to generate interest for his workers party .
What was the image of a Polish “ threat ” ( remembering that Poland after World War I was freed from almost a century and a half of German-engineered domination as well as a series of cultural and human genocides targeted at her in the name @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a Soviet threat ( even though the National Socialists signed the nonaggression pact of Molotov-Ribbentrop with Stalin and his government ) , and the French in the west ( even though they were invaded by Germany and taken over ) , was used to justify in combination with other factors the creation of Hitler ’ s Reich .
A lot of people look back at Hitler and his words in light of the refugee situation and the current social and political issues in Germany .
There are many who see the Reich @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , just maybe , in their minds was the ‘ wrong side ’ that lost the war .
This is not to ignore problems , or to justify violence , but to say that real problems are going eventually to take the form of a real response that may be very deadly .
That is why there is so much concern about incident such as this , because it is not going away and only seems as though they will continue to grow in number and influence until what once was defeated less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vengeance never before seen in the world .
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National Socialism never died, but it just went underground. This is the view that Ted, Walid, and I have noted here at Shoebat.com, saying that while the movement may be banned in Germany, it is still present and while it strongly distinguishes itself from International Socialism, is no different than this cousin save for accents, preferring instead of economics and class to use the concept of “Blut und Boden” as its lever to turn the wheels of revolution, and like its cousin, it necessarily is a variant of materialist philosophy that necessarily ends in darwinism due to the positions it espouses.
Yahoo! News thus reports by way of Business Insider an interesting story in the twenty-nine police officers, largely concentrated in the northwestern German state of Nordrhein-Westfalen have been suspended for sharing National Socialism imagery and posts online.
Twenty-nine police officers in Germany have been suspended for sharing neo-Nazi imagery and pictures of Adolf Hitler on far-right chatrooms. According to officials in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), the officers were allegedly using chatrooms and WhatsApp groups to share extremist content, including Swastikas and doctored images of refugees in gas chambers. Most of the officers working in the city of Essen are said to have shared more than 100 neo-Nazi images. The findings come after 34 police stations and private homes linked were raided. (source)
This is not a surprise. National Socialism has never died in Germany because the movement is not something that is merely a political phenomenon. As Hitler notes in the first volume of Mein Kampf, National Socialism is a political movement but is more aligned with a system of spirituality that would be found in Hinduism. Thus to call National Socialism a form of “neo-Hinduism” is not an exaggeration or hyperbole, but a truthful expression of the nature of the movement, for just as Hinduism was essentially the glorification of the Aryan race based on classes that one was born into that put one closer to or further from the pantheistic ‘great world spirit’, National Socialism also holds that the first premise of the religion and also a people’s greatness predominates in the blood. Therefore, the adulteration of the blood is the greatest sin because it means soiling the greatness of God, who does not create man in His image, but rather in which man and he share an innate image and as different peoples mix in, the concentration of the ‘divine’ is reduced until a man is reduced to an animal.
In short, God is made in man’s image as opposed to the Christian truth that man is made God’s image, and that this is a modern expression of an ancient belief, and is also a reason why Germany was not only so difficult to convert, but has always been a place which has rebelled against Christianity throughout her history in favor of nationalistic pursuits.
“This is a disgrace for the NRW police,” the state’s interior minister, Herbert Reul, said on Wednesday, according to the BBC. “This is the worst and most repulsive kind of hate-baiting… Right-wing extremists and neo-Nazis have absolutely no place in the North Rhine-Westphalia police, our police,” he added. Reul also said he launched an investigation into the extent of extremism among state police departments, adding that authorities had to show a “crystal clear political profile” that rejected the far-right.
But do these persons really believe it is a disgrace?
One does not know this, because the support of this particular form of nationalism is so extensive, and to support it publicly would mean the death of one’s career. Indeed, just as in Germany there have been many people who genuinely embraced the Church, there are many Germans who oppose this nationalism and are very aggressive against it. However, the reality is that one does not know what people believe.
We know for a fact how old ideas are once again becoming popular, a fact that is like a matter of clockwork in Germanic history, and often leads to violence. This is not just about a small group of officers who are doing something that is considered socially unacceptable. This is about a phenomenon happening in society that, if not watched or stopped (and it likely will not be stopped), will have the world wake up one morning and realize that Germany is back to war, and to the shock of the whole world.
Some of the officers face charges of spreading Nazi propaganda and hate speech, while others are accused of not reporting their colleagues’ actions. … German police have previously faced accusations of not doing enough to weed out potentially violent nationalists in their ranks. In July, a retired police officer from Hamburg was arrested on suspicion of sending threatening emails to Turkish lawmakers. The officer allegedly signed the emails off with the name “NSU 2.0” — a reference to a neo-Nazi gang, which committed ten racist murders between 2000 and 2007.
This is nothing, and I don’t say that to ignore the gravity of what he is saying and implying. What I am saying is that this is not an isolated phenomena at all, but something that is bubbling beneath the surface of society. The anger at the migrants is exactly what was hoped for, because throughout German history, either the real threats generated by her neighbors or the perception of threats acts as a galvanizing force to consolidate the various Germanic peoples to nationalism, then militarism. It is not an accident, but a consistent pattern, and was what Hitler used in order to generate interest for his workers party. What was the image of a Polish “threat” (remembering that Poland after World War I was freed from almost a century and a half of German-engineered domination as well as a series of cultural and human genocides targeted at her in the name of expanding the Lebensraum into Poland), a Soviet threat (even though the National Socialists signed the nonaggression pact of Molotov-Ribbentrop with Stalin and his government), and the French in the west (even though they were invaded by Germany and taken over), was used to justify in combination with other factors the creation of Hitler’s Reich.
A lot of people look back at Hitler and his words in light of the refugee situation and the current social and political issues in Germany. There are many who see the Reich as something to aspire to and that, just maybe, in their minds was the ‘wrong side’ that lost the war.
This is not to ignore problems, or to justify violence, but to say that real problems are going eventually to take the form of a real response that may be very deadly. That is why there is so much concern about incident such as this, because it is not going away and only seems as though they will continue to grow in number and influence until what once was defeated less than a century ago will revive with a vengeance never before seen in the world.
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shoebat--2020-09-20--Rev. Franklin Graham Declares That The US Is Falling Apart And That God Is Her Only Hope

Riots .
Death .
Destruction .
This is what so many people see in the US today amid mass rioting , chaos , and disorder throughout major cities , and does not include the economic problems , social decline , and the sense that so many have that something just isn ’ t right from the way that things once were some time ago .
It is clear that amid the rising paganism , a rejection of Christianity , and its replacement with all kinds of heathen behavior , whether it is the advancement of the willful murder of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the oppression of the worker , financial exploitation through more cunning forms of usury , or even other manifest evils , the US is changing fast and for the worse .
Reverend Franklin Graham , son of the famed Protestant preacher Billy Graham , has said that the US is falling apart and that God is her only hope as per a series of recent statements made to the Christian Post .
“ I think there ’ s kind of a boiling point here with many people .
We have seen injustice on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The frustration that people aren ’ t heard , that people are marginalized .
It seems that all of this is boiling at the same time , ” he said , noting that these tensions are accentuated in an election year where politics often exploit the issues .
Yet no one can solve the spiritual darkness besetting America , he emphasized .
“ Republicans can not fix it ; Democrats can not fix it .
Only God can , ” Graham asserted .
( source ) These words , while they might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may even go so far as to consider them trite , are very true , since if God is the essence of all things , if he is truly supposed to be the center of one ’ s focus , then the rejection of God from American life is simply giving way to its natural consequences .
This rejection of God , however , is not a new phenomenon .
The US has always been at war with God in some way , and this is made evident by the forms of Christianity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or perhaps , “ Christianity ” , has been throughout the history of the US often tied to nationalistic sentiments or political movements .
There is a certain overlap here in the sense of how religion has been used in the Germanic lands , for as far back as the Protestant Reformation ( for the consideration of the last five-hundred years of history ) , Luther ’ s successful revolt that moved other revolts of a similar nature from small sects or general complaints into mass action supported by the government authorities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ always existed in Christendom , which is the role of the Church to the state .
It is too long to give it the proper treatment it deserves here , but the essential historical fight that I speak of , and one which has always existed even going back to the Old Testament , one could argue , is the struggle between the relationship of nation to religion .
In the Catholic sense , the Church partakes of both the ruling powers as well as the ruled , and is the glue that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mutual benefit , at the same time .
Since so much of human life can be written as a contest between rulers and ruled , only to have the ruled become the rulers and the rulers the ruled in an almost karmic-like cycle that will endure until the Second Coming of Christ , there has always been a desire from governments to assert their authority using the influence carried by religion , and in doing so thus subjugating the Church to the state by whatever tools are necessary and to leverage it as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regard to the Church or the ruled .
It does not matter to such men if the Church is destroyed in the process , because it is viewed as a means to an end that ultimately can be disposed of once its usefulness is seen to have served its purpose .
A philosophical problem with America , and one that is not a new one but is a very old and enduring one , is that the ideals of the US were never Christian in themselves and neither were they structured to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christian language .
While many people in the US associate or in the past have associated with some form of Christianity , there has never been unity among the groups in their theology ( the most important aspect ) or political structure , and all has been defined by disunity save for the two points that ( a ) they are not Catholic and ( b ) the government guarantees freedom for all different religious groups .
The effect of this is not just to reject theological orthodoxy and the historical continuum of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a manufactured religion based on experiences ( that are subject to change ) , but in the name of a false sense of Christian piety to embrace government as an authority over the churches , thus by choice or accident subjugating them to her in society and making them her mouthpieces , and in doing so , also abolishing their own authority in time , for as I and others have pointed out , from a philosophical viewpoint , if religious piety and good citizenship are directly related , one does not need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Christian to be considered a good citizen , and it is only time before religion is reduced to the role of a meaningless social club for those who prefer to awaken on Sundays to not the best music ( often times ) with a group of people they would rather not spend time with .
Political topics , and even many topics of public morality are not going to help anything at this point .
The country is in trouble because of systematic issues , and as I have made the point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time to fix such problems was decades ago .
There is nothing that a man can do right now to repair many of them accept for accents or individual and in some areas , point-by-point cases .
Most of the things considered as or directly related to problems are things that the people want , and so have invited them in .
The embrace of the sodomitic agenda is one of such , for the time to stop the rise of this was decades ago , not now as the movement is asserting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 75 % support it , and based on numbers extrapolated from it , may go as high as 93 % for those under 40 .
It is true that the US is suffering and that she needs God .
However , the God she needs is the one true God of Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition .
She does not need the false god of nationalism masquerading as Christian piety , and she certainly does not need to start arguments and fights with a culture that is actively rejecting her unless her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ natural process that began because of the apathy of many Christians and for which the time to deal with it was decades ago .
I am not saying the US is going to “ die ” , or that “ America is finished ” .
I am saying that nations go through good and bad times , and they change with the actions of the people .
I am also saying that while it is good that Christians want to support their nation , religious faith can never be bound to but must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ God is the author of all nations , and while it is good to help one ’ s nation , one can not help one ’ s nation at the expense of dogma , nor must one change oneself to save a nation that does not want to alter her immoral behaviors in the name of religion .
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Riots. Death. Destruction. This is what so many people see in the US today amid mass rioting, chaos, and disorder throughout major cities, and does not include the economic problems, social decline, and the sense that so many have that something just isn’t right from the way that things once were some time ago. It is clear that amid the rising paganism, a rejection of Christianity, and its replacement with all kinds of heathen behavior, whether it is the advancement of the willful murder of the innocent, the promotion of sodomy, the oppression of the worker, financial exploitation through more cunning forms of usury, or even other manifest evils, the US is changing fast and for the worse. Reverend Franklin Graham, son of the famed Protestant preacher Billy Graham, has said that the US is falling apart and that God is her only hope as per a series of recent statements made to the Christian Post.
“I think there’s kind of a boiling point here with many people. We have seen injustice on our streets and some of our communities. The frustration that people aren’t heard, that people are marginalized. It seems that all of this is boiling at the same time,” he said, noting that these tensions are accentuated in an election year where politics often exploit the issues. Yet no one can solve the spiritual darkness besetting America, he emphasized. “Republicans cannot fix it; Democrats cannot fix it. Only God can,” Graham asserted. (source)
These words, while they might be in a sense hackneyed and some may even go so far as to consider them trite, are very true, since if God is the essence of all things, if he is truly supposed to be the center of one’s focus, then the rejection of God from American life is simply giving way to its natural consequences.
This rejection of God, however, is not a new phenomenon. The US has always been at war with God in some way, and this is made evident by the forms of Christianity that she tends to favor. Christianity, or perhaps, “Christianity”, has been throughout the history of the US often tied to nationalistic sentiments or political movements. There is a certain overlap here in the sense of how religion has been used in the Germanic lands, for as far back as the Protestant Reformation (for the consideration of the last five-hundred years of history), Luther’s successful revolt that moved other revolts of a similar nature from small sects or general complaints into mass action supported by the government authorities was ultimately about a fight that has always existed in Christendom, which is the role of the Church to the state. It is too long to give it the proper treatment it deserves here, but the essential historical fight that I speak of, and one which has always existed even going back to the Old Testament, one could argue, is the struggle between the relationship of nation to religion. In the Catholic sense, the Church partakes of both the ruling powers as well as the ruled, and is the glue that unites and separates them, for their mutual benefit, at the same time. Since so much of human life can be written as a contest between rulers and ruled, only to have the ruled become the rulers and the rulers the ruled in an almost karmic-like cycle that will endure until the Second Coming of Christ, there has always been a desire from governments to assert their authority using the influence carried by religion, and in doing so thus subjugating the Church to the state by whatever tools are necessary and to leverage it as a battering ram against the ruled without regard to the Church or the ruled. It does not matter to such men if the Church is destroyed in the process, because it is viewed as a means to an end that ultimately can be disposed of once its usefulness is seen to have served its purpose.
God and His ways have been removed from government, schools, and in society more broadly when the country needs more, not less of Him, he said, adding that the United States is “crumbling.” “I don’t see our nation able to go much further unless we repent and call upon the name of Almighty God,” he said.
A philosophical problem with America, and one that is not a new one but is a very old and enduring one, is that the ideals of the US were never Christian in themselves and neither were they structured to be so, even with the use of Christian language. While many people in the US associate or in the past have associated with some form of Christianity, there has never been unity among the groups in their theology (the most important aspect) or political structure, and all has been defined by disunity save for the two points that (a) they are not Catholic and (b) the government guarantees freedom for all different religious groups. The effect of this is not just to reject theological orthodoxy and the historical continuum of belief from the past in favor of a manufactured religion based on experiences (that are subject to change), but in the name of a false sense of Christian piety to embrace government as an authority over the churches, thus by choice or accident subjugating them to her in society and making them her mouthpieces, and in doing so, also abolishing their own authority in time, for as I and others have pointed out, from a philosophical viewpoint, if religious piety and good citizenship are directly related, one does not need to go to Church or even be a Christian to be considered a good citizen, and it is only time before religion is reduced to the role of a meaningless social club for those who prefer to awaken on Sundays to not the best music (often times) with a group of people they would rather not spend time with.
“For many in the church today, they’re comfortable and a lot of our pastors don’t want to rock the boat,” Graham said. Many will not speak out on hot-button social issues, insisting such topics are “political” when they are moral matters where churches must be bold.
Political topics, and even many topics of public morality are not going to help anything at this point. The country is in trouble because of systematic issues, and as I have made the point many times in the past, the time to fix such problems was decades ago. There is nothing that a man can do right now to repair many of them accept for accents or individual and in some areas, point-by-point cases. Most of the things considered as or directly related to problems are things that the people want, and so have invited them in. The embrace of the sodomitic agenda is one of such, for the time to stop the rise of this was decades ago, not now as the movement is asserting itself in political power as a minimum of 75% support it, and based on numbers extrapolated from it, may go as high as 93% for those under 40.
It is true that the US is suffering and that she needs God. However, the God she needs is the one true God of Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. She does not need the false god of nationalism masquerading as Christian piety, and she certainly does not need to start arguments and fights with a culture that is actively rejecting her unless her goal is to only speed up the natural process that began because of the apathy of many Christians and for which the time to deal with it was decades ago.
I am not saying the US is going to “die”, or that “America is finished”. I am saying that nations go through good and bad times, and they change with the actions of the people. I am also saying that while it is good that Christians want to support their nation, religious faith can never be bound to but must be separated from national sentiments, for God is the author of all nations, and while it is good to help one’s nation, one cannot help one’s nation at the expense of dogma, nor must one change oneself to save a nation that does not want to alter her immoral behaviors in the name of religion.
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shoebat--2020-09-20--White, Racist, Murderous Police Officers Must Be Stopped

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