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CIA killed India’s nuclear physicist Homi Bhabha and Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri—confessions of Robert Crowley, the second in command of the CIA's Directorate of Operations (in charge of covert operations), as recorded in a book by Gregory Douglas.

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Damn that's chilling.

Wonder how many more of our scientists and experts since then have been targeted this way. Were the likes of Nambi Sir also carefully chosen and pushed out by foreign intelligence??

No matter how many agreements we sign with them or how much social cooperation there is.. The arrogance and superiority of the West will forever remain.

They understand and respect only absolute power
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No one would stop him and India from getting nuclear parity with the big boys
Homi Bhaba. What an absolute legend.
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Full book regarding link above is available here

https://www.amazon.in/dp/B00GHMAQ5E/ref ... AVK1K3B0M9

Conversations with the Crow

"On October 8th, 2000, Robert Trumbull Crowley, once a leader of the CIA's Clandestine Operations Division, died in a Washington hospital of heart failure and the end effects of Alzheimer's Disease.

Known as “The Crow” within the agency, Robert T. Crowley joined the CIA at its inception and spent his entire career in the Directorate of Plans, also know as the “Department of Dirty Tricks”.

Bob Crowley first contacted Gregory Douglas in 1993 when he found out that Douglas was about to publish his first book on Heinrich Mueller, the former head of the Gestapo who had become a secret, long-time asset to the CIA.

They began a series of long and often very informative telephone conversations that lasted for four years. Douglas became so entranced with some of the material that Crowley began to share with him that he secretly began to record their conversations, later transcribing them word for word, planning to incorporate some, or all of the material in later publications.

While CIA drug running , money-launderings and brutal assassinations are very often strongly rumored and suspected, it has so far not been possible to actually pin them down but it is more than possible that the publication of the transcribed and detailed Crowley-Douglas conversations will do a great deal towards accomplishing this.

The current management of the CIA considers the revelations of some many of the inner secrets of their agencies at this time, following the Snowden releases, is not in their interest."
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https://www.city-journal.org/how-the-media-polarized-us

How the Media Polarized Us
The shift from ad revenue to the pursuit of digital subscriptions has turned journalism into post-journalism.
These forms of social organization are incompatible. And the greater the differences between the agendas shaped by social media and by the mainstream media, the more intense the clash becomes. Between 2009 and 2014, the alternative agendas induced on social media became so powerful that they produced a “crisis of authority,” in the words of Martin Gurri, who described this as the “revolt of the public.” The viral editor agitated the digitized, urban, educated, and progressive youth to the point of political indignation. Protests, and even revolutions, broke out across the globe, including the Arab Spring (2009–11), Occupy Wall Street (2011), the “social justice” protests in Israel (2011), the Indignados protest in Spain (2011), the student protests in Greece (2010–11), the anti-Putin protests in Moscow (2011–12), the Taksim Square Protest in Turkey (2013), and many others.

Each of these events had its own set of causes, of course, but all had several features in common. First was the demographics of the participants—they tended to be, again, those digitized, urban, educated, and progressive youth. Second, the protests generally opposed the establishment, regardless of ideology, from Hosni Mubarak’s and Vladimir Putin’s regimes to the U.S. economic and political system during Barack Obama’s presidency. Social media elevated the role of progressive discourse producers: academic, bohemian, and social-justice activists. The main social feature of the new medium—the intensity of self-expression in the pursuit of response—tended to convert private talks into public activism and thus empowered activism as a mind-set, not just an activity. In the 2010s, activism gained momentum in digital media and thus proliferated far beyond its traditional circles.

Such were the conditions in which legacy media began looking for business opportunities in a new digital environment. To sell digital subscriptions, they needed to find ways to attract the digital audience.
Yet the essential ingredient of that recipe—the advertising-dictated necessity to appeal to the median American—had disappeared by the early 2010s. The inherent liberal predisposition of the newsrooms was suddenly unchecked by any financial imperative. The cultural proximity between journalists and the progressive users of early social networks, the news-gathering power of social media, and the need for media organizations to secure digital subscriptions led to an ideological convergence between large media organizations and digital progressives. Quantitative studies cited by Ungar-Sargon indicate that the use of terminology associated with woke politics, such as “racism,” “people of color,” “slavery,” “white supremacy,” and “oppression,” has skyrocketed in the American mainstream media precisely since 2011.

The principles of news coverage also changed significantly. Coverage was determined by focusing on pressing social issues highlighted by the progressive Twitterati. The need to go digital made the media consider Twitter as their referential source for discourse formation. This radical shift affected the entire news ecosystem—including television and radio, which dutifully followed the changing discourse model of the print press, acquiring their own digital addictions and dependence on the social-media crowd.
hat comes next for the media industry? The validation of disturbing news within certain value systems has finally become a viable business model. But this business model has stratified the press, bringing meaningful results only to large, nationally concerned media outlets. News validation creates a swarming effect: people want to have disturbing news validated by an authoritative notary with a greater followership. Audiences want to pay only for flagship media, such as the New York Times or the Washington Post. If other, smaller media outlets don’t join the chorus, they risk digital backlash; if they do join it, they struggle to differentiate themselves and lack authority to be a recognized news validator, anyway. Most subscription money flows to a few behemoths. The new subscription model has led not only to media polarization but also to media concentration.

The biggest loss, however, is the mutation of journalism into post-journalism. The death of those newspapers that shut down before this mutation was at least honorable. Journalism wanted its picture to fit the world. Post-journalism wants the world to fit its picture, which is a definition of propaganda. Post-journalism has turned the media into the crowdfunded Ministries of Truth. The worst part for journalists is that only a few enterprises can succeed in this new business model. The worst part for society is that all legacy media need to pursue digital subscriptions or viewership as their last hope for survival, and thus must join the race of post-journalism.

A temptation always exists to blame media bias on a closely held conspiracy, but the real drivers lie deeper. Creed and greed might fill the medium with the messages, but it is the medium itself that defines polarization—its true message. If ad-driven media manufactured consent, reader-driven media manufacture anger. If ad-driven media served consumerism, reader-driven media serve polarization. There can be no “solution” for a shift of such magnitude. “How do we fix polarization?” is the wrong question. The right question is, “How are we going to live with it?”
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Guatam Sen writes in First Post "Why the West is UnComfortable with Rising India


https://www.firstpost.com/india/why-wes ... 24161.html
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If advertising revenues fall but online subscription and digital revenues are far too low to make ends meet, then what do traditional media houses do? What do struggling digital media shops do ? They sell out to obscure funders who ask them to give a slight slant at the least or peddle outright lies at worst, but often a mix of factual and fake reporting to maintain credibility and "influence" opinion and trigger controversy that suits a particular agenda. These funders could be hostile govts, political parties, NGOs, CIA/state dept types, MIC, business houses or rich folks with more money than morals.

What he is politely calling post-journalism is actually sold-out or paid journalism.
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Cyrano wrote:If advertising revenues fall but online subscription and digital revenues are far too low to make ends meet, then what do traditional media houses do? What do struggling digital media shops do ? They sell out to obscure funders who ask them to give a slight slant at the least or peddle outright lies at worst, but often a mix of factual and fake reporting to maintain credibility and "influence" opinion and trigger controversy that suits a particular agenda. These funders could be hostile govts, political parties, NGOs, CIA/state dept types, MIC, business houses or rich folks with more money than morals.

What he is politely calling post-journalism is actually sold-out or paid journalism.
There are so many digital news shops in India now that there is no way anyone can make money. They all start out taking into account the revenues from paid news. In fact I would say most of their money comes from paid news
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AkshaySG wrote:Damn that's chilling.

Wonder how many more of our scientists and experts since then have been targeted this way. Were the likes of Nambi Sir also carefully chosen and pushed out by foreign intelligence??

No matter how many agreements we sign with them or how much social cooperation there is.. The arrogance and superiority of the West will forever remain.

They understand and respect only absolute power
I read that earlier today. I was seething with rage when that dead CIA crook was talking about killing passengers, our scientist and our PM. The way he talks about us is just painful. I hope we never let anything like this happen again
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Democrats spend millions on Republican primaries
Political groups and nonprofits aligned with the Democratic Party have spent nearly $44 million on advertising campaigns across five states’ Republican primaries to boost the profile of far-right candidates in California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Maryland.

Democrats strategy is rooted in the belief that these candidates — many of whom spread unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential race was stolen from former President Donald Trump — will be easier to defeat in a general election.
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https://twitter.com/BillboardChris/stat ... 3933310976
Kellyn Lakhardt, gender specialist at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California admits they have cut off the breasts of a 12-year-old girl for gender purposes.

They’ve also castrated 16-year-old boys and created fake vaginas for them.

Follow the whole thread
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https://michaelshellenberger.substack.c ... ing-itself
Why The West Is Destroying Itself
My interview with Swiss monthly magazine, Schweizer Monat
What’s your answer?

Absolutely. In human history, we’ve never recorded so much prosperity and freedom as under Western civilization. Our success has led us to forget that it depends on a material reality. We’ve become ideological – lost in media, lost in a kind of dream world. This started well before social media.

What is happening now?

We now see particularly the most civilized parts of civilization turning against civilization and undermining its own bases. We see this in the United States and very dramatically in its western part, where an ideology of de-civilization is being promoted, which is fundamentally a nihilistic philosophy. We see the destruction of some of the greatest cities of the West Coast, such as Seattle, Portland, San Francisco or Los Angeles, caused by people who reject Western civilization, but offer no positive alternative.
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https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/sta ... 7924719623
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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclus ... 022-07-27/
Former Republicans and Democrats form new third U.S. political party


Dozens of former Republican and Democratic officials announced on Wednesday a new national political third party to appeal to millions of voters they say are dismayed with what they see as America's dysfunctional two-party system.
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Identity politics and intersectionality can make anyone victim and oppressed, and anyone the oppressor. So depending on your agenda, you can target anyone and if they stand up and resist, they can be tarred in public on social media using woke epithets. Perfect conditions that will make individuals and ultimately the whole people turn on each other for MAD. Thats where America and Canada are going.


Europe is doing the same but to a lesser extent even though they have invented most of these ideologies ever since Marx. Europe will implode in a different way due to woke collectivism in the form of anthropogenic climate change. Everyone is a consumer and a polluter especially impactful at group levels. The ideological green movements and Gretas will be more devastating, they will create tribal wars between entire sections of the society and economy. One day its oil & gas industry, then another day its farmers, or auto makers or tourism industry or retail & distribution. Woke collectivism can verily end humanity.
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China stares down US , US looking like a paper tiger now
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US keeps Appeasing China, this has been the policy for last 40 years
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/politics ... index.html
Pelosi expected to visit Taiwan, Taiwanese and US officials say
Eric Cheung, Kylie Atwood, Alex Rogers and Kevin Liptak, CNN, August 1, 2022

(CNN)US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to visit Taiwan as part of her tour of Asia, according to a senior Taiwanese government official and a US official, despite warnings from Biden administration officials, who are worried about China's response to such a high-profile visit.
The stop -- the first for a US House speaker in 25 years -- is not currently on Pelosi's public itinerary and comes at a time when US-China relations are already at a low point.
The Taiwanese official added that she is expected to stay in Taiwan overnight. It is unclear when exactly Pelosi will land in Taipei.
The US official added that Defense Department officials are working around the clock on monitoring any Chinese movements in the region and securing a plan to keep her safe.
During a regular foreign ministry briefing Monday, China warned against the "egregious political impact" of Pelosi's planned visit to the self-governing island that China claims as a part of its territory and reiterated that its military "won't sit by idly" if Beijing feels its "sovereignty and territorial integrity" is being threatened.
"We would like to tell the US once again that China is standing by, and the Chinese People's Liberation Army will never sit idly by. China will take resolute responses and strong countermeasures to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity," Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters, when asked about the fallout from Pelosi leading a congressional delegation to Taipei.
"As for what measures, if she dares to go, then let's wait and see," Zhao added.
Though China's military did not mention Taiwan, the People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command said it would "bury incoming enemies" in a video posted online Monday showing off its weaponry and fighting tactics. "Firmly stand by and ready for the fighting command; Bury all incoming enemies," a message posted on Weibo said.
National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby said Monday that the Biden administration will support Pelosi on a trip to Taiwan.
"We want to make sure that when she travels overseas, she can do so safely and securely and we're going to make sure of that. There is no reason for the Chinese rhetoric. There is no reason for any actions to be taken. It is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to Taiwan," Kirby told CNN's Brianna Keilar on "New Day."
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This Pelosi trip is really about US internal politics.
Early on Biden wanted to be hands-off.
But now is supporting the trip based on official statements.
What will be PRC reaction is to be seen.
Most likely accelerate Taiwan incorporation.
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g.sarkar wrote:https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/politics ... index.html
Pelosi expected to visit Taiwan, Taiwanese and US officials say
Eric Cheung, Kylie Atwood, Alex Rogers and Kevin Liptak, CNN, August 1, 2022

(CNN)US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to visit Taiwan as part of her tour of Asia, according to a senior Taiwanese government official and a US official, despite warnings from Biden administration officials, who are worried about China's response to such a high-profile visit.
The stop -- the first for a US House speaker in 25 years -- is not currently on Pelosi's public itinerary and comes at a time when US-China relations are already at a low point.
The Taiwanese official added that she is expected to stay in Taiwan overnight. It is unclear when exactly Pelosi will land in Taipei.
The US official added that Defense Department officials are working around the clock on monitoring any Chinese movements in the region and securing a plan to keep her safe.
During a regular foreign ministry briefing Monday, China warned against the "egregious political impact" of Pelosi's planned visit to the self-governing island that China claims as a part of its territory and reiterated that its military "won't sit by idly" if Beijing feels its "sovereignty and territorial integrity" is being threatened.
"We would like to tell the US once again that China is standing by, and the Chinese People's Liberation Army will never sit idly by. China will take resolute responses and strong countermeasures to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity," Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters, when asked about the fallout from Pelosi leading a congressional delegation to Taipei.
"As for what measures, if she dares to go, then let's wait and see," Zhao added.
Though China's military did not mention Taiwan, the People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command said it would "bury incoming enemies" in a video posted online Monday showing off its weaponry and fighting tactics. "Firmly stand by and ready for the fighting command; Bury all incoming enemies," a message posted on Weibo said.
National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby said Monday that the Biden administration will support Pelosi on a trip to Taiwan.
"We want to make sure that when she travels overseas, she can do so safely and securely and we're going to make sure of that. There is no reason for the Chinese rhetoric. There is no reason for any actions to be taken. It is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to Taiwan," Kirby told CNN's Brianna Keilar on "New Day."
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Incredibly defeatist talk. I hope we stop japing around and get our chip plants off the ground. Taiwan goose is cooked, looks like. US is literally trying to cajole PRC to not get upset over its politico visiting Taiwan. How the tables have turned. From an unquestioned hyperpower and what not to unable protect its proxy Ukraine, and trying to cajole another opponent as versus defending an ally. Writing is on the wall.
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For a short time gain they will sell anybody, including their own mother. I was forced to watch CNN, a few hours ago. They had some guy explaining that this was not the time to offend China, when the US must concentrate on Ukraine and Russia. The US deserves an a-lie like Pakistan and vice versa.
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McConnell, 25 Senate Republicans say they support Pelosi's Taiwan trip https://www.axios.com/2022/08/02/pelosi ... ium=social

well calculated risk (or fixed match) taken by Democrats US.
-Mid term saved
-Biden salvaged
-Pelosy for 2024
(KH smoked)
-Cheena humiliated (in return no effective sanctions from US, business as usual)
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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/02 ... osi-taiwan
Live Updates: As Pelosi Departs Taiwan, Threat of Military Standoff With China Looms
President Tsai Ing-wen called the House speaker “Taiwan’s most devoted friend” in a series of high-profile meetings that set the stage for heightened tensions with Beijing.
08/03/2022

Pelosi cites ‘America’s determination to preserve democracy.’
After weeks of silence ahead of a high-stakes visit to Taiwan, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was anything but understated on Wednesday during a day of high-profile meetings, in which she offered support for Taiwan and irked China.
In a pair of morning meetings that were partly broadcast online, Ms. Pelosi met with Taiwanese lawmakers and then with Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, to whom she offered assurances of United States support despite threats from China.
“Today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy,” Ms. Pelosi said. “America’s determination to preserve democracy here in Taiwan and around the world remains ironclad.”
The meetings, though light on substance, were widely welcomed in Taiwan as a symbolic victory. Ms. Pelosi’s trip made her the highest-ranking active member of the United States government to visit the island in 25 years and offered a rare moment of international support for the self-ruled democratic island, which China has worked relentlessly to isolate.
They also presented an affront to China. Ms. Pelosi, who headed to South Korea late Wednesday afternoon, also met with human rights leaders in Taiwan and toured a human rights museum. It was in keeping with her long history of poking China in the eye. She also brought economic assurances, calling a trade deal between Taiwan and the United States hopefully imminent and holding a cordial meeting with the chairman of the Taiwan chip giant T.S.M.C.
The trip took place against the backdrop of increasingly heated warnings from China, which claims Taiwan as its territory. Beijing condemned the speaker’s visit in strong terms, responding with plans for military exercises near Taiwan. It may also damage a push by the White House to shore up support against China from key allies in the region who analysts say have felt sidelined by the trip.
On Wednesday, Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign ministry, told a regular news conference in Beijing that more punishments for the United and Taiwan would follow from Ms. Pelosi’s visit.
“As for the specific countermeasures, what I can tell you is that they’ll include everything that should be included,” Ms. Hua said, according to People’s Daily. “The measures in question will be firm, vigorous and effective, and the U.S. side and Taiwan independence forces will continue feeling them.”
Yet as Ms. Pelosi toured Taipei, the capital, at times an almost carnival atmosphere followed. Hundreds turned out to watch her plane land, Taipei’s tallest building was illuminated with welcome messages, and protesters and supporters greeted her at her hotel, and then on Wednesday followed her to the legislature and at a human rights museum. Many cheered and held up supportive banners, while others denounced her for stirring up tensions with China.
When Ms. Pelosi arrived at Taiwan’s legislature with a police escort, a group offering support on one side of the building held up banners welcoming her. A gathering of pro-China demonstrators on the other held up signs calling her an “arsonist” and accusing her of interfering in China’s internal affairs.
A mood that was often celebratory in Taiwan was far more menacing across the strait separating China from Taiwan with the real potential for a military showdown.
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IndraDji, Ms. Pelosi is currently 82 years young. There is no chance for her running for next presidential election in 2024, Sleepy Joe is a young 79. Ronald Reagan was 69 when first elected POTUS.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62398029
Taiwan: Nancy Pelosi meets President Tsai to Beijing's fury
Yvette Tan & David Molloy, 2/8/2022, BBC News

US Speaker Nancy Pelosi has met Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in a visit that has been strongly condemned by China.
Ms Pelosi, the most senior US politician in 25 years to visit Taiwan, said her delegation had come to make it "unequivocally clear" that the US would not "abandon" the island.
China had earlier said the US would "pay the price" for Ms Pelosi's visit.
Taiwan is self-ruled, but China sees it as a breakaway province that will eventually unite with it.
"Forty three years ago, America made a promise to always stand with Taiwan... today our delegation came to Taiwan to make it unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to Taiwan," Ms Pelosi said, referring to the Taiwan Relations Act.
Taiwan has become yet another flashpoint amid heightened tensions and sharp rhetoric between Washington and Beijing in recent years, with the US walking a diplomatic tightrope on the issue.
The US abides by the "One China" policy - a cornerstone of the two countries' diplomatic relationship which recognises only one Chinese government - and has formal ties with Beijing and not Taiwan. But it also maintains a "robust unofficial" relationship with the island. That includes selling weapons for Taiwan to defend itself.
Ms Pelosi's visit is viewed by Beijing as yet another sign of support for Taiwan.
However, the White House has been opposed the visit, and President Joe Biden had said the military assessed it as "not a good idea".
In her meeting with Ms Tsai at the presidential office, Ms Pelosi called Taiwan an "inspiration to all freedom-loving people", saying: "The world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy. America's decision to preserve democracy here in Taiwan remains iron-clad."
Ms Tsai similarly praised the partnership between both places, saying Taiwan remained a "trustworthy and reliable partner of the US".
She added that Taiwan was "facing deliberately heightened military threats", adding that it "would not back down and that Taiwan will do whatever it takes to strengthen its self-defence capabilities".
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As her plane touched down on Tuesday night, Chinese state media reported that its military jets were crossing the Taiwan strait. Taiwan denied those reports at the time, but later said that more than 20 Chinese military planes had entered its air defence zone on Tuesday.
Within an hour of Ms Pelosi's arrival, China announced that the People's Liberation Army will conduct a series of live-fire military drills in the air and at sea around Taiwan later this week - warning ships and aircraft not to enter the affected areas.
This follows days of escalating tensions in which Chinese warplanes had already ventured out as far as the median line, the unofficial divide separating China and Taiwan in the waters between them.
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Rather than this false bravado, why doesn't the PLA take on the US carrier battle groups like some Pla trolls used to say unprepared India should attack PLA in Tibet without solving the Pakistan question and various local issues in India hain ji.
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Aditya_V wrote:Rather than this false bravado, why doesn't the PLA take on the US carrier battle groups...
When the Dems and RINOs are going to lift tariffs on China, this is all posturing, and the PRC provides false bravado but at the same time is laughing all the way to the bank. The US MIC will continue to portray China as their primary threat, and to some degree Russia, to justify $820B+ budget. Everyone in the US establishment is happy. The great reset prior to 2016 is well on the way.
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Aditya_V wrote:Rather than this false bravado, why doesn't the PLA take on the US carrier battle groups like some Pla trolls used to say unprepared India should attack PLA in Tibet without solving the Pakistan question and various local issues in India hain ji.
Because they don't have the ability to do so. In the next 7 to 10 years they will have the ability to take capture Taiwan through military means.

Then Taiwan gets thrown to the dog's.

India in order to get through that calamity will need to have it's own microprocessor eco system ready. The Yanks are ahead of the game with the chips act and on shoring.
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Once the fabs in US are fully functional Taiwan will be thrown under the bus.
Why would US sacrifice its soldiers for a remote island?
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Gautamji
11/07/22 One on One 5-hr meeting
Joe-Xi phone talk
Nancy visit to Taiwan
What's few millions in lobbing Ding-Dong rockets into the sea.
Advanced chip tech moves to US
Run-of-mill chip stays in Taiwan for One-China policy and later China to milk the world
Lets China to build more islands in their pond whilst Quad makes empty noise.
Next 'Bali' being prepared for China appeasement and Munna helped to survive even though one PKR=300 wipes!
Trio of NM/EAM/AD see through this 'Maricha' trick to know what is being prepared to two-nation control of the world, a la Treat of Tordesillas
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Rsatchiji,
Brother, Winter is coming.
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Rsatchi wrote:Gautamji
11/07/22 One on One 5-hr meeting
Joe-Xi phone talk

Advanced chip tech moves to US
Run-of-mill chip stays in Taiwan for One-China policy and later China to milk the world

Trio of NM/EAM/AD see through this 'Maricha' trick to know what is being prepared to two-nation control of the world, a la Treat of Tordesillas
For all the hullabaloo, the west is quietly preparing for a Chinese takeover of Taiwan (they know it...we know it..everyone knows it, except maybe some taiwanese !)., it's not just the US, Europe has revealed its version of chips Act

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/08/eu-plan ... ction.html

India needs to get its act together and fast , encouraging as it is.
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Minnesota Primary Election results: Rep. Ilhan Omar wins close race (51-48)
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https://www.business-standard.com/artic ... 370_1.html

This Link is for Rudra Dev.

A few months ago you were concerned about some woke attacking ethnic Indian's in the sillicon valley.

It seems that a lot of wokes are in the firing line. If the quarterly results are poor.
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Apparently, USA is in recession or low growth while still having record low unemployment. One of the reasons given is that a lot of people retired after the pandemic. And less immigration because of Trump or whatever other reasons there are. IT jobs can always be outsourced but what about other jobs?

Software engineers are refusing to come to office and companies are preparing to have smaller offices. More than 1 million were lost to covid in USA. Though most of them must have been retired and out of the workforce, still a significant number must have been active. Expect immigration to be relaxed...after some drama by the republicans of course.
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hanumadu wrote:Apparently, USA is in recession or low growth while still having record low unemployment. One of the reasons given is that a lot of people retired after the pandemic. And less immigration because of Trump or whatever other reasons there are. IT jobs can always be outsourced but what about other jobs?

Software engineers are refusing to come to office and companies are preparing to have smaller offices. More than 1 million were lost to covid in USA. Though most of them must have been retired and out of the workforce, still a significant number must have been active. Expect immigration to be relaxed...after some drama by the republicans of course.
Gosh., the US IS in recession., but they refuse to say "the word" :((

behind a paywall but https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/08/ ... epression/

they went to war to get out of it ( which is their usual way out ! ) but got it anyway !
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Southern border has been opened but it will take time to relieve labor shortages. Some governors are doing yeoman service by buying bus tickets for people crossing the border. But again doesn't seem to be enough. Costs for services like landscaping have risen dramatically.
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vera_k wrote:Costs for services like landscaping have risen dramatically.
Rich people problem.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... oil-output
Biden signals rethink over Saudi ties amid anger at cuts in oil output
Moves by Opec+ to reduce production seen as siding with Putin over the US just as midterms loom
Stephanie Kirchgaessner, 11 Oct 2022

The Biden administration has said it is ready to consider tough new measures against Saudi Arabia after its decision last week to side with Vladimir Putin and cut oil production.
Observers said the move signalled a dramatic abandonment of the US president’s recent attempts to seek a rapprochement with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and casts doubt over the future of the US-Saudi security relationship.
“I think the president’s been very clear that this is a relationship that we need to continue to re-evaluate, that we need to be willing to revisit,” John Kirby, the strategic communications coordinator for the national security council, said on CNN. “And certainly in light of the Opec decision, I think that’s where he is.”
Among other options, Kirby suggested Biden would speak to senior Democrats on Capitol Hill who have been calling for the US to curtail its cooperation with the kingdom in light of what was seen as Bin Salman’s decision to side with Russian interests over the US. The move to cut oil production comes just weeks before a critical midterm election that could hinge on how much American consumers are paying at the pump.
“I think he’s going to be willing to start to have those conversations right away,” Kirby said.
The congressional backlash against Saudi Arabia escalated sharply this week after Robert Menendez, the powerful Democratic chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, threatened to freeze weapons sales and security cooperation with the kingdom, saying Bin Salman was helping to “underwrite Putin’s war through the Opec+ cartel.”
Menendez said there was “simply no room to play both sides of this conflict”.
“I will not green-light any cooperation with Riyadh until the kingdom reassesses its position with respect to the war in Ukraine. Enough is enough,” he said.
Former CIA analyst and Saudi expert Bruce Riedel said the White House’s remarks represented a “dramatic reversal”. “We went from engaging [Bin Salman] to back to him being a pariah,” Riedel said, referencing a campaign promise Biden made – but later abandoned – to isolate the prince because of his alleged role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The move by the Opec+ group of the oil cartel and its allies to cut oil production over the objections of the White House was seen by many Democrats as an attempt by the Saudis to tip the scales of November’s midterm election against Biden.
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31 Trillion dollar problem :


https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/w ... 1665507637

The absence of major buyers for Treasurys is just another source of worry on the list of concerns plaguing the U.S. government-bond market. The $23.7 trillion Treasurys market, ordinarily the world’s deepest and most liquid fixed-income market, is in fact facing thinning liquidity — which a number of traders, academics, and bond-market gurus say could create a crisis. In addition, the Treasury market’s U.K. counterpart has experienced recent wild selloffs that have led to Bank of England interventions and raised fears of a spillover into U.S. markets.
There was deeper question earlier in the UK thread about its bond market...Even though I know both the US and UK bond market are connected at the hip...I cant place my hands on definitive research or position papers
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g.sarkar wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... oil-output
Biden signals rethink over Saudi ties amid anger at cuts in oil output
Moves by Opec+ to reduce production seen as siding with Putin over the US just as midterms loom
Stephanie Kirchgaessner, 11 Oct 2022

The Biden administration has said it is ready to consider tough new measures against Saudi Arabia after its decision last week to side with Vladimir Putin and cut oil production.
Gautam
:rotfl: :rotfl:
Means Joe will not invite Salman to thanksgiving party.
Is Saudi oil halal that sleepy Joe wants it so bad?
I thought that Umrika and Kanneda have their own natural reserves.
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