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Sep 23 2024 
What to believe?
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
Foreword
The following is a text I wrote on December 28, 2022 for people around me who had not yet realized that the Ukraine story from A to Z is a lie. I had hoped to open up the mindset in a structured way, so that people would become more critical of… Continue reading
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Sep 16 2024 
20 billion yuan ($2.82 billion) in mooncakes
This is China’s mid-autumn festival and the food to eat must be mooncakes! Many families still bake their mooncakes but nowadays most mooncakes come from professional bakers. Simply browsing the very beautiful little and large cakes, is like a stroll to smell the roses.
Fillings are plenty with regional fillings very popular. Nuts, fruit, bean paste,… Continue reading
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Sep 07 2024 
My journey through music
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
I like to share my experiences with others, including my musical experience with you. Please feel free to comment with your experiences and share what may connect nicely with what I write and share in terms of music.
Part 1: Personal life phases
In this first part, I walk through my life stages… Continue reading
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Sep 05 2024 
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Sep 03 2024
Which is it now?
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
China is communist and the US is capitalist. But there are still very rich Chinese and China is part of the global financial -capitalist- system that is debt-based. China has stock exchanges where they trade stocks and where they can “make” money with money. So which part of China is communist… Continue reading
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Aug 30 2024
Predictions and Responsibility
By Nico Cost, for GlobalSouth.co
I am not the only one who makes predictions. There are quite a few NATO generals who have been making predictions for years. However, the impact of their predictions has quite a different character and result than the predictions I make.
Anyone can and does look into the future. We all have… Continue reading
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Aug 29 2024 
‘Karbala is the path to Al-Aqsa’: an Iraq diary
Iraq’s prime minister hosted a unique conference in Baghdad during the 21 million-strong Arbaeen march, linking the seventh-century murder of Imam Hussain in Karbala to Israel’s current genocide of Palestinians.
By Pepe Escobar at The Cradle.
BAGHDAD and KARBALA – Arriving in Baghdad today comes as an electric shock to any visitor who remembers recent, somber Iraqi… Continue reading
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Aug 28 2024 
Cultura e Resistenza: “Indépendance Cha Cha” – Le Grand Kallé: the first anthem of the Pan-African anti-colonial movements
Reflections by Nora Hoppe
Today, a spirit of freedom – inspired by visions of a burgeoning multipolar world – is motivating a growing number of African nations to sever all ties with longstanding colonialist marauders. Such a spirit was always reflected in the arts, especially in music – all over the world… But, we ask, where… Continue reading
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Aug 26 2024 
Where do we stand in 2024?
By Nico Cost, for GlobalSouth.co
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in the year 2024 shows that things are well wrong in the human world on Earth. How many countries in the world simply participated without expressing their disgust? What used to be abnormal has now become quite normal. Small minorities successfully imposing their will… Continue reading
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Aug 21 2024
The importance of art in growth in consciousness
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
Art is a driver of human evolution. That’s how important it is. It does not matter what exactly art is and what is or is not art, but our own experience of art causes us to become aware of our Self in The Whole. We step out of ourselves, as it… Continue reading
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Aug 19 2024 
Early Monday clean humor: Chinglish
This girl broke up with her boyfriend. She is a foreigner in China and posted a pic of herself in tears with the boyfriend on Xiaohongshu, China’s life style sharing platform, captioned “bye baby.”
The Chinglish responses to comfort her soon followed and created an atmosphere of humor. 28,000 Comments followed under her… Continue reading
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Aug 18 2024 
legendary Soviet fighter pilot Lydia Litvyak — call sign White Lily
On August 18, 1921, the legendary Soviet fighter pilot Lydia Litvyak — known by her call sign White Lily — was born.
Lydia dreamed of conquering the skies from a young age. At 14, she began training at an aviation club, and by the age of 15, she completed her first solo flight. After graduating from… Continue reading
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Aug 16 2024
The relativity of the written word
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
How many people will read this text? How many of those people who read this text will think more deeply about it? How many of those people who think more deeply about this text will actually do something with it in their lives?
Perhaps it is just as well that texts are… Continue reading
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Aug 14 2024 
Discussion on names
From Dr Quan Le at the China Writer’s Group
… THE DEMILITARIZATION & THE DENAZIFICATION OF NATO. AND THAT IS WHAT THE WHOLE WORLD TRULY AND URGENTLY NEEDS.
We all know that without the support coming from NATO/USA, Ukraine would not have been capable of withstanding the Russian military for more than 1 to 2 months. The… Continue reading
