Its different.  Now, if there is a missile nest, it is in Europe somewhere, and if say Germany, Russia holds Germany responsible.  The missiles at the Cuban Missile Crisis time, was a US missile nest.  It does look as if Putin already a year ago considered missiles (Canada and Mexico) as not feasible.

https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1959880403184918960

I just think people are running away with this thing with no basis from any Russian source.  We also have to keep in mind the local treaties.

I’m more into what Russia says.  Not sure if it was Sweden or Switzerland at the time about a year ago that announced missile batteries.  The Russian response was that they do not know what they are doing, because the Russian missiles will now be aimed at them.  All that I know from the Russian formal talk, is that they keep the actual country responsible, and not even NATO.  One could pick this up in speeches and for me, it is something that I picked up clearly – Russia’s use of a direct one-to-one relationship on these issues.

But we can always take a bet.  Today the Venezuela issue was quiet – I mean the on the ground issue and the US talk.

I want to have a lazy day, so I picked this up.  She has some things to say about the White Lotus Rebellion back in the Ming Dynasty – a Buddhist rebellion where the serfs rebelled against their dynasty lords.  She also calls on the Chinese to help search for specific information, but says that she knows that the Chinese may not watch YouTube.  So, the Ming Dynasty is long, I mean about 300 years before the period that she is interested in.  And the Jesuits only got going seriously with translations of Chinese philosophical works much later than the White Lotus Rebellion.  There is no overlap there.

The very first Chinese philosophy that I read was translated by the Jesuits – so, the Church could not wack me too hard. But when I started asking questions, that is when the trouble started.  The Jesuits’ work with Chinese Philosophers is why the Chinese State is relatively OK with the Catholics as long as they do not proselytize and mess with the State.  There was a thing that they (Jesuits) all tried to co-mingle Catholicism with Buddhism of the time (Tibetan), 1800’s through to early 1900’s and there are serious papers that there is a crossover from Buddhism to Catholicism.  It all looks like ‘try-hard and we will make it fit’ to me, and I haven’t even fully read even one of the papers.  Just toooo esoteric but this is a short and interesting one:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S2214132423000523.

Strange the things that one comes across.  Different from the Catholicism side, there was a Chinese Christian with the name of Watchman Nee.  I literally ate his books (62 volumes of the collected works).  He was dumped in jail as well but then he went to the US on a visit, and they did not like him.  He was too serious.  https://www.watchmannee.org/

Think I should let Candace know that the Chinese may indeed watch YouTube?  And give her direction in her research on time periods?  And for what?

So now .. “The US authorities intend to withdraw COVID vaccines based on the mRNA technology from the American market within a few months, Daily Beat reports, citing US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s supporter, Dr. Aseem Malhotra.

Kennedy has said that the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is ceasing investments in the development of the mRNA vaccines, as they have been found ineffective in protecting against upper respiratory tract infections, in particular, COVID-19 and influenza.

Vaccines against coronavirus from Pfizer and Moderna have been created based on the mRNA technology.”

Mad anger I found myself in, reading that and thinking back. I was never very prescriptive and usually just said that a brand new vaccine should probably be tested before it is rolled out for a brand new virus. A specific person and family that I dealt with at the time, spoke about a family member, young, a research biologist, who advised the family to take every jab imaginable, as it was technology that would change the world .. Too wonderful and gushing. I kept to my cautious approach, spoke about studies that I had done on the history of vaccines, but it is hard to tell someone else that their family member lost their senses. That family took every jab imaginable and during the time they all had continual revolving Covid. One got better and another one got it and around and around it went. They would not do the basic prevention that we all had access to but fell into the hype and wanted to continue living the good life.

Some of my family took the hint and there is nothing wrong with them, At the time we received some of the agreement between South Africa and Pfizer and soon after some of the Brazilian agreement leaked. It was so crystal clear that it was a raid by the pharmaceuticals on countries. These agreements were completely one-sided and took no responsibility – which is the way Big Pharma operates. Countries took IMF loans to pay for their fake vaccines.

So those that did not hear me out at the time, it is hard to feel one iota of anything for them. Usually I can drum up some empathy but in this case my empathy bucket is completely empty.

I’ve always thought Dr. Peter McCullough was one of the most realistic voices in terms of Covid, Vaccines and the surrounding issues.  Here he is with Jimmy Dore.

AHH, these people create a god for themselves in their own miserable psychopathic images. I’m sorry I watched. They do not know that they are infested with evil, mentally sick and need to be in straitjacket.

A feedback .. AHH, the shorter posts seem to work better .. I have not frozen up on the thread, and I’m not getting server alerts. Everyone else? Is it working better for you?

Let’s think of shorter posts – perhaps that will be easy?  Try what does not burden you and I’ll check.

Shorter posts but more – with fewer embeds each – so, you will make for example three posts instead of one – am I making myself clear as mud here?  we may just be able to get away with that.

Then you refresh threads at your normal cycle?  Worth a try ..

South Africa will take measures to protect its industries in response to new US tariffs;

Big big problems.  They have not started and are trying to go and negotiate with Trump but they want to send the white guy and the black guys are too jealous so they’re fighting about that.  They asked for an extension, the administration gave them one, and now, they are not ready.  170,000 jobs lost over the past few months and the AGOA free trade agreement will run out and not be renewed.  30% tariffs.  I look at Mexico and see how they are not leaving anything to chance, negotiating daily and their tariffs are now 60 days extended.  Good .. time works as well.  But they are working like crazy to diversify trade.

Big big problems right on the doorstep in South Africa and now rolling downhill.  They called a National Convention and after the ANC would not let go of the agenda, everybody walked out.  Every single organization, blacks ones, white ones, mixed ones, rainbow ones ..  simply walked out.  Ramaphosa made a long speech about women’s rights and nonsense.  I cannot even write about it as I feel too sick.  Ramaphosa is not answering questions, but he runs from the press.   This is a country that should have negotiated as their asses are tied up with US trade.  OK; sorry, small potatoes.