Monday, September 28, 2020

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

NOT REALLY VERY DISTANT

 







wilhelmina orozco

9:11 PM (49 minutes ago)
to Euronews
How will Navalny be protected if he goes back to Russia? Surely, Putin and his men will not stop until he's dead. He should go to another country where his life will not be endangered. His survival now means God has given him a second life and so it must not be snuffed out easily. There are many ways, technologically, in commanding or coordinating his comrades without being in Russia.  Struggles are made of sacrifices, true, but one must also be shrewd when dealing with evil forces. 

RING THE BELLS

 


Will someone please post all the qualifications of the IATF people? 


I want to know their credentials. 


We have been under their supervision since March, through ups and downs. 


SIX MONTHS...


It's time to assess

Saturday, September 12, 2020

ANGKING KABUTIHAN

 




LINGGO NA NAMAN BUKAS. Ang hirap, sari-saring pastor ang naririnig ko sa radyo. pero sa lahat ng ayaw ko na sermon ay yung nagmamagaling na pastor na akala mo nabasbasan na siya ni Kristo para magsalita sa publiko. Sa Ingles:"holier than thou" ang dating. 

Itong pastor na ito, na banyaga pa man din, ay mahilig magsalita sa radyo na kailangan daw ay malinis ang tao pagharap kay Kristo? Ganun? Sino ang nagsabi sa kanya?

Binabaligtad niya ang sinasabi ni Kristo sa bibliya. Di ba sabi ni Kristo, "come to me all you who labor and I will give you rest?" So kahit  na sino, naniniwala o hindi, pwedeng lumapit sa kanya at magpahinga. Ganun ang pagmamahal ng isang Diyos, hindi nagtatangi. 

Aba'y pakisampal nyo nga ang pastor na yan at nakakahiya ang mga pinagsasasabi sa ere. Duhagi na nga ang bansa natin. At maaaring may nakapagnanakaw dahil nagugutom tapos sasabihin niya, bago tayo humarap kay Kristo kailangan ay malinis tayo. Nauulol na ba siya? 

Sorry, Folks, but I revere the radio and the pulpit. Whatever is mentioned there has to be for humanity's sake. Not for the self-aggrandizement of anyone.  May nireklamo nga akong isang pastor na, isang linggo,  sa halip na magsalita tungkol sa mensahe ni Kristo, aba, nagmalaki tungkol sa nagawa niya sa isang religious conference sa ibang bansa. Naku po isinumbong ko tulloy sa isang elderly at napalitan na po.

Maging mapanuri tayo ng mga umaakyat sa pulpito para magsasallita tungkol sa kung ano ang kahihinatnan natin kapag tayo ay namumuhay, o mamamatay na. Huwag tayong umasa sa iba para ituwid ang ating buhay, Unang una na lumapit tayo sa ating Panginoon, kahit na anong pananampalataya, kausapin siya at idulog ang ating mga suliranin sa pamumuhay. Kung may pagkakamali tayo, sabihin din natin at mataimtim na magdasal na aayusin a ang pamumuhay natin. 

Hindi ako pastora. Isa lamang nananampalataya at naniniwala na ang sangkatauhan ay may angkin na kabutihan. 

Thursday, September 10, 2020

DON'T PANIC!




 

PANIC OR IGNORANCE?

 When the IO says, "I don't want the people to panic" if he should act on the Covid 19 case or not and inform them about it, then it shows his narrow-mindedness about the dangers that it poses to health. He is simply clueless as to what is a dangerous or a not dangerous situation when it comes to health. How could he ignore the health of 392.2 million Americans?

And the infections they bring should they travel around the world?

The iO is a good manager for fashion not for administering a continent. 

Folks, sorry to say, you've got the wrong guy up there. But he is the right guy for the KGB, easy to manipulate and immature. They sure studied his character before backing him up all the way.   

Take care because he has more up his sleeves, not just his idiotic assessments. He has plans b and c backed up by Mockba. 

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

MIRROR





AUTHENTIC DEMOCRACY

 Democracy in its simplest is a dialogue between two people where each one hears and speaks out on the ideas that are on the table. In the family, it is the dialogue between children, among children and between child/children and the parents. In the larger society, it is between the community and the leaders.

The discussions can range from the simplest to the most complex issues, from the personal to the social, from matters concerning honor and dishonor and/or life and death, among others.

What is happening in the United States now is not democracy in action at all. You have an autocrat for a president who disparages the security force, denigrates history, and turns democratic institutions upside down. He is allowed to do all these despite the harm they are doing to the consciousness of the people - their ideas about what being a president is, what the executive department should be, what relations a country can have to other nations, what national pride and dignity are as a people and so much more. Instead of inspiring the people, he makes the people afraid. He stokes their fear of the present and the future although the norm should be that the people take control of their lives, and to many, under the guidance of God.

The gravest act of this IO is to downgrade even those who have served in the military as "losers."

Democracy is not this way at all. This is national suicide -- the people being led to believe that a "strong" president is one who can do all these things whence actually this is playing to the political game of the foreign forces who had helped install him. These forces exactly wants the US to look weak, ready to be led to the slaughter house.


And so, we should not look up anymore to the USA as the prime mover of democracy in the world now until after elections in November whereby the American people shall have formally presented their choice of a truly democratic president.

At the present time, democracy there is not because everyone is allowed to criticize that IO, or is able to analyze to its minutest detail what that IO is doing in audio-visually glamorous instances. Why so? That is because the subject in focus is the classical case of an undemocratic leader who does not deserve at all to be the center of attention. His presence is doing more harm than good in the consciousness of the younger generations who are still shaping their idea of what political leadership means. The less we see of him, domestically and so much more so internationally, the better, the more peaceful, and most authentic the world shall be.

Authentic democracy is what we crave for, not playing into the game of a puppet.

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

HOW TO DEAL WITH HUMBUGS


 

Monday, September 7, 2020

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE NERVE AGENT NOVICHOK



"Senate Report: Former Trump Aide Paul Manafort Shared Campaign Info With Russia

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort passed internalTrump campaign information to a Russian intelligence officer during the 2016 election, a new bipartisan Senate report concludes.

The findings draw a direct line between the president's former campaign chairman and Russian intelligence during the 2016 campaign.

Manafort, who was later convicted for financial fraud crimes, briefed Russian intelligence officer Konstantin Kilimnik on the campaign's polling data and how the Trump campaign sought to beat Hillary Clinton in the presidential election.

Manafort's connection with Kilimnik was a "grave counterintelligence threat," the report reads, adding that it found evidence the Russian intelligence officer may have been linked to the Russian government's efforts to hack and leak Democratic Party emails.

The findings are part of the Senate Intelligence Committee's fifth and final bipartisan report investigating Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. This volume is primarily focused on counterintelligence threats and the wide range of Russian attempts to influence both the Trump campaign and the election.

The report builds on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation — and while it was consistent with the Mueller Report, it in fact goes further.

The committee found that Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally behind the hack and leak operation that published stolen Democratic Party emails, and that WikiLeaks — the website that published them — played a key role and "very likely knew it was assisting a Russian intelligence influence effort."

The Trump campaign sought to take advantage of those leaks by asking for advance notice of the WikiLeaks disclosures, crafting public relations strategies around them, and even encouraging "further theft of information and continued leaks."

This took place at critical moments of the 2016 campaign, the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded.

For example, when the Trump campaign was made aware that The Washington Post would be publishing a copy of the now-infamous Access Hollywood tape, word got to Trump confidant Roger Stone — who tried to get a message to WikiLeaks through an intermediary so that it would publish hacked Democratic Party emails immediately.

WikiLeaks ultimately published stolen emails approximately 30 minutes after the Access Hollywood story was put online.

The Trump campaign responded to the report by saying it was evidence that "there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign," adding its contention that the "Russia Collusion Hoax is the greatest political scandal in the history of this country."

The report also found fault with the FBI: With regard to the hacking of Democratic Party emails, the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded that the bureau did not act aggressively enough to warn the Democratic National Committee about the hacking operation.

But it also said that the DNC did not take these warnings seriously enough, and that there was poor communication on both sides.

The report also faulted the FBI for giving "unjustified credence" to the information in Christopher Steele's dossier, a compendium of reporting from a former British intelligence officer. The dossier, the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded, "lacked rigor and transparency about the quality of the sourcing."

Following the Mueller Report, the fifth and final volume of the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russian interference puts something of a lid on years of probes into the issue.

From this, there is a bipartisan consensus about the nature of the Russian threat. Both sides agree that the Russian government meddled in the 2016 election — and are calling for action to protect campaigns from foreign interference in future campaigns."            


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NAVALNY IMPROVING

 NEWS FROM GERMANY WHERE NAVALNY IS BEING TREATED:

But on Friday, the Berlin hospital where Navalny is being treated said there was "some improvement" in symptoms caused by ingestion of a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors, which caused the suspected poisoning.

For his part, the spokesperson for Navalny, Kira Iarmyche, confirmed in a tweet that there was "currently no serious threat to his life". EURONEWS

Folks, let us pray for his survival and return to a normal life as he is a symbol of righting the corruption in Russia led by Putin, the guy backing up Trump all the way. 

Sunday, September 6, 2020

GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM IN RUSSIA

 Russians protest barring opposition figures from city council ballot

ON CURBING AND ENDING INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL THUGGERIES

German government finds that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by a chemical nerve agent,"

This is a very sad finding. The NATO has responded: "NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called on Russia to fully cooperate with an 'impartial investigation' led by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) into the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny... 

"Last month, Navalny was evacuated to Berlin after falling ill during a Russian flight. The hospital where he was treated in Siberia said he likely fell ill as a result of low blood sugar...

"However, German doctors at the Charite Hospital in Berlin said tests showed he had been poisoned. Those claims were further backed by examinations conducted by the Bundeswehr, Germany's military...

"German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that 'beyond doubt' the poisoning was an attempted murder."

- from DW.com, September 5, 2020


What are the implications of this event? It means that internationally, critics from any country are vulnerable to attacks by their government/s. It means that there are international THUGS with underlings who will carry out their orders without question. And these THUGS could be rulers of their countries. 

In other words, there are world leaders who do not respect international covenants and laws. 

This happening sends chilling threats to writers and critics whose primary wish is to right a wrong, as what had happened to Kashoggi a Saudian based in the US, a writer-critic, of Saudi royalty, who was killed in the Saudi consulate in Turkey by the Saudi government, and whose case has not been clearly solved. 

The world should not let these pass without a clear picture emerging as to who perpetrated the crimes.

Why do THUGS exist?

Another THUG exists in the United States who says Halllelujiah to the acts of another THUG IN ANOTHER CONTINENT.

We must examine the family backgrounds of these THUGS so that the world will be safe from their acts and influence. 

We must have stronger sanctions against acts of THUGS in order to insure the safety of everyone, critic or non-critic. 

I think it is time for parents to assess how they are raising boys in the family and for us to end THUGGERY.*

Also, organizations must insure that leadership roles are frequently assessed whether they are breeding democratic not authoritarian  leaders. 

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Thuggery - violent behavior, especially of a criminal nature.

"a cowardly act of mindless thug

Pilipino terms for THUG: BUGOY, SANGGANO

  




Wednesday, September 2, 2020

THUG IN THE FIRST WORLD




 

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

KAHALAGAHAN NG PAGKATAO NG LAHAT NG LAHI, ANUMANG KULAY NG BALAT

Africa before Transatlantic Enslavement - Black History Month 2020 


Lumalaki sa kabundukan

Gumagala sa kaparangan

Anong galak ang kabataan

Sa Afrika. Mga magulang, habol ang panatag at mapayapang pamumuhay hanggang isang araw

Dumating ang mga mangangalakal, hindi ng mga prutas at bigas kundi ng tao. Oo, habol nila ay mga bata,

dadalhin sa malalayong lugar

duon magtatrabaho at aalipinin mula pagsikat ng araw hanggang hatinggabi. 


Anong kasaysayan ng aming lahi. Pinagsakluban ng kawalan ng awa ng langit. 

Si Ugandu, nakatayo sa may bangin. Alam niyang kung matatawid niya ito, ay lalaya na siya sa maiitim na balak ng mga dayuhang mangangalakal. 

Nguni't sa ibaba ng bangin, may isang kalansay. Sa kasamaang palad hindi nakatawid at duon na naghingalo at namatay. 

Isang katapusan din yun ng kanyang pag-aasam na makalaya. Kalayaan na magpakailanman. 

Habang siya ay nagmumuni-muni, dumating ang kanyang kapatid na babae, hinahabol ng mga mangangalakal. Tumakbo ng mabilis si Ugandu upang lituhin ang mga mangangalakal at hindi puntiryahin ang kanyang kapatid na nagtago naman sa masukal na halamanan. 

Takbo, takbo Ugandu pero natalisod siya at nadakip, pinosasan, itinali at isinama sa ilang pulutong ng mga kalalakihan na nahuli rin. Mahaba ang pulutong, mga sampu, nakatali sa likod ang mga kamay, nakabalot lamang ang kanilang mga pundilyo, at may iisang kadena, paikot sa kanilang mga kamay, habang ang mga mangangalakal, isa sa harap, isa sa likod at isa sa tagiliran ng parada ay nagbabantay, dala ay latigo.

Napapikit si Ugandu. Nakahiga siya sa ilalim ng barko na maglalayag papunta sa malayong lupa, kasama ang iba pang nakidnap. Naalala niya ang kanyang ama, habang siya ay pababa ng tiyan ng barko. Tumatakbo siya at kumakaway, "Ugandu! Ugandu!" Pangalan niya ang sinasambit, mga huling pagsasambit pagka't alam niyang hindi na siya makababalik, katulad ng ibang mga nakidnap, isinilid sa barko, tinangay papunta sa ibang lupa. 

Diyan nagsimula ang pangangalakal ng mga aliping Afrikano na dinala sa tinatawag na Bagong Mundo sa Amerika upang gawing mga magsasaka, magniniyog, tagatabas ng tubo, para sa mga puting nagmamay-ari ng lupa. 

Ang katumbas ng mga Afrikano sa atin ay ang mga magsasaka sa Panay na dinala sa Negros upang magtabas ng tubo at gumawa ng asukal na inaangkat palabas ng Pilipinas noong panahon ng Kastila. 

Mga Kastila, Portugese, Ingles, Pranses din ang mga nanakop ng Afrika. Kinalakal ang kayamanan sa lupa, kinalakal ang mga katawan ng manggagawa sa pangalan ng kolonyalismo. 

Ngayon ay lumalaban ang mga taong may kulay sa Amerika. Ang kanilang kilusan, "Black Lives Matter." (Ang buhay ng mga Itim ay May Kabuluhan.)

Kahit na pinirmahan ni Abraham Lincoln noong 1862 at nagkabisa noong 1863, ang Emancipation Act hindi pa rin nawawala ang pang-aalipin o limitadong dignidad ng mga Itim. Sila ay pinasikat sa larangan ng sports, ng media, ng pelikula, ng pag-awit, paggawa ng musika, subali't sa mundo ng pulitika na gumagawa ng mga batas, mga puti pa rin ang namumuno at namamayani. 

At hindi lamang yan. Sa mga lansangan ay maraming nagtatangka, pumapatay sa kanila, dahil sa malalim na galit sa kanilang kulay. Si George Floyd, namatay habang ang tuhod ng isang pulis si Derek Chauvin, taga Minneapolis Police Department, ay nakapatong sa kanyang leeg ng 8 minuto. huling pananalita ni Floyd:"Hindi ako mkahinga. (I can't breathe.)" Si Jacob Blake, binaril ni Rusten Sheskey, taga Kenosha Wisconsin Police Department, ng 7 beses, habang siya ay nakatalikod, papasok sana sa kanyang sasakyan,  upang protektahan ang kanyang talong anak nakaupo sa likuran. Hindi isang bala, kundi pito ang pumilay sa kanyang mga hita at paa. Isa na siyang paralitiko sa ngayon. 

Anong pinaglalaban nila: kalayaan upang mamuhay ng matahimik, mapayapa at may mga pantay ng karapatan sa Amerika. Paggalang sa kanilang katauhan, sa kanilang kakayahan sa anumang larangan. Karangalang mabuhay. Kilalanin na ang lahat ng lahi, anumang kulay ng kanilang mga balat ay may pantay na karapatan na mamuhay at magtamasa ng mga karapatan. 


Kuwento ni Ugandu, halaw sa THE PASSAGE, animation film tungkol kay Ugandu, pangalan na ibig sabihin "agila ng buhay." Sinulat ni Fern Lewis.  Ginawa ng Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (2010) sa Barbados, ang huling destinasyon ni Ugandu. Mapapanood sa You Tube.