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Dél-Afrika South Africa
2018. VIII. 24. Az üldöztetés elől menekülők befogadása, megsegítése szent kötelesség. Például a búroké. Az európai gyökerekkel rendelkező szorgalmas, keresztény, fehér földműveseket ugyanis népirtás fenyegeti szülőhazájukban, miután a négerek uralta marxista állam – a kommunista Mandela, Dél-Afrika Nobel-békedíjjal és nemzetközi Lenin-békedíjjal egyaránt kitüntetett első, 2013-ban elhunyt fekete elnöke programját folytatva – létükben fenyegeti őket, ellentételezés nélkül megfosztva őket földjeiktől, vagyis a megélhetésüktől. A búrok érzik a bajt. Két és fél évvel ezelőtt a Nova Europa Project elnevezésű társaság kezdeményezte, hogy a dél-afrikai fehér közösség tagjai kapjanak menedékjogot Magyarországon. E gondolat feltétlenül támogatandó. A búr nép holland, flamand, fríz, német és francia hugenotta telepesek utódainak összeolvadásával jött létre Dél-Afrikában a XVII-XVIII. században. Elnevezésük a holland boer (földműves) szóból ered, sajátos, holland gyökerű, de a velük keveredett többi nép kifejezéseit, valamint afrikai jövevényszavakat is tartalmazó nyelvük az afrikaans. A XIX. és a XX. század fordulóján Nagy-Britannia két gyarmatosító háborút vívott ellenük (1880-1881 és 1899-1902), melynek során a britek mintegy 30 ezer búr farmot égettek porig, illetve az ellenállás megtörése céljából – a történelemben először – koncentrációs táborokba zárták a búr nőket és gyerekeket. Közülük a brit lágerekben 26 ezren haltak meg. A dráma ismétlődéssel fenyeget. Az elmúlt években több száz búr farmert gyilkoltak meg, a dél-afrikai állami rendőrség pedig nem védi meg őket, sőt, arra is volt példa, hogy rendőrök is részt vettek fehér földművesek elleni rablógyilkos támadásokban Az egykori apartheid-rendszer vége óta több mint 4000 fehér búr farmert öltek meg fekete támadók, csak idén közel száz támadás történt. Dél-Afrika 2009 és 2018 közötti elnöke, Zuma egy 2012-es felvételen látható, amint az ANC egy rendezvényén szenvedélyesen rázendít a párt fajgyűlölő indulójára, melyben rendre elismétlik, hogy „géppisztollyal lőjük a búrokat”. A most bejelentett földrablás ötletgazdái Mandela politikai neveltjei, az ő rasszista politikájának folytatói. A búrok pedig mindeközben új hazát keresnek maguknak. 2010-ben Visszatérés joga címmel a Facebookon indult kampány a dél-afrikai George városában élő Johnstone vezetésével, aki szerint őseikre tekintettel Hollandiának be kellene fogadni őket. Ennek érdekében levelet írt a fokvárosi Holland Konzulátusnak, a holland uralkodóháznak és a holland parlament több képviselőjének, ám senkitől nem kapott kedvező választ,. Az Amszterdami Egyetem Szociológia Tanszéke Kisebbségi és Migrációs Intézetének professzora, bizonyos Rath egyenesen azt mondta, a búrok külföldi állampolgárok, holland gyökereik ezért érdektelenek. 2015 májusában egy brazil férfi, Campos indított petíciót az Európai Unió Tanácsának, illetve az Európai Bizottságnak címezve annak érdekében, hogy Dél-Afrika, továbbá Namíbia és Zimbabwe veszélyeztetett fehér lakosságát Európa befogadja. Campos ezt erkölcsi kötelességnek nevezte, ám kezdeményezése érdemi válasz nélkül maradt. A képlet tehát ez: az öngyűlölő Nyugat-Európa az idegeneknek kitárja kapuit, az európai kulturális gyökerekből táplálkozó fehér menekülteket viszont elutasítja. Ausztrália már eddig is több ezer búr farmert fogadott be. Porter ausztrál főügyész néhány hónappal ezelőtt kijelentette, minél több búr farmer érkezik az országba, annál jobb. Ennek érdekében egyszerűsítik a menekülő fehérek vízumszerzését és családegyesítését. A példa követendő. Magyarország pedig büszkén, emelt fővel tudathatná a kvóta-mániás migráns-simogatókkal, hogy a maga részéről nagyszámú valódi afrikai menekültnek adott új otthont. (Forrás: Demokrata)
August 21, 2018 South Africa has targeted the first two farms, game reserves in the northern province of Limpopo for unilateral seizure after the owners refused an offer of one-tenth of the land’s value. Earlier this month, City Press reported the government had drawn up a list of 139 farms it planned to seize. According to the 2011 census, there are about 4.6 million white people in South Africa, accounting for 8.9 per cent of the population. (Source: NewsComAU): https://tinyurl.com/yd9czrhb
China
August 28, 2018 Since 2015, the People’s Liberation Army has cut 300,000 enlisted soldiers and officers, paring the military to 2 million personnel overall, compared with 1.4 million in the United States. While every branch of China’s armed forces lags behind the United States’ in firepower and experience, China has made significant gains in asymmetrical weaponry to blunt America’s advantages. One focus has been in what U.S. military planners call A2/AD, for “anti-access/area denial,” or what the Chinese call “counter-intervention.” A centerpiece of this strategy is an arsenal of high-speed ballistic missiles designed to strike moving ships. The latest versions, the DF-21D and, since 2016, the DF-26, are popularly known as “carrier killers,” since they can threaten the most powerful vessels in the U.S. fleet long before they get close to China. The DF-26, which made its debut in a military parade in Beijing in 2015 and was tested in the Bohai Sea last year, has a range that would allow it to menace ships and bases as far away as Guam. These missiles are almost impossible to detect and intercept, and are directed at moving targets by an increasingly sophisticated Chinese network of radar and satellites. China announced in April that the DF-26 had entered service. The “carrier killers” have been supplemented by the deployment this year of missiles in the South China Sea. The weaponry includes the new YJ-12B anti-ship cruise missile, which puts most of the waters between the Philippines and Vietnam in range. Last year, China counted 317 warships and submarines in active service, compared with 283 in the U.S. Navy, which has been essentially unrivaled in the open seas since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. China’s new J-20 stealth fighter conducted its first training mission at sea in May, while its strategic bomber, the H-6, landed for the first time on Woody Island in the Paracels. From the airfield there or from those in the Spratly Islands, the bombers could strike all of Southeast Asia. China’s interests are expanding. In 2017, it opened its first overseas military base in Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa. It now appears to be planning to acquire access to a network of ports and bases throughout the Indian Ocean. (Source: Wiral)
August 27, 2018 For over a year, the Chinese government has withheld lab samples of a rapidly evolving influenza virus from the United States - specimens needed to develop vaccines and treatments, according to federal health officials. Despite persistent requests from government officials and research institutions, China has not provided samples of the dangerous virus, a type of bird flu called H7N9. In the past, such exchanges have been mostly routine under rules established by the World Health Organization. Now, as the United States and China spar over trade, some scientists worry that the vital exchange of medical supplies and information could slow, hampering preparedness for the next biological threat. Jeopardizing U.S. access to foreign pathogens and therapies to counter them undermines our nation’s ability to protect against infections which can spread globally within days. Since taking root in China in 2013, the virus has spread through poultry farms, evolving into a highly pathogenic strain that can infect humans. It has killed 40 percent of its victims. If this strain were to become highly contagious among humans, seasonal flu vaccines would provide little to no protection. Americans have virtually no immunity. Under an agreement established by the World Health Organization, participating countries must transfer influenza samples with pandemic potential to designated research centers “in a timely manner.” That process - involving paperwork, approval through several agencies and a licensed carrier - normally takes several months. But more than one year after a devastating wave of H7N9 infections in Asia - 766 cases were reported, almost all in China - the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still waiting for several viral samples. At least four research institutions have relied upon a small group of H7N9 samples from cases in Taiwan and Hong Kong. China hid the 2002 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, for four months and then kept the findings of its research private. In 2005, Chinese authorities insisted an H5N1 influenza outbreak was contained, contradicting University of Hong Kong scientists who offered evidence that it was expanding. Indonesia followed suit, refusing in 2007 to share specimens of H5N1 with the United States and United Kingdom, arguing that the countries would use the samples to develop a vaccine that Indonesians could not afford. Those episodes led to the 2011 development of the W.H.O.’s Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework, which aims to promote sample exchanges as well as developing countries’ access to vaccines. (Source: msn): https://tinyurl.com/yakxltj8
22 August 2018 State media mocks US President for helping make China great again. The film by China Global Television Network (CGTN) designed to promote China’s cause before the latest round of US tariffs are expected to take place on 23 September sarcastically thanks Trump for helping the rest of the world to “bond” and galvanising China into making economic reforms that helped it lure major foreign investors such as Tesla. Last month the US electric car maker announced plans to build a new plant in Shanghai, the first in China that will be wholly owned by a foreign company. Thank you for re-instilling in the Chinese a sense of humility, Cheng, a former reporter for the US CNBC network, continues. CGTN is part of a growing arm of state media designed to “tell China stories” as it make a global push to improve its soft power. In June it started recruiting more than 350 journalists ahead for its first European hub, which will open in London later this year. (Source: SouthChinaMorningPost)
United States
August 27, 2018 The United States and Mexico agreed to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), putting pressure on Canada to agree to new terms on auto trade and dispute settlement rules to remain part of the three-nation pact. Trump threatened he still could put tariffs on Canadian-made cars if Canada did not join its neighbors and warned he expected concessions on Canada’s dairy protections. Negotiations among the three partners, whose mutual trade totals more than $1 trillion annually, have dragged on for more than a year, putting pressure on the Mexican peso MXN and the Canadian dollar CAD. Both currencies gained against the U.S. dollar after Monday's announcement. Trump will sign the deal in 90 days. Congress has to approve it. The Mexico-U.S. discussions focused on crafting new rules for the automotive industry, which Trump has put at the heart of his drive to rework a pact he has repeatedly described as a “disaster” for American workers. The deal would require 75 percent of auto content to be made in the NAFTA region, up from the current level of 62.5 percent. The content would be made in the United States and Mexico. That requirement could shift some auto parts manufacturing to Mexico from China. The Trump administration said the deal improves labor provisions, in part by requiring 40 percent to 45 percent of auto content to be made by workers earning at least $16 per hour. That measure could move some production back to the United States from Mexico and should lift Mexican wages. The United States and Mexico agreed to a 16-year lifespan for the deal, with a review every six years that can extend the pact for 16 years. (Source: Reuters)
August 24, 2018 Mueller may not have the power to haul the president before a grand jury or indict him. After all, it is Parliament that deposes and beheads the king, not the sheriff of Nottingham. But Mueller will file a report with the Department of Justice that will be sent to the House. And as this Congress has only weeks left before the 2018 elections, it will be the new House that meets in January, which may well be Democratic, that will receive Mueller’s report. Still, as of now, it is hard to see how two-thirds of a new Senate would convict this president of high crimes and misdemeanors. Thus we are in for a hellish year. (Source: WND)
08/24/2018 The U.S Navy today formally reactivated the Cold War-era naval command it relied on for decades to confront adversaries in the waters off North America. The 2nd Fleet in Norfolk, Virginia, which was deactivated in 2011, will once again be assigned ships, aircraft and Marine landing forces for potential operations along the East Coast and in the North Atlantic, where melting Arctic ice has also heightened the competition for natural resources. From its founding in 1950 through the end of the Cold War, 2nd Fleet on the order of 130 ships and submarines, including aircraft carriers and amphibious landing vessels, and 90,000 sailors, Marines and Navy civilians, was responsible for keeping tabs on Russian submarines and securing passage of allied forces across the Atlantic in the event of war. NATO formalized plans in June to establish a new Atlantic Command, which would bring together the naval assets of the alliance in the same area. 2nd Fleet is charged with patrolling, and the Pentagon has offered Norfolk as a likely headquarters site. NATO’s original Atlantic Command was disbanded in 2003 and 2nd Fleet gave up its NATO strike role in 2005. (Source: Politico)
August 23, 2018 After a Fox News segment yesterday night focusing on the controversial issue of land expropriation in South Africa, President Trump said has asked Pompeo “to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers.” (Source: CNSNews)
August 21, 2018 Soros-funded social-media censorship plan. The memo’s relationship with recent moves by Silicon Valley tech giants is to “shadow ban” conservative political candidates and pundits and remove content. The memo spells out a four-year agenda to attack Trump and Republicans. The strategies are impeachment, expanding Media Matters’ mission to combat “government misinformation,” ensuring Democratic control of the Senate in the 2018 midterm elections, filing lawsuits against the Trump administration, monetizing political advocacy, using a “digital attacker” to delegitimize Trump’s presidency and damage Republicans, and partnering with Facebook to combat “fake news.” The document claims Media Matters and far-left groups have “access to raw data from Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites” so they can “systemically monitor and analyze this unfiltered data.” The social media giant was provided with “a detailed map of the constellation of right-wing Facebook pages that had been the biggest purveyors of fake news.” Facebook, meanwhile has changed its newsfeed algorithm, ostensibly to combat “fake news,” causing a precipitous decline in traffic for many conservative sites. While left-wing publishers saw a roughly 2 percent increase in web traffic from Facebook following the algorithm changes, conservative sites saw a loss of traffic averaging around 14 percent. (Source: WND): https://tinyurl.com/ycmgtmeo
Full brock confidential memo on fighting Trump obtained by the Washington Free Beacon: https://tinyurl.com/h4oqub7
NASA
25th August 2018 The Lunar Orbital-Platform Gateway will be a craft that orbits the Moon to provide a base from which to carry out human exploration of the Moon and deep space missions. NASA also plans to use a future 'Gateway' as a staging point for missions to Mars. The station modules will be constructed from 2022, with the first due to be finished by 2025. (Source: TheSun)
Globalization
28th August 2018 Trend of holiday makers heading off to unusual and even distasteful locations including a suicide hot-spot, a nuclear disaster zone, and an abandoned prisoner-of-war camp. Aokigahara, a forest in Japan, is just one of the locations explored in Dark Tourism and has become an unlikely tourist destination as well as a suicide hotspot. Expedia offers a tour for £57 per traveller while similarly-priced expeditions are advertised on TripAdvisor. Tomioka, a town in Fukushima, Japan, was known for its beaches and cherry blossoms before a nuclear disaster in 2011, which now draws hordes of tourists to the area. The town’s 15,000 residents were forced to flee from the effects of the deadly radiation. Tours are run by local residents in co-ordination with the local government in Fukushima, which is also trying to persuade people to once again inhabit the area. Hashima is an abandoned island about 10 miles away from Nagasaki in southern Japan. At the beginning of the 20th century the island was mainly used for coal mining, before it was turned into a Chinese and Korean prisoner of war camp by the Japanese. In 1959 the tiny ‘Battleship Island’ reached a peak population of over 5,000, the most densely populated place anywhere on Earth. The island was abandoned in 1974 when the coal mines were depleted – but the island and former labour camp was re-opened for tourism in 2009. Japan's Huis Ten Bosch's theme park is home to the world's first robot hotel. Robots stroll alongside mock dinosaurs, while tourists stop off to enjoy VR rides and chat to manga characters. One town in Mexico offers holidaymakers the opportunity to experience what it’s like to illegally cross the border into the US. The so-called Night Walk is a 12km obstacle course where tourists pay to be chased and ‘shot at’ by pretend immigration officials with guns. The tour began in 2004, within the 3,000-acre Parque EcoAlberto, a recreational park in Mexico that’s staffed by indigenous Hñahñu Indians. Tickets for the intense experience are still available on the Night Walk’s website for $350. Organised tours are run by the Gunkanjima Concierge. The former prison in scenic Gloucestershire is a controversial crime and punishment museum. The unsettling artefacts may not be one for the kids – despite that a child’s ticket is £9 . Those who are aged 100 and over are promised entry into the dark museum free-of-charge. (Source: TheSun)
August 27, 2018 A gene-by-gene, neuron-by-neuron search has turned up a new breed of brain cell that may serve as a fine-scale “volume control” for neural activity in humans. The novel type of brain cell, known as a rosehip neuron, is described in a study published today by Nature Neuroscience. It’s very rare, and you only see it, so far, in a human,” study co-author Lein, an investigator at the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Brain Science, told. Lein’s group at the Allen Institute and a Hungarian research team at the University of Szeged, headed by Tamás, narrowed in on the neurons using two different lines of inquiry. Tamás’ team found the rosehip neurons in the outermost layer of the human neocortex, known as Layer 1. That layer is proportionately thicker in humans than in other species, and it’s thought to play a key role in human consciousness. The neurons were given the “rosehip” name because each cell’s central axon had the bulbous look of a rose after it has shed its petals. They’re inhibitory neurons, which means they can tamp down electrical impulses coming in from other brain cells. In a news release, Tamás compared inhibitory neurons to the brake pedals in a car, and said that rosehip neurons appear to be a specialized kind of brake. “This particular cell type - or car type - can stop at places other cell types cannot stop,” he said. “The car or cell types participating in the traffic of a rodent brain cannot stop in these places.” Lein added another analogy, comparing the neurons to the customized volume controls on a stereo sound system’s equalizer. (Source: GeekWire): https://tinyurl.com/ydfrqesg
Earth
08/22/2018 The crust of the Earth has been shaken by 144 major earthquakes over the last 7 days. (Source: Zerohedge)
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