ALL OPTIONS LEAD TO CIVIL WAR WITHOUT A TRANSPARENT RUN-OFF

"We fail, everyone eats dirt. We rise – man, those elites on the other side of the pond gonna be in some serious trouble."

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Thread: Confucius Institutes, aka Hanban, were intitiated in 2004 as a way to spread the CCP narrative while simultaneously gaining entry to foreign universities. Considered "cultural soft power" and a important part of China's overseas propaganda set-up.

1) In Greek mythology, Cassandra was a princess of the legendary city of Troy, and the most beautiful of King Priam’s daughters.

She was seduced by Apollo, who gave her the ability to predict the future.

2) When she refused herself to him, he cursed her by making people disbelieve her predictions.

3) So she went around knowing and predicting the future, telling people what was going to happen, but no one ever believed her.

She foresaw the fall of Troy, but couldn’t prevent it.

4) Cassandra is a figure both of sagacity and of tragedy, where her combination of deep understanding and powerlessness exemplify the paradoxical condition of mankind.

5) In her frightened, ego-less state, she may blurt out what she sees, perhaps with the unconscious hope that others might be able to make some sense of it.

But to them, her words sound meaningless, disconnected, and blown out of all proportion.

Remembering those we lost in 2020

Soumitra Chatterjee (Nov 15)
SP Balasubrahmanyam (Sep 25)
Bhanu Athaiya (Oct 15)
Irrfan Khan (Apr 29)

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Rishi Kapoor (Apr 30)
Basu Chatterjee (Jun 4)
Jagdeep (Mar 29)
Saroj Khan (Jul 3)

B Kannan - Cinematographer, Tamil, Malayalam (Jun 13)

Budal Krishnamoorthy - Actor, Filmmaker, Kannada (Dec 19)

P Krishnamoorthy - Art Director, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada (13 Dec)

Zero Babu - Singer, Malayalam (Oct 21)

Theatre

Usha Ganguly (Apr 23)
Ratnakar Matkari (May 5)
Ebrahim Alkazi (Aug 11)
HG Somashekhar Rao (Nov 3)

Kishori Ballal (Feb 18)
Ranjit Chowdhury (Apr 4)
Nishikant Kamat (Aug 8)
Yogesh Gaur (May 29)

Did U know there is a Book of the Bible that blesses you w/ reading it out loud?
▪️”Blessed is he that readeth, & they that hear the words of this prophecy, & keep those things which are written therein: for the TIME is at HAND.” Revelation 1:3 KJV
▪️Revealing truth to us

I read things, you see?
I read a lot of things. I know how rapidly everything can change. When I see you try to declare "they're just not regularly around women and don't know them" I mock you and will continue to do so. Because you have no idea what's happened.

Kant never really got around to being near women.

Did he hate them?

Yet there are contradictions and I've noticed that where they are seemingly present, rumination is a normal behavior.

That'll drive you insane. I would know.

While I've learned to see it and let go of nearly all of it after the fact I don't think most people understand that almost none of it is real.

Rumination is like a miniature psychosis that normal people can suffer and induce. That's what it's like.

December 2020 Let’s Go A Fishing
Theme: Voice of Hope
Location: Okitipupa, Ondo State
Date: Wednesday, 23rd of December, 2020

#LetsGoAFishing2020
#VoiceofHope

In the Name that is above every other name, you will never forget today.

#LetsGoAFishing2020
#VoiceofHope

I’ll give you one reason why you can never forget today, when we go a fishing like this, I normally would visit several places but your place is the first place we are visiting this time.

#LetsGoAFishing2020
#VoiceofHope

After the Congress, you are the first people we are having an encounter with.

I have no doubt at all, your time to fly has come.

#LetsGoAFishing2020
#VoiceofHope

I am delighted that the Almighty God arranged it in such a way that nothing has been able to stop our coming.

I have come to pray for you but before I pray for you, let me share a few words with you from
Isaiah 3:10

#LetsGoAFishing2020
#VoiceofHope

DEMOLISHING THE FARCE OF REBEL CARDINALS

by Br. Alexis Bugnolo ➡️📌
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In 2013, the College of Cardinals gravely betrayed His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.

Their excuse for their betrayal is simple. They simply think that THEY rule the Church and that the Pope is the figurehead of their club.

The ignore the divine constitution of the Church.

A pope must serve Christ, not rule over him. To hold otherwise leads to the most outrageous daily blasphemies and heresies.

JAMES
BOND:

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Iconic main titles, 23 Bond films...
...each one packed with amazing visuals.

Let them autoplay... linger over them...
...and appreciate the production value.

ENJOY!

— @LoudCitizen

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@SamSeder @jimmy_dore has made his ultimate intention clear. Check out this video from an interview he did with Niko House yesterday. This should be extremely concerning from anyone serious about the progressive movement. It’s clear that Dore is trying to tear down the squad. (1/11)

@jimmy_dore But here he goes further. He believes that he had set up a test to see if progressive politicians are worth voting for or not. Only if they pass his test would they be worth voting for. Right now they are not. (2/11)

@jimmy_dore I don’t see how anyone can argue that Dore’s message is not extremely dangerous for the progressive movement. He is literally saying there is no point in voting for any progressive politicians. If a nefarious actor did want to infiltrate a political movement, (3/11)

@jimmy_dore what better way than to use a popular figure to spread anger and hate and convince his or followers that there is no point in voting for anyone in that movement. There is no more powerful way to succeed in killing a movement. That’s what Dore is doing. (4/11)

@jimmy_dore Jimmy Dore on Niko House show 12/20/20

Jimmy Dore: What’s the point? As Norman Solomon said after the entire squad voted for the extension of the Patriot Act to extend Donald Trump's fucking spying powers. As they were calling him a Russian puppet, (5/11)

As #FarmersProtest continues through the cold North Indian winter, we look back at the steps taken by Christian missionaries to improve #agriculture in India. Exactly 200 years ago, in 1820, #WilliamCarey founded the Agriculture Society of India. #AHSI #Bicentenary #Thread 1/37

In its 200 years of existence the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India played a key role in scientific education in India. It devoted itself to introducing new types of crops, flowers, fruits and vegetables — now used by us everyday. Some key milestones... 2/37

Sept. 14, 1820: Agricultural Society of India formed by Rev. William Carey in a meeting at the Calcutta Town Hall. Carey was the first secretary. By Oct. 23, 1820, over 50 persons had joined. This pioneering society had both Indian and European members, which was unusual. 3/37

In March 1822 Carey suggested rewarding gardeners who helped develop agriculture and horticulture. Members accepted the proposal and made categories and norms for rewarding gardeners. 4/37

1824: Introduced cash crop seeds brought from America and Mauritius. Under Carey's guidance, investigations had been started on cotton, sugarcane, tobacco, coffee and cereals, etc., which proved to be of immense importance in the development of agriculture in India. 5/37

WRITING A WINNING STATEMENT OF PURPOSE (SOP)

PART A

This VERY long thread will break down the process of writing an SOP using six questions that have worked for me in the several admissions and scholarships I have secured.

Get a drink and let us begin.

Writing an SOP requires thorough research and planning. Writing an SOP involves writing a story of your academic and professional experience.

Remember that volunteering or internship roles also count when you are writing your SOP.

It is important to tell a coherent story from start to finish of your SOP. This allows the assessors to link your passion with your academic and professional trajectory.

It is also very significant that you allow others (mentors, friends, professionals) to review your essays.

This is important because, your essay might be coherent and convincing but if it is laced with grammatical errors, you are likely to lose points.

You can also use editing software or websites to assess your writing.

I will be providing six questions that I aim to answer when I write my SOPs. I will also expand on the questions as we go along. Part A will speak to four out of the six questions. Part B will continue from Q4.

In the spring of 2001, I was going to a meeting at the place where I worked then and still work now. Another of the people at the meeting was an academic dean of our school. She was perhaps the purest expression of academia *at* that school.

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That day she was literally wearing a tweed blazer. Before she'd become a dean she'd been an English teacher. Now, the epitome of English Teachers, in my brain, was and remains my father. That day she was a close second.

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That day I said hello and asked how she was or somesuch.

She gave me a slightly wry smile. "Oh, you know. Measuring my life in coffee spoons," she said. I chuckled, and we may have traded a couple more lines of 'Prufrock.' I'm not sure.

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And I've always been a fan of T.S. Eliot, so it felt natural enough to come to and fro, talking of Michelangelo, and otherwise it seemed a clever turn of phrase just before a meeting about school management systems and database development.

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It is a couple of days before 2021, and I am 20 years older, and that memory has taken on a very different shade and tenor. We have all seen too much since then, over and over again.

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I’m on vacation so of course I am thinking about how music is expressed on different formats, like this new Chris Stapleton record I got for Christmas. Note that it only has three tracks on side A and the center is blank - the album came on 2xLPs, like a lot of new vinyl.

My oldest records, like our beloved 1974 copy of Sticky Fingers (with real zipper sleeve!) are packed tight to the center. What’s going on?

The inside of a record spins slower than the outside, so the inner grooves are packed tighter, with more distortion and limited dynamic range. Physical formats have all kinds of weirdness like this that shape music itself.

But when vinyl was the only music format, no one wanted to flip records all the time. So everyone made use of the whole side, and artists and engineers would order albums to have the quieter songs on the inner grooves.

But now that streaming exists, no one’s thinking about album track order that way. And vinyl is selling well, but in relatively small numbers, and as much for the physical experience of handling the records. And no one wants to compromise inner groove sound quality.