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To: Roads End who wrote (175103)	7/18/2021 11:01:24 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217576

<<Hmmm>> is a proper-enough first reaction. We best let the first shock settle, rather than immediately concluding that a large scale criminal conspiracy is difficult to hide, sleep on it, deliberate, watch & brief, and then maybe graduate to two more 'm', as in 'Hmmmmm' I remain agnostic even as am severely swaying by the video's revelations - almost to natural rhythmic frequency state ... should the link no longer function, we shout alarm. We shall know more than we already suspect, for social media is difficult to shut down, and BitChute is still far enough away from being Assange-ed. Wonder when its operators might be charged with rape by the like-minded Swedes, in collaboration with 5-eyes UK, and at beck & call of the other 4-eyes. It is Monday morning in Asia and soon starts Freedom morning in UK, and on eve of presumably big celebration, UK now tees up subject of inconvenient Beta variant whilst the planet fixated on Delta and muttering about Lambda variants. As reminder, Beta is S African, Delta is Indian, and Lambda is Peru. Alpha is supposedly China China China but by the looks of the above video, seems to have USA fingerprints all over the cartridges, gun, and never mind the bloody thumbprint on the getaway car's steering wheel, also the shouts of alarm and finger-pointing. All suspicious. Best we remain agnostic as the investigation proceeds to sometime August and see what Team Biden has to say for itself. Should be interesting as either exposure or coverup is tee-ed up, and both highly problematic, simply because the potentially wrongly accused, as in the case of Huawei CFO Ms Meng, is not without resources, capabilities and capacities. Whatever the case, the reckoning that Team China released a virus on self is not tenable, especially when China does not have claim over the way too many patents of a lot of cures needing to be tee-ed up. nytimes.com Covid News: Britain Will Require Fully Vaccinated Travelers From France to Quarantine Over Beta Variant Concerns July 18, 2021, 11:32 a.m. ETJuly 18, 2021 In the United States, rising cases prompted the C.D.C. chief, Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, to again plead with Americans to get fully vaccinated. Follow our latest coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s what you need to know:Britain will continue to require vaccinated travelers from France to quarantine, citing Beta variant concerns. As the Delta variant fuels rising U.S. cases, the C.D.C. director warns of a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated.’ Arizona’s governor says schools cannot force exposed, unvaccinated students to quarantine. A week before the Tokyo Olympics, a Covid bubble comes under strain. ‘They’re killing people’: Biden denounces social media for virus disinformation. The spreading Delta variant is hampering Europe’s economic recovery. African countries are left with scarce vaccine supplies as the virus spreads. An Olympic weight lifter from Uganda is missing after not showing up for a virus test. Signs at Heathrow Airport explaining Britain’s quarantine requirements.Andy Rain/EPA, via Shutterstock British medical officials announced Friday that fully vaccinated travelers returning to England from France must continue to quarantine because of the threat posed by the Beta variant. Travelers arriving from France must quarantine for five to 10 days, at home or elsewhere, the British health ministry said.

To: Roads End who wrote (175103)	7/19/2021 12:20:53 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217576

here below is link to I believe a reasonably sensible read re china, even though its source is suspect essential take-away, getmoregold, because there are bad people out there doing nasty things for evil purpose, etc etc china and Russia might not share much, but are empathetic to each others experiences and chime as far as what each sees out there neo libs and neo cons are both diligently playing right into a corner hbr.org What the West Gets Wrong About China Three fundamental misconceptions by Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson From the Magazine (May–June 2021) Many people have wrongly assumed that political freedom would follow new economic freedoms in China and that its economic growth would have to be built on the same foundations as in the West. The authors suggest that those assumptions are rooted in three essentially false beliefs about modern China: (1) Economics and democracy are two sides of the same coin; (2) authoritarian political systems can’t be legitimate; and (3) the Chinese live, work, and invest like Westerners. But at every point since 1949 the Chinese Communist Party—central to the institutions, society, and daily experiences that shape all Chinese people—has stressed the importance of Chinese history and of Marxist-Leninist doctrine. Until Western companies and politicians understand this and revise their views, they will continue to get China wrong. ... etc ... etc ... etc ... etc Decisions—by both individuals and the state—about how to invest all serve one purpose: to provide security and stability in an unpredictable world. Although many in the West may believe that China sees only opportunity in its 21st-century global plans, its motivation is very different. For much of its turbulent modern history, China has been under threat from foreign powers, both within Asia (notably Japan) and outside it (the UK and France in the mid 19th century). China’s rulers, therefore, see foreign engagement as a source less of opportunity than of threat, uncertainty, and even humiliation. They still blame foreign interference for many of their misfortunes, even if it occurred more than a century ago. For example, the British role in the Opium Wars of the 1840s kicked off a 100-year period that the Chinese still refer to as the Century of Humiliation. China’s history continues to color its view of international relations—and in large part explains its current obsession with the inviolability of its sovereignty. That history also explains the paradox that the rulers and the ruled in China operate on very different time frames. For individuals, who’ve lived through harsh times they could not control, the reaction is to make some key choices in a much more short-term way than Westerners do. Policy makers, in contrast, looking for ways to gain more control and sovereignty over the future, now play a much longer game than the West does. This shared quest for predictability explains the continuing attractiveness of an authoritarian system in which control is the central tenet. ********************************************************************************************************************* Many in the West accept the version of China that it has presented to the world: The period of “reform and opening” begun in 1978 by Deng Xiaoping, which stressed the need to avoid the radical and often violent politics of the Cultural Revolution, means that ideology in China no longer matters. The reality is quite different. At every point since 1949 the Chinese Communist Party has been central to the institutions, society, and daily experiences that shape the Chinese people. And the party has always believed in and emphasized the importance of Chinese history and of Marxist-Leninist thought, with all they imply. Until Western companies and politicians accept this reality, they will continue to get China wrong.