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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (187939)	5/23/2022 6:16:58 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217661

Re <<Indians and Pakistanis are the same brown people when they are outside their countries>> Both you and Arun have a point, just different emphasis and neither wrong. We in the neighbourhood, within our compound, and in fact upstairs of us, and very lucky for us, have 'uncle' Jayant and 'auntie' Leela as neighbours. They originated from India, lived in HK for the past 50+ years, and until retirement perhaps 10 years ago, Jayant operated a garment business, and Leela taught at the kids' school. They have a very nice helper from Sri Lanka who does fab Indian cooking. I find the neighbours god-sent. They spent much time these days travelling to see grand kids, but still based in HK. We have a garden and allow our neighbour to harvest spices. They love the chili pepper that is a bit too hot for us. They give us some lightly spiced dishes. Love lamb curry. Besides the kids themselves, Auntie Leela is most responsible for our kids reading, love of reading, and for the Coconut's placement as one of eleven w/ perfect score out of 480,000 English Composition Advance Placement test-takers in this galaxy. Placing #1 in composition is different from placing #1 in a lot of other and arguably less rigorous, or otherwise less subjective exams, such as the very soft economics or history, or the diamond-hard calculous and physics. The Coconut placed 5/5 in all subjects 12 subjects that she bothered to take AP track, but for English Composition is globally singular, ranked by all grading professors as planetary #1. BTW, as a direct result the Coconut is charging US$ 89.74 per hour for tutoring 8th/9th graders English composition :0) So many Chinese, Korean and Japanese moms clamour for her time slots. Her time is full up except when relaxing, or charging US$ 115.38 per hour for ballet teaching. Apparently a lot of physics in ballet, and the nut knows and teaches so. Apparently her time can be tallied at US$138K per annum tax-free should she decide to enter the job market right now. She shall clock ~20K of 'pocket' money by the time I help her to move into her dormitory. The competition for Coconut's time is hilarious. The battle cry, "as much as she wants, for as many hours as my kid have" stands out. She is taking 10% out to ... [drum roll] ... GetFirstGold, to get into the addiction. She is otherwise sooooooo excited of the prospect of the soon Harry-Potter-esque experience. She is fortunate that we are 2+ years into the Covid 'thing' and the colleges can better cope with physically open campus! Holy moly. A note, that the single best piece of electronic device I have every invested in? Kindle. The best service I ever spent pocket change on? Amazon Kindle Unlimited. Next up, the girls (the number of girls who got into top-pish schools seem to out number the boyz) of Coconut's high school shall gather and have a traditional cupcake outing (cup cakes decorated with school logos made of icing :0))))), followed by graduation ceremony the next day. High school all-done! One of the girlz heading for Caltech. That is soooooooo crazy difficult. Next-next up, the Coconut and 6 other girls (one from her high school and 5 from other high schools) shall gather and get acquainted to group-discuss preps for meeting up in college on move-in day, and what to pack, etc etc. These girls shall be difficult to 'marry off', a guess, and a headsup. Funnier still, some friends are wanting their sons to meet up with the girls going to the same or coming from nearby colleges, offering lodging on weekends in big cities over holidays and such. Like I noted, hilarious, and very extremely doubtful that such approaches would bear fruits.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (187939)	5/23/2022 6:49:01 PM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Recommended By marcher Respond to of 217661

the teams getting ready Team Russia settling score in darkened bar enables others to settle scores as well, presumably zerohedge.com Unprecedented: US Air Force To Join Israelis In Mock Attack On Iran As if an intense proxy war with nuclear powerhouse Russia isn’t bringing enough heat, the Biden White House has now given the greenlight for unprecedented U.S. participation in an Israeli drill simulating a massive attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. According to The Times of Israel, “The U.S. Air Force will serve as a complementary force, with refueling planes drilling with Israeli fighter jets as they simulate entering Iranian territory and carrying out repeated strikes.” The mock attack on Iran will happen this month, as part of a broader Israeli military exercise called “Chariots of Fire.” The US Air Force is joining apartheid Israel to do military exercises simulating entering Iranian territory and launching airstrikes. The US and Israeli militaries are blatantly threatening Iran with war.https://t.co/j8upZD96FR — Benjamin Norton (@BenjaminNorton) May 17, 2022 In September, Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi said the IDF had “ greatly accelerated” preparations for an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. “Dozens of Israeli air force fighter jets are expected to take part in the exercise and fly hundreds of miles from Israel to the west above the Mediterranean in a way that simulates a flight route to Iran,” reports Axios. General Michael Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command, landed in Israel on Tuesday to observe the exercises. Though there’s no indication of an imminent real-world strike, U.S. participation in the drill is an implicit endorsement of an Israeli-initiated war of aggression—and a signal that the United States might not only agree to it, but participate. If so, it wouldn’t be the first time USAF tankers facilitated aggression in the region: Before a halt was announced in 2018, American tankers controversially aided Saudi strikes in Yemen. In addition to directly killing civilians—including 131 men, women and children gathered at a 2015 wedding celebration—the Saudi campaign has plunged Yemen into one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. To the Quincy Institute’s Trita Parsi, the hawkish participation in the Israeli drill is a “puzzling” extension of a pattern, as Biden perpetuates an aggressive Trump-like posture toward Iran that Biden previously condemned: “Biden heavily criticized former President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal and opposed his ‘maximum pressure’ strategy seeking to force Iran to capitulate by crushing its economy through unprecedented sanctions. Yet, 18 months into his presidency, Biden has yet to shift away from Trump’s sanctions policy.” The saber-rattling move by Biden comes as talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are stalled. A key sticking point: Iran wants the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps removed from the list of designated—and sanctioned—terrorist organizations. As with sanctions, Biden’s intransigence on the IRGC designation represents another hypocritical embrace of Trump policy. Parsi notes that, in 2017, current Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote a New York Times op-ed arguing that such a designation by the Trump administration would needlessly escalate tensions. But hey, whether it’s Ukraine or Iran, ditching honest diplomacy in favor of nerve-racking brinksmanship seems to be the Biden administration’s trademark. Sure, it pushes us deeper into the threshold of World War III. On the other, as Biden’s approval rating has just reached yet another a new low, at least it helps keep our mind off surging price inflation, baby formula shortages and an economy that’s teetering along the edge off the abyss. Maybe that’s the point.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (187939)	5/23/2022 6:57:25 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217661

At some juncture, looking sooner rather than later, there would be enough critical mass, momentum, and and and to qualify the grand unification of all wars by all means at then-this-time as get-go of WWIII GetMoreGoldNow before it goes Unobtainium fiat currencies do not typically survive big wars

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (187939)	5/23/2022 7:11:31 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217661

<PS This is a peculiar way to think of people Indians and Pakistanis are the same brown people when they are outside their countries. Would it be right to say that Boris and Vladimir are the same white people when outside their countries?> Other people may have difficulty differentiating between Indians and Pakistanis in Queens, NY or London, UK. Just like Russians and Ukrainians in USA may be confused for each other. chicago.eater.com Russian Tea Time, Chicago’s Ukranian-Founded Restaurant Landmark, Targeted With Misguided Scorn