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Josep Borrell: "Europe is a garden. Most of the rest of the world a jungle. The jungle could invade the garden. The Jungle has a strong growth capacity.'Dear Mr. @JosepBorrellF This is the WORST ANALOGY of all time, for the following reasons: a thread🧵 1/7 pic.twitter.com/TbXiEVKZe7— Mohamad Forough (@Mohamad_Forough) October 15, 2022
Josep Borrell: "Europe is a garden. Most of the rest of the world a jungle. The jungle could invade the garden. The Jungle has a strong growth capacity.'Dear Mr. @JosepBorrellF This is the WORST ANALOGY of all time, for the following reasons: a thread🧵 1/7 pic.twitter.com/TbXiEVKZe7
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Spaniard Borrell's Fascist Gaffe Us vs Them | 20 Oct. 2022 |
Dutch Foreign Minister called on to explain use of algorithms in Visa applications The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has called on Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra to defend the use of algorithms in assessing visa applications, NRC reports. The AP warns that the software can lead to discrimination. Talking to NRC, a spokesperson for the AP said that the agency was calling on Hoekstra to explain the use of algorithms when determining whether visa requests are approved or rejected. "Hoekstra must appear in person at the AP to defend the use of profiling software," the newspaper writes. This statement follows an investigation carried out by NRC and a team of investigative journalists from Lighthouse Reports into the "problematic digitisation of the issuing of Schengen visas." According to the report - as well as former civil servants at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - the system "should promote efficiency and fairness and combat illegal migration," but the report claims it can instead lead to discrimination.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has called on Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra to defend the use of algorithms in assessing visa applications, NRC reports. The AP warns that the software can lead to discrimination.
Talking to NRC, a spokesperson for the AP said that the agency was calling on Hoekstra to explain the use of algorithms when determining whether visa requests are approved or rejected. "Hoekstra must appear in person at the AP to defend the use of profiling software," the newspaper writes.
This statement follows an investigation carried out by NRC and a team of investigative journalists from Lighthouse Reports into the "problematic digitisation of the issuing of Schengen visas." According to the report - as well as former civil servants at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - the system "should promote efficiency and fairness and combat illegal migration," but the report claims it can instead lead to discrimination.
Racism at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was found to such a wide and extensive degree that it is "serious and worrisome" according to a study the ministry commissioned. The official leadership at the ministry apologized for not having maintained a safe working environment at the ministry's building in The Hague and at Dutch missions abroad. Bi-cultural employees and locally hired embassy workers of colour experience various forms of racism. They experienced incidents of verbal abuse, derogatory treatment, cultural racism and various other accusations and allegations, they told researchers from Bureau Omlo.
Bi-cultural employees and locally hired embassy workers of colour experience various forms of racism. They experienced incidents of verbal abuse, derogatory treatment, cultural racism and various other accusations and allegations, they told researchers from Bureau Omlo.
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Rutte Doctrine, Corruption and Media | 8 July 2021 |
Voormalig secretaris-generaal van de NAVO Jaap de Hoop Scheffer maakt zich grote zorgen over de Nederlandse positie binnen de Europese Unie na de verkiezingsoverwinning van de PVV. [_link] #WNL— WNL Vandaag (@WNLVandaag) December 5, 2023
Voormalig secretaris-generaal van de NAVO Jaap de Hoop Scheffer maakt zich grote zorgen over de Nederlandse positie binnen de Europese Unie na de verkiezingsoverwinning van de PVV. [_link] #WNL
Veroordeel alle oorlogsmisdaden! Maak nu werk van vrede! Teken onze petitie via deze link: [_link] pic.twitter.com/jguSToefIM— The Rights Forum (@TheRightsForum) October 27, 2023
Veroordeel alle oorlogsmisdaden! Maak nu werk van vrede! Teken onze petitie via deze link: [_link] pic.twitter.com/jguSToefIM
De Nederlandse politiek kijkt al 75 jaar weg. Steun onze strijd tegen apartheid en bezetting, en vóór een rechtvaardig Palestina-beleid. [_link] #nakba #75jaarnakba #endapartheid pic.twitter.com/KFbcRwlT8t— The Rights Forum (@TheRightsForum) May 15, 2023
De Nederlandse politiek kijkt al 75 jaar weg. Steun onze strijd tegen apartheid en bezetting, en vóór een rechtvaardig Palestina-beleid. [_link] #nakba #75jaarnakba #endapartheid pic.twitter.com/KFbcRwlT8t
PETITIE: Burgers mogen nóóit doelwit zijn. Steun voor geweld en vergelding leidt niet tot vrede. Politiek Den Haag, draag nu bij aan een oplossing! [_link]— The Rights Forum (@TheRightsForum) October 15, 2023
PETITIE: Burgers mogen nóóit doelwit zijn. Steun voor geweld en vergelding leidt niet tot vrede. Politiek Den Haag, draag nu bij aan een oplossing! [_link]
"Huwara is an outrage, but small Huwara's happen every day, every week, every night all over the occupied territories with impunity..." [_link]— The Rights Forum (@TheRightsForum) March 3, 2023
"Huwara is an outrage, but small Huwara's happen every day, every week, every night all over the occupied territories with impunity..." [_link]
The Dutch government refuses to hold Israel accountable for gross human rights violations. Berber van der Woude acknowledged this and therefore resigned as a diplomat. She is now a board member of@TheRightsForum and committed to just policies regarding Israel-Palestine. Join her... pic.twitter.com/sLuEsW0S0b— The Rights Forum (@TheRightsForum) July 6, 2023
The Dutch government refuses to hold Israel accountable for gross human rights violations. Berber van der Woude acknowledged this and therefore resigned as a diplomat. She is now a board member of@TheRightsForum and committed to just policies regarding Israel-Palestine. Join her... pic.twitter.com/sLuEsW0S0b
Our Favorite Ally, Model of Democracy | May 29, 2022 |
Roughing up an oppressed people by Israeli occupation forces ...
A comparison to other events of war is senseless ... all wars of choice like Ukraine should never have been let to happen. The West with the military force of NATO should let peace and diplomacy prevail ... not the boot of fascist policy. The gap between the very rich and the masses already fosters the rise of populist right-wing politicians. No light to be seen at the end of a long dark tunnel. The West is still in a traumatic fear mode of operation post-9/11 exacerbated by the Corona pandemic.
Stop the warmongers and lobby groups for more violence and arms sales. Europe too is changing to a fortified, military industrial complex increasing spending for war and cutting aid to Third World countries ...
On How Israeli/US War Crimes in Gaza are orders of Magnitude Worse than those of Russia in Ukraine [_link]— Juan Cole (@jricole) December 9, 2023
On How Israeli/US War Crimes in Gaza are orders of Magnitude Worse than those of Russia in Ukraine [_link]
The Verkhovna Rada has significantly expanded the rights of national minorities belonging to the peoples living in the European Union, allowing them, among other things, to receive full school education in their native language [?]. At the same time, even hints of possible easing in Ukraine for the Russian language in the future were removed from the final version of the legislative act. The law, which is included in the list of recommendations of the European Commission [09.11.23], was promptly signed by President Volodymyr Zelensk*, which means that it will enter into force in the near future.The EC suggests following the recommendations of the [COE.int] Venice Commission [VC] of June and October 2023. Recall that the June conclusion of the VC stated that Ukraine should allow national minorities, among other things: • conduct your own events without translation into Ukrainian; • facilitate the publication of books in the languages of national minorities and their retail sale; • "clarify the question" of translating official name labels and general information into a minority language; • adopt a methodology for using the languages of national minorities in government bodies. In the same context, Venetsianka called for the revision of other laws related to language. In particular, concerning "restrictions on the freedom to use the minority language and differentiated treatment of minority languages" and the right of access to media in minority languages through the abolition of language quotas in the law "On Media".
The law, which is included in the list of recommendations of the European Commission [09.11.23], was promptly signed by President Volodymyr Zelensk*, which means that it will enter into force in the near future.
The EC suggests following the recommendations of the [COE.int] Venice Commission [VC] of June and October 2023. Recall that the June conclusion of the VC stated that Ukraine should allow national minorities, among other things: • conduct your own events without translation into Ukrainian; • facilitate the publication of books in the languages of national minorities and their retail sale; • "clarify the question" of translating official name labels and general information into a minority language; • adopt a methodology for using the languages of national minorities in government bodies. In the same context, Venetsianka called for the revision of other laws related to language. In particular, concerning "restrictions on the freedom to use the minority language and differentiated treatment of minority languages" and the right of access to media in minority languages through the abolition of language quotas in the law "On Media".
Recall that the June conclusion of the VC stated that Ukraine should allow national minorities, among other things:
• conduct your own events without translation into Ukrainian; • facilitate the publication of books in the languages of national minorities and their retail sale; • "clarify the question" of translating official name labels and general information into a minority language; • adopt a methodology for using the languages of national minorities in government bodies.
In the same context, Venetsianka called for the revision of other laws related to language. In particular, concerning "restrictions on the freedom to use the minority language and differentiated treatment of minority languages" and the right of access to media in minority languages through the abolition of language quotas in the law "On Media".
The law, but not the one The Ukrainian Parliament, by 317 votes of deputies, approved draft Law No. 10288-1 "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine regarding the consideration of the expert assessment of the Council of Europe and its bodies regarding the rights of national minorities (Communities) in certain areas" as a basis and as a whole. This is an alternative to the main government bill, which Strana wrote about in detail....The point of the law on national minorities concerning advertising has been seriously re-written. Now the legislation states that in places where national minorities live, Ukrainian-language advertisements can be duplicated in their languages. If this is a text ad (and this wording may include store signs, discount ads, and menus), then the duplication "cannot be larger in volume and font size than the text made in the state language."...[...] At the same time, it states that the requirement to have at least 50% of the assortment in Ukrainian (according to current legislation) does not apply only to stores that sell books in Crimean Tatar [!] and minority languages, the languages of which are among the official languages of the EU. One more clarification: the current condition for book publishers to produce at least 50% of their printed materials in Ukrainian during the year does not apply to Crimean Tatar and the languages of national minorities belonging to the European Union, if the books were published at the expense of state or local budgets.archive coe.int | Framework Convention for the Protection of National MinoritiesWhy supporters of Ukrainization were against it The remark about products belonging to EU languages appeared in the text for a reason, as well as the fact that special books were deleted from it. This is a consequence of criticism of these norms by supporters of Ukrainization, who saw them as a loophole for possible relaxation for the Russian language. Recall: the draft law of the Cabinet of Ministers stated that within 5 years after the end of the war, the Russian language will not fall under the law on national minorities at all, and after this period it could receive some rights. Not in the educational sphere: no progress was expected there. However, after the end of the five-year moratorium, television broadcasting (for companies that broadcast in the language of a national minority, regardless of the territorial category-national TV or regional) could appear in Russian (as the language of a national minority), provided that the quota of 30% in the state language of the total duration of programs or their parts is met. [...]
This is an alternative to the main government bill, which Strana wrote about in detail.
...The point of the law on national minorities concerning advertising has been seriously re-written. Now the legislation states that in places where national minorities live, Ukrainian-language advertisements can be duplicated in their languages. If this is a text ad (and this wording may include store signs, discount ads, and menus), then the duplication "cannot be larger in volume and font size than the text made in the state language."...
archive coe.int | Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
Recall: the draft law of the Cabinet of Ministers stated that within 5 years after the end of the war, the Russian language will not fall under the law on national minorities at all, and after this period it could receive some rights. Not in the educational sphere: no progress was expected there. However, after the end of the five-year moratorium, television broadcasting (for companies that broadcast in the language of a national minority, regardless of the territorial category-national TV or regional) could appear in Russian (as the language of a national minority), provided that the quota of 30% in the state language of the total duration of programs or their parts is met. [...]
Tatarstan intends to defend the right of regions to name residential complexes and infrastructure facilities in their national languages. The State Council of the Republic believes that the ban on such names implies amendments to the federal law on the state language of the Russian Federation introduced in the State Duma, which are aimed at combating Anglicisms [!]. Deputies of the republic decided to make a proposal to supplement the document "with the possibility of using the state languages of the republics and languages of the peoples of the Russian Federation in the areas designated by the draft law", "so that the fight against foreign borrowing... does not affect the right of peoples to preserve their native language, guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation"....
"I used to think the term 'Judeo-Nazis' was excessive. I don't any longer." [_link]— Eli Meyerhoff (@EliMeye) December 9, 2023
"I used to think the term 'Judeo-Nazis' was excessive. I don't any longer." [_link]
Fears of a NATO Withdrawal Rise as Trump Seeks a Return to Power | NY Times | Current and former European diplomats said there was growing concern a second Trump presidency could mean an American retreat from the continent and a gutting of NATO. In his 2000 book, "The America We Deserve," Mr. Trump wrote that "pulling back from Europe would save this country millions of dollars annually." As president, he repeatedly threatened a United States withdrawal from the alliance. Yet as he runs to regain the White House, Mr. Trump has said precious little about his intentions. His campaign website contains a single cryptic sentence: "We have to finish the process we began under my administration of fundamentally re-evaluating NATO's purpose and NATO's mission." He and his team refuse to elaborate.
Current and former European diplomats said there was growing concern a second Trump presidency could mean an American retreat from the continent and a gutting of NATO.
In his 2000 book, "The America We Deserve," Mr. Trump wrote that "pulling back from Europe would save this country millions of dollars annually." As president, he repeatedly threatened a United States withdrawal from the alliance.
Yet as he runs to regain the White House, Mr. Trump has said precious little about his intentions. His campaign website contains a single cryptic sentence: "We have to finish the process we began under my administration of fundamentally re-evaluating NATO's purpose and NATO's mission." He and his team refuse to elaborate.
"In #SaudiArabia we are heading towards 2030 - now if #Iran chooses to stay in 1979 that's their choice" | Part of my @CNNConnect interview on the recent #China brokered agreement pic.twitter.com/7sNj1cu1aF— Faisal J. Abbas | فيصل عبّاس (@FaisalJAbbas) March 13, 2023
"In #SaudiArabia we are heading towards 2030 - now if #Iran chooses to stay in 1979 that's their choice" | Part of my @CNNConnect interview on the recent #China brokered agreement pic.twitter.com/7sNj1cu1aF
Don't blink.
Back the bid! 🇸🇦 #WhyRiyadh #RiyadhExpo2030 #SaudiNationalDay93 pic.twitter.com/4VpYKWSVO6— Faisal J. Abbas | فيصل عبّاس (@FaisalJAbbas) September 22, 2023
Back the bid! 🇸🇦 #WhyRiyadh #RiyadhExpo2030 #SaudiNationalDay93 pic.twitter.com/4VpYKWSVO6
A sight unimaginable only a few months ago! Iranian FM in #Riyadh pic.twitter.com/hrHnWvQQFQ— Faisal J. Abbas | فيصل عبّاس (@FaisalJAbbas) August 17, 2023
A sight unimaginable only a few months ago! Iranian FM in #Riyadh pic.twitter.com/hrHnWvQQFQ
Saudi FM discusses Gaza crisis with French, Iranian counterparts | Arab News - 29 Oct. 2023 | Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Sunday held separate talks with his French and Iranian counterparts about the crisis in the Gaza Strip. During his call with French minister Catherine Colonna, the prince thanked her country for supporting Friday's UN resolution aimed at bringing about an immediate ceasefire and the establishment of a humanitarian truce on the Israel-Hamas war. And in a conversation with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, Prince Faisal discussed developments in Gaza and the importance of the international community effecting a ceasefire to protect civilian lives. On Sunday, the Saudi foreign ministry said Prince Faisal also held calls with counterparts from Spain, South Africa, Belgium, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg and Malta on the Gaza conflict.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Sunday held separate talks with his French and Iranian counterparts about the crisis in the Gaza Strip.
During his call with French minister Catherine Colonna, the prince thanked her country for supporting Friday's UN resolution aimed at bringing about an immediate ceasefire and the establishment of a humanitarian truce on the Israel-Hamas war.
And in a conversation with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, Prince Faisal discussed developments in Gaza and the importance of the international community effecting a ceasefire to protect civilian lives.
On Sunday, the Saudi foreign ministry said Prince Faisal also held calls with counterparts from Spain, South Africa, Belgium, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg and Malta on the Gaza conflict.
This magnificent artistry of my dear brother Fish reveals the myth of the spoiler - a refusal of both parties to examine their lethal connection to corporate greed at home and militarism abroad. This myth says that David is solely responsible for Goliath's arrogance, myopia and... pic.twitter.com/3fCEelkRjM— Cornel West (@CornelWest) July 21, 2023
This magnificent artistry of my dear brother Fish reveals the myth of the spoiler - a refusal of both parties to examine their lethal connection to corporate greed at home and militarism abroad. This myth says that David is solely responsible for Goliath's arrogance, myopia and... pic.twitter.com/3fCEelkRjM
For EU adapted version the Wall of the Garden to keep out Barbarians from the Jungle. On a path of identity or nationalism.
... well not really, until introducing principles of capitalism ... Marx died a long time ago and Albania was more dogmatic Communist than any other nation ... can `t wait to enter the European Union and benefit ... perhaps 🤔 a delay in real news as the Albanese make up a major part of boat "refugees" crossing the Channel into Dover [sorry guys, we left the EU some time ago --- bon voyager, hope you speak French as you will be granted a flight to Rwanda, courtesy of Rishi Sunak 😂
The American Invention Dominated by China: Solar Panels | WSJ U.S. vs. China
Wind power is global.Turbines are delivering #renewableenergy all over the world: that means clean power, clean jobs and clean industry.GWEC is celebrating the #windpower1TW milestone, a moment for the whole world to celebrate#Windpower1TW #RenewablesNow pic.twitter.com/7ghLZBw4Yp— GWEC (@GWECGlobalWind) May 24, 2023
Wind power is global.Turbines are delivering #renewableenergy all over the world: that means clean power, clean jobs and clean industry.GWEC is celebrating the #windpower1TW milestone, a moment for the whole world to celebrate#Windpower1TW #RenewablesNow pic.twitter.com/7ghLZBw4Yp
A top U.S. intelligence official presented a detailed proposal to the leaders of [Democratic Republic of] Congo and Rwanda last week for a pact to reduce fighting in eastern Congo—and promised to help enforce the deal.whitehouse.gov | Readout of Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines's Travel to Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda (21.11.23)The Biden administration previously said that Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines flew to the region last week to "secure commitments" from Congolese [Tshisekedi] and Rwandan [Kagama] leaders to deescalate [sic] fighting and that they "plan to take specific steps to reduce current tensions." But the administration did not disclose the extent to which the U.S. was designing and overseeing the plan.Mining Review. United States looks to invest in Lobito Atlantic Railway Corridor, May 2023
whitehouse.gov | Readout of Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines's Travel to Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda (21.11.23)
This month, Secretary of Stalking Antony Blinken reached out to leaders of both countries, asking them to deescalate [sic] and engage in diplomatic talks to end the fighting. But the meeting between Haines and the leaders of Congo and Rwanda is a higher-level [?!] engagement with more specific asks. [...] "The Chinese have cornered the market on Congolese minerals and have for a number of years. And we have in office right now in Congo, a government which has at least shown itself amenable to revisiting those contracts," said Cameron Hudson, a former [CIA] intelligence analyst [in Africa] . "A glaring piece of this that I think undermines all of this is that there's a proxy war [Kagame > M23 > DRC ] going on in the eastern part of the country." [...]
Beijing is Kinshasa's largest trading partner, having gobbled up key mining rights beginning in the 2000s. Its control over the market has put it far ahead of the U.S. race to secure critical components needed for electric vehicle batteries. In an effort to find a way into that market, the U.S. in September signed a memorandum of understanding with Congo and Zambia to help stand up a supply chain for the batteries. The administration also committed to help develop a new rail line that will connect southern Congo and northwestern Zambia via the Lobito Port in Angola. The pathway is critical for the export of minerals key to EV battery production.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left a cabinet meeting and spoke for 50 minutes with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported to The Times of Israel by a representative of Netanyahu. The Russian side has not yet reported on the negotiations [?]. ... Israel took the visit of a Hamas representative to Moscow in October of this year very hard. A representative of the militants discussed the release of hostages with Russian citizenship at the Russian Foreign Ministry. After that, the Russian ambassador to Israel was summoned to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, demanding an " unequivocal and clear condemnation" of Hamas by Moscow.
[...] 38. Ceasefire in the Future The ceasefire agreement ended on Friday, and Israel resumed military operations in Gaza. Would you support or oppose Israel and Hamas agreeing to a ceasefire in the future? [p 82] 39C. Level of Discrimination -- Muslim people How much discrimination do the following people face in America today? [p 83] [...]
Cranky Uncle vs Climate Change In the United States, since November 2016, election after election has made clear that Democratic voters will crawl over broken glass to get to the polls to defeat Trump and #Cult45-enabling Republicans. Massive turnout and voters waiting up to seven hours to vote in many Super Tuesday primary states is the latest tangible sign of that. One of the reasons for this is that Donald Trump is the epitome, a real-life version of the stereotype of the rather lunatic, self-centered, loud, and arrogantly ignorant Cranky Uncle to be put in a corner by himself at family events in hopes that his rantings and rudeness don't blow the event. When it comes to climate and GMU, many are well aware of the Koch Brothers uber-funding of George Mason and the fostering of climate-science denialism and confusion within portions of the University. (A tip of the hat to UnKoch My Campus and Transparent GMU (T-GMU) for their efforts to expose and fight this.)
In the United States, since November 2016, election after election has made clear that Democratic voters will crawl over broken glass to get to the polls to defeat Trump and #Cult45-enabling Republicans. Massive turnout and voters waiting up to seven hours to vote in many Super Tuesday primary states is the latest tangible sign of that.
One of the reasons for this is that Donald Trump is the epitome, a real-life version of the stereotype of the rather lunatic, self-centered, loud, and arrogantly ignorant Cranky Uncle to be put in a corner by himself at family events in hopes that his rantings and rudeness don't blow the event.
When it comes to climate and GMU, many are well aware of the Koch Brothers uber-funding of George Mason and the fostering of climate-science denialism and confusion within portions of the University. (A tip of the hat to UnKoch My Campus and Transparent GMU (T-GMU) for their efforts to expose and fight this.)
[...] It is in sharp contrast to the United States, where, also at the start of last month, a planned project to build a novel six-reactor, 462 MW SMR by 2030 was terminated. Oregon-based NuScale Power has the only SMR design certified for use in the US. For its first project, the company was working with a group of Utah utilities at the Idaho National Laboratory, with the aim of generating enough electricity to power more than 300,000 homes. But it cancelled the project over a lack of user subscriptions and rising costs. "It is too soon to tell if the NuScale project failure is just a temporary setback or a sign of a broader trend in the US," said Jacopo Buongiorno, professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT]. "There are half a dozen other SMR projects in the making." [...] China has 21 nuclear reactors under construction, which will be able to generate 21.61 GW of electricity. That is more than 2½ times more nuclear reactors under construction than any other nation, according to the IAEA. [...] Meanwhile, China has established a robust system for cultivating a stable pool of skilled personnel, with a significant demand for professionals in the nuclear power industry and related subjects in higher education, Zhao added. "China is the de facto world leader in nuclear technology at the moment," Buongiorno said. In 2017, Bill Gates' nuclear firm TerraPower and the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) signed an agreement to develop fourth-generation nuclear technology, though the plan was stranded amid US restrictions on technology deals with China. [...] The US is likely to need 200 GW of new nuclear generation by 2050 to meet national decarbonisation targets, according to its Department of Energy (DOE). That is almost double its existing capacity. [...]
Oregon-based NuScale Power has the only SMR design certified for use in the US. For its first project, the company was working with a group of Utah utilities at the Idaho National Laboratory, with the aim of generating enough electricity to power more than 300,000 homes. But it cancelled the project over a lack of user subscriptions and rising costs.
"It is too soon to tell if the NuScale project failure is just a temporary setback or a sign of a broader trend in the US," said Jacopo Buongiorno, professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT]. "There are half a dozen other SMR projects in the making." [...] China has 21 nuclear reactors under construction, which will be able to generate 21.61 GW of electricity. That is more than 2½ times more nuclear reactors under construction than any other nation, according to the IAEA. [...] Meanwhile, China has established a robust system for cultivating a stable pool of skilled personnel, with a significant demand for professionals in the nuclear power industry and related subjects in higher education, Zhao added. "China is the de facto world leader in nuclear technology at the moment," Buongiorno said.
In 2017, Bill Gates' nuclear firm TerraPower and the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) signed an agreement to develop fourth-generation nuclear technology, though the plan was stranded amid US restrictions on technology deals with China. [...] The US is likely to need 200 GW of new nuclear generation by 2050 to meet national decarbonisation targets, according to its Department of Energy (DOE). That is almost double its existing capacity. [...]
I'm excited to endorse Nikki Haley for President, someone my daughters can look up to and be proud of. Let's unite behind a conservative leader who can beat Joe Biden in November. On January 15th, #PickNikki. pic.twitter.com/jeVRwnWhS9— Jacob Bossman (@IowaBossMan) December 9, 2023
I'm excited to endorse Nikki Haley for President, someone my daughters can look up to and be proud of. Let's unite behind a conservative leader who can beat Joe Biden in November. On January 15th, #PickNikki. pic.twitter.com/jeVRwnWhS9
Haley leads Biden in hypothetical matchup, new Wall Street Journal poll finds | ABC News | Trump still leads the widdled-down Republican primary field, in a hypothetical matchup between Biden and Haley, voters support Haley by 17 percentage points, 51% to 34%. Recent FiveThirtyEight polling data has Haley trailing DeSantis by nearly less than one percentage point, 12.6% to 11.6%. Adding wind to the Haley campaign's sails is the full endorsement from the Koch brothers' political operation, infusing her campaign with organizers and canvassers in the early primary states.
Trump still leads the widdled-down Republican primary field, in a hypothetical matchup between Biden and Haley, voters support Haley by 17 percentage points, 51% to 34%.
Recent FiveThirtyEight polling data has Haley trailing DeSantis by nearly less than one percentage point, 12.6% to 11.6%.
Adding wind to the Haley campaign's sails is the full endorsement from the Koch brothers' political operation, infusing her campaign with organizers and canvassers in the early primary states.
Israel's Demons | NY Book Review by Amis Elon - 21 Dec. 1995 | A few weeks after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin at a peace rally in Tel Aviv, the country is still swept by shame, shock, pain, guilt, remorse, and mutual accusation. Large crowds, mostly of young people, continue to gather at Rabin's graveside in the National Cemetery on Mount Herzl outside Jerusalem. Day in day out, thousands of memorial candles spell out their sentiments at the tomb or near the municipal building where Rabin was slain or outside his house in north Tel Aviv. The main question asked, and only partially answered, is "Why?" It dominates the Op-Ed pages. Talk shows on television and radio continue the debate from early in the morning until late into each night. The left, the supporters of the Labor coalition, accuse Likud and its allies of causing the catastrophe by their verbal violence against the government during the past two years--"Rabin Murderer," "Rabin Traitor." Likud leaders complain that the left originated this violent style during the Lebanon war. After the massacres at Sabra and Shatila Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon, too, were called murderers. The answer from the left has been, in effect, "Yes, but whom did we kill? The bullets in Israel are always shot from right to left."
A few weeks after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin at a peace rally in Tel Aviv, the country is still swept by shame, shock, pain, guilt, remorse, and mutual accusation. Large crowds, mostly of young people, continue to gather at Rabin's graveside in the National Cemetery on Mount Herzl outside Jerusalem. Day in day out, thousands of memorial candles spell out their sentiments at the tomb or near the municipal building where Rabin was slain or outside his house in north Tel Aviv.
The main question asked, and only partially answered, is "Why?" It dominates the Op-Ed pages. Talk shows on television and radio continue the debate from early in the morning until late into each night. The left, the supporters of the Labor coalition, accuse Likud and its allies of causing the catastrophe by their verbal violence against the government during the past two years--"Rabin Murderer," "Rabin Traitor."
Likud leaders complain that the left originated this violent style during the Lebanon war. After the massacres at Sabra and Shatila Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon, too, were called murderers. The answer from the left has been, in effect, "Yes, but whom did we kill? The bullets in Israel are always shot from right to left."
Political Assassination and Zionism | 14 Dec. 2022 |
Zionist factions enforced ideological dominance via the use of extreme violence, including against fellow Jews
Chabad and the Monsters Among Us | Tikun Olam - 2 June 2008 | Moment Magazine has done us a service by exposing the true face of Jewish terror. And it is a the face of a Chabad rabbi. To the question: "How Should Jews Treat Their Arab Neighbors," Rabbi Maris Friedman of the Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies, St. Paul, MN. responds: I don't believe in western morality, i.e. don't kill civilians or children, don't destroy holy sites [see threat by president Trump for Iranian cultural sites and terror by ISIS] don't fight during holiday seasons, don't bomb cemeteries, don't shoot until they shoot first because it is immoral. The only way to fight a moral war is the Jewish way: Destroy their holy sites. Kill men, women and children (and cattle). The first Israeli prime minister who declares that he will follow the Old Testament will finally bring peace to the Middle East. First, the Arabs will stop using children as shields. Second, they will stop taking hostages knowing that we will not be intimidated. Third, with their holy sites destroyed, they will stop believing that G-d is on their side. Result: no civilian casualties, no children in the line of fire, no false sense of righteousness, in fact, no war. Zero tolerance for stone throwing, for rockets, for kidnapping will mean that the state has achieved sovereignty. Living by Torah values will make us a light unto the nations who suffer defeat because of a disastrous morality of human invention. Is it possible that there can be pure evil in Judaism? It grieves me to say that yes, there can be. At least in one sect of Judaism, which harbors and encourages such genocidal impulses and lunatic leaders. What Rabbi Friedman is talking about is the Biblical injunction to wipe out Amalek, the tribe that betrayed the Children of Israel and attacked them as they left Egypt. The only problem with Friedman's claim that this is the "Jewish way" is that he has twisted the Biblical record. Wiping out Amalek was not the "Jewish way." It was actually a command hardly, if ever, issued concerning any other Israelite neighbor. In the Bible, Jews did not routinely wipe out entire tribes merely because they were hostile to Israel.
Moment Magazine has done us a service by exposing the true face of Jewish terror. And it is a the face of a Chabad rabbi. To the question: "How Should Jews Treat Their Arab Neighbors," Rabbi Maris Friedman of the Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies, St. Paul, MN. responds:
The only way to fight a moral war is the Jewish way: Destroy their holy sites. Kill men, women and children (and cattle).
The first Israeli prime minister who declares that he will follow the Old Testament will finally bring peace to the Middle East. First, the Arabs will stop using children as shields. Second, they will stop taking hostages knowing that we will not be intimidated. Third, with their holy sites destroyed, they will stop believing that G-d is on their side. Result: no civilian casualties, no children in the line of fire, no false sense of righteousness, in fact, no war.
Zero tolerance for stone throwing, for rockets, for kidnapping will mean that the state has achieved sovereignty. Living by Torah values will make us a light unto the nations who suffer defeat because of a disastrous morality of human invention.
Is it possible that there can be pure evil in Judaism? It grieves me to say that yes, there can be. At least in one sect of Judaism, which harbors and encourages such genocidal impulses and lunatic leaders.
What Rabbi Friedman is talking about is the Biblical injunction to wipe out Amalek, the tribe that betrayed the Children of Israel and attacked them as they left Egypt. The only problem with Friedman's claim that this is the "Jewish way" is that he has twisted the Biblical record. Wiping out Amalek was not the "Jewish way." It was actually a command hardly, if ever, issued concerning any other Israelite neighbor. In the Bible, Jews did not routinely wipe out entire tribes merely because they were hostile to Israel.
Imperial Israel and the Palestinians: The Politics of Expansion | 2000 |
Netanyahu's speech is quite literally a call to genocide. [link]— Khaled Elgindy (@elgindy_) October 28, 2023
Netanyahu's speech is quite literally a call to genocide. [link]
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