World Aquatic Championship postponed...but to resume

 World Aquatics executive director Brent Nowicki said later on Tuesday afternoon that elevated levels of the E. coli bacteria were responsible for the race postponement. He added that the source of the contamination had yet to be determined.

E. coli are bacteria typically found in the intestines of humans and animals. Common symptoms of ingesting a pathogenic strain of E. coli include vomiting and diarrhoea. CNA

Singapore is not only the world's richest country, it is also one of the cleanest island state in the world. No or very little sewage or wastewater flows into the surrounding sea. The sewage water is being harvested to make Newater or clean water and the residue waste are properly disposed off without contaminating the environment or water in the sea.

How on earth that the water around Sentosa Island, the venue for the World Aquatic Championship be found to have unacceptable high level of E Coli bacteria leading to a postponement of the event? Fortunately, subsequent testing found that the water quality was from good to excellent and the Championship could proceed after a day of delay. 

Singapore authority has been testing the water quality for the period prior to the race and found the quality to be acceptable. How on earth that the E Coli level gone to bad or unacceptable on the day of the event? It was reported 'that tests are outsourced to “outside testing agencies” to ensure rigour and independence'. Which agency did the testing? 

The other big question, how did the E Coli bacteria get into the water in unacceptable quantities? The main source of E Coli comes from shit. How did so much shit get into the water in Sentosa when all the shit was directed for further treatment in special treatment facilities, not directly into the sea?

Singapore as a clean and safe city state and a top tourist destination could be harmed by this incident.

India has to buy Chinese J10s or J35s to be at par with Pakistan

 Indians dream of controlling the skies in South Asia is now in tatters. Modi was led to believe that the Rafales were an air superiority fighter, the best in the world and could take down all Chinese aircraft, including the 5th generation J20s easily. The Indians even bragged that one Rafale could take down 5 J20s in a fight. This could be the reason why Modi did not mind paying crazily for the Rafales at nearly US$200m each, much more than the US$100m for an American F35. The F35 is ranked several rungs below the Rafales. Only the American F22s are ranked above the Rafales.

After the acquisition of the Rafales, Modi really thought that the Indian Air Force is now better than the PLAAF, and India would rule the sky.  He was so eager to prove this newly acquired Indian might in the sky, a staged false flag incident was conducted leading to the Indian Pakistan 4 Day War.  Operation Sindoor was India's graduating party into the world of military power. Thrashing Pakistan's small air force was easy and a show of force, to teach the Chinese a lesson with India's world best Rafale fighters.

Cannot imagine how bad Modi took it when at least 3 Rafales were taken down within hours of the war.  Modi paid a ransom just to buy the Rafales, and French took full advantage of it, knowing how badly the Indians wanted the Rafales and sold them at double the price of a F35.

With the Rafales now in the dust, India has to look for a better fighter jet to take on China's J10 and the more superior J35 and J20. Where on earth is India going to find such a machine? The supposedly world best, ranked number one F22 is now out of production, as good as scrapped by the Americans. And with the F22 out of the way, the Americans are painting the F35s as the new world best fighters. Only the brain dead would believe in this claim. Modi, after learning a painful lesson from the Rafale fiasco, would be much wiser and would not be duped again. But Trump tried to offer the F35 to Modi, but with many conditions, as good as saying no.

The F35 is looking like a non starter to Modi. And there is no other better aircraft available in the market to take on the J10. What to do? Maybe wait for the aliens to come visiting and offer an alien space ship to better the J10. A more practical way is of go to Xi and ask to buy the J10, at least to be on par with Pakistan's J10. And with Indian pilots, supposedly better trained than the Pakistanis, they would be one up against the Pakistanis using the same J10s. But wait a minute. Pakistan has upgraded to J35, a much more superior twin engine fighter that is many times more superior than the single engine F35. The Americans may still crow about the F35 as world best, but no one is going to believe in this joke. Several F35s had already be shot down by Iran to prove that it is not worthy of its claim, like the Rafales.

J10 is the first buy for India, but to match Pakistan, India must also look to buying the J35s. Otherwise, the Indian Air Force would look like a sick cat and the Indian pilots would be afraid to take to the sky to face the J10s. India has no choice, only China has better aircraft than the J10.

From Boeing to Moeing, Make in India

Scary data!

Boeing former CEO Dennis Muilemburg in the few years he was in charge outsourced a large amount of Boeing’s business, especially software development, flight control system and core technologies, to suppliers in India to reduce costs. He also promoted a huge number of Indian engineers and managers.

Before 2015, in the entire Boeing company, the number of Indian employees was only about 1,000. But by the year 2024, the number has grown to 20,000. As Boeing engineers numbered 33,000, that means more than half of Boeing engineers are of Indian descent.


Anonymous

China knew what was coming and fully prepared for it

When being pushed against a wall, China has no other choice but to be self-dependent. And this choice is making the USA and the West nervous, so they want to cripple China come what may.

Fortunately, China already knew what was coming, so they build all the bridges to control all the raw materials, all the refining logistics for rare earth elements, recalibrate its education system to support a manufacturing base and lured back some of the top overseas scientists and engineers. Now it is not only these highly trained scientists and engineers forming the backbone of China's manufacturing and innovative research. What is even more telling is the knowledge that these top scientists and engineers will be imparting to younger Chinese scientists and engineers. China now holds top spot in global patents filed in technology like communication, EVs, batteries and drone technology.

China is on the verge of not relying anymore on Nvidia high end chips for its AI development. Jensen Huang may be the four trillion company in history, but he is nevertheless worried. Huawei comes into the picture in China's AI development.


Anonymous

If China is more dependent on USA, Xi would have gone to Washington

If China is more dependent on USA, Xi would long have gone to Washington to be humiliated. But it is the other way round, with the USA yearning for a meeting with Xi. What had been discussed in Switzerland and London are peripheral issues that still needs the go ahead from Xi. The USA can make all kinds of claims about illusory agreements that were forged in their delusional mind.

Just look at India, with Modi rushing to Washington before everyone else, thinking he is going to catch the early worm and be patted on the head by Trump. Instead, Modi was humiliated and forced to buy expensive weapons from the USA and even now coerced to buy agricultural products that had been rejected by China. Some of the agricultural products have also been rejected by the EU due to genetically modified issues which the EU is very strict about. This is going to kill Indian farmers.

Farmers in USA are going bankrupt without the Chinese market, which is never going to return. The USA will face a National Security Issue with regard to food in time to come, if more farmers bite the dust. In the initial stages of the trade war during Trump's first term, subsidies were used to keep farmers in business. Long term subsidies are not going to work, just like subsidizing semiconductor manufacturers. It sounds good for a start, but not feasible for the longer term. Even monopolizing the semiconductor sector needs a big enough market and if they cannot break into the China market, that spells doom and gloom. Samsung has seen the reality and having cold feet, refusing to go deeper into investing in the USA. Lack of demand was the reason, and who is fueling the demand? Not the USA manufacturers for sure.


Anonymous

Albanese is just another doggie pandering to the USA...China beware

All the Anglo-Saxon countries sing from the same songbook. We cannot expect them to change. The only recourse is to treat them as clowns and let them continue to entertain the world.

There is a 'Game of Thrones' being played out over the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal with Trump now in the White House. The AUKUS deal was started by Joe Biden, and as we know, anything to do with Joe Biden is an eyesore for Trump. Biden can never have that credit. So, let us see how the 'Game of Throne' is being played out in real life.

Albanese is just another doggie pandering to the USA, like most other Australian Prime Ministers, save maybe for Paul Keating who was against the idea of AUKUS and who highlighted that Taiwan is China's real estate.


Anonymous

Gaza Genocide - Hague Group of 32 nations calls for immediate actions against Israel

 

3 min clip on a newly created Hague Group of 32 nations calling for immediate actions against the American and Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Colombia and South Africa were taking the lead in this group, together with UN Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese. Albanese was sanctioned by the rogue regime in Washington for voicing out for the Palestinian cause and the arrest of war criminal Netanyahu. Countries in the group include China, Malaysia, Indonesia and many African and Latin American states. Only three European states are in the group, ie Ireland, Norway and Netherlands. Turkey and Iraq are also in, but most of the Arab states are not in, maybe will join later if the Americans and Israelis say it is ok to join. Other countries include Pakistan, Qatar, Brazil, Bolivia, Cuba, Honduras, Namibia, Senegal, Belize, Mexico, Chile, Venezuela, Portugal and Spain.

The American and Israeli terrorists continue to butcher the Palestinians and now even bombing Syria. All the talks, protests, resolutions have fallen on deaf ears. The UN is ineffective, the ICC, ICJ are as good as useless, the Europeans are with the American and Israeli murderers. The western media, media of American colonies and cronies are also in support of the genocide. They are the biggest accomplice to this crime against humanity. They have blood in their hands. Listen, all you western and pro western journalists and reporters, you are party to the genocide by not reporting on this crime. 

The Hague Group wants to take immediate collective actions like immediate suspension of ties with Israel, all military, strategic, political, diplomatic and economic ties to be suspended. The big question is how to implement sanctions and blockade against the Americans and Europeans that are all accomplices to the genocide. The 32 states did not have the clout and power to stop the Americans and Europeans from continuing with the genocide.

Cutting diplomatic ties with Israel, trade etc could do little but symbolic protests to show the displeasure and condemnation of the murderers of the Palestinians. More countries must join in to increase pressure on the American and Israeli butchers to stop the killing. The American terrorists and Israeli savages must be stopped at all costs. Netanyahu and Trump must be arrested for war crimes.

N Rapporteur Albanese

China arming Iran and Pakistan to the teeth...and with nuclear umbrella

 It takes two regional wars, short and sharp wars, to change the balance of power in the Middle East and the world. The Indian Pakistan War and the Iran Israeli War were eyeopeners. Both wars shocked the world into disbelief. The Pakistanis did not believe that they could easily defeat the Indians. The Iranians did not believe they could successfully attack and bombed Israel into another Gaza. Not forgetting the great works of the Houthis in keeping the Americans in check in the Red Sea.

The Indians were in shock as well. So did the Israelis and the Americans. How could these things be happening? How could the Pakistanis defeat mighty and cocky India? How could Iran bomb Israel at will and the Israelis and the Americans were hapless, could not stop the attack? How could the rag tag freedom fighters of Yemen keep the Americans at bay and running out of ideas how to beat the Houthis?

Even China and Russia were shocked by these developments. The superiority of the Americans and the West and their weapons were smashed completely. The Chinese and Russians did not believe their weapons were that good, after decades of gloating and bragging by the Americans and the West, that western weapons were the best in the world, outclassed whatever the Chinese and Russians have. 

The consequences of the success of the Pakistanis, Iranians and Houthis have led to increasing confidence in China and Russia, and conversely, the loss of confidence in the Americans and the West of their superiority. The Chinese J10 is now the most talked about and the most feared fighter aircraft in the world, having thrashed the IAF and their air superiority Rafale jets, making them looked like toys.

The sales talks, lies and snake oil sellers are just that. China and Russia are now more resolute and firm in their support of their friends like Pakistan and Iran, and the other Arab and Muslim states. China and Russia are now fully committed to arm Pakistan and Iran to the hilt, so that they can defend themselves against any foreign aggression. Both Pakistan and Iran and many Arab and Muslim states would get the weapons they need, the best weapons money can buy, to protect their independence and sovereignty, with more confidence and assurance. And these countries also know that what they are buying are the real stuff, not branded goods that cost an arm or a leg, but cheaper and better, Made in China, to take on the fake branded toys of the West. China and Russia have also extended the nuclear umbrella to Iran. Both Iran and Pakistan can no longer be defeated.

The balance of power in the Middle East and the world would no longer be the same again when Chinese and Russian weapons are sold and deployed all over the world to take on the western terrorist states. The defeated protagonists, India and Israel, have been very quiet, quieter than church mouse. Losers know that they are losers, and it is best to keep quiet and not to be heard and seen.

Trump is behaving like a lunatic, thinking he is God, deciding the fate of everything by his words

Trump is now very very unhappy with Putin over Ukraine, for not following his truce trap. I cannot use his superlative big, beautiful or mega in this case to illustrate my point, LOL.

Wasn't Trump supposed to end the Ukraine war within 24 hours of him taking office? What happened? It is now six months since he took office, and the war is still raging. Now he is threatening Putin with 100% tariffs if Putin does not stop the war within 50 days. Now, I am sure that 50 days will be extended by another 50 days. Trump is well known for chickening out.

By the way, what is Russia now exporting to the USA that Putin must be sweating about the 100% tariff? I only know Putin is exporting missiles that have been landing in Ukraine, causing massive destruction, nothing much more than that, LOL.

According to reports, Russia exports to USA amounted to about US$3 billion, in essential items like nuclear fuel for USA's power plants. Russia is also still supplying LNG to Europe and if a push by Trump using heavy handed measures on Europe manages to cut that off with 100% tariffs, Europe will suffer much more than Russia. Russia can do without the USA in this sector. Putin is not going to pee in his pants. China is building nuclear power plants like crazy and needs lots of nuclear fuel.

I could also not help thinking about Trump gloating about USA going to supply 17 batteries of Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine. How many missiles can 17 batteries hold? Are they going to be effective against Russia's hypersonic missiles is the question. If the USA is in a position to make missiles en masse for Ukraine, why not supply them to Israel earlier, instead of transferring 20,000 interceptor missiles from Ukraine? With that transfer out of Ukraine, I think Putin saw his opportunity to unload his drones and missiles on Kyiv over the last couple of weeks.

Tariff is such a big, beautiful word that Trump discovered and is using it as a weapon now to make USA great again. While China is building bridges to control essential metals with ASEAN, particularly Indonesia, Trump is sending out letters of demand to countries to announce his big, beautiful tariffs on them.

Instead of doing more constructive things to save the USA, Trump is besotted with his tariff thing. Talk about Nero fiddling while Rome burns.


Anonymous

Sicko American propaganda machine still pushing sick and fake news

Can we still remember the time when Kim Jong Un disappeared for two weeks, and they speculated that he even passed away and the news kept secret. Later he reappeared, hale and hearty, and firing more missiles to make Japan and South Korea jittery.

Can we still remember the time when the Western media speculated that Putin is very sick and dying and has only six months to live at the start of the Ukraine War. It is already three years into the war and Putin is alive and well, firing even more missiles into Ukraine as well.

Recent propaganda has also been going around in certain anti-China social media platform that Xi is losing control in China and that an opposing group within the CCP is trying to take him out and that he is even under house arrest, because he failed to appear for a couple of days. Xi later appeared, visiting villages and looking at their problems. Xi does not need to appear everywhere around the world every other time. He has very capable ministers conducting diplomatic missions on his behalf. Wang Yi is a highly respected foreign minister for China, just like Sergei Lavrov for Russia. Others like Li Qiang, He Lifeng are given exposures to run the country when Xi is no longer around. What is wrong with Xi not attending the BRICS summit in Brazil? Leadership has to be passed on when those at the lower echelons are promoted.

So, let us be circumspect about all the sick propaganda being trotted out whenever leaders like Putin, Xi or Kim fail to appear in public. Nothing is wrong with them. Does Putin look sick? I think Trump looks even more sick with all the orange makeup on his face. He is also mentally sick as well, but of course they will claim he is in perfect health, just like Joe Biden before he was removed. I say Biden was removed, because nothing points to him voluntarily pulling out of the Presidential race in 2024.


Anonymous

Emperor Trump writing new laws for USA

In the end, it is all about going to be 'Make Trump Great Again'. Trump is cashing in on his crypto coin with his face on it, that some buyers lost their pants eventually. Trump now has his own line of colognes and perfumes, if I am not mistaken. What else is next? And I just wonder how saleable is his 'Golden Visa' for foreign visitors aiming to become USA citizens, at US$5 million apiece.

Having seen Trump arbitrarily changing the law regarding birthright citizenship for those born in USA, there is no guarantee that some other future rogue USA Presidents may also change the law regarding citizenship arising from Trump's 'Golden Visa' carrot. By the way, there are calls withing the USA that Melania Trump and her son Baron, should also face deportation as Melania is also an immigrant with birthright also applicable to Baron Trump. Oh, not to forget that Trump has also threatened Elon Musk with deportation.

MAGA is all about getting Trump elected and re-elected. That has been accomplished. But making USA Great Again is not showing dividends. Now it is more like destroying the USA being the fulltime fixation of Trump.


Anonymous

China to reunify Taiwan without firing a bullet

 Gangster and Fox News reader came to the Shangri La Dialogue and told everyone that America is the hegemonic power in Asia and South East Asia. This balance of power where the American forces rule the region must remain unchanged and unchallenged. China is a threat to this balance of power and wants to be the new hegemonic power to replace the Americans. The Americans will be here to stay whether the Asian or Asean countries like it or not. 

In addition, gangster Hegseth claimed that China is going to invade Taiwan by force without knowing that Taiwan is a part of China. And he ordered all the military and govt officials, many senior enough to be his father or grandfather, to buy more weapons from the Americans and join the American forces to go to war with China.

Singapore simply said it did not want to choose side in the US China rivalry and Singapore has many choices and pointed to Macron, saying Singapore would welcome France to the region. Malaysian PM, the current Chairman of Asean, said Asean would welcome all powers here and would not want not to get involved in any wars, and China is a good friend, investing heavily in Malaysia and building Malaysia's high speed train network. He also emphasised that Asean would remain neutral and free from superpower rivalry and coercion. Anwar added that Asean had invited China and the Gulf States to form a new economic block for trade and economic development. The US is not invited into this new trade and economic block.

China will reunite with Taiwan, a breakaway province during the civil war in the early 20th Century. And China's plan for reunification is in progress. China has more than a million soldiers and the three armed services on its side to take on any country that dares to interfere in China's reunification with Taiwan. Gangster Hegseth thought his 28,000 soldiers in South Korea and another 50,000 soldiers in Japan would be good enough to take on China's more than 1m soldiers. This is what a newbie news reader's great idea of fighting a war with China and winning.

China's reunification plan is simple. Chinese forces would be conducting live firing exercises around the island of Taiwan for a month. The air space and waterways would be out of bound to air and naval traffic. Any aircraft or naval ships entering the region would be shot and taken down. Chinese air and naval might would form a cordon around Taiwan to keep out intruders. China's aircraft carriers and warships would be fully deployed to stop hostile forces from approaching Taiwan island. The ADAA defence perimeters would be activated and guarded by Chinese hypersonic missile forces.

Taiwan would be told to keep its aircraft on the ground and warships in the harbours during the exercise period.  The army units would be told to stay in their camps. No one moves, no one gets hurt or die. Any aircraft or warship that violates this restriction would be fired and taken down. The Chinese forces are capable of taking down any aircraft or warship in the air or sea surrounding Taiwan.

This in effect is a lockdown of Taiwan completely. Would Taiwan forces dare to violate the no fly zone knowing that it would definitely be taken down? Would any foreign forces dare to do the same to risk being taken down? Would the American forces, its allied forces dare to test China's defence forces to break the lockdown?

After a month is over, if the Taiwanese still refuses to reunify with the mainland, the exercise period would be extended another month, and on and on until Taiwan reunite with the mainland. This could be achieved without firing a shot.

The Americans may try to start a war with China during the lockdown. Would the Americans and its allies have the will and means to take on China in China's front yard? The smart Taiwanese know that resistance is futile when China decides to reunify the island with the mainland. Would they choose to die fighting to the last Taiwanese like the Ukrainians?

China does not need to use force unless absolutely necessary when provoked or challenged. The reunification would be peaceful and swift without external interference. Any country other than the Americans thinks it is up to it to want to go to war with China because of Taiwan?

Why Taiwanese would not fight? Reunification is not subjugation. The Taiwanese would continue to rule themselves and life will be the same, even better.  Why fight in a losing war and gain nothing but to die?

Top 15 Chinese Drama Muslim actors and actresses

 

8 min clip showing the top Muslim actors and actresses in China. Some of them are Ugyhurs. The Muslims in China, including the Ugyhurs are living very well and some very successful. Many of these Muslim actors and actresses are multi millionaires and very well received by their Chinese fans.

China needs to stifle India's development? China needs to spy on India, to see how many toilets India is building?

Palki Sharma is again complaining that China is trying to stifle India's development using unfair competition. What global brand has India been showcasing to support her claim that India is indeed competing with China and that China is using unfair tactics to sabotage India.
I think that is a big insult to China trying to put India on the same level playing field. Apple and Foxconn are not investing further in India because China is controlling its supply chain servicing Apple in India. Is that what she is nagging about? Is she talking about China clamping down on rare earth elements exported to India, now that China knows India is reselling them to USA defense contractors making weapons to target China? That incidentally is just collateral damage targeting India's own EV makers and manufacturing, sorry to say, for consorting with China's most bitter enemy.

In fact, China cares two hoots what India does, whether it is trying to become the next superpower, the factory of the world, dominate global EV making, sending rockets to Mars or exploring the sun at night. China does what it does best and does what it needs to protect its interest, nothing more.

Palki Sharma is also trying to demonize China by claiming that China is placing hidden ships spying on India. That must be a joke to say the least. What has India got that China does not already have and even more than what India can hope for? China has its own Beidou Navigation Satellites that can see India's sensitive infrastructures for target practice. India better wakes up and not try to toe the USA line by demonizing China too vigorously and shooting its own foot. During COVID19, India was conned into providing vaccines to counter China's vaccine diplomacy, under the dictate of the USA, that in the end deprived India of vaccines for its own use, resulting in the death of millions. I guess lessons are never learnt by India and consorting with the devil cannot be broken off.


Anonymous

China more dependent on America or the other way round?

 China arming Iran is indirectly also arming the Houthis in time to come, with Iran now the main supporter of the Houthis. The West can make a song and dance to demonize China about it but isn't that the same as the USA and EU arming Ukraine and Israel. What works for them cannot be denied for China, right?

Sure, the USA can start sanctioning more of China, since Iran is already deep in the USA's sanctions list. Better still, the USA can now completely decouple from China, a move which I believe China is taking in its stride. If China can announce that it is ready for any war with the USA, it shows it has no fear of decoupling from the USA - lock, stock and barrel. Who is in need of what from whom? Rare earth, consumer goods, raw resources are all in the hands and under control by China. China can wash its hands of doing business with USA. But can the USA afford that? Why is the USA not touting about de-coupling, only squeaking about 'de-risking'? People can deduce why the USA is backtracking on decoupling, whatever 'word salad' the USA choose to trot out.

Anonymous

China on the right track towards self sufficiency in advanced tech

Thankfully, China is not buying any weapons from the USA, otherwise it will be used to blackmail the Chinese. China is making its own weapons, fighter jets, aircraft carriers, missiles, satellite navigation system and does not have to depend on the USA or the West. In fact, China's domestic aviation is going to be self -reliant on just the Comac planes, with Boeing and Airbus losing market share in China going forward.

It was reported, just recently, that the USA and its allies, Japan and South Korea had agreed to deny selling high grade bearings for China's high-speed trains, hoping to derail China's runaway HSR construction that is outshining Japan. What they failed to find out was that China had already figured out how to make high grade steel bearings comparable with imported ones from Japan and South Korea for its high-speed trains.

The USA also tried to stop the sale of commercial jet engines to China recently, but we know that China is already well versed in making its own jet engines for its fighter jets. So, what is the problem if the USA stop selling engines for Chinese planes? It just makes China more determined to make everything itself.


Anonymous

Air India's 171 crashed...Fuel control switches were cut off

Fuel control switches were switched from "run" to "cutoff", before an Air India plane crashed last month, a preliminary investigation report by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Burea revealed early on Saturday.

Shortly after takeoff, and once the plane reached its top recorded speed of 180 knots, “the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another" within a second, which caused a loss of engine thrust moments after it left the runway, the report revealed.

Shortly after both switches had been turned off, they were flipped back into the run position. One of the pilots transmitted "MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY," however, the plane could not gain power quickly enough after it had begun to lose altitude.

The flight lasted around 30 seconds before it crashed.

The report also revealed that, prior to the crash, one pilot could be heard on the cockpit voice recorder asking why the other had cut off the fuel. The other pilot responded that he had not done so.  MSN

The most critical moments of an aircraft movement are taking off and landing. When taking off, full power and maintaining full power are crucial for a safe take off. Cutting off fuel by switching off the fuel switches is never done as it would crash the aircraft. Every pilot knows that and would not do that.

Why were the switches turned off? Who turned off the switches? Definitely not the pilot or co pilot unless they did it deliberately to crash the aircraft. In this case this would not happen. Recorded pilot conversation, one pilot asked the other why he switched off the fuel. The other replied he did not. And the switched was in the on position, suggesting the pilot turned it back to on, or was it in the on position all the time?

 

So, how could the fuel switches turned off on their own? Mechanical problems? Unlikely as no switches would flip on its own unless it is wired and controlled by some software. The switch may be switched off if the software is faulty or being hacked, or being programmed to do so, like a kill switch, or being switched off deliberately by someone other than the pilots.  A software or a kill switch that can turn off the fuel is deadly and cannot be allowed in the first place. This kill switch facility must be removed in all aircraft immediate. This function was introduced after the 911 incident to justify ground operators to take control of the aircraft in a hijack situation. Caveat, if there is indeed such a kill switch installed.

If the investigation team does a thorough job, more evidence would be uncovered. By the way, China's Southern Airline had sold all its 787-8 Dreamliners as a safety measure, in consideration of the safety of all its passengers and air crews.  Better to be safe than sorry.

Many operators of Boeing 787-8 are investigating the fuel cut off switch, physically and mechanically. The control and problem are the software that controls it.

Albanese should shut up about Taiwan when in China

 Aussie PM Albanese is in China supposedly for trade talks and improving relations. What the shit must he be talking about Taiwan and wanting to preserve the status quo, ie Taiwan remaining a separate part of China? Who does Albanese think he is? China is the one to decide what will happen with Taiwan, not little Australia. The issue of Taiwan has nothing to do with trade and improving relations with China. Raising Taiwan, Tibet or Xinjiang is the white men's way of provoking China, telling China they have a right to meddle with China's internal affairs. This applies to all the western rogues that went to China. They are guests and need to behave themselves and stop being rude to their hosts. China's domestic affairs are none of their business. You to trade with China, talk trade.

The Chinese do not meddle with the domestic affairs of other countries. When they visit or meet with foreign delegations, they talk about trade and matters of mutual cooperation. The Chinese never raise issues concerning the internal affairs of other countries. They never tell the Aussies to return their land to the aborigines. They never ask the Aussies to repent for their crimes against the aborigines. Why are these rude and cocky white men always want to meddle with China's domestic affairs? 

Australia is just another little Mickey Mouse but behaving like it is superpower. It is insignificant, irrelevant in international politics. Australia should not think too highly of itself. The days when it can bully the Pacific Island nations and Asean nations are over. China can write off Australia and cut off all trade and relations with Australia and trade with the rest of the world. Without China, Australia would go into recession immediately.

However, China is partially to be blamed for the rudeness of these white foreigners. China allows these white foreigners to be rude even in Beijing and just respond with a stupid smile when the foreigners are rude and insist on meddling with China's internal affairs. If China continues to allow foreigners to misbehave while being welcomed as guests in China, the foreigners will take it as a sign of weakness and that China is afraid to offend the foreigners.

Wondering why it is so difficult for China to learn to deal with rude foreigners. After being bullied for centuries by the white men, it becomes second nature, not knowing how to stop it or even telling the foreigners to stop being rude. When the foreigners are rude, it is them telling China that China can be kicked around.

So they will continue to slap China straight in their face, in China, until one day when China dares to stop them. When would China dare to stop being humiliated and put an end to this? Hopefully not too long. Rude visitors must be treated rudely and shown the door. That is the only way they know, as they asked for it. Why be gracious and invite rude visitors and be slapped in their own house?

All the white rogues know what they are doing. They want to sit on the Chinese, to tell the Chinese that the white men are superior to them. Albanese said it on purpose, to put the Chinese in their right place, the place that China sat during the hundred years of humiliation.

PS. Albanese also talked about Australia's policy of strategic ambiguity on Taiwan, which is the same as the Americans. Strategic ambiguity is the Americans' way of saying we speak in forked tongue, we say one thing, mean another.

Trump gives up on MAGA

Believe me, destroying USA is not so easy, but Trump is doing a great job with all the right moves to turn the USA into a third world country. With his team of super clowns urging him on and not to pull him back from the precipice, Trump must be thinking he is doing very well indeed.

I seem to see that Trump is no longer wearing his MAGA hat (Make American Great Again) that was the object burned by protestors. He migrated to make the Gulf of America great instead. Make America Great Again has been burnt I would think.

If I am not mistaken, those hats were reported to be made in China earlier on. I may be wrong, as I saw some videos of Trump and his sidekicks making hats themselves, LOL. Oh sure, all made in USA and proudly advertised.


Anonymous

The new war game...China and Russia can hit back, real hard

Ironically, not many reports cover the hypersonic missile issue and its effect on the USA and how it is doing to counter this new game changer in the hands of Russia, China and Iran. Not talking about it does not mean the problem for the USA will just go away. Only a war against Russia, China or Iran will wake up the clowns in Washington, thinking it is still way ahead in military technology. Just listen to Trump's grandstanding comments about how great the USA weapons are. And he even boasted about wanting to bomb Moscow and Beijing. We knew very well that the USA had broached the idea of nuking China many times before.

As Bruce Lee used to point out to those martial artists from Japan and South Korea hitting boards into fragments with bare hands trying to scare him. Bruce pointed out sarcastically that boards do not hit back, but he does. Same as USA hitting Moscow and China and getting retaliated against.

Russia and China will hit back at Washington, perhaps with weapons that Trump has never seen or thought of before. What Iran did to Israel is already enough for Trump to think about clearly what he could expect bombing Moscow or Beijing. With two on one, Trump has nowhere to hide. Trump is a coward only brave enough to bully the weak, if you remember him rushing to hide in a bunker after a skirmish at the White House related to the death of George Floyd in 2020 before Joe Biden took over.

If an attack on Moscow or Beijing really takes place and retaliation resulting in Gaza like destruction in Washington, Trump will yet again blame Joe Biden. The flood and death toll in Texas is now sure enough being blamed on Joe Biden. Thankfully, Joe Biden does not remember a thing. Dementia is bliss.


Anonymous

China ripping off America or America ripping off China?

Trump probably does not know how much USA drugmakers are depending on China for the raw materials. There are reports that some drugs made China and using USA drugmakers label are sold at exorbitant prices in the USA that costs just a fraction of the price in China. Which is why healthcare cost in China is so cheap. Cheap but not necessarily inferior.

According to Kevin Wamsley, some drugs made in USA cannot work without input of some ingredients from China. China should stop exporting those ingredients right away, not to help some big name drugmakers make tons of money ripping off sick USA citizens.

Trump is fond of telling everyone that China is ripping off the USA. It is in fact the other way round, with USA ripping off Chinese manufacturers making luxury brands for them at cheap prices, for those items to be sold at exorbitant profits. Examples are iPhones, luxury handbags and Rolex watches.

Using fiat money printed out of thin air in exchange for products made with sweat and hard labor is a much more real semblance of ripping off everybody else.


Anonymous

American shameful and disgusting behaviour

  was under the impression a month ago that Trump was going to visit Xi in China soon, after the meeting in London between USA Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent and China's Vice-Premier, He Lifeng. The news looks to have now been thrown out the window with Marco Rubio now saying that there is a 'high probability Trump will meet Xi sometime this year'. Is this again a one -sided comment designed to entice Xi to send an invitation? We have been taught many times before how well versed the USA leaders are in using propaganda to further their agenda.

Xi is probably placing more priority in visiting the Chinese countryside looking for ways to improve the livelihood of his countrymen than talking to a bunch of unreliable juveniles without any sense of direction and lack of any diplomatic protocol behavior. Imagine calling people wanting to negotiate over the tariffs as going to 'kiss his arse'. That is not a person with good upbringing for sure, but rather a crude, uncouth low life.

Anonymous

Homeless in USA. CCP built homes for its citizens...for free

 

10 min clip on a lost tribe of a few hundred people living in the wild, in the border between China and Nepal. The Daman people had no country, no nationality, nobody wanted them. They had been living in the fringes of civilisation for two centuries until China welcomed them as a tribe of people of the PRC in 2003.

Their citizenship brought along state support, subsidies and assistance for housing, education, medical care and dignity, with the full rights and privileges of being a citizen of a state. The Chinese govt provided them all the aid and infrastructure they needed, building homes for them, including furniture and the utensils for daily needs, piped in water, electricity and modern sanitation facilities. The children go to schools, the sick treated in hospitals. And the adults got vocational training and jobs. The Chinese govt took care of everything, and their every needs to live a decent and dignified life.

The Daman people are now fully free and happy citizens of China, free to support and look after themselves. They now have their own homes and a country to call their own, their homeland.

The Chinese govt's support did not stop and is a work in progress. The Daman tribe gets their share of govt subsidies to develop their village. They even got their houses renovated and upgraded every few years, for free by the govt.

This is how well the CCP takes care of their citizens, unlike the rogue regime in Washington and many so called developed western countries. The CCP, being condemned and demonised by the West, are many times better than the fake democratic govts of the West, that only think of wars but not about taking care of their own people, neglecting them, becoming homeless, no medical care, hungry and jobless.

Senile white lynching judges ordering silly Asian and Asean leaders to arrest their citizens

 

A 19 min clip on senile white Wild Wild West judges lynching Huawei for false fabricated crimes of racketeering and other charges. This is part of the nefarious scheme of the Washington rogues to criminalise Huawei and to ban Huawei from selling its products not just to the USA but to the whole world. And the white racist supremacist regime in Washington is going to arrest citizens of other countries that buy or use Huawei products in their respective countries. The American gangsters, calling themselves international policemen, are going out to the whole world to arrest citizens of other nation states for buying and using Huawei products and fabricated charges by the lynching white judges of the Wild Wild West.

The world, like the producer of the above clip, may be flabbergasted by this wild ruling of the racist judges. But this is no small matter that can be simply brushed aside or laughed away. The white supremacist regime is serious and will carry out the arrest of citizens of other nations in violation of this silly and bizarre ruling while in their respective countries, thousands of miles from the American Wild Wild West. The rogue regime in Washington would simply send out messages to silly countries controlled by the American Empire and order these govts to arrest their citizens on behalf of the evil American Empire.

And some of these silly countries would just do that, arresting their citizens for buying and using Huawei products in their own countries that have nothing to do with the evil American Empire. And they will deport their citizens to the US to be charged and jailed by the rogue Washington regime. They will not protect their own citizens but collaborate with the Washington regime against their own citizens.

What would the rest of the world do? What would China do? This is a violation of the rights of Chinese companies and a violation of the rights of citizens of the world. They are not American citizens, and the American courts have no jurisdiction over them. Only silly govts would arrest their citizens for the evil Empire and let them be jailed by the evil Americans.

China cannot take this lightly. China cannot stop this stupidity and nonsense coming from the white lynching judges. China should simply issue a warrant to arrest these criminal judges on sight, ban them from travelling to Greater China just like what they did to rogue American politicians. By not acting, China will embolden more senile white judges to do the same. China may also propose to the BRICS nations to arrest these rogue judges should they visit their countries. No point bringing this up to the ICC run by criminals paid by the Americans.

This is lawlessness of the evil American Empire, thinking that they can treat the people of the world like they treated the native Indians and niggers, passed any laws as they like and lynched them as they like. This is the 21st Century and there are international laws to abide by, not the lawless white rules and orders of the Wild Wild West. The Americans do not rule the world!

The bottom line, don't blame the senile white racist judges. Blame the idiotic govts of countries for stupidly arresting their citizens for the American rogue regimes. Without silly govts doing the job for the Washington regime, this demented law cannot be implemented outside America. No African and Latin American countries would do so for sure, maybe Argentina.

PS. Would China still act like a dumb ass and invite Trump to Beijing because of all these bullying and oppression?

Dictatorship of evil.

 RE "All USA leaders are plain 'bald face liars' that I think the whole world has now come to accept."

This points to a bigger reality than the simplistic 'the corrupt leaders are the problem' a fake narrative nearly everyone loves to propagate ...

The fact that evil lying people rule is only ONE part of the equation. The pack of leading criminals do not operate in a vacuum, and never have. There are 2 destructive human pink elephants in the room and they are MARRIED --- study the free essay “The 2 Married Pink Elephants In The Historical Room”... https://www.rolf-hefti.com/covid-19-coronavirus.html

The criminals in power are in those positions and do what they do ONLY because of the mostly willful activities, or inactivities, of the majority of self-entitled "decent" or "good" or "awake" or "religious" people --- the 90-95% of the herd --- and because they do NOT really want the truth but comforting fantasies.

“Our current ‘state’ is the dictatorship of evil. We know that already, I hear you object, and we don’t need you to reproach us for it yet again. But, I ask you, if you know that, then why don’t you act? Why do you tolerate these rulers gradually robbing you, in public and in private, of one right after another, until one day nothing, absolutely nothing, remains but the machinery of the state, under the command of criminals and drunkards?” --- from a White Rose Pamphlet, the 'White Rose' was a German resistance group fighting Hitler's Nazi regime

Isn't it about time for anyone to wake up to the ULTIMATE DEPTH of the human rabbit hole --- rather than remain blissfully willfully ignorant in a narcissistic fantasy land and play victim like a little child?

Of course it is but...

"The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduces them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim." --- Gustave Le Bon, in 1895

Without a proper understanding, and full acknowledgment, of the true WHOLE problem and reality, no real constructive LASTING change is possible for humanity.

And if anyone does NOT acknowledge, recognize, and face (either wittingly or unwittingly) the WHOLE truth THEY are helping to prevent this from happening. And so they are "part of the problem" and not part of the solution.

If you have been injected with Covid jabs/bioweapons and are concerned, then verify what batch number you were injected with at https://howbadismybatch.com

"There are large numbers of scientists, doctors, and presstitutes who will sell out truth for money, such as those who describe people dropping dead on a daily basis as “rare” when it it happening all over the vaccinated world." --- Paul Craig Roberts, Ph.D., American economist & former US regime official, in 2024

"Scientists at the end of the war (WWII) were hanged for what scientists today are doing and getting away with." --- Dr. Barrie Trower, in 2012

Mallo

US and EU have many ways to skin India, but not on China

The Indians have been playing around with USA and China, and Modi thinks he is very smart. Now Trump is screwing Modi back by stuffing his tariffs down Modi's throat. India has little room to wriggle out, being not in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), nor is it inside the BRI which is promoting trade among the participating countries. India's neck is stuck in the USA and EU noose, and it is up to them to tighten it at will. India cannot do anything.

When the Ukraine war started and sanctions against Russia hit Russia's energy exports to the EU, India together with China and even Saudi Arabia, all bought discounted Russian oil and resold them to the EU, making huge profits. India, a friendly ally of the USA and EU had been screwing the EU countries for more than three long years, and the USA and EU thought India was on their side.

When China exerted control over rare earth exports to the USA, India bought rare earth from China for its EV and other manufacturing needs. If you have been watching, you will know that India was quietly reselling rare earth bought from China to the USA and EU. Now China has clamped down on rare earth exports to Sout Korea and India, after discovering that South Korea had been doing the same thing, by reselling Chinese rare earth to USA defense contractors. China's action against India has hit the Indian EV manufacturers hard and factories are said to be unable to move production, expected to be for months. It is going to kill off India's EV dream.

In all honesty, India's EV manufacturing still depends largely on China's supply chain. India is basically just doing the assembly of EVs, just like iPhones that still depends on Chinese supply chains. We do not have to look far to understand why Foxconn is moving back to China together with Apple and not investing further in India.

China screwed them both by providing the components for making iPhones at marked up prices, doing much more profitably than assembling those components into iPhones in China itself and making a meagre couple of dollars for all the hard work. Which is why China did not raise a ruckus seeing Apple and Foxconn shifting to India earlier. Why point out the mistake of your competitor when he is trying to screw you?

Oh, by the way Ursula von der Leyen is 'demanding' now that China must continue to supply the EU with rare earth elements, really big quantities. Can we see the desperation now? First Trump demanded, now the EU is demanding. Why should China sell more to the EU to be redirected to the USA for making more weapons for a war that is touted to be starting soon against China. Kids are fond of kidding.


Anonymous

BRICS falling apart? Fat hope

 The Anglo-Saxon Whites seems very preoccupied with what is happening within BRICS at the meeting in Brazil, or should I say very worried with speculations abound about Putin and Xi not attending. No, BRICS is not breaking apart if that is what they are thinking. They can keep watching and hoping.

Suffice to say, with a highly respected Russian giant of a Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, standing in for Putin and China's Premier Li Qiang for Xi, I think other BRICS members knows these two can carry the weight on their shoulders on behalf of Putin and Xi. As adults among other adults at the meeting, nothing is true about the bloc falling apart as what the West wants to see. Unlike some juveniles going at each other's throat at meetings, BRICS will not break apart without Putin or Xi attending. And BRICS countries have never even broached the idea of officially wanting to remove India from the bloc, despite India not toeing the line. No offense intended though, with only outsiders like us having been urging BRICS to do so.

On the other hand, BRICS members seem to have little interest in what transpired within meetings at the G7 or NATO itself. NATO is very united on the surface, but we know all is not as serene as it may appear. Read between the lines and you can see that Turkey is not on the same wavelength as the others among the NATO members. There was even suggestion of removing Turkey from NATO. That may yet suggest that NATO is breaking up, LOL.

Anonymous

Iran dumped GPS for Beidou

 Why would countries use GPS when their enemy is the USA? Iran finally dropped GPS for Beidou.

China found out the hard way decades ago when the Americans switched off GPS when China was launching missiles over Taiwan and the missiles fell down aimlessly. This was how the Americans weaponised the GPS against its enemies. China eventually developed the Beidou Global Navigation System to free itself from the clutches of the Americans. It is surprising that the Iranians and many Arab and Muslim countries and Global South countries that are enemies of the Americans are still using the GPS that can be switched off whenever the Americans want to.  This is like buying American warplanes and weapons that could also be switched off, especially those that needed to operate using the GPS.

The Americans have been weaponsing everything under their control against countries they called enemies. These include Google, Meta, Twitter, What'sApp, Apple phones, Android, Microsoft, all versions of laptops and iPads, and Huawei's 5G, etc etc. The mobile phones are the most dangerous as they can pinpoint the location of the user which the Israelis used frequently to kill them.  A lot of Arab and Muslim leaders, especially the Iranians, have been killed in this way. And the best part, they are still using these gadgets and continuing to use them. Stupidity has no cure.

In the past, when there was alternative, Global South countries have no choice but to bear with it. China has developed alternative systems, from Beidou, Harmony OS, Chinese mobile operating systems, chips etc etc and the Americans no longer able to track them, eavesdrop on them, no longer able to switch off Beidou like the GPS.

The success of Iranian attacks on Israeli and American positions, and the shooting down of Rafales by Pakistan, all relying on Beidou, speak for themselves. Many African states are now using Chinese operating systems that are cheaper, more efficient and secure from American mischiefs. When cheaper and safer options are available, why would countries that are enemies of the Americans chose to continue using American and western systems and gadgets and be controlled by the Americans. This is bonkers.

How many Asean countries are still being forced by the Americans to stick to American and western systems that are more expensive, backward, and insecure, allowing the Americans to tap and monitor them and their conversations? Malaysia wanted to use Huawei 5G network to push out their EV plans for the whole country but has been threatened by the Americans to stop using it. Without Huawei's 5G, driverless cars, autonomous cars could not function safely and efficiently. 

The Americans never threaten, never coerce and never force any country to take sides? Really, which clowns are saying these?

Cost of Living subsidies and cash the biggest vote winners

 Rising cost of living in this most expensive little island is no joke. Just to be alive with very basic necessities, walking or cycling in the parks, drinking kopi in kopitiams, would need at least $1,000 a month to get by. And this sum is not stagnant but increasing everyday. $1,000 pm or $1,500 pm is the poverty line in Singapore but could be a lot of money in many developing countries.

The cleaners in hawker centres are now paid more than $1,500 pm or else no takers. The tissue sellers would have to walk a lot to collect this sum of money to survive. There are many overheads, yes, overheads that every Singaporean, working or not working, would have to pay without having to leave their homes. And these overheads are also increasing and adding to their cost of living, to the cost of living of the retirees and the not working seniors who have graduated from the working class to join the retiree class.

The govt has come up with many schemes and subsidies to alleviate the financial burden and fears of not working and retiree class. Though the sum cannot come near to the million dollar salary they are getting, to those without an income, the few thousands a year, from CDC vouchers and sometimes cash, subsidies, rebates and once in 60 years SG60 cash, mean a lot to them. To those thinking of selling tissues or becoming cleaners, these handouts could come in handy and keep them away from taking these desperate steps to stay alive and be fed, and still a roof over their heads.

When a needy person is asking for $2 for his paltry meal, $450 cash or $850 cash, to those that qualified, is like striking 4D. It would mean having full stomach for a month or more and can drink kopi in the kopitiams. These windfalls are vote winners in the not working class when money is hard to come by but a necessity that they cannot do without, would be felt everyday.

As the govt introduces more of such subsidies and handouts to extend the net, to many of the recipients, it is hard not to give their votes to their benefactors, the govt. Never mind where the money is coming from. They would not and many could not think much about anything else. A little money in hard times, in extreme conditions, can bring tears to those that desperately need them.

The ruling party has struck on a winning formula, by designed or otherwise. How could the opposition parties beat this. Subsidies and hard cash are real, very real and life savers to the needy, even temporary and may not last. Where got govt give you money? And a few thousands in a year. This cannot happen anywhere in the world, only in the richest country in the world.

Thank Allah, Saudis and Houthis are not killing each other

If Iran has hypersonic missiles, I will not rule out the Houthis having them as well, sooner or later. And that is going the change the destiny of USA aircraft carriers lurking around the Gulf region.

Saudi Arabia, backed by the USA, had tried to intervene and control the Yemen leadership which led to the conflict erupting in 2015 between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, lasting more than ten years, with Iran backing the Houthis in Yemen. After the peace deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia, brokered by Wang Yi, the situation de-escalated somewhat, but with the Gaza issue and the intervention of the USA in the Middle East, it flared up again with the Houthis resuming hostilities around the Gulf region.

Two cargo vessels have been struck and sunk by the Houthis in recent days, and shipping around the Gulf is facing real issues. One vessel was carrying cargoes destined for Israel. Would the USA now be about to send more aircraft carriers to the region in a show of strength as in the past? I think they have much to think about, after looking at what happened to Israeli cities hit by suspected hypersonic missiles fired by Iran. Is history in the making of the sinking of a USA aircraft carrier sooner or later?


Anonymous

China is going to eat the lunch of Western weapon makers

China is going to eat the lunch of Western weapon makers. When China targets a sector, you can expect its domination sooner or later. We have seen it in EVs, shipbuilding, renewable energy, high-speed rails and infrastructure building under the BRI.

Two other sectors that China is aiming for a bigger stake are aviation and semiconductors. The USA and the West can bet against it and erect barriers against it at their own peril. But do not push China into prioritizing it. The result would not be what they wished for.

China is no longer playing the nice guy. Weapons export is picking up speed after the India/Pakistan conflict. It is now being enhanced by Iran going full throttle buying up Chinese weapons - the whole Chinese 'air force' deal as they called it, with jets, missiles and defense system, the whole works. They are moving to Iran almost readily available by the trainloads - unknowingly, unseen and no loud noises.

Is Israel about to go for another pre-emptive strike against Iran? Maybe, if the earlier lesson has not been learnt. If Iran, with its self-developed missiles can already do so much damage to Israel, the Iranians must have seen something more useful with Chinese J10s, PL15 and China's Advance Warning Air Control System (AWACS).

Oh, by the way, Iran already found out how beneficial it was during the 12-day war using the Chinese Beidou Navigation Satellite system to target Israel cities and important infrastructures. Were Iran still using GPS, they would be targeting blind with the system jammed by the Israelis with help from the USA. Think about it.


Anonymous

American terrorists using the big stick at ASEAN to do its bidding

Marco Rubio is on a tour of ASEAN, to reassure ASEAN leaders that they still have the USA's commitment in the region despite being hit by the tariffs. Now that is really reassuring. That this is the USA style of diplomacy, which Winston Churchill would have winced if he were still alive.

What kind of commitment would the USA give ASEAN and in what sense? Get ready to fight China with the USA behind their backs? ASEAN leaders should know better who is more reliable in buttering their bread. When the USA's interest in using them against China is gone, under the bus they will go. Those tariffs should also tell ASEAN leaders it is time to upgrade strategic and economic co-operation with China, the Global South, and in particular BRICS countries, in order to move their economy forward. The tariffs will stifle their exports to the USA and the consequence does not need explaining.

With the USA trying to cripple ASEAN, to force the group to reorientate its relations with China towards the USA, increasing tariffs is not the way to do it. But I guess the USA has no more rope to hold on and is using punishment as a last resort to change the geopolitical landscape.

How ludicrous can it be when the USA is planning to cripple ASEAN with huge tariffs, aiming to eat the group's breakfast, lunch and dinner and telling them the USA has their interest at heart. If Marco Rubio wants to lie, he has to wear a clown's mask to avoid ridicule. All USA leaders are plain 'bald face liars' that I think the whole world has now come to accept.


Anonymous

Iran nuclear facilities destroyed? You must be kidding

 The American and Israeli terrorists have been bragging daily about how successful was their attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities. They claimed to have delayed Iran's nuclear programme by a few years, then changed to a few months. The reports and satellite images have forced the Americans and Israelis to change their claims, from being obliterated to a little damage, and many red faces.

How serious was the damage to the Iranian facilities? The Israelis used conventional bombs that were not designed to penetrate deep bunkers. Obviously, they could not cause much damage to the Iranian underground facilities. 

The Americans bragged about their world best bunker penetrating bombs designed specifically to hit deep bunkers like those in Iran. The specs of the American bunker piercing bombs said that they could penetrate 60m of reinforced concrete or 21m of solid rock structure. The effectiveness of these bombs thus depends on how deep were the Iranian underground structures and protected by what material, reinforced concrete or solid rock foundation.

The Iranian nuclear sites were located in deep mountainous region. The heights of these mountains could easily be more than 10,000 feet or 3,000m. The Iranians did not need to dig deep into the ground to be a few hundred metres underground by just boring into the sides of the mountains. At any point, the underground facilities would be several times more than 60m deep, protected by reinforced concrete and solid mountain rock structures. Get the point?

The Iranians did not build their nuclear facilities under flat lands and had to dig deep into the earth. The mountains are the natural cover and protection for their nuclear facilities under them. What can bunker piercing bombs that could penetrate 60m or reinforced concrete or 21m of solid rock do? They could at best scratch the surface of the mountains, never would they get near to the Iranian underground facilities.

Given the protection from the mountains, and the limitations of the American bunker piercing bombs, the bombings were a complete waste of time and effort. What is 21m or 60m? They would not even shake the underground structures, let alone damaging them.

What do you think? Invincible Iron Dome, 100 per cent killed rate, bunker piercing bombs, and what more bullshitting coming from the Empire of Lies and Israel?

F35 in India - Mistrust in QUAD member

 Modi strutted around like a cock in the company of QUAD leaders. India has made it to the white men's club. They must have trusted India to be one of them. Then Britain flew in a F35 to Chennai to let Modi take a photo op in the pilot's seat. If only the Brits trusted the Indians.

No way. The Brits did not trust the Indians a wee bit, despite India being a core member of the QUAD. Oops, the Brits were not in the QUAD. This must be the reason. The trouble ridden F35 had to make an emergency landing in Chennai, India and unable to return to its mothership, the Brit's aircraft carrier, Prince of Wales that were passing by.  

The Indians tried to help by offering to move the aircraft from the open tarmac into a hangar. The Brits refused the offer, fearing that inside the hangar when the Brits cannot keep an eye on it, the Indians could mess around with the aircraft. The Brits want the aircraft to be on the tarmac, despite exposing to weather, but not inside the hanger in the hands of the Indians. They are afraid that the Indians would steal the secrets of the F35 once out of their sight. 

This must be a big slap on Modi. The Indians probably would like to have a closeup view of the aircraft that they wanted to buy and promised by Trump in a deal. Unfortunately, they could not get near to the aircraft. Did the Americans have anything to do with the Brit's decision to park the aircraft in the open under the close watch of the Brit's pilots and crew flown in?

Whatever confidence and high hopes that the Indians think they have in becoming an ally of the Americans and the West turned into smokes. After 3 weeks in Chennai, the F35 is either going to be cut up and packed into a big transport aircraft to be sent back, or latest, might have been repaired and able to fly back on its own. No Indian can get close to it.

This is a rude awakening to Modi and the Indians. The white men have ungracefully told Modi and the Indians that they are not one of them, cannot be trusted even to take care of an aircraft. The only good thing coming out from this is that India can boast about having a F35 on its soil. Singapore had bought  more than a dozen, fully paid, but still got no chance to even have a look at the aircraft in the city state. This may not happen at all in the lifetime of many Singaporeans.

Would India still want to be a member of QUAD? Or would Modi be sobbing in the arms of Trump, complaining about the Brits? How real was Trump's offer to sell the F35 to India?

Trump still in his fantasy land

Trump and his administration think the whole world owes the USA a living. This is going to cost the USA dearly, having already driven friends and foes to go against his administration by almost totally ignoring his tariff deadlines or just telling him there is an alternative to the USA and the US$. It is going to be the whole Global South going against the USA and its cronies and sycophants.

Japan has almost been driven to manufacture cars in the USA since Trump's first term and yet is facing tariffs of 25% going forward. So does South Korea. These are close allies of the USA, supporting its agenda for decades and now being thrown under the bus. Next to be thrown under the bus will be India, if it still does not realize what is in store for its pacifying stance towards the USA. The USA is basically telling India to quit BRICS or face consequences. This is good news for BRICS if India were to be forced to quite the bloc by itself.

Recent news also emerged that Samsung has backtracked on its chip investments in Arizona, pulling back further investments for facilities supposed to start operation from 2024 to 2026, citing lack of a credible market to support further buildup of production facilities. This is a stark reality befalling all those chip makers building facilities in Arizona.

China is the main market for chips, and without the Chinese market, which is planning to be self-supporting going forward, the outlook for chipmakers in the USA is certainly not bright. Building chips just for the USA market alone is not feasible. The USA created this mess for itself by waking up the giant, trying to push China against the wall. It is going to backfire badly.

Trump is also pushing very hard for China to stop it from cutting off supplies of rare earth for USA manufacturing, both for commercial enterprises and the military. In fact, he is reported to have 'demanded' that China must not cut off supply chains from the USA. Trump thinks he is the emperor of China.


Anonymous

High cost of drugs. Americans' turn 'better to die than to get sick'

Wait a minute. Trump is going to impose a 200% tariff on pharmaceuticals. The only thing not to do for USA consumer's healthcare cost is increasing the price of drugs by 200%, which is plain horrendous. I guess USA citizens have not heard of Singaporean's complaining that it is better to die than to fall sick. Of course not, when China is its medical supply chain of last resort for decades already.

China provides the raw materials, even those that India needs in the making of drugs. So does drug companies in the USA. In fact, China makes the raw ingredients that makes the drug work and the finished products, which are sold cheaply to the USA's big drug makers, and they do the packaging part using their brand names and allowed to mark up the prices like crazy. It is the same as with iPhones, luxury bags and Rolex watches. China does make low end products for the low-end buyers, but China can also do the high-end stuff for the right price. I think it is high time for China not to be nice and continue to help others make all the money with unbelievable profits at its expense and yet getting demonized.

I think China should just sit tight with the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration and ship less consumer stuff to the USA and see who blinks first. I have been seeing reports that Trump is demanding that China must stop cutting off its supply chain to serve the USA market. It shows that Trump is losing his leverage on China. We shall see what happens the next couple of months when stockpiling has served its purpose of restocking shelves that would otherwise be empty by now.


Anonymous

Hypersonic missiles change the rules of modern warfare

Aircraft carriers are now sitting ducks in the face of hypersonic missiles. This is the reality developing, although no actual sinking of an aircraft carrier has been reported as yet. Even Stealth fighter jets are being countered by new radar systems capable of identifying them.

But the effectiveness of hypersonic missiles has already been proven in the 12-day Iran/Israel war, with Iran suspected of using hypersonic missiles that got through the 'Iron Dome' with ease despite all its various curtain of defense, causing all the damage to Israeli cities. These hypersonic missiles cannot be taken down by interceptor missiles like the Patriot, THAAD and whatever. The speed of hypersonic missiles just allows them to break through the 'Iron Dome' and makes those interceptors obsolete. Which is why the USA needed a truce between Iran and Israel, not otherwise. Israel has no defense against hypersonic missiles, and Iran has plenty of them.

Russia is also now using hypersonic missiles in Ukraine as well, which the USA via a vis NATO has still not been on board. Military establishments in the West are more interested in selling military equipment that caters to the mass and hypersonic developments have been sidelined. China, Russia and Iran have totally eclipsed them in this sector.


Anonymous

American air to air refueling hoax when bombing Iran

 The American terrorists spread the lies that American tankers for air to air refueling were sent to the Middle East to support the Israeli and American bombings of Iran. They also spread the lie that B2 bombers have to fly all the way from the USA to bomb Iran. How much of these are true when they could simply fly their B2s and F35s from air bases in neighbouring Arab states to Iran within minutes?

The spreading of these lies was to send the Iranians and the rest of the world to believe that the Americans and the Israelis have to do the hard way and to distract them from what was happening on the ground. American B2s could be in nearby European or Arab states to launch their attacks against Iran. Why fly all the way across the Atlantic or Pacific, taking several hours, conduct air to air refueling, stressing the aircrews just for a few minutes of bombing missions?

As for the F35s, there are all in American bases in Saudi Arabia, maybe in Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar or UAE, just a few minutes from Iran. And who would believe that the F35s bombing Iran were Israeli planes and not American F35s, flew by Americans pilots? It was also easy for the Israelis to fly the F35s to American bases near Iran, fueled, armed and took off from these bases to strike at Iranian nuclear facilities. Why go through the costly, tedious, strenuous and time consuming process of air to air refueling over Arab states that can be detected and even be shot down?

If one can scratch the right ear with the right hand, why struggle with the left hand and stretching behind, across the back to do it? The Americans and the Israelis are not stupid. Everything could be done so easily, cheaply and efficiently using American bases in the region and to implicate the Arab states to create more distrust among them. There is no need to do what they publicly announced to the world. But unfortunately many in the world, in Arab and Muslim states believed in the hoax and distraction. The Iranians also thought so and dismissed the possibility of what the Americans and Israelis were doing with the American bases in Arab and Muslim states. Perhaps the Iranians knew of the American and Israeli ploy to incite Iranians to bomb the Arab states. This did not happen.

Iran must bomb out all the American bases in neighbouring Arab and Muslim states to prevent the Americans and Israelis from launching sneak attacks against them, with American warplanes and drones. Do not blame the Arab and Muslim states. They have no choice. They are semi colonies of the Americans and Israelis and the military bases in their countries are totally in the hands of the Americans and they can do whatever they want, with top mission, to remove any Arab or Muslim leaders that did not do their bidding.

Malaysia sought American approval for use of nuclear energy

 The Iranian nuclear facilities were bombed by the Americans and the Israelis, for not getting approval from these two international terrorist states before building them. Anyway, even if the Iranians were to ask, they would not be approved. 

Who or which organisation should be the approving authority for building nuclear power stations? The UN, the IAEA or the Americans or the Israelis? Technically, the approving authority is the UN subject to inspection by the IAEA. The Americans and Israelis are not the legal authority to approve the peaceful use of nuclear energy and nuclear power stations. In the Iranian case, the IAEA representatives were there to inspect and check on the nuclear facilities. This is tacit approval of Iran's nuclear facilities, or the IAEA would have recommended the closure of the facilities.

But rogue regimes in Washington and Tel Aviv chose to ignore this and unilaterally decided to destroy the Iranian facilities. The truth is that all nuclear power stations using Uranium as their fuel would end up with radioactive Uranium that can be enriched to make nuclear weapons. The truth also said that all the countries craving for nuclear power stations, like Japan, India, Pakistan, Israel etc, their main intention is to harvest enriched uranium to make nuclear bombs. The need for nuclear power stations is just a fake excuse. This is also the reason why they refused to use safer options that used Thorium as fuel instead of Uranium.

The Americans and Israelis are obsessed in wanting to prevent Iran from producing a nuclear bomb, another Islamic bomb. As long as Iran is operating nuclear power stations using Uranium, the enriching of Uranium to make nuclear bombs is just a small step away. The UN may allow countries to operate nuclear power stations for peaceful use. But the Americans and the Israelis did not want to take any chances. No nuclear power station for Iran. Period. So they hijacked the UN's policing role and take it on themselves to decide who can have nuclear power stations and who cannot. Iran, an Islamic state must not be allowed to have nuclear power stations. And they take it upon themselves to prune Iran's accumulation of enriched Uranium by periodically bombing Iran's nuclear facilities.

Malaysia is smart. Seek approval from the USA, the de facto authority to approve building of nuclear power stations, by signing an MOU for peaceful use of nuclear power, in case they want to build a nuclear power station in the future. Marco Rubio was in Kuala Lumpur to sign the document with Malaysia Foreign Minister Mohamed Hasan as approval from the American Empire. 

Whether it is wise for Malaysia to get approval from the American terrorists is one thing. Whether it would end up as a piece of useless paper is another. The seeking of approval and signing with the Americans mean that the Malaysians acknowledged that the Americans are the authority on this, and they trust the Americans to honour it. 

Don't forget, Malaysia is also an Islamic state, the enemy of the Americans and the West. The Israelis attempted to bomb Pakistan's nuclear facilities in collaboration with anti Muslim Modi to kill the Islamic bomb. Marco Rubio is just humouring the Malaysians as time is on their side. When the Malaysians finally decide to have nuclear power station, the Americans can then put on the brakes with all kinds of lame excuses. The MOU is worth as much as the paper and ink used.

The most disgusting and bizarre relationship between the Arab states and USA/Israel

 Is this what is called the mystery of God or of life? Looking from a far, the relationship is a sick joke on the Arab states. Given their great blessing of oil, the Arab states should be the richest, freest and happiest nation states, with a lot of money to throw around, to help countries that need help. But many of the Arab and Muslim states are poor, unhappy and with dysfunctional societies, all destroyed by the Americans and the Israelis, and at the mercy of the Americans and Israelis. 

For the few Arab and Muslim states that are still very rich and wealthy, their independence is just a mirage. They are not independent and would never be independent. They are forever under the control and dictates of the Americans and the Israelis, getting whipped when the Americans and the Israelis are not happy and being extorted or have to give freely when the Americans needed money. And they have to act so, to give happily and willingly, under the facade that the Americans are there to protect them, not their overlords, not their colonial masters. They cannot say no to the Americans and so have to pretend that they are willing and generous to offer their money and wealth to the Americans. See how happy the Qataris were to give Trump a gold plated Boeing 747 to please him.

This is not that bad, not that sad. The pathetic part, the Americans would want to control and rule them forever and they have to do the bidding of the Americans, with the American military bases in their countries to control them. And they have to pay for the American military presence on the pretext that the Americans were there to protect them, protect their safety and sovereignty, like real and not questioning or complaining. And they will party about it year in and year out, showing their love and deference to their great protector, the Americans.

Yes, the Americans wanting to control them is not that bad. It is the intent of the Israelis to eventually decimate them like the Native Americans and to turn their lands into the United States of Israel that is most troubling. But the Arab and Muslim states have to put up with it and often connived with the Israelis against their neighbours while knowing that a day will come when they will all be massacred by the Israelis and their lands taken away from them. And they did not have to work very hard to imagine that this is true. The Israelis are saying it everyday, in all their literatures, that a Greater Israel would be created from the Arab and Muslim lands. And to remind the Arabs and Muslims that this eventuality would come their way sooner or later, the Americans and the Israelis are putting up a live show in Gaza, Palestine, that the fate of all the Arab and Muslim states would be the same as the fate of the Palestinians. And the Arabs and Muslims can only pretend not to see, not to know, not to happen to them.

What are the Arabs and Muslims thinking about their future or their no future, when they would end up like the Native Americans, decimated to near extinction, and their lands gone? And the best part, they must continue to party with the Americans and Israelis, feeding them, paying them, humouring them, and even betray or sell out their neighbouring Arab and Muslim states, so that they could enjoy their good life for a few days longer?

The relationship between the Arabs and Muslims with the Americans and the Israelis is like a pack of wolves guarding and owning a hen house and taking their time to de feather and eat up the hens as and when they choose to. And the hens know about it but can do nothing about it to save themselves, and still have to flatter and appease the Americans and the Israelis, their lifelong enemies that wanted them dead than alive. 

The Americans and the Israelis are very happy with the relationship as they have absolute control over the Arab and Muslims states. They can even decide who should be their leaders and who they would assassinate in the interests of the Americans and Israelis. Are the Arab and Muslim states really happy with this relationship, to sleep with their would be murderers and to be screwed by them and still have to appear happy?

This is anything but a symbiotic relationship. It is an embrace of death and destruction.

Houthis control Bab al Mandab Strait, American terrorists control Malacca Strait

So much for their 'Freedom of Navigation' when they are the ones preventing it with evil minds thinking of blockades in mind. Now, that is all unravelling, especially when we look at the Suez Canal. They forgot that there is another narrow strip of water - the Bab al-Mandab Strait that controls the southern entry to the Red Sea before the Suez Canal that the Houthis could control in times of war. Mining this section will cut off all shipping from using the Suez Canal. Who has the leverage?

China now has alternatives to the Straits of Malacca. The Belt and Road is one alternative to the Straits of Malacca. The Iran China rail link is another that could provide China with energy needs when the shit hits the fan. Moreover, Russian energy is providing China with some semblance of reliability if energy from Middle East is cut off with blockades of the Straits of Malacca. There are other areas that China is working on to be self-dependent from fossil fuel in time to come. China is building a big number of nuclear power stations, dams, solar farms and wind farms as well.

China's South America trade is moving away from using the Panama Canal, with plans to build an alternative across Nicaragua. Moreover, there is now a port in South America, the Port of Chancay in Peru, developed jointly by China and Peruvian company Volcan, which will serve Chinese ships calling in South America.


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Chinese weapons in the Middle East

Just a test of China's laser weapons and the Germans goes jittery. Since it has been proven effective, time for China to sell them to the Houthis that have plenty of opportunities to test them further. Germany is doing a great service for Chinese weapons by advertising its effectiveness, the more they shout about it. Like the J10C, how about other countries now having interest in those laser weapons? How about calling it a renewal weapon that can be used over and over again? I am sure it works that way.

Since the German helicopter was snooping around the Chinese warship, what is wrong with its action to shoo it away? Waving hands to tell it to go away is not the way to deal with belligerents. That helicopter was probably trying to do a provocative stunt to elicit a reaction, and it got what it wanted.

What are weapons developed for if not to counter offensive actions. Oh, how about claiming that the helicopter was just trying to play a harmless friendly game with the Chinese warship. By chanting the 'freedom of navigation' mantra that they do not subscribe to, the Germans are now claiming what the Chinese did was very dangerous and could blind the pilot and all that nonsense. Are such weapons meant just to scare the birds flying past? If a Chinese warship were to appear near the German coast in International Waters, it would elicit a response that it was threatening to Germany. Freedom of navigation is only a monopoly enjoyed by Western powers, not others.


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US tariffs are meant to cripple economies but failing

The Hillbillies are still unaware that Trump is screwing them - front, back, sideways, upwards and downwards, using the mantra that he is punishing foreign exporters with his tariffs. For the USA consumers, well, it appears to be ignorance is bliss.

You never realized what 'bald-faced liars' the USA leaders are and how they could lie thinking that nobody really pays attention. When those reciprocal tariffs were trotted out in early April, Trump was gloating about 200 countries queuing up to 'kiss his arse'. Now, it has been reported that his Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, another prolific liar, is trying to cover Trump's kissing arse lie with another lie that Trump did not say that. Are they adults or children?

What about the earlier gloating by Trump that 200 countries out of the existing 195 were queuing up to kiss his arse. Trump does not even know how many countries there are in this world. Among them only two have been reported to have made deals with the USA - UK and Vietnam. And all that was what he achieved after three months of gloating? The fact that he is now shifting his deadline shows he is losing leverage. And the fact that he is sending out a few demand letters for a start shows that the gloating about 200 countries queuing up to negotiate were all blatant lies. I wonder whether letters of demand have also been sent to the penguins, LOL. Did the MSM reported any penguins landing in Washington to negotiate? I am sure they could not miss that great news.

The most interesting part of the circus is just unfolding, with USA consumers being hit hard by expensive goods. What is even worse is the dire state of the USA farmers, having no big market to absorb their produce that has to be harvested soon. Which is why Trump is trying to force countries like India to buy more of USA agricultural produce, which is going to kill off Indian farmers if successful. Trump is also targeting Brazil, that has now captured the Chinese market for its agricultural products. That 50% tariff on Brazil is all planned to cripple the Brazilian economy, after its agricultural sector took over the China market from USA farmers.

India better wakes up fast over what the USA is forcing it to do to import more USA foodstuffs, even trying to force India to buy USA beef, in a move that is sure to antagonize the Hindu fanatics. BRICS is where India belongs to, not the G7 and that should tell India where its loyalty lies.


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