China standing up to defend its friends against American terrorism

China has vowed to support Cuba against external interference after US President Donald Trump said Havana “will fall” and called for “fundamental change” on the island.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun made the pledge on Monday as Beijing and Havana marked 66 years of diplomatic relations, saying China will support Cuba in “safeguarding its national sovereignty” and pursuing a “development path suited to its national conditions.”

In an address to the UN General Assembly last week, Trump described Cuba as an “absolutely failed state” and “a haven for foreign adversaries” on America’s doorstep.

What’s happening in Cuba?

Cuba is enduring its worst economic crisis in decades, marked by chronic fuel and food shortages and prolonged blackouts. Decades of US sanctions have restricted access to financing, fuel, and equipment, compounding low domestic production, dependence on imports, and aging energy infrastructure.  RT

The fall of Venezuela was a wake up call for China. If China continues to adopt a non involved policy, all its friends will be taken down and taken over by the American terrorists, and this would include all its investments, and strategic assets in those countries. Perhaps it was not entirely China's fault as China then was unable to extend its protection of friends far and near. For centuries, China was itself a victim of foreign aggression, being broken up and several parts seized by foreigners and its treasures looted.

Venezuela is not just a case of a bridge too far, but the internal politics made it impossible for China to lend a hand. The entire political leadership was bought over by the Americans. It was a sell out of the interests of the Venezuelan people and China's interests in Venezuela. In the case of Cuba, after decades of draculan sanctions and blockade, the cruel American terrorists have locked down Cuba from the outside world and life is still existing in the 1960s. Cuban lives and living condition, social and economic infrastructures remained practically at a stand still.

Cuba cannot fall and must be free to live like the free people of the world, with honour, dignity and prosperity. For too long, the world has been kept in the dark about the cruel and basic living conditions in Cuba, not much better than Gaza before it was mowed down into ruins and the Palestinians being genocided by the American and Israeli terrorists. The genocide is still going on and no one is able to stop the savages from killing the Palestinians. The American terrorists are planning another genocide in Cuba.

The Cubans have stood up strongly in defiance of the American terrorists for decades, to defend their country and independence, unlike the Venezuelans. The Cubans must be highly respected and supported by the people of the world to free themselves from being imprisoned by the American terrorists.

Iran is the first major effort by China to defend its friends and is holding very well against the American and Israeli terrorists. Cuba may be difficult because of geography. But with the political will and concerted effort of friends of Cuba, Cuba does not need to fall or be kept isolated from the rest of the world. Fark the American terrorists and their fake free world and freedom. Several countries are still being imprisoned by the American terrorists, notably those in Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Pacific Islands, including the people of Diego Garcia, These countries and people must be freed from the American terrorism and oppression.

The whole must stand up to the American terrorists and stop being hypocritical. The world must know what is good and what is evil and stand beside the oppressed people of the world, and call out the American terrorists. Do not allowed the mass murderers to stand in the UN to call for the annihilation of a nation state and its people. This is primitive barbarism!

The world and the civilised people cannot keep looking away from the American cruelties against the people of the world. Stop pretending that these did not happen and the Americans are the good guys. The Americans are the most evil and baddest guys on earth. Think of the millions they have killed and the millions they have oppressed and suppressed.

Virgo's pain for returning drinks and bottle containers

Bravo to Grace Fool!

Now I have to fork out extra ten cents for the drinks container and asking me to hold the can to look for the return ten cent vending machine not knowing where it is

Also walking round to find this machine to get your ten cents back

Next every trip even now to neighbourhood stores have to pay ten and sometimes twenty just for the plastic bags to carry the items that you brought

Wow saves the environment that's a Honourable action

Whereas elsewhere the UAssA dropping their bombs and burning the coals and Indonesia wildfires with haze and they don't give a damn to it

The South Koreans and the UAssA Allies conducting their Military Exercises

Heavens shakes it's Head and held their Breath

What's a joke!

Virgo49

Are Singaporeans taking lesser sugar?

The stats are out regarding sugar and salt intake by Singaporeans. One reason was that more people are now eating out, thus intake of salt is not falling like sugar. Is that the truth or just trying to push only the good news and avoid the bad.

I have my two cents worth looking at the issue. First, sugar is relatively more expensive than salt and when the word goes out about making drinks with less sugar, drink makers jumped with joy. Here was an opportunity to save on sugar, add more water, increase prices and nobody is the wiser. When everyone making drinks saw the benefit, it takes off like rocket. Now, it is not whether consumers still have a choice as most drinks have low sugar on its label. I wanted to buy packet drinks without the low sugar label as I always put ice cubes to keep it cool but could not find any. That was one big reason why sugar consumption has fallen over the years. One problem I personally encountered with low sugar content drinks was when putting ice cubes into drink containers diluting the drink that was to taste almost like plain water.

When the call went out about encouraging vendors to produce food with less salt, food outlets and hawkers are not listening. Customer's taste and profits are more important and all that talk about health issues goes out the ear. If one hawker uses less salt and another does not, who do you think is going to lose customers? Salt is cheap and taste matters more than just health talk. Consumers are not going to eat food finding them less savory, and that is likely to make them avoid such vendors. It is human nature. All the time we are bombarded by how tasty some places are, not how healthy the food they are selling. Money talks and bullshit walks.


Anonymous

Saudi fighting Houthis, rich men fighting poor men

Saudi Arabia is now escalating its war with the Houthis. Saudi Arabia intervened in the Civil War in Yemen between the Yemeni Government and the opposition Houthis since 2014, leading to deaths of tens of thousands of civilians. There was a lull in the fighting with the peace agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia in 2023 but is now flaring up. The Houthis have blockaded the Bab Al-Mandab seaway, preventing the Saudis from exporting its oil via the Red Sea route.

The Saudi/Yemen war was a massive humanitarian crisis, largely ignored by the Western MSM. Saudi Arabia was then supported by the USA, while the Yemen opposition, the Houthis, was supported by Iran. The status quo still stands and what is the result is left to be seen.

Without the control of the Bab Al-Mandab, the Saudis do not have access to the Red Sea route, even if it tried to avoid the Strait of Hormuz. Is there any substance talking about oil moving out of the Middle East at levels before the war? I am flabbergasted at the optimistic fabrication.

Right now, Trump is gloating about the release of 100 million barrels of oil from stockpiles by the G7 countries to soften the blow and hoping to keep oil prices from rising further before November. How realistic is the attempt and what will be the consequence if the blockade in the Middle East continues? Are the G7 countries capable of influencing oil prices just by releasing stockpiles? A hype is just a hype, nothing else. What is important is the reality.


Anonymous

China bashing - China bogey man got hammered again by the whites

 Commentary: What happens when Chinese AI goes rogue?

Using China as the boogeyman is no longer a convincing excuse for inaction on AI regulations by US lawmakers, says Catherine Thorbecke for Bloomberg Opinion.

TOKYO: Covering the recent round of AI apocalypse warnings, I’ve tried to reject this cult-like deference toward all-powerful computer systems and the inevitability rhetoric: If Silicon Valley doesn’t build them first, someone else – likely China – will.

Yet a recent spate of incidents in the United States has spurred a fresh, heated debate on the safety of allowing AI systems to act on their own. A growing number of researchers inside the companies involved are also warning of “existential” dangers, with Anthropic even flagging such concerns to investors in its initial public offering prospectus.

For China, the risks of near-term hazards like labour market threats or the more alarming sci-fi scenarios such as hacks on critical infrastructure are making it harder to write off the furore as a distinctly American obsession.

Beijing has dismissed some of these warnings as “fearmongering,” seeing the calls to slow AI development as an attempt to hold China back. But voices inside the industry have also suggested that frontier risks simply aren’t being felt as acutely at home because they’re further behind the US.  CNA

Never will a day pass without the American and western media bashing China of what will happen in the future if China will ..... The China sin is all about something that the Americans and the whites hyped about that could happen, not about something that China had done. The danger and invasive American AI models and agents have already started to attack many operating systems when put on short trial.

The attention is not about how dangerous the American AI can be and how to deal with them. As expected, it is about an opportunity for China bashing. What if China AI turns rogue?  Not about American AI has turned rogue. And the fear mongering starts, painting China as the demon to be that will destroy the world. This is the playbook of American and western media to demonise China and all their enemies. The Americans are committing wars of aggression and war crimes in Iran and the Middle East, on the excuse that Iran may have nuclear weapons in the future to nuke America. So it is right and proper to invade Iran, to destroy Iran, to annihilate Iranians and to nuke Iran. This is their standard of morality, of righteousness, of the white men's right to rule the world, to kill and destroy others on a vague excuse about a future event that may not happen at all.

Oh, America is so advanced in AI and China is trying to catch up? Really? America is so advanced in AI and now wanted to limit the growth of AI in China? Just like American chips are so advanced and afraid that China will come up with more advanced chips? The best AI scientists and chip engineers are all Chinese. Get it?

The silly playbook to demonise China has gone on for too long and getting so silly for the world to believe in them. Every time the American imbeciles and clowns open their mouths, the world would only laugh. Only American media and silly American crony media will find such China bashing articles worthy of mentioning and publishing.

Not to worry, China is collapsing with tons of problems. Just leave China alone, no need to do anything, no need to spend billions to demonise China. China will collapse on its own. Save your money and resources. No need to be yelping stupid things about China and make yourself looking stupid.

India and Japan will never be accepted as whites

In any case these doggies will still be crawling and groveling at the feet of Trump and even kissing his arsehole. They can hug each other on the bed, but we know all that lacks sincerity. We already know what friends of the USA are for anyway, thanks to Henry Kissinger.

India and Japan are just cultivated to counter China, nothing more. Trump is a hardcore bigoted racist and has no love lost for Asians. If those stupid Asians think otherwise, that is a sad state of affairs. India is trying to sniggle up to the Europeans at the G7 for years, or at least the Europeans in the G7 are throwing a bone for India to chew on but will never allow India into the club. India's GDP may be above some of the G7 countries but is not qualified to be in the rich White men's club. India will have to bleach itself white to be accepted.

On the other hand, the Indians are pissed off that they are not considered rich enough or white enough. Now, the first problem is solvable, maybe fifty years down the road, but the second problem about whiteness cannot be solved. After all, we all know that a leopard cannot change its spots however hard it tried.

The Japanese have considered themselves to be on par with the Whites and be treated as Whites in the past, which I do not know based on what criteria. In South America, the Japanese wanted to be treated as Whites decades ago. The same as in Africa. This is documented, not fabrication. But Japan's downfall today leaves much to be desired by countries for Japan to continue to sashay around once again like in the past.


Anonymous

American fabricated truths, everything wrong is about Iran...it used to be China

Why is everything happening in the West all pointing towards Iranian involvement? Anything wrong and they straight away point the fingers at Iran. Automatic mode? Iran is involved in the Flydubai attempted hijacking. Iran is involved in the UK RAF Fairfield plot. Is this another attempt to give a dog a bad name and then skin it? What else is going to happen to consolidate the demonization of Iran?

Not long ago, anything untoward happening in the West was always China's CPC involved. Chinese spies were everywhere in the USA and Europe. Chinese products - quayside cranes, power transformers, solar panels, wind turbines, toilet seats, academics working in universities, Chinese workers in companies and even garlic were all spying for China. Every Tom, Dick and Harry was connected to the CPC, and every Chinese company in the USA and the West was likewise spying for the CPC. Tik Tok CEO, a Singaporean was accused of being a CPC member and therefore also spying for the CPC using Tik Tok as a front.

If the Iranians are really infiltrating so successfully into Western entities just like the Israelis, it really is a problem, right? Or is the so-called tight scrutiny by the West not working as well as it had been touted to be, letting the Iranians infiltrate. Which is which? The chicken or the eggs come first?

Anonymous

Singaporeans have a new destination to visit to collect money

SINGAPORE: Every few weeks, 79-year-old Tan Mui Sng heads to the reverse vending machine at the void deck of her Serangoon housing block with a trolley and bags of empty containers in tow.

The retiree returns dozens of containers each time, earning a few dollars in deposits — the result of hours spent scouring her neighbourhood for discarded drink cans and bottles....

"For this one, there's much more money," she said in Mandarin, adding that she used to earn S$0.50 (US$0.39) for every 1kg of containers she sold to the rag-and-bone man.

She has lost track of how often she has used the reverse vending machine, but estimated earning more than S$10 from returning containers.

Under the scheme, consumers have to pay a refundable 10-cent deposit on eligible beverage containers, comprising pre-packaged plastic or metal containers with volumes between 150ml and 3,000ml. CNA

Singaporeans now have a new destination to visit other than the church. There are many reverse vending machines being placed in housing estates for Singaporeans to visit regularly to deposit their plastic and metal containers, and be rewarded with 10c or 15c per container. Oops, locals and foreigners can also do the same. They will not only be doing a good deed to save the world, to green the world, but also be rewarded with a few dollars or a few cents, depending on how many containers they brought along.

Retirees like the one mentioned in the above quote would be very happy to do so, doing some good deeds and getting some pocket money, and also as a form of exercise. If 50% of the 6m residents do it once a week, you can imagine the traffic flow, 3m trips a week or 12m trips a month or 144m trips a year. Additional positive effect of these visits is that the retirees and those without an income could actually generate some income by working a bit harder scouring for discarded containers.

Who are the real people paying for this and for the machine, the staffing and system management, the consumers of drinks, beers and whatever that have recyclable containers of course.  The whole system and movement of millions of people are all paid by the consumers of plastic bottles and metal containers. Please don't remind these consumers that they now have to pay more for their drinks because of this great scheme. For many, especially the millionaires, what is paying a few dollars more? For those who are living from pay check to pay check, sorry lah, just pay more visits to these machines to get your money back or absorb the higher cost.

Singapore being one of the richest country in the world, many would not be bothered to make such trips for a few cents or a few dollars. Small change. One thing will change, the lifestyle of Singaporeans and how they would allocate time for this ritual as part and parcel of life in the island. How long will this fad last? For the happy retirees, this will be a part of their lives, collecting metal containers and plastic bottles and to visit the shrines to earn some pocket money. It can be a happy daily ritual.

Terminators tells us about the future and Hollywood fantasies

If the Terminator movies tell us anything about the future, it is something to expect with the development of AI. Forget about the big tech companies talking about self-regulation. Where making money is concerned, self-regulation does not work in that environment.

Of course, in those movies, humans eventually trumped the robots. It is to be expected in order to be able to come up with more sequels, more versions and more money to be made. James Bond can never die, right?

I am surprised that social media sites are trying to explain how magic is done, knowing that all that is just unreal stuff, sleight of hand, staged sets and using close participants masquerading as audiences. Just like Hollywood movies which we know is unreal, just entertainment make-believe stuff. There is a saying that crazy actors act in movies while the dull of mind audience soak up the foolery as if they are reality.

Superman, batman, wonder women, green lantern, incredible hulk, fast and furious and avengers - just keep the sequels coming. As old actors died or fade away, the role passed on to new actors, but the main theme is immortal.


Anonymous

India is the manufacturing hub for making Indian workers

India is going to be the manufacturing hub for producing Indian workers for the rest of the world. This is one sector that India will succeed beyond imagination. Just like making Indian workers the backroom workers for companies in the West, which is now in tatters in this era of AI.

The problem now befalling India is that countries are pushing back over the influx of Indians taking over jobs in the West and bringing their uncivil behavior along as well. Habits do not change just by being outside India. The Indian mentality is that others must do as the Indians do at home, and not the other way round. They think the caste system can just be implanted anywhere in the world. Well, people are waking up and telling them to fxxk off.


Anonymous

Good news - NATO and the European escalating war with Moscow

 NATO threatens to close Kaliningrad. Putin threatens to use nuke. This is about the best news since the Ukraine War. The primitive white savages cannot hide their animal instinct and craving for wars and killings. After Ukraine, they are going to open another front against Russia. This is good. Be your true self. Stop lying and demonising China and Russia as threats wanting to invade America and Europe. Just start more wars to show to the world how war crazy and blood thirsty the white savages are.  They are still craving for Empires and war of conquest, to rob, steal, plunder, loot and kill to colonise countries.  Russia is their primary target, so easy to take over with the combined forces of NATO, all 30 plus countries against solo Russia. Sure to win this time.

The white savages still believe in might is right, to conquer and rule over the coloured people, to be the masters of the world, by force, by military might. All the evidence is there, recent evidence, and only the very dense and blind cannot see. The invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Libya, the countries in the Middle East and Africa, Venezuela, Cuba and many Latin American countries, the take over of Greenland, were the living proof that might is right and the whites, especially the AngloSaxons, will readily use it to conquer and take over countries. Lunatic Trump proudly told the UN General Assembly of world leaders, he is going to annihilate the Iranians. If not restrained, this mad man will nuke Iran soon.

No wars in the world were fought without the white savages directly or indirectly involved in them. The good thing, many Global South leaders have seen the ugly truth and primitive behaviours of the white savages and keeping their countries free from wars incited by the white men. Let the white savages fight all the wars they want and kill among themselves. Leave the Global South in peace.

Go NATO Go! Start more wars in Europe. When will the Arabs and Muslims throw the American and Israeli terrorists out of the Middle East to live in real peace? Iran is going to be the bridge too far and will expedite the decline of the evil American Empire.

Singapore belongs to Singaporeans

Is this difficult to understand? Sometimes it does. In the USA, Trump believes he owns America and he is the emperor and his family is the royalties. Singapore belongs to Singaporeans ie Singapore citizens. Singapore does not belong to foreigners, not to PRs or anyone that happens to be here and calling himself or herself a local. Anyone thinks differently, that Singapore belongs to everyone that happens to be here, citizens, PRs, Work Permit holders, construction workers, foreign workers and foreigner students?

What does it mean when we say Singapore belongs to Singaporeans? It means Singaporeans are the real owners and must have a say in what is happening to Singapore, physically, demographically, socially, politically etc etc. One thing that is very clear, Singapore does not belong to anyone or political party that happens to be ruling Singapore. Ouch.

Whoever or which ever be the ruling authority of Singapore, they must know that it is only temporary, as a caretaker of Singapore for 5 years. After the term expires, the people decides who should be the next caretaker of Singapore. Am I right or wrong?

If Singapore belongs to Singaporeans, Singaporeans must have a say in major and critical issues, existential issues. The mandate as a caretaker of the island does not give all encompassing power to the ruling party or people to do everything they please. It is not a blank cheque.

For instance, the size of the population of Singapore, its demography and composition, the number of foreigners allowed in that would mess up the lives of Singaporeans for good or bad, the amount of land that should be deforested and mowed down, just like no one is allowed to cut down a tree without a permit, Singaporeans must have a final say. And of course how Singapore is to be cut out and shared by Singaporeans, not share with foreigners or freely converted new citizens. And this should include the wealth and assets of Singapore, how they should be used, how not to throw or give away to foreign entities under whatever guise.

So far, Singaporeans, the citizens, have been bypassed, like non existence, in many critical issues. No need to ask the Singaporeans, no need their permission, no need for referendum. What is a referendum? 

Singaporeans must speak out on what are considered red lines, existential issues that must be reverted to the real owners of the island to decide. Maybe the opposition parties may want to table this for discussion in Parliament. Maybe the ruling party may want to do this as well. Identify the critical and existential issues that needs the consent of Singaporeans. No? Singapore is not a little kingdom that belongs to some royalties. It is a republic and the citizens have a share in the island, the land, the wealth and assets and the opportunities to live, with all the rights as citizens, not to be told to share their rights with foreigners, non citizens, PRs etc. Not all locals are citizens.

What do you think?

Trump Xi Meeting - Not only was India slighted, Japan was fuming

Not only was India slighted. There was another comment made by Trump that made Japan nervous and paranoid. Oh, the Japanese are just saying that Japan is confused, but more likely fearful of being thrown under the bus by Trump. Not immediately, but the message gets more and more insidious.

During Xi's visit, Trump was gloating about China being its ally during WW2 and Xi saying that it was a bond forged in blood. That was telling. That was indirectly saying they were allies against undoubtedly Japan, nothing more.

If that giggling clown of a Japanese prime minister does not understand geopolitical language, she is a disaster. Now, that is not the only occasion that Trump had made Japan queasy. In another meeting in the White House earlier between the two, someone asked if Trump's attack on Iran was sneaky. Trump replied that in order to understand what is sneaky, they need to ask the Japanese, meaning about that sneaky attack on Pearl Harbor during WW2. It was a very uncomfortable remark that made Sanae Takaichi winced, undoubtedly shocked and unable to understand why Trump was that blunt.

As for India and Narenda Modi, Trump does not think it important to even try to pacify India nor Modi. Trump already said that India is a 'shithole' earlier, a deathbed for many USA companies investing in India. Its only usefulness was and is to be cultivated as a pawn by the USA to counter China, which it is totally impotent. India is now surrounded by hostile neighbors of its own making, trying to act as a superpower trying to exert influence over them.


Anonymous

Peace loving and human right champion American terrorists threatening to nuke Iran

Something big is going to happen to Iran, so says Trump. Oh, it will be nuked if that is what he is actually trying to say. What else is there to be so secretive not to say so. We know this is the final threat that Trump will come up with. Remember it is coming closer to November, and Trump needs all the fabrication to boost his standing in front of the rednecks and hillbillies for the midterm.

The USA is the one and only rogue country that had ever nuked another country twice and threatening to do so many times after that. Now, all the fabrication about other countries having nukes as a threat to the world pales in comparison to what the USA had always planned to do. Even making pre-emptive fabrication that Iran will be a threat to the rest of the world if it goes nuclear. How many truly believe that? Wasn't that the same mantra being chanted against North Korea just years ago?

Which country had been nuked by North Korea, tell me when it was claimed to be a threat to world peace. All that the USA tried to do was and is antagonizing North Korea to do something crazy with its military exercises on North Korea's front yard. The USA failed to realize that countries are just looking for deterrents by having nukes just in case the rogue terrorist decides to play the Hiroshima and Nagasaki game.

If Iran goes nuclear, Saudi Arabia will have to follow and that is going to open a can of worms. Japan and South Korea are bound to follow, and the USA does not trust the Japanese as well. So, let us see.


Anonymous

It is happening. The most fearful thing to the American and Israeli terrorists is coming

JERUSALEM: Passengers on a flydubai flight reached Israel safely on Wednesday (Sep 30) after customers and crew foiled a co-pilot's attempt to crash the aircraft, Israeli officials said, in a struggle that began when he stabbed the pilot and sent the jet plunging nearly 14,000 feet in less than 30 seconds.

Passengers and crew entered the cockpit, overpowered the co-pilot and enabled a second pair of flydubai pilots who were aboard the flight to land the jet safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, Israeli officials said.  CNA

The American and Israeli terrorists only think of bombing and killing Arabs and Muslims with impunity. No harm will come to them. Unfortunately things are changing and the Arabs and Muslims have turned the table. From now onwards, the Americans and Israelis will be the prey, the target of killing by the Arabs and Muslims all over the world. This attack against a pilot to crash the aircraft filled with Israelis is the sign of things to come. Airlines on routes that carried too many Israelis and Americans would likely to be targeted.

The MI5 has claimed that a failed attack against a British base in England is the work of the Iranians. Hope this is true and not another fabricated news to demonise Iran. If true, it only confirms that the Iranians, Arabs and Muslims are on the offensive.

The American and Israeli terrorists can hit the Iranians, Arabs and Muslims. Now they can hit back, anywhere, anytime, when the Americans and Israelis are not expecting. A few more such cases will bring the movement of Americans and Israelis to a standstill, their assets, factories, corporations, bases all over the world will be the new targets. 

Clear and present danger. There is no where to run, no where to hide. The Iranians, Arabs and Muslims are taking the war to the American and Israeli terrorists, in their homelands. This is a little late than never.

PS. Do not think the American terrorists withdrawing from Iraq is a good thing. It is a preventive step, to keep the American terrorists safe from counter attack by the Iranians. Lunatic Trump and his Washington rogues are planning to nuke Iran and moving all American terrorists out of danger when Iran strikes back.

Trump Xi Meeting - Poor India feels very slighted and very unhappy

 The Xi Trump fellowship in Washington has come and gone. Both would have forgotten about what happened on this social event mainly for some photo ops and camaraderie. It is now left to the media to speculate on what really happened or what really did not happen. Most of the commentaries in the main and social media were about how they dressed, who and who showed up, what were in menu, how well they dressed but nothing of real substance. Even then, a lot of time and effort and money were spent for this Trump show of the year before the mid term election. In another few days, everything would be forgotten.

But in one corner of South Asia, in India, the Indians are having sleepless night as to what this hooha was all about, what are the implications to India US relation and to a lesser extent India China relation. The Indians find it a bit difficult to swallow to see Trump treating Xi/China as an equal, as two super powers. Then what is left for the Indians? Have the two colluded to throw India under the bus?

India has been sulking since the war with Pakistan, Operation Sindoor, when, instead of standing on the side of the Indians, Trump invited the Pakistani Army Chief for dinner at the White House. This was like a slap on the face of Modi. To make matter worse, Trump ridiculed India for losing several fighter jets in the short war.

India's relation with the Americans, especially with Trump, has been going downhill for a while. Gone were the days when India saw itself a major factor in America's anti China strategy, as a useful partner to counter the influence of China. Gone were the days when the Indians were proudly waving the QUAD membership card, as a recognition of being a trusted and important partner of America. India believed they were in the top league of players in international relations, playing among the big boys. This ecstatic state of affair was capped by the Americans reinventing and renaming the Asia Pacific Region as Indo Pacific Region, in recognition of the important role of India as a counterweight against China.

All this seems to end with a quiet poop after Operation Sindoor. The Americans seemed to have a change of mind, that using India as a counterweight against China is futile, worthless, when India was duly beaten by the Pakistan in Operation Sindoor. The Indo Pacific Region tag was dropped immediately and reverted to the Pacific Region, minus Indo or India. The American Indo Pacific Command was renamed the Pacific Command. The overhyped QUAD seems to have been dropped from the American playbook, irrelevant, redundant, history, not to be mentioned again.

The Indians are now double guessing where they really stand in the eyes of the Americans and Trump. Does India still has a role to play as a counterweight against China when Trump and Xi are now buddies, partying and parading together in the front of the whole world? America and China are the de facto super powers. Where is India, the super power wannabe? Would Trump allow Modi to kiss his ass again? Or India has been kicked into the wilderness? India the balancer, the counterweight, the game changer in the China US play now has no role to play. 

The Americans have clearly given up using India to counter China. Can India still hope to use the US to counter China?  For once, the Indians are lost, not knowing what else can they do in the game of super powers when obviously it is a non player, not in the same league. Ouch...not invited to the Trump and Xi party, not even mentioned at all. How can that be when India was tweaking everything in BRICS, betraying BRICS in the interest of the Americans? How can the Americans, how can Trump be so ungrateful to India for taking the side of the Americans, as the spoiler in BRICS?

Without the Americans, India has no one to lean on so that it can shout loudly in world affairs and in BRICS.  Putin has also given up with India. India now has to stand alone in BRICS like a wobbly three legged chair...isolated and all alone.  The Trump Xi Meeting may not mean much to both of them, but means a lot to the Indians. The Indians would be asking themselves, who am I, what am I? Would India still be useful to the Americans and be a force that can tilt the balance between China and the US?

Top Made in India product - Indian workers

Let just see how the rest of the world look at the problem of India exporting workers to other countries. Sindiapore has a problem over this for years, so does the rest of the world today.

When China and India took off three or four decades ago, China betted on becoming a manufacturing hub while India betted on being the services backroom of Western companies. Who betted on the right horse and who did not is clearly evident.

China's manufacturing depended on its own skilled workforce and is held hostage by nobody. China revamped its education system decades ago to fit in with its manufacturing agenda. It worked. The world still needs manufactured products that had held true in the past, at present and into the future. No one is foolish enough to want to compete with China, except, ironically, India.

India betted on the service industry, providing call centers en masse for Western companies and even tailored its education system for that. AI just ended all that and the service industry of India is collapsing. India has no way to migrate its service industry quickly to manufacturing. It did not have the investments, the skilled workers, the education system ready to turn around to take on the task. Coupled with that, the Middle East war is forcing Indians to return home to compete domestically in its job market. That is a serious problem compounded by the influx of more than five million university graduates joining the job market every year.

Now outsourcing labor to other countries is facing pushback, not just in Asia, but in Europe and America as well.


Anonymous

Not all progress is good for mankind

Pope Leo is worried talking about the AI doom as not a 'hoax' befalling mankind. I have the same feeling that not all progress is good for mankind. Humans are well known for using technology more for making money than to benefit mankind. That is the reality.

Of course, anything that Trump wanted is contrary to what the rest of the world thinks. Trump claimed that climate change is a hoax, so that he can benefit from his investments in fossil fuel extraction. We have read about the melting glaciers in the Himalayas wreaking havoc and floods all across the world getting worse every year. Melting glaciers due to climate change are raising sea levels. Coupled with overbuilding, cities are sinking across the world. Then there were the wildfires across the world also caused by climate change.

Trump needs AI and data centers for the USA to rule the world in technology. Anyone saying otherwise is just creating a hoax. The USA's economy is just relying on this sector, which if it loses to others or suffers curbs, will be disastrous for the USA. Just listen to a wise clown and you can never be wrong, lol.


Anonymous

Today is 1st October, 2026 and China and the Chinese people are celebrating the 77th Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China with Pomp and vibrancy

 Southernglory1 and all overseas Chinese compatriots congratulate China and the Chinese people on this day 1st October, 2026 on the National Day of their 77th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China on 1st October, 1949.

The founding of the People's Republic of China was not easy. The road to China and the Chinese people's rejuvenation was treacherous and laid with traps and diabolical Western and Japanese toxic conspiracies to prevent the success of a united China and its great civilization. 

Just after China was united by the Chinese Communist Party led by Mao Tse-Tung on 1st October, 1949, the barbaric United States and its savage allies launched the Korean War on June 1950 which soon involved  China as the United States bombed the Chinese border close to North Korea. China fought the Americans to a stalemate and being unable to subdue the North Korean and the Chinese armies the Americans sought peace and thus an armistice was signed in October, 1953 which still holds now.

Russia had initially agreed with China that as the war was close to Russia Far East, Russia would pay for all the weapons inclusive of air force covers for Chinese and North Korean armies as well as tanks and all fire powers of guns and cannons while China would provide all the men power and fighting forces. But after the war ended with an armistice Russia reneged on payment and demanded that China must pay back to Russia every cent and dollar that Russia incurred in the Korean War. 

This repayment to Russia of billions of dollars went on to impoverish China for many years.

At the same time after the Korean War the West headed by the US went on to blockade China economically and politically. China was unable to conduct international trade and was blocked from having political relations with many countries of the world. In the meanwhile the US continued to intervene in the yet unfinished Chinese Civil War between CPC controlled mainland China and KMT controlled Taiwan. The Americans stationed its 7th Fleet in the Taiwan Strait to prevent the final consummation of unity between Mainland China and Taiwan which is held by treacherous traitors in the KMT led by Chiang Kai Shek a brainless American stooge.

America has continuously tried with all ways and means through deception and subterfuge to hinder China's development, peaceful rise and rejuvenation so as to undermine and destroy China. It never stops disparaging and demonizing China on all fronts through toxic propagandas and on world stage and forums. However, the Chinese people with grit and gumption struggled and fought on against all the US and Western evil machinations and managed to beat these treacherous paths of Western plots and won final victory to today's success of achieving the rich and powerful People's Republic of China.

Today China celebrates its 77th Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China with great pride and grandeur and with vibrancy all over China in every city big or small and in every county and village. This great victory of the People's Republic of China did not come easy and every Chinese must cherish it and forever protect it and defend it with all the mighty Dragon Spirit as the barbaric United States and its banditry allies and Japan have not given up hope to destroy China and the Chinese people.

Now most of the countries of the South and the BRICS countries have realized how extremely evil and wicked the United States and all Western European countries and Japan are and are standing with China to ward off further dangers from them. 

Long live the cooperation and unity of the People's Republic of China and all countries of the South that they may not have to suffer again the plundering and ravages of white people, the imbecile Anglo-Saxons5 and evil Japan. From now on hopefully China and all countries of the South will be able to march together in unison to prosperity in a more peaceful and harmonious world.

Southernglory1

Thursday, 1st October, 2026

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Make in India is a misnomer. Nothing is Made in India

 India can continue to gloat about wanting to overtake China as the factory of the world, about its manufacturing prowess, about being the 5th or 6th biggest GDP country. What India really is, is anything but an assembler of goods and products by importing parts from outside India. Nothing is Made in India, oops, other than cow dung. Only the very dense and gullible will believe in the great success stories of India and wanting to take a ride in the Indian growth engine and wanting to make more rupees.

The mobile phones for Apple, Samsung and Xiaomi are all assembled in India, not Made in India. Get it? Assembling parts is NOT manufacturing. The Suzuki March is assembled in India except a few three wheelers made by Tata, the supposedly industrial giant of India that literally makes nothing of its own. India is not a manufacturing hub but an assembly hub. India depends heavily on China and foreign sources for its parts, components, aggregate, precursors and ingredients for all it goods and products. Without the inputs from China, all Indian factories can close shop, unable to make anything. Apple India can also close shop.

Maybe India is right to use the phrase 'Make in India' and not 'Made in India'. A proper phrase should be 'Assembled in India' or Packaged in India. India can continue to spin its beautiful stories to silly countries to invite them to throw their good money in exchange for rupees. The smarter countries have tasted the real India and are avoiding India like a plague. But the fools will keep charging in where angels fear to thread.

India will take many donkey years to be a real manufacturer of goods and products. Where are the Indian made EVs, automobiles and buses, drones, mobile phones, home electronics, laptops, fighter aircraft with engines Made in India, ocean going ships, VLCCs, tunnelling machines, heavy cranes, agricultural machinery, robots, chips etc etc. Oh, the Indian gods are all Made in China.

Until India starts to design and build its own products, India can just crow and crow to the gullible and low thinking to believe in India's growth engine to become a part of the growing world economy. Do not underestimate the power of stupidity and gold plated talents. 

India and Japan still quarrelling who is responsible for the delay in its high speed train project

Now, 'one anonay' is quarrelling with another 'anonay' over high-speed rail construction. Japan is blaming India for the slow progress of its high-speed rail construction over land acquisition, relocation of people and lack of commitment among other problems. Delay means cost escalation and that may result in payment issues for Japan.

India had proposed wanting HSR since talking about it in 1980, with the go-ahead in 2014, after more than thirty years of deliberation. More than 20 years passed and India's HSR is expected only to be functional by 2027 or 2028. Not the whole line, but only certain sections. In China, a decade would have seen tens of thousands of miles of HSR being constructed.

China was very fortunate to have failed to do the HSR construction for India, which was given to Japan. China realized early the problems regarding land acquisition in India that takes decades to resolve. It was a blessing in disguise for China not to be doing the construction and getting mired in problems that Japan is facing.

If I may say it out loud, even if China had been given the construction, it will face problems of payment when completed. India will come up with attempts to cut construction cost or delaying payments. That is the Indian modus operandi. Moreover, the other fear for China is that India may try to claim compensation for minor issues that may arise, tarnishing the image of Chinese technology.

Therefore, it is in China's best interest to avoid anything to do with India, be it investing or doing infrastructure development. Nothing good will come out of them.


Anonymous

American terrorists have targeted China as a nuke target many times

China must be next on the line. China had been on the agenda of the USA to be nuked many times before. That was during the Korean War and Vietnam War.

North Vietnam had also been targeted during the Indochina War against the French. The USA had tried to coerce the French to use nukes against the North Vietnamese when the war was turning against the French, then making a desperate last stand at Diem Bien Phu. The French did not do so as they realized the consequences of the magnitude of their own casualties at Diem Bien Phu. Ho Chi Minh was instrumental in defeating and throwing out the French from Indochina. The rest is history.

But Ho Chi Minh's feat has also been shown to be possible by the Taliban in chasing out the USA from Afghanistan. This was a bigger feat of taking out the superpower of the world and is not just a mean victory, despite the length of conducting a war of attrition against the USA. The USA fights short wars with distinction resulting from its aerial power and weapons, but in a war of attrition it gets bog down and moral support collapses.

Now, let us wait to see another big historical moment when the Iranians chase the USA out of the Middle East. Do not say impossible. Man proposes and God disposes. Iran is on the right side of history and God can see the injustice inflicted upon the Iranians.


Anonymous

Human civilisation can benefit from AI but seeking to limit its use

Is this a contraction, that something can be so good but being made to look so bad? Something that can change the world and the lives of human beans for the better but being branded as a threat, dangerous?

The motivations to ban or limit AI are varied to the extend that some sounded so naive and silly. AI is nothing more than a tool that human developed after investing huge resources and intellect to make the world better. Now some quarters are yakking, AI is bad, must control AI, must limit its use and some may even want to ban it.

For the do gooders with halos over their heads, some shallow thinking, children must be kept away from AI. A few children may be negatively influenced by AI to do bad things, to become self radicalised terrorists, posing a great danger to society. None wants to contemplate on the dangers of AI in the hands of terrorist states, state terrorism, and how they can wipe out civilisation or annihilate civilisation because some savages have the power to do so. Oops, state terrorism and wiping out civilisation are normal. Children terrorism is the real threat. Who is going to tell the American terrorists to abide by their stupid rules?

AI must not end up like nuclear weapons, becoming the monopoly of the powerful to threaten, coerce, blackmail the weak, to be use as a weapon of mass destruction. Anyone pondering or wondering why Iran is called a terrorist state, the Iranians are very bad people and the American terrorists 'called the good people' with all the nuclear weapons to wipe out the Iranian people? Non issue. The strong and mighty like the evil Empire has the monopoly and right to kill and kill and kill? To acquire all the WMDs and most advanced AI to kill and coerce the weak and poor?

Would AI also become another weapon of the evil Empire to control the world, to threaten the world, to bully the world? This is what the imbeciles are calling for. Limit AI, restrict AI in the poor little countries. But no one dares to say anything about restricting AI from the American terrorists that can do more harm to the whole world with unrestricted AI. The Americans are terrorising the world with nuclear weapons. Give the American full control and power over AI will end up in the same state. And the Americans are not hiding their intention. AI and expensive centres must be the monopoly of the Americans to do havoc to the rest of the world. The rest of the world must not have advanced AI. And now the rest of the world are volunteering to castrate themselves from AI and let the Americans have all the AI they want to rule and bully the world.

The calls for limiting and restricting AI are for the silly small countries to tie their own hands and legs and be kicked around by the Americans that would not be bound by any silly rules and regulations from the imbeciles. All the rules in the world, rules based order, are for the fools to live by and obey. The American savages will be above these rules and can do whatever they want. The world's number one and number terrorists just spoke at the UN about annihilation of Iranians and the genocide in Gaza and the Middle East with impunity and with arrogance. The imbeciles say nothing, some even clapped for them.

The American terrrorists' concern for the spread of AI, like the spread of nuclear weapons, is that their rivals and enemies will have better AI than them, not about protecting children from access to AI.

The Americans are the masters in using AI to set world records in sports, especially in swimming and athletics. Athletics suddenly won with record times they had never come close to and then never to come near such times again. AI is also artificial insemination. Did the Japanese girls won the 100m hurdles in the Asian Games so easily and with surprising great times also used AI?

PS. Trump said the world needs a smart president with high IQ like him to control AI. The rest that are calling for control and limiting AI are conspiracy theorists, treasonist, traitors and leakers.

The INDIA SHOCK: exporting Indian workers to the world

The INDIA SHOCK: exporting Indian workers to the world

India has its own version of the “China shock”. Instead of exporting high volumes of competitive manufacturing goods across the globe, the world’s most populous nation sends millions of workers abroad. India churns out roughly 5 million graduates each year and around 1million people enter its workforce every month. But India’s economy cannot produce enough suitable jobs to employ its expanding labour supply. Youth underemployment is rife, despite the country’s sceptical rapid growth rate.

The country is the world’s largest source of international migrants, with an estimated 18.5 million living abroad in 2024. The Anglosphere and United Arab Emirates are common destinations. Indeed, over the past decade, Indian nationals have accounted for the vast majority of approved H-1B petitions, a US visa for global professionals in selected fields. In the UK, about 1 million Indian nationals arrived between 2021 and 2025. Meanwhile, last year Indians overtook the English for the first time to become Australia’s largest overseas-born group.

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country has positioned its large labour force — which includes the world’s second-biggest pool of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) graduates — as an answer to skills shortages and ageing demographics abroad. S Jaishankar, India’s foreign minister, recently said the country had signed labour-mobility pacts with 26 countries, with more in the pipeline. Such arrangements have been a central pillar of India’s bilateral trade negotiations. An overseas mobility bill also aims to help Indians access the “global workplace”.

Crucially, overseas markets provide a release valve. The export of workers enables the Indian government to ease socio-economic strains at home, where frustration abounds over the lack of good job opportunities. Many Indians end up settling abroad. And India is experiencing a worldwide backlash against its human exports.

Scepticism about immigration continues to animate politics in the rich world. And the recent surge in arrivals from the subcontinent, who join historical waves of emigration, puts a growing spotlight on people of Indian origin abroad. And Indian nationals’ family members and less-skilled individuals have emigrated too, in some cases by abusing the rules. This all provides fuel for anti-immigrant narratives.

Indeed, anti-Indian sentiment is on the rise. Just this month, the Republican nominee for a seat on Texas’s oil and gas regulator sparked allegations of racism for a social media post aimed at South Asian students. Last year, Indian-origin migrants were explicitly targeted in “March for Australia” rallies. Anti-South Asian slurs in online spaces in the US have also surged. The backlash could hinder the Modi government’s strategy. India cannot rely on remittances and its diaspora alone. The worker-export model reflects a deeper challenge facing New Delhi, which must strive to create enough productive work to better harness the country’s demographic dividend. India lacks jobs and it cannot export its way out of domestic problems.


Anonymous

Imbeciles are very trusting of foreigners

 IT team lead attached to State Courts installed remote desktop app risking 18,000 files, gets jail

Janarthanan Tamil Kovan had granted his foreign acquaintance remote access to the government-managed laptop as Janarthanan wanted to use it to take a cyber security examination.

SINGAPORE: Because his personal laptop was faulty, an IT team leader in charge of the State Courts' cloud system team decided to use his government-managed device containing over 18,000 restricted files to take a cyber security examination.

In doing so, he granted an acquaintance remote access to his laptop, causing unauthorised computer modification and risking protected files which included login credentials and secret keys of the State Courts' network.

Janarthanan Tamil Kovan, a 42-year-old Indian national, was sentenced to 28 weeks' jail on Monday (Sep 28).

He pleaded guilty to a charge each of endangering the safety of documents belonging to the State Courts and the Government of Singapore under the Official Secrets Act, and for causing an unauthorised modification of the laptop. CNA

You can expect more of such incidents to happen. Too many foreigners are given access to our sensitive data, information and operating systems. AI is dangerous? Imbeciles are even more dangerous, openly inviting and employing unknown foreigners with unknown character, motivation or background to work in sensitive areas and operations. How many thousands are already in position to do harm to Singapore?

Is this the only case that happened to be caught? What would happen to all the files now in unknown hands? No report of other violations or breaches of security does not mean all is well. Many of our secrets or sensitive information and data could be compromised but ignorance is blissed.

Welcome more foreigners?

Mass murderer Trump can annihilate Iran, ... 'Who is next?

Trump can annihilate Iran, but he is going to spark the question of 'Who is next?'. There are 193 countries in the world and countries like Russia and China are not waiting for their turn to be held hostage by the rogue and terrorist USA. It will be another rush to build more nukes as deterrents. And more ways to deliver such nukes using hypersonic missiles. No country in the world will be safe, not USA for sure.

After the seizure of Russian assets resulting from the Ukraine War, countries have not stopped asking, 'Who is next?' Which is why more and more countries are queueing to join BRICS, to get away from being threatened by the use of sanctions. Which is why countries and big banks are now going for investments in gold instead of treasuries and assets in the USA and Europe. Treasury yields in USA and Japan are spiking, but the risk that investors are taking are also spiking and demanding higher and higher yields to compensate. Countries like China are no longer interested in buying USA treasuries. Rather be safe than sorry when the shit hits the fan.

If Trump does go ahead by using nukes on Iran in order to annihilate it, as that is the only possibility that can exists, it means that the USA is the only rogue country to do that twice. No other nuclear capable country has ever done that. Which begs the question of who really is the biggest threat to world peace. Not the North Koreans as fabricated by Trump himself just a couple of years ago, not Russia, not China, not India and not Pakistan but comes back to the USA itself. Who is Trump to say that Iran's possession of any nuke is a threat to the world? Trump is always fabricating evidence to suit his agenda when that has not been shown to be true.

Now you can be sure that Iran is going to have a nuke in time. No question about it. It is the ultimate deterrent, clear and simple. And Trump would be the catalyst that pushed Iran into that position.


Anonymous

Washington clowns coercing the world to break away from American controlled systems. China offering the alternatives

Remember the Global South is fast developing and expanding economically as Chinese investments and infrastructures help them to progress. As I always say, progress and becoming wealthy is not the prerogative and monopoly of the Anglo-Saxon Whites. It is a universal aspiration now being unleashed by China's example. BRICS may still be seen as just an irritant but will soon be more than that.

The Global South is an expanding market for China whichever way they may want to propagandize and demonize it regarding the Chinese help given as a debt trap. The USA market is not China's priority going forward. It will be a huge loss for USA consumers and a big gain for the Global South. No two ways looking at it as well.

The bigger picture is what effect that will eventually be if countries begin to see the benefits of trading in their own currencies instead of being held hostage by the US$ hegemony at huge costs. The exchange rate losses resulting from ridiculous currency exchanges trotted out in big deals like the oil trade is nothing that sounds like peanuts to small and poor countries. If they can cut down on such losses, why still stick to using US$ for trade. Same as smaller deals made under credit card spending that is losing steam in the face of other payment systems that does away with currency conversion for every purchase done using credit cards.

For decades, the whole world had been held hostage by the USA weaponizing its US$ hegemony. Now, with BRICS, the game is changing. The USA can continue to create more opportunities for countries to shy away from using the US$, which is of no benefit to itself. Trying to invoke secondary sanctions is another nail in its US$ hegemony coffin. It is going to backfire badly.


Anonymous

Dangerous software glitch...and 737 Max still flying, not grounded

 Boeing flags 737 MAX software glitch affecting landing navigation feature: Report

A Boeing 737 MAX software glitch could knock out automated flight guidance during landing after a missed approach, adding fresh scrutiny to the jetmaker.


WASHINGTON: Boeing has identified a previously undisclosed 737 MAX software glitch that could cause an automated navigation feature to fail during landing, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday (Sep 26), citing company documents.

The issue emerged from a cockpit software update and can occur when flight crews alter their planned flight path after a missed approach, the report said.

When reached for comment, Boeing said it informed all 737 operators last month about the software issue under which pilots may not have access to automated flight guidance during a specific landing scenario.

"We shared information with operators that reinforced existing pilot procedures for safely handling such cases. Our engineers are working on a software update to permanently address the issue," Boeing said in an emailed statement to Reuters.  CNA

Boeing's action or non action is highly irresponsible and could lead to loss of lives. This is unacceptable. All the 737 Max must be grounded and the glitch rectified before allowing to fly again. Passenger safety cannot be compromised and the aircraft must be 100% safe before flying. The glitch is waiting to happen any moment and crash the aircraft and killing its passengers.

Time for China to call another grounding of all 737 Max aircraft for the world, or at least in China.

America's brute President threatening to annihilate Iran in the UN, in front of world leaders

 UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump used his UN General Assembly speech on Tuesday (Sep 22) to make the case for his war on Iran, arguing he has prevented Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and warning that he could "annihilate the Islamic Republic" if no deal is reached to end the conflict.

While predicting his administration would strike a peace deal with Iran following the Nov 3 US midterm elections, Trump called on other nations to join America in isolating Iran economically to force it to the negotiating table. 

"I have a big decision to make. Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before?" Trump said. "Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?"

 CNA

Did the world leaders give this primitive brute a standing ovation for threatening to wipe out a civilisation in the UN?  Trump proudly told the world leaders in the UN that he would wipe out Iran if he did not get his peace deal with Iran. What is the meaning of peace to this mass murderer and war criminal? Trump demands Iran to surrender to his terms and be dictated by the American terrorists to live according to what the American terrorists decide for them. This is his version of making peace, like taking over Venezuela and Greenland.

And as usual, the balless and brain dead leaders in the UN just keep mum, and let this brute to threaten them about how he would annihilate Iran or any country that did not do his bidding. No one there thinks it right to protest and denounce this mass murderer for wanting to annihilate the Iranian people like squashing cockroaches. To brute Trump and his American terrorists, killing Iranians, Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims is normal, just something to be done and no one will be there to object or oppose them. Trump acts like he is the emperor of the world and can do what he likes. 

The American terrorists are the most peace loving people, all kindness and caring to their lackeys and cronies, but not to their victims. The American terrorists' behaviour is the best behaviour in the world. Killing, lying, threatening to wipe out civilisations are second nature to the very nice and admirable American terrorists. Surrender to their demands or perish like the Iranians and Palestinians. This is how they make peace in their fake free world of fake democracy and human rights.

America is like the biblical Garden of Eden, where man still did not know what is good and evil, nor what is shame walking around naked. Trump is walking around naked and threatening to kill whenever he wants, no good, no evil. The American hillbillies and rednecks too did not know what is good and evil. They will go along with their naked President, kill, kill, kill. Nothing wrong with that.

Did the foolish leaders give Trump a standing ovation? Which foolish leaders are going to obey Trump to isolate Iran and sanction Iran? The UN has been turned into a stage for mass murderers, war criminals, savages etc etc to threaten to kill people. The rest of the world leaders are just props, talking rubbish like school children while the savages and beasts talk about annihilation, about genocide.

Xi's visit, so much fanfare all for nothing

Xi will be happy going home empty handed. I do not think Trump will likewise be happy. Xi is just following diplomacy by taking up the invitation to visit and take that as a fully paid holiday. Trump wants a visit and gets it, probably to boost his November mid-term. It probably backfired. That is the truth that is difficult for Trump's base to digest.

There is no such thing as the USA bargaining in a position of strength anymore going forward. That is water under the bridge. The USA has never been in a position that it cannot dictate. We are entering an era of a multipolar world, and the USA should realize it and live with it. I know the truth hurts, and it is only a question of whether the USA can handle the truth.

Whatever happens, China will continue to move ahead regardless of whether the USA likes it or not. China has been working for decades to become what it is today knowing that the USA will go all out to prevent China from rising. That is the USA playbook that China has known for more than 250 years.

How many Empires have wanted to remain at its pinnacle over the centuries but failed? The USA thought that with its US$ hegemony, its military might, protected by more than 800 military bases around the world is enough to control any country trying to pose a threat. It worked against Iraq, Libya, Syria, Venezuela and trying its luck with Iran to set another example.

The world is not as simple as forcing countries to comply, like preventing Germany and Japan from overtaking the USA. They depended on the USA market in those days and have no cards to play. Now, the Global South is rising with developments initiated by China and will be a big enough market for Global South countries themselves to survive.

As I always say, the USA can deny its market to other countries like China. But the reality is that what China cannot sell to the USA, it can still sell to the Global South countries. China can sell its manufactured products to the Global South at the same price as it is selling to the USA right now, without tariffs, makes the same margin of profit, keeps its factories busy as usual, selling even quality products that it used to make for the West at bigger profits and is none the worse doing that. So, what exactly is the problem?


Anonymous

Xi's message to Trump, we can do without trade with America

 Xi’s CEO-free delegation at Trump state dinner spotlights strains in US-China business ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping brought China’s top economic officials to Washington but left its business leaders at home, even as corporate America turned out in force for US President Donald Trump’s state dinner.

SHANGHAI: Chinese CEOs were conspicuously missing from United States President Donald Trump’s state dinner for Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday (Sep 24), even as more than 30 American business leaders filled the room.

Their absence changes little at the negotiating table, where Beijing’s senior economic officials - who were present - remain the key decision-makers, analysts say....

Corporate America was represented in force at the White House state dinner on Thursday.  CNA

All the hype, pomp and pageantry, Xi arrived and was greeted in person by Trump at the aircraft, with red carpet, an honour rarely offered to any head of state. The Emperor does not greet any leader at the aircraft. He normally stays back in the comfort of his palace, the White House. In a way, Trump finally returned the favour Xi offered to him in Beijing in his previous visits and accepted Xi as an equal in big power politics.

To Xi, this is a reciprocity to Trump's visit earlier in the year, nothing more. There were a lot of high expectations that relations would be better, with more trades and less sanctions. But everyone knows that this is fiction, fantasy. Trump and his rogues have never let a day passed without imposing more sanctions, bans and restrictions on China. Xi noted without saying a word. The whole rigmarole set up by clown Trump was just that. China has seen this happened over and over again and no longer pay any hope in the American thugs and their hypocritical behaviour. The American gangsters will punch you in the face and smile and say we are very good friends. Xi will not have any of that anymore, but will play along with the Americans using their same playbook.

Trump and his clowns are all set to not only decouple from China but to bring down China, to stop China's growth and development in every way possible. Have no doubt about that. All the smiles and niceties coming out from Trump's filthy mouth are filths, not be be taken seriously.

While Trump gathered all the top business honchos to his White House dinner, giving the impression that he wanted more business, Xi did not believe a wee bit in this gesture. Xi's delegation did not have a single business CEO in them. What does this say of the visit? A courtesy call at best.

Xi is telling Trump and his clowns through his actions. No trade. China can do without trade with the Americans, and no pretense. This is just diplomacy and a show, relations with America is just a farce. Xi's only message to Trump is very simple. Both can play the same game. Set the relations right before trade can proceed. You want to fool around, mess around, to pretend to be smiling but holding a dagger behind your back, China can do the same. Until Trump and the Americans are serious in what they say and want good relations with China, relations with America will be superficial. 

Trump and his rogues can keep on bashing China, blocking China, attacking China, attacking China's assets and investments around the world, China will take note and quietly take steps to decouple completely from the Americans. All the strategies and plans have been put into action for China to be independent and self sufficient and to do away with America. The world is big enough for China and the rest of the world to live and prosper without the American terrorists. 

China no longer needs America. Xi does not need Trump but will just play along with him for as long as the clown thinks he can go on clowning without consequences, and keep on believing that Xi is a fool at his finger tips. China's relations with America is theatric, political, NOT economic and trade. Clown Trump got to get use to a China that no longer trust a single word coming out from him. You want a show, China will reciprocate. China has developed all the technologies it needed and will surpass the Americans in a few years in everything. What is Nvidia, what are AI models and data centres?  China is surging ahead in and leaving the American clowns behind.

Let's toast to MAGA and the great America and Trump's circus in Washington. Xi has no delusion about this trip. Xi will go home empty handed for sure and be very happy with it. Trump and his CEOs will also be empty handed and be very happy about it without knowing why. What a great relationship between Trump and Xi, between America and China.

Empire of Lies still spreading lies that China is still their IP when they did not even have the tech

The anti-China faction lies so unconvincingly that I sometimes cannot imagine where they got such frivolous ideas.

For example, when China showcased its robots performing with humans, they claimed that those robots were under remote control. That was not a single robot, but dozens of them doing the same stuff in perfect unison with the human performers. How could such precise control over their jumping, somersaulting and doing wushu be under remote control?

Suffice to say, just because they are unable to do the same, they demonized. The same thing they always do without fail. It is just sour grapes. Just like the fox unable to get at the grapes and yet tells everyone that they are sour. Not tasing it yet the fox knows it is sour.

But going a step further, they may claim that what the robots are doing is just copying from them. While Elon Musk is making robots to do housework like watering plants and serving tea, China is using robots in an industrial landscape. Compare the productivity of the two and you can gauge who is really thinking out of the box.


Anonymous

American propaganda machine backfired with silly lies falling flat

As reported by some mischievous sites showing Xi hospitalized and in an intensive care unit in a hospital, why is there a Xi Jinping now shaking hands with Trump? Must be AI generated, like the one about Xi in hospital. Or was that a stand-in for Xi, lol. Putin has so many stand-ins. So does Kim Jong Un.

So much speculation about Xi's health lately came to naught. It destroys the reputation of those anti-China social media sites. Putin's health had been under scrutiny for years. He was supposed to have died many times, like the collapse of China. Even Kim Jong Urn's non-appearance for a few weeks cannot be left un-propagated.

Now there are much speculation circulating about Xi's hold on power in China with opponents going for his removal. How true are those? That video of Hu Jintao being removed from a meeting was given a real boosting by anti-China bots, with much speculation about the reason, but not really touching on the real reason.

There was also much speculation about Xi's departure from the BRICS summit in India and his non-attendance at the gala dinner hosted by Modi. The speculation even said that Xi suffered a minor stroke. Another was speculating about Xi's anger over Modi's criticism over China's rare earth control. Yet another was speculating about Xi being afraid of being poisoned consuming food in India. Only the fertile minded can come up with such mischievous ideas.

But, as they say, the dogs barked, but the caravan moves on.


Anonymous

Singapore primary education - Parents want the best for their child, ... hopefully no parents will be jailed for this

Commentary: Parents want the best for their child, but P1 registration cannot be only about 'me first'

Before considering bolder changes, we need to decide how to balance individual competitiveness and our collective values, say SMU’s Jacqueline Ho, NIE’s Jason Tan and NUS’ Vincent Chua.

SINGAPORE: In a high-stakes, credential-conscious environment, parents understandably want to deploy every available resource to secure their child’s educational future.

Recognising these pressures, the Ministry of Education recently announced adjustments to the Primary 1 registration framework. There will be more reserved places in Phase 2C for children with no prior connection to the school, up from 40 to 60 spots. Additionally, twelve schools in neighbourhoods with more private housing will offer a two-track Phase 2C to include those living beyond the usual 2km radius. CNA

Can anyone fault the parents for wanting the best for their children, especially in education? The Singapore govt understands this very well and is trying to do everything it could to satisfy their aspirations, love and devotion for their children and their future. This move will be music to the parents in Singapore.

Anyone thinks more should be done for the parents and their charge? Parental or motherly love must not be seen as a crime, or a serious crime that warrants jail sentences. Would the wise and clever men and women understand this?

"The stated goals of Phase 2A and Phase 2B are to preserve school culture through alumni, clan and church connections, and recognise volunteer or grassroots contributions. For decades, these priorities have defined the boundaries of what Singaporeans imagine the P1 registration framework can and should accomplish.

Yet while these policy objectives sound reasonable in theory, the registration rules meant to achieve them have become gameable levers of advantage in practice." CNA

A crime is a crime. But is gaming for a place in a good school for a child be seen in the same light as a violent crime or gaming in a casino or in the stock market? If so, then parents should not be allowed to do volunteer works for schools to gain points for admission as well. It is also a form of gaming. No?

What do you think?

China is building this and that, very good....BUT

 

Testing the waters? Businesses weigh China’s new trade shortcut to Southeast Asia

The Pinglu Canal provides China’s landlocked southwest region with a much shorter water route to the South China Sea - and Southeast Asia. But turning early business interest into sustained demand will be the bigger test, say analysts.  Melody Chan, CNA

Not to worry, anything China does will fail. China is going to collapse soon, or already collapsed 26 years ago. China's EVs, solar panel, EV battery, AI, chips, anything China seeks to do will fail. China's factories will collapse, China's robots will collapse....  They will look good initially, BUT will fail. China is doomed and will never overtake the Americans.

Happy? The brain dead Anglophiles can start to celebrate the collapse of China, after wishing for China's collapse for so long. I guarantee that Trump will collapse before China will collapse. Maybe the rogue America Empire will collapse before China. 

Who are the analysts that are praying for China's collapse everyday?

The Anglo Saxons do not know what is good and what is evil

The Brits, the forerunner of the USA, stole the North American continent from the Native American Indians by force. That was the biggest robbery in history. The USA stole most of their manufacturing expertise from the Europeans in the past but will never admit it. It also stole all the resources from other countries to fuel its manufacturing in the past but will never admit it as well. It is stealing oil from Venezuela, just outright daylight robbery in fact. The USA is going to steal all the resources of Greenland under its new agreement with Denmark. Watch the USA strangle Denmark into compliance.

USA committed the biggest fraud in history by pulling out gold in support for the US$ in 1971. What countries held in their hands were basically left with toilet papers supported by thin air, nothing more. To remedy that they conned the Arabs instead into using oil to support the US$ in 1973. Oil that the USA does not truly control to be used to support the US$ hegemony. To be able to con the Arabs into agreement, the USA used their mantra of protecting the oil installations in Arab countries by building military bases in the Middle East. The Arabs invited the devil into the house and have not been able to exorcise it ever since, digging a bigger hole by investing their oil wealth in the USA.

Iran is the only Middle East country trying to counter that for years and the USA knows it has to get Iran out of the picture. With no practical reason to take out Iran, the only avenue to exploit was demonizing Iran enriching Uranium to make a bomb. Iran, under religious constraints had never intended to go nuclear. That Obama agreement already did the necessary. And that agreement did put a stop to what the USA could do to Iran, until Trump just unilaterally tore it up. Now attacking Iran is open season for Trump with no agreement in place. And now Iran is going to make a bomb, sooner of later.

Do the Arabs now realize that the USA is unable to protect their interests in the Middle East? What is even more clearly exposed is that the USA is even unable to protect its own military bases and installations in the Middle East. A whole can of worms had now opened up for the Arabs to think about.

Now another front for conflict is opening up against the Saudis. The Bab Al-Mandab for navigation is under serious threat, with insurance premiums shooting to the sky. The Saudis are paying the price for its war against the Houthis. The Houthis have nothing to lose or fear, while the Saudis are being strangled and begging the USA for help.


Anonymous

The dogs barked, but the caravan moves on

As reported by some mischievous sites showing Xi hospitalized and in an intensive care unit in a hospital, why is there a Xi Jinping now shaking hands with Trump? Must be AI generated, like the one about Xi in hospital. Or was that a stand-in for Xi, lol. Putin has so many stand-ins. So does Kim Jong Un.

So much speculation about Xi's health lately came to naught. It destroys the reputation of those anti-China social media sites. Putin's health had been under scrutiny for years. He was supposed to have died many times, like the collapse of China. Even Kim Jong Urn's non-appearance for a few weeks cannot be left un-propagated.

Now there are much speculation circulating about Xi's hold on power in China with opponents going for his removal. How true are those? That video of Hu Jintao being removed from a meeting was given a real boosting by anti-China bots, with much speculation about the reason, but not really touching on the real reason.

There was also much speculation about Xi's departure from the BRICS summit in India and his non-attendance at the gala dinner hosted by Modi. The speculation even said that Xi suffered a minor stroke. Another was speculating about Xi's anger over Modi's criticism over China's rare earth control. Yet another was speculating about Xi being afraid of being poisoned consuming food in India. Only the fertile minded can come up with such mischievous ideas.

But, as they say, the dogs barked, but the caravan moves on.


Anonymous

The new forbidden fruit in America

 What is the forbidden fruit? According to the believers of the Bible, it is a fruit that should not be eaten. When eaten, the fruit would make the eater smarter or enlightened, to know the truth about shame if walking around naked and more. The forbidden fruit was actually a good thing, from the tree of knowledge, unless you believe being ignorant is a better thing. Man was forbidden to eat the forbidden fruit,...a bit like telling the people that AI is dangerous, knowledge is dangerous and should be forbidden.

What is the modern forbidden fruit in America? Actually the Americans are being teased with many forbidden fruits hanging in their face. Many good stuff are forbidden and kept away from the Americans, the free people of a farcical free country. The gods in Washington would not allow the 'free' Americans to have many things that are good for them. And the daft Americans accepted that. The Americans only have dumb blondes not smart enough to offer them the forbidden fruit, and would not dare to protest or want a taste of the forbidden fruits.

Real 5G technology is not allowed in America, only fake 4G disguised as 5G. The most consequential forbidden fruit of today in America is EV technology and EVs. These are the most advanced automobiles that have been kept away from the Americans, like the forbidden fruit in the Bible. Americans shalt not have EVs or shalt die if they do. Americans must be kept ignorant from what is good for them by their gods in Washington, fed with false information and fake news and lies, to keep them dumb and ignorant. The Washington clowns are planning to ban Chinese EVs from the Americans.

Now they are going to turn AI as the next forbidden fruit. AI is knowledge and information, AI is like the Tree of Knowledge and must be kept away from the brainless Americans. Keep the Americans as dumb as Adam or Trump, happily walking around naked. Knowledge and knowing are dangerous for the Americans. Keep the Americans safe from having too much knowledge, from knowing good from evil. Let them be forever like the brain dead hillbillies and rednecks, so said the white gods now controlling the Americans, what they can know, what they need to know and be happy in their fake world of freedom, liberty and Democrazy. Keep the brainless Americans safe from acquiring new knowledge or they will come to know that the American terrorists are committing war crimes, massacres, genocides and crimes against humanity, all the bad things. Now the hillbillies and rednecks did not know what is good and what is evil. Ignorance is a blessing for the hillbillies and rednecks. Actually their main target is the daft people of the world. Do not let them have full access to AI. This is to be monopolised by the Americans. Spread the fear of AI to frighten the shit out of the daft world. They will always be led or misled by the American narratives. When Americans say something is bad, it must be bad.

How long more will the Americans be kept in the dark, away from the forbidden fruits? When will a smart Eve tempt the Americans with the forbidden fruit and let them be free to know what is good and evil, and to have a taste of all the forbidden fruits that the world is having and enjoying?  When will the Americans have real freedom, freedom of choice, free to know what is good and evil, and free to have the best and most advanced and affordable EVs from China?

Who copy and steal from who?

I came across this Youtube video on the site 'Statrys' titled 'Now it's the West copying China (but they'll never admit it). A very insightful view of the changing world. Some of the stuff that the West are starting to do, China has been doing that for years. The only mantra we have been hearing is that China is stealing ideas, which the propaganda machine has been so successful in doing for decades.

Aside from the propaganda, China not only is dominating in areas like EVs, solar panels, wind turbines, shipbuilding and high-speed railway systems, there are areas less well known, but which China is already killing the competition, quietly, discreetly and as always without the shouting.

The diamond industry, dominated by the West is already taken apart by the artificial diamond industry of China. Even the experts could not differentiate the quality of artificial diamonds compared to the real stuff controlled by British De Beers all over the decades. This company had been able to keep diamond prices artificially high by controlling global diamond output using its monopolistic position. India faces the same problem with its import and export of diamond industry crippled by falling demand. Now, the shit has hit the fan. The touting of 'Diamonds are Forever' is no longer holding true, with China's cut-throat prices competing on the global market.

Diamonds are not just to cater to the jewelry market. One important sector, the semiconductor industry, needed diamonds for its unique qualities. This is going to be another industry that China could weaponize in years to come.

An even less known industry that the Chinese have taken apart is the roe of the sturgeon fish, a very expensive delicacy of the Norwegian Caviar industry which is facing stiff competition from China. China had been breeding this fish for decades and is now harvesting its roe to compete on the global caviar market.

China is also already making substantial progress in the food production sector, being now the biggest producer of farmed seafood, reclaiming desert lands now providing more space for agriculture, growing a rice specie in salt water. Food is a national security issue, together with energy, for China's survival. And China is not letting these be left behind while concentrating on its manufacturing domination.

There are so many other sectors that China is innovating with ideas that could kill the global competition. This is the overcapacity that the USA and the West fears.


Anonymous

Clown Trump making foolish claims in the UN

Trump made 'multiple false and misleading' claims at the UN General Assembly according to sources. Whether the attendees laughed at him or not was not reported. Oh, I guess some reporters of some media are banned and those who were allowed to cover the event dare not tell the truth. He was laughed at in the past when he spoke at the UN. This man knows no shame at all and still delivering horseshit.

Among the claims he made was about a deal with Iran after the midterm on November 3rd. How many times have we heard similar dates being trotted out and gone out the window? Trump sets dates that only he could have gathered from his sleepwalking during the night. Of course he can annihilate Iran, a threat he made every time he opens his big mouth with his boasting. Iran has trampled on those claims, calling it just 'domestic propaganda' to enhance his midterm standing, nothing more. Trump can continue to fool the rednecks and hillbillies, who are too 'dull of mind' to understand. They just love to clap whenever Trump farts, not knowing what they are clapping for.

Trump claims he has denied Iran the capacity to have a nuclear bomb, without an agreement to show. In any case such an agreement is not even worth the paper it is written on, as it can be torn up according to Trump's whims and fancies.

Now Trump is calling the rest of the world to isolate Iran. I think most of those present will instead be asking - Who is next? The isolation has already failed, without China doing the necessary. The threat against those doing trade with Iran using secondary sanctions is going to do more harm to the USA with trade being conducted outside the US$. Talk about knocking those doing trade with Iran out of the US$ system is just hubris.

In the face of all the theatrics, wasn't the original Obama agreement with Iran all about reining in Iran from possessing a nuke that he tore up? Was that just a love letter? Wasn't that agreement already preventing Iran from going nuclear? Was Obama in love with the Supreme Leader of Iran and giving Iran permission to have a nuke in that agreement, the same as himself falling in love with Kim Jong Un and no longer telling the world that North Korea is a threat to the rest of the world without de-nuclearization. What happened to all his crowing, standing on top of a dung heap?


Anonymous

Trump opposes curbs on AI. Did he get it right this time?

UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Sep 22) announced that the US government would rename artificial intelligence "super intelligence" in official communications, as world leaders jostled over how to address the dangers of the fast-advancing technology.

AI has become a major topic at the UN General Assembly after incidents of the technology falling out of the control of humans and warnings by company insiders drew global alarm and calls for better government supervision of the industry.

Speaking to the assembly, Trump stood by his firm opposition to regulating AI, while arguing the word "artificial" undersold the technology and voicing hope the rest of the world would adopt the new term. CNA

Where is the call for wanting to constrain the growth of AI coming from? Who is spreading fear of AI? Like all new technology, there will be doomsayers calling for its ban or restriction. AI is the natural progression of human civilisation towards more knowledge, information and understanding of everything in life. No one is disputing the power of AI and Trump is not wrong to want to rename it super intelligence. He may even want to call it Trump Intelligence if he could think of it.

Is the fear of AI valid? Why opposing AI or fearing the spread of AI when it is a good thing? The Americans have called on the banning of many new technologies, from 5G, EVs, solar panels, mobile phone technologies, drones, CCTV and face recognition...for reasons best known to themselves. Missuse, abuse, AI being used as a weapon for espionage and destruction, with Anthropic even suggesting AI will end civilisation. CCTV and face recognition are the best and most effective weapons against crimes, terrorists, mischiefs, saboteurs, trouble makers, and you know who.

Now the world is parroting the call to stop the growth of AI. What a joke. The threat and fear of AI are the evil people with unfriendly and hostile intent in the use of AI, not AI per se. The call to limit or slow the growth of AI by the jokers called world leaders is the same as their calls for the ban of nuclear weapons. It will end up with the little guys being handcuffed and not allowed to maximise the use of AIs while the rogues will continue to develop them to the fullest extend to be used against countries and individuals. 

Iran is going to be annihilated by the savages with the most deadly nuclear weapons using the excuse that Iran is going to have nuclear weapons one day. What a silly crap argument. And the rogues and savages using this argument will continue to develop and build more and more deadly nuclear weapons. This will also be the case for AI if the rogues and savages have their way. Only they are allowed to have the best AIs while the rest of the world will be constrained, limited and may even be banned from using AI. They may even make it a crime for the small and weak countries to use AI and deprive them from the technology. Remember the fearmongering about aliens on the moon to frighten people from going to the moon?

The push to ban 5G, EVs, CCTV/facial recognition etc etc is a lie being pushed by the Americans to stop countries using these technologies as the Americans' evil intent to deploy these technologies against civilisation will be compromised and made difficult. Facial recognition will mean all American spies, CIA operators will not be able to function freely in other countries, all the evil men and criminals would be easily identified and arrested...no where to hide.

The Americans would want to curb the advancement and spread of AI to prevent others from getting the full benefits of AI. They will want to monopolise AI and the use of AI to control the world, to threaten the rest of the world, to blackmail the world, just like their multi billion dollar data centres and chip technologies.

AI should go the way of Open AI models, freely available to all and sundry. The abusers and criminals that are exploiting AI are the real problems to be tackled. Stop undermining the young and deprive them of AI technology and stopping their growth and development in acquiring technologies and information in the new world. Why tie the hands of the innocent users but to enable the rogues and criminals a free hand at AI? Why stop countries like Iran to have nuclear weapons when rogue America is having all the nuclear weapons to threaten to wipe out Iran?

PS. When everyone has AI, like nuclear weapons, no one has to fear the Americans or those who have. Everyone will be able to hack into American systems, not only the Americans hacking into other countries' systems. Both can play the game on a level playing field.

Virgo's take on million dollar men and women

Good morning Mr Yang Tai Chong and All
You are absolutely RIGHT!

Successors ars supposed to be wiser and even more capable with their predecessors as they are been groomed and had better education and all opportunities and yet they turned our to be DUDs

As LKY once said once you are not hungry any more and no threats of survivals you shall become complacent and soft

Those who had undergone such Dire circumstances and hardships are streets smart and gung ho with even daring to put their lives on their beliefs

Once became soft and easy that's be the downfall

These self righteous Leaders thought they are First Class Elites must be compensated with what's their imaginary nonsense that if they did not sacrificed to be in Government with mundane rewards and being at the Private Sectors they be multi millionaires or billionaires with their talents

In the Private Sectors they thinks they could be like those who make it with their millions and billions

Wishful lots of them!

Outside the ups and downs of owning own businesses took a lot of courage and resourcefulness and I do not think they have the calibres for it

It's riding a bicycle non stop and once you stop peddling you fall.

Think if they were now not in as the Portfolios they are holding, they be just like others, salaried men and women in.the Government Services or just as Managers in.the Private Sectors

Please don't think too highly of yourselves

Have they ever been in businesses?

I had!

No eyes see


Virgo49