On Statistics and Surveys Pandits or Pundits

Usually, truthful and sincere people do not need to resort to the use of statistics and surveys. They simply use logic, rationale and common sense.

On the other spectrum, professional liars frequently make full use of statistical analysis and survey reports to CONvince and INFluence others. Do you know why?

Very simple. It is because these two methods of operation (modus operandi) can be easily faked and manipulated to set the outcome the professional liars have already set out to deceive the public, who usually do not have the luxury, time or aptitude to examine the details of the set-up statistics and survey analysis reports.

As such, the bigger/greater the liars, the more flagrantly and frequently statistical analysis presentations and conjured survey reports are quoted to support their lies.

Therefore, for all intents and purposes, we commoners must never allow anyone who make use of statistical figures (they are treating us as digits) and survey analysis reports to influence your thoughts, to affect your common sense and to decide your decisions.


Think wisely and form your own conclusions and make your own decisions. Don't simply follow the crowd, especially those who have stupidity that cannot be cured.


A-non-y-mouse.

Who is the first communist?

 The West especially the Americans, have been badmouthing Communism as if it is a plague. The Communist ideology is far from it.  It is about building an utopia, peace and equality for all happy human beans.

Historically, Communism is associated with violence, uprising, rebellion, wars and destruction as the poorer population rebelled against the control, oppression and exploitation of the rich capitalists and landlords. The process is painful with many upheavals and deaths. After the early phase it would be a phase of rebuilding and reconstruction under very difficult conditions as the poor would have to start from scratch like in China. And there would also be the imperialist and capitalist forces to contend with.

In brief, Communism is about equality and sharing of wealth, pooling of capital, no private ownership of land and resources.  Everything is own by the state. People live together and share everyone for the common good. If the country is rich, everyone would share the riches and vice versa.  Communism had be smeared and demonised as a bad thing by the West, poor people, poverty, unhappy struggle for existence.

Sometime in year 0, one man stood up to defend the poor, gathered a lot of poor followers to live like the communists, in communes, sharing of food and whatever they had. They were mostly poor peasants, the rejects of society, the outcast. They wondered around, homeless, with no property to call their own, living from hand to mouth, sharing their food with their brothers and sisters.

This man was Jesus. Jesus was the first communist. His followers were the pioneer communists. They lived in communes sharing everything, food etc etc. No private property.  Subsequently the churches were built in his name. The organisation structure of the churches were like the communist party, with central committees, cadres and cell groups, and confession of sins.

Karl Marx, a Jew, must have his inspiration from the lives of Jesus and his fellow communists. His ideology inspired a lot of the poor peasants to believe that they could build themselves a better society and could live happily in a peaceful utopia. This utopia is very similar to the utopia called Heaven, where all men are brothers, are equal, except some are more equal than others.

In practice, the ideal communist utopia is a difficult construct on earth. Many communist states are actually in a long process towards the ultimate utopia. This phase of a long march towards their dreamland is what socialism is all about, trying to build a fairer, just and more equal society for all, and hopefully ending in a communist utopia like heaven.

Now why would people believing in Jesus, the first communist, going to church that organised itself and practised like a communist organisation, no democratic election, be so against Communism? It is like someone drinking wine but condemning wine, unable to notice that wine is the wine they are drinking and enjoying. Jesus and the churches are the living images of Communism in another name, heaven is utopia in another name.

The churches, especially the Catholic Church, has all the structures and organisations that you can find in a communist state. Cadres/comrades, the primates/central committee members, the cardinals, bishops, pope, have their equivalents in the communist leadership hierarchy, the secretaries, assistant secretaries, the chairman, all rose within the ranks of a select few party members, trained in the same doctrine. The churches survived on the charity of its members, commonwealth, sharing of wealth. The church is the biggest communist organisation.

What is Democracy, what is Communism?

Repeat Booster Shots Spur European Warning on Immune-System Risks

 Repeat Booster Shots Spur European Warning on Immune-System Risks

European Union regulators warned that frequent Covid-19 booster shots could adversely affect the immune system and may not be feasible.

Repeat booster doses every four months could eventually weaken the immune system and tire out people, according to the European Medicines Agency. Instead, countries should leave more time between booster programs and tie them to the onset of the cold season in each hemisphere, following the blueprint set out by influenza vaccination strategies, the agency said.

The advice comes as some countries consider the possibility of offering people second booster shots in a bid to provide further protection against surging omicron infections. Earlier this month Israel became the first nation to start administering a second booster, or fourth shot, to those over 60. The U.K. has said that boosters are providing good levels of protection and there is no need for a second booster shot at the moment, but will review data as it evolves.

Boosters “can be done once, or maybe twice, but it’s not something that we can think should be repeated constantly,” Marco Cavaleri, the EMA head of biological health threats and vaccines strategy, said at a press briefing on Tuesday. “We need to think about how we can transition from the current pandemic setting to a more endemic setting.”

The EU regulator also said at the briefing that oral and intravenous antivirals, such as Paxlovid and Remdesivir, maintain their efficacy against omicron. The agency said that April is the soonest it could approve a new vaccine targeting a specific variant, as the process takes about three to four months. Some of the world’s largest vaccine-makers have said they are looking at producing vaccines that could target new variants.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-11/repeat-booster-shots-risk-overloading-immune-system-ema-says 

Anonymous

Time to go to church to pray and ask for forgiveness

 

When you find the Prime Minister, a Senior Minister and the minister from the Ministry of Culture, Community & Youth (MCCY) suddenly appearing in the Catholic Church on one single weekend and then one of them “miraculously” appearing at Vatican, guess it is normal for alarm bells to go off instead of the Church’s bells.

On Saturday, 11th December, PM Lee attended the Mass Celebration at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, for the closing of the 200th Anniversary of the Catholic Church in Singapore.

He also took the opportunity to chat with Archbishop Marek Zalewski, the Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore to convey his greetings to Pope Francis.

The Minister for MCCY, Edwin Tong was also present.

Next day, SM Teo Chee Hean, a former SJI boy, and several grassroots leaders attended Mass at the Church of Divine Mercy in Pasir Ris.

Were they there to seek salvation?....

Joseph Nathan

Above is posted in the TRE.

Time to go to church to pray and ask for forgiveness? 

Jesus will chase away the evil doers just like the tax collectors. Salvation is in oneself. Do no evil and you will have nothing to fear.

Is Singapore Really In A Hopeless Case of 'To Each His Own' Survival State?

Some people believe that Singapore is now in a hopeless state and we must, therefore, seek wealth and well-being for ourselves - the selfish individual self. Is this true?

The individuals who hold that belief could have been led to such a mental defeatist attitude by the example of the greedy leaders who are enriching and agrandising themselves, and simultaneously glorifying and empowering their positions no end.

However, there is another belief. The belief that the destiny of a country is based on a higher set of values, instead of the depravity of power and human greed.

All we need is a few GOOD MEN. Don't ever give up hope. Without HOPE, humans would have been destroyed by themselves long ago.

Every life is living because of HOPE. Every living being is living because there is HOPE for change, evolution for the better. Nobody hope for the worst. Not even the coronavirus! It mutates frequently to improve itself.

Do not subscribe to a defeatist attitude. A defeatist mentality is doomed to extinction like the dodo bird of Mauritius. We must never think that Singapore is hopeless and every one should be for himself /herself. We can still come together to build a better Singapore in the near future, if not for ourselves, at least for the sake of our children and their children.

Lee Kuan Yew did it because he had a Few Good Men. With this team, he was able to lead Singapore to where it was 20 years ago (before his son took over), with only 1.6 million people in 1965, mostly uneducated and illiterate, but hardworking and determined.

If Lee Kuan Yew could do it with much less manpower and resources, why can't others? Why can't his successor? His own eldest son?

Ironically, it was he who had planted the seed for Singapore’s decay and decline. He put up a one-man-operation (OMO) System that has to be supported by "Yes-men", with a few decorative peripheral "Yes-women".

This LKY System can only be effective and competent if run by LKY with his team of Few Good Men. Once the Few Good Men had been systematically removed, it also set the clock clicking for Singapore’s eventual decay and decline, which had led Singapore to the pathetic and tragic state it is today.

However, there is still HOPE. Singapore is still not a hopeless case. We can build a new system, a better system than what it is today. Anyone who tell you that the status quo is the way to go, he must be someone with a selfish personal agenda. Don't take him seriously.

As we can see, there are still good and capable people around in Singapore. When the situation has deteriorated to a precarious stage, I am sure those Few Good Men will come out to take on the responsibility to rebuild Singapore again, to build a new System for ALL.

It takes all sorts of people to fill this world. There are people who build new systems. There are people who maintain old systems that still work effectively. There are people who exploit the system and there are people who only know how to destroy the system.

However, the worst type of people are those who continuously and persistently destroy the system but still think highly of themselves that they are running the systems so very well that they deserve to become multi-millionaires overnight for running down the system. These are the scumbags and rubbish bins of a sick society. These people are bound to deteriorate, decay and rot like rubbish in one form or another. These self-enriching people are not what Singaporeans should look up to. These must be discarded like the rubbish we throw into the rubbish chutes everyday. If not, once the rubbish accumulates for too long, it will smell badly, abhorrently stinking!

Once the rubbish is cleared, Singapore will be clean again. That day for a thorough cleaning will come. That day must come, inevitable!

So, Don't Lose HOPE!


Queen of Hearts.