Visit to Beijing - Biden slams the door into his own face

SAN FRANCISCO: US President Joe Biden equated his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping with "dictators" on Tuesday (Jun 20) as he addressed a Democratic Party donors reception in the presence of journalists.

Speaking at a campaign fundraiser in northern California, Biden said Xi had been angered over an incident in February when a Chinese balloon - which Washington says was used for spying - flew over the United States before being shot down by American military jets.

"The reason why Xi Jinping got very upset in terms of when I shot that balloon down with two box cars full of spy equipment is he didn't know it was there," Biden said.

"I'm serious. That was the great embarrassment for dictators, when they didn't know what happened.

"That wasn't supposed to be going where it was ... and he didn't know about it," Biden said of Xi. "When it got shot down he was very embarrassed and he denied it was even there."  CNA

This is the latest provocative and silly remark by this demented old man that is hoping to be invited to Beijing.  It comes one day after Blinken's meeting with Xi and is terribly uncalled for. The door to Beijing is closed to him for good. He can forget about going to Beijing till his term ends. And he got the cheek to claim that China 'wants to have a relationship again' when it was the Americans desperately knocking at China's door and going to Beijing without an invitation.

Biden now can end his term as president without being invited to Beijing. Trump would be laughing at this silly old man for being snubbed by Xi. In his bid for a second term, if they allowed him, he would not be able to brag about having a relationship with Xi and can talk to Xi over the phone. China has just cold storage the hotline and would not pick up the phone if Biden calls. Maybe everything that was agreed in Blinken's meeting would be flushed down the toilet bowl. Everything back to square one and Biden can practise shooting down more balloons while Xi would be practising shooting down RC 135 spy planes or warships in the South China Sea.

Keep talking big and tough, old man. But don't trip and fall.

Ukraine - Cemetery for American tanks

The Department of Defense said it can’t corroborate the demise of at least 16 M2 Bradley vehicles in Ukraine

Still from a video shows multiple Bradley infantry fighting vehicles knocked out on the Zaporozhye front, June 2023. © Russian Defense Ministry


The US military has refused to confirm the destruction of American-made armored vehicles during Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia. The statement came after Moscow released videos of charred M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles abandoned by Kiev’s troops.

“I’ve seen the reports but I can’t corroborate some of the video and imagery coming out of that,” Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters on Tuesday. “I just wouldn’t be able to confirm the reports .. at least what we're seeing from [the] Russians.”

Tuesday’s announcement that the US will be sending more Bradley and Stryker armored vehicles to Kiev – as part of a $325 million package drawn from the Pentagon stockpiles – was not a response to battlefield losses but planned in advance, Singh insisted....

Russian President Vladimir Putin told a group of Russian war correspondents on Tuesday that Ukraine lost “at least 160 tanks and 360 armored vehicles” during its recent counteroffensive.  RT

The picture above shows how the Ukrainians used the American tanks in the war. It seems that the lifespan of such tanks would not be more than a week in the battle field. The picture shows what a disaster it was, so many tanks being ambushed and destroyed in one goal, like entering a mouse trap. 

Ukraine would need more tanks, and many more tanks if this is how the tanks would end up in the hands of the Ukrainians. Ukraine would be the final resting place for these tanks.

PS. 

US demanding big results from Ukraine’s counteroffensive, soon – Politico
Without major gains, Ukrainian officials fear the flow of Western weapons may dry up.

US officials are telling their Ukrainian counterparts that Washington’s support for their war effort hinges on the success of the ongoing counteroffensive against Russian forces, Politico reported on Thursday. The offensive has failed so far, with Ukrainian losses counted in the thousands.  RT

Presidential Election - What if?

 Tharman is indeed too qualified for the job of a non executive President, a role that is mostly ceremonial. Some people already lamented that it is a waste for Tharman to be sitting in the Istana tweedling his thumb, and may have to keep himself busy inviting Resident Committees to the Istana to have tea with him. This is like an extension of his Meet the People's Session in his constituency though in an elaborate environment, not in the void deck of HDB flats.

To stand for this Election, Tharman had resigned from his multi million dollar jobs and other lucrative appointments. Does it mean that he has to forgo all the salaries, including his MP allowances, risking all his senang incomes, for a shot at the Presidency? What if he is not elected? What if?

Can he go back to where he was, rewind the clock, to resume all his previous jobs and appointments, and to continue to get the salaries and incomes like before? Or would he be appointed to new positions to get back what he lost for standing as a Presidential candidate? The amount of money he is losing or foregoing is no small change. It could be several millions a year, definitely many times the income of the President of the USA. Never mind that he does not need such money as he is already financially very comfortable even without any income for the rest of his life.

But what if? Is it worth it to lose everything that he is getting every month at the moment? Maybe he is confident that he is sure to win and there is no risk at all. Why is he so confident is anyone's guess. For anyone that is earning much less, anyone that is unemployed, it is just making a bet with nothing much to lose. For the other candidate, George Goh, he is his own boss and would not lose anything. Life would go on as usual if he does not get elected.

For Tharman, it is indeed a big gamble, financially, with a lot to lose. He must be a very brave man or a big risk taker. Oops, he is making a great sacrifice for the people and country.  If he did not make this move, life is so pleasant, so comfortable, so lucrative. He is in his comfort zone with nothing to disturb or irate him, no one to breathe down his neck. But he did it. Maybe he has consulted his fortune guru and read the stars and knows that he cannot lose. A logical, rational and careful man would not take unnecessary risk that is not within his control.

Now, what if it does not turn out as he hopes for? An election is an election and anything can go wrong. No one can fix an election.  Ok, ok, there are plenty of good jobs awaiting him even if he loses. Maybe the private sector would offer him a job that pays him several times what he is getting now....should he lose.  

Luckily this is not an 'all in' gamble when a poker gambler would win or lose everything. There are plenty of doors and jobs open for Tharman if 'what if' did not turn out in his favour. If Tharman were to lose his multi million dollar income when not elected, then it would be a real sacrifice. This is not tikam tikam with small change.

Anyone thinks Tharman can lose?

Even gangsters have morals but not the American terrorists

The USA has perfected the art of propagandising. The MSM and the establishment are working hand in glove, one to generate false accusations, seeing how the reaction would be by aimless farting, then if no one bites or knows it was all made up, the establishment will try to do damage control, knowing all that is pure lies and will eventually be exposed. China knows how the USA system works. That is why China just gave one reply in response to the spy network in Cuba, and be done with it, and let the rabid dogs keep barking on MSM.
Biden just came out to claim that the recent Weather Balloon incident is embarrasing for China. How is it embarassing for China, I really cannot figure out. However, it is in fact an embarrasement for the USA, having to make so much fuss and effort for several days, just to shoot down a stationery balloon. It was a calamity, using two missiles and several back up planes just to shoot down the balloon. After that, the pilots were praised as 'Top Guns'.

This incident, in all its glory, shows the USA does not even have the capability to deal effectively with a harmless balloon. They were practically at sixes and sevens for days, and peeing in their pants, not knowing how to react. A hypersonic missile travels at several times the speed of sound, takes minutes to reach its target. With this kind of slow motion reaction and thinking, how is the USA to deal effectively with hypersonic enemy weapons I just wonder.

Terrorists basically have no shame, so talking about the World's No.1 terrorist not having any shame is a moot point. It comes with the profession of being the world's proven top terrorist. This kind of behavior is as good as a robber telling you that he is coming into your house to rob you, shamelessly, arrogantly and as a matter of factly. That is what the world has to deal with if the USA continues as the de fact hegemon.

Again, to quote Robert De Niro - 'Even gangsters have morals' in reference to the USA administration's unruly and lawless behavior.

Anonymous

American propaganda machine losing effectiveness, with diminishing marginal returns

Media outlets claimed China is building a secret station in Cuba to spy on the US, citing anonymous intelligence officials. But the Pentagon admitted this story is false. It is part of information war
Anonymous US intelligence officials used the media this June to spread a rumor claiming that the Chinese government is building a massive spy base in Cuba, 100 miles from Florida.

There was however a glaring problem with this story: The US Department of Defense said it is false.

Top Pentagon officials came out publicly and clarified that the reports are "not accurate", that China is in fact not building a spy base in Cuba.

This is the latest example of a series of false stories that have been laundered through the mainstream corporate media by US spy agencies, particularly the CIA, which seek to advance US foreign policy interests and demonize adversaries like China, Cuba, and Russia.

Recent disinformation campaigns of similar provenance have included Havana Syndrome - the debunked myth that Cuba, China, and/or Russia was supposedly attacking US spies and diplomats with pulsed microwave weapons - or "Bountygate" - the false CIA claim that Russia was paying the Taliban bounties in order to kill US soldiers during the war in Afghanistan.

The CIA has perfected the art of using the media to manipulate public opinion, to push people in certain political directions and manufacture consent for war.

One of the co-founders of the CIA, Frank Wisner, famously said the spy agency has contacts all across the media and can play the press like a "mighty Wurlitzer” - a kind of old musical instrument.

Anonymous