Vatican City - The world's biggest communist organisation selected its Chief

 The Catholic world was held in suspense for a few weeks after the death of Pope Francis. After a few days of closed down juggling and discussion, the cardinals selected the next Pope among themselves to head the Catholic Church. The whole process was similar to how the communist countries select the Chairman of their parties. Xi Jinping was selected in the same way, though the nomenclature and rituals were different. This is the same form of democratic election as the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church organisation structure and hierarachy are very similar to the Communist Party of China. How a young priest or a cadre is enlisted and rose through the ranks, after serving the lowest parish or commune and get promoted along the way to eventually becoming bishops, cardinals and popes is a mirror image of the CPC where a young cadre moved from village secretary to regional secretary, city and provincial secretary to the politburo and standing committee and eventually the Chairman or the CPC.

The wealth of the Catholic Church is communal wealth, like a communist country. The whole organisation is divided into different levels by region, districts, towns, cities to little villages. And they also have cell groups for discussion and confession, the communist system called it self criticism for admission of errors and mistakes.

Actually, the CPC structure and political processes were copied from the Catholic Church and adapted to run a nation state. Karl Marx, a Jew, got his inspiration from the communes run by Jesus, where their wealth and properties belong to all and shared by all the members of the community. The wealth in the Vatican City is supposed to be the wealth of all the Catholics in the world. Everyone is equal in the eyes of the Lord. Every citizen is equal in the communist system. Of course, some are more equal than others in the CPC and the Catholic Church. Some still enjoy great luxury while some lived the life of poor sisters in India eg Mother Teresa.

Is the Catholic Church system a democratic process? Is the CPC system a democratic process?

Tariff War - Trump caves in. Would it be in time for Christmas?

Trump was gloating just days ago about sticking to his stand of not reducing the 145% tariffs against China. A day or two after, he changed his tune and claimed that 80% would be suitable tariff for Chinese goods and is up to Scott Bessent to do the necessary. Would Scott Bessent really be bold enough to reduce his tariffs from 80% to 30% without his concurrence? Why had Trump suddenly caved in by falling flat for a 30% tariff against China and for 90 days only?
The whole thing about the celebrative mood after the so-called success of the talks over the tariff reduction and the stock market shooting up over the news is a tad too early. This is a tactic I am apt to believe is Trump trying again to manipulate the stock market. Those of the rich friends of Trump and his family would probably have bought into the market during the lows of the past weeks, and with his 65% reduction initially giving a discreet signal that it is going to rise, those cronies and family members will now be reaping in billions. What is going to happen 90 days from now? Another manipulation will come after those billionaires have unloaded their stocks and waiting for another crash to buy in again? Poor guys like us can only watch on the sidelines how the super-rich made their money.

Having said that, I think the Chinese have learned a profound lesson not to trust Trump's tariff reduction too much. The tariff war is not over yet. There are pertinent reasons why Trump's tariffs are crumbling against China. First was the low take-up of the bonds auction that global investors are avoiding, and that is spooking the market. The second reason is that Trump is trying to prevent the empty shelves inside retail outlets from getting worse over the coming days and weeks. He is hoping for more Chinese ships carrying products to dock at USA ports to provide retailers with a lifeline and keep truckers and dockworkers employed. In essence the reduction of tariffs from 145% to 30% had little effect on Chinese manufacturers, as importers and consumers are going to bear the tariffs anyway. This was a question thrown by a congressman who asked Scott Bessent - 'Who is paying the tariffs' and when was cornered he went into a gibberish talking about China manufacturers suffering and avoided the question altogether.

Suffice to say, Chinese manufacturers should be cautious about moving product shipments back to USA ports with the 90 days truce in mind and should continue to do more business with global south countries and forging new markets. China has learned some lessons in the past by keeping away from relying too strongly on particular markets that have an agenda to do China in.

On another note, I wanted to talk about how China discovered USA soya beans using fake country of origin as being grown in Argentina and Brazil, being sold to China under the radar. Argentian and Brazil are furious that the USA is destroying their Chinese market with such underhand tactics. They are now working with China to tackle the problem. This shows the level of desperation that farmers in the USA are doing without the Chinese market.


Anonymous

India Pakistan War - First major victory of the Muslim world

The USA and the West have been cultivating India as a proxy to counter China for decades. They cannot let India be shamed in front of the world, with fighter jets, hypersonic and missiles from China, and drones from Turkey. Turkey is a Muslim country, supporting a Muslim Pakistan. Nothing wrong with it I would say. That is what every Muslim country should be doing. And what could be a more a suitable opportunity to showcase their weapons in actual combat?
The USA and the West could not now swallow the world looking on at Chinese weapons outperforming Western weapons, always touted to be the best there was, the best there is and the best it will be. How can Pakistan be giving India a blackeye with India's top of the line fighter jets and air defense system protecting India? By hook or by crook, India must deny the shooting down of its Rafale jets and the taking out of its S400 air defense system.

The fact that China is selling weapons to Pakistan is a hard pill to swallow for the USA and the West. And having Pakistan now proving the effectiveness of Chinese weapons, touted to be junks, for the first time in actual combat is something hard for them to accept. The truth is hurting very badly. China will decimate the entrenched global military weapons manufacturers going forward, with selling cheaper, more effective and reliable weapons, just like what China did with their EVs, solar panels, wind turbines, shipbuilding and manufacturing. Those are already forgone conclusions, with China now targeting aviation, semiconductors and now military weapons as well. China has all the control over raw materials like aluminum, steel, rare earth elements and skilled manpower to do that. China has already in place a solid base in education, supply chains and experience in conquering sectors that they aspired to do, and the West better not bet against it.

The Indians are just like the Whites, speaking with forked tongues and can never be trusted to honor their words, least of all a ceasefire. Lessons must be learned by Pakistan, and lessons must be learned by China watching on the sidelines. In fact, every country should be watching.


Anonymous

JD Vance - Sneaky American terrorists speaking in forked tongue

WASHINGTON: United States Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday (May 8) that India and Pakistan should de-escalate tensions, but he added that the US cannot control the nuclear-armed Asian neighbours and a war between them would be "none of our business".

"We want this thing to de-escalate as quickly as possible. We can't control these countries though," Vance said in an interview on Fox News show The Story with Martha MacCallum.

"What we can do is try to encourage these folks to de-escalate a little bit, but we're not going to get involved in the middle of war that's fundamentally none of our business and has nothing to do with America's ability to control it," he added. CNA

The war is Ukraine was not started by the Americans. Period. This is what the Americans are trying to tell the world. Never heard of Victoria Nuland? Never heard of who was behind the coup that removed Ukraine's elected president and replaced him with a clown in Zelensky? Who dictated or ordered Zelensky to walk away from the peace deal with Russia? Who is funding and providing all the weapons to Ukraine. No, it is not America. It is Satan.

And Trump is now telling Zelensky that he is on his own, but still providing weapons and expertise to fight Russia and getting the mineral resources from Ukraine.

The war in Pakistan and India came immediately after Vance visit to India. The Americans sent military supplies the very next day after the so called terrorist attack in Pahalgam. So coincidental! Really, nothing to do with the Americans. Vance was there just for a holiday and to make Modi the godfather of his children.

The above quote from CNA said it all. US cannot control Pakistan and India? Who is Vance trying to bluff? The US even ordered Pakistan to send military supplies to Zelensky, and selling weapons to India with conditions. We want them to de escalate a bit? Oh, just a bit, but the war and tension must go on right?

Who wants this war? Who stands to benefit from this war? Pakistan is an obvious and direct victim of this war. India, an image of American cowboys, feeling very big and strong, would want to whack the hell out of Pakistan, and better still, to have the encouragement and support of the American terrorists, and hopefully more American aids and weapons like Ukraine is getting. India would greatly benefit from this war, caveat, Pakistan did not give them a bloody nose.  6 Indian jets already down.

India Pakistan War - Surreal massive air attack by India after ceasefire

 

Watch this 11 min clip and see how aggressive and squeamish the Indian commentator was, no ceasefire. India had whacked Pakistan and would whack again...and his bragging about how great and powerful India is. He was hysterical in many instances. Typical peaceful Indians! India does not believe in ceasefire, does not believe in peace with Pakistan.

After Trump announced that he had brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, both India and Pakistan also made the ceasefire announcement. Pakistan was so happy that it ordered a stand down of all forces, bringing down the AWACs and fighters in the air, switched off all the radar stations and sent all the soldier home for dinner. This was apparently what had happened in the Indian version.

On the other hand, the sneaky Indians were preparing a massive air attack on 10 Pakistani airfields, and the attack was launched on the night of ceasefire. 4 Indian generals appeared in a press briefing showing clips of Pakistani airfields and radars being hit and destroyed. And all the Indian pilots returned home safely without being challenged or shot at. Not a single Pakistani soldier was around.

Apparently, the attack went on so smoothly, because all the Pakistani airfields were stood down, no defence system was activated, no defensive fire, all the soldiers had gone home. The Indian pilots were shooting and bombing at apparently ghost airfields without a soul in them. There were also no aircraft sitting in the airfields, no JF17s, no J10 Cs, no AWAC planes in sight. Cannot imagine how many would have been destroyed by the Indian attacks in such an attack.

Where have all the Pakistani aircraft gone to? Where were all the Pakistani soldiers supposedly to defend the airfields? Did they literally believe that there was a ceasefire and the war had ended, and they could return home? Till now the Pakistani govt has not made any statement about this serious violation of the ceasefire and the destructions in the airfields.

The Indians are calling it a big success in teaching the terrorists, ie Pakistan, a painful lesson. Perhaps Pakistan air force and air defence systems have been crippled by this attack and Pakistan is now at the mercy of the Indians. What's next, another big invasion of Pakistan?

The Pakistani govt does not seem disturbed by the news of this invasion. Were they too afraid to announce the damages suffered? They did not seem to be cowering in fear and wanting to beg for mercy from the Indians.

What is going on? What is real and what is unreal? While the Indian generals were bragging and gloating about this massive attack in breach of the ceasefire, India is warning Pakistan against ceasefire violation.

PS, comment in RT. 

Tyrone
5/12/2025 at 8:33 AM

Former CIA analyst L.S. Johnson believes that the CIA and MI6 are behind the war between India and Pakistan

See nothing to do with fair reporting to cover up for Indian terrorists.