#Corruption 101 USA

[nando161mando]

Seattle police kept mock tombstone for Black man

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/seattle-police-kept-mock-tombstone-for-black-man-trump-flag-in-break-room-video-shows/

#seattle #police #rioters set fire to town hall & clash with cops as protests rage on across france after macron forced pension reform #usa #america #1312 #acab #racism #racism 101 #fascism #nazisploitation #nazis #nazi #neofascism #neoliberal capitalism #fuck neoliberals #neoliberalism #neonazis #biden corruption #jill biden #fuck biden #biden crime family #biden administration #biden is not my president #bidensucks #biden #biden family #biden will destroy america #hunter biden #biden is obama's puppet

[exvangelicalrage]

christianity is fucking everywhere

6/29/23

When I was a christian, one of the ever-present narratives passed around every church I attended was this idea that christians are being persecuted. The examples were numerous: family values were being eroded by liberals and gay people; atheists didn't want the ten commandments on government buildings; prayer wasn't allowed in schools anymore; teachers weren't allowed to express their faith in the classroom; people weren’t voting for pro-christian legislation; secular music was bringing demons into people's houses straight through the radio waves; profanity scribbled onto playgrounds was corrupting the minds of children... I could go on. And most of these are pretty innocuous things talked about in front of me, a child.

As I grew older, I was let in on the secrets of how sex perverts holy minds and how divorce was a sign a couple had allowed satan into their marriage and how using swear words gave demons a foothold on your mind. I learned that christians must stand tall and resilient to resist the temptations of the flesh, because the government, schools, and pretty much everyone who didn't attend the same church as us (and maybe even some people who did! *gasp*) were dripping with satanic influence.

It sounds like hyperbole when I write it out, but I'm dead serious.

It's been over ten years since my Exit. I thought when I quit christianity that my life would suddenly be filled with "secularism." I thought I'd run into people who actively weren't christian anytime I went to a bar or an event or work. I thought it would take me no time at all to find spaces to exist in that didn't involve christianity. Because, after all, christianity was being eroded, right? It was being attacked from all sides! We had donned the armor of god and were ready to do battle in the lord's name! The enemy was everywhere!

If atheists = the enemy, and then enemy was everywhere, therefore, atheists must be everywhere. Right? 

And now that I had defected, I wanted to find the enemy and ask them to be friends. 

But I couldn't fucking find the enemy.

Because, as it turns out, atheists aren't everywhere, but christianity is.

You can't fucking escape it. You can't avoid it. It. is. ubiquitous. Way worse than dandelions.

There are christians in the office at work. christians at mcdonalds. christians in bars, getting wasted and sexually harassing people. There are christians in your neighborhood. There are christians at the doctor's office. There are christians who hunt and christians who play sports and christians who go to college and christians who mow lawns and pave your driveway and install sump pumps.

There are even corporations who are explicitly christian. Hobby Lobby. Chick-fil-A. Forever 21. Whataburger. Not to mention all those small-town businesses who are closed on sundays, which is annoying af.

There are 2300 people in my small USA town. Guess how many churches. FOURTEEN. In like, a five-square-mile radius. And if I expand to a twenty-mile radius? Over a hundred churches. I got tired of counting, so it could be more. I tried figuring out how many are in my county, but all I got was that there were 72 towns. Multiply that by 14 churches/town? Over a thousand.

If life were a Where's Waldo book, I'd be Waldo and everyone else would be a christian.

All the churches have signs too, just in case you forgot they were a church. One near me says "jesus is risen and nothing can change that." My husband likes to say, "Pontius Pilot would beg to differ," lol. Another one says, "It's not about guilt, it's about being free." Sure. Gaslighting 101, right there.

It's not just churches who have signs either. My neighbor still has up an easter flag that reads "jesus is risen" (this flag replaced the "trump: right to bear arms" flag with two pistols on it). There are a bunch of farms around who put bible versus on signs, too. One nearby says, "He knows every hidden thought," which is super creepy. It doesn't make it less creepy knowing it's a bible verse. And tons of people have christian shit on their cars—bible verses, jesus fish, crosses. Not to mention bibles in hotel rooms (I throw those away when I find them) and christian billboards (I flip those off when I see them).

I even have christian clients and I have to edit their books! Even my therapist is a christian.

christianity is everywhere.

You can't escape it.

Every time I meet a new person who is christian, or remember that someone I know and like is still christian, I experience a surge of disappointment. 

Not you too.

On my worst days, when I am triggered and anxious and full of rage at the ideology that caused me so much pain, I can't even leave the house, because doing so would require me to drive down a road named after the church located on it.

christianity is like hydra. You can run. You can chop off a head or two or three. But it always grows another.

birth is a curse, and christianity is a prison.

#exvangelical #exchristian #ex christian #ex religious #atheist #atheism #agnostic #agnoticism #religious trauma #christianity sucks #fuck christianity #christianity is everywhere #birth is a curse and existence is a prison #hydra #churches #i flip off churches #no escape #cult #christian cult

[cardest]

Mexico playlist

Hola! This is my Mexico playlist. Mi encanta Mexico!!  That’s me, on the right, on top of the Pyramid of the Sun, at Teotihuacan. Mexican music is like no other. Unique to that part of the world. Hit play here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1-HNgZkL9SYjyrDfq_F1vTt  Mi Espanol es malo! I hope you enjoy this Mexican playlist. Gracias.

MEXICO

001 Motörhead -  Going To Mexico 002 Brujeria - Mexico Campeon 003 Chingon -  Se Me Paro 004 ZZ Top -  Goin' Down To Mexico 005 Montgomery Gentry - All I Know About Mexico 006 Le Butcherettes -  Bang!   007 Queens of the Stone Age -  Mexicola 008 J. Zunz - Júpiter 009 Kevin Ayers - Fake Mexican Tourist Blues 010 Malagueña/Brian Setzer - (Once Upon A Time In Mexico) 011 Katrina And The Waves - Mexico 012 Herb ALPERT - Mexican Shuffle 013 Asesino - Matando Güeros 014 Rich La Bonte - Mayan Canals 015 Jefferson Airplane - Mexico 016 Carlos Santana & Willie Nelson - They All Went To Mexico   017 Yaotl Mictlan - Tezcatlipoca Espejo Relumbrante 018 Sammy Hagar & The Wabos - [Livin' It Up] Mexico 019 Ween -  Fiesta 020 Chingon -  Cuka Rocka 021 Brian J Ramos -  Telele 022 Southern Culture On The Skids -  Meximelt 023 Chandelles - El Gato 024 Brujeria - cuiden a los niños 025 Tilts - Mexiqo 026 Tito Tarantula - Machete Main Title Theme 027 Oliver Nelson -  Baja Bossa 028 Once Upon a Time in Mexico OST - Guitar Town 029 Cocteau Twins - Mizake the Mizan 030 Ennio Morricone -  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 031 El Simbolo - Levantando Las Manos 032 Mabe Fratti - Todo Lo Que Querías Saber 033 The Tepetatles - Los Tepetatles 034 Salma Hayek - Siente Mi Amor 035 The Kills -  M.E.X.I.C.O. 036 Concrete Blonde - Mexican Moon 037 Nazareth - Mexico 038 Toño Quirazco - Merida 039 Sun Ra - Yucatan 040 Trio Los Caribes - Ay Cosita Linda, Mama 041  ASESINO - ASESINO 042 Luis Mariano - Acapulco 043 Corrosion of Conformity -  Senor Limpio 044 Jorge Reyes y Antonio Zepeda - A la izquierda del Colibrí 045 Gerardo Ortiz - Quien Se Anima 046 Le Butcherettes  - Burn the Scab 047 Neil Young - Mexico 048 Beasts Of Bourbon - New Day of The Dead 049 Lorelle Meets the Obsolete - Dead Leaves 050 Korpiklaani - Tequila 051 Soy De Rancho - El Komander 052 La Adictiva Banda San JosÃc de Mesillas - Un fin en Culiacán 053 Brujeria -  Pititis, Te Invoco 054 Sammy Hagar -  Mas Tequila 055 Jorge Negrete - ¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! 056 Tori Amos-  Juarez 057 Aztec Drums of War - Tambores de Tenochtitlan 058 Desperado Soundtrack - Antonio Banderas  - Cancion del Mariachi 059 James Taylor -  Mexico 060 The Coasters - Down In Mexico 061 USA/MEXICO - Matamoros 062  Los Tigres Del Norte - Mi Distrito Federal 063 Le Butcherettes - "La Uva" (feat. Iggy Pop) 064 Cheech Marin - Born in East LA 065 Tom Jones - The Young Mexican Pupetteer 066 Dead Can Dance - Cantara 067 Ketzal - Musica Maya 068 Waylon Jennings - Ain't No God In Mexico 069 The Mars Volta -  Cotopaxi 070 Los Concheros de Ernesto Ortíz Ramírez - el Ãguila blanca 071 ZZ Top -  Mexican Blackbird 072 UNLEASHED - The Rise Of The Maya Warriors 073 Alejandro Jodorowsky/Ronald Frangipane /Don Cherry - The Holy Mountain/The Tarot 074 Itzamkan - Ometeotl 075 A Fistful of Dollars OST - Theme by (Ennio Morricone) 076 Mexican Radio - white trash 077 Konex-Konex -  Canción de Cuna Maya 078 Brujeria - Vayan Sin Miedo 079 El Topo OST - Bajo Tierra (Under the Earth) 080 Jorge Querol con Los Go-Go - Rudi Enamorado 081 Chingon -  Cascabel 082 Allah-Las  - Could Be You I Saw Last Mexican Summer 083 West End Motel - El Myr 084 Charles Bogart Field Recordings - Mexican Leaf Frog 085 Santana - Corazon Espinado 086 Elvis Presley - Fun in Acapulco 087 George Strait - El Rey 088 Hell Fire - Destroyers   089 La Vaca Vieja - Rufo Garrido 090 Angélica Vargas - Atotonilco 091 Butthole Surfers -  Mexican Caravan 092 Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey B - La Aran~a 093 Tom Waits  - Mr. Siegal 094  Xavier Quijas Yxayotl - Xipe Totec 095 VUUR - Valley of Diamonds - Mexico City 096 Chingon - Mexican Sausage Link 097 Mayan -  Human Sacrifice 098 Nirvana - Mexican Seafood 099 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Sexy Mexican Maid 100 Iron Maiden -  The Book Of Souls 101 Ween - Buenas Tardes Amigo 102 The Cramps - God moster 103 J.J Cale - Bringing It Back   104 SEROCS  - 106   105 Cedric Imbrooks & The Sound Dimension -  Mun-Dun-Gu 106 Ennio Morricone -  The Ecstasy of Gold 107 Brujeria - La migra (Cruza la frontera II) 108 The Holy Mountain OST - Trance Mutation 109 Le Butcherettes - la/SANDÍA 110 Heino - In einer Bar in Mexico   111 Pierrots Gang - Mexico   112 Molotov ft. Anita Tijoux - Hit me 113 Lorelle Meets the Obsolete - These days 114 Thin Lizzy - Mexican Blood 115 Juan Gabriel - La Frontera 116 Hellnite - Midnight Terror 117 Septic Flesh - Temple Of The Lost Race 118 Chingon -  Severina 119 Riot -  Swords And Tequila 120 Transmetal - México Bárbaro 121 Rodrigo y Gabriela -  Juan Loco 122 Mr. Bungle - Habla Espanol O Muere 123 Cate Le Bon & Bradford Cox - Canto! 124 Los Bitches - The link is about to die 125 Brujeria - Leyes narcos 126 Papo Lucca - Hachero pa' un palo 127 Today is the Day - Mexico 128 CORRUPTED - UNBENDING PILLAR 129 Shadow Willber - The Fifth Era 130 Pungent Stench - Aztec Holiday 131 Ry Cooder - Cancion Mixteca 132 Acidez - Waiting the end 133 Control Machete - El Son Divo 134 Spit On Your Grave - Sodomy 135 Running Wild - Conquistadores 136 Jaguares - Viejo el mundo 137 Caifanes - Aquí No Es Así 138 Hocico - sex sick 139 Paul Gilbert - Down to Mexico 140 Texas Tornados - Adios Mexico  666 Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1-HNgZkL9SYjyrDfq_F1vTt

#Mexico #mexico playlist #mexican music #music of mexico #aztec music #mayan #chingon #frida kahlo #once upon a time in mexioc #robert rodriguez #alejandro jodorowsky #brujeria #dino cazares #le butcherettes #lorelle meets the obsolete #J Zunz

[stephenjaymorrisblog]

From Peoples Park to Echo Park

(Post- Trump era, Part 3)

March 26th 2021

By Stephen Jay Morris

©Scientific Morality

It was Easter 1971 in Berkeley, California.  I was visiting the Bay Area and I wanted to see the place where the students had fought the police. The park was small, maybe an acre; it looked like any other city park.  A couldn’t-be-overlooked wooden sculpture of a giant clenched fist assaulted my view.   Other than that, it was very nice and banal.  Some kids with backpacks were attentively listening to a guitarist.   He played a song I’d never heard of, “18” it was called.  I really liked it.  I asked who did the song and the guitarist said, Alice Cooper.  I thought it was a chick.  Boy, was I wrong!

By this time, the New Left was dying a slow death.  Much has been written about the Peoples Park riot.  Click here for more information. I wont rehash the entire history here, however, it was the strangest trip I’d ever been on.  It’s recounted in my one of my manuscripts.

In the City of Berkeley, homeless encampments are protected by city ordinance.  However, 500 miles south of there is a different story. Echo Park is an area northeast of Los Angeles where my mother grew up.  She lived two blocks up the hill from the park itself.  At the time, my grandfather co-owned a grocery store called, “Pioneer Market,” located nearby on Sunset Boulevard.  Echo Park was a white neighborhood.  How white was it?  Well, my mom’s family consisted of the only Jews on her block.  My grandfather wanted his two daughters to marry Jewish guys, so he moved his family to the Fairfax District, about 20 miles west.  Success!  They both married Jews, although my aunt eventually divorced her husband and my mom suffered with my dad for 50 years!  But, hey—stick to your own tribe! (Sarcasm 101)

Now, Echo Park has a large Latino population and LGBTQ residents.  The park itself is right next to the Hollywood Freeway.  When I used to take the express bus home from work on that freeway, I would see that man-made lake to the left.  It looked similar to that of another park, MacArthur Park, on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, only smaller.  There were boats on the lake you could rent, just like at MacArthur Park.  There are many old growth shade trees, perfect for picnics and just relaxing.  There were grills for barbecuing, and bathrooms. The bathrooms were not very nice but, they were there should you really need them.  On the park’s south side, there was a public swimming pool.  In the distance southward, you can see LA’s downtown skyline.

Berkeley is a small university town.  When the college administration threatened to tear down Peoples Park to build college dorms, word got around and, within hours, protests emerged.  The protests soon became riots.  That was when conservatives ran the universities.   Today, conservatives still own the university, but liberals run it.  Finally after a few years, the college left the property alone.

Los Angeles is a huge city, now run by Democrats.  It used to be run by Republicans, until they got voted out of office because of mass corruption.  Back in the 40s and 50s, Los Angeles had a massive transportation system known as the “Red Car.” You could ride an electric train car all the way from Pasadena to Venice Beach on that system.   Then, the Republican city council acquiesced to the oil companies and auto manufacturers and destroyed the “Red Car.”

Now to the “homeless problem.” Because of Southern California’s mild climate, it is easier to be homeless in LA than, say, in Chicago. Most of the homeless are mentally ill, alcoholic, and/or drug addicted.  Enter the COVID 19 pandemic, followed by the economic depression and, like an avalanche, it quickly caused average citizens to lose their jobs and businesses.   Subsequently, their homes were foreclosed upon and/or they were evicted from their apartments when they could no longer make their mortgage and rent payments.  These average, working class citizens became homeless.

There are hundreds of homeless camps in LA, many of them under freeway overpasses.  There are homeless camps on Venice Beach and in public parks.  One park, Poinsettia Park, was where I used to hang out when I was a preteen.  East of that park, you could see the United Artists Studio movie sets stored behind their studio walls.  That park is now a homeless camp.  It looks like a Boy Scouts Jamboree.  

Echo Park became a homeless camp.  The city council representative for the area decided he wanted to clear out the park of encampments because of the many complaints he’d received.  Since LA  is a left-of-center government, they didn’t want to be seen as Fascists preparing to evict poor people into the streets, so, they found a loophole.  “We’ll tell the public that we will be clearing out the park to do needed repairs.   Having people there while the work was ongoing, would present a safety hazard.”  Thus, under false pretenses, the City evicted the homeless from the park and fenced it off for construction purposes.  

Millennial protesters showed up to protect the modern day itinerants from the heartless state.   Homeless residents joined them. They practiced non-violent resistance by standing, their arms locked together, in front of a line of an LAP.D riot squad.  They marched and chanted, but they were outnumbered.  The homeless became nomadic.

A Lumpen proletariat like me knows that, when the Middle Class becomes unemployed and homeless, they are not worried about the “Red menace.” Do you really think that if they utilize the Protestant work ethic, they will, by free enterprise magic, ascend from poverty like superhero's?   And, if they pray to Jesus, they will be saved?  Fuck, no!  What they will find out when they unite and become a revolutionary army is, that they will rise above property rights by targeting their true oppressors, the Ruling Class!

History, once again, is repeating itself.  We now have another Eisenhower mixed with Truman in the White House.  President Biden will be remembered, by history, as the savior of the USA.

It is a two party game.  I am so sick of it!  Republican bad cop and Democrat good cop.  The pendulum will swing from left to right again and again until America has a left wing revolution.  What is happening in Echo Park is happening globally.

#homeless #woke #anarchism #revolución #writers and poets #poets of tumblr #stephenjaymorris #american politics

[things2mustdo]

[1] Religion linked to stronger family relationships, new research shows

[2] Religion and family formation

[3] Teen birth rates higher in highly religious states

[4] “Building A Bridge To The 18th Century” by Neil Postman

[5] Religion and fertility in the USA

[6] Cultural Marxism: The corruption of America

[7] The end game of feminism

[8] Over 20% of young boys labeled with ADHD

[9] Say hello to the new definition of rape

[10] Jailing dads who can’t pay

[11] Obamacare is a bachelor tax that will fail

[12] When Obamacare takes effect, young healthy men will be hurt

[13] In defense of single motherhood

[14] Huffington Post on Single Mothers

[15] Why does America have so many Peter Pan men?

[16] Special K: Fight fat talk

[17] The Dove Campaign for real beauty

[18] Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers

[19] Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman: What Men Know About Success that Women Need to Learn

[20] Many more women delay childbirth into 40s due to career restraints

[21] UK women having babies later than ever before

[22] U.S. women on the rise as family breadwinner

[23] Young women’s pay exceeds male peers’

[24] Income gap closing: women on pace to outearn men

[25] Sex and the City drinking culture blamed for marriage breakdowns

[26] The lonely legacy of my Sex and the City lifestyle

[27] The great jobs mystery: why are so many men dropping out of the workforce?

[28] America’s sexual hierarchy favors alpha males more than ever

[29] Video game addiction and other Internet compulsive disorders mask depression, anxiety, learning disabilities

[30] Addiction? Video games crowded out man’s life

[31] Age and female fertility

[32] Falling fertility rates pose threats to government revenues

[33] The worldwide demographic cliff

[34] The demographic cliff

[35] Solving America’s demographic problem is only hard if you rule out immigration

[36] More babies, please

[37] Fwd.us – Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg’s immigrant reform group

[38] Soros & fellow billionaires for open borders lobby GOP on amnesty

[39] Obama administration to stop deporting some young illegal immigrants

[40] White House immigration plan offers path to residency

[41] Numbers of illegal immigrants may be on the rise again, estimates say

[42] Women who choose to remain childless have lots of money, hardly a care in the world

[43] Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

[44] Europe’s shifting immigration dynamic

[45] Generations of exclusion: Mexican Americans, assimilation, and race

[46] Ghettos shackle French Muslims

[47] Europe’s angry Muslims

[48] Falling behind or moving up? The intergeneration progress of Mexican Americans

[49] Sweden shaken as riots continue in immigrant suburbs

[50] Thousands join pro-Islam protest

[51] Islamic organizations based in the United Kingdom

[52] British Islamists: Islam will dominate France

[53] The Muslim Brotherhood’s conquest of Europe

[54] Arizona immigration protesters block court proceedings

[55] National Council of La Raza

[56] Common Core standards ‘educate’ 4th-graders about ‘white privilege’

[57] Hamburg, Germany makes major concessions with its Muslim community

[58] Another no-go area in Londonistan

[59] Averting a demographic nightmare in Russia and Eastern Europe

[60] Putin vows to halt Russia’s immigration plunge

[61] Neo-nationalist violence targets Central Asians in Russia

[62] Russian anti-gay bill passes

[63] Brazilian feminists to dress like lewd nuns to protest pope visit

[64] Rio holds ‘biggest ever’ collective gay marriage ceremony

[65] Brazil judicial decision paves way for gay marriage

[66] U.S. birthrate falls to lowest on record

[67] Immigration to the UK

[68] Will Britain have a Muslim majority by 2050?

[69] Britain’s first Sharia Law zone

[70] Nearly 70,000 Britons convicted of hate crimes over six-year period

[71] Why Poles love coming to Britain

[72] Swedish multiculturalism goes awry

[73] Muslim refugees and the cost of Sweden’s kindness

[74] Concern over Poland’s low fertility rate

[75] Economic success makes Poland destination for immigrants

[asadiqbalkhan]

Hacktivism - Activism & Protest

Traditional human rights concepts seem to capture the essence of the internet activity and when allied with the conventional political movements which when violates human rights and disrespects a certain jurisdiction the activity which is of an utmost unconventional way arises on the internet is how Hacktivism is born (Sorell, 2015).

Being a technologist or a geek in other words, I want to illuminate a side of this particular topic which is often kept under the shadows and not popularized on the mainstream media. To shine upon some of the spectrums of hacktivism a basic understanding of who “hacktivist” are needs to be addressed.  Hacktivist could be a group of people or an individual whose main goal is to bring issues to light and cause social change in a peaceful manner over the internet without causing any physical harm to a human.

One might ponder and relate Hacktivism as an act of illegal activity conducted over the internet, which I believe is debatable. Yes, many of the properties of such an act relies on the internet and achieving anonymity when protesting on the platform utilized by 4.39 billion people (Kemp, 2019).  

Anonymous the infamous hacktivist group launched their “Operation Tunisia” in 2010 which involved recruiting hackers to help take down eight government websites using DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service Atacks) attacks in support of the Arab spring movements in 2010 (Trend Micro, 2015).

It is important to note that these groups of people in the act of Hacktivism, hack servers, networks and systems not to gain any monetary terms rather to send a message. In this era some may classify them as virtual vigilantes or some cowards for keeping an anonymous profile. A more detailed analysis of Hacktivism will be discussed below as seen in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Hacktivism and the future of political participation (Source: )

 There are four boundaries to Hacktivism according to Samuel (2011), the first one being the online vs offline distinction. A physical presence does not qualify as hacktivism as it does not depend on the internet in anyway. The second one being Hacktivism vs Hacking, if hacking is not carried out in the motives of relations with activism it is not classified as hacktivism. Standard online activism such as signing online petitions, form a boundary for what can be considered hacktivism, but it must include a hacking component which can be classified into two categories, conventional activism such as mentioned above or violent activism. It is vital to differentiate cyberhacking/cyberterrorism from hacktivism as ones motives are solely to hack systems to cause harm such as loss of life or severe economic damage to a country and the other wants to send out a message and issue a statement.

In 2016 the hacktivist group anonymous reported to have declared war against president trumps campaign and according to Klein (2016), 78% of the targets belonged to one of the following categories: government agencies, corporations or media empires a trilogy of corrupted establishments according to the group and to support Trump in the election is to create an autocrat leadership in the country. Trumps promises of deportation force or building a wall it upsets millions and millions and billions (in trumps voice) of people residing in the states and the group believed to bring this issue to light, for the horrors of what citizens will face of having to be deported.

 References

Klein, A.G. (2016). How Anonymous hacked Donald Trump. [online] The Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/how-anonymous-hacked-donald-trump-56794 [Accessed 16 Nov. 2019].

Trendmicro.com. (2015). Hacktivism 101: A Brief History and Timeline of Notable Incidents - Security News - Trend Micro USA. [online] Available at: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cyber-attacks/hacktivism-101-a-brief-history-of-notable-incidents [Accessed 16 Nov. 2019].

‌Kemp Simon. (2019). Digital 2019: Global Internet Use Accelerates - We Are Social. [online] Available at: https://wearesocial.com/blog/2019/01/digital-2019-global-internet-use-accelerates.

Sorell, T. (2015). Human Rights and Hacktivism: The Cases of Wikileaks and Anonymous. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 7(3), pp.391–410.

#mda20009 #hacktivisim #activism and protest #week6

[yes-justice-seeking]

中国，可以是一方乐土- #博明 #五四运动 纪念演讲之我见

English version:

Open Letter to Matt/#博明，the Deputy National Security Advisor of the USA

美国白宫的国家安全事务副顾问 博明 今天用一口字正腔圆、捎带京味儿、却用的不是地方的普通话（ “事儿后看来”~~~ ）实施了穿越大陆防火墙的、最强势的攻心战。

今天是五四运动101周年纪念日， 博明 虽然声称是面向美国弗吉尼亚州大学 University of Virginia 的米勒中心 Miller Center 听众（难道听众全是在美华人？）发表的这次演讲，但演讲开篇的白宫落款、演讲所使用的 中文普通话、演讲的中英文双语字幕的倾心准备（虽然纰漏不老少，技术性问题是后话~~~）、最攻心的演讲内容，字字句句都是发向墙内每一个压抑中的良知华人的催泪弹。然而，这篇演讲不但有文字的技术纰漏、信息的准确性纰漏，更有严重的逻辑纰漏。可谓是一枚双刃剑。

扎心大陆知识分子

博明 的这篇五四演讲，当然要扎大陆知识分子的心，以我个人感受，最扎心处是说到李文亮医生和鲁迅先生。自从新冠疫情把武汉的庚子鼠年演绎成人间地狱， 李文亮医生病榻上那对呆萌又充满期盼的双眼一直是我的泪点，这次也不例外。 博明 演讲的另一个扎心点，是毛泽东对“ 如果鲁迅今天还活着会怎样”这个问题的回答：

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywjqF3s1NhA&feature=youtu.be

这是我第一次听到对于我曾经做过的一个假设的史料验证，因为我早就设想过：如果鲁迅活到文革年代，他的人生，会不会激发他写一篇比祥林嫂更发人深省的文学著作？还是不等他写完，就被林昭？佩服一下博明演讲稿的准备者，如果说这篇演讲稿有 Shirley Lin 林夏如的功劳，我不会奇怪。

圈点完可圈可点处之后，切入正题。

个人认为，博明今天以中美关系为主题的演讲貌似是美国白宫在班农与郭文贵搭档设计的“以共灭共 ” 计中的一环。2017年9月，美国媒体就公开报道说郭文贵已经成为中美关系中，美国手上的一张牌。

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/09/07/billionaire-guo-wengui-asks-u-s-asylum-accusing-top-chinese-officials-corruption/

郭文贵的发言人 Daniel Podhaskie 说：郭文贵和班农的首次见面是 2017年10月，至于后来班农在郭文贵的爆料革命中提油助火、那是众所周知的。 两年多来，郭文贵/GuoWengui多次对中美重大事件做了“神准预测”，最近他改口说是有情报来源。如果说他“预测”的中共事务有情报来源的话，那么他“预测”的美国重大事件就只能是美方有人给他泄密了。而班农/Stephen K. Bannon 到底是被白宫解职的闲散人员、还是白宫为了降低一些不可见光操作的风险而谎称的假民间身份，龚小夏在一起诉讼的质询证词中佐证了班农与白宫/White House的关系。

在新型冠状病毒仍然肆虐全球、尚无万全之策、拥有武汉病毒P4实验室的中共/CCP成为众矢之的的大环境下，博明今天的演讲居然说“人类创造力的‘宏大 ’ 包括利用生物技术和数据分析”，这让人吃惊不小，或许因为他太太是病毒学工作者？值得一提的是，最近北美有一些讨论：有人一边说武汉病毒P4实验室是生化武器研发场所，一边说中共的科学家从加拿大的P4实验室偷病毒到武汉。作为加拿大的法律人，我回复说，先要搞清楚这一类病毒研究是否合乎伦理道德规范，否则涉嫌双重标准。不知道博明今天的说法是否算是有关这个问题的一个美国官方回应？

https://twitter.com/detecti28108231/status/1255950182098898944

直指中共穴道

借胡适的白话文革命，博明点出了今日之中共的穴道：“统治者和被统治者之间的鸿沟”。大陆的统治者是越来越屈指可数的赵家人及其鹰犬，而这些赵家人及其鹰犬的社会优越感与时俱减、随时巨变，并没有安全感，他们当中的每一个人随时都会沦为被踩在脚下的被统治者：大到周永康、孟宏伟、孙力军，小到曾经的小粉红、回国避瘟疫的战狼留学生，一朝不幸遭遇不公，顿时从咆哮者沦为被咆哮者、严格管控对象；又或是仅仅因为被查出新冠阳性，就提前享受了准死者待遇：随身物品被消失！

博明今天的演讲肯定让中南海震怒，因为他直指“中国传统思想对领导人品德的要求”。然而，最近看了一些中共有意无意“派往”（郭文贵助长了不少无间道人的叛逆心）海外的外宣人解密：感觉中共其实是一个隐性代名词，是一些掌权者、或有能力觊觎权力的近权者对厚、黑、狠、毒权术的实践产物，其唯一目的就是维持中共政权模式并各自在这种模式下为自身权力、财富的聚集而厮杀的场所。这样的生态环境下，位高权重人寝食不安，中产小康家如履薄冰，盛世蝼蚁者时空停滞。如今全球对中共排山倒海的挞伐，仅仅是中共三五个地方下层官员无能、或是一两个高官习惯性渎职的结果么？官员的提拔、帮派资产的聚敛都是按照一个既定的模式上演的，冰冻七十年，非一两人之患。

博明在谈到今天的焦点人物张彭春对于联合国人权宣言的贡献时，继续补刀中共：联合国人权宣言的主旨在于“防止专治和战争”。说到战争，补刀中共的同时，也是给白宫/White House插刀，这是后话。另外，说到一刀双刃，以白宫三年多来推行的政治路线，博明今天的演讲放在任何一届总统任期可能都能让美国伟大起来/Make America Great，熠熠生辉，唯独在这一届白宫政府发出这样的演讲，极为讽刺，这是后话。

“CHINA”一词的玄机

博明今天在回顾五四运动历史（中华民国）、以及谈及今天中国政府时，用的都是中国/China一词，这才看得出来准备中英文字幕的心机。美国今天传达的一个重要信息恐怕就是：美国要恢复对中华民国的国际认同，China一词不变，美国眼里对这个中华民国/China的政权认同是台湾。相关的证据：

1. 今天博明演讲的联线参与者有一位林夏如/Shirley Lin，她来自台湾，目测她的参与，还不止今天的视频联线；

2. 博明演讲中的一个焦点人物是鲜有人知的张彭春。查了些资料，发现大陆知乎在2009年就有一篇高度评价张彭春的文章，可见大陆对他并不敏感。而史料记载，他的人生亮点大多是在民国时代，且代表民国政府出任国际公职。他在联合国参与联合国人权宣言起草的时间点跨越了新中国的成立，然而，若干史料记载都模糊了这一点，直接跳到1952年他辞去联合国职务。据史料记载，张彭春擅于调和矛盾，可谓情商极高的人，通俗说法就是为人处世很圆滑。这大概能说明，他虽然代表中华民国在联合国出任公职，大陆政权更迭之后，他也就悄无声息过渡为大陆中共政府的代言人。

关于张彭春是如何挂冠而去的，大陆的一篇文章说他是因病辞职。

https://wemp.app/posts/05191445-2199-440c-a8f5-adaebac7f22e?utm_source=latest-posts

而博明今天给我们的说法是他“对中国缺乏民主感到沮丧”，所以这里的“中国” ，指的是大陆1949年后成立的中共统领下的新政府，而不是当初派他去联合国任职的民国政府。

博明在这里的暗示，可以说是润物细无声，可意会而不可言传。

飞跃防火墙的炸弹，会引发全球的下一场灾难吗？！

博明演讲中哪些是直接服务于白宫对华超限战的呢？我在其他英文博客中说过，班农在2019年4月就被媒体报道他对华宣战。

Who is Behind Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak?! 武汉非典，难道是一场蓄谋的超限战？！

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/steve-bannon-declares-war-on-china/

博明在今天演讲用的是最接地气的铺陈手法，干的却是明目张胆的唆使：“更大胆的英勇行为”。要知道，白宫现在言之凿凿说新冠病毒源自武汉P4实验室，而郭文贵/MilesKwok/GuoWengui也自证在武汉P4实验室有他的战友，按照白宫的逻辑和郭文贵的举证，武汉新型冠状病毒爆发是不是郭文贵战友的大胆行为？博明今天召唤的又会是引发什么后果的“更”大胆行为？！

我已在另一篇博文及其链接里详细列举了武汉新型冠状病毒爆发前后的若干“不可能”：

2019年8月10日，郭文贵视频宣讲“以共灭共/Use the CCP to eliminate it”计划；

2019年8月11 日 ，一个美国猫脸账号（与郭文贵团队多人以及班农/Steve Bannon身边人互动频繁）发推暗示“切尔诺贝利式掩藏真相”；

2019年8月12 日 ，明显与郭文贵有密切联系的山顶洞人发推称“喷洒传染性远超非典的新型瘟疫病毒”；

2019年11月30 日 ，郭文贵神秘地说“有大事发生”；

2019年12月1 日 ，郭文贵说“过去两天发生什么事你不知道不等于没发生......全球自动灭共”；而就是这一天，据目前已知的信息，武汉出现第一个新冠病例；

2019年12月2 日 ：郭文贵说“别到时候大家莫名其妙尸横在马路上”，这与后来发现的新型冠状病毒的症状完全吻合，而全球大多数医生专家对这个病毒的这一特性的发现、认知、确认经历了数星期甚至是几个月。郭文贵怎么“提前预知”这种从未面世的病毒的新症状？！

还有很多不可能的“巧合”，具体请参见我的另一博文（附有中英文视频连接）：

COVID19: Neither the CCP nor the WhiteHouse dare to say “Hold All Bloody Hands Accountable”…

.......

博明今天的演讲让中共不安，让日本不爽

#博明今天的演讲让中共不安是毋庸置疑的，但博明演讲词对盟友日本/Japan的扎刀也是毫不含糊的，这着实让人有点吃惊。博明今天在回溯五四运动渊源时说“西方国家为了安抚日本帝国......”,我吃惊不小，以为他口误，结果发现对应的英文字幕也是“Imperial Japan”，所以他绝无口误的可能性。另外，虽然我们不知道他的视频录制时间，但感觉至少是2-3个星期之前制作的（福尔摩斯时间~~~）：1. 李泽华已经公开录视频露面，但博明的演讲仍然称他处于失联状态；2. 博明罗列了不少大陆具有五四精神的人士，最近再度成为海外华人政论圈焦点的王全璋律师却没有被提及，不排除也是因为录制演讲的时候王全璋律师还没有与家人团聚。那么，日本为什么这个时候被躺枪呢？据媒体报道，意大利、英国、德国等美国盟友都已加入美国对中共的新冠疫情索赔浪潮，美国今天给日本上眼药的原因莫非是要日本必须和美国站队？

双刃剑，博明演讲扎刀同伙

据资料显示，博明演讲的地点 Virginia大学的Miller Center 米勒中心本是一个无党派场所，然而，博明演讲的落脚点却是为班农的Populism旧酒装新瓶。 Populism，博明的演讲字幕把它翻成“平民主义”，是班农/Steve Bannon一直推行的政治主张，也是各位最近从美国新闻里能感受到的，用简单粗暴回应美国政府的柔性隔离措施的那些人：全副武装抗议、结队占领议院、飙车战狼狂啸，迫使生死交战百忙中的医务人员抽身出来与他们对峙，试图给这些无限放任自由、曲解民主的暴躁、彪悍族一点点理性的思考。与此同时，全美的极右派/平民主义掀起全面的排华浪潮: 华人、华裔、亚裔，都在高压恐怖之中，连韩国外交部长都不得不正告美国政府这种危险举措，日裔美国人也发出小心仇恨犯罪Hate Crime的警报。除了白宫被记者抓包把川普/Trump总统的演讲稿手动改为“Chinese Virus”, 更有美国参议员 Tom Cotton 提议全面禁止中国留学生来美国学习科学技术。博明此时搬出宣扬赛先生Mr.Science和德先生Mr. Democracy的五四运动、用曾经留学美国的胡适、 张彭春来对大陆喊话，实在讽刺。

说到学科的限制，其实台湾在日治时代实行的也是类似的政策，确保台湾人只能学一些手艺类的基础学科，不会成为社会的精英层、至少要远离政治中��。台湾的李登辉年少时成绩优异，大学读的却是农科，不过，他终究还是攀爬了政治的权力高峰......

说到这个所谓的“平民主义”，不得不说它的代言人 班农/Steve Bannon 。班农在2013年接受美国媒体采访时就自称是Leninist/列宁主义者，他说“列宁想要毁灭国家，这也是我的目标。我要毁灭一切，摧毁现在的社会体系”。班农更是把中共/CCP的战狼策-《超限战/Unrestricted Warfare》随身携带，奉若圣经。

综上所述，班农和他的“ism/主义”究竟代表着民主灯塔的美国价值观？还是新瓶装毒酒的极端共产主义的魔鬼变身？如果不对已经具备生物战规模和伤亡程度的#COVID19做全面、公正的调查，把所有“沾血的罪恶之手绳之以法”，全世界、尤其是对暴政已经忍无可忍的华人恐怕会欣欣然接受一个美式极端共产主义和熟练掌握中共恶狠毒奸狡诈手法、还具有一边对媒体喷粪 （他自己的话“Flood the zone with shit”） ，一边接受媒体膜拜魔力的混合体。

中国人只能在明目张胆的暴政，和绿茶婊式的暴政中做痛苦选择吗？！

以尊重人性为底线（没有人性、一味索求党性的结果必然是豢养一群虚伪的随时跑路者），以联合国人权宣言为原则，以爱心、包容、理性、温和、妥协的民主价值观、以及“己所不欲勿施于人”的中国伦理传统，为每一个个体追求自身幸福树立一个道德伦理准则。中国，可以是一方乐土。

https://twitter.com/cassandra17lina/status/1152578466052812801

COVID19: Neither the CCP nor the WhiteHouse dare to say “Hold All Bloody Hands Accountable”…

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/16/20991816/impeachment-trial-trump-bannon-misinformation

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/whats-at-stake-in-a-viruss-name

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/sen-tom-cotton-calls-ban-chinese-students-studying-science-us

（一点一点码字、持续发布中，敬请期待~~~）

#博明 #SteveBannon #郭文贵 #COVID19 #五四运动 #White house #us-china relations

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•IEW, should or shouldn't be delicate at all?• Hi, I'm Mentari. I'm an alumni of 16/17 KL-YES Program to the USA. I was hosted in Belleville, Illinois. Through this writing, I want to happily share my personal-experience-based stories regarding to the most awaited moment of all exchange students all over the world. Exactly. International Education Week. Happy International Education Week for all exchange students! *cheers* First of all, today was a year ago the kick-off night of IEW was held, November 13, 2017 in one of our mate's host family's house in Shiloh, Illinois. My IEW was started with the International Cuisine Night. In my cluster we consisted of fourteen exchange students who came from various countries (Indonesia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Moldova, India, and Armenia), and we were all organized by one very cool Placement Organization named World Link Inc. Why do I say so? First, I'm not paid to say that, because that's legit true. Second, because World Link has successfully helped me trace out my development(s) during the program. For me, especially Cyndi (my local coordinator) and Kristin--a huge and hard shoutout to them two--who have worked the best out of them to take care of all of us until the very last day of our presence in the US. Anyway, that International Cuisine Night, though, was taken in so much energy and synergy to introduce each of our countries through cuisines. The hostess (Cyndi & Nickie) also cordially invited each of our host families to celebrate and try our international cuisines for free. Yes, F R E E. Don't you wonder what I cooked in that time? Inhale. Exhale. Ayam Kecap or Chicken Shimmered in a Sweet Indonesian Soy Sauce. Seriously. This idea started off of my thought about what mom's food I missed the most in that time. Something sweet, but not too sweet. Something spicy, but not too spicy. Then popped up in my head, that, Ayam Kecap. A week before that night, I seriously surfed on the internet to figure out the closest recipe like my mom usually has back home. Boom! I found it! You can access the recipe here for the sake of your reference in case you have no idea at all: https://www.google.co.id/amp/s/anotherdish.com/2013/08/25/chicken-simmered-in-a-sweet-indonesian-soy-sauce-ayam-kecap/amp/ I brainstormed hard and I finally left to go to one Asian market in St. Louis, Missouri, named Jay's Market which was 20 minutes drive from my home, to buy some ingredients and stuffs. I got pretty much some things, such as Indonesian soybean sauce (Kecap Manis ABC) and shallots (bawang merah). In that time I did realize, I could be happy over simple things like this. Kick-off night: checked. Next stop was my school to present Indonesia through some speeches in presentations. Honestly though I only did three presentations during the IEW, which didn't reach my satisfaction point yet. But it was okay. I did my first presentation in my Public Speaking class, the second one in History class, and the third one in the library which was open for anyone at school to see. Everytime I initiated to do the presentation, I always wore Indonesian typical apparel, such as, or such as simple as, batik blazer, batik skirt, and kebaya. I spent relatively 25 minutes each presentation to talk and discuss about Indonesia with the audiences, also did I hold a little Q&A game with them after the presentation and one who could answer my question(s) right would get a piece of Indonesian money (Rp2,000,-). You know what, most of them got mad because of the money I gave them away, like, the typical question for them was,"OMG, are you sure you give me your money? Do you still have money after this? I just want to make sure you're good after all," which was followed with tender hugs afterward. I assume they said that because they thought Indonesia money got a lot of 0s and Rp2,000,- equaled to several hundreds US dollars, which was not true *lol*. Rp2,000,- is not even equivalent to $1. I explained all to them and they thanked me for such beautiful and remarkable gift from Indonesia. I spent the last day of IEW in a huge celebration of it in my school library which also invited other exchange students from other schools to collaborate created an International Day of The Week at school. I wore kebaya in that day, and my other friends also wore their beautiful traditional clothes. The school managed some stuffs so the exchange students could also display their nation-related stuffs during the event. I displayed my ID card (KTP), school ID card (kartu pelajar), Indonesian coins (receh), and some of Indonesian utensils (Pilot, Standard, pensil 2B, etc) in one medium size display window (etalase)--of course because I don't want anyone steal any of my 'traditional' belongings. Please no. Literally, prior to the IEW, I had cooked pretty much some meal for my host family at home and for a couple times brought the meals to school for lunch. Do you know what it was? Indomie. I mean, what else can typically depict Indonesia in a very quick and simple way? Indomie. Did I but the Indomie though? Nope, I didn't buy it, but my host dad did. He surprised me in my sixth week there by putting a box full Indomie he bought from Amazon in front of my room door. Yea, it was cute. And I miss him now. I'm about to cry. No. Anyway, let's summarize all these into dos and don'ts during the IEW for you whom are planning to manage the schedule, or still collecting up all the guts to conduct the presentations through some speeches in front of the mass. Let's start from the don'ts--so you have some pictures of bad things that'd happen if you do these. 1. Put information you don't specifically know or understand about Indonesia into your slides. It's such a big NO. Let's take one case as an example. You put in your slide, for example, that Indonesia got the 2nd big economy in the world, and then you don't further explain about it which left the audiences be empty about your information. Anyway though, it's somewhat unnecessary because people can basically google it by themselves and spot it right there. 2. Attach irrelevant pictures. Isn't it funny when you read about the traditional foods but then appear one picture of an Indonesian president in one same slide? It's silly. Please don't do that. 3. Miscalculate your presenting duration. I'm always cautious enough in determining the right amount of time for me to present the presentation in each class I targeted. Traditionally, when an exchange student has booked one special day to the teacher in one class to present about his/her country, class must not undergo casual teaching activity. So, don't disappoint your teacher because you say to him/her that you'll present for 15 minutes but in fact you go for another 15 minutes, because just in case she/he might plan some activities later after your thing. 4. Stuff up your slides with general information. Please, you come abroad to make Indonesian known in special way. Don't give information they should've known just by one simple click away on Google. Be specific and detail and original. 5. Skip the subjects. Tell me you aren't going to, or planning to do this, are you? Please don't let them left still wondering about some subjects that are attached in your slides but you get rid to present it just because you don't memorize the speech or information or explanation about it. Phew. Let's straight go to the dos stuffs. 1. Be knowledgable about your country! You are going to present about Indonesia, so you should learn more and more about it first before you speak about it. Am I right or am I right? Preferably don't use text or note while you're presenting, but this is actually up to you. 2. Pictures and videos can furnish your presentation for sure! Beautiful and original pictures or videos can also help you promote Indonesia to them. Your everyday pictures with your family, friends, teachers back home can be definitely attached into your slides to amaze the audiences (but please, not your selfies). You can also download some of the videos from Wonderful Indonesia on YouTube to be played. For example this one: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TT8J3wUX_YY. Ideally you don't need to attact a life-long 101 hours video, you just need like 2-4 minutes long videos therefore it also doesn't corrupt your presenting time. 3. Make agenda for when and where you'll go to present (and manage the right time with the teachers if you're planning to present at classes)! I used to have a small agenda note to create a timeline of when and where and what I'll present later, and how many audiences I expected to come to watch. Just don't ruin your vibe just because you don't manage your agenda correctly. Ugh, what a disaster. 4. Input the general points, assess, through speaking, the specific matters. You may input some general points only to outline your explanation, but please be specific when you speak or talk about it. Because through your explanation, they start getting to know how Indonesia is. 5. Be in right order. You aren't going to go from foods session to the geography part of Indonesia, are you? 6. BE CONFIDENT AND CLEAR. Your voice, posture, body languages, stage manners, and all. Please manage as best you can as possible. They'll see Indonesia through you, and they'll understand Indonesia through your eyes. So please be you and original. Wow. What a list. I hope you guys feel a little bit helped and can take some good points from what I've written here. And I wish you a very successful and lit IEW. Break a leg!

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Former PM Najib denies wrongdoing as Malaysia deepens 1MDB probe | News

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Former prime minister Najib Razak – at the moment dealing with 38 corruption prices in an ongoing investigation into troubled state fund 1MDB that spans no less than six international locations – admitted issues “went fallacious” however insisted he wasn’t concerned in any wrongdoing.

“There are issues that went fallacious in 1MDB,” Najib admitted in an interview with Al Jazeera’s 101 East that was broadcast on Saturday.

However he insisted though he was prime minister and had final oversight of the fund he was not conscious of the switch of a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of by means of offshore financial institution accounts world wide, and had executed nothing fallacious.

“My conscience is obvious,” he mentioned. “I’d not obtain a single cent from sources linked with 1MDB as a result of if it is 1MDB I’d know straight away it will not be the precise factor to do.”

Najib has appeared in court docket 4 instances since his get together misplaced energy in Could’s normal election amid simmering public anger over 1MDB. It was the primary change in authorities because the nation gained its independence from Britain in 1957.

Malaysia’s opposition pulls off surprising election win

This week, he appeared in court docket together with his former treasury chief to face six counts of prison breach of belief involving the misuse of 6.6 billion ringgit ($1.6bn) in authorities funds.

“It is one thing he has repeatedly mentioned even when he was in energy,” mentioned Keith Leong, head of analysis at KRA Group in Kuala Lumpur.

“[It] will probably be his important defence. There’s such feeling towards him. One would not know what else he might say. As a result of this factor was so opaque, so mysterious.”

‘Banking secrets and techniques’

The previous prime minister – who twice threatened to stroll out of the interview – insisted the $681m present in his private checking account was a present from a Saudi prince, and he couldn’t hint the supply of any of the cash as a result of he “didn’t have entry to banking secrets and techniques”.

Investigators say that cash, which was deposited into the account simply earlier than the 2013 election, was given to politicians and lined procuring sprees and bank card payments.

1MDB is below investigation in no less than six international locations together with Singapore, Switzerland and the USA. 

The US Division of Justice has mentioned greater than $four.5bn was stolen by high-level Malaysian officers and their associates.

Najib insisted he did not intentionally shut down the Malaysian investigation by abruptly changing the nation’s attorney-general in 2015, and firing ministers who questioned what was happening on the fund.

“I reject that absolutely as a result of I’m on file,” he advised 101 East. “I am on file to say that anybody who has executed one thing fallacious might be held accountable. Nobody is above the legislation.”

‘Creating worth’

1MDB was established as a sovereign fund in 2009 with the assistance of a now-infamous financier generally often known as Jho Low.

Najib mentioned he noticed Low’s position within the fund as “creating worth”.

Malaysia has ‘nearly excellent case’ towards ex-PM Najib Razak

Investigators allege big sums of cash had been siphoned out of the fund by means of an online of offshore financial institution accounts serving to party-loving Low stay a lifetime of luxurious with a non-public jet, a $260m ocean-going yacht, and luxurious houses in New York Metropolis and Los Angeles.

They are saying 1MDB cash additionally helped fund the Leonardo di Caprio film Wolf of Wall Avenue, which was produced by Najib’s stepson and banned in Malaysia.

In June, Malaysian police seized bundles of money, designer purses, and jewelry in raids on a sequence of Najib’s properties across the capital.

It took three days, six cash-counting machines, and 22 officers from the central financial institution so as to add up the cash discovered on the premises, Amar Singh, head of the industrial crime division, advised reporters on the time.

The money totalled $28.9m in 26 completely different currencies, together with the Malaysian ringgit.

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Lies of Omission

it’s a lot of responsibility, granted

New York Times, “Norway Is No. 1 in Happiness. The U.S., Sadly, Is No. 14.” Note that the Times is careful to say that they are “sad” about these results. That’s how they show that they are objective.

I.

This nonsense concerns the 2017 World Happiness Report, written by a bunch of PhD golems doing part-time for the United Nations. Let’s go straight to the conclusion.

“The country is mired in a roiling social crisis that is getting worse,” [Dr. Jeffrey Sachs] wrote in [the concluding] chapter dedicated to America’s flagging happiness. “Yet the dominant political discourse is all about raising the rate of economic growth.”

To fix that social fraying, Dr. Sachs argues policy makers should work toward campaign finance reform, reducing income and wealth inequality, improving social relations between native-born and immigrant populations, overcoming the national culture of fear induced by the Sept. 11 attacks, and improving the educational system.

Right away, you should be skeptical. The survey (Gallup World Poll) from which this report draws its conclusions did not ask about September 11. It did not ask about campaign finance reform. It did not ask about the educational system. For comparison across nations, the report used one question to measure happiness:

“Please imagine a ladder, with steps numbered from 0 at the bottom to 10 at the top. The top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder would you say you personally feel you stand at this time?”

And then tried to explain this score via “happiness predictors”: GDP, life expectancy,

“If you were in trouble, do you have relatives or friends you can count on to help you whenever you need them, or not?” (Yes/No; “Social support”)

“Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with your freedom to choose what you do with your life?” (Yes/No; “Freedom”)

“Have you donated money to a charity in the past month?” (Yes/No; “Generosity”)

“Is corruption widespread throughout the government or not?” and “Is corruption widespread within businesses or not?” (Yes/No; “Corruption”)

That’s it. One might suggest that yes/no questions of this sort are subject to some degree of cultural interpretation. One might argue that using a single question to measure “freedom” or “social support” would earn an F minus in frat boy hangover Sociology 101. One might muse that some of these terms are broad enough to encompass several dozen overlapping variables, giving them little if any explanatory power. One might claim that the “happiness” question does not measure day to day happiness at all, but rather a peculiar sort of satisfaction / imagination (my life may be quite pleasant, but since I can imagine life as a “crunked out” Soundcloud rapper, 6/10).

Even if the methodology was pristine, however—and there probably is some signal beneath the tinnitus—Dr. Sachs’ conclusions are inexcusable. His ideas may be correct, they may be disastrous, but nothing in the data even remotely supports them. Indeed, he almost directly contradicts the prior chapters, which argue for the primacy of social factors over economic ones. Chapter five:

...Eliminating poverty in the USA reduces misery by 1.7% points, unemployment by 0.3% and physical illness by 0.5% out of the total 5.6% in misery. Taken together, those three factors barely make as much difference as mental illness on its own.

Dr. Sachs admits this:

America’s crisis is, in short, a social crisis, not an economic crisis. 

Then follows with:

The first priority should be campaign finance reform, especially to undo the terrible damage caused by the Citizens United decision. The second should be a set of policies aiming at reducing income and wealth inequality. This would include an expanded social safety net, wealth taxes, and greater public financing of...

The disconnect is so sharp that I have to wonder if Dr. Sachs got sick of writing and decided to plagiarize Wikipedia. I sympathize. I’m just not sure if you should be doing that sort of thing when you work for the United Nations.

II.

Despite all this, the World Happiness Report is not political propaganda. Like most bureaucratic documents, it is self-propaganda. Opening paragraph:

The first World Happiness Report was published in April, 2012, in support of the UN High Level Meeting on happiness and well-being. Since then we have come a long way. Happiness is increasingly considered the proper measure of social progress and the goal of public policy...

The authors of the report want to persuade you that happiness (as they measure it) is the correct measure of social progress. Two of the lead authors have published books about Happiness Science, the third is Dr. Sachs. The political conclusion is clickbait, a spoonful of stevia to help the methodology go down. That’s why the chapter on China ends with:

If the objective of policy is to improve people’s well-being, then [Subjective Wellbeing] is a more meaningful measure than GDP, as China’s experience attests.

And chapter 6, on work:

Generally, the analyses reported in this chapter provide additional empirical evidence for the merit of policies that focus on both the quantity and the quality of employment to support worldwide wellbeing.

So if you’re wondering why this report needs to be repeated every year, so the same people can say the same things and the New York Times can host,

“The libertarian argument that economic freedom should be championed above all other values decisively fails the happiness test: There is no evidence that economic freedom per se is a major direct contributor of human well-being above and beyond what it might contribute towards per-capita income and employment,” Dr. Sachs wrote.

the answer is, it doesn’t, it gets printed, admired, and tossed in a recycling bin. At best, the report exists to be pointed at, like a highlight of a college application brochure: “We’re not just looking at GDP—we’re looking at happiness.” At worst, it exists because the guy who’s always giving unsolicited back rubs said it should. Good luck cutting the program that investigates well-being.

The big acronyms (WHO, UN, OECD) command a Pope-like respect that your local school board does not. This is because you forget that organizations are made up of people. The elementary particle of corruption is the human being.

“Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them.”

“In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.” (Michael Crichton)

III.

One more punchline. Here’s the table that appears in the Times. 

Here’s an excerpt from the same table within the actual report:

I had no idea what being 14th looked like; turns out, not too bad. America’s score of 6.993 appears nowhere in the Times article (or rest of the report). We’re 93% as happy as Norway; we’re better than Germany (16), UK (19), France (31), Spain (34), Italy (48), and Japan (51). How’s your socialized medicine now, suckers? (jk, jk.)

In summary: a specious dataset gives rise to a redundant report with radically disconnected conclusions, the worst of which are picked up by a major media outlet, which excludes any part of the dataset that would compromise the message of societal ruin.

And yet not one point is demonstrably false. There are lies of omission, true. Leaps of logic. There may even have been an intent to deceive. But it’s not like it’s “fake news” or anything. That’s for the other team.

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Why The Actor Who Plays The Mandalorian Looks So Familiar

Why The Actor Who Plays The Mandalorian Looks So Familiar

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On the Season 1 finale of The Mandalorian, our reluctant hero and newest Star Wars icon took enough of a tumble to necessitate removing his helmet and giving us a look at his bloody, battered visage. Here’s why Pedro Pascal, the actor under the helmet, looks so familiar.

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McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof involvements and attempts at supplanting the democratic systems and networks with totalitarian regimes, by McCalla, Christine Ann

From: McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof

To: Interpol and all variations thereof

Re: McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof involvements and attempts at supplanting the democratic systems and networks with totalitarian regimes

Date: January 31, 2018

On January 30, 2018, McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations were jeered OPENLY AND BY UNKNOWN PERSONS via amplifiers that she was stole a published authors credit, she was a thief, and that she was a prostitute. Additionally, other parties had joined in the melee including one party who had visited her shelter the night before in a party distributing items to the residents including cans of coke as well as makeups. Subsequent to the jeering of the stolen credit, one of the party, a male, joined in and continued to refer to McCalla as a prostitute. McCalla had only seen this person the night of the distribution. Additionally, numerous law enforcement agents began making allegations they have paid substantial sums to murder McCalla as they had been told McCalla had committed infringements and this made it easier to dispose of her as she is now corrupt. The infringement in question was committed by Christopher Brandmeir, doctoral professor of DBA 7000 DBA 7000 Doctoral Student Orientation at Columbia Southern University (CSU), the university at which McCalla is now completing her 8th day regarding Week 1’s assignment, a reflection paper. The infringement in question was the following reference presented by CSU’s syllabus for Week 1’s coursework, AL KHATIB, A. S. (2014). TIME MANAGEMENT AND ITS RELATION TO STUDENTS' STRESS, GENDER AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG SAMPLE OF STUDENTS AT AL AIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, UAE. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND SOCIAL RESEARCH, 4(5), 47–58. RETRIEVED FROM HTTPS://THEJOURNALOFBUSINESS.ORG/INDEX.PHP/SITE/ARTICLE/VIEW/498. Brandmeir corrected the reference to KHATIB, A. S. (2014). TIME MANAGEMENT AND ITS RELATION TO STUDENTS' STRESS, GENDER AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG SAMPLE OF STUDENTS AT AL AIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, UAE. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND SOCIAL RESEARCH, 4(5), 47-58. DOI: HTTP://DX.DOI.ORG/10.18533/IJBSR.V4I5.498. As a result, the middle east congregated including Syria, Israel, and other nations supporting the now disenfranchised Khatib who now has significant and substantial anticompetition and antitrust issues against him, in that a recognized and published author AL KHATIB, A. S. (2014), is now devoid of credit. Should opportunities and competition require that AL KHATIB, A. S. (2014) present proof of publishing intellectual products, Christopher Brandmeir, Doctor of Business Administration of Columbia Southern University has and facilitated TIME MANAGEMENT AND ITS RELATION TO STUDENTS' STRESS, GENDER AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG SAMPLE OF STUDENTS AT AL AIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, UAE. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND SOCIAL RESEARCH, 4(5), 47-58. DOI: HTTP://DX.DOI.ORG/10.18533/IJBSR.V4I5.498 as belonging to KHATIB, A. S. (2014). McCalla received communication including in the form of faculty feedback from Brandmeir her work was remedial, and her initial of 60.5% eventually changed to 0% with directions to rewrite her paper due February 12, 2018 with McCalla misinterpreting her communications from Integrity Specialist as being 0% penalty. McCalla intends to comply regardless. Furthermore, McCalla has filed numerous communications with Interpol and all variations thereof in this regard, including allegations of payments for rigged grading, allegations of illegal and nonenglish speaking immigrants grading her paper, and now McCalla is asserting that numerous students within the class allegedly paid for input as to how the papers were graded. This crime was subsequently escalated to allegations that McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations put democracy out of the United States of America in her democracy and all variations thereof, wherein she put the President out of office and put democracy out of the USA. This allegation also includes multiple nations including Venezuela, Israel, Arabia and other nations in which the USA was to become a totalitarian regime to the benefit of Arabs and other denizenry. The use of Brandmeir and CSU as a tool of use was a compensated event and extends to corporate including crimes of vice and other violent criminalities. These crimes violate statutes, 8 U.S. Code § 1442 - Alien enemies, 8 USCS § 1155  § 1155.  Revocation of approval of petitions; effective date, 8 USCS § 1202  § 1202.  Application for visas, 8 USCS § 1751  § 1751.  Study of the feasibility of a North American National Security Program, 8 USCS § 1772  § 1772.  International cooperation, 8 USCS § 1778  § 1778.  Vulnerability and threat assessment, 15 U.S. Code § 1 - Trusts, etc., in restraint of trade illegal; penalty, 15 USCS § 2, § 2.  Monopolization; penalty, 15 USCS § 6a, § 6a.  Conduct involving trade or commerce with foreign nations, 15 USCS § 15, § 15.  Suits by persons injured, 15 USCS § 1536  § 1536.  Fraudulent use of Made in America labels prohibited, 17 U.S. Code § 1201 - Circumvention of copyright protection systems, 17 USCS § 201  § 201.  Ownership of copyright, 17 USCS § 202  § 202.  Ownership of copyright as distinct from ownership of material object, 17 USCS § 204  § 204.  Execution of transfers of copyright ownership, 17 USCS § 1201  § 1201.  Circumvention of copyright protection systems,  17 USCS § 1301  § 1301.  Designs protected, 17 USCS § 1309  § 1309.  Infringement protected designs, 18 U.S. Code § 521 - Criminal street gangs, 18 USCS § 201  § 201.  Bribery of public officials and witnesses , 18 USCS § 229  § 229.  Prohibited activities, 18 USCS § 1545  § 1545.  Safe conduct violation, 18 USCS § 1962 prohibited activities, 18 USCS § 2101  § 2101.  Riots, 19 CFR 205.6 - Investigations under section 301(e)(3) of the Trade Act of 1974, U.S. Constitution 19th Amendment as well as the the US Constitution as a whole, 20 U.S. Code § 3401 - Congressional findings, 28 USCS § 1407  § 1407.  Multidistrict litigation,  28 USCS § 1602  § 1602.  Findings and declaration of purpose,  28 USCS § 1654  § 1654.  Appearance personally or by counsel, 29 CFR 18.87    § 18.87 Standards of conduct, 32 CFR 935.69 - Qualifications and admission to practice, 34 U.S. Code § 50101 - Application for assistance, 34 USCS prec § 10101  Preceding § 10101, 42 USCS § 1981, § 1981.  Equal rights under the law, 42 USCS § 2000a-5  § 2000a-5.  Civil actions by the Attorney General,  42 USCS § 11360  § 11360.  Definitions, 42 USCS § 11381  § 11381.  Purposes, 50 U.S. Code War and Defense, 50 USCS § 23  § 23.  Jurisdiction of United States courts and judges, Act of state doctrine, Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, Geneva Conventions, 50 U.S. Code Chapter 4 - ESPIONAGE, Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, de facto officer doctrine, economic duress, Fruit of the Poisonous Tree doctrine, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Letter of marque and reprisal, Parens patriae, Respondeat superior, Rules for Judicial-Conduct and Judicial-Disability Proceedings, The Constitution of the United States of America, Title of Nobility Clause / emoluments clause, United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, USCS Const. Art. II, § 4  Sec. 4.  Removal from office, 5 USCS § 101 § 101. Executive departments, 20 USCS § 3401 § 3401. Congressional findings,  28 USCS § 632  § 632.  Character of service,  Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 4 USCS § 102  § 102.  Same; by whom administered, and 5 USCS § 306  § 306.  Agency strategic plans, 2 U.S. Code § 1601 - Findings, 2 U.S. Code Chapter 8 - FEDERAL CORRUPT PRACTICES, 3 U.S. Code § 302 - Scope of delegation of functions, 3 U.S. Code § 302 - Scope of delegation of functions, TITLE 6 - DOMESTIC SECURITY, TITLE 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY, TITLE 4 - FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES, TITLE 11 - BANKRUPTCY, TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE, TITLE 17 - COPYRIGHTS, TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, TITLE 20 - EDUCATION, TITLE 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE, TITLE 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE, TITLE 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, TITLE 35 - PATENTS, TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS, TITLE 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS, TITLE 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, TITLE 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TITLE 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS, TITLE 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE, and TITLE 52 - VOTING AND ELECTIONS, set eternally, transferable and attached, et al.

Furthermore, there are now allegations of McCalla being a moocher and wanting to live for nothing although it was alleged the US government whom McCalla has sued and re-sued for the infringement of her education Master of Business Administration, Master of Science, Financial Management and Information Systems, Bachelor of Science, Accounting, and Associate’s degree, Business Administration. Also infringed upon are McCalla’s vocational training Certified Business Management Expert, Certified Associate Human Resource, Certified Business Development Expert, Introduction to Paralegal Studies, Wow, What A Great Event, and High Speed Project Management. Furthermore, McCalla’s resume` has modified and sold to numerous persons in need of skills development and devoid of experience to complete an application. The government including Department of Education, Department of Defense and Meridian and associates (whom it is alleged Brandmeir is associated with), Department of Commerce, Department of Justice including DEA and CIA, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health, Department of Energy, the US Congress, Various State senates, US Senate, and other member of the US Cabinet, their associates and affiliates, have accused McCalla of selling her extensive credentials for public / government assistance including food stamps, section 8 housing and a job. Also included were demands by the Cabinet for mass prostitution to obtain jobs for them and their international affiliations including CDC where McCalla was expect to “fuck if she ever wanted anything or to get a job”. There were also allegations of which McCalla sued for Department of Defense’s allegations of “intimidation of the United States of America”. It is also alleged that McCalla must prostitute with the US Cabinet including President Obama for documents validating her claim to the title of Barony. McCalla was intimidated by the Department of Education and its associates and affiliates including Northcentral University in which her stipends used to keep away her substantial impoverishment given her equal accolades and accomplishments seemed best kept for the use of domestic servitude / domestic servants often referred to as walking about in their platform shoes, pointing to them saying this is my MBA and this my CPA. Furthermore, alleged people have appeared in wedding dresses using the name McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations for job interviews, job prospects, sales prospects, international venues including embassies, secure vaults including allegations of Interpol and banks. Now the new jeers are in regards to the sacrifice made by the US denizenry as trade to acquire the US Presidency. It is also alleged that the sale of the democracy was for money as well as rescue and refuge by a new president. There has also been substantial torture to McCalla including the use of her vocal tones to announce / as gospel porn where her voice is used in the throes of ecstacy, where lights and other weapons of mass destruction are turned on her as spectacle and weapons testing. There were also direct altercations with arabs in Pennsylvania where she threatened with gang warfare, to be toxed, gassed, stabbed, put to sleep and murdered as she was homeless and slept in bus stops, metro stations, homeless day programs, and parks. There were altercations where it appeared persons standing with / in portals, threatened to bomb McCalla. McCalla said “tic, tic, tic” and there were extremely loud roars and serpentine creatures resembling anacondas appeared destroying the community the person was in. There were also the allegations of Northcentral University and their personnel including Boche, Hamernick, and others who paid for McCalla’s homeless through the use of promiscuity through orgies as well as accused her of giving them AIDS/HIV and of McCalla having syphilis. There were also allegations of these personnel threatening to pay to put McCalla out of the shelters in which she resided as well as put people to harass McCalla including an alleged reknown suicide bomber who ended speaking publicly and in front of unknown number of persons to kill McCalla, who was sleeping at Rockville metro station at the time being homeless. McCalla was also alleged “bombed by a bomber while being at Montgomery College” who sat at a workstation next her. McCalla acknowledges observing some sort of colored smoke / fume and McCalla said, this is the bomb. I must cough on it, and she coughed. It changed shaped to some round wire-like device that was white and remained on McCalla’s workstation. The alleged bomber left with this object on her rolling briefcase, clipped on pen-like. McCalla left unharmed. There was also the entice grant of $2000 for which McCalla has not qualified due to her late entrance for which McCalla eventual placing some lien or forced garnishment to the IRS to collect resulting in her stipends being raised from approximately $132 to $281, and alleged threats to reduce to $11 as McCalla is impoverished and without the stipends she must be forced to prostitute. There was also the allegations and constant references to McCalla’s abortion paid for 23 year ago by her enrollment specialist Adam who would have been alleged 7 years old at the time. It is also alleged that McCalla’s patent list was released internationally resulting in an encounter in which a Pennsylvania officer told McCalla, homeless and spending time at the metro for warmth, get outta here, get outta here. McCalla fled Pennsylvania immediately via Greyhound to Cleveland, where she fell asleep in a mall and was told by security to officer to leave. It is alleged at the time this was because McCalla is a white supremacist, she believed in white people, and wanted people everywhere. McCalla was shown some imagery she believes to be weaponry technology, a man arriving with a car opening his arms to her. McCalla became inflamed and thought if ever such a person should approach her, she would beat him. This was never her reality. It was later alleged that this action paid for by US alien enemies and illegal immigrants. Furthermore allegations by the East and African nations of prostitution and paying for her education. There are also new allegations of McCalla’s education consisting of honorary degrees. Now it seems McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof is being blamed and held responsible for the failures of aspiration of the US presidency given she has filed for writ through Interpol in which criminals, illegal, the illiterate, the uneducation, and uncredentialed cannot ascend the presidency or other public office. McCalla has also filed for writ in which treason to the United States of America in her democracy and all variations thereof is punishable by death and separation by writ to United States of America in her democracy and all variations thereof and her accomplishments, in some case including government assistance and benefits. Furthermore, McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof has filed the writ of mandamus, for investments in the middle east to prevent violence, erosion of the economy, violation of economic sanctity and national security, the establishment of embargos and bans to middle eastern nations, filed numerous writs of intellectual property portfolio including establishing United States of America in her democracy and all variations thereof governance infrastructure including the establishment of treasuries and treasuries mechanisms including the certificate of divestiture, receiverships to the United States of America in her democracy and all variations thereof, Syria, Kuwait, and Egypt, prevention of the change of curricula within the United States of America in her democracy and all variations thereof and her academic systems including the age of entry for primary education, for prevention of sale of the United States of America in her democracy and all variations as a whole or fractions thereof through statute 48 USCS § 1489  § 1489.  Loss of title of United States to lands in territories through adverse possession or prescription forbidden, and for deployment of artificial intelligence as a law enforcement measure within the United States of America in her democracy and all variations thereof, Europe, Middle East, and Africa by priority level. There seems to be a general lack of appreciation for the legitimately acquired education of McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof, her talents and skills, her ability to retain ownership of her name as a brand and intellectual property portfolio  which she can now explain with Brandmeir’s email dated SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2018, 2:23:23 PM CST, THE WORK IS NOT WHOLLY COPYRIGHTED WHEN YOU SUBMIT IT TO THE PROFESSOR FOR GRADING AND REVIEW. The problem is I am doctoral student with a total of 15 credit hours previously in a program where 54-57 hours were required for conferral, Northcentral. I ejected from the university due to demand Hamernick’s demand to enroll with private funds alleged approved by Department of Education with FAFSA approved student loan availability of approximately $42,000. This ejected resulted in filings to Interpol of proof of ejection, proof of university’s uncorporation including denial of completion of credit (Statistics I) resulting in copyrighting by student. Based on the comments made by Kouassi, current professor, James Ready, Brandmeir, and Julianne Klein, I possess substantial deficiencies and have no chance of making it through the program. The most I can do is complete semester 2. Her prediction may be right if Brandmeir has not managed to murder with his deposition of the democracy of the United States of America in her democracy and all variations thereof and his gifts of / deprivation of intellectual credit of middle eastern published authors. Remains to be seen, set eternally, transferable and attached, et al.

  USCS Const. Art. II, § 4  Sec. 4.  Removal from office was the statute used to remove former President Trump from office filed through https://www.interpol.int/Forms/Contact_INTERPOL previously without any further personal intervention by McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof, set eternally, transferable and attached, et al.     

As a result of the deposition of the democracy of the United States of America in her democracy and all variations thereof, facts must be made public. Those creating these implications are illegal immigrants and alien enemies, engaging in hostile alien enterprises including infringement, murder, impersonations, fraudulent and force incarcerations including those of a physical and mental hygiene nature, slavery, slave trading, and human trafficking. Furthermore, had their public service record been stellar and engaging, another person’s life, mine - McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof, would not be so easily subject to slandery, emoluments, infringements including that of an intellectual property nature, and murder. McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof has been denied in truth, all appearance, and in fact, her rights, in entirety, and including as described by The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as, Part I. Article 1. 1. All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. 2. All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources without prejudice to any obligations arising out of international economic co-operation, based upon the principle of mutual benefit, and international law. In no case may a people be deprived of its own means of subsistence. 3. The States Parties to the present Covenant, including those having responsibility for the administration of Non-Self-Governing and Trust Territories, shall promote the realization of the right of self-determination, and shall respect that right, in conformity with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations. Part II. Article 2. 1. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to respect and to ensure to all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognized in the present Covenant, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. 2. Where not already provided for by existing legislative or other measures, each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to take the necessary steps, in accordance with its constitutional processes and with the provisions of the present Covenant, to adopt such laws or other measures as may be necessary to give effect to the rights recognized in the present Covenant. 3. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes: (a) To ensure that any person whose rights or freedoms as herein recognized are violated shall have an effective remedy, notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity; (b) To ensure that any person claiming such a remedy shall have his right thereto determined by competent judicial, administrative or legislative authorities, or by any other competent authority provided for by the legal system of the State, and to develop the possibilities of judicial remedy; (c) To ensure that the competent authorities shall enforce such remedies when granted. Article 3. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to ensure the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all civil and political rights set forth in the present Covenant. Article 4. 1. In time of public emergency which threatens the life of the nation and the existence of which is officially proclaimed, the States Parties to the present Covenant may take measures derogating from their obligations under the present Covenant to the extent strictly required by the exigencies of the situation, provided that such measures are not inconsistent with their other obligations under international law and do not involve discrimination solely on the ground of race, colour, sex, language, religion or social origin. 2. No derogation from articles 6, 7, 8 (paragraphs 1 and 2), 11, 15, 16 and 18 may be made under this provision. 3. Any State Party to the present Covenant availing itself of the right of derogation shall immediately inform the other States Parties to the present Covenant, through the intermediary of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, of the provisions from which it has derogated and of the reasons by which it was actuated. A further communication shall be made, through the same intermediary, on the date on which it terminates such derogation. Article 5. 1. Nothing in the present Covenant may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms recognized herein or at their limitation to a greater extent than is provided for in the present Covenant. 2. There shall be no restriction upon or derogation from any of the fundamental human rights recognized or existing in any State Party to the present Covenant pursuant to law, conventions, regulations or custom on the pretext that the present Covenant does not recognize such rights or that it recognizes them to a lesser extent. Part III. Article 6. 1. Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life. 2. In countries which have not abolished the death penalty, sentence of death may be imposed only for the most serious crimes in accordance with the law in force at the time of the commission of the crime and not contrary to the provisions of the present Covenant and to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This penalty can only be carried out pursuant to a final judgement rendered by a competent court. 4. Anyone sentenced to death shall have the right to seek pardon or commutation of the sentence. Amnesty, pardon or commutation of the sentence of death may be granted in all cases. 5. Sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons below eighteen years of age and shall not be carried out on pregnant women. 6. Nothing in this article shall be invoked to delay or to prevent the abolition of capital punishment by any State Party to the present Covenant. Article 7. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation. Article 8. 1. No one shall be held in slavery; slavery and the slave-trade in all their forms shall be prohibited. 2. No one shall be held in servitude. 3. (a) No one shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour; (b) Paragraph 3 (a) shall not be held to preclude, in countries where imprisonment with hard labour may be imposed as a punishment for a crime, the performance of hard labour in pursuance of a sentence to such punishment by a competent court; (c) For the purpose of this paragraph the term "forced or compulsory labour" shall not include: (i) Any work or service, not referred to in subparagraph (b), normally required of a person who is under detention in consequence of a lawful order of a court, or of a person during conditional release from such detention; (ii) Any service of a military character and, in countries where conscientious objection is recognized, any national service required by law of conscientious objectors; (iii) Any service exacted in cases of emergency or calamity threatening the life or well-being of the community; (iv) Any work or service which forms part of normal civil obligations. Article 9. 1. Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention. No one shall be deprived of his liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedure as are established by law. 2. Anyone who is arrested shall be informed, at the time of arrest, of the reasons for his arrest and shall be promptly informed of any charges against him. 3. Anyone arrested or detained on a criminal charge shall be brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power and shall be entitled to trial within a reasonable time or to release. It shall not be the general rule that persons awaiting trial shall be detained in custody, but release may be subject to guarantees to appear for trial, at any other stage of the judicial proceedings, and, should occasion arise, for execution of the judgement. 4. Anyone who is deprived of his liberty by arrest or detention shall be entitled to take proceedings before a court, in order that court may decide without delay on the lawfulness of his detention and order his release if the detention is not lawful. 5. Anyone who has been the victim of unlawful arrest or detention shall have an enforceable right to compensation. Article 10. 1. All persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person.  2. (a) Accused persons shall, save in exceptional circumstances, be segregated from convicted persons and shall be subject to separate treatment appropriate to their status as unconvicted persons; (b) Accused juvenile persons shall be separated from adults and brought as speedily as possible for adjudication. 3. The penitentiary system shall comprise treatment of prisoners the essential aim of which shall be their reformation and social rehabilitation. Juvenile offenders shall be segregated from adults and be accorded treatment appropriate to their age and legal status. Article 11. No one shall be imprisoned merely on the ground of inability to fulfil a contractual obligation. Article 12. 1. Everyone lawfully within the territory of a State shall, within that territory, have the right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose his residence. 2. Everyone shall be free to leave any country, including his own. 3. The above-mentioned rights shall not be subject to any restrictions except those which are provided by law, are necessary to protect national security, public order (ordre public), public health or morals or the rights and freedoms of others, and are consistent with the other rights recognized in the present Covenant. 4. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter his own country. Article 13. Article 13. An alien lawfully in the territory of a State Party to the present Covenant may be expelled therefrom only in pursuance of a decision reached in accordance with law and shall, except where compelling reasons of national security otherwise require, be allowed to submit the reasons against his expulsion and to have his case reviewed by, and be represented for the purpose before, the competent authority or a person or persons especially designated by the competent authority. Article 14. 1. All persons shall be equal before the courts and tribunals. In the determination of any criminal charge against him, or of his rights and obligations in a suit at law, everyone shall be entitled to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established by law. The press and the public may be excluded from all or part of a trial for reasons of morals, public order (ordre public) or national security in a democratic society, or when the interest of the private lives of the parties so requires, or to the extent strictly necessary in the opinion of the court in special circumstances where publicity would prejudice the interests of justice; but any judgement rendered in a criminal case or in a suit at law shall be made public except where the interest of juvenile persons otherwise requires or the proceedings concern matrimonial disputes or the guardianship of children. 2. Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall have the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law. 3. In the determination of any criminal charge against him, everyone shall be entitled to the following minimum guarantees, in full equality: (a) To be informed promptly and in detail in a language which he understands of the nature and cause of the charge against him; (b) To have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of his defence and to communicate with counsel of his own choosing; (c) To be tried without undue delay; (d) To be tried in his presence, and to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choosing; to be informed, if he does not have legal assistance, of this right; and to have legal assistance assigned to him, in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment by him in any such case if he does not have sufficient means to pay for it; (e) To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him; (f) To have the free assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand or speak the language used in court; (g) Not to be compelled to testify against himself or to confess guilt. 4. In the case of juvenile persons, the procedure shall be such as will take account of their age and the desirability of promoting their rehabilitation. 5. Everyone convicted of a crime shall have the right to his conviction and sentence being reviewed by a higher tribunal according to law. 6. When a person has by a final decision been convicted of a criminal offence and when subsequently his conviction has been reversed or he has been pardoned on the ground that a new or newly discovered fact shows conclusively that there has been a miscarriage of justice, the person who has suffered punishment as a result of such conviction shall be compensated according to law, unless it is proved that the non-disclosure of the unknown fact in time is wholly or partly attributable to him. 7. No one shall be liable to be tried or punished again for an offence for which he has already been finally convicted or acquitted in accordance with the law and penal procedure of each country. Article 15. 1. No one shall be held guilty of any criminal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a criminal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time when the criminal offence was committed. If, subsequent to the commission of the offence, provision is made by law for the imposition of the lighter penalty, the offender shall benefit thereby. 2. Nothing in this article shall prejudice the trial and punishment of any person for any act or omission which, at the time when it was committed, was criminal according to the general principles of law recognized by the community of nations. Article 16. Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. Article 17. 1. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation. 2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. Article 18. 1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching. 2. No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice. 3. Freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others. 4. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents and, when applicable, legal guardians to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions. Article 19. 1. Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference. 2. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice. 3. The exercise of the rights provided for in paragraph 2 of this article carries with it special duties and responsibilities. It may therefore be subject to certain restrictions, but these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary: (a) For respect of the rights or reputations of others; (b) For the protection of national security or of public order (ordre public), or of public health or morals. Article 20. 1. Any propaganda for war shall be prohibited by law. 2. Any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law. Article 21. The right of peaceful assembly shall be recognized. No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of this right other than those imposed in conformity with the law and which are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, public order (ordre public), the protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. Article 22. 1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of association with others, including the right to form and join trade unions for the protection of his interests. 2. No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of this right other than those which are prescribed by law and which are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, public order (ordre public), the protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. This article shall not prevent the imposition of lawful restrictions on members of the armed forces and of the police in their exercise of this right. 3. Nothing in this article shall authorize States Parties to the International Labour Organization Convention of 1948 concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize to take legislative measures which would prejudice, or to apply the law in such a manner as to prejudice, the guarantees provided for in that Convention. Article 23. 1. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. 2. The right of men and women of marriageable age to marry and to found a family shall be recognized. 3. No marriage shall be entered into without the free and full consent of the intending spouses. 4. States Parties to the present Covenant shall take appropriate steps to ensure equality of rights and responsibilities of spouses as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. In the case of dissolution, provision shall be made for the necessary protection of any children. Article 24. 1. Every child shall have, without any discrimination as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, national or social origin, property or birth, the right to such measures of protection as are required by his status as a minor, on the part of his family, society and the State. 2. Every child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have a name. 3. Every child has the right to acquire a nationality. Article 25. Every citizen shall have the right and the opportunity, without any of the distinctions mentioned in article 2 and without unreasonable restrictions: (a) To take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives; (b) To vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors; (c) To have access, on general terms of equality, to public service in his country. Article 26. All persons are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to the equal protection of the law. In this respect, the law shall prohibit any discrimination and guarantee to all persons equal and effective protection against discrimination on any ground such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Article 27. In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right, in community with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practice their own religion, or to use their own language. Part V. Article 46. Nothing in the present Covenant shall be interpreted as impairing the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and of the constitutions of the specialized agencies which define the respective responsibilities of the various organs of the United Nations and of the specialized agencies in regard to the matters dealt with in the present Covenant, set eternally, transferable and attached, et al. Article 47. Nothing in the present Covenant shall be interpreted as impairing the inherent right of all peoples to enjoy and utilize fully and freely their natural wealth and resources, set eternally, transferable and attached, et al.  

Writ of discovery, full disclosure, and transparency in regards to the personnel and parties alleging McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof of deposing the democracy of the United States of America in her democracy and all variations thereof, based on the violations of the statutes as presented, set eternally, transferable and attached, et al

Writ of discovery, full disclosure, and transparency in regards to the personnel and parties alleging McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof of deposing the democracy of the United States of America in her democracy and all variations thereof, or running / seeking election of the Presidency or other public office of the governance / government of the United States of America in her democracy and all variations thereof, infringing upon McCalla, Christine Ann and all variations thereof’s life, safety, welfare, credentials, accomplishments, accolades, and judicial, judiciary, and legislative records and actions, based on the violations of the statutes as presented, set eternally, transferable and attached, et al

Writ of mandate and mandated preservation, implementation, and execution of the rights of all denizenry, including illegal alien, alien enemy, hostile alien enterprise, in an international capacity and as set forth judicially, judiciarily, and legislatively, including in entirety, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and all variants and variations thereof, USCS Jud. Con. And Disab. Proc. 5 and all variants and variations thereof, United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and all variants and variations thereof, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and all variants and variations thereof, 10 USCS § 401 § 401. Humanitarian and civic assistance provided in conjunction with military operations and all variants and variations thereof, 50 USCS § 82 § 82. Procurement of ships and material during war and all variants and variations thereof, Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions and all variants and variations thereof, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and all variants and variations thereof, Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 / War Powers Clause and all variants and variations, Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters and all variants and variations thereof, Fruit of the Poisonous Tree doctrine and all variants and variations thereof, letter of marque and reprisal / lettre de marque / lettre de course and all variants and variations thereof, set eternally, transferable and attached, et al.

[mariateachesthings-blog]

SAINTHOOD 101

GOSPELS!

LUKE!

Luke 6:

{still dealing with the figure of speech “many and’s” each part need to be thought through on it’s own most as a mass like a clump of grapes.}

And 

it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; 

and 

his disciples plucked the ears of corn, 

and 

did eat, rubbing them in their hands. 

2 And 

certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? 

3 And 

Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, 

and they which were with him; 4 how he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, 

and 

gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone? 

5 And 

he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

{ Every divides the word but do they rightly divide it? Jesus Christ did. It is possible when one uses the keys to rightly dividing the word. II Tim. 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” We need to study diligently the Word of GOD to rightly divide it and never ever never ever never ever give our own private interpretation/P.I.(poison ivy) II Peter 1:20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.}

{Here are 2 cases of religious leaders who wrongly divided the Word of GOD. above and below.}

6 And 

it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue 

and 

taught: 

and 

there was a man whose right hand was withered. 

7 And 

the scribes 

and 

Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. 8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth. 9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? 

10 And 

looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. 

And 

he did so: 

and 

his hand was restored whole as the other. 

11 And 

they were filled with madness; 

and 

communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.

{I see this madness today on fb about the President of the USA. So I can understand this verse better.}

When we wrongly divide the Word of GOD we do not have the Word of GOD. So lets rightly divide it and rightly apply it to all thing in life. II Peter 1:3 according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.}

GOD BLESS!

[krisrampersad]

Where The Air Is Rare. Surmounting the Odds A year in the life of... The incredible year that was 2018 in Review

Woman of the Year 2018

In all of this, there is only one most obvious choice for Woman of  the Year. Ma. 

More below.  

Recapping 2018: Emerging from Natural and Manmade  Social, Cultural & Political Turmoil. Even as the political world grapples with the inadequacies of its democratic systems (Guyana, UK-Europe/Brexit; USA, and T&T goes into election mode - the list is long;) crumbling from the pressures of not just reconciling diverse interests and imbalances in access to resources, but greed, corruption and mismanagement; as the conventional media world continue to crumble with some notable icons of the reign of the printing press laid to rest; as conventional institutional systems cling to crumbling walls and structures made irrelevant by the virtual realm; when fake news, alternative facts and half truths grip reality, there are still core strengths, values and relationships that hold eternally true...

... In this incredible year - one which could have been most static, but which with the love, strength, support and encouragement of valued friends and wellwishers - became one that is most eventful, thanks to many remarkable men and women, some of whom are represented in this roadmap of actions targeting global and personal goals in efforts to end poverty, promote quality education and lifelong learning, thrive for gender equity, enhance cultural and social inclusion, environmental conservation that will allow for healthy lifestyles, clean air, water, oceans, sanitation, inclusive cities, partnerships.  It takes one plus many other ones, no matter what your circumstances and in the end, all global actions are first local.

Saying Farewell:

From the January farewell to former UWI Principal and President George Maxwell Richards who, with his wife, Dr Jean Ramjohn Rchards kept their doors and hearts open and lent unstiting endorsement and support to my literary, education and outreach endeavours towards what are personl drive to make our living spaces more amenable that at the same time speak to international goals and targets towards respect, inclusion, equity and empowerment with Quality Lifelong Education (SDG 4); decent work (SDG 8);  industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9), reduce inequalities (SDG 10)  sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11)  Peace Justice & Strong Institutions (SDG 16) and Global Partnerships SDG 17): Tea With Presidents https://goo.gl/ZHo31y

-the passing of oneof the best examples of defying mortal odds, Stephen Hawking in March with whom I had a strange encounter from my days at Cambridge University and thereafter and from which will strengthen efforts with a universal perspective towards Goal 3: Quality Healthy Lives and Promote Well Being; Climate Action, Clean Energy, air, Water & Sanitation:  My Collision with Stephen Hawkins: https://goo.gl/Fx47Ak

LiTTributes to Laureates Education, Lifelong Learning Inclusive ommunities securing legacies

-the not unexpected passing of Nobel Laureate Sir Vidia Naipaul in August  for whom the world is sadder if only it does not fully appreciate the injustices it has poured on one of the finest minds that has spanned the 20th and 21st centuries. The insights in offered into his work placed Demokrissy among the trending new of the global think tanks hungering for refreshing interpretations of our realities in the face of the reign of obtuse, biased and fake newsdom.  In his honour and for the passing previously of Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, we launch an initial Year of LiTTributes and are inviting partners and sponsors interested in exploring his under appreciated legacy in efforts to support  Quality Lifelong Education (SDG 4); decent work (SDG 8);  industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9), reduce inequalities (SDG 10)  sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11)  Peace Justice & Strong Institutions (SDG 16) and Global Partnerships (SDG 17); 

Year Long Tribute for Nobel Laureates. Expand global cultural connections To Partner email [email protected]

Like coochoor? The Funeral Scores musical and otherwise: For Sir Vidia Naipaul https://goo.gl/XjtMNs

Reflections Death of Sir Vidia S Naipaul https://goo.gl/o3xVTU

 - the unexpected and shocking September loss of the 'Magician' who was the wand weaver in my personal miracle and from which lookng onwards to 2019 will expand and launch new initiatives for Good Health and Well Being (SDG 3); Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6);Climate Action (SDG 13), Clean Air Healthy Oceans (SDG 14) and  Life on Land (SDG 15) for conservation, reduction in pollution and improvement of the quality of life in the world in which we live.

- Even as we celebrate the ascenion to office of the first female President, Paula Mae Weeks n March and Mia Mottley to the Prime Ministership of Barbados, the brutal slaying of fellow gender activist, a tragic end to te remarkable work of a national award holder, Haseena Ali, at her home that added to a list of gender brutality. It recalled, too, the murders of Claire Broadbridge, and Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal previously both of which are still stuck in the judicial system, and emphasis the ongoing need to strengthen efforts for Peace Justice & Strong Institutions (SDG 16), Gender Equality (SDG 5) Quality Lifelong Education (SDG 4); decent work (SDG 8);  industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9), reduce inequalities (SDG 10)  sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11) and Global Partnerships (SDG 17):  Murder and the Museum  http//goo.gl/FHs3Fr/ Woman in the mirror https://goo.gl/pvnX9d; Murder She Wrote: Death Written in Stone in Dana Seetahal Assassination Creating Centres of Peace in Trinidad and Tobago The Price of Independence:#DanaSeetahalAssassination

Crosssection Articles on Climate Action Environment Health Pollution Control, Natural Disaster Risk Preparedness

-the passing of several other cultural icons as in steelpan, Ellie Manette, Ken Professor Philmore, IndoCaribbean culture as classical singer Jameer Hosein, comedian John Agitation broadcster June Gonsalves, calypsonians Lord Superior and the Mighty Shadow who inspired, in the wake of the devastating October floods that inspired my Symphony of Snakess as a foreshadow and warning of indiscriminate housing, construction, pollution and state mismangement practices and for which Demokrissy raised awareness on the import ance of maintaining a healthy information flow in times of natural disasters with a view to impact Good Health and Well Being (SDG 3); Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6);Climate Action (SDG 13), Clean Air Healthy Oceans (SDG 14) and  Life on Land (SDG 15):

Dr Shadow’s Snakess Symphony: https://goo.gl/tB6WhE

As with the spurts from the mud volcano at Devil’s WoodYard in the wake of the Earthquake Aug 2018 https://goo.gl/myXCAQ

Disaster Risk Reduction & Management 101 Flood Relief here to Go How to Helphttps://goo.gl/4LkUMy

https://goo.gl/DMxAtB

Flood Disaster Trinidad: Plan your evacuation warnings issued https://goo.gl/PRpXhb

Rio Claro Through the Kristal Bowl

 And  to The CELEBRATIONS:

-Gender: Articulation of the national vision for women in lead offices with the inauguration of the first female President, Justice Paula Mae Weekes in March.

Changing the Conversation on Gender and Leadership https://goo.gl/GM4XpY

Gender Bender Mia Mottley takes political helm in Barbados https://goo.gl/xL3DEd  

Then there were efforts at promoting cultural inclusion, respect, understanding and appreciation of diversity, bridging intergenerational divide, elederly appreciation, engaging youth, empowering communities in keeping with  Quality Lifelong Education (SDG 4); decent work (SDG 8);  industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9), reduce inequalities (SDG 10)  sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11)  Peace Justice & Strong Institutions (SDG 16) and Global Partnerships (SDG 17). 

National Recognition Women underrepresented  says gold medalist Dr Kris Ramprsd

 I would meet President Weekes briefly in September as she pinned on the National Medal (Gold) for Development of Women in the spheres for Journalism/Development of Women and some light banter during the photo opp following on 'shoes that should not be hidden by our gowns" and take the opportunity to point out the ongoing levels of inequalities represented in the National Awards when facing the media that night. It is to bridge tis invisibility that I spearheaded several award schemes for not ust women, but media, literature, the arts and culture, having been so awarded myself. I hope to deepen this with relevant partnerships in the coming year.

 It is that responsibility to create a better space for others that all the women we have promoted to high office owe to our society, as in the election by Barbados of its first female Prime Minister in Mia Mottley following on the election of Portia Simpson in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago of Kamla Persad-Bissessar along those in leading political offices, in the Parliament, in the legal fraternity, in education, and elsewhere:  towards Gender equality (Goal 5) as well as Quality Lifelong Education (SDG 4); decent work (SDG 8);  industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9), reduce inequalities (SDG 10)  sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11)  Peace Justice & Strong Institutions (SDG 16) and Global Partnerships (SDG 17). The Walk of Excellence: a life in 60 seconds to receive the National Award for the Development of Women: https://goo.gl/wk4pBx ;

 https://goo.gl/SBPg7B

The real heroine of this moment for me remains my mother in whose honour I accepted as the potential of all women if afforded the opportunities she sacrified so we could excel. 

One moment in time: story of a storyteller extraordinaire: https://goo.gl/xn1XfC

 What My Mother told me: https://goo.gl/CxBJrr

We get strength and resolve from unexpected quarters when we most need it, and these came from several unexpected avenues both from the familiar and the unfamiliar. - This was spiced up and enhanced by 

The surprise and dramatic appearance of my infant ABC teacher, the spunky year old Octagenarian Miss Olive, at our exciting LiTTribute to ToronTTo series partly hosted by the Zoomers Association of Trinidad and Tobago in Toronto (ZATTIC) and one of my mid-career editors Raynier Maharaj and the Independent Newspaper and associates in effort to enhance.  Quality Lifelong Education (SDG 4); decent work (SDG 8);  industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9), reduce inequalities (SDG 10)  sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11)  Peace Justice & Strong Institutions (SDG 16) and Global Partnerships (SDG 17); Sharing the knowledge: Media in Transition

- an interview with Canadian-base Allattra TV for  its Universal Grain initiative. Peace Justice & Strong Institutions (SDG 16) and Global Partnerships (SDG 17); - Following the insights offered on the role of gender and leadersip in social change; as Newsday, one of the media institutions in whose founding I was involved, celebrated its 25th anniversary, I shared some reflections and insights on the role of media in social change and transformation at a time when the efforts at truth, solid and proactive journalism for social change is needed more than ever, even in the face of evooving roles of conventional media with the spirit of new media.

   - There too was another surprise encounter at an impromptu LiTTour where surfaced the sacred ground of Canada's First Peoples, still one of  Tronoto's best kept secret followed by intimate insights into the crumbling world of a centuries-old missionary endeavour in the face of evolving multiculturalism and appreciation of diversity and the profound blessings of Catholic Reverend Father Terry Gallagher, one of the few remaining priests of the aging Toronto Scarboro Missions. 

 sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11)  Peace Justice & Strong Institutions (SDG 16) and Global Partnerships (SDG 17);

Those experiences  would have made my year, but there was so much more. 

It was preceeded by the LiTTribute to the Americas towards awakening and deepening the consciousness of our intrinsic connections in the American diaspora on the vast potential of cultural heritage encounters to education and the creative industries. Here was the healing touch of another primary school teacher, Miss Marion whose incredible drive and optimism is the kind of  surfaced to link to the LiTTribute to the Americas with the Trinidad and Tobago diaspora where Kamal Abdool, Anglican Father Winston Joseph and  from the series that continues its journeying and will explore new cross cultural continental connections in the year ahead. sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11)  Peace Justice & Strong Institutions (SDG 16) and Global Partnerships (SDG 17)...It brings into sharp focus how our losses are the gains of others and what we are losing for national develoment when we push our best mentors and trainers out. 

-The vision for promoting the seamlessness on a cross cultural platform that bridge religious divides, and intergenerational gaps, fostering elderly appreciation, uniting diverse groups  through culture, where diversity sparks curiosity and interest and inquiry and understanding, rather than tear apart, could not have been better exemplified in this literary odyssey and we look forward to the new connections to be forged.

Discovering New Talent! Forays into Fiction & Music While trying to create and broaden opportunities in the creative sector and advancing creative synergies for young and old, I also stepped up efforts to release some of my own work, including fiction and others in a mixture of genres and exploring adaptations into new media forms and formats, more of which will be released this coming year.  

And so too I even discovered some of my own latent talents - and with the help of musicician maestro Randolph Karamath, I made an unexpected musical/steelpan debut, playing some old and enduring folk classical strains on one of the world's newest instruments, the steelpan - a crowning achievement of the year! Can't wait to find out what new talents will surface this year!   

A proud moment with Ma  at the launch of my first book

     In all of this, there is only one most obvious choice for Woman of  the Year.

 Ma.

Her own amazing journey as she enters her nonagenarian year. Nonagerian is the word for someone entering their nineties....and it seems apt as she seems non-aging in her sharp mind and incredible wit, while body displays its mortal limitations. She remains the spring and source of inspiration forwards as we look forward to further inroads in the literary journeys which promises to exapnd into deepening perspectives on connections Europe, Asia - India, China, Africa and Australia this coming year, while at home we still pound at the doors to open up our education and other systems to the vast vistas appreciation of our multicultural streams can.... To book an event or for enquiries email [email protected]

And this was all in a vvery slow year! Thank you all who have bouyed me, been my strength and support.  While most of these are public moments, there were many private one too, with family, friends and wellwishers who keep us keeping on. This is a year in the life of, a day, in which the unforgiving minute is filled with 60 plus seconds of distance walked, and run.    See video here recapping some of those incredible moments... and more to follow on the plans and resolutions in which you all have a role for 2019!

Here are some of the highlights of 2018 from Demokrissy: 

International Women's Day: Believe in Yourself:

Can women make a difference to the development landscape and if so how? How can she serve the needs of youth, reducing crime, creating avenues of access for women and girls... #PressforProgress #WealthOfWomen  See more https://goo.gl/KTu858 https://goo.gl/oCk1PB

A Celebration of Arrivals: 

literary genius through song music dance soca/calypso tassa and steelpan...  See more: https://goo.gl/ENz3GG

Extracts from my upcoming AutoBiography LIFE! HoleHeartedly! 

StephenHawking straddled science & fiction reflecting on our colliding cosmos, thought and an actual collision RIP 

...You might say I was, as he is, motor-challenged myself; 

I become aware that someone is looking at us. I turn. My attention is drawn to the twinkle in his eyes, ...The frail man nods again

... see more: https://goo.gl/ihvZv7

Women Power Leadership Inauguration of Trinidad and Tobago's

 First Female President Paula Mae Weekes

For developmental policy policy analyses email  see more: https://goo.gl/9qRByT

As we look forward to engaging with outer communities across the globe, and connect with other diasporas, through another Year of LiTTributes in the Americas, Europe and UK, Asia, africa and Australia, we recall the association with the Trinidad and Tobago Diaspora Corp, and Chapter 2 of our Florida Expositions will be A Journey of Silks and Spices, Heritage Routes of the Americas A Reading & A Roti...https://goo.gl/ADJQEs

Its World Heritage Day. Come join us and hear about the unique creative potential of the Caribbean cultural connections with the Americas through cultural heritage 

More:  https://goo.gl/PR8ijA

and explore the link see you tube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm7r7-8amRs

Hear about the food culture, heritage routes, the silk routes, the spice roots and under explored connections with the Americas.

Sunday April 22, 2018 from  pm at Lallo's Restaurant in Lauderhill Saturday April 21 at South County Civic Centre, Delray Beach, Miami Book Now Book You Copies of LiTTscapes - Landscapes of Fiction: Limited Edition Limited Copies  Heirloom publication of our disappearing landscapes and cultures.  click on you tube video links

Global education statistics suggest that boys lag behind in reading in a campaign  #Don'tForgetTheBoys. The experience of our boys are different. Our efforts look beyond the statistics and engage boys and girls of all ages to appreciate reading in  novel ways through culture-specific forms as we promote inclusive societies. We are redefining multiculturalism to bridge the gaps between generations, between cultures, between genders and scaling walls that create inequity and discrimination through literacy and literary elderly and intergenerational appreciation. For See more:  https://goo.gl/mhm4p2.   Enquirie?s email [email protected]

My Musical Debut: on the steelpan, the national instrument, with tutor Randolph Karamath. The steelpan and calypsonian along with other national and homegrown village festivals and festivities are featured in the section FesTTscapes in LiTTscapes - Landscapes of Fiction.

https://goo.gl/TaFYnc

Our Creative Conversation - synergies between the literary and performing arts in the spirit of Exploration, Entertainment Education and Empowerment through Novel lenses with music, song, dance, and recitation. Engaging generations. All ages. All interests. Tailor made to your events and special occasions. By Request Only. Learn more. Next stop Toronto. #LiTTributeToToronto https://goo.gl/TaFYnc Join our LiTTours or Request Your Own email [email protected]

Dr Kris Rampersad, author, heritage educator and journalist, has urged the diverse populations of the Americas to build bridges through walls.

Rampersad is on a literary tour dubbed LiTTribute to the Americas 2018 across North America and Canada aimed to promote intercultural dialogue showcase the connections with literary heritage and other experiences of peoples of the Americas inspired by her commemorative book LiTTscapes – Landscapes of Fiction. LiTTscapes has been hailed for its efforts at bridging the gaps among the diverse cultures of the Caribbean.

Dr Kris Rampersad, author, heritage educator and journalist, has urged the diverse populations of the Americas to build bridges through walls.Rampersad is on a literary tour dubbed LiTTribute to the Americas 2018 across North America and Canada aimed to promote intercultural dialogue showcase the connections with literary heritage and other experiences of peoples of the Americas inspired by her commemorative book LiTTscapes – Landscapes of Fiction. LiTTscapes has been hailed for its efforts at bridging the gaps among the diverse cultures of the Caribbean.

The Canadian appearances begin as guest of the Zoomers’ Association annual Mothers’ Day celebrations at the Erin View Residence Hall, Mississauga, Ontario ...for your own event requests email [email protected]

Speaking at A Celebration of Arrivals in South Florida USA last week accompanied by steelpan music, calypso, and dances, Dr Rampersad told of how these cultural forms were the bedrock of the literary culture. Creating linkages between the two can encourage appreciation of literature and encourage reading that can foster greater appreciation of other peoples and cultures, she said. se more: 

It's our royal wedding of island and continental culture. Spicing up appetites with creative conversation our LiTTribute to the Americas Canada Section continue LiTTributes to ToronTTO with our global journeys through the Landscapes of Fiction at @Windies Restaurant, Scarborough Toronto this Sunday....

Want to book your own email [email protected] What is the role of the Royal Ontario Museum​ and like arts, film,  music, performance and culture institutions in advancing post colonial societies? How can the media  in both mainstream and ethnic communities better represent the multicultural spectrum of Canadian diversity? How can we better utilise the vast numbers of cultural arenas and mechanisms to bridge cultural divides and create the connected world touted by the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau with his multisectrum Cabinet? How can they better serve the array of cultural communities through the multicultural policy directions of Canada and our ...see more:https://goo.gl/oXEyqu

Cover Girls edge Meghan-Prince Harry off the front page! Centuries into the women's liberation movement, it may still be everygirl's dream to marry, and to a Prince, but who would think that the Royal Wedding mania that has gripped Canada through Toronto could be upstaged by a revolution! Toronto is gripped with pride as the city that intiated the romance ...see more https://goo.gl/SFDsV2

Who was your first teacher? Who taught you ABCs and encouraged your love of books? Tag him or her. My first teacher, the woman who taught me to read, Miss Olive, now 80 years old, showed up at my LiTTribute to ToronTTo tribute to mothers Motherlands and Mothercultures jogged my memory of my earliest encounters with reading in my infant class and triggered memories that helped me connect early beginnings to my efforts at creating culture-friendly reading and learning materials.... Contact us if you want to become an associate, partner or sponsor. Find out more through our social media channels. Let us tweak your special event into a LiTTribute or develop a LiTTour that reflects your value to our world. Email [email protected]

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Who says the Monarchy is not media friendly eh?

A picture, they say, tells a thousand words ... so what would they say of this one, eh, of encounters across the Commonwealth and winning the Prince's trust. I pause for HRH Prince Charles to finish his walk of pride with the Star-Spangled bride of Hollywood Meghan Markle on his arms to be wedded to my charming jahai bhai, Prince Harry. Looking forward to ... Our LiTTribute to ToronTTo is dedicated to our Commonwealth family through novel lenses of Commonwealth fiction. See you, in spirits of our Commonwealth at our Reading and a Roti at Windies Restaurant, Toronto this Sunday at 3 pm for more of these Commonwealth Conversations, beyond the days of Rum, Curry and Cricket. Oh Canada! My first teacher, the woman who taught me to read, Miss Olive, now 80 years old, showed up at my LiTTribute to ToronTTo tribute to mothers Motherlands and Mothercultures ...

see more: https://goo.gl/9pMKgJ: 

Congratulations to Mia Mottley, another Caribbean woman to break through the political glass ceiling! Let's change the conversation on gender, leadership and development. What does her clean sweep of the polls, leaving no opposition in Parliament mean for governance in a traditional two party political system? What lessons can she learn from her sisters in the Caribbean, Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Portia Simpson? Would her policy and decision maing agenda make a difference to the entrenched culture of politics, culture of business, culture of corruption, culture of crime and criminality, culture of discrimination, marginalisation, opportunism, nepotism and entitlem

The increasing incident of violence and extremism in schools emerged as a core concern of educators, parents, religious, community and cultural heads identified the sense of alienation by migrant and first generations and challenges with adapting to their adopted societies.

The concerns were raised during the LiTTributes to ToronTTo...see link: https://goo.gl/K7zxry

June: Expanding the literary presentaions: The world of Fiction

July

August: Saying Farewell to Sir Vidia Naipaul:

September: In Celebration of Newsday's 25th Anniversary Receving the  National Award for Development of Women (Gold) and recap of the The Walk of Excellence in the 'unforgiving minute' of 60 seconds worth of distance run. 

October

Dr Shadow’s Snakess Symphony: https://goo.gl/tB6WhE

November:

Reading as sedition:

I Read Therefore I Crime: Reading, Crime Censorship Cultural Conditioning and The Sedition Act

Join Our Reading Revolution - The Reading Room Outside The Reading Room email [email protected] for LiTTours  see video https://goo.gl/JDfgNg

I think, therefore I am! I Read therefore I crime! It is so traceable, so many of our cultural attitudes and behaviour, nurtured and conditioned by hand me down colonial intelligence and practiced by the new massas. We do not have far to go to see the roots of criminalising of intelligence, the quest for knowledge, and critical thinking, even by the institutions charged with protecting them,would rather expend their energies to seek to criminalise attempts like this to raise consciousness about the oversight and  plagarise rather than do active research and work to get meaningful revisions. So one doesnt have to go far to understand that all talk about building a knowledge economy is all hot air! It feeds a national climate of insecurity that extends way beyond crimes of violence.

December: Woman of the Year

I have always been home for Christmas, no matter how far away I roam.

The pieces represented here tell those tales,...

In a year that began and ended in sighs and for many a sense of despair...

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Street Trash. 1987. Directed by Jim Muro. Screenplay by Roy Frumkes. Starring Mike Lackey, Bill Chepil, Vic Noto, Mark Sferrazza, Jane Arakawa, Nicole Potter, Pat Ryan, Clarenze Jarmon, Bernard Perlman, Miriam Zucker, M. D’Jango Krunch, Bruce Torbet, & James Lorinz. Street Trash Joint Venture Rated R. 101 minutes. Comedy/Horror

★★★ Roll those eyes all you want— we’re digging into Jim Muro’s 1987 shlockfest of gore + weird, Street Trash! For all its trashiness, there’s decent socioeconomic commentary buried in this seemingly pointless story. After the 1970s, New York City couldn’t get any worse. Although things weren’t much better in the ’80s. Still lots of crime, corruption, and the homeless population kept growing. Along with little change in social conditions, the attitudes towards social issues and those affected by them hadn’t changed much, either. Homelessness, even today, is demonised, let alone back in the late ’80s. Many were unsympathetic towards the plight of those who had to sleep on the street, least of which certainly weren’t capitalists. This is basically the crux of Street Trash— the homeless are disregarded except when it comes to any way a business/organisation can capitalise on their existence, thus the nasty booze Viper is unloaded onto street alcoholics, whose organs liquefy after just one drink. We see a homeless community already divided by mental illness, alcoholism, and other issues, only further disrupted by the deadly Viper. A ridiculous B-movie, yes. Not without its charms, nor its smarts. Immediately we’re introduced to the urban and social decay of NYC. The urban area of the city is full of the homeless, cheque cashing places attached directly to liquor stores where our greedy society has conveniently placed the two business, among other landmarks typical of deteriorated areas. Already we see the tell-tale signs of exploitation of the working/lower classes. All the city’s most vulnerable are taken advantage of by destructive businesses. Low prices, in a capitalist economy, are often indicative of what’s destructive or unhealthy, such as how cheap food is, more often than not, so much worse than overpriced healthy food. In comes Viper! A sleazy liquor store owner wants to make a quick buck, so he shells out a bunch of unknown booze for financial gain. A massive negative to urbanism. Along with addictions and mental health issues, urban areas are unfortunately plagued by senseless violence. It’s usually brought about/perpetuated by the conditions in which they’re forced to live. Like in Street Trash, the lowest classes get turned against one another. A hierarchy exists between the regular homeless and Bronson (Vic Noto), a self-imposed leader amongst the community. He’s also a damaged, forgotten Vietnam veteran. The character of Bronson brings an entirely new perspective into the story. Just his presence and the terrifying nature of psychopathy is an indictment of how imperialist America – driven by greed+war – can’t even taken care of its own veterans with all their money. He’s left to deteriorate mentally until he becomes a danger to himself and everyone else around him, ruling the homeless with an iron fist. Instead of being given help he’s chased down by police. Worst of all, in retrospect, it hasn’t gotten any better. Only today, conservatives try blaming it on immigration instead of the fact they’re simply failing their own citizens, or, y’know, actively refusing to do anything for them— to-ma-to, to-mah-to.

“That’s ’cause you boys haven’t learned to shop frugal.”

Perhaps the best part of Street Trash is the function of all the gory, gooey, grisly decomposition occurring after the homeless sip on the Viper liquor. They literally become waste— symbolic of how they’re treated by a society who couldn’t care any less about the underlying issues of their homelessness, only how their homelessness creates trouble for society. Like the decaying urban environment around them, the homeless community – via Viper’s devastating effects – deteriorate physically becoming part of the junkyard wasteland in which they live. Similar to how homelessness removes the barrier of interior v. exterior – demarcating space/place – their bodies transform into a part of the landscape of waste itself, no longer bodies but junk in the yard. The best instance is the 1st Viper death. Muro frames the gruesome death of this man with shots of ruined buildings, shattered glass everywhere, fields of debris and various junk. As the homeless man melts his cries are absorbed in the silence of a ruined, forgotten area of the city far removed from the boundaries of so-called civilised parts of the city. The cherry on top: he melts into a non-working toilet. Usually, a toilet’s function is to carry away waste, taking unclean, abject things we don’t want to think of/deal with and moves it somewhere deemed acceptable. Problem is, this toilet’s just a shell, porcelain bones sitting amongst other unusable things, including humans seen as broken/not fixable, and so the waste – the liquefied homeless man – only remains in the wasteland. A tragic cycle of destruction. A wasteland of capitalist failure(s). In its own unique and hideous way, Street Trash has a whole lot of things to say about society, its treatment of the homeless and the lower classes, as well as the way in which a filthy rich capitalist society such as the USA ignores its veterans while banging on the war drum all but constantly, decade after decade. The city, here, is a treacherous, unforgiving, trash-filled landscape, a heap of discarded, forgotten bodies and metal and rubble. Not to say Muro and screenwriter Roy Frumkes were aiming at anything lofty with their material other than trying hard to be gross + wild. Neither does it mean the movie can’t succeed on both levels. Critical theory is all about how the viewer interprets a movie. It doesn’t matter about intent. It matters how the audience infers what’s being said by the movie itself, not its makers. Just as easy to sit back, let this ’80s classic of trashy horror thrill you with nonsense! Nobody has to take it so seriously. But in a day and age where people want to discount horror as a genre when they think certain modern movies are ‘advancing the genre’ by suddenly being focused on social issues, it’s worth noting how even the seemingly shittiest little horrors can provide us with food for thought. Father Gore would rather look for gold in the turds instead of tearing down an entire genre. Ultimately, a movie like Street Trash proves genre cinema can be so much more than only a good, fun time— in genre, there’s power.

The Horrors of Homelessness in STREET TRASH Street Trash. 1987. Directed by Jim Muro. Screenplay by Roy Frumkes. Starring Mike Lackey, Bill Chepil, Vic Noto, Mark Sferrazza, Jane Arakawa, Nicole Potter, Pat Ryan, Clarenze Jarmon, Bernard Perlman, Miriam Zucker, M.

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