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[John]

13-Apr-22 World View -- Brooklyn subway shooter may have been targeting Asians

Analysis by NIH of black hate crimes against Asian American women

** 13-Apr-22 World View -- Brooklyn subway shooter may have been targeting Asians
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e220413


Contents:
Brooklyn subway shooter may have been targeting Asians
Analysis by NIH of black hate crimes against Asian American women


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Brooklyn, Sunset Park,
Asian-Americans, Frank R. James,
National Institutes of Health, Department of Justice

[brainwitty]

After being away from this site for almost 2 weeks, good to see John post 3 articles of substantial value. And to read John is feeling better.

[Xeraphim1]

In a phone call on Friday between Duterte and Xi Jinping, Duterte continued his policy of appeasing China, while Xi promised to invest more money in the Philippines. However, Duterte's term as president will end in June, and a new president may or may not continue the policy of appeasing China.

Duterte has been an unmitigated disaster for the Philippines.

If the country had remained a US air force and naval base, none of this would ever have happened.

Yes and no. Duterte's domestic policies have been quite popular and have had good results. Crime is way down and personal security is much better. Duterte's foreign policy is what is horrible. The unfortunate thing is that the presidency is most likely to go to Marcos and will effectively be Duterte 2.0. Probably good on the local front, bad on the foreign though likely with somewhat less Xi love.

The closure of US bases was a one-two thing. After Marco's fall, there was a time when the Senate was dominated by far left politicians who had a thing against the US (even then is was only a 12-11 vote). That coming at the same time as the Mt. Pinatubo explosion which brought huge costs for repairs made it much easier to just leave. And yes, in the long run it was bad for both countries

[Xeraphim1]

** 10-Apr-2022 World View: Duterte

> I'm probably more familiar with Duterte than anybody else on this
> forum. His China policy is not incompetence; it's intentional
> sabotage.

> He started his political career as a member of the Kabataang
> Makabayan, an underground Maoist student organization. His mentor
> was Jose Maria Sison, the founder of the pro-CCP Communist
> Party of the Philippines. He still identifies as a "socialist" to
> this day. He has repeatedly threatened to switch sides in the
> Sino-American Cold War, and the only reason he hasn't already done
> so is because the Filipino military is very anti-China and would
> probably launch a coup if he tried to do it.

> And on a side note he apparently has Chinese ancestry on his
> mother's side, which may or may not also play a role in his overt
> Sinophilia.

> Any questions?

Given how much the Philippine and Chinese people hate each other, how
did Duterte get elected?

From relatives in the Philippines - he got elected because people were sick and tired of the corruption of the Filipino government, politicians, and military leaders, as well as their profiting from drugs. Seeing a guy willing to kill them was appealing because at least someone was challenging the status who. It’s hard to fathom the insane levels of corruption, but here is a story from 1991 when Mt. Pinatubo erupted:

My father-in-law was a practicing MD working in the area. He witnessed provincial government and military leaders stealing anything and everything donated from international organizations and governments: medicine, supplies, food and even blankets. These people had no need for these supplies, they’re just extremely greedy and corrupt. My father-in-law reported what he saw to his superior (naive on my father-in-law’s part) who pulled him aside and warned him that he and his family would end up disappearing if he tried to pursue this. Furthermore, the superior told my father-in-law to also steal from the donated aid supplies as a way to be complicit and somehow prove he would no squeal - this was a major turning point for him and reason he decided to leave the Philippines for the US.

Also, my wife’s family has had members disappear for supporting the wrong politics. My father-in-law was one of the people who initially supported Duterte, because he saw people who had screwed the population over getting called out and killed, and it satisfied him to see any kind of justice brought against these thieves. Now, he realizes how terrible Duterte has been, but hindsight is 20/20 and he acknowledges getting swept up in the want for corruption to end.

There still is a lot of corruption. I tried to understand the political parties but have come to the conclusion that they really don't mean much; they're more vehicles for individuals rather than possessing any kind of consistent ideals and are subject to constant changes.

The drug dealing was a major issues since everyone knows who's doing the selling but nothing seemed to ever happen to them. That did change under Duterte and the general crime level is down. My brother in law in Manila says that he feels much more secure than he used to from casual theft and robbery. Granted, he does live in a gated community, but everyone in big cities would if they could afford it. There have been changes in the provinces too and some of the major drug dealers have been arrested or killed. Even the surviving ones are keeping a much lower profile.

Also, there has been a big change against terrorists and revolutionaries. MILF (yes I know, it's an unfortunate name) is mostly defunct, Abu Sayaf is on the run and the NPA (local communists) is rapidly losing members and support. Those are all good things.

[Guest]

Analysis by NIH of black hate crimes against Asian American women

** 13-Apr-22 World View -- Brooklyn subway shooter may have been targeting Asians
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e220413


Contents:
Brooklyn subway shooter may have been targeting Asians
Analysis by NIH of black hate crimes against Asian American women


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Brooklyn, Sunset Park,
Asian-Americans, Frank R. James,
National Institutes of Health, Department of Justice

Since the shooter was black, the Media will memory hole this FAST.

[Tom Mazanec]

Sergej Sumlenny: "Get ready for the break up of Russia"
53,804 viewsApr 11, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqYZqNpLQb8

[John]

** 13-Apr-2022 World View: E-mail message

I received a very nice e-mail message today:

> "As an Asian American woman, I greatly appreciate that
> you are bringing these facts to light. Thanks for
> caring."

[Trevor]

When it comes to war with China, I expect large parts of Latin America would join them against us. I have a friend in southern Mexico and he tells me the majority of people down there basically consider us the modern equivalent of Nazi Germany. "Yeah, America butchered a million in Afghanistan, a million in Iraq, millions more across the Middle East, but Russia's the bad guy. Right. . ."

We've got an unfortunate history of supporting brutal dictators and other black operations, sometimes supporting corporations and their human rights abuses as well. Sure, the Soviets did the same thing, but they tend to be seen as anti-colonial freedom fighters, not an aggressive power seeking to assert its own dominance.

[Xeraphim1]

Russia appears to have lost its Black Sea flagship

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/r ... ff-ukraine

The Russian Ministry of Defense says that the Project 1164 Slava class cruiser Moskva suffered serious enough damage to force the entire crew to evacuate after a fire broke out while it was sailing the Black Sea, causing munitions aboard to explode. This follows reports that the ship was on fire after being struck by Ukrainian Neptune shore-based anti-ship cruise missiles.

I would say that it would cost Russia several billion to replace this ship, except it can't; Russia hasn't been able to build any ship larger than a frigate in decades.

So far this war has been a financial disaster for Russia.

[Tom Mazanec]

Slovakia in Talks With NATO Allies to Send MiG-29 Fighter Jets to Ukraine
German arms maker Rheinmetall is ready to send tanks to Ukraine if it gets permission from the government
by Dave DeCamp Posted onApril 11, 2022CategoriesNewsTagsGermany, Slovakia
https://news.antiwar.com/2022/04/11/slo ... o-ukraine/

April 14, 2022
5:41 AM EDT
Last Updated an hour ago
Russia warns of nuclear deployment if Sweden and Finland join NATO
By Guy Faulconbridge
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ru ... 022-04-14/

April 14, 2022
12:09 AM EDT
Last Updated 6 hours ago
U.S. gives Ukraine $800 million more in military aid, adds heavy weapons
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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us ... 022-04-13/

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