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Jan 22
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Explaining Trump’s “Board of Peace”

I have been seeing far too many misinterpretations and too many accusations resulting from those misinterpretations of the Trump Board of Peace.
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However, it has now been expanded into a new concept, so this is an explanation.

1. The Board of Peace idea started with Gaza as a way of getting international support for ending Hamas and rebuilding the mess that Gaza has become, and
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as a plan to create a framework for negotiating peace worldwide.

2. Members have been by invitation. Members will have seats for three years (renewable), with members contributing $1 billion not having their terms expire.
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Jan 22
Dreadful WSJ editorial. Since when do we judge countries by whether they can repel a US invasion? A ludicrous standard. Also: no thought given to whether the US can defend the Arctic alone, without Europe. It can't. US needs Canadian icebreakers to supply Pituffik, for instance. Image
Then the WSJ indulges in some victim blaming. "China and Russia are watching. They see how easily Mr. Trump can be goaded into antagonizing staunch allies such as NATO partners..."

WSJ would rightly be up in arms about use of this language for PRC v Taiwan.
Finally, a lot of the US hand-wringing about European defence spending is rehash of decade-old talking points. Defence spending growing fast. Pace not fast enough, esp in some key states, but time crunch is also artefact of Trump's self-inflicted crises. mckinsey.com/industries/aer…Image
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Jan 22
YOUR PHONE IS LISTENING MORE THAN YOU THINK.
Most people never change default settings.

That’s why data leaks feel invisible.

Here are 5 permissions you should turn off today to protect your privacy:
1.TURN OFF MICROPHONE ACCESS FOR NON-ESSENTIAL APPS

Most apps request microphone access even when they don’t need it.
Remove access for everything except calls and voice messages to stop background listening.
2.DISABLE BACKGROUND APP REFRESH FOR APPS YOU DON’T TRUST

Apps refresh silently and send data without you opening them.
Limit background refresh to a few daily-use apps and block the rest.
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Jan 22
MK Stalin case: Supreme Court hears plea by AIADMK leader SA Duraiswamy challenging TN CM Stalin’s 2011 assembly election win from Kolathur constituency.

The plea alleges that Stalin and his party representatives indulged in corrupt practices, particularly by providing money and gifts to secure votes.

Bench: Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi.Image
Sr. Adv. DS Naidu, appearing for Duraiswamy refers to a prosecution witness statement:

Naidu: the witness is the editor of a magazine called “kumudam snehidi”.

Court: what’s the meaning of that?

Another counsel: kumudum means lotus. Snehidi means friend.

Naidu: a friend of lotus. May be figurative meaning.

Sr. Adv. Kapil Sibal (for Stalin): most inappropriate definition.

Court bursts into laughter.
Naidu: kumudam was once India’s largest selling family magazine. It’s basically a women’s magazine. Like women’s era. It’s the women’s wing of kumudam publications. Perhaps, the lotus is being compared with women and Snehidi is the friend of the woman, or the fairer sex.

Justice Maheshwari: (in jest): we can’t say anything…
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Jan 22
@pooL_rM311_7221 The parasite starts to degrade if it's not fed...the 'loosh' supply has being cut off as we speak. You're watching in real time what is happening inter-dimensionally and energetically. We're living Revelations. Image
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@pooL_rM311_7221 Another crazy coincidence. Image
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Jan 22
STOP TELLING CHATGPT TO "SUMMARIZE THIS".

Bad prompt = Bad result.

Use these smarter prompts instead and see the magic:
1. Expert Summary Transformer

Prompt:

“Summarize the following text into a highly structured, easy-to-understand summary that extracts every major point, key idea, and critical insight. Write it so clear that even a 12-year-old can understand it without missing anything important. Include bullet points, examples, and real-world meaning. Here is the text: [paste text].”
3. Beginner-to-Expert Compression

Prompt:

“Compress the following content into a step-by-step explanation that teaches the full concept from beginner to expert level. Use simple language, analogies, and structured progression. Text: [paste text].”
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Jan 22
The Frankencoin Association presents its Advisory Board 🇨🇭

To support the next phase of the Frankencoin ecosystem, we have formed an Advisory Board to advise on governance, strategy, and real-world adoption of ZCHF. Image
Frankencoin (ZCHF) is a decentralized Swiss-Franc stablecoin.
With CHF 50m+ in collateral, it is the largest and most used CHF stablecoin — and still only scratching the surface of its potential in payments, treasury, and DeFi.

Please welcome our new members of the advisory board:
André Scherrer
C-level retail executive with deep operational experience in payment infrastructure, consumer adoption, and large-scale retail environments.
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Jan 22
Delhi High Court to hear PIL seeking independent judicial investigation into the Indigo crisis and large scale flight cancellations.

Matter before division bench headed by Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya.

#IndiGoCrisis #DelhiHighCourt Image
Hearing commences.
ASG Chetan Sharma appears.

Your lordships may peruse the report of the Committee: ASG
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Jan 22
#SupremeCourt will shortly resume hearing ECI's submssions in the plea challenging the SIR across the states Image
Recap to the previous hearing can be read here :

livelaw.in/top-stories/ca…
Sr Adv Rakesh Dwivedi for ECI continue to refer to his written submissions
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Jan 22
The Myth of Liberation

Hezbollah has always been credited with liberating Lebanon from Israeli occupation, as if it restored national sovereignty. What was called “liberation” was a buffer zone in the south, an area long defended by its own residents. These communities of Shiites, Sunnis, Christians and Druze, faced armed Palestinian groups who wanted to use their land to attack Israel, placing Lebanese civilians in danger. After Beirut became unreachable at the beginning of the civil war, cooperation with Israel became, for many, a matter of survival.Image
At the same time, Hezbollah supported the Syrian occupation of the rest of Lebanon. That occupation controlled political life, reshaped laws and elections, appointed presidents, and extended their terms. A movement that backs such control cannot credibly claim to be a force of liberation.Image
Israel’s withdrawal in 2000 was also not the clear military defeat it is often portrayed as. It was a unilateral decision driven by Israeli politics, public and international pressure, and a long-standing plan to end the mission in Lebanon. Ehud Barak had made this position clear even before becoming prime minister.Image
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Jan 22
SitRep - 21/01/26 - Talks in Davos

An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While Greenland talks were the main subject everyone talked about, a Ukrainian delegation held talks in Davos to speak about security guarantees.

REPOST=appreciated

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As usual we start with Russian losses
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Jan 22
Peeling back the layers of obfuscation in Dearlove's 2014 speech, a partial truth emerges about ISIS. They are the 'shock troops' in the war against Shia Islam ... 'God help the Shia' says Bandar pre 9/11 ... & funded by Saudi Arabia. See from 9.28 - youtube.com/watch?v=XeFFti…. x.com/HadiNasrallah/…
1) A more complete truth is that ISIS are the brutal extremists supported and enabled by the Western Empire and its ME allies (GCC states & Israel). And all of this is inextricably linked to the 9/11 'manufactured war trigger' intellectdiscover.com/content/journa…Image
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