Re: The US Election Thread: Trump Lives Matter

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47496-2080.html#p905249

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...what is important is the Law, and Justice to be seen.

Trump dared, and he did not "win", such as it appears, charged with sedition by the other half who question his authority acting in this manner.

America demands such acts, that is to say the Constitution; what was his intention must have an answer, convicted or not.

...what has he to be afraid of, if like his Lawyer(s) also claim, that the allegations they made are true?

Indeed, this is the perfect venue for such evidence to be revealed; it may even have been the plan all along, where is this evidence anyway?

Re: How to protect against Orwellian State Authoritarianism

Re: How to protect against Orwellian State Authoritarianism
Postby repulsewarrior » Sun Jun 14, 2020 2:08 am
https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47375-90.html#p897875

...i ask whose?

I do not forget the Occupy Movement. I do not deny the power of the American People like in Seattle who are there on the front lines, defending their Constitution.

Indeed you may fear the masses, but, who fears the masses?

...in Seattle at least, not the Mayor, or the Governor, not even the Chief of Police, this too is the America that the world holds in the highest esteem.

It took one seemingly little act by the side of the road, to make an explosion happen in all our minds' consciousness. No one should live with this threat. Hard to imagine, that in America it is still a part of everyday life; do you have to be a "Domestic Terrorist" to be against this violence, when it comes from an Authority that should be able to demonstrate the Civil Behaviour they are expecting from others.

...imagine in a world where there is a cop, on the beat, who knows you because you know him; actually he knows everyone in the neighbouhood. Sick, hungry, alone, or broken he would know, the shopkeeper, the child, the mother, who have family, who live alone, he would know. This is what Public Security is about; a person like that would be nice to have around, in a fire, or when any tragedy may strike. Do they need guns? Who would shoot at them, who would dare?

...guns are the issue. The Police must demonstrate their total control over Force, and that must start within their own ranks, through merit. First, a Police Dept. serves the Public (with good Public Relations).

While Law and Order are as important an issue in the balance of things, even Criminals should be treated no differently, as far as equal force is concerned.

And while guns against guns are tools to capture Criminals, well gathered evidence convicts.

‘History disappears’ as dam waters flood ancient Turkish town

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/02/25/history-disappears-as-dam-waters-flood-ancient-turkish-town/

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...thank-you Mr. Erdogan. Two thousand years from now archaeologists may thank-you too; with what you have buried under tons of cement, and deep in water: because this is "Turkishness".

For the rest of us it is callous and shallow, and in my opinion it demonstrates the mind of a man who for this Legacy, cannot think beyond his present hunger, and, who plunders for his wealth.

...but for the Turks not "Turkish", (and the rest of the world,) it is a happy day.

Re: The war against Iran

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47227-20.html#p892256


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...all news sources are important; you judge for yourself.

Frankly, it is yialousa i count on for news, what between all the crap he's posted, he is likely to crack a story like this, as he has done for Syria in the past.

...talking of crap and assholes, put it on a binomial curve; i guess 70% of us at any given time fit that profile well: who would have the Grace to say that they were never assholes, or deliverers of crap? It is the world we live in, chaos, and yet reasoned; pick a side if you want to, there are thousands, yet only a couple or a few have a meaning that all will consider, foundational if you will, material on which to build on, in separating lies from Truth.

For many Gazans, it's another Christmas barred from Bethlehem

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/12/christmas-christians-holiday-bethlehem-gaza-israel-permits.html#comment-4737159376

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...again, the question remains, are you a "Jew" or a Jew, a "Turk" or a Turk, an "Arab" or an Arab, "Greek" or Greek, someone who defines their existence hating those not "them", or someone who respects the notion that "we" are no different; cursed with reason perhaps, creatures just the same, but one race, as these beings, called Humans, having bigger enemies than each other to fight.

Love is an infinite power. It would seem that those pious should be able to demonstrate their belief, in one, and the same, God, at least a few days a year, to "be" loving; lovingly, who has the courage to serve?

the war against Libya

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47200.html

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...for the record, i will include the moments i feel define the historical progress of events.

Libya has already been linked to the Cyprus Problem, like the Gas and Oil in the Eastern Med. (and the Aegean), by Turkey, and the so-called ''TRNC''.

...beyond this, there is the conflict as it is, in Libya, the UN with Turkey and Qatar, against the Russians, French, the Arabs, the US not involved, to sum it up, by the player's allies; (let's not forget Italy's involvement with Libya, France, Greece and Cyprus), Spain too has a Navy, and security interests. It is possible that this issue, Libya, may become a major topic soon.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-1 ... 631548.htm

...while it is possible for America, to take the position against Russia, it may be that, in Libya like in Cyprus, Americans and Russians find themselves holding the same position. As allies in these circumstances, a dialog may open that did not exist before, and that can be supported in a manner where Turkey's ambition may also find in it, reward, something beyond the Treaty of Lausanne, with the recognition that Cypriots exist, (so too the Alevi and Kurds in Turkey).

...it is clearer, what "Blue Turkey" means to Turkey's Erdogan, the Black Sea it seems is the final piece of the puzzle, (and the Bosporus). Russia is surely wary, what is their "pond" under threat; it is a fine balance Turkey is playing. Libya, like Syria, depends on Russia's (and American,) non aggression.

Greta Thunberg: 'miracle' climate saviour or puppet?

I will march with her tomorrow in Montreal. Like her or not, millions have already done the same. If Humanity has learned anything from its recent past, it is that there are real enemies to fight and to bring to bear, our Hate. It is not each other, Lest we Forget, but Hunger, Disease, and Ignorance.

Indeed it must be hard to choose only one representative a year, for Peace, to Honour with the Nobel Prize. I am rooting for Sevgul Uludag, myself, a journalist in Cyprus. But Ms. Greta certainly deserves the esteem and the recognition she has gained, the respect she is given.

She has awoken the whole world, to the possibility of a way of living with a conscience, in such a short time. Like Malala, she is a Hero to those who seek an evolution of our thinking, as one, Human, race. And I am hopeful, it is possible, this revolution that is called for, (witness the Occupy Movement) by these "children", because it may save us and this planet from plunder.

Action, not words are needed, if a Tribute is to be given to her. Let it be results that are easy, for her to see, elders she can follow, a greater joy, like oceans thriving, the air cleaner, and something more than simple exploitation when it comes to sustaining our lifestyles.


http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Greta_Thunberg_miracle_climate_saviour_or_puppet_999.html