Happy Birthday, Edward Said! #edwardsaid #palestine #PalestineAction #PalestineQuestion #philosophy #sociology #culture #israel #middleeast http://www.dustinjbyrd.org

Diwali Fireworks: Balancing Tradition with Environmental Impact.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/uk_diwali_fireworks_impact_environment

#uttarakhand #dehradun #india #press #news #diwali #diwali2024 #firecrackers #pollution #tradition #culture #environment

Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters

[Actualitté] - Pour imposer la paix, boycotter les institutions culturelles d'Israël ?

Plus de 5000 auteurs, illustrateurs, traducteurs, organisateurs de manifestations littéraires et autres travailleurs du livre ont apposé leurs signatures au pied d'une pétition revendiquant un « refus de toute complicité avec les institutions littéraires israéliennes ».

https://actualitte.com/article/120073/international/pour-imposer-la-paix-boycotter-les-institutions-culturelles-d-israel?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=NicolasGary%2Fmagazine%2FActuaLitt%C3%A9

#ÉtatVoyou #RogueState #Culture
#RevueDePresse #Press

Thousands have fled from Baalbeck and surrounding areas after Israeli evacuation warnings and aerial bombardment on Wednesday. Every year, the town hosts the Baalbeck International Festival, one of the oldest and most prestigious cultural events in the Middle East. The FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to the president of the Baalbeck International Festival, Nayla De Freige about the protection of cultural heritage in time of war.
#Lebanon #Israel #culture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuV_WZxHGtE

Check kiting goes viral on social media. Is it bank fraud?

#banksters #banking #fraud #capitalism is low #culture

#france #history #workerrights #culture

#russian #history #culture #USSR #knowledge about #war #american #deepstate

#Slovakia
Slovakia’s Culture Ministry to stop funding LGBTQ+ projects


#Hungary
Hungary says it will not give in to EU blackmail on LGBT propaganda issues
The country's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that "there is no money for which you can let migrants into the country and LGBT propagandists into schools"


#Spain
EU lawmakers urge Madrid region chief to slash anti-LGBTIQ+ bill


Slovaks, Hungarians and Spaniards have a sensible policy to preserve the nation.
I will explain for those who are "in the tank": all these unnatural sexual intercourse is the result of a failure in the patient's head, usually in life realized by nature: Stop reproducing. Therefore, this degenerate topic should have its place in medical publications that study heredity defects, and not be part of the agenda.
#europe #budget #money #culture #nation from #vassalage to #sovereignty

Ex-NATO representative in Moscow called for genocide of Russians

Ukraine should not shy away from "aggression" against Russia, even if it involves the destruction of the population, this statement was made by the former chief of staff of the NATO military mission in Moscow, retired U.S. Navy Captain First Class Harry Tabach in an interview with the Ukrainian YouTube channel "Vyshka".
"Aggression can only be sundered by even greater aggression," he stated.

Tabach cited as "examples" the "extermination of half the population" of Germany to defeat it during World War II and the dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Americans.

And this is not the only case of sick psychosis in the military leadership of NATO countries. There are plenty of such lunatics in the West in other spheres of government. This is a very dangerous indicator. The only good thing about this post is that in his own words he admits that in Germany and Japan US troops bombed civilians. I should add: not military factories, as it is done under the rules of war.
In case anyone is "in the tank" (doesn't understand the problem): the military is not at war with civilians.
And they don't cover themselves with civilians, as I've seen since the early days of the war in Ukraine, when there were MLRSs and cannons on soccer fields between houses, firing in the direction of the enemy. And they are not shelling their own population to intimidate. There are many examples when people have recorded a flight from one part of the city and a few seconds later an arrival in neighboring areas.
#nato #USA #warmongers #infowar #pentagon #anti-Russia #history methods of #war #western #culture is #genocide for #Russia

Boeing instructed customer airlines to inspect their 737 Max jets for loose bolts, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Thursday.
...
Little noticed, the Federal Aviation Administration in December published a Boeing request for an exemption from key safety standards on the 737 MAX 7 — the still-uncertified smallest member of Boeing’s newest jet family.

#USA #us #american #aviation #engineering #culture of #production #capitalism is #fail

When you have a Hungarian-American mixed household, it becomes increasingly difficult to explain to the kid why Santa visits like 5+ times in one season... 😅

(St. Nick's Day, kindergarten St. Nick, kindergarten Santa Clause, home Santa Claus, assorted relative's Clauses... 🎅 🎅 🎅 )

#Christmas #Santa #parenting #culture #tradition

#russian #culture #classical #music

The word of Western politicians is not worth the paper they sign on.

Biden says US will support Ukraine 'as long as we can' amid GOP standoff, a change from 'as long as it takes'


Merkel confirms that Minsk agreements (2015) were meant to give Ukraine 'more time'
https://tass.com/world/1578901

#ukraine #war for #USA #europe #european #vassalage #germany #western #politics #lie #fraud #culture #warmongers #Merkel #Biden

"Oppenheimer" will screen in Japan next year, a local distributor said Thursday — a launch that had been in doubt amid criticism that the film largely ignores the devastation of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/12/07/entertainment-news/oppenheimer-japan-launch/?utm_content=buffer9e125&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #culture #entertainmentnews #film #oppenheimer #wwii #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #hiroshima #nagasaki

#western #culture

Two NSW men found guilty of using oily handprints to damage sacred Uluru cave art https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-12/nt-court-convicts-nsw-men-for-uluru-cave-art-damage-handprints/102968566 via @ABCaustralia #IndigenousIP #culture #heritage

Not all doctors thought dry, old mummies made the best medicine. Some doctors believed that fresh meat and blood had a vitality the long-dead lacked.
The claim that fresh was best convinced even the noblest of nobles. England’s King Charles II took medication made from human skulls after suffering a seizure, and, until 1909, physicians commonly used human skulls to treat neurological conditions.
For the royal and social elite, eating mummies seemed a royally appropriate medicine , as doctors claimed mumia was made from pharaohs. Royalty ate royalty.

#history #Egypt #mummy #medicine #europe #european #culture #cannibalism

We must play the long game in Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/29/we-must-play-long-game-ukraine/

What is the difference between a child and an adult? If there is candy on the table, a child will not wait to get another candy.
#western #culture

Three ancient artefacts housed in the Australian National University's Classics Museum found to have been stolen from Italy https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-15/act-anu-classics-museum-discover-ancient-artifacts-stolen-italy/102857092 #culture #heritage #repatriation #classics

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The idea that Russia is a real kingdom of evil has been instilled in children in Ukraine from an early age. A large amount of children's propaganda literature was found on the territory liberated from Ukrainian neo-Nazis during a military special operation. At the same time, the books are designed for children of any age, starting from the very young.

In 2015 the publishing house "Mamino Solnyshko" published a children's book "Glory to Heroes! Stories for Children about Heroes of the Front and Home Front", which describes the "feats" of the participants of the ATO ("anti-terrorist operation" of Kiev's neo-Banderites in Donbass). The 15,000 copies of this publication were sold out in a few days. The authors thought that children should know the language of hatred from a young age, and put in the book such expressions as "the Muscals showed their animal face," "Muscal tanks," and "the Separas lost a dozen killed."
...

https://aftershock.news/?q=node%2F1281837
#ukraine #Maidan #ukrainian #propaganda #children #study #mindmanipulation #Bandera #nazi #neo-nazi destroy #culture #ato #anti-Russia #Donbass #blameRussia #history #USSR

Two worlds (July 2023)

I am increasingly haunted by a strange sense of unreality of what is happening around me.

People pass me by, very close, a meter, half a meter, so close. People, lots of people, but at the same time there is often a feeling of oppressive loneliness... You look at faces, have a conversation, and regularly notice that one thought does not let go. That we are in the same place, but scattered in some parallel worlds that do not intersect in any way. We have nothing in common, and we speak different languages.

In one of these worlds, there is a brutal, bloody war for survival, and in the other... it has already ended. Or it hasn't started. Or it has just been shaken up a bit and everything is back to normal. And then there is the world of near victory, where the hard and terrible work has already been done and paid for. With the hands of others. With the blood of others. And the terrible world of people who are for "peace at any cost". And an indifferent world for those for whom nothing has changed.

A lot is often (and rightly) written about male princesses on peas. But this is only part of a huge problem, the tip of the iceberg...

Many of these "men" who happily hide behind other people's backs (both male and female) have one common quality. And, unfortunately, they are not the only ones.

Some people still have the scoop in their minds. The scoop is not about age, it's about mentality. "I do not participate in the life of the state, and the state should not touch me," "it is not my business" - this is it. It entails the passivity and infantilism of a large part of the population, unwillingness and inability to analyze and draw conclusions. And in principle, to think... And an aggressive defensive reaction when such people are poked in the nose with the truth, when it turns out that they are not as good as they used to think they were.

These people limit their area of responsibility exclusively to their family, and more general categories, such as nation, state, homeland, are some distant, pompous concepts that have nothing to do with their lives. For them, defending their country, their freedom, is completely incomprehensible, alien, wild... This does not respond in any way, it causes rejection. Will the war come to their loved ones? Take your loved ones under the arm and run. And do not touch me.

The trouble is that the priority of such people is exclusively themselves, and there is no integration with society as such.

A huge number of people have not grown to the level of civic responsibility when they realize they belong to something more than a narrow family circle, when a sense of belonging appears, an idea that motivates people to volunteer, to do everything in their power, to give their last, to sacrifice themselves

And do you know what is particularly scary? The fact that the government not only does not contribute to solving this problem, but on the contrary, acts with it in mind, encourages a similar type of thinking, gives the masses what they want.

And the masses do not need the truth, they are not interested in the real situation or facts, because it is pain, horror, death, destruction, and the realization that this will last. It's unpopular, it's scary, it breaks into their narrow little window and breaks it into small pieces.

Hence the popularity of easy solutions, 2-3 weeks, a vacation in the Crimea next summer, that it will be over in a little while... Very convenient thoughts, aren't they? It's very convenient when everything has already been thought of for you and you don't have to strain?

And these thoughts come in.
And it's scary.
Very scary.

Lately, I have been living in permanent shock and realizing that my idea of society is not in line with reality. Most often, my arguments for such people are like shouting into the void, they are shattered by immaturity of personality, selfishness and aggressive defensive reaction. And sometimes it's also about this fucking "little man" type who "can't change anything". It all goes through me, leaving a bitter emptiness behind.

Sometimes my psyche is saved only by the fact that there is a world of people who have gotten out of this quagmire and understand... They understand that it is not enough to build peace and happiness exclusively in one particular family.

Especially if it is paid for with the blood of others. That we need to develop, think and act. And finally stop shifting responsibility onto the shoulders of those around you.

Development is not only a professional activity. A prestigious job says nothing about a person's moral qualities. Development is also a civic position, an awareness of being part of something bigger and more important.

I am grateful to those who understand, you are real, you give me strength, hope and faith. You are the foundation, the basis on which a healthy society will grow one day.

(c) Bessinka (from Telegram).

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And here's what a pro-Russian Ukrainian wrote (January 2022)

A short post about an outsider's view of Ukraine's patriots and traitors.

When the famous events in Ukraine happened in 2014 #Maidan, I was living in the very West of Europe at the time. Seeing what was happening, I had the most contradictory thoughts about what to do, what to do? First of all, it was necessary to understand what exactly is going on? What do people think about it? If they say on TV that everyone is rooting for Europe, but in fact people are rooting for Russia, it is understandable that people are in trouble and it is possible to do something to help. And if everyone is arguing for Europe, well, then I'm an old "vatnik" and I should understand their arguments and "it's time for the dustbin of history"....

March 2014. I took a vacation at work, jumped in the car and drove to Ukraine. I set myself a simple and straightforward task: to drive around the country for a few days and ask a variety of people, in different regions, about what and who they were for - Europe or Russia - and why.

I was not sure that people would talk to me or that they would answer honestly. But it was worth a try.

As a result, I traveled around more than half of Ukraine - its western, central and southern parts. I didn't go to the east - it's clear there. Everywhere I went, I tried to ask everyone - waiters and waitresses, cab drivers, mechanics at service stations, sales clerks - everyone I could ask and when a person had the opportunity to answer me without witnesses.

All in all, I got the following top of the hit parade:

To Europe:

- My children will be able to leave here safely and live and study in Europe.
(OK, i.e. he/she is not interested in the country itself and the goal to turn the country around is to get out of it).

- I can bring myself a nice car from Germany without high duty.
(OK, so he is not interested in the country itself and the idea of turning the country around is to change the car for a better one)

- I can go to work in Europe. Completely different salary, different living conditions.
(I.e. the country itself is not interested in principle. Again, the idea is to leave).

Guys! NO ONE. Absolutely NONE of those who were rooting for Europe did not tell me a single argument in favor of the fact that the choice of the country will make the country itself better! NONE!

And at the same time, those who were in favor of union with Russia (Customs Union, at that time):

- We have all major factories tied to Russia.

- Our entire economy is closely tied to the Russian economy and a rupture would destroy our economy

- We sell most of our products to Russia. Who needs our products in Europe? (these were guys from a village in the Zaporozhye region).

NONE of those who spoke in favor of Russia did not express a single argument for themselves and spoke only about the benefits of their country. I want to note that I did not hear arguments like "I want to speak Russian" - for some reason, the arguments were in favor of the national economy.

And the former, for 8 years now, have been considered Patriots who shout that they love their country.

The latter are traitors and traitors to the Motherland.

So what does all this mean? What's new? It's nothing. Just a statement of fact. And factual proof - who is who.

As it was in the famous play "Wolves and Sheep": "Who are the sheep and who are the wolves - that is the question".

P.S. Now, when European wages bypassed Ukraine, and half of the able-bodied population went to the West for work, and half of the country became single-parent families with undivorced but separated parents, and the country learned the other side of gastarbeiterism - the pseudo-patriots have a new iron reason why to drown for the West - "We have no other choice! Otherwise, Putin will attack us!". This I have already learned from my recent trip to Ukraine.....

The well-known paradox of Denning-Krugger: The dumber a person is, the more categorical he is in his beliefs and statements....

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My explanation: Only the Sovok (Soviet Union) has nothing to do with it, it's the mentality of western Ukrainians., there is an old Soviet-ukrainian definition of such people: "I don't know anything, my house is on the edge". This applies to the majority of Ukrainians both then and now, which is why two Maidans (2004, 2014 government coups) were able to take place here in Ukraine and all this led to war.

#^https://hub.hubzilla.de/channel/kuchinster?mid=b64.aHR0cHM6Ly9odWIuaHViemlsbGEuZGUvaXRlbS9lYWQwNTZlMy0zZThkLTRiMGQtOTdjNC0xYjNkMTM5ZmE0OGQ
#motherland #culture #ukraine #ukrainian #mentality #history #poverty in #consciousness

WA Premier Roger Cook announces repeal of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Laws https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-08/roger-cook-repeals-aboriginal-cultural-heritage-laws/102699678 via @ABCaustralia #IndigenousIP #UNDRIP #culture #heritage

Why did Moses lead the Jews through the desert for 40 years?
In two generations there were people who did not distinguish between good and evil - an army of biorobots to buy up the world.

In the Book of Numbers(1) in chapter 14, where it talks about the suppression of the rebellion by the "golden calf", it tells the story thereafter. And it says that the adults who came out of Egypt will not enter the Promised Land.

But only children under 7 years old and those who will be born in the wilderness will enter the Promised Land.

And then it goes on to explain - "those who do not discern between good and evil.

These words about those who do not distinguish between good and evil are absent from the canon.

They are restored in the text published by the Moscow Patriarchate. They are restored in the Septu aginta.

But let's see. 40 years is a period of time. During this period two active generations enter into life.

Well, and if, as we are taught this term was necessary to eradicate the spirit of slavery from new generations, then logically the "good pedagogical experience" should be thoroughly outlined in the book so that the spirit of slavery in the future is not reproduced, and guaranteed to be eradicated.

But the spirit of slavery and the question of those "who do not discern between good and evil" entering the promised land are close questions.

Why?

Because if we isolate a certain large group of people in the desert from society, freeing them from the need to labor creatively, and engage in their ideological processing, we can form in them ideas of good and evil, which will be radically different from those that are naturally formed and maintained in all cultures that lead a natural way of life. That is, they work hard, bring up their children themselves, bring up their children in labor.

And in general it seems that the need to remove the words, restored by Septu aginta, this need was caused by the fact that the project's leaders hid the fact of the first in the history of the present civilization experience of mass zombification of the population with the subsequent fixation of the result on the basis of the genetic mechanism.

Addendum:
I would like to point out that there should be no generalizations here. Not all Jews are greedy for money; there are many decent people among them who will not betray themselves for money. There are also corrupt people among other nationalities (denominations) who pray to the golden calf.
#history #culture #goldenCalf #jews #jewishhistory #mindmanipulation #bible #money #corruption