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“In this distribution of powers the wisdom of our constitution is manifested. It is the province and duty of the Executive to preserve to the Nation the blessings of peace. The Legislature alone can interrupt those blessings, by placing the Nation in a state of War.”

~ Alexander Hamilton
(1757-1804) American statesman, Secretary of the Treasury
Pacificus #1, June 29, 1793.

Attackers accessed #UK #military data through high-security fencing firm's #Windows7 rig


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The #attack targeted a Windows 7 PC used to run software for one of the company's manufacturing machines.

Extended #Security #Updates for Windows 7, which was released in 2009, finally came to an end in 2023. #Mainstream #support ended in 2015, and extended support finished in 2020.


#fail #omg #wtf #microsoft #problem #software #os #news

#quebec #soviet #sante

À la fin du mois d'août, le gouvernement Legault annonçait avoir choisi Epic Systems Corporation pour bâtir le futur dossier santé numérique (DSN), un vaste projet d’informatisation des données médicales pour les patients du Québec. Or, l’expérience a tourné au vinaigre dans des pays où cette énorme firme américaine a décroché des contrats semblables, a constaté Radio-Canada.

Nuclear War with West ‘Inevitable,’ Warns Russian General | Tuesday LIVE | Watch Now | #AmericanJournal 🚨

TUNE IN NOW 👇👇👇

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#woke

Jérôme Blanchet-Gravel

Do-gooders like Isabelle Hachey tell us that criticizing transgenderism is a matter of hatred and symbolic violence, while every day children and teenagers are psychologically disturbed and physically distorted in the name of this insane ideology. It's a butchery. The acceptance of non-binary names and the presence of drag queens in our schools are part of the imposition of this trend.

It's clear in this case that the most barbaric violence is not directed against trans people, but against innocent young people who have been masked for two years before being offered as fodder to fanatics who see in them a paste to be molded according to their fantasies.

#Québec #gouvernement
Dossier santé numérique : la firme choisie par Québec a connu des ennuis dans le monde

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What is h-node? The h-node project aims at the construction of a hardware database in order to identify what devices work with a fully free operating system. #hNode #freesoftware u.fsf.org/l0

The latest Bulletin is now online. It covers an interview with two JShelter developers, a glance behind the scenes of the tech team’s work at LibrePlanet, an article on the blessings of OSM during the earthquake in Turkey, and much more. See magazine.fsf.org/2023-spring/ #WorkingTogether

Let Experience Be Silent


When more relevant information gainsays its conclusions. Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a former Commanding Officer of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment, was certain that the #British #wunderpanzers were going to wreak havoc on the #Russian lines back in June.

As a former tank commander, I can say one thing for certain: #Putin’s demoralised conscripts are utterly unprepared for the shock action now hitting their lines. Ukrainian armoured formations are beginning to meet Russian forces in battle, and they are going to pulverise #Russia’s defensive lines. I am confident for one simple reason: Ukraine will follow the Western ideology of manoeuvre warfare in a combined arms context, while the Russians will follow Soviet doctrine, relying on attrition and numbers. The Russians will find that the armour of Western tanks is far more resilient than flesh and bone, they will die in great numbers, and they will lose.

British-made tanks are about to sweep Putin’s conscripts aside, THE TELEGRAPH, 9 June 2023


Yeah, so, about that…


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It turns out that #attrition, #numbers, and #artillery trump #propaganda and manoeuvre warfare. And apparently, the #British are even more #delusional about their #tanks than they are about their chances of winning the #WorldCup. But like the World Cup, the 28 #Challenger-2 tanks sent to #Ukraine will not be coming home.

Mort de José Sébéloué, chanteur et guitariste de la Compagnie créole, à l’âge de 74 ans - Le Parisien


#culture #musique

Ça fait pleurer les oisaux
Ça fait tomber les abeilles
C'est un ciel plein de nuages
Ça éclipse le soleil

Pas bon pour le moral
Pas bon pour le moral

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China Lays the Legal Ground

I think it’s safe to expect Chinese corporations to be seizing foreign-owned property in #HongKong and #Taiwan soon, and taking steps to abandon the international arbitration system given these remarks on a new law that strips #foreign #state #immunity by the Foreign Ministry.


Q: The Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress reviewed and passed the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign State Immunity at a recent session. The law adjusted China’s previous stance of absolute state immunity and authorized courts in China to hear lawsuits against foreign states. What’s the reason for such an adjustment?

A: Enacting the Law on Foreign State Immunity is a normal legislative activity conducted by the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress. The law stipulates provisions related to foreign state immunity in line with international practices and aims to improve China’s foreign state immunity system. The law stipulates the rules for Chinese courts to handle civil cases involving a foreign State and its property, with a view to protecting the lawful rights and interests of the parties concerned, safeguarding the sovereign equality of States, and promoting friendly exchanges with other countries, which all in turn boost China’s higher-level opening-up.

The Law on Foreign State Immunity affirms the fundamental principle that a foreign State and its property enjoy immunity in China, at the same time stipulates exceptions relating to non-sovereign act of a foreign State, under which Chinese courts can exercise jurisdiction, such as cases involving disputes arising out of a commercial activity, relevant personal injury and property damage. The Law also states that Chinese courts can take compulsory judicial measures against a foreign State’s commercial property under strictly limited circumstances. It fully adheres to international law and it is also consistent with general state practices.

As a responsible major country, China firmly upholds the principle of sovereign equality and will faithfully implement this Law to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese nationals and legal persons and respect the immunities enjoyed by foreign States under international law.


Translation: The USA and other Western governments, including Canada, have increasingly been utilizing their courts to the detriment of Chinese corporations and individuals. China is clearly going to follow their lead by giving its courts the power to exercise jurisdiction over foreign entities and individuals who had previously been considered off-limits on the basis of foreign state immunity.

Given how little foreign investment there is in mainland China, one would tend to expect the primary application of this expanded jurisdiction will be in Hong Kong, and eventually, Taiwan.

I expect Taiwan to peacefully unify with the mainland much sooner than most people are expecting, and I strongly suspect that it will be someone like this man who will make it happen when the time comes. Despite his public statements, I would assume that he is, for all intents and purposes, the CPC’s preferred candidate for the office, because when China eventually makes its move for reunification, it will want to have a pragmatic figure in control of Taiwan’s government in order to avoid violence and bloodshed.

The billionaire founder of tech giant Foxconn, Terry Gou, has announced he will run for president of Taiwan as an independent candidate, pledging to fix cross-strait relations and boost Taiwan’s economy.

At a press conference on Monday, Gou – a well-known and outspoken businessman – announced what he called “the era of entrepreneurs’ rule”. “I have decided to join the 2024 presidential race,” he said, touting his business and finance experience, including dealings with China.

“Give me four years and I promise that I will bring 50 years of peace to the Taiwan Strait and build the deepest foundation for the mutual trust across the strait … Taiwan must not become Ukraine and I will not let Taiwan become the next Ukraine.”


Gou should not be able to come anywhere close to winning in normal political circumstances. He couldn’t even win the Kuomintang nomination. But given the fact that the outcome of the NATO-Russian war should be known by the time the election takes place in 2024, combined with the increased US activity in southeast Asia, the fear of being similarly sacrificed on the altar of US geostrategic interests may be enough to move the Taiwanese electorate away from the separatist parties.

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他的業務同事接到電話後,開頭竟是直接向對方說,「你好,8964(1989年6月4日天安門事件)」,廠商聽到後則是回應,「你好你好台灣是國家」

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Chronique: USA contre BRICS, et si on arrêtait le déni? - Blick


#géopolitique #BRICS

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(2) Régis de Castelnau on X: "Rubrique : Merci not’maitre. Je suis l’homme le plus riche du monde. Je ne le suis que grâce à un système qui fait que beaucoup d’autres, énormément d’autres, sont (très) pauvres. Au point que certains n’ont même plus à bouffer et doivent s’en remettre à la charité pour ne pas… https://t.co/9EQyfykfBX" / X


#politique #oligarchie #ploutocratie #néoféodalisme #lacorde

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in reply to Otto Pureblood

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The latest Bulletin is now online. It covers an interview with two JShelter developers, a glance behind the scenes of the tech team’s work at LibrePlanet, an article on the blessings of OSM during the earthquake in Turkey, and much more. See magazine.fsf.org/2023-spring/ #WorkingTogether

Bidenomics is working!

We Energies residential customers could again see bigger electric, gas rate hikes than industrial sector

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How To Prevent SSH Brute Force Attacks Using Fail2ban In Linux #python #macos #linuxsecurity #monitoring #bsd #ids #intrusiondetectionsoftware #fail2ban #intrusionpreventionsoftware #banhosts #ips #loganalyzer #security #opensource #linux #linuxadministration
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