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DOGE has devoured Musk - UnHerd


#politics #USA #DOGE #mafia

So why pick the GSA rather than somewhere more “woke”, somewhere more traditionally associated with the so-called deep state? Well, because this is where one goes if one wants to asset-strip the federal government. Shortly after DOGE moved into the GSA, and started firing pretty much everyone, the GSA posted an extraordinary list of buildings they had supposedly identified as “non-critical”. This list (which was later revised, and then taken down entirely) actually included close to half of all properties owned by the federal government, including buildings like the FBI headquarters and the Department of Justice building. The GSA added that it was now open to “creative solutions” to go along with these sales, including the idea of leasing back these properties once they had been sold.


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DOGE has devoured Musk

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Ho sentito di nuovo mia suocera, che è contrariata perché ancora io e la figlia non abbiamo scopato in questa settimana. Dice che sono un frocio coglione perché non riesco a impormi come dovrebbe fare un vero uomo, reclamando il mio diritto ad essere sessualmente soddisfatto. Più tardi mi ha dato appuntamento per un' altra videochiamata con sega e sborrata comandata. Dice che non devo far passare più di tre giorni dall'ultima sborrata, altrimenti lo sperma perde fertilità. Vuole questo nipote.

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Es gibt viele Leute welche das Bekenntnis der Partei Die Linke zur JDA (Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism) als führende Definition von Antisemitismus kritisieren. Jedoch Ich muss sagen: Ich stehe voll und ganz hinter dieser Entscheidung.

Doch warum? Was gibt es an der IHRA Definition zu kritisieren?

Im Oktober letztes Jahr kritisierte Ich bereits den Zentralrat der Juden, weil er die Pläne der Ampel-Regierung die Waffenlieferungen an Israel an das Einhalten von Völkerrecht zu koppeln, als „Zumutung” beschrieb.

Ich finde das Einhalten von Völkerrecht, oder die Forderung dies zu tun, in keinem Kontext eine Zumutung.

Weniger als zwei Monate später wurde mit der „Antisemitismus-Resolution” (beschlossen unter Beifall und Klatschen der AfD) gerechtfertigt, das Waffenlieferungen an Israel legitim seien, so berichtet die LTO.

In beiden Fällen wird auf der Basis der IHRA Definition von Antisemitismus etwas gerechtfertigt was mit Antisemitismus nichts zu tun hat: Waffenlieferungen. Darüber hinaus auch noch Waffenlieferungen mit denen Flüchtlingslager bombardiert wurden, in Syrien oder den Libanon einmarschiert wurde, sowie Siedlerkolonialismus und ein Genozid begangen wird.

Wir leben in einer Zeit in der die Springer-Presse & AfD die Debatte rundum Antisemitismus stark vereinnahmt haben. Laut dem „Manifest für Deutschland” welches die BILD einst verfasste, müsste man im Namen des Kampfes gegen den Antisemitismus Muslime aus Deutschland abschieben, um gegen den „importierten Antisemitismus” (eine ausgedachte AfD Rhetorik) vorzugehen. [Quelle: Bild]

Die Bild schreibt also das wofür sie eh immer bereits stand, doch nun im Namen des Kampfes gegen den Antisemitismus?

Zeitgleich veröffentlicht ein Ex-Sprecher der IDF (Israelisches Militär) eine Liste der „Top 10 Antisemiten Deutschlands” worunter sich kein Rechtsextremist, sondern ausschließlich palästinasolidarische, Linke, und oder progressive Menschen, darunter auch Journalisten, befinden. [Quelle: Twitter].

Anfang dieses Jahres lobte der Antisemitismusbeauftragte der Bundesregierung, welcher selbst auf Basis der IHRA Definition von Antisemitismus agiert, die Auschlöschungspläne Gazas von Donald Trump. Ich verstehe nicht wie jemand im Namen des Kampfes gegen den Antisemitismus einen Faschisten wie Trump gutheißen, und zeitgleich für die ethnische Säuberung von über zwei Millionen Menschen plädieren kann.

Da der Fokus dieser Debatte, trotz 20% AfD und dem Aufkommen der neuen Rechten, fast ausschließlich auf den existierenden israelbezogenen Antisemitismus, aber auch auf Israelkritik welcher als Antisemitismus benannt wird, liegt, muss sich etwas verändern.

Wir müssen den Schutz jüdischen Lebens wieder in den Vordergrund stellen, und das Wort „Antisemitismus” nicht durch solch eine Inflationäre Verwendung um Abschiebungen oder Waffenlieferungen zu rechtfertigen weichwaschen.

Unter solchen Umständen braucht es eine Definition von Antisemitismus welche Israelkritik und israelbezogenen Antisemitismus klar definieren kann. Aufgrund der vorher genannten Beispiele sehe Ich die IHRA Definition dafür nicht geeignet. Ist die JDA perfekt? Nein, meine große Kritik an der JDA bezieht sich auf die nicht ausgiebig benannte historische Komponente von Antisemitismus, welcher bekanntlich lange vor der NS-Zeit ein Phänomen war. Dabei vertieft sich die IHRA.

Ohne sie also als perfekte Lösung zu bezeichnen, sehe Ich daher mit Vorbehalt die Bekenntnis zur JDA als einen Schritt in die richtige Richtung.


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Kritische Muslime stellen sich hinter das BILD-Manifest und seine 50 Leitlinien für ein freies, friedliches Deutschland
Albert Link und Hans-Jörg Vehlewald (BILD)
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stephie

Als Ergänzung dazu: einer der Autoren der IHRA sagt mittlerweile ganz klar, dass so wie diese aktuell angewendet wird - als repressives Instrument der Rechten - die IHRA-Definition dem Kampf gegen den Antisemitismus eher behindert als dienlich ist. (Seine Stellungnahme: judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media… )

Und gerade der Punkt dass diese Definition vor allem von der AfD, von Trump, von Orban und Netanyahu befürwortet wird sollte uns schon sehr skeptisch machen.

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Es ist ja auch bezeichnend, dass die meisten derer die die JDA verdammen, und die IHRA als quasi gottgegeben darstellen idR auch die sind, die absolut nicht dazu in der Lage sind auch nur wenige kritische Worte über die in den palästinensischen Gebieten stattfindenden Verbrechen der israelischen Regierung zu sagen, trotz all der Zerstörung, all den Toten und denen die dort gerade verhungern.
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Ian Fleming: Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. wordsmith.social/protestation/…

Protestation

2021-07-31 15:43:02

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Quotes

  • Otto Kuusinen: As long as the working class wages only an economic struggle, the bourgeoisie does not see in that any great danger for itself; but when the working class organises politically, i.e., creates a political party which expresses its will as a class, the bourgeoisie begins seriously to fear for its rule. That is why reaction deals its main blows against the political party of the working class. At the same time, trying to undermine the party from within, capitalist propaganda endeavours to persuade the workers that they can do without their own party. One of the manifestations of bourgeois influence on the working class is the anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist denial of the leading role of a political party.
  • Democritus: Not from fear but from a sense of duty refrain from your sins.
  • Democritus: Many who have not learned wisdom live wisely, and many who do the basest deeds can make most learned speeches.
  • Democritus: Fools learn wisdom through misfortune.
  • Democritus: Strength of body is nobility in beasts of burden, strength of character is nobility in men.
  • Democritus: Neither art nor wisdom may be attained without learning.
  • Democritus: It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.
  • Democritus: Good means not (merely) not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
  • Democritus: Fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions.
  • Muammar Gaddafi: We will not surrender. We will defeat them by any means. We are ready for the fight, whether it will be a short or a long one. We will be victorious in the end. This assault is by a bunch of fascists who will end up in the dustbin of history.
  • Democritus: By convention sweet is sweet, bitter is bitter, hot is hot, cold is cold, color is color; but in truth there are only atoms and the void.
  • Democritus: We know nothing accurately in reality, but (only) as it changes according to the bodily condition, and the constitution of those things that flow upon (the body) and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
  • Democritus: Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
  • Democritus: Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity.
  • Democritus: In a shared fish, there are no bones.
  • Democritus: Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
  • Democritus: The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
  • Democritus: Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
  • Democritus: If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
  • Democritus: No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
  • Democritus: In fact we do not know anything infallibly, but only that which changes according to the condition of our body and of the (influences) that reach and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Of practical wisdom these are the three fruits: to deliberate well, to speak to the point, to do what is right.
  • Democritus: 'Tis not in strength of body nor in gold that men find happiness, but in uprightness and in fulness of understanding.
  • Democritus: He who does wrong is more unhappy than he who suffers wrong.
  • Samuel P. Huntington: The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
  • Marjori Palmer: One of the most morale-damaging aspects of the inflation was the "sack of Germany" that occurred at the height of the (1923) inflation. Anyone who possessed dollars or sterling was king in Germany. A few American dollars would allow a man to live like a millionaire. Foreigners swarmed into the country, buying up family treasures, estates, jewelry and art works at unbelievable low prices.
  • Lionel Robbins: It was the most colossal thing of its kind in history: and next probably to the Great War itself, it must bear responsibility for many of the political and economic difficulties of our generation. It destroyed the wealth of the more solid elements of German society: and left behind a moral and economic disequilibrium, a breeding ground for the disasters which have followed. Hitler is the foster child of the inflation.
  • Lenin: There is no trace of utopianism in Marx, in the sense that he made up or invented a 'new' society. No, he studied the birth of the new society out of the old, and the forms of transition from the latter to the former, as a natural-historical process. He examined the actual experience of a proletarian mass movement and tried to draw practical lessons from it.
  • Che Guevara: Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
  • Democritus: The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.
  • Bertolt Brecht: Lenin is enshrined In the large heart of the working class.


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Mal ne Frage an die #FollowerPower: Wenn ich eine #Eisenpfanne einbrenne, was mache ich mit dem äußeren Rand? Ich habe eine ziemlich gute Anleitung gefunden, aber zu dem Thema sagt sie nichts.

Eisenpfannen einbrennen, pflegen und benutzen · Eat this! Food Blog

Eisenpfannen sind unserer Meinung nach eines der besten Küchenupgrades, die man sich leisten kann. In diesem Beitrag erklären wir, warum.
Jörg (Eat this! Foodblog für gesunde vegane Rezepte)
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Kent Paint

ich finde das thema noch nicht ganz ausgeschöpft...
eisenpfannen...
habe ich erwähnt, dass ich eisenpfannenaromachecker bin?
da wir hier unter uns sind, verrate ich euch wie man das macht:
pfannkuchenteig (mit ei oder vegan ist egal) und dann ersten pfannkuchen... hmmm... meist weiß man sofort was es zum letzten essen gab.
der zweite pfannkuchen enthüllt die zweite note, da ist so ein hauch von persönlichkeit zu schmecken (ähnlich wie ein holzkochlöffel, der gerne und oft mitgekocht wird)
der dritte zeigt dann genau, ob du oberliga bist ❤

wer lädt mich zum essen ein?

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Sapendo che con la mia lei, tra ciclo e influenza, non lo facciamo da più di una settimana (poiché sono tenuto a informarla in segreto della frequenza e della modalità di ogni nostro rapporto), mia suocera mi ha imposto di mandarle un video in cui mi sono dovuto riprendere integralmente mentre mi segavo nudo e sborravo in un bicchiere. Ha poi esaminato la quantità di sperma dal bicchiere ben in evdenza nel video per controllare non mi fossi segato prima da solo senza il suo permesso.
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I agree with this post with all my heart, and I practice this kind of silence in all areas of my life, probably more often than not.

But to bring balance, I would just say this:

There are also times when you must speak, when you must stand, when you must rise up and risk saying what you believe. Because is the right thing to do. And it is the right thing in the moment.

Peace.

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Trump Claims Lives: Migrant Deaths in US Custody on the Rise orinocotribune.com/trump-claim…

Trump Claims Lives: Migrant Deaths in US Custody on the Rise

The hardline immigration policy of the Trump administration is beginning to show its consequences. According to a CNN report, at least seven undocumented migrants have died in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody so far in 2025, an in…
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Hat es bei der @tagesschau einen Personalwechsel gegeben? Oder ist die Angst, wegen Beihilfe zum Völkermord angeklagt zu werden, doch zu groß geworden?

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Wadephul in Israel: Zu Besuch bei sehr komplizierten Freunden

Die erste Reise außerhalb Europas führte den neuen Außenminister nach Israel. Für Wadephul war es ein Balanceakt zwischen deutscher Verantwortung und deutlichen Worten.
Claudia Buckenmaier (tagesschau.de)

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Corrie Ten Boom: The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy. wordsmith.social/protestation/…

Protestation

2021-07-31 15:43:02

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Quotes

  • Otto Kuusinen: As long as the working class wages only an economic struggle, the bourgeoisie does not see in that any great danger for itself; but when the working class organises politically, i.e., creates a political party which expresses its will as a class, the bourgeoisie begins seriously to fear for its rule. That is why reaction deals its main blows against the political party of the working class. At the same time, trying to undermine the party from within, capitalist propaganda endeavours to persuade the workers that they can do without their own party. One of the manifestations of bourgeois influence on the working class is the anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist denial of the leading role of a political party.
  • Democritus: Not from fear but from a sense of duty refrain from your sins.
  • Democritus: Many who have not learned wisdom live wisely, and many who do the basest deeds can make most learned speeches.
  • Democritus: Fools learn wisdom through misfortune.
  • Democritus: Strength of body is nobility in beasts of burden, strength of character is nobility in men.
  • Democritus: Neither art nor wisdom may be attained without learning.
  • Democritus: It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.
  • Democritus: Good means not (merely) not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
  • Democritus: Fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions.
  • Muammar Gaddafi: We will not surrender. We will defeat them by any means. We are ready for the fight, whether it will be a short or a long one. We will be victorious in the end. This assault is by a bunch of fascists who will end up in the dustbin of history.
  • Democritus: By convention sweet is sweet, bitter is bitter, hot is hot, cold is cold, color is color; but in truth there are only atoms and the void.
  • Democritus: We know nothing accurately in reality, but (only) as it changes according to the bodily condition, and the constitution of those things that flow upon (the body) and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
  • Democritus: Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
  • Democritus: Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity.
  • Democritus: In a shared fish, there are no bones.
  • Democritus: Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
  • Democritus: The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
  • Democritus: Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
  • Democritus: If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
  • Democritus: No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
  • Democritus: In fact we do not know anything infallibly, but only that which changes according to the condition of our body and of the (influences) that reach and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Of practical wisdom these are the three fruits: to deliberate well, to speak to the point, to do what is right.
  • Democritus: 'Tis not in strength of body nor in gold that men find happiness, but in uprightness and in fulness of understanding.
  • Democritus: He who does wrong is more unhappy than he who suffers wrong.
  • Samuel P. Huntington: The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
  • Marjori Palmer: One of the most morale-damaging aspects of the inflation was the "sack of Germany" that occurred at the height of the (1923) inflation. Anyone who possessed dollars or sterling was king in Germany. A few American dollars would allow a man to live like a millionaire. Foreigners swarmed into the country, buying up family treasures, estates, jewelry and art works at unbelievable low prices.
  • Lionel Robbins: It was the most colossal thing of its kind in history: and next probably to the Great War itself, it must bear responsibility for many of the political and economic difficulties of our generation. It destroyed the wealth of the more solid elements of German society: and left behind a moral and economic disequilibrium, a breeding ground for the disasters which have followed. Hitler is the foster child of the inflation.
  • Lenin: There is no trace of utopianism in Marx, in the sense that he made up or invented a 'new' society. No, he studied the birth of the new society out of the old, and the forms of transition from the latter to the former, as a natural-historical process. He examined the actual experience of a proletarian mass movement and tried to draw practical lessons from it.
  • Che Guevara: Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
  • Democritus: The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.
  • Bertolt Brecht: Lenin is enshrined In the large heart of the working class.


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4th Round of Iran–U.S. Indirect Talks Conclude in Muscat iranpress.com/content/304973

4th Round of Iran–U.S. Indirect Talks Conclude in Muscat

The fourth round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States wrapped up in Oman on Sunday, with Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei describing the discussions as “difficult but useful,” aimed at narrowing major gaps on nuclear-…
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Which do you prefer?


FSF's Free Software definition:

  1. The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).
  2. The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
  3. The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
  4. The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.


or

OSI's Open Source definition:

The Open Source Definition
Page created on July 7, 2006 | Last modified on February 16, 2024>
Introduction
Open source doesn’t just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open source software must comply with the following criteria:
  1. Free Redistribution
    The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.
  2. Source Code
    The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in source code as well as compiled form. Where some form of a product is not distributed with source code, there must be a well-publicized means of obtaining the source code for no more than a reasonable reproduction cost, preferably downloading via the Internet without charge. The source code must be the preferred form in which a programmer would modify the program. Deliberately obfuscated source code is not allowed. Intermediate forms such as the output of a preprocessor or translator are not allowed.
  3. Derived Works
    The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original software.
  4. Integrity of The Author’s Source Code
    The license may restrict source-code from being distributed in modified form only if the license allows the distribution of “patch files” with the source code for the purpose of modifying the program at build time. The license must explicitly permit distribution of software built from modified source code. The license may require derived works to carry a different name or version number from the original software.
  5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
    The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons.
  6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
    The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.
  7. Distribution of License
    The rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom the program is redistributed without the need for execution of an additional license by those parties.
  8. License Must Not Be Specific to a Product
    The rights attached to the program must not depend on the program’s being part of a particular software distribution. If the program is extracted from that distribution and used or distributed within the terms of the program’s license, all parties to whom the program is redistributed should have the same rights as those that are granted in conjunction with the original software distribution.
  9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software
    The license must not place restrictions on other software that is distributed along with the licensed software. For example, the license must not insist that all other programs distributed on the same medium must be open source software.
  10. License Must Be Technology-Neutral
    No provision of the license may be predicated on any individual technology or style of interface.

The Open Source Definition was originally derived from the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG).

Version 1.9, last modified, 2007-03-22

Here’s the historical “Annotated OSD” from the early 2000’s.


I remember there being a 50something point definition from OSI, back when I started... but even in this 10 point version...

Do you agree to be held to all those points? Do you agree to hold others to those points? Do you have the right interpretation of their ambiguities? Do you have impeccably high moral standing such that you would not commit abuses by abusing the letter of the poorly written "law"? Do you agree to all future version changes?

Free Software's definition does not seem to want to change as much, nor tries impart more than it is. Free Software definition, itself, like that part of "unix philosophy". Do one thing, well.

I know which I prefer.

As defined,
Which do you prefer?

#DigitsPolls #SayFreeSoftware #KeepTheFAIF #FAIF #FSF #OSI #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

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Russia Awaiting Ukraine's Reaction to Proposal to Hold Talks in Istanbul, Kremlin Aide Says en.sputniknews.africa/20250511…

Russia Awaiting Ukraine's Reaction to Proposal to Hold Talks in Istanbul, Kremlin Aide Says

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed during a Sunday press conference that Kiev resume direct talks without preconditions on May 15 in Istanbul.
Sputnik Africa

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Israeli Strikes Kill Displaced Palestinians as Starvation Deaths Rise in Gaza #Palestine palestinechronicle.com/israeli…

Israeli Strikes Kill Displaced Palestinians as Starvation Deaths Rise in Gaza - Palestine Chronicle

At least ten Palestinians were killed and dozens injured as Israeli attacks targeted displaced families in tents and schools.
admin (Palestine Chronicle)

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Thich Nhat Hanh: In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us. wordsmith.social/protestation/…

Protestation

2021-07-31 15:43:02

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Quotes

  • Otto Kuusinen: As long as the working class wages only an economic struggle, the bourgeoisie does not see in that any great danger for itself; but when the working class organises politically, i.e., creates a political party which expresses its will as a class, the bourgeoisie begins seriously to fear for its rule. That is why reaction deals its main blows against the political party of the working class. At the same time, trying to undermine the party from within, capitalist propaganda endeavours to persuade the workers that they can do without their own party. One of the manifestations of bourgeois influence on the working class is the anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist denial of the leading role of a political party.
  • Democritus: Not from fear but from a sense of duty refrain from your sins.
  • Democritus: Many who have not learned wisdom live wisely, and many who do the basest deeds can make most learned speeches.
  • Democritus: Fools learn wisdom through misfortune.
  • Democritus: Strength of body is nobility in beasts of burden, strength of character is nobility in men.
  • Democritus: Neither art nor wisdom may be attained without learning.
  • Democritus: It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.
  • Democritus: Good means not (merely) not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
  • Democritus: Fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions.
  • Muammar Gaddafi: We will not surrender. We will defeat them by any means. We are ready for the fight, whether it will be a short or a long one. We will be victorious in the end. This assault is by a bunch of fascists who will end up in the dustbin of history.
  • Democritus: By convention sweet is sweet, bitter is bitter, hot is hot, cold is cold, color is color; but in truth there are only atoms and the void.
  • Democritus: We know nothing accurately in reality, but (only) as it changes according to the bodily condition, and the constitution of those things that flow upon (the body) and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
  • Democritus: Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
  • Democritus: Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity.
  • Democritus: In a shared fish, there are no bones.
  • Democritus: Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
  • Democritus: The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
  • Democritus: Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
  • Democritus: If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
  • Democritus: No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
  • Democritus: In fact we do not know anything infallibly, but only that which changes according to the condition of our body and of the (influences) that reach and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Of practical wisdom these are the three fruits: to deliberate well, to speak to the point, to do what is right.
  • Democritus: 'Tis not in strength of body nor in gold that men find happiness, but in uprightness and in fulness of understanding.
  • Democritus: He who does wrong is more unhappy than he who suffers wrong.
  • Samuel P. Huntington: The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
  • Marjori Palmer: One of the most morale-damaging aspects of the inflation was the "sack of Germany" that occurred at the height of the (1923) inflation. Anyone who possessed dollars or sterling was king in Germany. A few American dollars would allow a man to live like a millionaire. Foreigners swarmed into the country, buying up family treasures, estates, jewelry and art works at unbelievable low prices.
  • Lionel Robbins: It was the most colossal thing of its kind in history: and next probably to the Great War itself, it must bear responsibility for many of the political and economic difficulties of our generation. It destroyed the wealth of the more solid elements of German society: and left behind a moral and economic disequilibrium, a breeding ground for the disasters which have followed. Hitler is the foster child of the inflation.
  • Lenin: There is no trace of utopianism in Marx, in the sense that he made up or invented a 'new' society. No, he studied the birth of the new society out of the old, and the forms of transition from the latter to the former, as a natural-historical process. He examined the actual experience of a proletarian mass movement and tried to draw practical lessons from it.
  • Che Guevara: Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
  • Democritus: The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.
  • Bertolt Brecht: Lenin is enshrined In the large heart of the working class.


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Look at this horse. Beautiful, tremendous horse, maybe the best horse ever made, and they say it’s a gift from the Greeks. I love the Greeks, great country, great baklava. Some people, the haters, the fake news crowd, they said, “Don’t take it, Mr. President, it’s a trick!” But I know deals, okay? There’s nothing to worry about, it’s just a big, beautiful horse, and we’re going to enjoy it. We’re bringing it in, we're making America great again. Free horse, folks. You don’t turn that down.

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#PutTheTGirlsBackInTheArmy #AndThePlaneBackInQatar #SoHelpUsAll #Politics #USPol #USPolitics

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Unit 8200: The World’s Most Dangerous Cyber Warfare Unit, Powering Global Espionage and Profiting from the Shadows thealtworld.substack.com/p/uni…

Unit 8200: The World’s Most Dangerous Cyber Warfare Unit, Powering Global Espionage and Profiting from the Shadows

Vanessa Beeley- Mike Robinson on the Zionist Unit 8200 tentacles reaching far into all sectors of UK society
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Trump called Putin’s offer of talks with Ukraine a “great day” en.news-front.su/2025/05/11/tr…

Trump called Putin's offer of talks with Ukraine a "great day"

White House chief Donald Trump has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposed resumption of talks with Ukraine could be a “great day” for Moscow and Kiev.
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Film Review: ‘The Encampments’ is an inspiring call for liberation in response to the horror of genocide #Palestine mondoweiss.net/2025/05/film-re…

Film Review: ‘The Encampments’ is an inspiring call for liberation in response to the horror of

The documentary film “The Encampments” shares the inspiring story of how students brought Columbia University to a standstill, and the issue of Palestine to millions around the world.
Shokoofeh Rajabzadeh (Mondoweiss)

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The Creature hopes everyone had a wonderful Nowruz!

🌾🍮🫒🍶🍎🧄​:google_emoji_kitchen_hyacinth_and_overheated_face_mashup:​

#ImSoSorryAboutThatEmojiMashup #ItWasTheClosestICouldGetToSumac #FotoMontag #PhotoMonday #نوروز #Nowruz #Nowruz #Nowruz2025 #PersianNewYear #WestfieldCenturyCity #LosAngeles #California #Merchtodon #PersianNewYear #Photo #Photography #Plushtodon #LetyDoesSelfies

Photo of Lety and the Creature Mastodon stuffed toy standing in front of a Haft-Sîn display in the atrium of an outdoor mall during a bright, sunny day. From top to bottom, Lety is shown wearing a green long-sleeve bodycon dress. She's smiling at the camera as she holds the Creature with both hands in front of her belly. Behind them is a giant table lined with artificial turf and decorated with the seven traditional S's of Haft-Sîn tables, among many others, except for samanu, which is notably missing.
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Condoleezza Rice: We need a common enemy to unite us. wordsmith.social/protestation/…

Protestation

2021-07-31 15:43:02

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Quotes

  • Otto Kuusinen: As long as the working class wages only an economic struggle, the bourgeoisie does not see in that any great danger for itself; but when the working class organises politically, i.e., creates a political party which expresses its will as a class, the bourgeoisie begins seriously to fear for its rule. That is why reaction deals its main blows against the political party of the working class. At the same time, trying to undermine the party from within, capitalist propaganda endeavours to persuade the workers that they can do without their own party. One of the manifestations of bourgeois influence on the working class is the anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist denial of the leading role of a political party.
  • Democritus: Not from fear but from a sense of duty refrain from your sins.
  • Democritus: Many who have not learned wisdom live wisely, and many who do the basest deeds can make most learned speeches.
  • Democritus: Fools learn wisdom through misfortune.
  • Democritus: Strength of body is nobility in beasts of burden, strength of character is nobility in men.
  • Democritus: Neither art nor wisdom may be attained without learning.
  • Democritus: It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.
  • Democritus: Good means not (merely) not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
  • Democritus: Fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions.
  • Muammar Gaddafi: We will not surrender. We will defeat them by any means. We are ready for the fight, whether it will be a short or a long one. We will be victorious in the end. This assault is by a bunch of fascists who will end up in the dustbin of history.
  • Democritus: By convention sweet is sweet, bitter is bitter, hot is hot, cold is cold, color is color; but in truth there are only atoms and the void.
  • Democritus: We know nothing accurately in reality, but (only) as it changes according to the bodily condition, and the constitution of those things that flow upon (the body) and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
  • Democritus: Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
  • Democritus: Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity.
  • Democritus: In a shared fish, there are no bones.
  • Democritus: Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
  • Democritus: The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
  • Democritus: Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
  • Democritus: If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
  • Democritus: No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
  • Democritus: In fact we do not know anything infallibly, but only that which changes according to the condition of our body and of the (influences) that reach and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Of practical wisdom these are the three fruits: to deliberate well, to speak to the point, to do what is right.
  • Democritus: 'Tis not in strength of body nor in gold that men find happiness, but in uprightness and in fulness of understanding.
  • Democritus: He who does wrong is more unhappy than he who suffers wrong.
  • Samuel P. Huntington: The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
  • Marjori Palmer: One of the most morale-damaging aspects of the inflation was the "sack of Germany" that occurred at the height of the (1923) inflation. Anyone who possessed dollars or sterling was king in Germany. A few American dollars would allow a man to live like a millionaire. Foreigners swarmed into the country, buying up family treasures, estates, jewelry and art works at unbelievable low prices.
  • Lionel Robbins: It was the most colossal thing of its kind in history: and next probably to the Great War itself, it must bear responsibility for many of the political and economic difficulties of our generation. It destroyed the wealth of the more solid elements of German society: and left behind a moral and economic disequilibrium, a breeding ground for the disasters which have followed. Hitler is the foster child of the inflation.
  • Lenin: There is no trace of utopianism in Marx, in the sense that he made up or invented a 'new' society. No, he studied the birth of the new society out of the old, and the forms of transition from the latter to the former, as a natural-historical process. He examined the actual experience of a proletarian mass movement and tried to draw practical lessons from it.
  • Che Guevara: Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
  • Democritus: The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.
  • Bertolt Brecht: Lenin is enshrined In the large heart of the working class.


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Türkiye Is Ready To Host Negotiations Between Russia and Ukraine, Erdogan Says telesurenglish.net/turkiye-is-…

Türkiye Is Ready To Host Negotiations Between Russia and Ukraine, Erdogan Says - teleSUR English

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin to welcome the possibility of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine resuming in Istanbul.
teleSURenglish

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#Propaganda beim #Tagesspiegel.

Die #Antisemitismus-Definition der #IHRA, auf die sich #CDU/ #CSU, #SPD & #Grüne berufen, steht internat. in der Kritik. Die Definition der Jerusalem Erklärung, auf die sich #Linke beruft, hingegen nicht & wird daher auch im Ausland mehrheitlich die verwendet

Beim Tagesspiegel lügt man das Gegenteil herbei. Sucht bei ausländischen Medien wie bbc, Guardian, CNN & überzeugt euch selbst.

tagesspiegel.de/politik/antise…

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#Gaza #Westbank #Palästina #Genozid #FakeNews


Staatstragend nur im Bundestag: Linke stimmt auf Parteitag für umstrittene Antisemitismus-Definition

Auf dem Parteitag im Chemnitz sucht die Linke ihre Rolle – zwischen Kapitalismuskritik und dem Wunsch nach Anerkennung. Zugleich kämpft die Partei um ihre Haltung zu Israel – wieder einmal.
Caspar Schwietering (Der Tagesspiegel)
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Sui

Eine Auswahl an Quellen, die aufzeigen, dass der #Tagesspiegel hier #FakeNews und #Propaganda sich ausdenkt und verbreitet.

theguardian.com/news/2020/nov/…

thenation.com/article/society/…

washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20…

972mag.com/elsc-ihra-antisemit…

Selbst in der israelische Mainstream-Presse:
timesofisrael.com/over-100-rig…

Bester deutscher Artikel dazu:
jacobin.de/artikel/berlin-kult…

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#Gaza #Westbank #Palästina #Genozid #FakeNews


100 rights groups, some Israeli, lobby UN to not adopt IHRA antisemitism definition | The Times of Israel

Organizations claim formula could be abused to impact freedom of speech, prevent criticism of Israel, and block advocacy for Palestinian rights
ToI Staff (The Times of Israel)
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Befreiungsbewegungen 🏳️‍🌈

"#Umstritten", das neue FAKE-Wort der rechten Ideologen: Angeblich sind es wohl schlechte Menschen, die streiten ...

dabei sind es die wirklich schlechten Menschen, die Gerüchte über andere oder Rechthabereien verbreiten, die Lügen sind.

Manche Palästinenser und etliche andere Semiten sind nicht jüdische Faschisten und religiöse Rassisten ...

Das dümmste Wort ist "Antisemitismus", wenn es faschistische und religiös-rassistische Politik verschweigen will, wie Stadtpolitik in #München

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Uzbekistan?s prime minister arrives in Tehran for official visit en.irna.ir/news/85829379/Uzbek…

Uzbekistan’s prime minister arrives in Tehran for official visit

Abdulla Aripov, the prime minister of Uzbekistan, is visiting Iran, where he will conduct meetings with Iranian officials and attend a joint business session with economic leaders from both countries.
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Choosing the Right Dragon Coaster for Mall Spaces


 A guide to selecting safe, space-efficient roller coasters for high-traffic retail environments.

In the evolving landscape of retailtainment, shopping malls are no longer just spaces for commerce—they're immersive environments where entertainment plays a central role in driving footfall and increasing dwell time. Among the various indoor attractions available today, the dragon roller coaster stands out as a versatile and visually captivating ride that balances moderate thrill with family-friendly appeal. Selecting the right model for mall integration demands a careful assessment of space constraints, audience profiles, and theming compatibility.

Tailored Designs for Indoor Integration

The <a href="https://bestonamusementrides.com/roller-coaster/dragon/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">dragon roller coaster</a> inspired by Eastern mythological aesthetics, is a perennial favorite in compact amusement settings. Its undulating track layout and iconic serpentine train design offer a visually engaging experience that resonates with a broad age demographic. When implemented inside a mall, spatial limitations often necessitate a more calculated engineering approach—track length, curvature radius, and elevation must be optimized to preserve excitement within a reduced footprint.

Ride heights typically range from 2.5 to 4 meters, ensuring that the installation complies with common indoor ceiling restrictions. Track lengths average between 60 to 120 meters, depending on the design model. These configurations allow for multiple thematic embellishments, including LED-integrated scales, sound-activated roars, and synchronized fog effects that enhance rider immersion without compromising mall aesthetics or traffic circulation.

Working closely with an experienced amusement park ride manufacturer ensures that these rides are not merely retrofitted into existing infrastructure but are custom-built to align with the mall’s branding strategy and safety regulations. Manufacturers with strong R&D capabilities can provide solutions that include noise-dampening systems, modular installation, and smart ride diagnostics—all critical features in high-footfall, noise-sensitive environments like malls.

Evaluating Suitable Dragon Roller Coaster Models

For mall operators, choosing the correct model is pivotal. There are several proven configurations that balance excitement with scalability:

1. Mini Dragon Coaster

Designed specifically for younger riders, this model features a gentle slope and slower speeds. The train, usually composed of 5 to 7 connected dragon-shaped cars, traverses a looped oval or figure-eight track. Despite its compact dimensions—typically under 80 square meters—the ride maintains a high visual presence through dynamic lighting and motion. This is ideal for ground-floor installations where visibility attracts impulse riders.


  1. Elevated Track Dragon Coaster

This mid-sized variation features more pronounced elevation changes and faster acceleration. Suited for slightly older children and teenagers, the ride introduces shallow drops and curved banks that increase the thrill factor while still remaining safe and predictable. The elevated track can be designed to pass over kiosks, waiting areas, or small decorative elements, maximizing use of vertical space. Partnering with an experienced <a href="https://bestonamusementrides.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">amusement park ride manufacturer</a> ensures that these elevated coasters are engineered with precise load distribution, structural integrity, and compliance with indoor safety standards, making them a reliable option for mall-based installations.


  1. Themed Tunnel Dragon Coaster

Integrating scenic tunnels or semi-dark environments enhances mystery and anticipation. With sensory effects like vibrating tracks, ambient sounds, and projection mapping, this type of dragon coaster appeals to experience-seeking mall visitors. It's particularly effective in malls with designated family entertainment zones or areas earmarked for immersive attractions.


  1. Custom Looping Mini Coaster

Though less common in indoor settings, some malls with high ceilings or atrium areas can accommodate a looping segment. Manufacturers capable of advanced steel fabrication and precision engineering can deliver compact coasters that feature a single, slow-speed loop, creating a wow factor that distinguishes the mall’s entertainment offerings from competitors.

Considerations for Operational Efficiency

Beyond the ride itself, operational logistics dictate long-term performance. Key considerations include:

Power Requirements: Most indoor dragon coasters operate on 3-phase power systems with energy-efficient motors. Ensuring compatibility with the mall’s existing grid avoids excessive retrofitting.

Footprint Versatility: Modular track systems allow the ride to be relocated or reconfigured in case of mall layout changes. This is especially valuable for malls undergoing seasonal rebranding or promotional space shifts.

Queue Design: Given limited floor space, single-entry queue systems with overhead digital signage optimize crowd management. Pre-ticketing and RFID entry systems further streamline operations.

Maintenance Protocols: Regular inspections, component lubrication, and track realignment are essential. A reputable amusement park ride manufacturer typically provides remote diagnostics software and training packages for in-house technicians, reducing reliance on third-party servicing.

Enhancing Revenue Potential Through Ride Integration

Dragon coasters are more than standalone attractions—they can anchor themed zones or integrate with retail and F&B strategies. For instance:

Photo Booth Upsell: Install automated photo-capture systems at high-thrill segments and offer printed or digital photos at the exit.

Branded Merchandise: Partner with IP licenses (e.g., animated dragon characters) to sell co-branded plush toys or collectibles.

Augmented Reality Tie-ins: Use QR codes along the queue to engage visitors with games or previews, increasing dwell time and cross-promotion with digital channels.

Safety and Compliance in Enclosed Spaces

Indoor environments require enhanced attention to safety. Emergency egress paths, fire suppression systems, and ceiling clearance are just the start. Dragon coasters intended for malls must adhere to regional standards such as EN 13814, ASTM F2291, or local building codes.

Further, noise levels must be controlled below 70 dB to avoid interfering with retail ambience. Manufacturers often encase drive systems in acoustic foam or use rubber-mounted track supports to minimize vibration transmission.

Final Thoughts

As shopping malls transform into hybrid commercial-entertainment complexes, integrating amusement rides such as dragon roller coasters becomes a strategic move rather than a novelty. With compact design, modular adaptability, and wide demographic appeal, these coasters can significantly enhance the experiential profile of a mall. However, successful deployment hinges on choosing the right specifications and collaborating with a technically proficient amusement park ride manufacturer that understands the nuanced requirements of indoor installations.

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Lety Does Stuff

In all seriousness. this mural was done by Mel Depaz, AngelOnce, and GoopMassta.

Depaz is quicky becoming my favorite mural artist in LA, and it's so cool to start to recognize aspects of her visual style when I'm travelling around Los Angeles!

Here's a short documentary on this mural being made: vimeo.com/477296008

And I've never had the privilege of meeting the chick, but you can find her site over at meldepaz.com


Footlocker Compton Mural by Mel DePaz Angel Once and Goop Massta

Mel DePaz, Angel Once and Goop Massta create a beautiful mural for Compton at Footlocker's new store. A Film by @cliffordwilliam
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Richard Ojeda: The moment you start asking questions, you become public enemy number one. wordsmith.social/protestation/…

Protestation

2021-07-31 15:43:02

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Quotes

  • Otto Kuusinen: As long as the working class wages only an economic struggle, the bourgeoisie does not see in that any great danger for itself; but when the working class organises politically, i.e., creates a political party which expresses its will as a class, the bourgeoisie begins seriously to fear for its rule. That is why reaction deals its main blows against the political party of the working class. At the same time, trying to undermine the party from within, capitalist propaganda endeavours to persuade the workers that they can do without their own party. One of the manifestations of bourgeois influence on the working class is the anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist denial of the leading role of a political party.
  • Democritus: Not from fear but from a sense of duty refrain from your sins.
  • Democritus: Many who have not learned wisdom live wisely, and many who do the basest deeds can make most learned speeches.
  • Democritus: Fools learn wisdom through misfortune.
  • Democritus: Strength of body is nobility in beasts of burden, strength of character is nobility in men.
  • Democritus: Neither art nor wisdom may be attained without learning.
  • Democritus: It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.
  • Democritus: Good means not (merely) not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
  • Democritus: Fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions.
  • Muammar Gaddafi: We will not surrender. We will defeat them by any means. We are ready for the fight, whether it will be a short or a long one. We will be victorious in the end. This assault is by a bunch of fascists who will end up in the dustbin of history.
  • Democritus: By convention sweet is sweet, bitter is bitter, hot is hot, cold is cold, color is color; but in truth there are only atoms and the void.
  • Democritus: We know nothing accurately in reality, but (only) as it changes according to the bodily condition, and the constitution of those things that flow upon (the body) and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
  • Democritus: Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
  • Democritus: Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity.
  • Democritus: In a shared fish, there are no bones.
  • Democritus: Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
  • Democritus: The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
  • Democritus: Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
  • Democritus: If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
  • Democritus: No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
  • Democritus: In fact we do not know anything infallibly, but only that which changes according to the condition of our body and of the (influences) that reach and impinge upon it.
  • Democritus: Of practical wisdom these are the three fruits: to deliberate well, to speak to the point, to do what is right.
  • Democritus: 'Tis not in strength of body nor in gold that men find happiness, but in uprightness and in fulness of understanding.
  • Democritus: He who does wrong is more unhappy than he who suffers wrong.
  • Samuel P. Huntington: The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
  • Marjori Palmer: One of the most morale-damaging aspects of the inflation was the "sack of Germany" that occurred at the height of the (1923) inflation. Anyone who possessed dollars or sterling was king in Germany. A few American dollars would allow a man to live like a millionaire. Foreigners swarmed into the country, buying up family treasures, estates, jewelry and art works at unbelievable low prices.
  • Lionel Robbins: It was the most colossal thing of its kind in history: and next probably to the Great War itself, it must bear responsibility for many of the political and economic difficulties of our generation. It destroyed the wealth of the more solid elements of German society: and left behind a moral and economic disequilibrium, a breeding ground for the disasters which have followed. Hitler is the foster child of the inflation.
  • Lenin: There is no trace of utopianism in Marx, in the sense that he made up or invented a 'new' society. No, he studied the birth of the new society out of the old, and the forms of transition from the latter to the former, as a natural-historical process. He examined the actual experience of a proletarian mass movement and tried to draw practical lessons from it.
  • Che Guevara: Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
  • Democritus: The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.
  • Bertolt Brecht: Lenin is enshrined In the large heart of the working class.


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Affordable Workhorses: Best Standard Self Loader Mixer Under $40K

In the competitive world of construction, efficiency and cost-effectiveness are paramount. The self-loading concrete mixer has become an essential tool, offering mobility and independence by combining mixing and transportation capabilities into one unit. However, for many small to mid-sized contractors, the challenge often lies in finding a balance between cost and performance. With self loading concrete mixer machine price significantly above \$40,000, it’s crucial to identify models that offer exceptional value without breaking the bank. This article explores the best standard self-loading mixers available for under \$40K, designed to provide maximum productivity while keeping costs in check.

Top Self-Loading Mixers Under \$40K

Key Features and Benefits of Affordable Models


Affordable self-loading mixers under \$40K are built to deliver high performance without compromising on essential features. While premium models offer cutting-edge technology, standard versions still pack a punch with features that make them ideal for smaller projects and tight budgets. The primary advantages of these mixers include:

  • Ease of Use: Even at lower price points, these models feature user-friendly interfaces that make operation straightforward, reducing the learning curve and downtime.
  • Efficiency: These mixers allow for quicker turnaround times on-site by combining mixing and loading functions, cutting down the need for separate transport or manual labor.

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  • Mobility: Their compact design ensures they can move easily across varied terrains, making them perfect for rural and smaller job sites.
  • Durability: Despite the lower price, these models are still built to withstand harsh conditions, offering reliable performance over time.

These features ensure that even budget-friendly options can still be high-performing and versatile, proving that affordability does not equate to sacrificing quality.

Best Models and Their Specifications


Several self-loading concrete mixers under \$40K have earned their place as reliable workhorses in the market. Some of the top contenders include:

  • AIMIX AS-1.8 Self-Loading Concrete Mixer: With a price point well under \$40K, this mini concrete mixer self loading model offers a capacity of 1.8m³, making it an ideal option for medium-sized projects. The 4-wheel drive system and efficient mixing mechanism ensure high productivity, even in tough working environments.
  • SANY SYM-2.0 Self-Loading Concrete Mixer: A robust, 2.0m³ mixer designed for both urban and rural construction needs. SANY’s model includes a heavy-duty engine and simplified control systems, ensuring ease of operation and reliable performance at a reasonable cost.
  • JBC-45 Self-Loading Mixer: Known for its ability to work in confined spaces, this 4m³ capacity model is a great fit for smaller construction projects that require frequent concrete mixes without high capital investment. The versatility and efficiency make it a leading choice under \$40K.

These models combine affordability with essential features, offering excellent value for contractors looking to maximize performance while maintaining budget constraints.

Maintenance on self loading mixer

Making the Right Choice: Cost vs. Performance

Evaluating Long-Term Value


When deciding between affordable self-loading mixers, it’s crucial to consider not only the initial cost but also the long-term value. A lower concrete mixer price in Ethiopia doesn’t always mean the best deal if the total cost of ownership (including maintenance, fuel consumption, and operational efficiency) is higher in the long run. Many of these mixers are designed to minimize maintenance requirements, reducing the frequency and cost of repairs over their lifespan. By factoring in these considerations, contractors can ensure that the initial savings are not overshadowed by higher future expenses.

Tips for Choosing the Right Mixer Within Budget


Selecting the right mixer involves more than just looking at the price tag. Here are some tips to help make the best choice within the \$40K budget:

  • Assess Project Needs: Determine the typical job sizes and material requirements to choose a model that suits your workload.
  • Prioritize Durability: Ensure the model has a reputation for reliability and can withstand frequent use.
  • Consider Resale Value: Some brands hold their value better than others, providing the opportunity for resale if you upgrade later.
  • Check for Fuel Efficiency: The more efficient the mixer is with fuel consumption, the more cost-effective it will be over time.

By carefully evaluating these factors, businesses can select a self-loading mixer that balances cost-effectiveness and performance, ultimately making it a wise investment.

In conclusion, affordable self-loading concrete mixers under \$40K offer significant value for construction professionals who need reliable, versatile, and efficient equipment without breaking their budget. While there are several excellent models to choose from, the key is to assess your unique needs and carefully evaluate the long-term value of each option. By striking the right balance between cost and performance, contractors can secure a reliable mixer that delivers consistent results for years to come.

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TOTALLY WORTHLESS: GOP Controlled House and Senate Sent Fewer Bills to GOP President Than Any Congress in 70 Years

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TOTALLY WORTHLESS: GOP Controlled House and Senate Sent Fewer Bills to GOP President Than Any Congress in 70 Years | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft

          President Trump won the 2024 election in a landslide, winning the US Presidency with 312 electoral votes, all of the battleground states, the popular vote, the US House of Representatives, The US Senate and 2750 counties across the country.
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Not ADHD (as far as I can tell), but this from @adhd_coffee was genuinely useful to me in understanding (and hopefully supporting) several folks I know.
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Attached: 1 image We rescue 12 babies from a burning house without thinking about it, but that I should do my tax return in the next 3 months gives me a nervous breakdown. #adhd #meme #adhs #mentalhealth
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