'Timing is always correct' — South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola on his visit to Moscow

Says ties with Russia must grow 'from strength to strength' as he is to meet Russia's FM Lavrov

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Good decision by Trump.

But this was brought about by several factors.

First, the US Navy setbacks in the Red Sea due to Yemen / Ansar Allahs / Houthis.

Iran has much deadlier capacity to thwart attacks and strike back.

Secondly, much of the MAGA community doesn’t want a US war against Iran for Israel.

Thirdly, economic situation - especially under the Tariff & Trade uncertainty - is also not conducive to start a new war. Blockade of the Persian Gulf will escalate oil prices to such an extent that quadrillions of derivatives will come under threat, and will trigger a global recession on steroids.

Fourth, Russia and China won’t allow Iran to be destroyed by US, UK and Israel. And are likely to get involved to protect Iran.

So Trump has resisted Zionist pressure and pulled out of Netanyahu’s disastrous plan for the moment!

Slovak PM Fico grilled on going to Moscow Victory Day parade – he doesn’t back down

'We know who liberated us and they can't take that away from us'.

He says he'll be there to respect people of Soviet Union, who had 'greatest share' in defeating Nazi Germany.

#Slovakia #Russia #VictoryDay

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Lee Barrett is a British YouTuber who has been living in China for over a decade.

I asked him if he has a social credit score.

➡️ Full episode: https://www.jermwarfare.com/stop-believing-silly-propaganda-about-china/

Eight German Banks Refuse to Invest in National Defense on "Ethical Grounds"

Eight German banks have declined to invest in Germany's defense sector, citing ethical concerns, according to local media reports.

"Investments in armaments are necessary but not ethically justifiable," states a declaration signed by GLS Bank, KD Bank, BiB Essen, Bank für Kirche und Caritas, DKM - Partner für Kirche und Caritas, Evangelische Bank, Steyler Ethik Bank, and PAX Bank.

While these are not major German banks, GLS Bank and KD Bank were recently recognized as the most sustainable banks in Germany by Stiftung Warentest. These institutions position themselves as adhering to religious values and the UN’s principles of sustainable development.

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EIR Daily briefing

Read by elevenlabs.io voice (Christian)

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Xi SENDS BACK 1st of *179* Boeings ORDERED

US firms PANIC as $650B China trade EVAPORATES

Pic shows best-selling 737 MAX land back at Boeing's Seattle hub ... already in Xiamen Air livery

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In this Canadian Patriot Podcast, I spoke with Peoples Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier about his vision for Canada, the world economic crisis, de-dollarization, BRICS, exiting NATO, Arctic Cooperation, immigration and the fallacy of Liberal vs Conservative games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl0eugws9-g

This is very troubling…
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I keep noticing stories about the huge power consumption by data centers, dominated by artificial intelligence number crunching.

If you step back and look at the digital versus biological analog modes, it’s rather striking; digital slams It’s basic signals between low and high voltages, whereas biological systems, while they may have spiking aspects, the fundamental relation relies on the nuance of precise balance between delicate fluctuations.

These two modes are like polar opposites, one slamming the value to extremes of digital high and low, and another delicately balancing tiny analog values, using feedback on the edge of stability.

So while digital requires the most power, biological analog seems to require the least.

This reminds me of the contrast between Brunelleschi’s dome, and the Roman Parthenon dome.

Brunelleschi‘s Dome relies on the elegance of least action, using the concentric hanging chains to center the rising tiers of dome construction…

Whereas the Roman Parthenon dome was just the brute force approach, with really thick walls.

The main attraction of the digital mode was its rejection of noise, but it’s a brute-force solution.

Not to mention that it’s also highly mechanistic and deterministic, to the point of absurdity.

(randomness has to be “simulated”, using pseudo-random principles.)

You get the sense that despite its benefits, digital is doing everything the hard way by virtue of its mechanistic nature.

It’s like it’s always trying to crawl back to the analog roots of reality, but through a maximally winding path.

It also has a mindset reminiscent of a brainwashing cult, where everything is viewed through the discrete lens.

I joke that it starts early with things like Legos, which I consider a form of childhood Aristotelian brainwashing, where all building blocks are predetermined, and strictly bottom-up, and feedback is relegated to be a distant mystical conception.