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Monday, 27 August 2018
Subjects: People smuggling vessel; business investments; Liberal Party.
When the Coalition was elected in 2013, we inherited an enormous mess – 50,000 people had arrived on 800 boats and tragically 1,200 people had drowned at sea.
We've made decisions every day to clean up that mess and to make sure that the people smugglers are kept out of business. I have said every day that we have an enduring threat from people smugglers who would seek to send people by boat to our country. I have warned the Labor Party time and time again about their commentary in relation to people coming to Australia and then ending up in New Zealand. I've warned the Labor Party about talking on time limits and how people if they stayed on Nauru or Manus, would be there only for a limited time and then would end up in our country; and I can't believe that the Labor Party still don't listen to those concerns.
I want to confirm for you today that Australia, we believe, has received the first vessel; the first people smuggling venture in over 1,400 days. The vessel arrived off the Daintree in Far North Queensland and obviously those matters are under investigation and there's an operation underway in relation to this matter.
Australia has thousands of kilometres of coastline and we have assets, both aerial and on the water and we look very closely at routes and act on intelligence when people provide that intelligence to look at where vessels are coming from. We believe that this vessel originated out of Vietnam and obviously there's a lot of work that's being undertaken by Australian Border Force, the Queensland Police and the Australian Federal Police at the moment.
We've been very frank with the Australian public that the threat of people smugglers hasn't gone away and the arrival of this boat should be a very clear and timely message that the people smugglers will seek to put people onto boats, to take money from innocent men, women and children and to send them to our country.
I'll send this very clear message to people smugglers today: you won't succeed, not under this Government.
We have been very clear that we won't allow people who arrive illegally into our country to settle in this country. People will be deported from our country at the first available opportunity and we will work through the agencies to make sure that we can repatriate these people back to their country of origin once we understand all of the facts in relation to the matter.
So it's still an ongoing operation, but people, as we've mentioned on many occasions before, people need to be cognisant of the fact that sophisticated ventures seek to come across the Torres Strait, down the east coast of Australia into New Zealand. We don't know the full facts in relation to this particular vessel yet, but it is under investigation and people should be very clear, as we're seeing on the Mediterranean now, people are getting on boats, people are drowning at sea and this problem has never gone away completely for Australia.
We've had a very proud record over the course of the last few years and we aren't going to take a backward step. The people smugglers need to hear the message from this Government very, very clearly: they will not succeed in putting people onto boats to get to Australia. We are working day and night to make sure that we stare down these people smugglers and to stop their evil trade.
What do you know about boat and how it managed to get to land?
Well obviously there's, as I say, a significant effort from Maritime Border Command and from all of our agencies in stopping vessels. We have obviously a number of movements across the Torres Strait, across the top of Australia, down the west coast, indeed of course down the east coast as well. So the professionals, those people conducting the surveillance, they need to identify vessels.
Clearly there has been a problem in relation to the surveillance that's taken place of this particular vessel and the Maritime Border Command will learn the lessons in relation to this particular vessel, but we'll have a look at all of that as the operation continues.
What do you mean there's been a problem? Have they just [Inaudible]?
Well clearly there's been a failing when surveillance has not worked as it should in identifying this vessel or allowing this vessel to get as close to the coastline as it has, but we'll work through all of that. It's a reminder that these people smugglers haven't gone out of business.
There are 14,000 people in Indonesia right now who are waiting to get on to vessels to come to Australia. We can't allow people smugglers to get back into business.
The Labor Party is as weak as they've ever been in relation to border protection and the message Bill Shorten needs to hear out of today is; stop watering down Australia's border protection policies; stop talking about ways in which you're going to unwind our border protection policies because it sends a message to people smugglers and to the syndicates, which is not helpful.
This Government's not going to lose our resolve to stop the boats and I'm going to make sure that we do whatever we can to support our on-water personnel, our surveillance personnel that operate the aerial surveillance unit as well and we need to be very realistic about the threat that we face.
What will happen with these people in the immediate future once they're caught?
Well that's obviously an issue for Australian Border Force at the moment. The initial response of course was to look at a very dangerous area where obviously it's crocodile infested. We need to make sure firstly that the people are safe in place and then we can start the process of deportation as quickly as possible.
There were reports this morning that there were a few arrested, can you elaborate further on the numbers?
I just don't have any further comment in relation to the operational matter which is currently underway.
Is there a possibility of more boats coming now?
Well there is a possibility of more boats and that's always been the case. We've had since 2014, 1,400 days where we've been able to turn back 33 boats, we've disrupted over 70 ventures – so this problem hasn't gone away – and because people aren't seeing the chaos that Labor presided over – pulling a thousand people a week off boats on Christmas Island – people somehow think the problem has gone away. It hasn't and I've said all along that we need to be very mindful of the fact that this problem is with us; it will always be with us.
We're an island nation, we've got thousands of kilometres of coastline to protect and we have a very, very attractive destination. People seek Australia out. They seek New Zealand out. Luckily for New Zealand there's a giant land mass of Australia is in between them and many of these source countries. So we just need to be very mindful of the reality of this threat.
Minister do you plan on making changes to your investment portfolio before the next election?
Well, what would you suggest?
I don't know. It's up to you.
Well if there are changes you can suggest, I'm happy to contemplate them.
Are you contemplating any changes though?
Well again, if you're happy to point out where they're inconsistent with the Ministerial Code or any issues that you've got, then please tell me what they are.
It's a yes/no question: are you willing to look at changing them?
Well, what are you suggesting should change because they're my investments. I started out with nothing. I worked in a butcher shop after school until I started university. I came from a working class family and with my wife, we've worked very hard to get what we've got and I have conducted all of our affairs in accordance with the Ministerial standards. I've declared any investments that we have and if you're making a suggestion otherwise, then I'd like you to detail them.
A bit of time has passed; do you have any regrets about last week's spill?
No I don't, no.
Would you change anything?
No, I wouldn't. No.
What are you doing behind the scenes to unite your Party?
Well I've had a number of conversations with the Prime Minister. I believe that we've got in Scott Morrison as Prime Minister a man of integrity and I think the Australian public will warm very quickly to Scott Morrison.
People want their electricity prices cut; Scott Morrison is going to do everything he can to cut people's electricity prices. We've heard concerns about the drought that not enough was being done in relation to the drought; the Prime Minister's made it his first trip to go out to drought affected communities and this Government will work to make sure that we can help people with their cost of living pressures.
There's a lot of money that is required for infrastructure, including here in Queensland and I want to provide whatever support I can to the Prime Minister to make sure we get a fair package for Queensland and I believe that we will.
I think you'll find Scott Morrison to be a very down to earth person, a very honest, straightforward person, a very honourable person and I think Queenslanders and Australians will relate to him very quickly and if we do that, you'll see the complete contrast.
Bill Shorten is the opposite of all of those descriptions. He's a dishonourable person, he's got a chequered background, he's completely in lockstep with the militant CFMEU. He would be bad for families and small businesses in our country and I think people understand that Bill Shorten is not a good person and that puts him at the other end of the spectrum of where Scott Morrison is.
Do you think he looks fairly good at the moment after your Party's last week?
Well again, look into Bill Shorten's background; I mean Bill Shorten was part of the Cabinet when 50,000 people arrived on 800 boats. He was a union leader when they ripped off penalty rates from low paid workers. He's been involved in every dodgy deal that the unions and the Labor Party have been involved in for a long period of time. This is a man with very poor character and Australians sense that, they've got an innate sense about Bill Shorten, they know it doesn't add up and I believe that over the course of the next period into May or whenever the next election is, people will see the real Bill Shorten. They've got a sniff of how bad he is. They look at his track record and I think people really will make a judgment on Bill Shorten and it won't be a positive one.
Thank you very much.
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Not in the beginning, but very soon after, when the gods set to discover their place in our scheme of lights, one was burdened with shouldering the color black. Hymni would have settled for nearly any color. He would not have complained about blue, which Usiris had requested in a hurry. Green was not his favorite, but he would have taken it if Qitom had not already. Perhaps red was a little rough, but it was passionate. He would have liked red.
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Yet, the Greatest of Them saw fit for Hymni to be the herald of black. What might he do with such a bitter color, he thought? In time, he figured he could find his way around the dilemma.
Because of Hymni, we now have a color for infection. We have something strong and evident for scripting. We have any of several hard minerals, stones, and metals with which to build our societies. Desperately, Hymni found more ways to use his color for beauty. The core of our eyes, the endless adventures of the wandering night sky. He tried, but did not meet satisfaction.
White shine filled the eyes of men, glowing with love and admiration. White stars burned through his blanket of night. Ririka meant nothing cruel of it, she just knew the best ways to find beauty in her color. Hymni's black helped accentuate her wonders.
That was all well and good, but Hymni wanted more.
So for decades, we had the weeping ash fall of Hymni's tears. The whole world gone black in the depths of Hymni's jealousy and sorrow. Of course, we know that black can be just as beautiful as any other color, but Hymni did not think as such. To him, it was a color for evil, a color meant to be overcome by its vibrant kindred of red, gold, blue, silver, white. But if mankind had not detested the color before, it had begun to now. Black killed our plants, coated the land in waves and mounts so thick we could hardly travel from one place to another. It blotted out the sun, it drove away the light. It made us hate Hymni, and so reflected the way he'd come to see himself.
Hymni had never felt a craving for violence before, but there it was, piece by piece, swelling inside of his heart. A strange tumbling captured his gut, curled his fingers, clenched his chest. He did not long to live the rest of his immortality as the dreadful spring from which all blackness sprang. He did not wish to live in sorrow, a subject to the hatred of others.
Gods, it seemed, were not immune to the treacherous whims of anger. In his hour of wrath, Hymni sought out Ririka and struck her down, thinking somehow he might be able steal her white. Perhaps then he would be loved like Ririka was loved. She was fragile and broke easily. He learned there was red inside of her, which he found odd. Was there red inside of him, too?
But Ririka, she died slowly. What's more, and Hymni found this hauntingly curious, she wore the greatest of tender smiles on her lips, even as red pooled at her side where he rent her open.
"I'm sorry," she rasped. "I am sorry, Hymni."
Words scattered from Hymni's tongue, leaving him dry and abandoned. He watched the girl, observed her slipping away.
"I'm sorry you have not felt loved for so long." She coughed, and the red came out from there, too.
"I," Hymni said, "I only wanted your color. It's beautiful. It's all I've ever wanted."
Her nod was a whisper of the body, hardly existing, hardly perceived. "You may have my color, Hymni. I hope you find happiness with it."
At this, the darling goddess passed into a realm unknown and uncertain even to their kind. Only now, with the trace remaining light banished from her body, did Hymni realize what he had done, and with the understanding came a new sort of sorrow.
As he'd wished, the color we call white fell into his hands. But somehow, it did not make him feel any more loved. The joy he'd anticipated, the sense of peace, they did not come. No, in their stead, he was met only with grief. He had brought about the end of one of his own, and she had gone so far as to apologize for his actions?
Hymni could not hold himself upright. He came crashing to his knees before Ririka's soul-empty shape, smile still against her cheeks. Taking her body into his arms, Hymni wailed every misery old and young. He did not care for the red stains against his body. He did not care for black, nor white, both now under his dominion. He cared only for the girl, taken unjustly. Taken by his selfishness.
Angry in a new way, Hymni expelled the undying ash-storms from the sky. He pushed the ash into corners and pockets of the world where it belonged, places where fire churned in the air. Then, the world began to fill with tears of white. Hymni's despair took on such great lengths that it superseded his world and made its way into our own. First it started slowly, then it began to build. One flake became two, which with time became thousands, and then millions and billions.
Infinite white came down all across the world, some sort of request of forgiveness or atonement to a girl who was no longer there. Where black ash had brought difficulty and strife to men, this new ash, something we'd later come to understand was not ash at all, had brought comfort and beauty. In time, we'd call it snow, and it would identify entire seasons of our world.
Now, it stands as the penance of a lonely god who continues to grieve for the foolishness of one mistake. It is a promise, I think, that Hymni would try his best to care for us in Ririka's place. It is a statement of hope, that we all have an opportunity to forgive ourselves.
I do hope Hymni begins to love himself the way we love him for giving us this snow, this most perfect of gifts. For it is the opinion of no man, that one who can create something so beautiful, could possess a heart worth hating.
I do hope Hymni finds the peace he so longed to find, as all of us do.


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Perspective Drawing
How to Draw a Roof and Shingles with Two Point Perspective – Easy Step by Step Drawing Tutorial
How to Draw Doors (Opened / Closed) in Two Point Perspective : Easy Step by Step Drawing Tutorial
Today I will show you how to draw a few doors in two 2 point perspective - one is closed, one is opened all the way and one door is either opening or closing. Either way, I have made this tutorial as simple as possible to follow. If you use a ruler and these perspective drawing techniques, you will be able to make these 3-dimensional doors.
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Figuring out what size to draw people, animals, figures, and objects within an illustration is one of the hardest aspects of drawing, in my opinion. However, using perspective techniques will allow you to properly size things in relation to each other. The following cartooning tutorial will guide you through the process.
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Drawing the face and head can be done without perspective techniques, however, it comes in handy when drawing it in relation to other objects or people. It also is very effective in helping the artist draw the human face and head when it is on a slant or tilt. This is when drawing faces becomes difficult.
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We draw with perspective drawing techniques in order to make a more realistic 3-dimensional object. In this technique, every set of parallel lines has its own vanishing points.
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Hold a box in your hand in such a position that you only see the front and top of it. Observe that as we view the top, its outer edges appear to converge. This condition is caused by an optical illusion. As the top turns away from us, the relationship between the length and width changes or diminishes. This phenomenon is known as foreshortening. Observe also that as we look at the face of the box, it is seen in its true form. The reason for this is that it is perpendicular to our line of vision.
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Introduction to Perspective Drawing
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Simple Lesson in Perspective Drawing
Without the knowledge of perspective, constructive drawing is impossible. Leonardo Da Vinci called it the "bridle and rudder of painting." Every form, from a grain of sand to a mountain, exists in perspective. It is the first thing a student must learn. Like the alphabet in a language, without it, one would not be able to write. Too many students by-pass this phase of learning. The knowledge of perspective makes it possible to create the illusion that objects and figures are three dimensional on a two dimensional surface such as a sheet of paper, canvas or wall.


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Jey sent in a number of tree pictures. She says,"I snapped a few while shopping today I'd like to share and the final one is my very special entry."
1. The tree at Captain Snooze, Fyshwick. I like the use of just a few colours on the white tree.
2. The tree from the Adult World store window, Fyshwick. Complete with naked woman.
3. The tree at Bunnings, Fyshwick. Personally I think it's a bit overdone and don't like the naked top.
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4. Scrubby's Tree! Scrubby is the guy who washes windscreens at the Antil Street intersection. My mum refers to him as 'Scrubby' and she knows him personally. This is his tree, lovingly erected for the holiday season. Thanks to my partner, Andy, for snapping it while I was driving.


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HOUGHTON, Mich. – The Michigan Tech men's tennis team opened Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference competition Friday at the Gates Tennis Center, falling to Grand Valley State University 7-0. Friday's contest was the first of three in a row at home this weekend for the Huskies.
"Give Grand Valley State credit for playing an outstanding match," Michigan Tech Head Coach Kevin Kalinec said. "The Lakers are a strong team and we were a little overmatched, but our guys fought hard and gave a great effort up and down the lineup. We'll look to build on the positives from today's match and bounce back tomorrow against Ferris State."
Grand Valley State (10-4, 1-0 GLIAC) got the upper hand in doubles with three wins to claim the first point in Friday's showdown. Michigan Tech (2-6, 0-1 GLIAC) had senior Mario Neto and freshman Siddhesh Mahadeshwar take on Sebastien Lescoulie and DJ Colantone of the Lakers in No. 1 doubles. Neto and Mahadeshwar kept things close early, but the Lakers' duo pulled way for a 6-2 win.
Sophomore Nico Caviglia and Sophomore Ignacio Carbajosa teamed up for Tech in No. 2 doubles and fell to Grand Valley State's Jack Geissler and Martin Matov 6-1. In No. 3 doubles, senior Juan Felipe Chica and freshman Nathan Sodini came up short 6-0 to Jack Dausman and Nicolas Welker.
Unfortunately, the Lakers were able to sweep all of the singles points in Friday's match as well. Neto held his own against Lescoulie in the No. 1 spot, especially in the first set. The two players traded points early until a late charge by Lescoulie led to a 6-3 victory in set number one. Lescoulie went on to win the second set 6-1 to record the point.
In No. 2 singles, Geissler got past Cavigilia 6-1, 6-2 while Carbajosa fell to Matov in No. 3 singles by identical set scores. Dausman prevailed over Mahadeshwar 6-2, 6-0 in No. 4 singles, Felipe Chica stumbled against Eric Zwemer in No. 5 singles 6-2, 6-2, and Sodini lost to Welker in the No. 6 spot 6-2, 6-1.
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"She's doing good. It's not easy, it's so hard. I think the second pregnancy is a little harder than the first. She's got morning sickness on this one. Being pregnant and watching a little rascal that's firmly in his terrible twos is pretty difficult. She a trooper, she's doing great. She's my hero," Arquette said.
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Tour operator Virgin Holidays is using AI technology from UK startup Phrasee to optimise and automate the writing of its marketing email subject lines, with the machines outperforming humans by up to 10 percent for open rates.
Outside of marketing teams an email subject line may seem inconsequential, but when you are on the customer relationship management (CRM) team at a tour operator with revenues exceeding £500 million in 2015 and £19 million in profit for 2016, incremental improvements can mean millions of pounds worth of difference.
This was the goal set out by Saul Lopes, customer lifecycle lead at Virgin Holidays when he joined the company in 2015.
"There wasn't a culture around testing and I wanted to see some quick ways to supercharge our email marketing," Lopes told Computerworld UK last week.
Lopes had heard of a new UK startup in industry circles that was using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve marketing email subject lines, and decided to go in for a meeting.
"In the first two minutes I wanted it," he said. "I saw the ability to save time and test a lot more, rather than a human giving me two or three variations that are pretty similar."
Previously Virgin Holidays was relying on external copywriters or marketing staff to write email subject lines, with fairly flat results. It took just two weeks to get Phrasee up and running and into the hands of the CRM team of five people.
Read next: Gumtree modernises its CRM strategy with eye on AI use cases
The first challenge was in trusting the AI to do its job. "Getting confidence with the tool was the initial issue," Lopes said. Staff originally tweaked the subject lines created by the tool and then became frustrated that these weren't delivering results.
But when the team trusted in Phrasee and turned over the keys completely they noticed a two percent increase in open rates – accounting for as much as "several million pounds in revenue". Lopes constantly tests Phrasee lines against those penned by humans and by this metric there's a difference of up to 10 percent in open rates.
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Lopes has been impressed by Phrasee's ability to quickly learn Virgin's unique brand tone of voice and to keep learning to deliver better results.
Virgin fed Phrasee its brand guidelines and three years of email subject lines so that it could pick up the brand's tone of voice and tweak its algorithm accordingly.
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For example, Virgin is currently coming to the end of its January sale, where it sells 40 percent of its annual inventory. Phrasee adjusted its messaging towards more direct, urgent subject lines rather than trying to tempt people in as a result.
"It's true AI, so it constantly looks at performance and learns which lines do best and which sentiments work best and which don't, so it returns more lines which do work," Lopes said.
What next?
Next Virgin Holiday is looking to automate beyond just subject lines to include call-to-action (CTA) copy within emails, Facebook ads and eventually cost-per-click (CPC) advertising copy.
In terms of broader applications of AI, Lopes is interested in chatbots, specifically for customer service.
Read next: Eurostar's personalised marketing push already paying dividends
Virgin isn't ready to sit back and outsource all of its email marketing to an AI just yet though. "We can't kick back and relax now the AI is up and running. We need to adapt and constantly tell it what we are doing," Lopes said.
For example, Lopes' team is preparing to send out a weather-activated campaign this week as storms hit the UK to promote beach holidays. "So creating a language set for selling hot destinations mean we have to feed it that information. Still, it's easier to do that than doing it yourself," he said.


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Y'all, I was going to lead today's post with a rant about Rupert Murdoch being a ancient old troll who dismissed his vipers' nest of sexual harassers at Fox News as "nonsense" because he is an ancient old troll who doesn't get it, obviously, OBVIOUSLY, but then while doing some
procrastinating Christmas shopping, I discovered the single most amazing item on Amazon, and it's mostly TV-related.
I present to you: The Danny DeVito Life Size Cutout by Celebrity Cutouts.
I have many many many questions, and fortunately, Amazon has the answers:
To be clear, this is not a real Danny DeVito. And the mini version "shure" isn't life-size. But it is sturdy enough to spoon with because he is a strong man.
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An anxiety-relieving life saver who watches you sleep and brings you to peace with the world's problems and, for no extra cost, will terrify your toddler. WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR?
And yet, the most disturbing part of this product is somehow the other items that people who viewed a life-sized Danny DeVito cutout viewed:
Vladimir Putin, Nicholas Cage, Ted Cruz, Fabio and … Peter Dinklage. Not shown from the first page which was mostly just more Danny DeVito items (because obviously more Danny DeVito items) was a life-sized cutout of Guy Fieri. How poor Peter Dinklage found himself trapped at the worst party ever remains something of a mystery.
Sadly, your life-changing dream-catching, baby-terrifying Danny DeVito Life Size Cutout by Celebrity Cutouts will not be available in time for Christmas, but I think we can all agree he's worth the wait.
In other TV news:
Sheila Nevins is leaving HBO as Documentary President. She is an icon who has received 32 Primetime Emmy Awards, 35 News and Documentary Emmys and 42 George Foster Peabody Awards. And at 78 years old, she's had plenty of experience with working in a charged environment.
People are pissed about that Walking Dead midseason finale. A lot of people. 50,000+ people so far. (Spoilers at the link if you haven't watched yet.)
Hey! You can watch The Chi now, if you're a Showtime subscriber.
Emilia Clarke is repeating that bit about Game of Thrones having multiple finales, but it sounds like they might just be writing them, not necessarily filming them.
SpoilerTV is hosting a contest for a Stranger Things varsity jacket if that's your kind of thing.
Sam Rockwell is going to host Saturday Night Live when it returns on January 13. The musical guest will be someone named Halsey who I just learned was born the year before I graduated from college because that's how old I am.
Ian McKellen would like to be Gandalf again, please.
This is an fascinating piece written by an Ellen producer on how he lives with prosopagnosia, a condition that makes it impossible to remember faces, which as it turns out is something of a challenge in Hollywood.
I didn't watch because I was busy spending some quality time with Solange, but I hear that A Christmas Story Live! was something of a dumpster fire?
So, Jay-Z is making a docu-series about Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman threatened to feed Jay-Z to an alligator and that made Snoop Dogg really angry? Listen, Zimmerman, if Jay-Z could survive a Solange attack, you're no threat.
Sex Monster Roundup:
As noted at the beginning of this post, Rupert Murdoch said some unfortunate things about how the sexual harassment charges at Fox News were limited to Roger Ailes and everything else was "nonsense."
"All nonsense, there was a problem with our chief executive [Ailes], sort of, over the years, isolated incidents. As soon as we investigated it he was out of the place in hours, well, three or four days. And there's been nothing else since then. That was largely political because we're conservative. Now of course the liberals are going down the drain — NBC is in deep trouble. CBS, their stars. I mean there are really bad cases and people should be moved aside. There are other things which probably amount to a bit of flirting."
$32 million to one — ONE — accuser of Bill O'Reilly's = "nonsense." OK.
Unsurprisingly, the women at Fox News are PISSED. Some of their comments:
"What kind of company pays close to 100 million dollars to keep 'flirting' quiet?"
"You cannot rewrite history, Mr. Murdoch. The problem was not only with your chief executive. For example, one of your former executives trapped me in his office, pulled-out his penis and shoved my head on it. That's not 'nonsense.' That's criminal."
"He now says it was a bit of 'flirting' and an issue related to the fact that Fox News has conservative hosts? Sexual harassment has nothing to do with politics. Many of us are conservative and want the truth to come out. Those of us who still work at Fox News have anxiety issues every time we see another woman coming forward with stories we have all lived through but have never shared."
"Shame on Mr. Murdoch. Even now he can't do or say the right thing. That's precisely why the culture perpetuated and lasted so long on his watch. He knew. He knew and he didn't care. He still doesn't care that his company unfairly destroyed the careers of many hardworking talented women while covering for sexual harassers time after time."
Meanwhile, Bill O'Reilly is claiming victory against the lawyer who brought him down after The Hill published an article alleging that she was offering accusers of Trump money to come forward. OK. But, $32 million.
Over at MSNBC, Chris Matthews is the most recently revealed creep. In 1999 he was reprimanded for making inappropriate comments and jokes about a woman who was paid to go away.
Gene Simmons is denying accusations of sexual battery in a current lawsuit against him by a radio and TV broadcaster.
University of California Regent Norm Pattiz is going to resign, but not because he was caught on tape asking to hold a comedian's breasts and once told an employee that she looked like a schoolgirl and that he'd been watching too much porn involving schoolgirls. Nope. Has nothing to do with it.
Paul Haggis is being accused of rape and is denying all claims, calling it a "public hanging." This is an interesting case, because of his role in smearing the Church of Scientology — who has just been embarrassed by the accusations against their celebrity member, Danny Masterson. Keep your eye on this one.
The owner of the Carolina Panthers, Jerry Richardson, is going to sell the team amidst allegations of sexual misconduct. P.Diddy wants to buy them and hire Colin Kaepernick. Yes to every part of this.
Peter Jackson and Terry Zwigoff have come forward to say that Harvey Weinstein blacklisted Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd. Weinstein is obviously denying it, but come on.
Terry Crews is now saying that agency WME began spying on him and his family after he came forward with his allegations.
Showtime has dropped Morgan Spurlock as an executive producer on his docuseries, The Trade. Super Size Me 2 has been dropped from YouTube Red and pulled from Sundance.
A Prairie Home Companion is now Live From Here.
A Commission on Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace backed by the entertainment business is going to be helmed by Anita Hill.
Minnie Driver and Alyssa Milano had some choice words for that asshole Matt Damon. I do, too: STOP TALKING.
Meanwhile, Rose McGowan is on a scorched earth campaign and coming for women who she felt remain complicit. Amber Tamblyn does not think this is particularly helpful.
- The OA has, in fact, been renewed and a second season will begin filming in January. Work on those moves, guys.
- Z Nation has been renewed by Syfy for a fifth season.
In Development
- George Clooney is making a Watergate series for Netflix.
- Bill Lawrence's comedy Spaced Out is now going to be a multi-camera comedy because CBS has finally figured out that with the exception of Young Sheldon, they have no idea how single-camera comedies work.
- NBC is working on Shattered Glass, a Wall Street drama from Margot Robbie's production company.
- Apple is developing a space drama from Ronald D. Moore, the developer of Battlestar Galactica.
- Galaga is being turned into an animated series.
- The book The Atomic Bazaar is being turned into a series.
- BBC is working on a documentary about that pig Harvey Weinstein.
Casting News
- JB Smoove is Winston's father and I love this so much.
- Rob Lowe has been cast in a Lifetime remake of The Bad Seed.
- Sir Derek Jacobi has been added to Good Omens.
- Andrew Gower and Jamie Harris are joining the cast of Carnival Row.
- Phoebe Tonkin and Amy Irving are going to guest on The Affair.
Mark Your Calendar
- Roseanne will debut on ABC on March 27 with an hour-long episode.
- Once Upon a Time will return on ABC on March 2.
- Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. will debut on USA on February 27.
- Say Yes to the Dress returns on TLC on January 6.
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Gunpowder: Kit Harington and his pretty hair star in this three-part movie about the events of the Gunpowder Plot. It continues on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. 9 p.m., HBO
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Ellen's Game of Games: Ellen brings her goofy daytime games to primetime. Series premiere. 9 p.m., NBC
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To prevent failure, dental implants need to be inserted in a healthy and strong jawbone that has sufficient space. Therefore, having ridge deformities can present a huge challenge when inserting dental implants due to insufficient or weakened bone structure. On top of that, ridge deformities can present aesthetic problems by altering your facial appearance. Ridge deformities are, however, treatable using ridge augmentation, a dental procedure that you can receive at Periodontal Associates.
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Using TypeScript With React Native
January 18, 2019 • ☕ 6 min read
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to set up a React Native project with TypeScript.
Note: This tutorial assumes that you are familiar with TypeScript and React. Otherwise, you might first want to read up on them.
An older blog post on the React Native site describes how to set up React Native with TypeScript. It's a little outdated, though.
Things have changed since then. Since version 0.57 the framework ships with TypeScript support. And there is an excellent template for RN with TypeScript. This post is an update and an enhancement for the instructions of that old article. In addition to Jest, we will also go into detail on how to set up linting, Enzyme and React Native Testing Library.
Let's get started.
1. Creating the Project
Using the React Native CLI and Emin's template we can generate the project with TypeScript pre-installed.
react-native init myapp --template typescript && node myapp/setup.js && cd myapp
It's as easy as that 👏🏻.
2. Setting Up TSLint
Next, we want to set up linting. I like a combination of three rules:
You can check out what the respective configuration does by clicking on it. Let's install these rules together with TSLint now.
npm install --save-dev tslint tslint-eslint-rulestslint-react tslint-config-prettier
Consequently, we want to set up a
tslint.json file. In it, you can fine-tune your linting configuration (below you'll see my personal preference).
"extends": [
"jsRules": {},
"rules": {
"interface-name": false,
"jsx-no-lambda": false,
"object-literal-sort-keys": false,
"quotemark": [true, "single", "jsx-double"]
You might also want to change the
lib key in your
tsconfig.json from
["es6"] to
["es2017"] to have access to newer syntax such as
If your editor supports TSLint integration, it should already complain about the empty
Props interface in
App.tsx.¹ If your editor does not, add the following value to your
scripts key in your
"lint": "tslint --project tsconfig.json"
Now you can lint using your terminal.
npm run lint
If you set up everything correctly, this will yell at you about the empty interface in
3. Setting Up Jest
Jest is already installed by default 🎁. We do need to install ts-jest, though.
npm install --save-dev ts-jest
And we need to configure it for TypeScript.
Create a file called
tsconfig.jest.json. It is going to tell our
ts-jest preprocessor to translate our code properly into common JavaScript.
"extends": "./tsconfig",
"compilerOptions": {
"jsx": "react",
"module": "commonjs"
Afterwards, add the following to the
jest key in your
package.json so that Jest looks for TypeScript files and knows how to transform them.
"jest": {
"preset": "react-native",
"transform": {
"^.+\\.js$": "<rootDir>/node_modules/react-native/jest/preprocessor.js",
"\\.(ts|tsx)$": "ts-jest"
"globals": {
"ts-jest": {
"tsConfig": "tsconfig.jest.json"
"moduleFileExtensions": [
"testRegex": "(/__tests__/.*|\\.(test|spec))\\.(ts|tsx|js)$"
Create a file called
App.test.tsx. In it, we will create a basic test to see if Jest works.
// Add 'export' to fake this being a module to silence TSLint.
export const add = (a: number, b: number) => a + b;
describe('add', () => {
it('should add two numbers', () => {
expect(add(1, 1)).toEqual(2);
npm test to see if it works.
PASS ./App.test.tsx
✓ should add two numbers (4ms)
Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
Tests: 1 passed, 1 total
Snapshots: 0 total
Time: 2.503s
Ran all test suites.
Ta-da 🎉. It works.
Note: Most people either use Enzyme or React Native Testing Library. So you probably only want to follow one of 4. a) and 4. b).
4. a) Setting Up Enzyme
Enzyme requires 5 packages, two of which are types. Let's install them.
npm install --save-dev enzyme enzyme-adapter-react-16 react-dom @types/enzyme @types/enzyme-adapter-react-16
Moreover, we need to configure Enzyme. Create a folder in your project's root directory called
tests/ and create a file called
setup.js in it.
import Enzyme from 'enzyme';
import Adapter from 'enzyme-adapter-react-16';
Enzyme.configure({ adapter: new Adapter() });
This file tells Enzyme to use the adapter for React 16.
Jest needs to know about this setup file. Modify the
jest key in your
package.json to include the following:
"jest: {
// ...
"setupFiles": [
We can test our installation by writing a simple test with Enzyme in
import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
import React from 'react';
import App from './App';
const createTestProps = (props: object) => ({
describe('App', () => {
const props = createTestProps({});
const wrapper = shallow<App>(<App {...props} />);
describe('rendering', () => {
it('should render a <View />', () => {
Run the test:
npm test.
PASS ./App.test.tsx
✓ should render a <View /> (8ms)
Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
Tests: 1 passed, 1 total
Snapshots: 0 total
Time: 4.034s
Ran all test suites.
Success, Enzyme runs 🕺🏻.
4. b) Setting Up React Native Testing Library
We only need one package for React Native Testing Library.
npm install --save-dev react-native-testing-library
And again a simple test to see if it works.
import React from 'react';
import { render } from 'react-native-testing-library';
import App from './App';
const createTestProps = (props?: object) => ({
describe('App', () => {
const props = createTestProps();
const { getByText } = render(<App {...props} />);
it('should render a welcome', () => {
npm test.
PASS ./App.test.tsx
✓ should render a welcome (1831ms)
Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
Tests: 1 passed, 1 total
Snapshots: 0 total
Time: 5.982s
Ran all test suites.
Well done 🐐! Your React Native project is configured with TypeScript.
Next Steps
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Student Lunch (Thursday April 6th 12:20 - 13:20)
The aim of the young scientist lunch is to gather students and young researchers and to provide them an opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas on science and careers. The event is organised by students, with the support of several recipients of the EHBEA young investigator award (Olivier Morin, Alexandra Alvergne, Thom Scott-Philipps, Willem Frankenhuis & Urszula Marcinkowska).
Students will have the opportunity to ask questions on either general research topics, empirical results, methodological and conceptual bottlenecks they encounter during their work, or on careers in academia. EHBEA Young Investigators will be there to answer their questions and to give them advice. To keep the meeting informal, no power point should be prepared but flipcharts and markers will be available in the room.
Student Night (Thursday April 6th 20:00 onwards)
Come join us for free drinks and food at Chai Antoine - a nice bar in Saint Germain-des-Prés !
Chai Antoine
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The Other Side of the Street
It wasn't until I rounded the corner that I saw the construction barricade with the sign saying: "sidewalk closed, use other side". The sign was a new addition: on my last run I suddenly found myself at the end of a sidewalk that was dead-ended in a sand filled construction pit. I went ahead and hiked across it anyway, reminded of my childhood and exploring the construction sites of new houses being built in the neighborhood ( back when kids still had unsupervised outdoor play, and did dangerous stuff like playing in construction sites). One time, in the excavation for a house's basement I discovered an old bone in the dirt. My folks tried to tell me that it was probably a cow or horse bone, I was *pretty* sure was a dinosaur bone: I knew because I'd seen "The Land Before Time", like, a hundred times. To the (probable) chagrin of my teacher, I brought it to school and insisted on displaying it in the classroom. I'm sure that wouldn't be allowed today; some kid is probably allergic to dinosaur bones.
Wonder what ever happened to that…
Anyway, the sign said the sidewalk was closed, so I crossed the road. I could have crossed back again on the far side of the construction, but I thought maybe it would be interesting to see what the other side of the road was like. I love my routines, but it is also good to break them up from time to time just to get some perspective.
I wish that something profound had happened: something that would have confirmed my decision to walk on the far side. Mostly I just worried about getting beaned by a golf ball from the nearby course, although the fear would have required some comically poor golfers in order to be founded. I was glad to be running on a weekend since there is an elementary school on the far side of the street which could have been mobbed with kids and parents wondering why a strange lady was trying to jog through their turf.
I returned home diverted but unenlightened.
Feeling motivated, I decided to stretch little bit in an effort to once again reach the floor. I've always had tight hamstrings. I fear the day when they just tighten up so much that tying my shoes becomes an effort. While staring at my sneakers, trying to breathe through the burn, I realized that there were tiny little words printed on the soles and that the words on the left shoe were different from the words on the right shoe. One shoe said "Trail-[something]", and the other said "Traction". Other words were so away that they had been completely erased. All this time my shoes had held a message for me and I never even thought to look for it.
So it may not have been a profound revelation, but I did have my eyes opened. I guess that counts for something.


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Cleo. O well-divided disposition ! — Note him, Note him, good Charmian, 'tis the man; but note
0 heavenly mingle ! —- Be'st thou sads or merry,
So does it no man else. ■—- Met'st thou my posts?
Alex. Ay, madam, twenty several messengers. Why do you send so thick?
Cleo. Who's born that day
When I forget to send to Antony,
Char. O, that brave Caesar!
Cleo. Be chok'd with such another emphasis! Say, the brave Antony.
Char. The valiant Caesar!
Cleo. By Isis, I will give thee bloody teeth9
Char. By your most gracious pardon9
1 sing but after you.
Cleo. — My salad days.
When I was green in judgment, — cold in blood,
Scene I. —■ Messina. A Room in Pompey's House. Enter Pompey, Meistecbates, and Menas.
IF the great gods be just, they shall assist
Menecrates. Know, worthy Pompey,
That what they do delay, they not deny.
Pom. Whiles we are suitors to their throne, decays The thing we sue for.
Mene, We, ignorant of ourselves,
Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers
Pom. I shall do well:
The people love me, and the sea is mine;
Menas. Caesar and Lepidus
Are in the field: a mighty strength they carry.
Pom. Where have you this? 'tis false.
Men. From Silvius, sir.
Pom. He dreams: I know they are in Rome together,
Looking for Antony. But all the charms of love,
Salt Cleopatra, soften thy wan'd lip!
Let witchcraft join with beauty, lust with both:
Tie up the libertine in a field of feasts,
Keep his brain fuming; Epicurean cooks,
Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite,
That sleep and feeding may prorogue his honour,
Even till a Lethe'd dulness. —
Enter Varrius.
How now, Varrius!
Varrius. This is most certain, that I shall deliver. Mark Antony is every hour in Rome Expected; since he went from Egypt, 'tis A space for farther travel.
Pom. I could have given less matter
A better ear. — Menas, I did not think
Men. I cannot hope
Csesar and Antony shall well greet together:
Pom. I know not, Menas,
How lesser enmities may give way to greater.
To draw their swords: but how the fear of us
May cement their divisions, and bind up
The petty difference, we yet not know.
Be it as our gods will have 't! It only stands
Our lives upon, to use our strongest hands.
Come, Menas. [Exeunt.
Scene II.
Rome. A Room in the House of Lepidus.
Enter Enobakbus and Lepidus.
Lep. Good Enobarbus, 'tis a worthy deed, And shall become you well, to entreat your captain To soft and gentle speech.
Eno. I shall entreat him
To answer like himself: if Caesar move him,
Lep. 'Tis not a time
For private stomaching.
Eno. Every time
Serves for the matter that is then born in 't.
Lep. But small to greater matters must give way.
Eno. Not if the small come first.
Lep. Your speech is passion:
But, pray you, stir no embers up. Here comes
Enter Antony and Ventidius.
Enter (lesar, Mec^enas, and Aghippa.
Ant. If we compose well here, to Parthia: Hark you, Ventidius.
C<zs. I do not know,
Mecsenas; ask Agrippa.
Lep. Noble friends,
That which combin'd us was most great, and let not
Ant. 'Tis spoken well.
Were we before our armies, and to fight,
Ccbs. Welcome to Rome.
Ant. Thank you.
Ccbs. Sit.
Ant. Sit, sir.
Cces. Nay, then —
Ant. I learn you take things ill, which are not so; Or, being, concern you not.
Ccbs. I must be laugh'd at,
If, or for nothing, or a little, I
Ant. My being in Egypt, Caesar,
What was't to you?
Ccbs. No more than my residing here at Rome Might be to you in Egypt: yet, if you there


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A Man Does What He Can Until His Destiny Is Revealed
'Til I Break At The Bend
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10 Mar 2018
My other car is a 2011 turbo Regal and I need to replace the vacuum/boost lines that go from the turbo and wastegate to a solenoid. It looks like regular vacuum hose but there is a red core to it. Does anyone know what makes that different and where I could find a source for it, of course I only need a few inches.
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6 Feb 2018
So here is my post from 2014, where I shared pictures of my cross member idea.
See post #70.
And here are pictures from the DSE Facebook post from 2016.
I'm thinking the main part that separates these 2 cross members from all the ohers is that they both relocated the mounting location back a few inches instead of making a huge lever off of the factory location. I know I've seen a few T56 cross members that have double humps for the exhaust so that isn't anything new and they made a more elegant arc, (which they better, mine is ugly) so I'm not going to complain there. But if that is a C channel they used it will collect a bunch of debris!
If they did copy me I'll just take it as a compliment!
28 Nov 2016
As the title says, rear calipers from a 98 and up rear end. Unknown miles and condition but we're working when removed a few years ago. Includes caliper brackets, backing plates also available separately but no pics ready now.
Asking $25 plus shipping for the pair.
Picture here
14 Nov 2016
C4 valve covers are in ok shape, I started cleaning them but never finished. Hardware is included but the Corvette logo needs to be glued back on.
Asking $100 plus shipping.
14 Oct 2016
Apparently it's time to start selling off a bunch of the stuff I've been hanging on to so here's a list. Everything is best offer, shipping will be from the North Jersey area.
Set of 315/30-18 A6 Hoosiers, 4313 build date
3rd gen Hotchkis springs
Alston subframe connectors
Two sets of TPI parts 1 set '88 and older the other is '89 and newer. The newer set must be cleaned thoroughly since it was on the motor when it blew up, tiny chunks of piston went EVERYWHERE, from the air filter to out the exhaust.
Intake track for TPI with air filter on the passenger side, Firebird style.
24 lb blue top injectors
small block balancer
serpentine belt set up
305 with roller cam
MAF computer with chip socket
4th gen 10 bolt rear (modified for lower panhard bar and screw jacks)
3rd gen Australian 9 bolt
Cast iron rear calipers (lol, I should trash these!)
3rd gen heater core
Gray interior panels (everything but door panels)
black TA ground effects
orange Firebird driver door and formula hood
white Firebird fenders
third gen wheels (everything with proper offsets):
1 set of Formula 16x8
1 set of the typical mid '80 Pontiac design (same look found on Fieros and Grand Ams etc.) 16x8
1 set of circle racing light weight stamped aluminum wheels 16x9.5
3rd gen gas tank (no pick up or pump)
4th gen metal gas tank (no pick up or pump)
3rd gen front impact support (bumper and egg crate thing)
One 245/50-16 Cooper tire! (something else I should dump)
10 bold aluminum diff cover (not sure what brand, but will find out)
small block 1.6 roller tipped rockers, screw in studs, and poly locks
black with red chevy bow tie timing chain cover
TPI corvette valve covers
Summit/Jegs mini starter
black front and rear firebird (base and formula) bumper covers
I'm sure there is more I'll find while sorting through all this. Please ask for pictures!
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text: Recently Ellie Goulding did a one-off show at Surrender Las Vegas, performing with CDJs instead of the usual mic in hand. Feelings are mixed on the show, some bothered and some in support, of her performing at one of the world's elite clubs. The video below surfaced of Ellie playing her and Calvin Harris's song "I Need Your Love", which many see as convoluted since she could just sing it herself. While this is true, the event was billed as a DJ set, and more folks likely would have been upset had she come out and sung. The problem is, Ellie Goulding crosses over from the pop realms, so no matter which way she goes about it, she is going to be dissed by somebody. If anything, her playing the track on CDJs was the more proper of the two choices. The purists would have been frustrated that she was singing when she should have been behind the decks working her mix. Admittedly in the video she is is not doing any mixing per se, but the clip is a mere thirty seconds and perhaps to be considered de minimis in the grand scheme of things. Regardless of opinions of Ellie Goulding's DJ Set at Surrender, we can all agree it is still leaps and bounds more okay than Paris Hilton.


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Regime Treats Ardent Enemies as Loyal Friends
The US and Pakistani militaries began a week-long strategic dialogue on 16 November to explore the possibility of rebuilding a mutually beneficial relationship. "We look forward to having close and honest consultations" with the Pakistani army chief and his team, said Daniel Feldman, the Obama administration's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Gen Raheel Sharif and his team — which includes Director General Military Operations and the chief's personal staff — arrived in the United States and flew to the headquarters of the US Central Command in Tampa, Florida.
America is the confirmed enemy of Muslims. It is the head of Western military intervention and occupation of Muslim Lands, whether in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is leading the fight to put obstacles to the return of the Khilafah. It supports the Jewish and Hindu occupation of Muslim Lands by turning a blind eye to their atrocities. It is an open enemy to Islam and Muslims and must be dealt with as an actively belligerent state. Allah سبحانه وتعالى said,
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ تُلْقُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِالْمَوَدَّةِ وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا بِمَا جَاءَكُمْ مِنْ الْحَقِّ
"O you who believe! Choose not My enemies who are your enemies as friends showing them affection even when they disbelieve in that truth that has come to you"
(Mumtahina 60:1)
Yet the current regime confides in America as if it is a firm and loyal ally. It opens Pakistan's military to harm through military dialogue, in which America gains intimate knowledge of Pakistan's capabilities. And through military co-operation, it has established and maintains a huge American presence within Pakistan's soils, which allows American to orchestrate its black operations to ignite fires of chaos and confusion within the country.
Valuing Praise from the Kuffar is a Clear Sign of Subjugation
According to DG ISPR, Pakistan's Army Chief General Raheel Sharif met US CENTCOM Head General Lloyd. J. Austin in Tampa, Florida on 16 November. General Austin paid tributes to the Pakistan Army for its commitment, professionalism and achievement in its fight against terror and praised the ongoing military operation Zarb e Azb.
Allah says in the Quran:
يَـأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ تَتَّخِذُواْ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَـرَى أَوْلِيَآءَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُمْ مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الظَّـلِمِينَ
"You who have iman! Do not take the Jews and Christians as your awliya; they are the awliya of one another. Any of you who takes them as awliya is one of them. Allah does not guide wrongdoing people."
(Al-Maida 5:51)
The affairs of the Ummah are in the hands of leaders and rulers who consider it a great honor to serve the West and who strive to earn respect and appreciation from Western leaders. A pat on the back from the super power means the world to them which they parade around as accolades to be celebrated. The Ummah can never come out of its state of humiliation and subjugation under the leadership of such rulers.
It is only the Khaleefah of the Muslims who fears for himself before Allah سبحانه وتعالى and cares not for Western accolades, who would lead the Ummah back to glory and global domination. A ruler who would treat the enemy as an enemy and who would love to stand with the Muslims instead of standing in the ranks of Kuffar.
Abolish Democracy, Which is Responsible for Dynastic Politics
On 18 November, Nawaz Sharif and his cabinet discussed ways to keep protesting opposition parties at bay. However, the struggle between the opposition and government is fruitless, because both seek to preserve Democracy. Democracy never grants justice to the masses, and only concentrate powers and subsequently wealth into the hands of a few. The concentration of wealth is legalized through man made legislation under Democracy which usurps from society sources of huge revenue, specifically, the predominately state properties and what Islam considers as public properties, such as large scale industrial manufacture, banking and energy industry. This is why in America, Britain and France, there are ruling dynasties of large capitalists who take turns to come to power.
Even the supporters of democracy regret the concentration of wealth. The US President said on 4 December 2013, "And the result is an economy that's become profoundly unequal, and families that are more insecure. I'll just give you a few statistics. Since 1979, when I graduated from high school, our productivity is up by more than 90 percent, but the income of the typical family has increased by less than eight percent. Since 1979, our economy has more than doubled in size, but most of that growth has flowed to a fortunate few… The top 10 percent no longer takes in one-third of our income — it now takes half. Whereas in the past, the average CEO made about 20 to 30 times the income of the average worker, today's CEO now makes 273 times more. And meanwhile, a family in the top 1 percent has a net worth 288 times higher than the typical family, which is a record for this country." It is time to abolish democracy and establish Khilafah.
Calling America to Secure Peace is Akin to Inviting a Wolf to Tend Sheep
On 18 November 2014, the Americans conferred the US Legion of Merit Medal upon General Raheel Sharif for efforts to ensure regional peace. The next day debate shifted from Afghanistan to India-Pakistan relations as Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif had his first encounter with US lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The BBC reported earlier on the same day that Gen Sharif had highlighted current developments in India-Pakistan relations in a series of meetings with senior US officials. According to the BBC report, he told the Americans that continuous violation of ceasefire at the Line of Control and the working boundary had also affected Pakistan's operation against terrorists in Fata.
Calling America to assist in regional stability is akin to inviting a wolf to tend sheep The recent Indian aggression is with the full backing of America as it seeks to place India as the regional guardian for US interests in the region, against any threat from China or the region's half billion Muslims. It is accompanied by unprecedented American military, economic and political support as India now has America's loyal agent, Modi, at the helm of its affairs. Moreover, America's vision for Pakistan is to ensure that it does not prevent the rise of India, by ensnaring the Muslim forces in a wasteful and prolonged internal conflict in the tribal areas. General Raheel would do better to remember that his own brother was granted the prestigious Nishan-e-Haider for achieving martyrdom fighting Indian aggression, whilst America has granted him a medal for turning a blind eye to the rise of India to a position that it does not deserve and can only bring greater harm for the Muslims.
IMF Dictated Gas Price Hike Will Break the Back of Local Industry
The cabinet's Economic Coordination Committee approved on 20 November guidelines for the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) for recovery of about Rs69 billion by increasing gas tariffs by 30%. The next day, the Prime Minister issued an order to delay the rise for now. The regime has a habit of announcing rises, then retracting and then later increasing when public attention is elsewhere. This latest game came after the IMF mission's privatization chief, Jeffery Franks, in Washington DC asked Pakistan to raise gas tariffs by 23% in exchange for the next interest based loan of USD 6.67 billion. Increased gas tariffs is only to ease the way for privatization by making it lucrative for the private owners, foreign and local, while neglecting its effects on Pakistan economy. The Chairman of SITE Association of Industry (SAI), Younus M. Bashir, termed the hike in gas prices as the last nail in the coffin of Pakistan's ailing industry. So for the sake of ensuring interest payments to colonialist financial institutions and profits for foreign owners of the Ummah's public property, the backbone of the economy is to be broken, with greater burdens being placed on the common man.
This oppression and deprivation will continue regardless of who comes to rule, whether it is PML-N, PPP or PTI because they all find cure to Pakistan's economic illness in privatization, foreign investment or colonialist loans which are the causes of the disease itself. The only cure is the implementation of Islam's economic system, RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم said,
«المسلمون شرکاء فی ثلاث الماء والکلاء والنار»
"Muslims are partners in three things: water, pastures and fire (energy)" [Abu Dawood].
Thus, it is not permitted for the Khalifah to grant the ownership of the public property to any private party and its Revenues are for the public, looking after its affairs and securing its interests.
US-India Nexus Demands an Answer in the Form of the Khilafah
Late night on 21 November 2014, the Foreign Minister Office release a statement saying, "President Obama infor¬med the prime minister of his forthcoming visit to India … The President (Obama) also assured the Prime Minister (Sharif) that he would undertake a visit to Pakistan at an early date, as soon as the situation normalises in the country." the statement said without elaborating if the US president was talking about normalisation of the security situation or the political unrest. President Obama's telephonic call is believed to be for calming the sensitivities of Pakistan about his preference for India.
As for visiting Pakistan, Obama must consider that during Bush's visit to Islamabad in March 2006. He crept in like a thief and bolted away with his tail between his legs, whilst the live bullets of the Pakistani soldiers guarding his route were replaced with blanks! The Ummah is no longer as naive as the rulers and their Washington masters would like to believe. It is obvious to the Muslims that the Indian aggression and the submissiveness by the Raheel-Nawaz regime is part of the American plan for the region. America is supporting India's rise as the dominant regional power to both counter its rival China and your emergence as an Islamic Khilafah state.
The anger against America and desire for the Khilafah have both risen immensely. The Khilafah alone will demolish the borders that divide Muslims from each other, to form a powerful single state. The Khilafah will undertake all political, economic and military preparations to ensure that Islam becomes the dominant global influence again inshaaAllah, annihilating the cruel, American-led capitalist order that has oppressed billions.