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#Wheredidyoustart №15: Alice Oakhill
by she does digital • december 13
Meet Alice Oakhill. From studying History of Art at Birmingham University to owning a very impressive job title at The Mill in New York, Alice is truly one of the trail blazers of this digital era. Here, Alice has joined our #WhereDidYouStart campaign, and talks us through her impressive career to date. Over to you, Alice!
My first job after university was at educationCity.com - a platform of educational children's computer games used in classrooms and homes across UK & Europe. I actually started in their sales team, and was their first female employee in a small team of five. I became their first producer, I learnt Flash and started to write games, content and children's stories. It was great - so creative and challenging. Eventually I was given the responsibility of producing the whole product for the US market. This involved re-writing all of the content to suit the US curriculum, as well as localising context and language (more different than you'd expect). I felt a real sense of achievement in my professional career for the first time following the launch into the US. Something I had been responsible for meant a big growth in the company.
I had always had my mind set on moving to London, and beyond! So, I went to work for one of EducationCity competitors, GridClub, another children's educational game platform. GridClub had been created by Channel 4, and was now a private company. Again, in a small team I was the only female employee.
Both of my first experiences in a professional setting (aside the many waiting jobs I'd always done as a teenager), were great learning experiences. My bosses at both companies were kind, generous and invested in developing my skills. I was really fortunate to have found a niche with great mentors.
I'm glad I started with small companies where the founders were so invested in the work, the company and their staff.
This is something I have always taken with me wherever I go, and aim to achieve as a manager myself, now.
The educational game market in the UK was pretty limited then, and I was ready for more. Becoming a more confident 20 something in London, I was finding my feet and wanted to work in busier environments where I could learn, be creative, and have more opportunities and exposure. The most accessible path to take at this point was to move into agency producing. First creating websites at Spring, then moving to Saatchi and Saatchi - and what a baptism of fire!
This was a real turning point in my career.
I had (rare) exposure to all sorts of production, whether it was digital, live action or print. In hindsight, the diversity and exposure to different types of creative production was extremely impactful in giving me the breadth of knowledge that is essential to an experiential producer. 12 years later I'm now the Executive Producer of Emerging Technology at The Mill, New York.
The Mill is one of the world's leading Visual Effects companies, which in recent years has expanded beyond the flat screen, to storytelling through technology - whether it be VR, AR, Mixed Reality or a physical experience or installation, this is all done through our Emerging Technology division. We tell compelling stories across whatever medium might best facilitate it.
After an initial five to six years of creating mostly web-based projects, I joined B-Reel and began to do more and more experiential, live action, event and installation based projects, all with technology and user experience at their core. This kind of work excited me from the first moment.
To me, the user experience has always been the whole point - an experience HAS to be meaningful, cohesive and encompass the relevant technologies to bring it to life.
What has always inspired me is working with amazingly talented people - I am surrounded by the most intelligent, humble, creative people, that all just want to make great work, and have fun doing it. I am fortunate enough to work with some of the best producers, artists, engineers and developers in the industry - they inspire me every day. Now, managing (an incredible) team, I feel a strong sense of responsibility in giving them the best environment in which to progress, be successful, make great work, and ultimately, want to come to work everyday!
Because of the highly acclaimed work I am involved in, and having had the fortune of working and gaining experience at some of the companies at the forefront of our industry, such as HUSH, B-Reel and MediaMonks, I am lucky enough to see the most groundbreaking, creative, ambitious briefs in the industry. Working here has also allowed me to collaborate with some of the world's leading technology partners. I am very proud and excited to work amongst people that are at the forefront of shaping how the world works through the use and evolution of technology.
A few things I've learnt along the way, that I remind myself of frequently - be bold and take the unconventional path; surround yourself with good people and the rest falls into place; nothing replaces hard work; approach problems with a solution; follow your gut on the things you're genuinely interested in and you'll find yourself in a happy place; don't be afraid to ask for help, it's an admirable trait; be kind to people; and believe in karma.
I really love what I do because of the belief that anything is possible and with that, the exhilarating challenge of figuring out a way to make those things a reality.
It's how we live as a culture today. I actually think 'digital' is becoming an outdated term. The industry, and type of work I do went beyond 'advertising' or 'digital' a long time ago. Our work can't be put in a bracket because it touches every part of our lives. From the moment we wake up, to the moment we go to sleep (and not even then for some) we are connected to technology. Whether it be talking to your mum, catching a train, scrolling Instagram, watching Netflix, visiting a museum - technology is an intrinsic part of modern life. More often than not, technology helps fulfil this modern need. To me technology means function, whether it's useful or for pure entertainment - it has to do something, have meaning, be engaging and give something back.
It's really helpful to define a reason why you want to get into the industry, and explore what creativity and technology means to you, and why it can be purposeful for you. Having a natural curiosity is a good indication you're in the right game. Don't worry too much about where you want to be in 10 years.Our future, especially in relation to how technology is interwoven into our lives, is not yet defined. Be ready to roll with the punches and evolve proactively with change - don't be scared of the unknown, that's where opportunity and potential lie. Hard work, a good attitude and teamwork will lay good foundations for your future. Find your people.
Have a story to tell that will inspire others to get into digital? Get in touch at [email protected]
she does digital @shedoesdigital
We're a collective based in Leeds who want to highlight the opportunities and careers available to encourage women to join the digital industry.
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Before emerging WordPress, add "vhosts" to your use variables in your /etc/make.conf file. This will allow multiple copies of WordPress to be installed, updated and deleted using the webapp-config tool.
Since we are using the "vhost" use variable, emerging WordPress does not fully install it. We need to use the webapp-config tool to complete the installation.
This will install a copy of WordPress in the directory /var/www/yourhostname.org/htdocs. If you wish to install wordpress in another location, you can edit the /etc/vhosts/webapp-config file and change the VHOST_ROOT settings. Note that "1.5.2" refers to the version of WordPress that you have previously emerged.
Next we need to create a database for WordPress to use. Keep a note of this information as we will need it later to configure the wp-config.php file.
We also need to create a user to access this database.
Now flush the privileges and exit.
In the directory where you have installed WordPress copy the example config file to w-config.php.
My copy of wp-config.php had those nasty control-m characters at the end so let's remove them just in case.
Now edit this file and enter the information for the database you created in the previous step. Assuming you have set up your web server correctly, you can now use a browser to navigate to http://yourhostname.org/wp-admin/install.php.
Congratulations, you should now have a working WordPress installation.
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NT Shelter are seeking a commitment from government that funding for the homelessness sector will not be cut in the budget repair process. The rate of homelessness in the Northern Territory is twelve times the national average, with insecure housing a key driver of other health and social issues.
Listen to NT Shelter's Executive Officer Peter McMillan speak to ABC Radio Darwin on this issue here.


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World still suffering in the aftermath of the 9/11 scam
by John Kamiski
So there I was, gingerly tasting about my third sip of morning coffee, when through grainy sleepy bugs my eyes trailed off toward the TV. Not too fast, not too slow, but methodically, the silhouette of the plane silently dove into the skyscraper. I gagged as I swallowed, the building erupted in flame and the world changed forever.
Something about that snapshot of memory, now etched like a bronze plaque in my mind, didn't wash then and still doesn't wash now, even though I've relived that moment thousands of times on video from every angle — the sudden flash just before impact that some thought was a last minute missile, the missing piece of the wing as the plane approached the building, the nose of the plane poking out the other side of the skyscraper before the screen suddenly went black.
Such a perfect gash. Not a trace of flame, for one perfectly pregnant moment. That intervening millisecond has been stuck in the throat of my mind ever since.
Through hundreds of other crash videos, rocket sledges slamming into concrete barriers and all sorts of test collisions, not once have I ever seen another crash like that one, where not a speck of debris catapulted backwards in the direction of the projectile that hit the solid target before smoke and flame engulfed the scene.
Through all the video angles I have since witnessed, only a silent, pristine entry in the supremely solid steel cladding is all I've ever seen, testifying to the astonishing fakery that has deceived the world all this time.
I tried to write this on last year's anniversary of this corporate carnage, this Communist circumcision of American freedom, but was instantly assailed by those who claimed to know about Dov Zakheim's special plane that could fly 500 mph under 1000 feet up and was muscled up to penetrate the steel side of the south tower.
What remains glaringly inconsistent about this assertion is that any plane fortified in this manner would suffer the same fatal cramp as astronauts would have encountered on their way to the moon.
No plane of any type could fly that fast at that altitude, never mind one strong enough able to penetrate the side of a building and disappear into it without leaving a mess outside the point where it hit, just as no space vehicle could transport Buzz Aldrin through the Van Allen Belt without broiling him on one side and freezing him on the other.
So there is your authentic history, and there is your totally fabricated, stricken by lies reality today, as you choke on your poison mask, condemned by your poison PCR tests, terminated by your poison Remdesivir, and still denying it all through your media poisoned mind.
Though it is unnecessary to provide more evidence, have a little more to erase any possibility that I have not just told you the truth.
The logic I used many years ago to reach this same conclusion is already firmly implanted in your thoroughly deformed mind. If the other three "hijacked" planes were fabrications, where does that leave the phantom monster that struck the south tower? Statistically speaking, that would place them irrefutably out to lunch.
How about that plane in Pennsylvania that government operative Donn deGrande Pre said was shot down by an F-16 pilot he knew personally? Did you happen to catch that crash scene in Shanksville? Debris barely enough to fill a suitcase.
Damn, what does that do to the Todd Beamer story? (The phone call: "Mom? This is your son, Todd Beamer.") Oh those poor passengers who tried to wrestle those boxcutters away from the hijackers!
And the tiny hole in the Pentagon, clearly made by a missile, that just happened to wipe out the Navy auditors investigating Donald Rumsfeld's missing trillions he had announced just the day before.
And that third plane, not so clearly a drone in Naudets' snapshot which supposedly hit the North Tower, and stewardess Betty Ong's famous phone call ("I see buildings!"). Also going 600 mph, according to news reports.
Pile on top of that Building 7 and Larry Silverstein's tearful explanation ("There was such a loss of life we just had to 'pull it'.") before he later collected his $7.4 billion from his $400,000 investment.
Or Christie Todd Whitman's statement there was no radiation problem long before we learned 350,000 had died from cancer due to the bombs that were used.
Or the five Israelis shipped in from Israel "to document the event."
I could go on, but let's switch to a short form description of how you should regard the event after all this time.
Disregard anything about the hijackers or the planes. They are both ruses meant to distract you from the real issue, which were the bombs that vaporized the structures.
Reexamine the decision to get rid of the debris as fast as possible so people would not notice how thoroughly every shard of those towers was so thoroughly demolished that they couldn't possibly have been destroyed by an ordinary fire of office furniture.
The operant phrase that applies to all the leaders, journalists and celebrities of the time as well as all the flunkies who followed them right up to this very day is "guilty of treason, mass murder, and especially obstruction of justice."
But most of all, discern the ethnic identity and duplicitous character of all the explainers of this dire event. Too many websites today that explained that 9/11 was a Jew job from start to finish have been murdered as well. The utter demolition of the towers has continued right up until today with the utter demolition of the country and perhaps even the world with the same cast of characters whose evil ancestors track back even to the Kennedy assassinations.
And perhaps those missing shards of debris that would have fluttered to the ground had an actual jetliner crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 were replaced in a real sense by all those bodies — 1200, they say — who dove to their deaths in desperation — gesticulating wildly like paper airplanes in the wind — with a government that sacrificed them to that totalitarian monster now in the process of doing the same thing to us today.
John Kaminski is a writer who lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida, constantly trying to figure out why we are destroying ourselves, and pinpointing a corrupt belief system as the engine of our demise. Solely dependent on contributions from readers, please support his work by mail: 6871 Willow Creek Circle #103, North Port FL 34287 USA.
Posted on September 15, 2022, in 9/11, Agenda 2030, General and tagged John Kamisnski. Bookmark the permalink. 35 Comments.
D Johnston: "we should be addressing and judging our own actions"
Absolutely agree. But not much wrong in walking and chewing gum at the same time.
Daviddd2, Yeah only "a few anti war and political activists." As at 2018 "the largest protests ever recorded." The simple fact still remains; instead of pointing fingers, criticising and denigrating peoples of other nations, we should be addressing and judging our own actions – both past and present,and/or just as importantly, our consistent inaction – also past and present. Sadly, they too go "unnoticed" by the Australian public.
Yes, a few anti war and political activists but the push back disappeared pretty much when Bush left and Obama came in. That suggests the pushback was likely more anti Bush organised than anti Iraq war. (See for instance organised demos against anything Trump.)
Contrast those sorts of protests compared with the anti Vietnam protests which were REAL mass protests but mostly because of conscription and because the American boys were getting their arses shot off in Vietnam. Not because the American public en masse protested the US strategy of mass murder and destruction to protect "American" interests in places most Americans had never heard of and have difficulty finding on a map.
Then, we also have all the rest of the countless "military interventions" which get a free ride pretty much every time. Sadly, many go "unnoticed" by the American public whilst many even enjoy public support in the form of "patriotic duty".
Ok then, as an example, why don't we just have a brief look back at the American peoples' push back against their government's invasion of Iraq.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-happened-to-the-antiwar-movement_n_5a860940e4b00bc49f424ecb
aapkoning: ""The US Launched 251 Military Interventions Since 1991, And 469 Since 1798."
https://popularresistance.org/us-launched-251-military-interventions-since-1991-and-469-since-1798/
Wait another 24 hours and it'll be 470+. Nothing to see there, moving right along…. lol
You've got to wonder how the American people think that's all OK and feel compelled to say and DO NOTHING about it !? If they think they're a democracy then the responsibility for the carnage inflicted on other peoples obviously rests with them. Yet they remain silent and OSTENSIBLY supportive of mass murder in the name of American "patriotism".
You think the people of Iraq for one might score some reparation payments for the massive destruction of their lives over the last 20 years? Not to mention the rest of the victims of American "patriotism". Pffft!
Hi aapkoning, Appreciate your reply – however you seem to be misinterpreting my comment. Which was basically: That the "average American" is NOT behind, responsible for, complicit in and/or perpetuating any of this it's Governements' past and present evil doings. And the same applies to the average Australian for example. Except for the fact, that generally speaking, the "average American" has always done more to fight back.
aapkoning | September 17, 2022 at 6:37 pm
D Johnston, I understand your comments. Do you see me disagreeing! If the average American knows what their so-called "Deep State" has been doing for years — Is it not about time to Name and Shame the Devils that are responsible for also, and even making the American citizen suffer? Or is it easier to point the fingers at other countries, and bring them back into the Stone age! And go back home to find out, "Which country I have just been to"?
Hmm, some backward place called — Libya or maybe "Iraq"… Oh yes WMD. I got this vial, full of WMD. Lovely Colin Powell, well done. He man, — You got WMD credibility!
My last comment for what it is worth today is here. "How long do we have to wait for the Insouciant citizens to wake up?" Maybe after booster number 5.
No doubt you must have studied:
"The US Launched 251 Military Interventions Since 1991, And 469 Since 1798."
To have Credibility as a nation again, many, many wrongs will have to be rectified!
Credibility and respect have to be earned! You will not get that behind the barrel of your guns.
The 9/11 Conspiracy Theory Explained in Under 5 Minutes (video)
https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=242131
On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 men armed with boxcutters directed by a man on dialysis in a cave fortress halfway around the world using a satellite phone and a laptop directed the most sophisticated penetration of the most heavily-defended airspace in the world, overpowering the passengers and the military combat-trained pilots on 4 commercial aircraft before flying those planes wildly off course for over an hour without being molested by a single fighter interceptor…
… If you have any questions about this story…you are a batshit, paranoid, tinfoil, dog-abusing baby-hater and will be reviled by everyone. If you love your country and/or freedom, happiness, rainbows, rock and roll, puppy dogs, apple pie and your grandma, you will never ever express doubts about any part of this story to anyone. Ever.
This has been a public service announcement by: the Friends of the FBI, CIA, NSA, DIA, SEC, MSM, White House, NIST, and the 9/11 Commission.
Because Ignorance is Strength.
rellego | September 17, 2022 at 9:14 am
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"War Games, Simulated radar tracks, aircraft exceeding their max operating limits by more than 130-150 knots, inaccurate aircraft position reports, false aircraft target reports, aircraft converging — flying virtually in formation with — and then diverging from reported 9/11 aircraft, fighters launched in the wrong direction, aircraft seemingly still airborne after the alleged attack, poor communications, phones not working…."
What are the chances the 19 "Arab goatherders" with box cutters picked just the right day and time to coincide with the NORAD exercises and the stand down orders issued by Cheney. Or former Israeli PM Ehud Barak identifying the culprits within minutes of the event as his countrymen danced in celebration on top of a pickup truck in NY whilst "documenting" the event?
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=israelis+document+911+&atb=v307-1&ia=web
Where are the planes? They all disappeared, vanished as if they never existed. Nobody ever saw them expect the crisis actors interviewed. That video of a plane progressively "sliding" into the 2nd tower at constant speed without even slowing down is a nice video production. But Hollywood productions aren't reality.
The tell tale sign of course is that half the building was destroyed and disappeared and never hit the ground. in the end, there was simply not enough rubble on the ground. That's why they never allowed a proper forensic criminal investigation.
Besides, tall steel and concrete buildings don't just melt straight down into their own footprint, no matter how hot they get from a fire. What fool would ever believe that?
21 YEARS LATER AND THE AMERICAN people still think they were attacked by 19 Arab goatherds with box cutters. Everything else is a perfect coincidence. Go figure.
9/11 – INTERCEPTED (Truth according to the Pilots)
by Pilots for 911 Truth
https://archive.org/details/9_11_Intercepted_Truth_according_Pilots
What happened on the morning of September 11 2001 Why couldn't US defense prevent the tragedy This film features Pilots For 911 Truth analysing NORAD response Audio recordings as well as Radar data provided by government agencies. Pilots for 911 Truth is an organization of aviation professionals and pilots throughout the globe who have gathered together for one purpose. They're are committed to seeking the truth surrounding the events of the 11th of September 2001.
War Games, Simulated radar tracks, aircraft exceeding their max operating limits by more than 130-150 knots, inaccurate aircraft position reports, false aircraft target reports, aircraft converging — flying virtually in formation with — and then diverging from reported 9/11 aircraft, fighters launched in the wrong direction, aircraft seemingly still airborne after the alleged attack, poor communications, phones not working…. What happened in the skies on the morning of September 11, 2001?
Why were our defense ineffective? Pilots For 9/11 Truth analyse NORAD response, audio recordings as well as radar data provided by government agencies.
Han Barkmeyer | September 17, 2022 at 12:25 am
Christopher Bollyn the author of 'Solving 9-11: The Deception That Changed the World' has a degree in history from the University of California, Santa Cruz. His emphasis was on Palestine/Israel.
Here one of the reviews of his book on Amazon:
Christopher Bollyn delivers the goods. In two volumes, the book and its supporting articles — tell all.
Bollyn names names and exposes the men behind curtains. He answers the questions of "who, where, when, what and how." Bollyn embodies the hypothetical journalist from our college texts. The beau ideal. The one we are all supposed to write like but better not if we value our jobs, unbroken arms and professional reputations.
In the oceans of text about 9/11 that we have read since 2002, I posit that 80% of it has been culprit-funded disinformation. Bollyn's adroitly written work lifts the veil of criminal perjury.
Bravely exposing the heinous hag of false flag terrorism, Bollyn's book contains not one wasted word. I could not put it down until my eyes burned. With each morning's coffee, eagerly did I grasp his body of work, anxious for more of his knowledge squarely owned. Knowledge squarely earned. This is the best journalist of my life.
We often hear the adage "when men were men" alluding to what manhood should mean in a day of cowards, sycophants and purchased politicians. After turning the last page of this book, I knew that I was holding the work of a man. A real man who had the guts to stand at the podium.
Han Barkmeyer | September 16, 2022 at 11:47 pm
Hi Editor,
"Having seen just about every film of the planes (sic) hotting the towers from the day it happened we will never be convinced any planes hit the building…"
Christopher Bollyn, the author of 'Solving 9-11: The Deception that Changed the World' comes up with convincing evidence that real planes struck the Twin Towers.
From: The 9-11 Cover-up: An Ongoing Crime in Real Time
12th from the list on his Home page:
https://bollyn.com/
It is very clear from the evidence that Boeing airplanes hit the Twin Towers, the only question is exactly which planes they were. Photographs reveal that more durable parts, such as landing gear and engines from the aircraft, landed on the streets of Manhattan.
Photo of aircraft engine:
This engine from the aircraft that struck the South Tower landed on Murray Street. The parts of this engine are all marked with specific numbers that would identify precisely which aircraft they belonged to. Why haven't they been shown to the public? Why the secrecy about exactly which jet engine this is?
Photo of aircraft piece: BOEING CSTG 250T1115-2
Every time-tracked part of the aircraft is numbered, such as this piece.
Photo of landing gear on the footpath:
This landing gear would also contain time-tracked parts with specific serial numbers which would precisely identify the aircraft that struck the tower.
Photo of dumpster, written on the side of it: AIRCRAFT PARTS FBI
All of these aircraft parts were collected by the F.B.I., which was under the command of Michael Chertoff, the Assistant Attorney General…
Photo of truck, written on the back: AIRCRAFT PARTS
…who authorized for the aircraft evidence to be taken to the dump at Fresh Kills…
…where they were treated like garbage – not as crucial primary evidence from the scene of a mass murder.
Why would Michael Chertoff, an Israeli national and the son of an Israeli Mossad agent, allow such critical criminal evidence to be treated like garbage?
Why wasn't this engine taken to a high-tech FBI crime scene lab (like we see on television) and its time-tracked parts compared with the maintenance records for the planes said to have been involved?
There is only one logical answer to these questions: the aircraft parts were not examined and shown to the public because they are not from the planes that are said to have hit the Twin Towers. The FBI and U.S. military only solve such crimes on TV shows, not in real life. That's part of the deception.
D Johnston | September 16, 2022 at 10:03 pm
Hi Editor, Precisely.
Editor, cairnsnews | September 16, 2022 at 9:51 pm
Having seen just about every film of the planes (sic) hotting the towers from the day it happened we will never be convinced any
planes hit the building and we have published many stories by aeronautical engineers saying just that. Ed
Hi aapkoning, We must remember that the US people/citizens are NOT the enemy or the perpetrators. They are more than aware of what their Deep State has been doing for many years – they have also suffered immensely. Case in point: 9/11 which people are still re-living. The American people want an end to the perpetual tyranny maybe more than anyone. Those that I know, even feel a deep sense of misplaced shame. My parents had some great American nextdoor neighbours (who had immigrated to NZ) and were totally amazed how welcomed they felt there. The husband saying to my Mum "We thought everyone hated us Yanks!" My Mum, in her usual forthright manner said "Nup – only the ignorant, but then who bloody cares?"
Jen, Yes you right, Your Quote: " There are no terrorists except for the US and the ones they have themselves created." And some people still call the US, the — Almighty Great US. Do the citizen of the US know WHO rules them? Are they still so Insouciant?
"US Launched 251 Military Interventions Since 1991, And 469 Since 1798."
Do we still have to call THE US, — The Almighty Great US… They have been stealing, warmongering, murdering, plundering, people since day one, and many lackey countries suck up to them…
Hopefully the citizens of the world wake-up, and Sanction anything from the US.
For anyone still needing to explore this – here is probably one of the most thoroughly in depth comphrensive doco's. Although 5hrs duration – you can skip around without losing continuity. Part 6 is especially illuminating – re the 'squibs' (puffs of smoke) being emitted from the buildings sides.
https://rumble.com/v12urxr-september-11-the-new-pearl-harbor.html
If you look at WTC7 roofline you will see the plant room drop first. That was the stairway and elevators being taken out first.
The building fell faster than free fall, that is, fell faster than a falling brick.
Thus controlled demolition.
What ever happened to that 911 Grand Jury being convened in NY a couple of years ago?
maggoo: "Therein lies the truth".
Yes, but NOBODY in the MSM and Government seems to care. Their message is: "Not interested, sorry! Go fk yourselves."
I can't believe John Kaminski wrote that article.
"… the nose of the plane poking out the other side of the skyscraper before the screen suddenly went black."
"…pristine entry in the supremely solid steel cladding is all I've ever seen, testifying to the astonishing fakery that has deceived the world all this time.
"…and was muscled up to penetrate the steel side of the south tower.
"No plane of any type could fly that fast at that altitude, never mind one strong enough able to penetrate the side of a building and disappear into it without leaving a mess outside the point where it hit
"So there is your authentic history, and there is your totally fabricated, stricken by lies reality today…"
I wonder who is doing the fabricating here if not John Kaminski himself?
There were no holograms at the Twin Towers. Real planes, military and not passenger planes, were smashing into the Twin Towers. There is so much dis and misinformation about 9/11.
Kaminski: "…pristine entry in the supremely solid steel cladding…"
It was ALUMINUM CLADDING covering the Twin Towers, connected to the steel perimeter columns.
The thickness of the steel perimeter columns, as well as the 47 inner core steel columns, were tapering off towards the top of the buildings.
The Twin Towers were designed to take the impact of several planes.
A USAF bomber in 1945 flew into the Empire State building and it did not collapse.
John Kaminsky obviously never heard of the incident on 3 February 1998 in the Dolomites resort of Cavalese in Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Cavalese_cable_car_crash
A US four-man surveillance aircraft, an EA-6B Grumman Prowler, struck the steel cables supporting the aerial lift from Cavalese.
The aircraft's right wing struck the cables from underneath, causing the cabin with twenty people on board to plunge over 80 metres, leaving no survivors. The plane had wing and tail damage, but was able to return to Aviano Air Base.
"The Marine aircrew was not injured and the aircraft sustained only minor damage," the statement from Aviano base said.
That is what damage an aluminum aircraft wing of a small aircraft can do to steel cables.
It is obvious that the planes on 9/11 smashed through the perimeter steel columns with the kerosene exploding in a huge fire ball OUTSIDE the Twin Towers.
The fires didn't bring the Twin Towers down, they were wired for controlled demolition over several months. Just like Building 7 was. It was not hit by a plane, but was brought down by controlled demolition.
"…before he later collected his $7.4 billion from his $400,000 investment."
That is another piece of disinfo by John Kaminski.
The WTC complex was insured via multiple insurance policies with 23 different companies for a total of $3.55 billion for a single event. Larry Silverstein, asked that it be considered two events, so the limit be raised to $7.1 billion. The insurance companies disputed this, and there was a court case, and the resultant total limit was much less the $7.1 billion ($4.577 billion).
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maggoo | September 16, 2022 at 1:34 pm
I watched the 2nd tower being hit. I fully believed it. I had just been awoken by my partner who was up and watching the TV. I had never felt so insecure and unsure of a future as I did then. But believe it – I did! I was terrified. If that could happen to the Almighty Great US – what will happen to tiny us? It was many years before I started getting info about what really happened. And I have seen so much footage – taken from many different angles of the building and from many different and unknown to each other, people. And, most of the films show, when the film is slowed right down, that the plane "appears" to go right into the building without making a mark on it and come out the other side where THEN and only THEN, was a massive explosion from the entry. Not a possibility. How can a plane be inside a building and not have exploded upon impact? people really need to see the footage and slow it down. Therein lies the Truth.
NEVER FORGET WHO DID 9/11
Dr. Alan Sabrosky, a Jew himself and former Director of Studies at the US Army College is "100% Certain That 9/11 Was a Mossad Operation".
Pat from Vic | September 16, 2022 at 11:50 am
The author overlooked that indestructible terrorist passport that became a trademark of just about every other "terrorist attack" from that day forward.
"If only we had some passports to identify the terrorists on those utterly pulverised passenger aircraft after they hit the World Trade Centre… ah, here's one!"
Aside from that, he's done a pretty good job of summing up the situation – and not one of the actual perpetrators of that massive orchestrated atrocity (and all the worldwide mayhem and slaughter that followed) have ever been held to account. Let's be honest – they never will.
D Johnston | September 16, 2022 at 9:07 am
Hi Leonard R. Schmidt, Very astute assessment. Re: "COVID is simply an extension, our submissiveness having already been established." Exactly. Following the false flag of 9/11 there has been a continuous, systematic and escalated erosion of freedom and rights which have all gone unopposed and weakly complied to. Therefore unfortunately, we have assisted in digging the hole we now find ourselves in.
Great article, and spot on. There are no terrorists except for the US and the ones they have themselves created. And it still continues today, though I must say that many more people are aware of it now. The extent of the evil is diabolical.
Leonard R. Schmidt | September 16, 2022 at 8:21 am
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Keep publishing what you can about the hoax of 9/11
In my 78 years on this Earth, I've lived through nothing more destructive to Freedom and Liberty, than what has been done to us as a result of the 9/11 False Flag. COVID is simply an extension, our submissiveness having already been established.
Yes, those espousing and forcing implementation of their New World Order (NWO) upon us are evil. But then, we allow them to have sway.
Should those NWO cretins succeed in disarming American citizens, nothing will save this Earth except the second coming of Christ Jesus.
Brian Johnston | September 15, 2022 at 10:31 pm
The plane in the article flying into the tower is a hologram.
It disappears into the building across multiple floors.
Were we had or what.
in another video one can see the left wing disappear behind a building in the background. Crazy stuff.
The unsung heroes of the 9/11 'Boatlift' operation…
You only need to scratch the surface and check out the key players in 911 and in its subsequent bs "investigation" to realise they're part of the same crew and we're being played for suckers, big time!
They are methodically putting into place the apparatus and mechanisms to ensure that you will own nothing and will be "happy" to simply survive if you're lucky.
Worrynot | September 15, 2022 at 8:36 pm
I too was watching that sheemozzle happen. I too wondered that something was off. I started to investigate with the limited resources I had available, and was shocked at what I was seeing. Invisible planes, and other planes that could fly 5-10 metres above the ground without breaking apart at 500+ klms per hour. Zero plane wreckage, zero anything. ALL stationary cameras within a 2 kilometere range removed by a government agency. Then vids like ZEITGIEST? came out. It showed inconsistencies in the timings of events by a major TV channel followed by the disappearing ghost plane with half a wing missing? as it the 2nd tower. Worse was yet to come when building 7 pancaked without being touched. The whole thing was starting to smell like a rancid fart. Just like covid 19 that is now back on the idiot box with head of WHO telling that us plebs that covid is nearly over. I agree with him because it never was here in the 1st place. I WONDER WHAT THE TURDS HAVE PLANNED? It won't be nice I'm sure of that!
"(The phone call: "Mom? This is your son, Todd Beamer.")"
Mom Beamer replied… "Oh, hello, Tod Beamer, this is your Mom, Lisa Beamer."
And I'm Santa Claus. Nuff said.
Joe Biden has just extended the 20 year 911 state of emergency by executive order while the US is deliberating whether to declare Russia a "terrorist state" for it's military action in Ukraine.
Had Russia chosen to bomb or destroy Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya or Yemen there would be no question of "state terrorism" and no need for the extension of the 911 state of emergency, would there?
20 years later and it looks like the Bushes, Obama's, Trumps and Bidens and our stooge Australian governments are still not tired of treating us as simple fwits.
Janicew37 | September 15, 2022 at 7:35 pm


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May 28th, 2009: Sunny and Warm, Water Temperature 77*and Clear.
Picked Greg up at his dock at 4am this morning because he wanted to go help catch bait. We ran uplake , caught 150 baits, went back to the marina and picked up the rest of the crew. I went a short distance , found some fish, stopped, showed and explained the procedure necessary to work downlines correctly. While we were talking Cathy's rod hooked up and she broke the ice with the first Striper of the day. They were ready for some action now so I located a school of fish, we all put the lines down and the madness began. We worked that school for a while then I found another school, and another , and another till we were out of bait, about 8:30. I went and caught more bait, found a couple more schools of fish and proceeded to wear the Stripers out. By 10 o'clock Cathy reeled in our 77th fish of the morning, a good way to end the day. We had a lot of fun this morning, not only catching fish but also joking with each other, and the guys [and Cathy] got to take some delicious fish home to eat.
PS...Greg commented today that he thought I was a grumpy old man, complaining about boaters encroaching on my clients daily in my journal. After setting up for the 4th time, having to move only because inconsiderate so called fisherman would drive right over to us when they saw everyone on my boat reeling in fish and spook the school, Greg realized how rude these people can be. We actually had an idiot driving a Sea Pro who was trolling drive between my boat and another buzzards boat, less than 30 yards apart!
After that episode we moved to an area of the lake where there were no boats, within 5 minutes 5 boats were on us again. There are 9600 acres of water on this lake, probably right now no less than 500 schools of Stripers, why can't people be sportsmanlike enough to simply give me an acre of birth so that my clients can enjoy a peaceful outing on the lake without being harassed?
May 27th, 2009: Cloudy and drizzle, Water Temperature 76* and Clear.
Went out and caught bait early and picked the guys up at 5:30. Went and threw for some more Gizzards and then set up on a 22 foot flat. We had 4 or 5 quick hits but the action turned off as quick as it started. Set up on a similar spot and worked it for 10 minutes and decided to move. I wanted to find some action. Went about a 1/2 mile and my depthfinder lit up with fish. The guys jumped up, grabbed a rod, I baited them and before they could get other rods down the first four had hooked up. They were not prepared for this kind of action and stumbled on the first volley. I lost the fish and briefed them on what to do when I got back on them. Got on the big motor again and found the school, turned the big motor off, everyone was standing at the bait tank ready to put the baits out, and for the next hour went through 150 baits. The guys never caught up by having all the lines down in the water. It was so hectic that I lost count of fish at 39 and we moved again and repeated the same scenario. Everyone did good today, especially Phil. He listened and paid attention so well, took charge of the boat and helped the other guys out that were having difficulties. NOT. We all had fun today, spanked the Stripers and were off the water by 11am with 20 keepers.
May 22nd, 2009: Sunny and Warm, Water Temperature 73* and Clear.
Picked the guys up at High Point Marina at 5am and went uplake to catch bait. After about an hour of throwing we had 50 and went fishing. My hopes were not very high due to it being the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend, I had already passed 3 Striper boats before getting bait. A good friend Danny called me on the radio and said to forget where I wanted to go, there were already 3 boats on it and 2 more heading for it. I already figured that and was setting up in a different area without a boat in sight. It was a beautiful morning on the lake and it was nice to put out a spread of baits , catch some fish, relax and not be harassed by other boats. The fish were not aggressive this morning, we were all over them but for some reason they were hesitant to eat. Today we had about a dozen hook-ups and Elden and Bill took home some nice Stripers for their lovely wives to eat. I will stay off the water till the weekend warriors go home than try it again.
May 20th, 2009: Sunny and Pleasant, Water Temp 68* and warming.
Got out this morning at 5, picked up my clients, caught bait and snaked my way through the fog to work an area with flats ranging from 8 to 25 feet deep. Before I could get my boards out we started taking hits and within 5 minutes of fishing we put 3 fish in the boat. We worked the flats for awhile and had 10 more fish hook up and I decided to take a brief break to let the crew use the restrooms. Went back out and set up on some deeper flats, saw fish, put downlines in the fish's faces and started hooking up again. We fished that area and hooked up 6 or 8 times boating 3 or 4 fish then I made another move to a similar area. Wasn't there for 5 minutes and we banged them again. Karen caught the biggest fish of the day, an 11 pounder, and everyone went home with a big smile on their faces. The crew took home about 115 pounds of Striper today.
I knew today was going to be a challenge when I drove over the first bridge and there were 2 boats throwing for bait and when I got to Hunter Landing a little after 4am there were 4 boats already out . I put the boat in and glanced over to Dillard's bridge and there were 3 boats frothing the water with their nets. I went uplake and caught 52 big Gizzards , came back to the ramp and picked my clients up. As I was driving downlake I passed 5 or 6 boats fishing for Stripers and a couple of them followed me to where I was going. I told Bob that I was going to set up on a bogus flat, that in a couple minutes there would be all over us and once they got set up we would go to our fish. By the time I got out 6 boards we were surrounded by 5 boats. We put a couple fish in the boat and looked up and here comes this 24'Red SeaFox, stopped 70 yards in front of us, starts putting out boards, I turned to the left so he would not get tangled in mine, as I did he cut another boat off and that boat had to swerve to avoid tangling with this Idiot. Obviously these people are from the DC area and act like they are driving on the beltway. Anyway, my ploy worked, now there were 7 boats , the buzzards were commited and we picked up our spread and went to some nice fish. We set up on a flat with no other boats in sight and had 25 Stripers hook up and everyone had a great day. We actually had one Striper hook up that one of the boys could not handle so Bob jumped on the rod and fought it. He could never turn the fish and it eventually pull out.
Obviously I do not like fishing on the weekends!
May 15th, 2009: Partly Cloudy and Pleasant, Water temperature 69*.
Doug and Mark wanted to help with bait this morning so I met them at 5am and we caught bait, then picked up Jim and Jason and went fishing. I set out a spread of only 8 boards a Bobber and only 1 downline expecting to duplicate the action we had yesterday. We hooked up on our first pass with one Striper so I turned right around to make the pass again. When we got close all the baits got nervous then like a light switch the fish turned on. This was the first time this group of guys had fished with me and I believe they were slightly shocked at what happened for the next 3 hours. About 9 o'clock Doug picked up a planner board rod that had just got crushed and proceeded to fight and land this nice 19 1/2 pound male Striper, at least that is what it weighed after pictures were taken. I am sure it weighed more but it was pretty excited when it got in the boat and left quite a puddle of milk on the floor. We popped a couple more Stripers there and made a move to a similar spot, put out 4 downlines this time and all it took was about 2 minutes for everyone to hook up. We finished the day there and went to the marina before 11am to get pictures . Todays stringer was slightly over 150 pounds.
May 14th, 2009: Cloudy and Windy, Water Temperature 68* and Clear.
May 9th, 2009: Partly Sunny and Windy, Water Temp 68* and slightly stained.
The weather was suppose to be bad today so I got out early and caught bait, picked the guys up before 6 and was fishing at daylight. We knew it was going to get windy so we wanted to pack a day into 5 or 6 good hours of fishing while it was fairly calm. I set up on the tip of a flat where it dropped off from 20 to 28 feet and immediately started taking hits. We made 4 or 5 circles on it before the fish quit biting then worked our way over to a 20' ridge without getting a strike. The wind was up by 9 and I had a place that was just right to fish and not get completely blown off the lake. We worked it for a couple hours getting strikes about every 15 minutes, then went and caught more bait. Came back and set up on a 25 foot flat, got hit within 5 minutes but it was just too windy to fish it so we went back to where we could get out of the wind. Today we had 20 hook-ups and the guys took home a few fish for the table.
May 7th, 2009: Cloudy, Rain, Sun, Rain...., Water Temp 67* and clear.
Caught bait early and set up a spread of 10 Planner boards, a bobber and 4 downlines on a main lake flat. Saw plenty of fish but it took 45 minutes till we started getting hits. The weather today was everywhere, it just could not make up its mind and nor could the fish. The lake had come up 6 inches over night, that coupled with today's weather made fishing conditions tough. We did end up catching 8 fish, but we worked hard for them.
May 6th, 2009: Cloudy and Cool, Water Temperature 65* and Clear.
Got out on the water early and caught bait. Went to set up on an area where I caught some nice fish yesterday but a good friend was already there so I set out a spread of 10 planner boards, a bobber and 4 downlines nearby and pulled similar flats. Juan started off the day by landing a fish off a planner board that hit closest to the shore. After our first pass all the guys had caught fish but Rudy. Once his turn came up the wind got calm and for an hour and a half we watched our baits get chased to the surface by Stripers. Time and time again the fish would chase the baits up, swirl the baits, follow the baits for up to 100 yards and never strike at them. Rudy got tired of going from one side of the boat to the other getting prepared to catch a Striper just to watch them boil the baits. After this happening about 25 times he finally hooked up and caught a Striper. It was after 10 and I decided to give up this madness and try different areas with hopes of finding fish with different attitudes. We set out the same spread and pulled the rest of the day, at least a couple miles, only to catch a few more fish. What a frustrating day knowing that there are nice fish under our baits and not be able to get them to hook up for my clients.
I may try some secrete techniques tomorrow if the fish act the same way.
May 5th, 2009: Cloudy and Cool, Water Temperature 65* and Clear.
Picked the guys up at 5:30 , caught bait and went fishing. Set up over a 34 foot channel bend with the screen full of Stripers. Put out 4 downlines, 10 boards and a bobber and did not get a hit. Decided to pull up on the adjacent flats and try them but still did not get hit, only nervous baits. Relocated to another area pulling the same spread and started getting hits, but the fish were very lethargic. They would not touch downlines and would chase the baits on the planner boards up and swirl them for 50 yards or so, then sometimes hook up. After catching a few Bob hooked into a cow on a board, the boat was going in direction and the fish went the other. After a while I asked him if he was hung kiddingly and he said heck no, this fish has got Me. Well as sometimes things go, Bob could not turn the fish and it simply pulled off, didn't break anything, just pulled off. We hit another flat nearby and all the baits on the bank side started getting swirled and backing the boards up, but only hooked up on one nice one. Turned back around and hit it again and only got swirled, moved to another flat and started popping a few. This kind of action happened all day, the fish never feeding well but constant action. Our nicest fish Ralph caught and the fish followed and worked the bait for 60 to 80 yards before eating it. The guys had a great day, catching the best fish of the spring, a stringer well over 100 pounds.
These stripers have not spawned yet, the next month is going to be incredable.
May 1st, 2009: Cloudy and Windy, Water Temp 67* and Clear.
I had taken off most of the week to catch up on chores around the farm, putting in food plots, getting the garden in, mulching all the flower beds, and a few Honey Do's. I was on the water Monday and noticed a change in the lake and just had to get back on the water before the weekend warriors hit the lake. The wind was blowing a steady 15 to 20 mph with some higher gusts and I thought I might be able to sneak out on the water undetected and hit a couple areas to maybe pop a couple nice fish. Went to the lake in the late morning, caught about 20 nice baits and hit my first area. The wind was blowing way to too hard to pull my spread of planner boards so I simply put out 6 baits to check things out. I no sooner got the 6th line out when one of my rods bowed over, then another and another. Got those fish in the boat, snapped a quick picture of 2 of them and released them. I had seen what I wanted to find so I pulled the rest of my lines in and made a move. I set up right in the wind, put the trolling motor down , rigged the first bait and put it out. It started getting nervous right away, I looked at my depth finder and saw a couple very nice fish on it. I hurried to get my second bait out while controlling the boat. Just as I got it out the 1st bait started fleeing from a fish then WHAM, the second pole hooked up, drag screaming, rod tip in the water. The timing could not have been worse, there was a Bass Boat and a Wake board boat passing less than 30 yards away from me. I hid the bent rod from the Basser but the guys in the other boat saw what what happening and pulled over to watch. This fish hit from the rear of the boat, screamed drag straight out, then decided to go to the front of the boat, around the trolling motor, back around to the other side of the boat, then straight back under the boat to the side it started out on. I had to lean way over the boat with the rod tip way in the water so the fish would not break off on the boat. I finally wrestled the fish back on my side, got the net and netted him. After some applause from the other boat I removed the hook and snapped a quick picture and released the fish. The fish seemed happy to see me, he squirted all over the boat, indicating the Stripers are ready to start spawning. After releasing the Striper I had found out what I wanted to know so I emptied the bait tank and went back to the dock. I only fished less than an hour today.
It appears that the lake is about 2 to 3 weeks behind the last couple of years, probably due to the inconsistent weather [cold and numerous fronts] in April. The fish I caught today were pre-spawn and I normally would have caught them in early April. This was a great way to bring in the month of May, and an enjoyable short break from farm chores.
May will certainly be a great month to fish, I look forward to my clients catching some Huge Stripers. This year has already been incredible, the first 3 months of the year we doubled our catches of Stripers. The bait kills of this last winter have really helped the lake and this summer promises to be one of the best seasons that I have ever experienced on the lake.


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Nirj Deva MEP in Washington D.C.: A Peace Treaty – the first step to peace on the Korean Peninsula
Mr Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, I am truly delighted to be standing here before you all.
As we gather here, today, I am reminded that we are here to discuss the last battlefront of the twentieth century, dormant perhaps, but hardly dead.
Yet, I believe that we were brought here together today, because we share a common purpose; that after six decades and a war, reconciliation, redemption, and re-unification are not beyond hope; that the Korean Peninsula has an opportunity to rise above the failings of the past; and seize a collective future in which its security is more than some illusory promise but an eventual reality.
The example of the European Union, the example of East and West Germany, both come into mind. In the first example, after killing over 100 million people in Two World Wars, finally Europeans have come together recognising that they share a common culture, a common history and a common set of values bound by a contiguous geography. In the second example, a Germany unified by Bismarck over 100 years ago was reunified 25 years ago reversing the dislocation and division catalysed by different political systems allied in one case and enforced in the other by the two super powers after the second world war. Whereas the German example appears immediately more apposite to the issue of North and South Korea, in fact it is the example of the European Union, an embodiment of how to share power and trade together which may prove a better road map for the future of the Korean peninsula.
Recently the World has again, after an interregnum of 25 years, become a very dangerous place.
International terrorism, anarchy in the Middle East, NATO – Russian tension over the Ukraine, economic and market turbulence, a resurgent and powerful China legitimately ambitious to extend her global spheres of influence, and the continuing nuclear threats of North Korea have all compounded to the crucible of global tensions.
In my view the issue of North Koreas militarisation and nuclearisation has been a saga of missed opportunities that could have been put right; a long time ago; however with reference to the most recent rumour of a missile launch in October, I strongly urge the North Korean leadership at this very critical time to not escalate regional tensions. At a time when the Japanese peace constitution is being challenged whatever the scientific and technical reasons may be, this is not a good time.
I believe in that famous axiom articulated eloquently by Lord Palmerston who said, Britain does not have permanent allies or permanent enemies. She only has permanent interests. Peace negotiations or any negotiations for that matter underpinned by policies, which, by unwittingly setting preconditions or stipulations that goes on to sabotage itself and the long term interests of that country is a foolish policy. Diplomacy is not about egos or dignity. Its central purpose is the pursuit of the national interests by whatever means possible as long as those means are legal. If the long term national interests are thwarted because of negotiating pre conditions, then those conditions however legitimate, however sensible, however practical, are a Trojan horse achieving the very thing nobody wanted in the first place. The history of the Korean peninsula and the tensions created within it are littered with preconditions and such Trojan horses. We have now come, I believe to a point that nobody wanted. Not even dare I say the North Koreans.
The biggest of such Trojan horses in the long drawn out saga of the Korean peninsula were the events leading to North Korea leaving the Non Proliferation Treaty and going on to build a nuclear bomb; after 1994. It could have been avoided, with more skilful diplomacy; but the West played her hand very badly. Now we have the very thing we were determined to avoid. The discovery of hitherto unknown centrifuges in North Korea, whether revealed by design or accident, catalysed the destruction of the Agreed Frame Work of 1994 which had until then acted as somewhat of a brake on North Koreas nuclear development, which was being carried out clandestinely and very slowly. The end of the Agreed Frame Work left North Korea withdrawing from the Non Proliferation Treaty and openly accelerating her nuclear ambitions. How clever was that? How did it ever serve the U.S., South Korean and European Union long term interests ? Short answer is that it did not and the whole thing was an own goal.
But let us also not forget that the USA is not only a world power and the protector of democracy and the so called free world, she is also very dexterous at changing policy to suit her long term interests. Just ask the Saudi's how they feel about the American Pact with Iran, a state of affairs which suddenly came about thanks wholly to the vigorous endeavours of the Chinese in promoting the Silk Road and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank particularly focussed on the development of Central and Western Asia, where for some 1500 years the Persian Empire played the role of bulwark against westward expansion by the Mongols and Imperial China.
Recently, President Obama, having woken up from a long stupor, has worked hard and commendably to attend to the running sores left behind by the Cold War. He recognised that leaving Cuba in limbo served no purpose and has started fixing that relationship. Likewise with Myanmar, which had been left out in the cold for 70 years. Most astonishing he has started to mend the jagged and febrile relationship the US had with Iran, which again like North Korea was allowed to fester under successive US Administrations, serving no purpose other than inadvertently strengthening the resolve and self-sufficiency of her adversary and becoming more and more extreme and resolutely resourceful.
US Admiral William Gortney announced that in his assessment North Korea is now capable of mounting a miniaturised nuclear warhead atop an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the USA.
Additionally we have even seen in most recent weeks, the country publically glorifying the re-opening of its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, the largest one it has, now back in full operation. How has the World and more particularly the USA, EU and others allowed this to happen? Clearly sanctions haven't worked. To me this is a resounding failure of our diplomacy, hand wringing at the side lines, in interminable conferences, rebuking the North Koreans for being untrustworthy while not finding a mechanism for making progress and bringing them into the fold of the international community.
Such a transition, if enacted peacefully, would serve to alleviate the primary source of instability in North East Asia; which if mishandled through misfeasance could lead to a dangerous global crisis.
For an impoverished North, reconciliation would mark a future of re-engagement with the international community, ending economic sanctions in favour of an influx of trade and development.
For Seoul, it would offer a unique prospect; to scale back military conscription, currently standing at 680,000-men, and reduce the necessarily exorbitant defence spending, presently marked at $30 billion a year; a figure which excludes the $1 billion a year sent to Washington, to help cover the costs of a 'permanent' U.S. military's presence on the Peninsula.
Whilst admittedly, this line of thinking is fraught with 'ifs' and 'buts', however any process which would result in the securement of North Korean nuclear weapons and the peaceful demobilisation of its dauntingly sizeable army, would leave Seoul, Washington and Tokyo markedly more secure.
Even China, a rising economic powerhouse in its own right, would benefit from converting its efforts from supporting the Kim administration, predominantly through transfers of fuel and food, to increasing its capital investments in the country; a driving force behind the national development process.
Whilst regional stability rightly remains the fundamental aspiration, long term benefits are considerable. The reunification of the Korean Peninsula is forecast to foster what has been referred to in recent years by President Park as an "economic bonanza". The combined population of a 75 million person economy would be expected to compete with that of France, Germany, and Japan, creating the eighth-largest economy in the world.
The North's vast potential for growth, massive mineral deposits and youth-orientated population would serve to ideally offset the slowing population growth of South Korea and its limited natural resources. South Korea's high-tech electronics sector and booming industry, coupled with a young, educated and eager labour force from the North could generate meteoric economic gains that would ensure prosperity for all Koreans, regardless of region or ideology.
Today in the North, 91 percent of the population is younger than 65 and the fertility rate stands at 2.0 children per women. A reunified or confederated Korean Peninsular would add more than 17 million potential lower waged lower skilled workers, aged 15 to 64, to the nearly 36 million workers already in the South. The prospect of a dynamic, young work force is especially enticing given the rapid ageing of the South Korean population, where life expectancy has reached 81 years and continues to improve and the birth rate stands at only 1.2 children per woman and is among the lowest in the world.
However, reunification is an issue that will not prove simple and is made all the more complex for the dividing methodology and goals exhibited in its pursuit, by both North and South where on paper at least, both sides of the Korean Peninsula are firmly committed to the express principle of national unification but both envisage this process in very different ways.
The South envisages this process as a policy of "trust building," driven by a three phase plan: Firstly, a phase of reconciliation and cooperation between the two countries on joint activities and initiatives: Secondly, the creation of a trade based Korean Commonwealth: And finally, geographic reunification with the attainment of a Korean single state.
The North, on the other hand, has expressed its eagerness to create a Korean Federation; possessed of two distinct ideological social systems which would be expected to co-exist and promote mutual prosperity.
It is perhaps unsurprising that the North and South have such wildly divergent aspirations. South Korea is democratic, Capitalist, a technological juggernaut and Asia's fourth largest economy. North Korea, on the other hand, is authoritarian, Communist and internationally isolated with an economy a third of the size of Ethiopia's.
As such, I am wary of reports like the recent release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Korea National Diplomatic Academy, which claims that unification will be attained by 2040-2050. It is not the timeline that proves troubling, but the idea that there is some silver bullet, a hidden ace up the sleeve which will solve all our problems; in this case, concentrating on a joint economic system that would see would see North Korea's national average income, per capita, rise to $10,000. It currently stands at $1800, per capita.
Gyeong-seob of South Korea's Sejong Institute, put it most succinctly when, commenting on both this report and President Park's reunification policy, stated that "it was a blueprint for the most splendid building imaginable, but did not demonstrate the ability to construct it." Lofty ideals may be well and good but as I may have mentioned before, the devil lies in the details.
We must ask whether South Korea actually wants to contemplate absorbing 25 million new citizens alongside paying for the process which has been estimated to cost $500 billion dollars over the next twenty years, despite the fact that a resurgent, unified Korea would prove a major regional power. Yet, democratic South Korea has 80% of the population broadly in support of reunification and, if the outpouring of popular elation that gripped Germany in 1989 is any indication, it would appear unlikely to pose as an issue of contention.
Further examination, however, indicates a certain softness to these comforting polling figures. A recent survey, in March, reported that that 22% of South Koreans in their 20's would prefer to maintain separate states, higher than any other age group. Generations have been born where division has been the status quo. It is a trend that will only be exacerbated by more time separated. Indeed, only 14% said they felt North Koreans were "one of us."
Yet what truly worries me is not the undeniable social complexity inherent to the issue, nor the prevalent and persistent challenges that naturally hound any idea of reconciliation; of peace. I am astounded that after six decades, after the cold war is long dead and buried, that neither side have drawn up a peace treaty. I am astounded that what holds the fragile balance of this Peninsula is an armistice agreement signed in 1953. To be clear that is an armistice agreement – a temporary cessation of hostilities – a pause as both sides catch their breath and re-arm for the fight. An armistice agreement that, I feel compelled to add, South Korea has never signed. Yet, both sides audaciously talk of reunification; express their desire to heal, to put past grievances behind them. How can we speak of reunification when we do not even have peace treaty?
In the politics of warfare, conflict comes to an end when one side loses or an armistice is signed, by both sides! After it is signed there is usually a natural desire for a peace treaty. The peace treaty then leads to settlement, reparations, even reunification. These are the normal steps of human endeavour that have ended conflicts in every last corner of the world for thousands of years. Why is this process not being applied in the Korean peninsula?
It has been over sixty years; years in which whole economies, societies and foreign policies have been built upon an armistice; on what?; on trust?; on mutual self-belief that war will not begin again?
63 years later, it beggars belief that successive leaders from both North and South Korea have utterly irresponsibly circumvented the fundamental need to give a more permanent security to their people. Successive leaders have agreed to go on with life, carrying on with their economic and social expansions upon an armistice; an agreement so insecure, so unstable and so irresponsibly based on the expectation that the USA and her taxpayer will stand guarantee for ever till the end of time securing the peace of South Korea. This is wholly based on the premise that the USA have permanent friends, not permanent interests. Even a cursory examination of US foreign policy today, regarding Israel, the Palestine, Iran, et al will show how wrong this can be. Instead we should seize this chance, at a time when the USA is re-evaluating her global strategy and making new alliances, to use this greater flexibility to give greater security to the South Korean people and by default for the people of North Korea.
And, despite the numerous challenges, particularly to South Korea in terms of simple cost, a united Peninsula will find avenues of commerce to China; to Russia and all through Asia to Europe. It will cost money, but it is an investment in the future; in Korea's future. Not for us here, today, but for the generations to come, it will mean stability, security, peace.
Yet, all this is a pipe dream. Reunification is unlikely to prove spontaneously organic. It needs a platform. It needs peace – in this case a peace treaty. There is no way around it, and this is where we must begin. The road forward will likely prove obstinate to say the least, but to put it plainly: "No peace treaty, no bonanza."


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Washington Memo
ERNEST K. LINDLEY July 1 1945
Washington Memo ERNEST K. LINDLEY July 1 1945
ERNEST K. LINDLEY
ALMOST every word or action by the new President is interpreted by one commentator or another as a sign that he is moving to the "right" or "left." But, in the opinion of this observer, Mr. Truman has not deviated from any of the major lines of policy projected by the late Franklin D. Roosevelt.
At his first press conference he urged congressional ratification of the Bretton Woods monetary agreements without alteration. He has put his full weight back of renewal of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, with authority for the reduction of tariffs below the bottomTevel fixed by the original Act and its previous renewals. He has backed renewal for another year of (he wartime Price Control Act. He slapped down the powerful farm bloc in Congress by vetoing a blanket exemption from military service for farm workers. The message was briefer than Mr. Roosevelt would have written but just as strong.
So his record has run, day after day. Roosevelt's policies have not been abandoned or diluted on either the home or the international front. In a way some
of them have been re-energized. Preoccupied with the war and the organization of the peace as he was in recent years, Mr. Roosevelt tended to leave the home front to others. Mr. Truman is giving domestic problems relatively more consideration. He did not inherit the personal grievances and animosities which hampered Mr. Roosevelt, especially in dealing with Congress. And his own close ties with the legislative branch, established during his years in the Senate, are proving helpful in softening opposition.
Mr. Truman is also improving the relations between the Executive and Congress by his reorganj ization of the Cabinet. Every one of his first four Cabinet appointments was heartily applauded in I Congress. The four persons who are leaving had few political assets—and two of them had become decidedly unpopular among the regular Democrats, not to mention the Republicans.
New Appointees
FRANCES PERKINS, the retiring Secretary of Labor, is an estimable woman with many fine achievements to her record, including the formulation of the original social insurance legislation for the United States and the
i national Minimum Wage and Maxi| mum Hours Act. But many of the j leading union leaders disliked her, or at ! least disliked dealing with a woman,
; and she lost nearly all of the friends she once had on the Hill. Roosevelt ! himself would have accepted her resignation, as she began urging him to do as far back as 1940, if he could have found a suitable successor. But he i could find no union leader who was j acceptable to both the CIO and the AF of L, and his efforts to persuade i various nonunion persons of stature to I take the job failed repeatedly.
Truman appealed to one of his former ! Senate colleagues, now a federal judge, Lewis B. Schwellenbach. Schwellenbach finally consented to take the Labor portfolio. Neither the CIO nor the AF of L could take exception to it, since Schwellenbach, while in the ! Senate, had voted for all the labor and social legislation of the New Deal, while remaining aloof from controversies between them.
The new Secretary of Agriculture, Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico, likewise has generally favored legislation favorable to agriculture, but does not belong to any of the major farm organizations. Before coming to the House of Representatives he was a newspaper editor and an insurance salesman. However, he owns and operates a dairy farm and is chairman of a special House Committee which has been investigating the food situation. When he takes over his Cabinet post he will absorb also the duties of the War Food Administrator. In total political outlook Anderson is probably more progressive than either of the two men he will replace.
At the Department of Justice young Tom C. Clark, a regular Democrat from Texas, replaces Francis P. Biddle, New Dealer. Clark has served under Biddle for several years, but will hand out more patronage to the Democratic politicians. Whether he will also soft-pedal or reverse such established New Deal policies as firm ; enforcement of the untitrust laws remains to be seen. Many of the New Dealers fear that he will.
Clark was chosen by President Truman's chief political partner, j Robert Hannegan, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, who will now enter the Cabinet as postmaster general. Truman and Hannegan are from the same state, Missouri. Hannegan was very largely responsible for the shelving of Henry Wallace as
vice-president in favor of Truman at the Democratic National Convention last summer.
Hannegan is a decidedly practical politician, who believes in party patronage and party responsibility. He is setting out to reconstruct the Democratic party organization, which was immensely powerful during Roosevelt's first six years but began to go to pieces in 1938, partly as a result of the fight for control between the New Dealers and the conservative Democrats, partly because extensions of the civil service system reduced the number of jobs open for party appointments, and partly because, as the war came on, large sectors of the Government were put under Republican or nonpartisan control.
Hannegan is looking forward to the nomination and election of Truman in 1948. He is to Truman what James A. Farley was to Roosevelt before the Roosevelt-Farley split, which began in 1938, and his ideas of the way to build a party machine* are similar to Farley's. Farley gradually lined up ideologically with the conservative Democrats. But when he first came to Washington he was 100% behind Roosevelt's policies. Hannegan likewLse was a 100% Roosevelt man when Roosevelt chose him last year to manage his fourth presidential campaign. He still talks like a thorough supporter of Roosevelt policies.
Hannegan opposed the renomination of Wallace because he thought it would injure Roosevelt's chances of re-election. But he is eager to keep Wallace in Truman's Cabinet as Secretary of Commerce, because Wallace has a personal political following which amounts to a good many votes. He is also a firm supporter of Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., who was a purely personal appointee of Roosevelt's and who is opposed by many of the conservative Democrats. Hannegan himself served briefly under Morgenthau as Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the office which collects most of the federal taxes. But he is against some Roosevelt appointees who are less liberal than Morgenthau, because they pay so little attention to recommendations of party leaders when they have jobs to fill.
Thus Truman and Hannegan are both trying to pull the Democratic party together—Truman by diplomacy, personal contacts and the appointment of Cabinet members with practical political experience, and Hannegan by patronage. But both know that the Democrats cannot win national elections without the support of a majority of organized labor and miscellaneous liberal groups, as well as of the Sout'h-
ern conservatives. Therefore, I do not expect to see any sharp turn to the "right," although Truman is likely to be more cautious than Roosevelt would have been in approaching postwar economic and social problems.
Small Demobilization
The end of the war against Germany has not made much difference in U. S. internal economy. Some types of war production are being cut back, others are being increased. Total war production for the rest of this year is supposed to be at therate of $54 billions annually, which is approximately the rate of 1943 and more than nine tenths that of 1944, the peak year
The Army, including the Air Forces, is only being cut from 8,300,000 to
6.970.000. The Navy will remain at its present strength of approximately
3.250.000. So far as any one can see now, the U. S. A. will have more than
10.000. 000 men under arms until Japan has surrendered.
Both the labor and the facilities are available, however, for a small increase in production for civilian use. Most of the raw materials also are available. But shortages of special items here and there promise to retard conversion and cause some temporary unemployment. Unemployment, which is now about
800.000, is expected to rise to nearly
2.000. 000 before it is relieved again in the autumn by converted production.
Housewives have been promised more pots and pans and miscellaneous gadgets. The automobile industry hopes to turn out 300,000 passenger cars by the end of the year. The basic gasoline ration is being increased by 50%—but perhaps only temporarily, as consumption by the armed forces will rise again as the Army and Air Forces are redeployed in the Pacific.
The Government authorities have not yet decided how completely reconversion should be steered from Washington. One school holds that control should be held to minimum; that factories released from war production should be free to make whatever they wish, or can, with the labor and materials they can procure. The other contends that, they should be allowed to make only the more essential civilian items—that otherwise the trend will be toward the manufacture of high-priced luxury goods instead of the things which most people need. In most specific tests up to the present, the new Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion, Fred Vinson, has backed the second school. But an over-all program has not yet been adopted.
THE CASE OF THE AILING ANGLER
July 1945 By ARTHUR MAYSE
"All We Want is a Fair Break"
July 1945 By L. S. B. SHAPIRO
How Do We Handle Our Returned Men?
July 1945 By BLAIR FRASER
July 1945 By DILLON O'LEARY
BACKSTAGE AT OTTAWA
July 1945 By THE MAN WITH A NOTEBOOK
"SOMETHIN'S GOTTA GO!"
July 1945 By W. O. MITCHELL
November 1948 By ERNEST K. LINDLEY
COD GETS A MAN UP EARLY
November 1948 By EVA-LIS WUORIO
I See 12 Movies a Week
November 1948 By CLYDE GILMOUR
July 1944 By ERNEST K. LINDLEY
December 1947 By ERNEST K. LINDLEY
June 1945 By Ernest K. Lindley


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6 Unexpected Commercial Brand Mishaps
by Alabrava | Dec 13, 2019 | Case Studies
Businesses adopt different marketing strategies to remain relevant to consumers. One such strategy includes the launch of new or improved products to create and maintain brand loyalty. Companies invest millions of dollars into product research, design, marketing, and launch.
From 1957's Ford Edsel, Coca-Cola's 1985 New Coke, 1995's Microsoft Bob, 2013's Facebook Home to 2016's Samsung Galaxy Note 7. Some of these brands hit a home run with much excitement in the market; others don't. But events happen, things do go wrong, and then the product is off the shelf even before an adoption. That has been the story of even the biggest product flops in history.
6 Notable brands that Went-Off the Shelf Unexpectedly
Ever ambitious South Korean technology giant Samsung introduced the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in August 2016. The impressive widescreen high-end smart device started-out as a strong competitor against the Apple brands. Samsung Galaxy Note 7 features exceptional designs and features, as always.
Unfortunately, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 became a fiasco. The product's flop wasn't due to poor market acceptance, design or features but quality issues. Samsung Galaxy Note 7 had battery defects leading to explosion and fire incidence. At least 5.3 billion dollars' worth of goods went off the shelf. The company had to recall over 2.5 million of the product in September 2016.
It's a critical lesson on the need for Quality Control for the South Korean company. However, Samsung Note 8 and other models from the Samsung family still enjoy much support from Samsung lovers.
Romazur [CC BY-SA 4.0]
Amazon's Fire Phone (June 2014)
When Amazon's Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Bezos unveiled the Fire Phone, it was with a broad smile. In grandiose, he lifted the smart device on his right hand for spectators during the product launch in Seattle. Giant screens at the conference venue beamed the visuals of the Fire phone. As expected, the Fire Phone went through rigorous research and planning before launch. Why not? It had other bigger smartphone giants like Apple, Samsung, Google, and more to contend with.
The eCommerce retailing giant had envisioned a phone that made it easier for shoppers to make purchases. With the Fire phone's three-dimensional graphical app known as Firefly, shoppers could access over 100 million products online via Amazon.
Well, barely two months into the product's entrance, it was almost ready to quit. Amazon made a frenzied move to salvage the situation to no avail, with a 99% drop in price from $200. It became increasingly clear that 3D technology alone wasn't strong enough to sway smartphone enthusiasts. More so, other smart features in the Fire phone; memory, camera, and screen offered same-for-same. Who would be willing to purchase a Fire phone at $199 with a contract versus an iPhone at the same price?
Also, the introduction of a forceful 'Buy' on the screen and limitation of purchase outlets only complicated issues. Earning a 2.6-star rating out of 5 from Amazon customers, thirteen months down the line, Amazon Fire phone was a flop.
Facebook Home 2013
Today's consumers are far more demanding than ever. It's either business innovate or die quickly, no sentiments. Facebook is, no doubt, one of the biggest brands in the social networking sphere. Hence, it wastes no time in introducing newer concepts like the Facebook Home to consumers. Using its earlier success with Facebook Chat Heads, it looked like there was no stopping the social networking lord anymore. Facebook Chat Head is a push notification app that interrupts your other app activities. A head photo of the sender pops up so you could hurriedly read and reply to the message.
However, the Facebook Home was an audacious attempt to take charge of your phone's home screen. Of course, coming from a known brand, it felt audacious enough but finally failed audaciously. Facebook Home focused on subjecting Android users to a Home screen composed of the Facebook newsfeed. Android users could then work within the Facebook environment without unlocking their phones. However, other apps had to fall to the background for Facebook Home to reign as king.
The market didn't respond kindly, and Facebook Home failed within one month of launch. From 99 dollars, Facebook Home's two-year subscription dropped to 0.99 dollars. Uninstalled!
Technology giant Hewlett Packard launched the HP Touchpad in 2011 and took the media by storm. Industry watchers, speculators, and HP lovers were on the lookout with excitement. The Touchpad was to rival giants like Samsung, Apple, and the likes. What, however, became of the HP Touchpad? Surviving barely six weeks and selling 25,000 units, the Touchpad become one of the shortest-lived iPad products.
Industry watchers argue that HP Touchpad had no chance; therefore, it was dead on arrival. To complicate issues, the HP WebOS lacked much intelligence, genuine leadership, and needed technical improvement. Maybe, with patience and more time, the Touchpad might have made a mark, but it never lived long enough to see this happen.
Gap Brand Redesign
The popular 'Gapgate' incidence by popular clothing giant Gap is another commercial mishap to consider. Two main issues identified were the choice of typeface and the adoption of a gradient square. Barely, six days after the release of a redesigned logo in October 2010, Gap withdraws its new logo design. Why? The massive public outcry and disdain showed how much onlookers of the brand felt pissed by the company's decision. "Cheapy, tacky and ordinary" were comments that greeted the new designs on social media.
Speculations are rife with no clear statement on why Gap's erroneous rebranding stunt. While some argue it was an error in judgment, others say it must have been a PR stunt. Whatever informed such decisions, the point is that Gap's logo redesign strategy failed, square, and simple! Yes, it might have raised awareness for the brand, but it ended up creating more negative publicity for the iconic brand.
Tim.Reckmann [CC BY-SA 3.0]
Google Glass, released in 2013, was an innovative piece better-suited as an industrial tool. However, maybe due to the lack of hindsight, the glass came into the market as a consumer-focused device. It didn't fail over technical issues, design, privacy, or practicality, but the inability to show the meaningful value it adds to consumers. Two concerns should have been necessary; functionality or a fashion statement, where did the Google glass fit?
Unfortunately, the company's leadership didn't give adequate thought on the 'where' and 'how' the glass served consumer needs. For a premium value product without clear indicators, the Google glass flopped in no time.
Using the right tact in marketing engagements is a crucial step to avoiding brand or commercial mishaps. And nearly all significant brands one time or the other have overstepped their bounds with the customers leading to flops and slips in patronage. Companies must learn to understand the type of questions potential customers ask before adopting a product. Only then, can businesses minimize the 'goofs' or somersaults that go with a wrong product launch or commercial stunts.
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