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Former Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories on the side event of the Organization for Defending Victims of Violence
The situation of international humanitarian law in Gaza is very dire
The side event of the Organization for Defending Victims of Violence on the issue of the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories was held today, 20th of March, equivalent to the first Farvardin of 1403 at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva.
At the beginning of this meeting, Mehdi Mohebi Rad, the secretary of the meeting, thanked and welcomed the participants while enumerating the violations of human rights and humanitarian law in Gaza and pointed to international capacities, including the recent case of South Africa in the International Court of Justice.
The first speaker of this meeting was Dr. Anis Qassem, an international jurist and a member of the board of directors of the non-governmental organization "Rights for Palestine", who discussed the legal aspects of the human rights situation in Gaza and explained the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.
He emphasized that ICJ has issued its provisional measures order according to the reports received from UNRWA, the World Health Organization and the examination of the statements of the Israeli authorities like calling Palestinians human animals, and their emphasis on blocking access to all humanitarian items such as water and food in Gaza.
Dr. Anis Qasim stated: in this provisional measures order, the Court has set certain obligations on Israel, which unfortunately it has not complied with. For example, one of them is that Israel "shall" stop its actions and report to the Court in this regard. Israel has made a confidential report to the Court but the killing of people continues and the crisis has reached an alarming level.
He added: Excessive use of force is observed in this area and there is limited access to humanitarian items. He pointed out that now less than 100 trucks enter Gaza every day. Children die from hunger and dehydration. Forced starvation was from other topics raised with emphasis on the words of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
Dr. Qasim stated: Children's suffering is like torture. People are all starving. Israel has used several methods of genocide in this region. Forcible transfer of people under Article 2(C) of the Genocide Convention is prohibited and is considered a war crime. The Fourth Geneva Convention also considers the forcible transfer of people illegal.
He emphasized: Israel has ignored the reports of various organizations about Gaza, and governments are obliged to force Israel to comply with its obligations under the Genocide Convention. In addition, imposing sanctions against Israel in various aspects such as sports, art, and business due to gross violations of human rights can be included in the agenda of the governments, and in general, several measures are envisaged to isolate Israel.
The second speaker of this meeting was Professor Michael Link, the former Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories and a professor of international law. In his speech, he explained the issue of genocide and Israel's international crimes in Gaza by highlighting the recent case of South Africa against Israel.
He stated: that according to the reports and data received by South Africa, it concluded that it is possible to institute this proceeding. This State has paid attention to the sufferings of about two million Gazan people. South Africa must prove that the killing and suffering of Palestinians have led to the destruction of a part of this group.
He added: Israel has raised a claim it was actually the victim of genocide as opposed to the cause of it.
By referring to the role of the International Court of Justice, he said: ICJ has paid attention to the words of the UN officials regarding the issue of genocide and statements related to the killing of people and making Gaza uninhabitable.
He clarified: now the situation of international humanitarian law in Gaza is very bad. The amount of humanitarian aid has decreased a lot, famine and starvation have occurred, and this is while starving people amounts to a war crime.
He stated that the provisional measures order has been favorable, but the absence of a request for a ceasefire in Gaza has allowed Israel to interpret the order in its favor. The Court issued six orders in its provisional measures order, which Israel was obliged to comply with.
Michael Link pointed out that England and America have stood with Israel and condemned South Africa.
He stated that, naturally, the Court does not have the authority to use a military to execute its sentence and the legitimacy of this provisional measures order depends on the will of States to follow it.
The third speaker of this meeting was Dr. Mehmet Shokro Gozel, a university professor and director of the Center for Peace and Reconciliation Studies, who discussed some legal issues of the war in Gaza and funding for the reconstruction of it.
In his words, he pointed out that it is possible to send financial aid for the reconstruction of Gaza through the interest of the Mediterranean Gas Resources, stating that Gaza is a land that belongs to the United Nations and like the people of Alaska, monthly salary can be paid to all the people of Gaza.
He said: the reason behind the Palestine problem is the wrong wording used in Security Council Resolution 242 adopted in 1967. Accordingly, Israel believes that the two-state solution is subject to its approval. Inserting wrong phrases in this Security Council resolution has allowed Israel to occupy Palestine.
He added: Resolution 181 of the Security Council proposed a two-state solution. Israel's membership in the United Nations is based on Resolution 181 and the State of Palestine is also recognized based on the same resolution.
Dr. Shokro added: Security Council Resolution 242 adopted in 1967 considers the occupation of occupied lands before the 1967 war illegal and states that Israel has no right to rule over the occupied lands. Moreover, Israel cannot occupy the territory by force under international law and the Security Council cannot change the territory of States.
In the end, he said: that to end the problem of Palestine, the Security Council must end its wrong decisions. Palestine can become a member state of the United Nations.
The last speaker of this meeting was Ms. Lydia Kanaan, a Lebanese human rights activist. Her very emotional speech was dedicated to the issue of apartheid and Israeli occupation.
At the beginning of her speech, she asked the audience to respect all the martyrs of Gaza by a minute of silence.
Kanaan said: The occupation of Palestine has continued for 75 years and the people of this land have been living under apartheid, discrimination and oppression of the Zionist regime for 75 years.
He added: the Zionist regime is a colonial regime whose activities have continued for 76 years in this region. Palestinians have the right to reclaim their stolen lands. The governments of the world should reserve this right for the Palestinian refugees and their children to return to the land of their ancestors, and receive compensation for their sufferings.
He emphasized that all Western States are complicit in this genocide and Palestinians have the right to self-determination.
He continued: In many countries, apartheid is finished and it shall be finished in Palestine as well, and Israel shall be held internationally responsible.
In the end, Kanaan said: this humanitarian crisis in Gaza should not be ignored and the systematic violation of Palestinian rights should not be undermined. As Nelson Mandela emphasized, “We all know very well that our freedom is not complete without the freedom of Palestine.”

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Zimbabwe will be barred from hosting international matches for inter-club competitions and country after their forthcoming match with Ethiopia, CAF has said. This follows the government’s failure to upgrade its stadiums to meet international standards.
Zifa have released a statement announcing the latest CAF decision, as government drags its feet in dealing with outstanding issues.
The Warriors have been eliminated from the World Cup running and will not have any home assignments until they begin the Afcon qualifiers for the edition that comes after next year’s finals in Cameroon.
The National Sports Stadium was banned from hosting senior teams’ matches in 2020 but was provisionally cleared.

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Capcom’s Monster Hunter Generations for the Nintendo 3DS is to get a downloadable demo, which features three monsters of varying difficulty levels for both new and experienced players, with options for local and online multiplayer (1-4 players).
The demo will be available for all gamers to download on the Nintendo eShop on June 30th. However, select fans will begin to receive special early access codes for the demo via email beginning today. For others that can’t wait to start the hunt, early access to the demo is also available now in Humble Bundle’s E3 2016 Digital Ticket.
The game will be releasing digitally and at retail across North America and Europe on July 15, 2016.
Here's the latest trailer.

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Discovering what will improve recovery for people living with serious mental illness.
The mission of the North Carolina Psychiatry Research Center (NCPRC) is to conduct state-of-the-art clinical research to improve the mental and physical health of people with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders in the state of North Carolina.
Formerly the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) of Dorothea Dix Hospital, which had been in operation since 1967, the CRU converted to an outpatient research clinic on the Dix campus in 2011 and became known as the NCPRC. Eventually the Research Center would moved to it’s current location with other CECMH Wake County programs to optimize its integration into the Center, the Raleigh community and local mental health service. NCPRC continues to partner with North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services.
Areas of Focus
Developing interventions for symptoms of schizophrenia for which current treatments are inadequate. These include:
- Cognitive impairment. Antipsychotic medications do little to improve underlying cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.
- Violence prevention. While people with schizophrenia are more often victims of violence, psychosis can be associated with violent behavior and the benefits of available treatments at reducing violence is not well known.
- Tardive dyskinesia. A movement disorder associated with long term antipsychotic use for which limited treatment options exist.
Developing interventions aimed at the high rates of obesity and related cardiometabolic disorders (diabetes, hypertension) in people with schizophrenia. These include:
- Exercise interventions (walking and more intense aerobic exercise) for improved physical health.
- Pharmacological interventions to produce weight loss for people who have gained weight on antipsychotic medications or to prevent future weight gain for people who need to take medications with a high risk of causing weight gain.
STEP Research Clinic: The STEP Research Clinic provides state-of-the-art clinical treatment to patients at any stage of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or other serious mental illness. Patients may also choose to volunteer in approved research studies to advance knowledge and improve treatment options for these serious mental illnesses.
Community Outcomes Research and Evaluation Center: Community Outcomes Research and Evaluation Center (COREC) focuses on outcomes and program evaluation, quality improvement, and intervention research. Our goal is to support the mission of the Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to better the lives of people living with mental illnesses in North Carolina and beyond.

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Widely recognized with his nom de plume Cassandre, Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron was an eminent twentieth century Ukrainian-French graphic designer, painter, typeface designer and commercial poster artist. He was highly inspired by surrealist and cubist movements.
Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron was born in a French household on January 24, 1901, in Kharkov, Ukraine. At the young age of 14, Cassandre relocated to Paris in 1915. There he received his formal art education from the independent studio of Lucien Simon and l’Académie Julian, École des Beaux-Arts. He had several occupations throughout his life in multiple disciplines. Upon completion of his studies, he founded his own studio in Paris in 1922. Henceforth, he used his pseudonym ‘Cassandre’ to sign his works. His meticulous poster designs earned him a job at a Parisian printing house.
In 1923, Cassandre designed his first poster that characterized his innovative and unique style, influenced by cubism and surrealism. The poster created especially for a cabinet maker came to known as Au Bûcheron, which depicts a woodcutter cutting down a tree with an axe. Printed on large-format, Au Bûcheron was displayed throughout Paris. Parisians were immediately impressed by Cassandre’s artistic skills which culminated in his increasing fame. In the following year, Au Bûcheron secured first place at Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs. This recent development propelled his career to the height of success.
The success of his poster rendered Cassandre to set up his own advertising agency. In partnership with a colleague he founded Alliance Graphique in 1926. The agency served a variety of clients looking for assistance in advertisement of their enterprise. He is recognized for working with the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits for whom he designed a travel poster. His other highly successful posters include Étoile du Nord and Dubo Dubon Dubonnet. The latter is considered a distinctive poster for it was specifically designed to be seen from fast-moving vehicle. The original and inventive graphic solutions that Cassandre’s posters offered set them apart from others. His work also made frequent denotations to painters such as Max Ernst and Pablo Picasso.
Furthermore, Cassandre’s work bridged the gap between the two art forms; fine art and commercial art. He mastered the airbrushing techniques which facilitated him in creating seamless artworks that was not only received positively in Europe but United States as well. The sleek, architectonic styles of Art Deco are observed in his works. In fact, Cassandre’s work of art possesses traces of futurist inspiration with their energy and dynamism. Such innovative style and technique can be witnessed in his 1927 Nord Express poster. He also experimented with typography which resulted in him designing the noted advertising typeface Bifur. In 1935, he developed the sans-serif typeface Acier Noir. World’s Fair exhibited his creation, the first all-purpose typeface, Peignot, in 1937.
In early 1930s, Cassandre took up a painting project for a theater. During this period he also accepted a teaching position at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs and subsequently at Rue Férou. The onset of World War II interrupted Cassandre’s career as he was drafted into French army and was demobilized upon France’s defeat. He returned to his business that was demolished in the aftermath of war, and in order to survive he offered his services to design stage sets and costumes for the theatre. He briefly returned to painting, producing the famous Yves Saint Laurent logo. In his final years, Cassandre suffered from bouts of depression and eventually ended up committing suicide in 1968.

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Celebrating Halloween doesn’t have to be about giving up all the treats, just bringing them into balance. Enjoy some of your favorite nostlagic Halloween treats (mine being anything Willy Wonka brand), but also keep festive healthy alternatives around like these almond butter popcorn balls. This recipe contains healthy fats and plant-based protein from almond butter and whole grain popcorn- YES popcorn is a whole grain! The Dietary Guidelines recommend at least three servings of whole grains every day.
10 cups popped popcorn
1/2 cup almond butter
1/2 cup local honey
1/4 tsp salt
2-3 oz dark chocolate
Heat almond butter, honey, and salt in small saucepan over medium heat. Stir and cook until bubbly. Transfer mixture into a large bowl with the popped popcorn and stir to combine. With wet hands (mixture is sticky), mold 16-20 popcorn balls. Be careful, as mixture is hot. In a small bowl, heat dark chocolate in the microwave in 20 second intervals until melted. Drizzle over popcorn balls and let cool! Each popcorn ball is 100 calories and 8g sugar.
Tip: Put your Halloween candy in the freezer if you are struggling with overindulging.

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The Global market for electric vehicles is enlarging. We require robust vehicle charging infrastructure to support this enlargement. Indeed recent studies suggest that between 2 and 3 million public charges will be required in the European Union through 2030.
As part of an initial Four project funding push in Europe and America, CBI and its members are developing a project concept focused on the use of Lead batteries in electric vehicle charging. Rapid chargers can charge a standard Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) from 20% to 80% in approximately 30 minutes at a 50-kilowatt output power.
They are limited to areas where the supply can sustain a sudden 50-kilowatt load. Grid reinforcement will be required to enable the installation of rapid charges and guarantee sufficient Power is available.
Solution of Charging Electric Scooters
One solution to this issue is to deploy battery buffers. Battery-buffered EV charging does not require disruptive and expensive grid reinforcement. There are other benefits; charging the batteries with renewable energy is possible.
For instance, sites in remote or limited grid capability Lead batteries offer some attractive technical advantages in applications where charger use can be infrequent. They are excellent at a high state of charge.
Electric Scooter Battery Manufactures
- In the USA, three companies manufacture EV batteries; Fujian Double Tech Co, Ltd, E Group Inc, and All Cell Tech.
- China has 51 companies that manufacture EV batteries, including Iborn Energy Technology, Shenzhen Smartpropel Energy System, and Super Tech Power Limited.
- ERider is a German company that manufactures Electric vehicle batteries.
- Samsung Sdi Co Ltd works in South Korea.
- Two companies in France manufacture EV batteries; Easyli Batteries and Forsee Power.
Market Segments of Electric Scooter Battery
Types of Batteries
- Lithium-ion batteries
- Lithium iron phosphate battery
- Lead batteries
- Nickel metal hydride battery
- 100- 500 Wh
- 500- 1000 Wh
- 1000- 1500 Wh
- 1500- 2000 Wh
- 2000 Wh & above
Lead batteries are safe to use compared to other battery technologies as they contain water-based electrolytes that do not present significant resists to customers or the environment. Lead batteries also have the potential to reduce overall system overhead costs by eliminating the need for balancing electronics, air conditioning, and thermal management.
In addition, the global lead battery industry is well positioned to capitalize due to its sustainability and circularity, mature regulation, robust supply chain, and strong safety record. We are currently discussing with vehicle OEMs, charging station operators, and our network of battery experts to bring this project to reality.
Electric Scooter Batteries Growth Opportunities
We see some dynamics that work for electric scooters and their opportunities. To develop these insights, some market research reports have been collected through significant secondary research and primary interviews with players throughout the value chain.
The electric scooter market has a reasonable opportunity; for example, the global electric scooter market forecast is expected to reach $16.4 billion by 2025. It represents a compound annual growth rate of only 1.2%, which is lower than GDP in terms of the overall opportunity.
Electric scooter represents 38% of the global market. Electric scooter opportunities have evolved through some stages over time to the current generation with advanced electronic features. Currently, the Retro electric scooter is the largest market by product type.
In contrast, plugins are the most significant technology type in the Asia Pacific, which offers an enormous opportunity, followed by North America and Europe. If you look into the value chain for the ecosystem of electric scooters, you see that it is composed of a diverse group of companies.
Major Drivers in EV Batteries Market
Increasing Disposable Income
Regarding the market drivers, we see increasing disposable income as the most significant driver for demand leading to leisure spending. The per capita disposable income of urban and rural housekeepers is increasing significantly in countries like China and the US as consumers can afford electric two-wheelers, which will also boost the demand for electric scooters in the forecast period.
Environmental Requirements and Industry Policy
Various countries’ governments are putting more stress on technological innovation to address the green environment issue and offer advanced two-wheeler services for the people.
Continuous Improvement in Product Quality, Design, and Efficiency
Manufacturers are making innovations in large capacities of e-scooter batteries coupled with aggressive developments in charging infrastructure technologies, which are expected to increase the adoption rate of E-scooter.
Key Challenge – High Upfront Cost
Regarding the challenges, we see the high upfront cost of creating charging infrastructure as a barrier to faster growth. Lack of technology support tools and practices involves huge procurement costs and charging infrastructure costs, due to which e-scooter rely heavily on government subsidies.
Electric Scooter Battery Market Forecast by 2030
Europe Electric Scooter Battery Market
|Market size in 2021||$20.87 Billion|
|Market size in 2030||$50.99 Billion|
North America Electric Scooter Battery Market
|Market size in 2020||$164.7 Billion|
|Market size in 2030||$590.4 Billion|
Asia Pacific Electric Scooter Battery Market
|Market size in 2021||$1.0 Billion|
|Market size in 2030||$7.3 Billion|
In 2022, CATL will contribute 34% of the market expansion. It is a leading battery manufacturer.
The estimated market size of the Lithium-ion battery is $44.5 Billion. The growth rate is 13.1%.
The largest battery consumers are Asians. The countries are China, India, and Malaysia, where many consumer battery manufacturing companies are located, and this region also has good metal resources.
Chile is the richest in Lithium. Then Australia, Argentina, and China also have reasonable reserves of Lithium.


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What is the GAB and why is it important?
- Located along Broad Street between the open lot of the former Murphy Hotel site and Old City Hall, the General Assembly Building (GAB) is recently has been used to house the General Assembly members’ offices and meeting spaces during the legislative session as well as a number of year-round legislative agencies.
- Facing Capitol Square, it interacts with both the Virginia State Capitol and grounds and serves as one of the many buildings on Broad Street that form the gateway into downtown Richmond.
- From its 1912 beginnings as the Life of Virginia Building, to the classically-refined 1923 high-rise addition accessible from Broad Street, to the concrete and steel-frame Modernist addition of 1965, the GAB complex represents the architectural evolution of public architecture in downtown Richmond.
- Alfred Charles Bossom of Clinton and Russell, a well-known architectural firm in New York, designed the 1912 building. This building, the Life of Virginia Building, features three-story tall Corinthian pilasters with American eagles, cherubs, and winged horses. This is the only example of Pegaus in classical columns in all of Richmond. Bossom’s likely source for the Pegasus capitals was Andrea Palladio’s drawing of a Pegasus capital from the Temple of Mars Ultor in Rome.
- For more information on the history and significance of the GAB, see our architectural history at https://historicrichmond.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Historic-Richmond-GAB-Statement_Final-Aug10-2015-00000002.pdf.
- The building and its immediate neighbors, as well as Capitol Square’s other historic structures, serve as a lesson for how buildings engage with important public spaces, streets and entrance corridors, and the citizenry.

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August 10, 2017
Water level at the Siruvani and Pillur dams increased considerably thanks to the recent rains that lashed Coimbatore.
According to officials, water level in Siruvani dam stood at 868.66m today. A senior official of TWAD Board said there has been a gradual increase in the water level in recent times. “Though the water levels are high, we have restricted the water supply to ensure regular availability of water,” he said.
On an average, 18 million litres was being released from the day every day. “If we continue like this, there will be sufficient water for supply till March end,” the official added.
At Pillur dam, another main source of water to the city, water level touched 85.5 ft in the scale today. Assistant Executive Engineer R.T. Ravichandran, said water level increased to 93ft few days back. “We had to release some water for power generation,” he said.
“There is sufficient water in the dam for regular supply for the next four months,” Ravichandran added.


Boys basketball host annual youth summer camp
Luke Hutchinson | Online Editor
Greatness from small beginnings.
From May 30 to June 2, Mason Boys Basketball is hosting a summer camp for younger players to gain experience from older players, while exercising their own basketball mechanics. The camp is taking place in the middle school and Intermediate gyms.
Junior and JV basketball player Kazeem Adewumi said he enjoys his role at the camp because of his positive influence on the younger players.
“My favorite part of this camp is helping kids get better at basketball,” Adewumi said. “I get to teach them new skills they didn’t know before.”
Adewumi’s enthusiasm to guide the younger kids is shared by his coaches. Coach Chad Layton said the camp has gone on for his entire coaching career at Mason, and everyone seems to have fun.
“I’ve been coaching basketball here for about 15 years and we’ve done this every summer,” Layton said. “I think it’s great because the younger kids totally love it and the older kids really enjoy it too.”
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We’ve already seen the green hair and the white paint, but-in one of the most disturbing, hauntings twists we’ve ever experienced-we now know that Phoenix’s Joker does not wear a purple suit. That is one unpredictably chaotic clown if we’ve ever seen one, and it raises all sorts of questions about what direction Phillips and Phoenix are going with the character. Bridges was flattered when Phillips reached out. Working backwards, Bridges was able to determine when and how much of the building blocks to the final look would appear throughout the story. “I started from the beginning and then took it on a journey-this piece in the comedy club, how it gets recombined with different items at different beats-to get to the final result. Brandon Alinger, a collectibles expert with Prop Store, confirmed the sale would be a multi-consignor sale, so items are being sold by studios and even private collectors. Not to mention how after some pitiful clips where he is being beaten around, seeing the messed up DC Comics character take charge is pretty cool.
As the camera zooms in you will see clips of Joaquin embracing the sadistic character. For his Joker movie, though, director Todd Phillips seems to have hit upon a truly terrifying idea by making Joaquin Phoenix a Joker who doesn’t even play by the Joker’s established rules. After all, he’s wearing the colors of its logo, so maybe this is actually going to end up being a big ad for Slack during the Super Bowl and this stuff about a Joker movie is just to throw us off the trail. He couldn’t draw from the comics, after all, and yet the decision to dress a clown in a disco suit when he usually dresses up in your normal clown attire. Either way, it would be a good idea to stay away from a criminal clown who can’t even do us the courtesy of wearing a purple suit. Joker New Poster: Joaquin Phoenix Dons His Clown Suit With The Signature Smile And Presents A Torched-Up Car! It is not really surprising to learn that Joker has been well-received at the film festivals.
Joker didn’t follow this concept, however, because Arthur Fleck suffered from mental illness before the film even started. The film also stars Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Bill Camp, Shea Whigham, Marc Maron, Douglas Hodge, Josh Pais and Leigh Gill. Directed by Todd Phillips, Joker will be released on October 4, 2019. The cast currently includes Joaquin Phoenix, Marc Maron, Glenn Fleshler, Shea Whigham, Zazie Beetz, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy, Josh Pais, and Brett Cullen. The central message behind Joker is an important one. With Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, the character is being reborn once again with Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie reprising the role. A Harley Quinn-inspired makeup looks completed with a Batsuit, or simply a cape and a cowl is the proper to-die-for look for women this Halloween. It’s supposed to look recognisable, that’s obvious, but it doesn’t explain why Arthur would chose those colours specifically for his Joker look. If you are looking to dress as a pair for the Halloween then Jared leto’s mens joker costume is your best pick since your girlfriend can go as Harley Quinn thus making you the most wanted criminal couple of the day.
In “The End of the Batman” Harley helps Joker steal a globe and the two manage to escape. Phoenixs Joker has unkempt green hair and heavy make-up, although his purple suit has been switched for a more of a brown and orange fashion combination. The purple double-breasted suit is made of wool, with an orange and green pinstripe pattern and purple buttons running down the front of the waistcoat and jacket. Good this. Pretty standard design – purple suit, green hair, little Chelsea grin, looking through a camera. Camera test (w/ sound). It has the appearance of her jester outfit, revealing that even though Harley has changed and grown during her time with the Joker, he still has a hold over emotionally. The most popular costume that has delighted fans over the years has to be her DC Comics: Rebirth era costume. This “suit” is interesting, if only for showing Miles Morales in his every day outfit, but with just a Spider-Man mask over his face. Thousands of superhero fans descended on London to enjoy the third day of the bi-annual Comic Con festival. It wasn’t until one Valentine’s Day special, Harley sets up an ambush on Bruce Wayne to have him talk about a previous relationship with a woman named Kiki during her show, after falsely promising she would help him to promote a charity-drive for crime victims.
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ALBANY — A federal judge on Thursday set a $100,000 bond in the case of the General Electric engineer accused of taking company trade secrets.
Xiaoqing Zheng, 55, of 8 Cephalonia Drive, Niskayuna, has been held in custody since his arrest Wednesday morning after a raid on his home by FBI agents. He made an initial appearance in federal court Wednesday afternoon and was ordered held for the detention hearing Thursday.
He is expected to be released on the bond Friday morning from the Rensselaer County Jail, his attorney Kevin Luibrand said. His family offered their Niskayuna home as collateral.
When he is released, he will be tracked by electronic monitoring. No home detention was ordered.
Zheng appeared with Luibrand, who argued that the case should have been resolved in civil court because Zheng was “transferring items to himself.”
Zheng is accused of stealing GE turbine technology trade secrets last month using “an elaborate and sophisticated means to remove electronic files,” authorities said.
“This is not state secrets,” Luibrand said. “This is not espionage … this has nothing to do with the Chinese government.”
Zheng is a naturalized U.S. citizen and renounced his Chinese citizenship when he became a U.S. citizen, the defense said.
Judge Christian Hummel ordered Zheng’s release on bond and monitoring despite prosecutors arguing that Zheng is a flight risk.
Prosecutors said in court that agents found a “go bag” at the family’s home during Wednesday’s search that contained the family’s passports, immunization records and $20,000 in cash tucked in a knapsack.
Zheng’s wife, who was present for the proceedings, audibly scoffed from the gallery at the prosecutor’s description of the alleged “go bag.”
Following his arrest, Zheng admitted taking the secrets and said he used a picture method to take materials belonging to GE on five to 10 prior occasions, according to a federal affidavit filed in court. Agents called Zheng’s actions “uncommon even among trained computer experts.”
He is accused of taking the files by using a system called steganography to hide the data inside an innocuous looking digital picture of a sunset and then emailing that picture and the stolen files to his personal email account, prosecutors said.
He also admitted that companies he owns or works for in China are involved in the same technology as GE, and that his companies are not yet profitable but have received money or funding from the government of China, according to the affidavit.
Zheng’s LinkedIn profile lists 29 patents as accomplishments, most dealing with various kinds of turbine seals. Data he is accused of taking on July 5 is related to those seals, according to the federal affidavit.
Also see: GE engineer charged with trade secret theft, Aug. 1, 2018
The overall investigation relates to suspected thefts dating to 2014 and Zheng’s unlawful use of GE’s secrets, including his “ownership interest in companies that may compete with GE and Zheng’s contacts in China,” the federal affidavit states.
In 2014, Zheng allegedly downloaded more than 19,000 files from the General Electric computer network onto a personal thumb drive.
General Electric early Wednesday afternoon confirmed Zheng worked for GE Power and issued a statement that said in part: “We have been in close cooperation with the FBI for some time on this matter … We won’t have any additional comment at this time as this is an ongoing investigation.”
Zheng’s LinkedIn profile indicates he has worked for GE Power & Water since at least 2008. He initially served as a technical leader and then became a principal engineer in June 2015. The page shows his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northwestern Polytechnical University.

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ORCHID BLUE, McNamee’s latest offering, is something of a sequel to THE BLUE TANGO (2001). Set in Newry in 1961, it employs the murder of 19-year-old shop assistant Pearl Gamble, and the subsequent investigation, for its narrative arc. Robert McGladdery, who was seen dancing with Pearl on the night of her murder, is considered the main suspect, but Detective Eddie McCrink, a Newry native returning to home soil from London, discovers a very disturbing set of circumstances. Not only have the local police decided that McGladdery fits the bill as murderer, but McGladdery himself appears to welcome the notoriety. Most disturbing of all, however, is the man who presides over the court case when McGladdery is brought to trial. As the father of Patricia Curran, who was murdered in very similar circumstances ten years previously, Lord Justice Lance Curran should have disbarred himself as judge. McCrink quickly comes to understand that the ‘soft spoken and implacable’ Justice Curran has actively sought the position, and is determined that whoever murdered Pearl Gamble should hang. Moreover, it’s clear from the beginning of the novel that Justice Curran and the powers-that-be, including then Northern Ireland Secretary Brian Faulkner, want to see someone hanged for the murder.
Lance Curran’s daughter Patricia was found savagely murdered on November 13th, 1952. She had suffered 37 separate stab wounds. Iain Gordon, an Englishman stationed at a nearby RAF base, was arrested, tried and convicted of her murder. The evidence was circumstantial, however, and Gordon was released on appeal a year after his conviction. The real killer of Patricia Curran was never caught. In ORCHID BLUE, McNamee delves back into ‘the Blue Tango’ case, exploring Patricia Curran’s family history, and suggesting that her killer was well known to her, and possibly a family member.
Students of Irish history will know that Robert McGladdery was the last man to be hanged on Irish soil, a fact that infuses Orchid Blue with a noir-ish sense of fatalism and the inevitability of retribution. That retribution and State-sanctioned revenge are no kind of justice is one of McNamee’s themes here, however, and while the story is strained through an unmistakably noir filter, McNamee couches the tale in a form that is ancient and classical, with McGladdery pursued by Fate and its Furies and Justice Curran a shadowy Thanatos overseeing all.
McGladdery, according to the novel at least, is the perfect patsy. He is something of an unknown presence in Newry, having returned to the town from London with notions above his station, yet lacking the substance to secure or keep a job. He is vain, fascinated with lurid novels, works out as a body-builder, and keeps less than salubrious company. Perhaps it was the case that McGladdery didn’t believe that the evidence was strong enough to convict him, but for most of the investigation he appeared to delight in the attention he received. The son of a single mother, Agnes, Robert was perhaps always operating at an attention deficit, given his mother’s predilection for hard drinking and one-night stands.
McNamee has described the noir novel as a very ‘Calvinist’ kind of storytelling, with its undertones of implacable fate and predestination. What hope is there for a person if he or she has been fingered by fate before they’re even born? And what hope if the ultimate arbiter of justice - God, for the most part, although McNamee’s arbiter of justice in ORCHID BLUE is Justice Lance Curran - is already prejudiced against the person in the dock?
The repressed sexuality of the times, and sexual hypocrisy in particular, is a strong secondary theme in ORCHID BLUE, as it was in THE BLUE TANGO. Given the context of 1961 Newry, there’s an element of character assassination that goes along with reports of Pearl Gamble’s last movements in ORCHID BLUE - the very fact that she was at a dance, runs the theory, is akin to her ‘asking for it’. This despite the fact that Pearl Gamble was not sexually assaulted prior to or after her murder. ‘Pearl had been stripped naked,’ writes McNamee, ‘but in the words of the lead detective John Speers, ‘it was a mercy she was not outraged.’’
In terms of McGladdery, McNamee writes: ‘It was these materials that were found when the Newry police raided Robert’s house, leading to the rumours which swept the town concerning Robert’s sexual preferences.’
A minor character in the novel, Margaret, the girlfriend of investigating detective Eddie McCrink, is a single woman of a certain age, and so must conduct her affair with McCrink in privacy, so as not to offend the town’s sensibilities.
The relationship between Robert and his mother, Agnes, is also given a flavour of repressed sexuality:
‘Robert would watch Agnes at her dressing table getting ready to go out … He saw it on her clothes when she came home. The zips and fasteners strained at. A button missing. Fabric pulls and ladders in the stockings … She seemed ruined in an epic way, smelling of gin and smoke, sitting on the edge of his bed … She would stroke his face and murmur his name.’These are all echoes of similar themes explored in THE BLUE TANGO, when the investigation of the murder of Patricia Curran gets bogged down in her sexual exploits.
McNamee’s preference for fictionalising true-life crimes has led to comparisons with David Peace’s Red Riding Quartet and the work of James Ellroy (McNamee twice references the infamous Black Dahlia case in ORCHID BLUE), although McNamee offers a more elegant, formal style of prose. Indeed, the style is often densely lyrical. Depending on your point of view, the brevity of the sentences and the dense lyricism can lend itself to poetry or the staccato rhythms of the classical noir novel.
Relentlessly sinister in tone and poisonously claustrophobic, the novel is equally capable of almost unbearable poignancy, such as when the emotionally brutalised Robert McGladdery writes from his prison cell:
‘My mother Agnes McGladdery what can be said about her she done her best. I wish she’d stayed home nights when I was small the wind was loud in the slates it roared dear God it roared.’Knowing that the novel is based on a true-life murder and its investigation, it’s difficult to read the novel without wondering where the reportage ends and the fiction begins. McNamee’s research appears to be terrific, and the period detail is beautifully wrought, but you do start to wonder about the extent to which he is editorialising when he begins to write, for example, from Robert McGladdery’s point of view.
That said, McNamee does not overly indulge in hindsight, or explore events in 1961 from a 21st century morality. It’s also true that what was immoral in 1961 - if McGladdery, for example, was being framed for a murder he did not commit - then such an act is equally immoral in 2010.
All told, ORCHID BLUE is a powerful tour-de-force and probably McNamee’s finest novel to date. - Declan Burke

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David Jones lifts first-half earnings by 2.5pc
Up-market retailer David Jones has lifted its first-half year earnings by 2.5 per cent, despite a large fall in sales. The result was built on a program of continued cost cutting and the market liked it, with David Jones shares adding nearly 8.5 per cent.
TranscriptALI MOORE, PRESENTER: Here is a story about one business that would be the envy of its competitors: upmarket retailer David Jones has lifted first half earnings by 2.5 per cent, despite a large fall in sales. Andrew Robertson reports.
ANDREW ROBERTSON, REPORTER: Profits may be up at David Jones mainly due to cost cutting, but trading conditions are tough and they won't be getting better any time soon.
MARK MCINNES, CEO, DAVID JONES: We do see conditions deteriorating for the whole of calendar '09.
ANDREW ROBERTSON: In fact, DJs is predicting the downturn will be longer and deeper than the last recession in 1991, which is why it's taken measures such as cutting staff and slashing inventory. Net profit was up 2.5 per cent on the first half last year, despite sales dropping nearly 6.5 per cent to just over a billion dollars.
TOM HODSON, RETAIL ANALYST, AUSTOCK SECURITIES: To deliver profit growth in this environment is a particularly strong credible result and it really was a strong performance on cost that, you know, saved that EBIT margin and kept profit, you know, in the black.
ANDREW ROBERTSON: DJs is standing by its full year earnings guidance of up to a five per cent increase in net profit, but Tom Hodson believes the cost cutting strategy will become harder the longer the downturn continues.
TOM HODSON: There are some costs that can still come out of the business, but our view would be that, you know, the lionís share of the easy costs have been taken out, and now it's really just about squeezing out those incremental dollars where you can and continuing with that program.
ANDREW ROBERTSON: A bright spot for David Jones was the performance of its American Express branded store card. It contributed $20 million to overall profit, and importantly, according to Mark McInnes, it's an alliance which has allowed the retailer to restructure its balance sheet.
MARK MCINNES: We transferred $374 million of debt funded receivables to American Express. We released $35 million worth of working capital. We've transferred the operation of our store card to American Express and we achieved 7.5 per cent EBIT growth.
ANDREW ROBERTSON: While many companies are struggling under a mountain of debt at the moment which has lead to a rash of capital raisings in recent months, David Jones isn't one of them. Mark McInnes has been quick to point out that DJ's net debt stands at just $100 billion, which he says means the company will ride out the economic downturn in excellent shape.
MARK MCINNES: We're the only company of all of the department stores in the world to use the upside to pay down debt, rather than load up debt. And when you look at some of those numbers for famous companies like Nordstromís and Neiman Marcus and even Debenhams in the UK, you'll see that they went through a debt fuelled expansion stage and we did the exact opposite.
TOM HODSON: You know, having the lowest debt, you know, of department store peers worldwide is a strong selling point in this environment.
ANDREW ROBERTSON: Mark McInnes is confident there will be no more job cuts at David Jones, although there is a wage freeze. Unlike many other companies, DJs has maintained its interim dividend at 11 cents a share, fully franked.
ALI MOORE: And DJ's shares ended close to 8.5 per cent higher.


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A familiar name will be the next person to lead LSU's defense: Bo Pelini.
The former LSU defensive coordinator, who helped LSU win a national championship in 2007 under then-coach Les Miles, is set to return to Baton Rouge for another stint as the team's defensive coordinator, the team announced Monday.
A source said Pelini agreed to a three-year contract worth $2.3 million per year, a figure just under the $2.5 million LSU was paying his predecessor, Dave Aranda, who left Baton Rouge to be the head coach at Baylor.
LSU coach Ed Orgeron said that running back was still a need in recruiting for the team as the program headed toward signing day.
Such a payment would make Pelini the second highest-paid assistant in the nation, below Auburn defensive coordinator Kevin Steele, who just signed a new $2.5 million per year deal.
The 52-year-old Pelini had been the head coach at Youngstown State since 2015.
"The opportunity to return to LSU is truly unique," Pelini said in a news release. "Culturally, with my prior experience at LSU, I know it is a great fit for me. The chance to work with Coach (Ed) Orgeron, the ability to take charge of the Tigers defense. All of that in a place that both my family and I immensely enjoyed when we were there before is very exciting for us. We are very honored and looking forward to this next chapter."
The news comes 11 days after Aranda was formally introduced at Baylor, and it fills one of Orgeron's two main staff vacancies.
The other, passing-game coordinator, opened when Broyles Award winner Joe Brady was hired by Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rhule, Baylor's former coach, to be the offensive coordinator on Rhule's first staff in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Orgeron is expected to take a patient approach in hiring Brady's replacement, a source said, as the program moves deeper into its offseason restoration following its fourth national championship in school history.
LSU coach Ed Orgeron landed a commitment from another wide receiver a little over a week before national signing day.
Multiple transitional moves have happened in the two weeks since LSU beat Clemson 42-25 in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
Last Friday, defensive line coach Dennis Johnson, who spent the 2019 season as an analyst because of injury, joined Aranda's staff at Baylor, which also hired LSU analyst Jorge Munoz as Aranda's new wide receivers coach and passing-game coordinator.
Orgeron also agreed to terms on a new six-year, $42 million contract that will run through 2026, a deal that boosted him among the top five highest-paid head coaches in college football.
Pelini's hiring and Orgeron's contract with LSU must meet approval by the Board of Supervisors, which next meets March 6.
"We are privileged to have one of the top defensive coordinators in all of football in Bo Pelini join our staff," Orgeron said in a news release. "Bo has had some of the best defenses in football during his career and we are looking forward to him bringing his tremendous amount of knowledge and expertise back to LSU to continue to win championships."
A busy year for LSU athletics that included success and scandal saw a major boost in the department's annual revenue.
Replacing Aranda was paramount for the Tigers, who largely have built their reputation on defense in the past few decades. Aranda, who had just finished his fourth season in Baton Rouge, was highly respected in coaching circles as a defensive guru and garnered the nickname "The Professor" for his creative blitz packages and versatility in creating leverage for his units.
Pelini holds a similar reputation as a defensive mind, although he has been a head coach since leaving LSU for Nebraska in 2008 after the Tigers defeated Ohio State in the BCS national championship game.
In Pelini's three seasons as defensive coordinator at LSU from 2005 to 2007, the Tigers produced four first-round NFL draft picks along with six first-team All-America selections, including defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey and safety Craig Steltz.
LSU's defense never ranked lower than third nationally in total defense in Pelini's tenure. The Tigers led the Southeastern Conference in scoring defense in both 2006 (12.6 points allowed per game) and 2007 (14.2 points allowed per game).
LSU averaged 38 sacks per season in that three-year span, and the defense created a combined 71 turnovers. It's this attacking style of defense that links Orgeron and Pelini. Orgeron has consistently preached for more sacks, more tackles for loss and more turnovers, and the Tigers ranked with the nation's top 25 in each category in the 2019 season.
Former LSU defensive line coach Dennis Johnson will return to full-time coaching and join Dave Aranda's staff at Baylor, a source told The Adv…
Orgeron and Pelini share a mentor in Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll.
Orgeron was a defensive line coach for Carroll at Southern Cal from 2001 to 2004. When Carroll was the defensive coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers and head coach of the New England Patriots in the late 1990s, Pelini served as his defensive backs and linebackers coach.
Pelini's success as a coordinator led to his hiring at Nebraska in 2008. He was fired in 2014 despite going 67-27 in eight seasons. The Cornhuskers never won fewer than nine games, but a constant string of 9-4 and 10-4 seasons began to build a sense of stagnancy in his program.
Pelini also had a polarizing reputation due to his blunt and fiery personality, which included an episode in which he was caught on audiotape cursing Nebraska fans and media.
One week from LSU’s CFP national championship, it felt like the football program was under assault.
In 2015, Pelini returned to his hometown of Youngstown, Ohio, and became the head coach at Youngstown State. The Penguins went 33-28 in Pelini's five seasons, which included an appearance in the 2017 FCS national championship game.
Pelini attended Cardinal Mooney High, the same high school as former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops. Pelini worked for Stoops for one season in 2004, when Pelini was the co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach for the Sooners.
The other coordinator was current Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables. That season, Oklahoma lost to Southern Cal 55-19 in the BCS title game, Orgeron's final game as defensive line coach with the Trojans.
Former LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda was formally introduced as the new Baylor football head coach Monday at his introductory press co…
Bo Pelini coaching experience
1991, Iowa (graduate assistant)
1993, Cardinal Mooney High School (Youngstown, Ohio) (quarterbacks)
1994-96, San Francisco 49ers (defensive backs)
1997-99, New England Patriots (linebackers)
2000-02, Green Bay Packers (linebackers)
2003, Nebraska (defensive coordinator, interim head coach for Alamo Bowl)
2004, Oklahoma (co-defensive coordinator, defensive backs)
2005-07, LSU (defensive coordinator)
2008-2014, Nebraska (head coach)
2015-2019, Youngstown State (head coach)


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Equity markets have been sending mixed signals to investors over the last week. At the highest level things appear very bullish with several indices breaking out to new all-time high closes and completing bullish Point and Figure patterns led by the Dow Industrials and the S&P 500. Other indices completing bullish patterns include the S&P/TSX Composite, the NYSE Composite and the S&P 100. With the exception of the Russell 2000 which continues to climb, many of these indices broke out by one box and then stalled, while the NASDAQ 100 did not break out at all. A look at individual stocks and sectors also suggests that equities may be near exhaustion and in need of a rest. Several retail stocks have reported positive earnings this week but either failed to respond with significant gains such as Walmart which shot up briefly but then dropped back, or Lowes which sold off on weak numbers.Similarly, the halo effect of positive vaccine news appears to be losing some of its strength. Moderna, who announced positive trial results on Monday soared for one day, then gave it all back over the next two days. Several stocks in COVID-impacted sectors that rallied on vaccine news, such as airlines, cruise lines and hotels, did not rally as much on the second, November 16, vaccine announcement and have found themselves contained by the intraday highs set from the first vaccine announcement on November 9th. One group which has maintained recovery momentum this week, however, has been energy, boosted by an upswing in oil and natural gas prices. In fact, several commodities sensitive to the global economy and industrial/consumer demand for resources have turned upward this month including Brent and WTI Crude Oil, Copper, Lumber and Platinum. Gold, on the other hand, has broken down again this week, indicating that capital continues to leave defensive havens. Bottom line, equity market breadth continues to improve and leadership still appears to be shifting from “stay-at-home” stocks toward economically sensitive groups such as Industrials, Consumer Discretionary and even some Financials. With earnings season winding down, and the risk of new lockdowns in the near-term still growing, some of the stocks and sectors which had become overheated have gone into consolidation mode for now, which lagging areas continue to catch up as the prospects for vaccines to support an economic rebound in the medium to long-term continue to improve. In this week’s issue of Equity Leaders Weekly, we take a look at the S&P/TSX Composite Index and the price of Gold as indicators of changing investor sentiment.
Canada’s benchmark index has been lagging behind its US peers in recent months, seen most clear in the TSX’s current SMAX score of 3 compared with the stronger SMAX scores of 7 for the S&P 500 and 8 for the NASDAQ Composite.The S&P/TSX Composite Index (TSX.I) has started to attract renewed interest this month, breaking out of a downswing and then clearing its September high near 16,950 to trade at its highest level since February. TSX.I also has completed a bullish Spread Double Top pattern, confirming the start of a new upleg. In terms of sectors, Energy, which had acted as one of the main drags on the index for months has started to rebound at least easing a headwind and possibly creating a tailwind. Materials have been mixed with a retreat in gold producers offset by gains in the base metals, chemicals, and forest products subgroups. Financials have started to show signs of life heading toward bank earnings which are due near the end of this month or early December. Other groups also continue to attract interest, particularly Industrials and Consumer Discretionary (particularly automotive companies).Next potential upside resistance for TSX.I appears near 18,000 where a round number, the February high and vertical/horizontal counts cluster, followed by 18,715, where another group of vertical/horizontal counts converge. Initial support appears near 16,280 based on a 3-box reversal.
From June of 2019 through August of 2020, Gold (GC.F) soared from near $1,275/oz to near $2,080/oz propelled by a dovish turn by the world’s major central banks and massive monetary stimulus, particularly asset purchases which devalued paper money relative to hard currency. Since peaking in August, Gold has gone into retreat. The first pullback appeared to be a normal trading correction, but the ensuing bounce was small and faltered well short of $2,000/oz. this week, gold has broken down below $1,880/oz completing a bearish Double Bottom pattern and signalling the start of a new downtrend. Initial downside support appears near $1,775 were a horizontal count and a previous column high converge. Initial resistance on a rebound appears between $1,938, a 3-box reversal, and $1,967, a previous column high. Gold’s retreat can be attributed to two previous tailwinds flipping and becoming headwinds. Back in the spring central banks unleashed massive new stimulus but they are no longer acting in concert. While the Bank of England and the Reserve Bank of Australia recently added stimulus, the US Federal Reserve Board and the Bank of Canada have been scaling back asset purchases and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand recently declined to introduce negative interest rates. The European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan have been sitting on the fence lately.
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The War Racket
We went down to the town of Cafayate last week from the family ranch: a three-hour drive, mostly over unpaved roads. There, old friends Doug Casey and John Mauldin were holding forth. The “deep state,” among other things, was their topic.
“The term comes from Turkey,” Doug explained. “People noticed that there was the government – you know the government that they teach you about in school. And there was a deeper, more important and more powerful government. It was not described in any constitution. The newspapers didn’t report on it. To most people it was largely invisible. But it was how the country was really governed.”
In a nutshell, Doug – along with many others – believes a “deep state” has taken over the US.
“The War Between the States was the largest and bloodiest war the US has ever had,” Doug continued. “Practically the entire country was mobilized, with a greater proportion of men in uniform than ever before or ever since. But after the war was over the soldiers went home. The army was minuscule. And things went back to normal. Same thing after World War I.
“But after World War II things started to change. Gradually, more and more of America’s resources were going to the military on a permanent basis, even though there really wasn’t any war worth talking about.”
The Deep State Takes Over
To look at it another way, after World War II the return on investment in the military sector fell. Why?
Because there was no one worth fighting. There were no real challenges to the US… except the Soviet Union, which turned out to be a hollow threat. Then in 1989, the Soviet Union disappeared. But US spending on “security” hardly slowed down at all.
After the 1980s, the US was taken over by “deep state” interests, which used “security” to justify huge transfers of power and money from the public to themselves.
“You know, France had a deep state experience too,” Elizabeth volunteered on our drive home. “During the Revolution, it had secret political committees, a parallel army and a whole apparatus for controlling people. The revolutionaries used terror … including the idea that the country was full of spies … to keep the public alarmed and afraid. It was a bit like what we see in the US with all its secret agencies and Code Red alarms … and the ‘see something, say something’ campaign. They’re all designed to keep the public worried … and keep it lined up behind the state.”
It did not come up in our conversation in Cafayate, but there’s more to the deep state than the military. Informal, largely hidden power arrangements exist in all major industries – particularly health, education and finance. Every detail in these industries is closely regulated to prevent innovation and competition.
We’ve reported on the high percentage of retired generals who take up cushy jobs in the defense industry. But health-care researchers, “educators” and Wall Street’s hot shots routinely pass between government, think tanks and private enterprises… trading information, favors and pay-offs. Witness Tim Geithner. He bailed out Wall Street. (The total cost is now estimated at $10 trillion, including the Fed’s assistance.) Surprise, surprise! Now, he is a partner in one of Wall Street’s private equity firms.
In all these industries, the return on investment approaches zero… or is already negative. Still, the deep state insists that more and more resources go to them.
The Great Deformation
David Stockman knows this better than anyone. He was part of the federal apparatus, as President Reagan’s budget director. Then he went to Wall Street… where he, too, was a partner in a private equity firm. He watched as the country was taken over by deep-state institutions… financed with borrowed money and with one major goal: to look out for themselves.
Stockman calls the transformation of US society the “Great Deformation.” It’s what happens when capitalism is corrupted by the government… and is perverted by deep-state institutions.
“The deep state,” Doug elaborated, “includes dozens and dozens of agencies that we’re not supposed to know anything about. It includes a million people with CIA security clearances. There are people at the lowest level who frisk you at airports… and at the highest levels who make millions of dollars by providing contract services to the government.”
Armed with intimate details about everyone’s personal life, the deep state protects itself. What politician will challenge the NSA budget, knowing that the agency could wreck his career? Who is above reproach? And who is so saintly that a devil couldn’t touch him?
“Americans, for the most part, submit willingly,” Doug went on. “That is the most astonishing thing. Americans have become a slave race, ready to go along with anything the deep state asks for.”
The above article is from Diary of a Rogue Economist originally written for Bonner & Partners. Bill Bonner founded Agora, Inc in 1978. It has since grown into one of the largest independent newsletter publishing companies in the world. He has also written three New York Times bestselling books, Financial Reckoning Day, Empire of Debt and Mobs, Messiahs and Markets.
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