Dec. 31 (Sa), 2022 The taste of life is thankfulness

 

Dec. 30 (F), 2022 The Willpower

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Before a star war happens, the Earthers still need some degree of national self-defence!!!
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In Israel:
As of 2022, the minimum required length of military service is two years and eight months (with some roles requiring an additional four months of service) for all conscripted men, and two years (with some roles requiring an additional eight months of service) for conscripted Jewish women.
Refer to:
"Military Service, 7th Edition" (PDF). Ministry of Aliyah and Integration. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-07-22.

Note: A draftee found unfit for military service may still choose to volunteer for military service; their status will be similar to all the other draftees found to be fit for service. Once enlisted, these volunteers cannot choose to quit the military early

Dec. 29 (Th), 2022 Is this a déjà vu or a recurrence of Early Spring of 2020?

A brief of the above post:  a sudden tsunamic wave of the pandemic development inside the CCP regime. For reference only.

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Washington Post: Amid the resurgent pandemic with 250 million infected masses and the unreportable death tolls, the CCP regime unusually, widely opens its outbound gates for its people to move around the world with the "tremendous freedom"...

Italy and U.S. mandate covid tests of all passengers from China https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../china-covid-travel.../


WASHINGTONPOST.COM
Countries rush to control China travel, but covid risks low, experts say Countries rush to control China travel, but covid risks low, experts say

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Be alert the rarely, new open outbound policy for the businesspersons and travelers to the world of the CCP regime.

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Very sad scenes - families with the deceased, lining up for miles, still could not receive the basic services. The crematoria in many provinces are unable to handle the massive deaths due to the sudden attack of the various types of sub-variants...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkoTD63d28I


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「趕屍」在中國！殯儀館排隊綿延數公里　急診破200萬人次竟稱「喜報」｜鏡週刊

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Half of the deceased died from "White Lungs", caused by the viruses similar to the early stage of the Wuhan coronavirus.

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An old post of Feb. 22, 2022:



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Seemingly, necessary. Who knows what will happen during this run of tsunamic wave of viral variant attack?

Dec. 27 (T), 2022 諸陽變色的背後 ( Behind the Instant Sub-Variant Spreads)

MicroStory#87.
Brief: Some stories/hypotheses behind the massive sub-variant spread and death tolls caused by the viral variants in the CCP-regime since Dec. 7 the sudden stop of the 0-vial political movement.

(The initial viral-spreading point in Europe was Milan, Italy where was the favorite spot of the CCP regime's business persons and travelers Why? An interesting of how to make the most money out of the cheap labor force was behind that).

Be alert, the Tsunamic viral spreading to the world - has begun.

https://www.ft.com/.../ffc493bb-001f-47f9-b5d0-b44e9bf8b375


FT.COM
China launches military drills around Taiwan after US passes defence act China launches military drills around Taiwan after US passes defence act

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https://www.aljazeera.com/.../china-stages-strike-drills...


ALJAZEERA.COM
China stages ‘strike drills’ around Taiwan, citing provocation China stages ‘strike drills’ around Taiwan, citing provocation

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Amid the wide spreads of 130 types of sub-variants inside the regime, the CCP-China suddenly opens its gates for people to travel domestically, and internationally.

A citizen of CCP-regime traveled to India, has been found carrying Omicron B.7 variants (Now, about 130 strands of variants have been identified in CCP-China). Most Asian countries have tightened the COVID-19 inbound tourists/passengers checking.

India might remember the similar situation how the Delta variants emerges in the overpopulated, vast territory when the government took the "let it be" approach to allow the variants finding breeding ground...)

 https://www.ft.com/.../ffc493bb-001f-47f9-b5d0-b44e9bf8b375

https://www.thenationalnews.com/.../covid-variant-bf7.../


THENATIONALNEWS.COM
India orders random Covid testing for travellers after BF.7 variant cases surge in China
India orders random Covid testing for travellers after BF.7 variant cases surge in China

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Though CCP-China rejected to report the viral data, leaked notes from Chinese health officials estimate 250 million Covid-19 infections in December: reports:
https://www.cnn.com/.../china-covid-infections.../index.html


CNN.COM
 CNNLeaked notes from Chinese health officials estimate 250 million Covid-19 infections in December: reports | CNN

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NPR: COVID spreading faster than ever in China. 800 million could be infected this winter:
https://www.npr.org/.../china-appears-to-be-facing-what...


NPR.ORG
COVID spreading faster than ever in China. 800 million could be infected this winter COVID spreading faster than ever in China. 800 million could be infected this winter

Dec. 28 (W0, 2022

Reuters, : Breaking news!
As mentioned above MicroStroy#87 posted, yesterday regarding Feb.2020 Milan, Italy was the springboard of the Wuhan virus for the Europe. Now, Italy is imposing mandatory COVID tests for travelers from CCP China:
https://www.reuters.com/.../italy-imposes-mandatory.../


REUTERS.COM
Italy imposes mandatory Covid tests for travellers from China.

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News: Dec. 29, 2022

Nearly half of passengers from China to Milan have COVID: Italian officials

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3790837-nearly-half-of-passengers-from-china-to-milan-have-covid-italian-officials/

Dec. 24 (Sa), 2022 觀自在

 

Dec. 23 (F), 2022 Song for tonight and 何如根除奴性

Song for tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrkzMWNbNvU

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Dec. 21 (W), 2022 Wish - Peace and Joy to the world!

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Dec. 18 (Sn), 2022 疫竟天擇...

Too many tragedies are happening in the CCP regime now after a sudden drop of the 0-Viral policy...
Too tight, then, suddenly, overnight, all the restrictions were changed into, too loose without basic releasing protocols - equally detrimental...

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The numerous casualties, can be worse than those of the early spring of Wuhan 2020. The regime decided not to record the total death tolls. Seemingly, the bureaucrats of those provinces are not comfortable to report the disasters (for fear of losing jobs)?
The funeral houses/crematoria of many provinces are too busy to accept any more services... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y5cUFisVJ8


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北京殯儀館火化大排長龍 改24小時運作｜TVBS新聞北京殯儀館火化大排長龍 改24小時運作｜TVBS新聞

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Hope those innocent people carefully go through the harsh winter.

Dec 16 F), 2022 Life Chances

A brief of the above Micro-Story #83: Cultural Capital, class, caste, and mixed systems affect people's life chance and social mobility (inter/intra generational mobility).

To shorten the gaps of the man-made and the natural inequality/equity, high quality education, proper employment, and sufficient health care policy CAN help.

問題是, 自我中心是一般人, 對事對人的取向. 有誰會承認/知道自己是權貴階級 一份子, 屬於既得利益團體, 或者是制度下比較不幸的人口呢?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUgDbCZLPpY

One of the visual teaching materials: A classic documentary of social class - even for today:

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Dec. 15 (Th), 2022 Snowy! Songs for tonight!

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Songs for tonight:

Dec. 14 (W), 2022 又是城門失火…

Brief of the post:
Some unique phenomena of the new strand of Omicron - BQ.1 in CCP regime.

Dec. 13 (T), 2022 Hallelujah!

Some of my previous teaching materials, relevant to the above post - for reference:

Dec. 10, (Sa), 2022 L'Internationale

UK, and the US. translated versions, attached below.

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The British version
Lyricist:: Eugène Pottier

Arise, ye workers from your slumber,
Arise, ye prisoners of want.
For reason in revolt now thunders,
and at last ends the age of cant!
Away with all your superstitions,
Servile masses, arise, arise!
We'll change henceforth the old tradition,
And spurn the dust to win the prize!
Chorus
So comrades, come rally,
And the last fight let us face.
The Internationale
Unites the human race.
(repeat)
No more deluded by reaction,
On tyrants only we'll make war!
The soldiers too will take strike action,
They'll break ranks and fight no more!
And if those cannibals keep trying,
To sacrifice us to their pride,
They soon shall hear the bullets flying,
We'll shoot the generals on our own side.
Chorus
No saviour from on high delivers,
No faith have we in prince or peer.
Our own right hand the chains must shiver,
Chains of hatred, greed and fear.
E'er the thieves will out with their booty,
And to all give a happier lot.
Each at his forge must do their duty,
And we'll strike the iron while it's hot.
Chorus

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The US. version:
The Internationale
Lyricist: Charles Hope Kerr

Arise, ye prisoners of starvation!
Arise, ye wretched of the earth!
For justice thunders condemnation:
A better world's in birth!
No more tradition's chains shall bind us;
Arise, ye slaves, no more in thrall!
The earth shall rise on new foundations:
We have been nought, we shall be all!
Chorus
'Tis the final conflict;
Let each stand in his place.
The International working class
Shall be the human race!
(repeat)
We want no condescending saviors
To rule us from a judgment hall;
We workers ask not for their favors;
Let us consult for all.
To make the thief disgorge his booty
To free the spirit from its cell,
We must ourselves decide our duty,
We must decide, and do it well.
Chorus
Toilers from shops and fields united,
The union we of all who work:
The earth belongs to us, the workers,
No room here for the shirk.
How many on our flesh have fattened!
But if the noisome birds of prey
Shall vanish from the sky some morning,
The blessed sunlight still will stay.
Chorus

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Lyricist: Billy Bragg

Stand up, all victims of oppression
For the tyrants fear your might
Don't cling so hard to your possessions
For you have nothing, if you have no right
Let racist ignorance be ended
For respect makes the empires fall
Freedom is merely privilege extended
Unless enjoyed by one and all.
So come brothers and sisters
For the struggle carries on
The Internationale
Unites the world in song
So comrades come rally
For this is the time and place
The international ideal
Unites the human race
Let no one build walls to divide us
Walls of hatred nor walls of stone
Come greet the dawn and stand beside us
We'll live together or we'll die alone
In our world poisoned by exploitation
Those who have taken, now they must give
And end the vanity of nations
We've one but one Earth on which to live
So come brothers and sisters
For the struggle carries on
The Internationale
Unites the world in song
So comrades come rally
For this is the time and place
The international ideal
Unites the human race
And so begins the final drama
In the streets and in the fields
We stand unbowed before their armour
We defy their guns and shields
When we fight, provoked by their aggression
Let us be inspired by life and love
For though they offer us concessions
Change will not come from above.
So come brothers and sisters
For the struggle carries on
The Internationale
Unites the world in song
So comrades come rally
For this is the time and place
The international ideal
Unites the human race

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The Internationale, a quasi national anthem of several countries is a very very interesting song (with an English caption)-, ironically, banned by the "CCP-Regime" recently... (很有意思的是, 現在中共國最害怕人民唱這個歌, 即使是一句, 也不行!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85OLkAFOlYM


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國際歌 The Internationale  國際歌 The Internationale | ⦇中文字幕⦈

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"The Internationale" (French: "L'Internationale", [l‿ɛ̃.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ.nal(ə)]) is a left-wing anthem. It has been a standard of the socialist movement since the late nineteenth century, when the Second International adopted it as its official anthem. The title arises from the "First International", an alliance of workers which held a congress in 1864. The author of the anthem's lyrics, Eugène Pottier, an anarchist, attended this congress. Pottier's text was later set to an original melody composed by Pierre De Geyter, a Marxist.
It is one of the most universally translated anthems in history.
It has been adopted as the anthem of the anarchist, communist, socialist, democratic socialist, and social democratic movements." "

Refer to : "Did you know that the composer of 'The Internationale' was Belgian?". Focus on Belgium. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

Dec. 10 (Sa), 2022 International Human Rights Day

Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day 2021 and 2022 posters, and old posts.

2021 International Human Rights Day Poster:

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The Internationale, a quasi national anthem of several countries is a very very interesting song (with English caption)-, ironically, banned by the "CCP-Regime" recently...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85OLkAFOlYM
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【漢語】國際歌 The Internationale | 國際歌 The Internationale | ⦇中文字幕⦈

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"The Internationale" (French: "L'Internationale", [l‿ɛ̃.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ.nal(ə)]) is a left-wing anthem. It has been a standard of the socialist movement since the late nineteenth century, when the Second International adopted it as its official anthem. The title arises from the "First International", an alliance of workers which held a congress in 1864. The author of the anthem's lyrics, Eugène Pottier, an anarchist, attended this congress. Pottier's text was later set to an original melody composed by Pierre De Geyter, a Marxist.
It is one of the most universally translated anthems in history.
It has been adopted as the anthem of the anarchist, communist, socialist, democratic socialist, and social democratic movements." "

Refer to : "Did you know that the composer of 'The Internationale' was Belgian?". Focus on Belgium. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

Dec. 9 (F), 2022 A Food-Chain on the Planet

 

Dec 9 (F), 2022 Why, embracing a fake Communism?

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Dec. 6 (T), 2022 Song for tonight 苦手なんだよ/並不擅長啊！; 客人的點唱 (臺語翻唱)

Here is the link of the song https://youtu.be/m8ICWCBMz4o

作曲/Composer：林伊佐緒 / Hayashi Isao
作詞/Lyricist：矢野亮 / Yano Ryō
Singer: LCH#197


1. お客さんに　せがまれて　歌ったよ

生まれ故郷のあの唄を

歌っているうち　恋しくなって

じんとじんと　じんと

じんと瞼(まぶた)が熱くなり

思わず泣けて　しまったさ


2. 縄(なわ)のれんが　揺れるのも　

侘(わび)しいね

暗い小路(こうじ)の安酒場

しがない流しの　この俺だって

こいつァこいつァ　こいつァ

こいつァ苦手な唄なんだ

返らぬ愚痴が　出るからさ


3. お客さんも　泣きながら　歌ったよ

遠い故郷の国なまり

同じ悩みを　抱いてる人か

いいよいいよ　いいよ

いいよ何にも言わないで

商売ぬきで　唄おうよさ

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客人的點唱 (臺語翻唱) ) 編詞：愁人


乎人客要求 叫我來唱著 故鄉的情歌
唱出 故鄉的 彼條的情歌
若唱出 越會想起 故鄉昔日e情影
忍著 忍著 忍著 忍著目睭墘 熱情的珠淚
一時陣忍不住 煞來哭出來

五色的燈火 茫茫來閃熾 引我心悲哀
流浪他鄉的 暗路歌廳內
雖然是為著生活 奔波的苦命的人
這條 這條 這條 這條對著我 真是難為情
無倒返e春夢 會叫醒悲傷

人客也流落 傷心的目屎 做陣來唸歌
唱出遙遠的 鄉親的歌聲
他敢是 與我同款 講未出 心內悲傷
今夜 今夜 今夜 今夜不管為得是什麼代
用笑容來唱著故鄉的情歌

Dec. 5 (M), 2022 Before a Tempest?

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A regime has been caught between a rock and a hot place. The 0-vriral political movement steps on its own toes. The paper uprisings are merely a tip of the giant iceberg. Three tempests merge in one: the venerable citizens with insufficient, inadequate, or ineffective vaccines could lead to a monstrous viral contagion if the 0-viral policy, is suddenly unblocked. Yet, continuously harsh lock-downs will worsen people's livelihood. The second fire is the drastically declining domestic and international economy. The third fire is the oppressed people who discover the outlets to request some basic human rights that challenge the autocratic ruling codes and legitimacy. 

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The urgent attention is to protect or release the arrested students who courageously spoke up for the people. Hope the helping hands are available... 

Dec. 1 (TH), 2022 Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? Part Two

謝謝張淑鳳!

Fear, is an instinct, while indifference, is, a choice.

Fear, is an instinct, while indifference, is, a choice.

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A brief of the above ShortStory #77: The current dilemmas of CCP. On the one hand, the coronation of the emperor with his new clothes is approaching while the Paper Uprisings have not been totally cracked down. (Sadly, hundreds of brave students were arrested. They should be protected or released. Hope the international communities could help...).  The whole world is watching if the Tiananmen-Squared suppression might happen if the long term rigid 0-Viral Policy is still harshly imposed on people through the tight lock-down and surveillance without properly taking care of people's basic medical and daily needs.

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On the other hand, why CCP stubbornly insisting on the 0-viral policy at any cost, including the declining economy and people's lives is questionable. What are the intriguing motives behind the policy?
Finally, how to awaken the oppressed Chinese people to fight for their own basic human rights is open for all the conscious and conscientious people's support (such as voice out, raising the awareness, and some helpful actions).

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