The Man Putin Couldnt Kill (botched assassination)

He just said, "If we want to kill people, we do it properly." he did not even try to argue that "We don't kill people."

There is a long list of victims.

Journalist Anna Politkovskaya, shot on her doorstep.

Whistle-blower Sergei Magnitsky, dead after a beating in prison.

Defector Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned in London with polonium-210,
served to him in a cup of tea.

Politician Sergei Yushenkov, shot dead near his house.

And there are many more who have perished suddenly.

Major political change usually comes suddenly and unexpectedly .

The downside of communism is political corruption. To protect the country is replaced to protect a specific individual.

The most repressive and horrific totalitarian systems in the history of humanity will go down in near future.
The only thing we know is that it will - because nothing is forever.

The Man Putin Couldn't Kill | Trailer | BBC Select

Breaking point

The Soviet Union starts when Russia and Ukraine are brought together, and the Soviet Union ends when Russia and Ukraine come apart.

Newly independent Ukrainewas is a country Many people shed blood and desperately won.
The Orange Revolution was very brave and very promising.

What happened next is incredibly disillusioning         and very sad.

Ukraine is a member of the European family.
Mister Putin will never win the fight against the UNITE UKRAINIAN NATION.

Keep your Russia, keep your Kremlin, keep your Soviet past and your Soviet future, 
BUT UKRAINE.

Wargames

Teaches Joshua the no-win game of Tic Tac Toe and, in the process, averts global thermonuclear war.

The movie "WarGames" released in 1983 features a high school student who loves hacking, played by Matthew Broderick. The protagonist, who broke into a computer at a game development company, correctly guessed the password for the backdoor of the system from the name of his son, who died by the program developer. That is "Joshua". However, the intrusion destination was not the computer of the game company, but the nuclear war simulator "WOPR" of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The protagonist, who intended to start a game of full-scale nuclear war, is about to start a real World War III.

"Except that I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson.
What's that?
Futility. That there's a time when you should just give up." from Wargames
Unlike in the movie, where it's just "joshua", the book version uses "joshua5" (because Falken's son died at age 5). It makes the password slightly harder, but we'd still recommend going with something not so guessable.

 

The U.S. response to the Russia-Ukraine crisis

Russia's unprovoked assault on Ukraine has faced universal condemnation from Western powers. Sanctions against Russia and aid to Ukraine have come from many directions. But putting troops on the ground in Ukraine, which is not a member of NATO, is a line that the US and other Western allies have not been willing to cross.

Then China’s attempt to take Taiwan by force is unpredictable, with China apparently learning from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 
Taiwan and mainland China have been separately governed since they split as a result of a civil war in 1949. Beijing regards democratic Taiwan as a breakaway province and has vowed to unify it with the mainland, by force if necessary. Chinese pressure on Taiwan has increased in recenly, most visibly in its military flights into Taiwan's air-defense identification zone, a self-declared area that is not territorial airspace.

Ddeterrence posture in the Pacific puts a very different perspective on all of this. We closely watch US actions toward Russia, Ukraine.

Thailand pass

Measures on traveling to Thailand have been updated from 1 April 2022.

TEST & GO scheme (Day 1 at the SHA Extra+ hotel, in order to wait for the COVID-19 RT-PCR Test result) 

Those who have received 2 doses of vaccine, no less than 14 days, prior to their departure to Thailand.

Enter Thailand via Suvarnabhumi International Airport or other international airports or certain ports on Samui island.

Have proof of reservation and fully paid for SHA Extra+ hotel or Alternative Quarantine (AQ) hotel confirmation for 1 nights (Day 1)

Holders of a non-Thai passport must have health insurance policy with coverage of no less than 20,000 USD

Apply for Thailand Pass through the website  tp.consular.go.th at least 3-7 days prior to the departure date.

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