The Color Orange and Its Presence in Cultures Throughout the World

Hence saffron is what the colour orange is called in many parts of the world, taking its name from the spice rather than the fruit.

And today, as they have been for centuries, the robes of Hindu and Buddhist monks are dyed with saffron: pic.twitter.com/SxniHaUJlk

— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) April 17, 2024

the Open Society is what we've been taking for granted basically in the post-WWII era.  --James Lindsay

Episode #2119, March 14, 2024, with James Lindsay.  3-hour interview.  

8:05  London's in trouble.  The UK's in trouble.

9:30  When you have a crisis at that scale, what are your options for fixing it?  And I think that's part of the Cloward-Priven strategy?  How do you end up fixing a problem that's at that scale?  They're doing the same thing with the Trans-ition stuff.  If you end up with a million kids, you've got a million kids that really are on the medical system, what do you do with a million kids, their parents, and then their aunts and uncles?  The whole system has to start bending around a reality that was manufactured, and you can get some major changes.  

10:15  Who are those people?  

LINDSAY, 10:24  Well, the Biden Administration had to have conversations.  They petitioned the Supreme Court to stop Texas from enforcing its border.  

11:09  The United Nations is pushing this [mass immigration] too.  the UN sees itself as a global entity, 193 states, blah, blah, "17 Sustainable Development Goals to transform our world," but Soros and his Open Society have pushed a lot of this stuff too.  Soros' mentor was Karl Popper who, in 1945, wrote a book called, Open Society and Its Enemies.  And so the Open Society is what we've been taking for granted basically in the post-WWII era.  And that's what we want.  It's a free society.  It's a high-trust society.  People can do what they want.  They don't have to worry about whether they're going to get car-jacked all the time or whatever else.  Soros is like, well, you can have that in the nation or where there's kind of one open society, 

58:30. The equity coordinator in one of these cities.  We know who's causing these crime problems.  It's the DAs.  We know who ran the DAs.  We know who paid the money to run them it was the Open Society Foundation.. They called them Soros DA's.  2004 interview with the LA Times, Soros said that he thinks he's a god. 

Small US Businesses to be Forced to Serve as NSA Spies

The amendment even includes service providers who come into our homes, such as house cleaners, plumbers, and IT service providers [like The Geek Squad], all of whom could be forced to serve as surrogate spies and be required to give the NSA direct access and "none of them would be allowed to tell anyone.  They would be under a gag order and would face heavy penalties if they fail to comply."  --Elizabeth Goitein

Small US Businesses to be Forced to Serve as NSA Spies  https://t.co/nSe9aWlLYj pic.twitter.com/KCw3af9SoN

— Greg Reese (@gregreese) April 16, 2024

FBI's Wray Tells House Appropriations Committee "It's crunch time to reauthorize FISA." April 11, 2024.  Wray argues, 

an absolutely indispensable tool that Congress can give us in our fight against foreign adversaries is the authorization of section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance Act it is critical it is critical and securing our nation we are in crunch time with our 702 Authority be set to expire next week so let me be clear failure to reauthorize 702 or getting it with some new kind of Warrant requirement would be dangerous and put americans' lives at risk.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was enacted to make it easier for the government to address foreign terrorist threats.  Targeting Americans is prohibited.  But intelligence agencies have used Section 702 to spy on hundreds of thousands of Americans every year and this week it's looking to get a lot worse.  Elizabeth Goitein of the Liberty and National Security program at the Brennan Center for Justice does a great job of explaining it and sounding the alarm.  Buried in the Section 702 Reauthorization Bill passed by the House on Friday is the biggest expansion of domestic surveillance since the PATRIOT Act.  Under current law, 

The Government can compel electronic communications service providers that have direct access to communications to assist the NSA and conducting section 702 surveillance companies like Verizon and Google must turn over the communications of the targets which officially must be foreigners overseas,

but this has been abused to spy on Americans.  

By changing the definition of electronic communication surveillance provider an amendment offered by House Intel Committee leaders and passed by the House vastly expands the universe of entities that can be compelled to assist the NSA.  If the bill becomes law, any company or individual that provides any service whatsoever may be forced to assist in NSA surveillance as long as they have access to equipment on which communications are transmitted or stored 

"When the amendment was first unveiled, civil liberties advocates noted that the provision would encompass hotels [including Air BnB] [local tax-funded] libraries, and coffee shops [Starbucks]," and so they were excluded.

But the vast majority of U.S. businesses remain fair game, including barbershops, laundromats, fitness centers, hardware stores, and any small business that provides Wi-Fi to their customers via routers.  It also includes commercial landlords that rent out offices which would target journalists, lawyers, financial advisors, and anyone renting commercial office space.  The amendment even includes service providers who come into our homes, such as house cleaners, plumbers, and IT service providers [like The Geek Squad], all of whom could be forced to serve as surrogate spies and be required to give the NSA direct access and "none of them would be allowed to tell anyone.  They would be under a gag order and would face heavy penalties if they fail to comply."

Having wholesale access to domestic Communications the NSA would then be on the honor system to retain only the communications of approved foreign targets and we know from past experience that they cannot be trusted to do this.

The Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill this week section 702 expires on April 19th but the Biden Administration has obtained FISA Court approval to continue until April 2025.  Call your senators now and tell them to block the "Everyone is a spy" surveillance bill.

Phone this number today: 202-899-8938. 

Reminder, 81 million votes doesn't mean 81 million voters

Reminder, 81 million votes doesn't mean 81 million voters. https://t.co/3QqFykB42P

— Salty Cracker (@SaltyCracker9) April 16, 2024

1. German hang

Unfortunately, we don’t expose ourselves often enough in shoulder extension.

But it’s a vital position to retain strength in.

The German hang is an excellent choice for this.

→ 3x15s holds of a progression pic.twitter.com/NvMh6KtfJv

— Tim Kuijsters (@kuijsters_tim) April 16, 2024