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  3 dead, 8 injured in shooting at Michigan high school, undersheriff says
Posted by: superadmin - 12-01-2021, 11:47 AM - Forum: Stop the Wars and Terrorism - Replies (1)

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(CNN)A 15-year-old boy is in custody after three students died and eight were injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at a high school in Oxford, Michigan, authorities said.

The Oxford High School students killed were a 16-year-old boy, a 14-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl, Oakland County Undersheriff Michael G. McCabe said at a news conference.

Eight others were shot, one of whom is believed to be a teacher, McCabe said. Of the eight injured, two are currently in surgery and the other six are in stable condition with various gunshot wounds, McCabe said.

"I think this is every parent's worst nightmare," said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who added that shootings at schools are "a uniquely American problem that we need to address."

"My heart goes out to the families. This is an unimaginable tragedy. I hope we can all rise to the occasion and wrap our arms around the families, the affected children and school personnel and this community," Whitmer said.

The suspect, a sophomore at the school, was taken into custody without incident five minutes after authorities responded to the shooting, McCabe said. His parents have hired an attorney and have not permitted him to talk to police, McCabe said.

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  Proposal for PKR-Amanah merger submitted, but leaders haven’t deliberated: Anwar
Posted by: superadmin - 12-01-2021, 11:38 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies

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KUALA LUMPUR – A formal proposal on a merger of two Pakatan Harapan component parties – PKR and Amanah – has been submitted but their leaders have yet to put the matter up for discussion.

PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that any proposal for the good of the two parties is feasible but it will have to be deliberated upon.

However, Anwar said the merger idea has not been brought up for discussion although there are members who are talking about it openly.

When pressed whether there has been a formal proposal, he said: “Yes, yes it was submitted and it is in the knowledge of the leaderships of Keadilan (PKR) and Amanah. But we have not explored this further.”

Asked if the official deliberations between the two parties have started, he said: “Not yet, not yet. Some members are throwing around some ideas.”

“Whatever views that we hear, we will discuss. There is no problem,” he told reporters after visiting the morning market at Taman Bukit Angkasa, Kg Kerinchi in Lembah Pantai here.

Also present were his wife and former party president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil.

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  National reset tough because of ‘ketuanan’ elephant
Posted by: superadmin - 12-01-2021, 11:19 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies

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MS: A veritable Gordian knot of socio-economic and political problems which have their roots in a toxic "master race-master religion" ideology will continue to slowly disable and kill the nation because the poison has leached into anything and everything considered Malaysian.

The latest ‘Keluarga Malaysia’ budget which unashamedly discriminates against the minorities offers the best evidence as to how blatant (and normalised) it has become - the tabling of which is not known to have raised as much as a muted whimper from the signatories of this proposal.

For all we know, they may well have (privately) felt some unease but given their status, they opted not to raise any dust by voicing anything that could come across as disapproval. If that were so, it would simply reconfirm their political acumen, their survival instincts and their ability to gloss over injustice and wrongdoing even when it happens right before their eyes.

But now that they have agreed to assemble, ostensibly to right the wrongs they witnessed, worked with, enabled and immensely profited from - ordinary Malaysians are supposed to heave a collective sigh of relief... Finally!

But personalities aside, something else is also troubling. The two euphemisms they have used in this proposal - "social contract" and "affirmative action" - are euphemisms which have been bandied about by bigoted politicians and their functionaries to justify and rationalise the imposition of unjust rules and laws which in turn have pushed the country into the hole it is in now.

By referring to those notions the way they did, are they in fact legitimising them and putting it out that no "reset" will in fact question them? I don't know... but it does appear to be so.

So, no. A "national reset" is not possible because the ‘ketuanan’ elephant prancing about the corridors in Putrajaya will remain unmentionable while those attempting to do so simply have not earned the reputation to do what is right even if it hurts them.

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  PKR, Amanah should consider merging as single party: Najwan
Posted by: superadmin - 11-30-2021, 08:04 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies

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KUALA LUMPUR – The leadership of PKR and Amanah should consider proposals of becoming a single party, said former Selangor PKR Youth chief Najwan Halimi.

He said both parties had similar political directions in upholding reform agendas, social justice, as well as championing the rights and welfare of the common people.

“The entry of Amanah into PKR will surely help raise support and build the confidence of the people especially the Malays in rural areas, specifically in the bid to win their support in the upcoming general election,” Najwan said in a statement posted on social media.

“Through the merger, there will surely be a consolidated machinery for both parties at the grassroots level, while solving the issue of seat allocations that has all this while been a challenge to both parties.”

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  Law of Attraction - Affirmations and the Best Way to Use Them! (Add Power to Your Man
Posted by: lindmitchello - 11-30-2021, 05:13 PM - Forum: Health News - No Replies

Just think of affirmations as hypnotic suggestions. But just like any other technique or tool, to get the best results from them, you have to use them in the best way. Use them poorly and get poor results, use them in the most proper and effective instant manifestation secrets fashion and get magnificent results. It's as simple as that. People who lack the understanding of how affirmations work usually apply them improperly and of course, they get poor results. Make sense?

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  Merdeka 118 tower amid Covid-19 pandemic a great engineering achievement for Malaysia
Posted by: superadmin - 11-30-2021, 05:10 PM - Forum: Business. Economy and Investment - No Replies

PM Ismail: Construction of Merdeka 118 tower amid Covid-19 pandemic a great engineering achievement for Malaysia

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — The construction of the Merdeka 118 tower amid the Covid-19 pandemic marks a great engineering achievement for the country and reinforces Malaysia’s position as a modern and developed nation.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said he was informed Merdeka 118 would be the first tower in the country to receive triple platinum green ratings in international sustainability certification as well as the prestigious WELL certification.

(The WELL Building Standard takes a holistic approach to health in the built environment addressing behaviour, operations and design.)

“This makes Merdeka 118 the industry benchmark in Malaysia as an iconic tower of the future,” he said at the Merdeka 118 tower spire completion ceremony here today.

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  Trump called aides hours before Capitol riot to discuss how to stop Biden victory
Posted by: superadmin - 11-30-2021, 04:27 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies

Sources tell Guardian Trump pressed lieutenants at Willard hotel in Washington about ways to delay certification of election result.

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Hours before the deadly attack on the US Capitol this year, Donald Trump made several calls from the White House to top lieutenants at the Willard hotel in Washington and talked about ways to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election win from taking place on 6 January.

The former president first told the lieutenants his vice-president, Mike Pence, was reluctant to go along with the plan to commandeer his largely ceremonial role at the joint session of Congress in a way that would allow Trump to retain the presidency for a second term.

But as Trump relayed to them the situation with Pence, he pressed his lieutenants about how to stop Biden’s certification from taking place on 6 January, and delay the certification process to get alternate slates of electors for Trump sent to Congress.

The former president’s remarks came as part of strategy discussions he had from the White House with the lieutenants at the Willard – a team led by Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn and Trump strategist Steve Bannon – about delaying the certification.

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  Achieving semiconductor independency is ‘not doable,’ EU competition chief says
Posted by: superadmin - 11-30-2021, 03:56 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies

  • “What is important is that there is a different level of production capacity in Europe,” Vestager said.
  • The European Commission has said that it wants to double the market share of semiconductors in Europe by 2030.
  • At the moment, “on a good day,” Europe’s market share is at 10% — it used to be 40% in the 1990s, according to data from the commission.
  • Vestager said the EU is working with the United States to identify what is causing shortages in the production of semiconductors. 
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Becoming completely independent on semiconductor production is just “not doable” because of the high levels of investment needed, the EU’s competition chief admitted Monday.

Carmakers and other businesses in the bloc have struggled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, as supply chains were impacted and limited access to the much-needed technology. As a result, European policymakers have been looking at ways to boost production of computer chips.

For some officials, the EU needs to become a global powerhouse in this space — but Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition chief, has cautioned against any unrealistic expectations.

“The numbers I hear of, sort of, the upfront investments to be fully self-sufficient, that makes it not doable,” Vestager, executive vice president of the European Commission, told CNBC in an exclusive interview in London.

“What is important is that there is a different level of production capacity in Europe,” she said.

The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, has said that it wants to double the market share of semiconductors in Europe by 2030. At the moment, “on a good day,” Europe’s market share is at 10% — it used to be 40% in the 1990s, according to data from the commission.

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  Rolling back U.S.-China tariffs would ease inflation in the U.S.
Posted by: superadmin - 11-30-2021, 03:50 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies

Rolling back U.S.-China tariffs would ease inflation in the U.S., former Treasury secretary says
  • Eliminating tariffs imposed on goods during the worst of the trade war would help ease inflation in the U.S., former Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew told CNBC.
  • But there’s currently “no political space” to do so, he said on CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia.”
  • Worries over inflation have shot up this year, as energy prices spiked and the ongoing supply chain crisis led to shortages of goods. But Lew said there’s been “a bit of excess nervousness about inflation.”
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Eliminating tariffs imposed on goods during the worst of the trade war would help ease inflation in the U.S., former Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew told CNBC on Tuesday.

But there’s currently “no political space” to do so, he said on CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia.”

“I think that the United States and China have deep differences. I’ve never thought it should just be about negotiating the exchange of one good or another on one side or the other. It should be about a level playing field,” Lew said. He served as treasury secretary from 2013 to 2017 during the Obama administration.

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  4 big questions about the new omicron variant
Posted by: superadmin - 11-30-2021, 03:41 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies

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Scientists in Botswana and South Africa first detected the variant, which features significant mutations to the coronavirus’s telltale spike protein, a few weeks ago. The sheer number of mutations was reason enough to worry — “this variant is completely insane,” remarked one infectious disease researcher to another — and, over the holiday weekend, the World Health Organization officially named omicron a variant of concern.

That designation means the WHO believes there is good reason to think the omicron variant is more transmissible than the currently dominant delta variant, that it causes more severe disease, or that it can better evade public health measures, including vaccines — or all of the above.

But at this point, there is so much scientists don’t know about omicron. It takes time to collect samples of the variant and study them, to observe transmission patterns, and for enough data to come in to be confident about how the vaccines are handling omicron. It will be at least a couple of weeks before we start to get firm and specific answers to the big outstanding questions.

Only once science has answered those questions will the world know how serious a threat the omicron variant actually is. Is it a minor setback or a major obstacle to getting to a place where we can live with Covid-19? Researchers are racing to find out.

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