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...and the American Revolution. My marginally educated detractors here, few in numbers, but large in errors, will smile with glee. Thinking, The Vierk has finally totally lost it, trying to tie all these things together. But allow me to digress.
In the cases of the first two States, short shrift will do. As in, ---Oh, let's see, --- Hong Kong, Tibet, South China Sea, and Uigher Gulag Archipelago ---all should do just fine, even for the most deluded Sinophile. And in the former USSR, workers' paradiso incarnate,--- a full 4 decades of Vlad at the helm, via a new constitution, will convince even those with severe 'BD-HDSyndrome'. The first letter has changed (Trump to Bernie). but the illness is identical, oh my dear CS lemmings..
But isn't Apartheid, fascist, VERY fascist racist, Palestine a stretch? After all, how many times do we read and hear, in the biased media, that she is the only democratic state in the Levant? Until one looks closer. Sure, some real Ur-Palestiians have the vote, but to what end of real power? Adding frosting to the cake would be the tewwowist Yishuv, the illegal ever growing settlements, their own wall, endless checkpoints, destruction of family homes after alleged terrorist violence, and much more. Now topping the list are our sometimes wrong, VERY wrong, President Trump's awful Jerusalem and West Bank policies. Yep, It's right chere, Vierko Boy criticising our hero. Suck it up, alt lefties, all. Try something similar, on your sides, you might like it. You have a long list of actors. B Hussein O, and so on.
But our one of a kind US Revolution, against King Georgie Boy's indiscretions, and the most powerful army and navy at the time, is instructive. Ah, yes, it has to do with the belief in how precious are political civic freedoms.
General George may have had his bad days, sure, keeping spirits up and deserting down, and Compte Lafayette and hommies, certainly helped a good deal. But in the end, lots of mere farm felas and their sons/dads/grand dads had to face it all, and to prevail. Crappy time to die in war, I'd aver. The TBD-HD Syndrome alt lefties will hem and haw over these truths, but who can mount valid (feaces) arguments, with my (theses) arguments here?
Somewhere deep in the human genome rests anger at being bullied about. It has burned in the hearts of Patriots since time immemorial. Connect the dots, on the three named countries. And our valiant Minutemen (and women).
Don't tread on me! Nuff said.

Will he be given the chance to break those records some more ?
I sure hope the American voters have learned from his first term
and don't give him the opportunity to do so.....again.

A few pointers if you are ever asked to describe someone.

SEX: Male or female

AGE (or apparent age): This can often be difficult to assess and witnesses of different ages may see the suspect quite differently

HEIGHT AND BUILD: Tall, short, medium height, heavy, light, stocky, skinny, athletic, chubby, fat

COMPLEXION: Skin colour, spots, scars, birthmarks, moles, warts, moustache, beard, sideburns, fresh-faced, dirty

HAIR: Colour, short or long, curly or straight, clean or greasy, receding hairline, balding, bald

EYES: Colour, glasses, cross-eyed, one-eyed

EYEBROWS: Heavy/light, missing, meet in the middle

SHAPE OF FACE: Round, square, long, thin, fat, wide, triangular

CLOTHES: Colours, garments, lettering, patches, missing buttons, shoes, boots, gloves, neat, tidy, scruffy, shoes, trainers, boots, workwear, uniform

JEWELLERY OR TATTOOS: May have names or initials showing, rings, bracelets, earrings, necklaces, badges

VOICE: Loud, soft, deep, high, accent, impediment (speech defect), breathless, angry, calm, use of words repeated, unusual use of words, intelligent, unintelligent

If you can give some of the above details, you may be able to elaborate as you form a mental picture of the person. Did he/she walk with a limp? Was he/she carrying anything? If the person ran off, in which direction?

Did you get?
did you get,
did you get,
did you get the money?

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Mitar Tarabich (1829–1899), an illiterate peasant from the small Serbian village of Kremna, experienced occasional prophetic visions. Being a religious person and having a local Serbian orthodox priest for a godfather, he told this priest about his episodes of "seeing into the future".


The priest, Zaharije Zaharich (1836–1918), wrote down everything in a small notebook, which was damaged by fire in 1943 when his family home was destroyed by the occupying Bulgarian Army. This text is now in the possession of the family of Zaharich’s great-grandson, Mr Dejan Malenkovich. Tarabich’s prophecies were literally very straightforward, unlike the prophecies of Nostradamus (1503–1566) that seem to be encrypted with the latest 1,024-bit encryption technology.


Tarabich’s best-known prophecy has to do with a series of political events in 19th-century Serbia. He predicted a sequence of events, spanning a course of decades, that eventually led to the removal of the ruling Obrenovich family from the Serbian royal throne. This prophecy came to be known in the Balkan region as "the Black Prophecy", and it played out as predicted.
You should note that Tarabich’s words are translated from Serbo-Croatian and that the translation is not necessarily in its final form. You may notice that some of the phrasing in the quotes is awkward and rough; this is an accurate reflection of his rural accent.

Tarabich’s words come from conversations with his godfather Zaharich, so you should be aware that any references to "you" or "your descendants" relate to Zaharich (the priest) specifically. When Tarabich says "us" he means the Serbs, but he does not distinguish between Croats, Serbs, Slovenians, etc. To him, anyone who spoke his language was a Serb.

Perhaps it is also important to note that we don’t really know how much of Tarabich’s prophecies was influenced by his own opinion. Some of the adjectives used to describe the people and events he saw could be a reflection of his "peasant-like" interpretation of those events (examples: intelligent, brave, honest, horrible, calamity, etc.).



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Just some info that some people might not know of.

In most countries, a record is kept of convictions and the fingerprints of people who have been convicted. Only offences punishable by imprisonment are usually recorded in this way. The police can only take your fingerprints if:
You give your consent, in writing, at a police station.

An officer of at least the rank of superintendent authorizes the procedure in writing.
Your consent is not required if there are reasonable grounds for fingerprinting.

The reasons for fingerprinting must be explained to you.

If you are charged with an offence, fingerprinting may be done without your consent.
Reasonable force may be used to take fingerprints.

REMEMBER
In some countries, including Britain, you may witness the destruction of fingerprints if you are cleared of an offence as soon as is practicable.

I live in quite a dangerous country and maybe these tips are not meant for you if you are residing in heaven?

Just some simple tips in life might help you one day who knows?

Every man, woman and child has to face a multitude of dangers in their lives. For me It's VITAL to understand the dangers at home, at work, and on the streets try to get to grips with as many as possible. Take control! The safer you make your day-to-day existence, the better able you will be (and the more time and energy you will have) to deal with major crises. How can you expect to deal with a serious health, emotional or financial set-back, if youre totally preoccupied with surviving the dangers of your own home?

Your strategy must be to avoid unnecessary risks in the urban environment and minimize the damage caused by those you cant avoid. You must develop an attitude to urban life that will help you cope with all kinds of situations.
Injury, torture and murder have been tools of certain groups, mainly to destabilize a community through fear and to deter opposition, whether the perpetrators are acting against an established government or in the name of a political cause.
Bomb attacks and assassination however tend to bring the greatest publicity. Kidnapping and blackmail may be employed even by legitate governments trying to impose their will on a minority.

DONT advertise your presence or your movements or even a wedding announcement could tell an assassin where you are going to be at a certain time.
Book hotel accommodation under an assumed name.

DONT stick to a pattern. Vary transport, times and routes to work. Avoid roadworks and congested streets. Change vehicles during longer journeys.
Make a habit of looking out of the window before leaving a building. Watch out for people loitering on foot or sitting in parked vehicles.

Glance over your shoulder frequently but unobtrusively, you DONT want to attract attention and use reflections in shop windows to see if you are being followed. To be honest I have found that once all these precautions become a habit you become more relaxed.

Be friendly with neighbours. You may need them to let you know if anyone is asking questions or taking an unusual interest in you but DONT divulge your business or movements to them. At times it helps to be vague.

Call ahead when making journeys and dont forget to call your base when you arrive.
Arrange a coded phrase to be used if you are in danger or under duress and need help. Choose an arrangement of words that can be fitted into normal conversation. It can be anything which sounds innocent eg I didnt bring a raincoat, The roads were clear, Sorry. This is a really bad connection.
When your contact hears these coded phrases he she will immediately know you need help and act accordingly.
You might think all this is silly but believe me when I say it worked for me.

If you are ever caught up in a situation that involves the police treating you as a suspect in a crime, it is good to know the basics of the laws which govern the process and of course your rights. If you can speak/understand a small amount of police language, you may be able to ask the right questions.

This is just the basics and hopefully the 'experts' on CS will pass on to greener pastures,or write their own thoughts on this if my thoughts are unsatisfactory to them.. I'm just Touching briefly on this subject and this is just a guideline.

Countries that are members of the UN must comply to their (UN) set of rules and regulations regarding Law and order with each countries modifications added to suite the specific country.. So if you are in Tswane (South Africa) or London the basics are the same.

An officer of the law may arrest you without warrant if there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an arrestable offence is being or has been committed.
OR if there are any reasonable grounds to suspect that you were about to commit an arrestable offence.
OR if you were clearly about to commit a crime that warrants an arrestable offence.

A suspect MUST be informed that he/she is under arrest and of the grounds (reasons) as soon as possible. Giving this information to you will be difficult if you are trying your best to give the arresting cop a hard time

A police officer must take a suspect to a police station as soon as possible.


A suspect has a right to inform someone (directly or indirectly) of the arrest.
A suspect may consult a attorney, but if the offence is serious, the police may delay this for 36 hours (the maximum length of time a suspect can be held without going to a magistrates court, unless suspected of terrorist activity). Its advisable that the attorney should attend any court hearing.
You dont have to answer questions. If you feel you have been wrongly arrested you have a right to say so. Whatever you say, even to claim innocence will be noted.

If the police decide to charge you, they must tell you so. You need not answer any further questions and can expect to be allowed to consult an attorney.

The suspect should be informed as to whether he/she will be released or charged or held for other reasons.
In most cases you have a right to one phone call. If this is to an anxious parent or an attorney, there should be no problem. there has been evidence that suggests that it is not always easy to make the telephone call successfully.

REMEMBER
If you are NOT under arrest but only helping with enquiries you do not have to stay with an arresting officer and you should have this explained to you. In most cases you will have no problem if you comply. You may have a real need to be somewhere else, and could arrange to visit the station at another time.

This info MIGHT just help someone somewhere some day in a small way. Who knows?

Just saying:

I pledge allegiance to no flag. I fought a total of 12 years in once one of the best military armies in the world. 10 years actively out of the 12. After that 5 more years as a PMC in different countries as Sierra Leone, Iraq. Returning to SA I was in Police intelligence for 2 years. Im no expert but survival is/was my life.
I fear No Man only God.

...In an effort to increase employment for graduates, the fees for so called humanities disciplines, compared to the STEM ones, will be more than doubled. So nursing, engineering and maths students are in the pink. History, communications, and English ones, well, not so much. Some merit involved, but.....
Should be protests galore. One more move to destroying the idea of the life value of a general studies undergraduate degree. The ancients, classicists, and middle ages academics, would be livid. Not to mention those of the enlightenment.