Beware! Somebody is watching!

**read the title and end it with purrr...leaseee and roll our eyes.**

I was on Facebook awhile ago, when I spotted a thread that got me laughing. They were discussing about Free Mason and The Illuminati and these secret societies's so called conspiracies.

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Sometimes people engage me with real world issues and how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are linked to these societies.

And then, how the Financial Meltdown that occurs every now and then are the works of these societies.

How Malaysia herself was formed due to works of these secret societies.

There's always someone working behind-the-scene they say...


It's not that I don't want to take you seriously dude, but seriously, I cannot help but laugh everytime someone wants to defend their views by presenting their points on the basis of the secret societies.

My best advice is, read a lot, do your homework before you want to even discuss such topics and present a more concrete comeback.

Because to me personally, these things are often exaggerated and the theories just got wilder every day. 


Just my personal opinion, thanks.

Iran vs America and its allies

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post entitled, a christian living among the Muslims. In that letter, I placed great emphasis on understanding and the willingness to understand other people's cultures, beliefs and customs. We cannot expect everyone to be the same like us. No, we cannot.                                                                                                 

                                 

In the case of America and her allies versus Iran, both sides just don't like one another. As simple as that. 

So, we know that there's a fight going on - Iran is still being stubborn and going ahead with its nuclear program while America and its allies are building the pressures on the country. 

What's going on at the moment?

Well, the big boys in the playground are saying Iran is suspiciously building its nuclear program for the wrong reasons, while Iran at the same, is not going to be bullied around and going ahead with that program. 

To pile the pressures on the Islamic Republic, European Union have adopted the approach of banning the purchase of oil from Iran. Iran, in retaliation, wants to close the Strait of Hormuz. (This is where a fifth of the world's crude is transported)

The EU wants to pile the pressure on Iran to get them to discuss and negotiate again regarding their Nuclear program. It's like, we are going to continue pressuring Iran until the Islamic Republic is ready to talk again...meh, sounds familiar guys? this is just classic bullying. 

But Iran, on the other hand, has been playing it cool though - saying, the world is in need of energy and yeah, we have loads of oil we know you must need!  So, that's why, to return the slap by the EU, Iran threatened to close the strait. 

And then, of course, US and Britain have warned Iran not to close the strait. What happens when it is not available - the strait I mean. Well, for one the prices of oil would shoot up because of disruption of supply caused by the closing of the strait.

Image via BBC News

So what happens next? Military strike on Iran?

You know what, just like in any standard bullying scenario, any person who has the greater resources would wield them to intimidate the inferiors. But Iran, being stubborn, would not be bullied around. 

Now this is what we seeing, both parties are unwilling to cooperate with one another and the world just let a few leaders from the two sides bickering and accusing one another. Yeah, I don't think the American or Iranian people would support any military acts. 

The Iranian's economic performance isn't doing well. So, if there's any military confrontation, would it bring any good results? aha, right...I don't think so. 

The American's economic isn't doing much better as well. What with the debt they are facing, to enter into another battlefield like Iraq is such a stupid move to take. 

This is what's happening - we simply let the fate of our world, past present future - be determined by a few selected people from the government and the people, in return, would suffer in the end. Is that fair? yeah right...

Too much ego. Too much stubbornness.

Sources via:
Foreign Policy
Sidney Morning Herald
BBC News

Cry, Koreans! Cry!

Red Hawk's Commentary: 

A while ago, I wrote about North Korea. The post was regarding the funeral of Kim Jong II and how the North Koreans cried, and I mean seriously crying. It got me thinking, wow, they seriously loved Kim. One who is not living in the country bound to wonder, why? Why - because of so many stories told of how the country is being run and the people are living in poverty, you can't blame me for being a skeptic, can you? And then, I came across another post that covered the story on the funeral and it became much more interesting after that! 


The news:

Image source: Huffingtonpost

You'd better watch out, you'd better cry. You'd better pout, I'm telling you why: North Korea's punishing insincere mourners, according to the Daily NK.

An anonymous source tells the Daily NK, a South Korea-based publication in opposition of the North Korean regime, that "authorities are handing down at least six months in a labor-training camp to anybody who didn't participate in the organized gatherings" to mourn the death of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il, and to those "who did participate but didn't cry and didn't seem genuine."

Newser reports that mourners who came off as insincere have already been sent to join the 200,000 other North Koreans already in labor camps. An Amnesty International report published in May 2011 paints a dark picture of what's in store at those camps -- estimates suggest that 40 percent of inmates die of malnutrition.

The exact number of those to be sent to camps is unclear, reports the Daily Mail, but the paper estimates it could be in the thousands.

Image source: Mirror.co.uk

Continue with the commentary: 

Come to think of it, who wouldn't cry and I mean seriously cry if otherwise you would be sent to labor camps as punishment?Now that's taking the drama to a whole different level! Can it be that they were crying not because of Kim Jong but for the sake of their lives? It's not impossible, right? 

Let's take a look at the picture above. Who didn't cry sincerely?? Report them!

News Source: via HuffingtonPost 

The US Marines pee on the dead Afghans

Red Hawk's Commentary: 

Well, sadly this doesn't really help to improve America's image abroad. With all the already bad relationships with the Middle east especially among the Muslim communities around the world, this incident would definitely not do any good. If there's one thing I know so well is today, people do seem to have the habit of an eye for an eye. And we wonder why the Palestinians - Israelis conflict never stop to fill our morning newspapers?  

The News: 

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta says a video which appears to show US Marines urinating on the corpses of Afghans is "utterly deplorable".

Those who had taken part in the incident would be held accountable "to the fullest extent", he said.

The video, which was posted online, purports to show four US Marines standing over the bodies of several Taliban fighters, at least one of whom is covered in blood.

The origin of the video is not known.

Mr Panetta has ordered the commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan, General John Allen, to investigate the incident.

In a statement, Mr Panetta said he had seen the footage.

"I find the behaviour depicted in it utterly deplorable. This conduct is entirely inappropriate for members of the United States military."

The defence secretary's statement is the latest in a round of denunciations since the video emerged.

The Pentagon says it is checking the authenticity of the video, but there is nothing to indicate that the film is not genuine.

Mr Panetta did not dispute the authenticity.

Watch the video here.
Source: via BBC

[R-P] North Korean Precision Manufacturing Develops Computer Numerical Control (CNC)

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SEOUL, KOREA — In its 2011 New Year editorial, North Korea emphasizes the need to become a powerhouse of science, technology, knowledge, and economy.  Kim Jong-eun, the designated successor to Kim Jong-il, is reputed to be a computer expert.  It is said that based on CNC (Computer Numerical Control), presented as a great achievement of Kim Jong-eun, North Korea expects great progress in science and globalization.

In general, CNC is one of the most advanced disciplines in contemporary science and technology.  CNC in machine tools is often referred to as "the mother of machinery".  It is a highly advanced, proprietary technology that only a few countries in the world such as Germany (Siemens) and Japan (Mazak, Fanuc) master. Despite this, the North Korean government openly maintains that "our CNC technology has solidly reached the world’s highest level".  Although North Korea tends to hyperbole, it is not an exaggeration given North Korea has launched satellites, indicating North Korean CNC technology is already highly advanced.

1. Status of North Korean Machine Tools

The term, machine tools for CNC, appeared in North Korea for the first time when Kim Jong-il found it on a trip for onsite training on April 29, 1995 and titled it "Ryonha Machinery". Later, "Ryonha Machinery" became a representative term that covers various advanced machine tools manufactured in North Korea. The reports revealing North Korea's current capacity to process machine tools for CNC include "the development of two-four axis standard machine tools for CNC in the 1990s, five-axis center lathe in the 2000s, and high-performance eight-nine axis machine tools for CNC" and "the development of nine-axis turning center lathe as the most advanced machine tool for CNC by Ryonha Machinery", presented by the Korean Central News Agency of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on September 11, 2010.

This means that North Korea has achieved complete independence in developing eight or nine-axis machine tools as well as five-axis tools that are already universal among advanced countries.

As of yet, no accurate materials on the current status of precision of North Korean machine tools for CNC are available in South Korea. However, an article entitled "CNC technology" on the N. Korean newspaper Tongil Sinbo from January 2010 reports that

While a precision of up to 5nm is required for high-resolution electro-optical cameras used in satellites, given N. Korea's two satellite launches in the 1980s mean its processing capacity for 100nm, North Korean machine tools has reached the world’s best that can compete with Germany and Japan.

This assumption can be confirmed from the fact that the USA selected the factory at Ryonha Machinery as a subject of sanctions. The USA has been aware of the power and level of North Korean technology for CNC for a long time. On October 21, 2005, the country selected the factory (Korea Ryonha Machinery Joint Venture Corporation) as a subject of sanctions so that North Korean machine tools could not be exported overseas and this sanction is still available.  

2. The significance of North Korean technology for CNC

As mentioned previously, CNC technology is divided into mechanical processing and automatic control technologies. It is said that currently, North Korea applies CNC technology to machinery factories such as Pyongyang Textile Machine Factory, Guseong Machine Tool Factory, Ganggye Tractor Factory, Yongseong Machine Complex, and Taean Heavy Machine Complex.

Additionally, CNC technology for automatic control has been introduced to sweets and food manufacturing bases such as Pyongyang Goksan Factory and Pyongyang Flour Processing Factory. This has removed manual labor and many companies have realized the potential of CNC processing to increase production.  Chollima Steel Complex realized CNC application reaching 10,000 tons in press.

The significance lies in that North Korea has represented CNC technology as a symbol to break free from US economic sanctions, and as a hope for independent rehabilitation.  North Korea, the subject of US economic sanctions for several decades, has independently developed the world’s most advanced technology in defiance of such sanctions and is now seeking practical gains to contribute to the improvement of its people by introducing advanced technologies to overall industries. North Korea aims to break away from US economic sanctions and become an economically sound country, as it aims to become a "powerful country" in 2012, at the100th anniversary of Kim Il-sung. The significance of development of CNC technology is that North Korean power production is gradually stabilized.

As for machine tools, the precision level of machines is important but power shall be steadily supplied for precise processing. Documentation released by the Ministry of Unification tell that North Korea has developed ‘about 1,000 small and medium-sized power plants in 1999, 130 in 2000, 80 in 2001, 40 in 2002 and several tens in 2003. The urge to build various small and medium-sized power plants for power supply seems to have contributed to solving the power shortage, leading to stable power supply sustaining the processing of machine tools. (Of course, stable power supply does not mean that the power status has changed to provide power to all areas of its society and economy sufficiently. The fact that North Korea aims to construct a light-water reactor via uranium enrichment technology implies that it has not solved the power problem fundamentally as well as its potential demand.)

The development of CNC technology also provides an aspect of the future society promoted by North Korea. In North Korea, companies try to secure CNC as can be seen from the examples such as CNC application to super-large machine tools at Taean Heavy Machine Complex and CNC application to Vinalon-manufacture processes at 2.8 Vinalon Complex. The ultimate aim is to integrate and automate all manufacturing processes, reduce physical labor, and finally accomplish unmanned manufacturing.

Hence, North Korean technology for CNC has reached the world-class level and is applied to its light industry and agriculture. North Korea says "we will revive our economy neoterically based on the most advanced science and technology rather than patching up insufficiency." How North Korean economy will change via the advanced science and technology and what roles North Korean CNC technology will play in the process deserve our attention.

This article was written by Choi Sung.

Source: www.koreaittimes.com 

North Korea - who exactly are you?

North Korea.

Often been said as the terrorist country.It's where evil stays. It's where the leaders neglect their people. But is it true though?
Well, one that got me thinking was that during the funeral of Kim Jong Il, the pictures that were posted all over the internet shows a rather, different story. (Isn't there a phrase that goes, pictures tell a thousand meanings?)

I suppose if a leader that supposedly have ruled the nation with iron-grip style for 14 years, not a single soul would come there to the funeral?

So, are these guys faking their sorrow or are they sincere tears?

doesn't seem like it though.

or perhaps,
they were ordered to come to the funeral and cry?

As tens of thousands packed into Kim Il-sung Square in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, one image from Japanese news agency Kyodo shows a funeral cortege led by a limousine carrying the departed 69-year-old dictator.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2079802/Kim-Jong-Il-funeral-Pictures-North-Korea-removed-film-crews.html#ixzz1hw224swF

but one thing that cannot go amiss, children are crying too? hmm, there's something fishy going on here lads. and we are not informed about it.

  

what do you think?

maybe.just maybe these are tears of joy!

Source:  voanews , dailymail.co.uk

Welcome Home, Michael: a Dad, a Husband, and a Marine -- Happy Holidays

Watched this video.Although I cannot directly relate to it, but i love the message that the video brought with it. :)

No place for dictators!

 (Image source: Time.com)

When V for Vendetta movie was released, we watched as the masked man brought about revolution in the corrupted Great Britain in the movie. People who were afraid at first, took up the challenge and marched against the government, as we've seen in the movie. 

Indeed, the movie was really inspiring. 

And in 2011, we've seen real revolutions took place in the Middle East. Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, were some of the countries that took part. The people's power managed to bring about the downfall of dictators and they were very firm in their stance that it is they, the people who have the final say, not the corrupted leaders. 

With facebook and twitter so much embedded in our people today, spread of information just go wild and one minute, Malaysians know about it, the next our brothers in Sweden know about it too. Whereas before it took months to reach, now it's only a matter of seconds.

Well, just so happen, the Russians are now marching for freedom. 

What can we expect to happen in 2012 though? 

Let's wait and see, shall we?

(Image source: Time.com)

Happy new year!