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不要以為官大、學問大?
下面是漂亮國的政客嘴臉!

Tales of Washington DC Airport ticket agent
一名華府機場票務員的傳奇

A DC 'airport ticket agent' offers some examples of why the US is in so much trouble! I love this as the ticket agent actually names
real names!
一名華府機場的票務員提供了一些為什麼美國現在有那麼多麻煩的例子。對於票務員能指名道姓,我愛死了!

1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol Shea-Porter) ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!)
新罕不什爾州的女眾議員波特要求要坐靠走道的位子,這樣她的頭髮才不會因為坐在窗邊而被吹亂(這是搭飛機耶!)

2. I got a call from a Kansas Congressman's (Moore) staffer (Howard Bauleke), who wanted to go to CapeTown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information, and then he interrupted me with, ''I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in Massachusetts.” Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly explained, ''Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Cape Town is in South Africa .''
堪薩斯眾議員莫爾的幕僚鮑雷克要飛往開普頓,我跟他解釋飛行時間和護照的資訊。他打斷了我說「我不是想讓你聽上去笨笨的,開普頓是在麻薩諸塞州耶。」在不顯得是他很笨的情況下,我平靜的解釋說「鱈魚角在麻州,開普頓在南非。」

His response -- click..
他的反應是~~喀哩,掛斷了電話。

3. A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state.
資深的維蒙州眾議員桑德斯打電話來,憤怒的問我們所辦理的他去佛羅里達渡假的事情。我問他他在奧蘭多的假期有什麼問題嗎?他說他要求的是一間能看到大海的房間。我解釋說奧蘭多位於佛羅里達州的中間,是不可能看到大海的。

He replied, 'Don't lie to me!, I looked on the map, and Florida is a very THIN state!!'' (OMG )
他回答「別撒謊!我看了地圖了,佛羅里達是一個很狹長的州!」(我的天!)

4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife (Landra Reid) who asked, ''Is it possible to see England from Canada?''
眾議員雷得的太太打電話來問「可能不可能從加拿大看到英國?」

I said, ''No.''
She said, ''But they look so close on the map'' (OMG, again!)
我說「不可能」。
她說「但是地圖上很近啊!」(再一次,我的天哪!)

5. An aide for a cabinet member (Janet Napolitano) once called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. I pulled up the reservation and noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, ''I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive between gates to save time.''
一位內閣閣員拿波里他諾的幕僚打電話來問他能不能在達拉斯租一輛車?我查了一下他的訂位,發現他在達拉斯只轉機停留一個小時,於是問他為什麼要租輛車?他說「我聽說達拉斯機場很大,所以我要租輛車趕去下一個機門以節省時間。」

(Aghhhh)
(啊......)

6. An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 a.m, and got to Chicago at 8:33 a.m.
伊利諾州女眾議員上個禮拜打來電話,她要知道怎麼可能她上午八點半飛離底特律,八點三十三分就抵達芝加哥了?

I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois , but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she bought that.
我跟她解釋說密西根州比伊利諾州早一個小時,但她就是不懂「時區」是什麼。最後我告訴她飛機飛得很快,這一下她滿意了。

7. A NewYork lawmaker, (Jerrold Nadler) called and asked, ''Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?''
紐約州議員納得勒打電話來問「航空公司把旅客的外型描述貼在行李上,好識別哪件行李是哪一個乘客的?」

I said, 'No, why do you ask?'
我說「不會呀,為什麼問這個問題?」

He replied, ''Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said (FAT), and I'm overweight. I think that's very rude!''
他說「當我到機場櫃台報到的時候,他們在我的行李上貼了一張『肥』FAT,而我確實過重,我認為這太不禮貌了。」

After putting him on hold for a minute, while I looked into it. (I was
dying laughing). I came back and explained the city code for Fresno , CA is (FAT - Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on his luggage..
我讓他稍等一會兒,我查一下。(我快笑死了!)回頭我跟他解釋說加州佛雷斯諾機場的代碼就是FAT(肥),而航空公司貼在他行李上的是他的目的地的標籤。

8. A Senator John Kerry aide (Lindsay Ross) called to inquire about a trip package to Hawaii .
參議員凱利的幕僚詢問去夏威夷旅行的行程。

After going over all the cost info, she asked, ''Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii ?''
到說到價錢的時候,她問「飛到加州,然後搭火車去夏威夷,會不會比較便宜?」
(夏威夷在海上,搭火車?)

9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman, Bobby Bright from Ala. who asked, ''How do I know which plane to get on?''
我剛剛放下一個選自阿拉斯加州的國會新進眾議員布萊特,他問「我怎麼知道我該搭上哪班飛機?」

I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, ''I was told
my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them.''
我問他說的是什麼意思?他說「我的航班號碼是823,但是沒有任何一架飛機上噴有823號。」

10. Senator Dianne Feinstein called and said, ''I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola , Florida . Do I have to get on one of those little
computer planes?'' I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola and fly on a commuter plane.
眾院議長范恩斯坦打電話問「我要飛到佛羅里達州的『百事可樂』市去,是不是要搭那些小小的飛機?」我問她是否要問飛往佛羅里達『潘西可拉』市,而且是搭往來上下班的飛機?

She said, ''Yeah, whatever, smarty!''
她回答「對啦,不管你怎麼說啦,你個自作聰明的傢伙。」

11. Mary Landrieu, La Senator, called and had a question about the documents she needed in order to fly to China.
洛杉磯參議員藍度問一個她要飛往中國大陸需要什麼文件的問題。

After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded her that she needed a visa.
講了很久之後,我提醒她她要簽證(visa)。

"Oh, no I don't. I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those''
她說「喔,不需要,我去過中國大陸很多次,從來不需要。」

I double checked and sure enough, her stay required a visa.
我再次查證後告訴她,她真的需要簽證。

When I told her this she said, ''Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!''
她說「我去過中國大陸四次,他們那裡收我的『美國運通卡』!」(註:英文的簽證和維沙信用卡是同一個字)

12. A New Jersey Congressman (John Adler) called to make reservations, 'I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, NewYork.''
紐澤西州眾議員艾德勒要訂機位,「我要從芝加哥到紐約州的『犀牛城』!」

I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, ''Are you sure that's the name of the town?”
我一下子不知所措,最後我問「你確定那個地點的名字是這個?」

"Yes, what flights do you have?'' replied the man.
「對啦,你們有什麼班機?」

After some searching, I came back with, ''I'm sorry, sir, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a rhino anywhere."
搜索了一會兒後,我回答他「對不起,我查了所有的機場代碼,沒有『犀牛城』的代碼。」

''The man retorted, ''Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!''
他憤怒的反駁「少笨了!大家都知道這個都市在哪裡,查一下你的地圖!」

So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, ''You don't mean Buffalo, do you?''
我趕緊在紐約州的地圖上找,最後試著問他「你說的是不是『水牛城』?」

The reply? ''Whatever! I knew it was a big animal.''
他的答案?「反正就是一個很大的動物的名字啦!」

Now you know why the Government is in the shape it's in!
現在大家知道為什麼我們的政府是這個德性了!

Could ANYONE be this DUMB?
有沒有人像他們這麼笨?

YES, THEY WALK AMONG US, ARE IN POLITICS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BREED.
有!這些人就在我們之中,還就在政治圈裡,而且他們還繼續的繁衍!

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  • Exactly, exactly. And the story behind the Intelligence League is a very simple one. After COVID ended up spreading around the United States and producing a gigantic domestic disaster, obviously, our intelligence services wanted to prove that they were not responsible for what happened, that they had provided the information to the top American leadership, which was just ignored. In other words, they wanted to get away from being blamed for the disaster. Therefore, four separate intelligence sources confirmed to ABC News that the secret report had been provided to the White House and our top leadership in November describing a potentially cataclysmic disease outbreak taking place in the city of Wuhan, China. The problem with it, the problem they ran into is then when somebody checked the timeline, they realized in November, there was no cataclysmic disease outbreak in Wuhan. At that point, according to all the available knowledge and retrospective evidence, probably a dozen or maybe 20 people were starting to feel a little bit sick in a city of 11 million. There was no way for any outside observer to possibly be aware of the disease outbreak at that point. In fact, the Chinese government itself only became aware of the outbreak at the end of December, six or seven weeks later. So naturally, the Pentagon immediately denied the existence of that report, said, you know, we don't care, four intelligence sources said that they produced the report, it never existed. However, a week later, Israeli television confirmed the existence of a report saying that report had been sent to Israel, it had been sent to all of our NATO allies in November, and it had been produced in the second week of November. Again, the second week of November was long before anybody in the world could have possibly been aware of the disease outbreak in Wuhan, except for the people responsible. It's fairly close to a smoking gun. It looks that way to me too. It's interesting, was it Esper they asked about this and he said, he said, I don't recall. Exactly. I mean, at that point, you know, again, it was an embarrassment that the report had been provided to these people and ignored until people realized that the dates proved that it was for knowledge of the outbreak in Wuhan. So in other words, it's one thing to have an embarrassment of the fact that the government ignored a report like that. It's another thing when the report proves who was responsible for the disease outbreak. And I mean, America, over the decades, America has spent $100 billion developing its bio warfare technology. America brought the Trump administration brought in Robert Cadillac, America's leading bio warfare expert in 2017. And in 2018, there was suddenly a mysterious viral epidemic that devastated China's poultry industry. In 2019, China's pig herds were annihilated. And then in late 2019, suddenly, the COVID epidemic brought up, which really raises all sorts of incredibly dark suspicions of what really happened. Do you think Trump's telling the truth that he wasn't in the loop? I definitely I don't doubt that the report might have been sent to Trump's desk. But I get the sense that Trump doesn't actually read a lot. And you have all these stories of, for example, Trump's senior officials hiding his own executive orders. He forgets about them. He would forget about them. And we were talking about administration that really was operating in a very strange way with the top figures in the administration running circles around the president ignoring the president. And I fully believe that Trump had absolutely no idea when COVID leaked back to the United States that it was an American bio warfare, bio warfare weapon that was coming to us. And that's the reason they ignored it. That's the reason his response was so lackadaisical. The perpetrators who actually were in the loop have somehow raised the alarm in such a way that the US could protect itself. Well, they did to some extent. I mean, for example, Robert Cadillac, again, our top bio warfare expert, from January to August 2019, Cadillac and his department ran something called the Crimson Contagion Exercise, in which federal and state officials in the United States planned out how they would ensure that if a mysterious virus, viral epidemic, mysterious respiratory virus suddenly appeared in China, that they would prevent it from devastating America and leaking back into China. Eight months they did it, and the virus of exactly that type suddenly appeared in China a couple of months after the end of that exercise. Now, as it turned out, the training obviously was insufficient. That's the understatement. It shows that the people involved in launching the attack against China.
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  • 放置一顆沒有剝皮的洋蔥在房間裏! 當流感造成了四千萬人死亡時,有一位醫生到各地農場去探視,看是否可以幫助人們戰勝流感。 很多農民和他們家庭感染了流感,很多人因此而死亡。這位醫生來到一家農民家。 出乎預料,這家庭的每一個人都非常健康。 醫生詢問這家的做法與其他人家有何不同,這家的妻子說她在家裏的每一個房間(那時大概也就是兩間吧)裏放置了一顆沒有剝皮的洋蔥。 醫生無法置信,因此就問是否可以要一顆洋蔥以便放在顯微鏡下觀察觀察。她就給了他一顆。醫生觀察時真的在洋蔥上發現了流感病菌。 顯然,洋蔥吸收了病菌,因此讓這家人保持健康。 如今,我從亞利桑那州我的理髮師那裏聽到類似的故事。她說幾年前她的很多雇員感染流感,她的很多顧客也是如此。 次年,她在她的理髮店裏放了幾個果盤,裏面放了一些洋蔥。令她吃驚的是,她的員工沒有一個生病的。 看來洋蔥真的起作用,故事的核心是,買一些洋蔥吧!把它們擺放在你的家裏的果盤裏。 如果你是坐辦公室的,在你的辦公室裏,或者辦公桌下面,或者在櫃子頂部放置幾顆洋蔥吧。 試試看效果怎麼樣。我們去年做了,沒有人得流感。如果這樣做可以幫助你和你所愛的人不患感冒,那就太好了。 如果你仍然得了感冒,也許會是比較輕微的症狀。 不管結果如何,你又會有什麼損失呢?除了幾顆洋蔥之外。 我把這個建議送給我的朋友。她回復說了關於洋蔥的最有趣的實驗︰我不知道那個農民的故事,但是我知道我得了肺炎。 無需說,我病的不輕。我讀到一篇文章,建議把洋蔥的兩頭切掉,插在叉子上,然後把叉子放在花瓶裏,晚上放在病患身旁。 洋蔥會因為病菌而在次日清晨變黑。 果然,事情跟文章裏說的完全一樣。 洋蔥看起來糟透了,但我卻開始好轉過來。那篇文章還談到放在屋子裏的洋蔥和大蒜在多年前的黑死病中救了很多人的命。 為了你和你所愛的人的健康請擺放一顆沒有剝皮的洋蔥吧! 記得兩頭要切掉喔! *健康文章僅供分享參考* Place an unpeeled onion in the room!   When the flu killed 40 million people, a doctor visited various farms to see if it could help people fight the flu.   Many farmers and their families were infected with the flu, and many people died as a result. The doctor came to a farmer's house.   Unexpectedly, everyone in this family is very healthy.   The doctor asked how this house was different from others. The wife said that she had placed an unpeeled onion in every room in the house (about two at that time).   The doctor couldn't believe it, so he asked if he could have an onion under the microscope. She gave him one. The doctor did find flu germs on the onion during the observation.   Obviously, the onion absorbs the germs, thus keeping the family healthy.   Today, I hear a similar story from my hairdresser in Arizona. She said that a few years ago many of her employees were infected with the flu, as were many of her customers.   The following year, she put a few fruit plates in her barbershop with some onions. To her surprise, none of her employees were sick.   It seems that onions really work. The core of the story is, buy some onions! Put them in a fruit plate in your home.   If you're sitting in an office, put a few onions in your office, or under some, or on top of the cabinet.   If it seems to help you and your loved one not to catch a cold, that's great.   If you still have a cold, it may be a mild symptom.   No matter what the outcome, what will you lose? Besides a few onions.   I give this advice to my friends. She replied with the most interesting experiment about onions: I don't know the story of the farmer, but I know I have pneumonia.   Needless to say, I am not ill. I read an article that suggested cutting off both ends of the onion and inserting it on a fork. Then put the fork in a vase and place it next to the patient at night.   Onions will turn black early in the morning the next day due to germs.   Sure enough, things are exactly the same as described in the article.   That article also used onions and garlic in the house to save many people's lives from the Black Death many years ago. The onion looked terrible, but I started to get better.   For the health of you and your loved one, please place an unpeeled onion!   Remember to cut off both ends!   * Health Articles Reasonable Sharing Reference *
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  • 當我們吃完後,一位滿頭亂髮的年輕的女侍過來收桌子。她停下來旁聽了達賴喇嘛與別人的對話,最後放下了工作,也坐了下來。過了一會兒,當沒人講話時,她對著達賴喇嘛說,"你不喜歡你面前的餅乾嗎?" As we finished, a young waitress with tangled, dirty-blond hair and a beaded headband began clearing our table. She stopped to listen to the conversation and finally sat down, abandoning her work. After a while, when there was a pause, she spoke to the Dalai Lama. “You didn’t like your cookie?” "我不餓,謝謝你" “Not hungry, thank you.” "我能,嗯,請教你一個問題嗎?" “Can I, um, ask a question?” "請啊" “Please.” "生命的意義到底是什麼?" 她帶著完全嚴肅的表情說。 She spoke with complete seriousness. “What is the meaning of life?” 在過去一周伴隨達賴喇嘛的時間裡,除了這個之外,所有可能的問題都被人過了。人們好像害怕問這個問題,這個真正的大問題。這問題一出,立即讓桌邊出現一段驚訝後的安靜。 In my entire week with the Dalai Lama, every conceivable question had been asked—except this one. People had been afraid to ask the one—the really big—question. There was a brief, stunned silence at the table. 達賴喇嘛立刻回答了她。"生命的意義就是快樂。" 尊者抬起了手指,身子向前傾,專注地回答她的問題,彷彿全世界就只剩她一人。"這不是一個困難的問題。"生命的意義到底是什麼?"這是一個很容易回答的問題","但是,什麼是"快樂",那才是一個困難的問題","金錢? 豪宅? 事業成就? 朋友? 還是..."尊者暫停了一會兒,"慈悲與善良? 這是每個人都應該試著去回答自己的一個問題 : 真正能讓你快樂的是什麼?" 尊者用他特有的強調語氣反問之後,停了下來,面帶笑容地望著她。 The Dalai Lama answered immediately. “The meaning of life is happiness.” He raised his finger, leaning forward, focusing on her as if she were the only person in the world. “Hard question is not, ‘What is meaning of life?’ That is easy question to answer! No, hard question is what make happiness. Money? Big house? Accomplishment? Friends? Or …” He paused. “Compassion and good heart? This is question all human beings must try to answer: What make true happiness?” He gave this last question a peculiar emphasis and then fell silent, gazing at her with a smile. "謝謝,"女侍說,"謝謝。" 她站了起來,把桌上剩下的杯盤清理了之後,轉身離開 “Thank you,” she said, “thank you.” She got up and finished stacking the dirty dishes and cups, and took them away. 。
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  • 英國中文僑報最近訪問在英國的習近平前妻柯玲玲,她比習大兩歲,1979-1982年結婚三年,離婚後留學英國,現任醫生和教授。這是有關習早年婚姻狀況的首次披露。1951 年出生,64 歲的柯小明(柯玲玲)是原中國駐英大使柯華的小女兒,她也是習近平的前妻。受過良好教育的柯玲玲,目前她是倫敦一家私立醫院的高級主任,也是倫敦大學亞非醫學院的客座教授。她在近日接受了英國《僑報》的採訪。 1979年柯玲玲與習近平結婚,因為價值觀與性格的不同,1982年,她與結婚三年的習近平離婚,移民英國。而那時的習近平正競選正定縣委書記,習近平毅然放棄了與柯玲玲一同移民英國的機會,並指責柯玲玲貪戀西方繁華。經多次勸說讓習近平移民無效,兩人最終分道揚鑣。與習近平離婚,你覺得後悔嗎? 柯: 在那個年代,離婚其實是一件非常重要的事情,我和習近平的婚姻很短暫,很重要的一點就是我們幾乎沒有共同點,談不上什麼後悔不後悔的。他以前是一個很執著的人,想幹一番大事業,反正好像我說的話他都聽不進去,所以我才選擇了離婚這條路。距離不可能讓我們產生現實的婚姻和感情。當時我的父親是非常反對的,他總是認為我做事很魯莽。 你們之後有聯繫過嗎?柯:在我去英國的前三年裡,他幾乎每週都打電話給我,你知道那個年代從中國打電話到英國是不方便的,中國還沒有普及電話,條件不比現在,但是我一個電話都沒有接聽過,這讓他非常傷心。我知道他也曾經試圖挽回這段婚姻,我當時是鐵了心了。久而久之,我們也就沒有什麼聯繫了。我知道他心裡還是有這份感情的。 你當時會想到習近平會成為中國的領導人嗎? 柯:沒有,完全不會這樣去想。他成為中國國家主席,我是非常替他高興的,因為我離開他的時候,他還只是個科級幹部。他是一個很有理想的人,我一直認為他很有潛能,但在當時他的潛能對我而言一無是處。 你覺得在你心裡,習近平是一個怎麼樣的人? 柯:雖然我和他在一起的時候,大部分時間我們經常發生爭吵,分歧很大,但是我還是認為他是一個正直的人。他不會像其他人一樣,昧著良心去做一些利己的事情,這是我以前非常看重他的一點。以前我認為他太過於固執,也可能是因為我們相處的時間很短暫,我對他不是很瞭解吧。現在回過頭來看,其實他做的很多事情都是對的,只是自己當年太年輕,比較容易衝動。他不是一個理想主義者,他做事是有規劃,有步驟的。我可能會更理想主義一些,畢竟女性都會喜歡懂得浪漫的男人,但是習近平不是,我很多時候覺得他過於刻板,這與我們的成長環境和教育背景有很大關係。 離婚以後的那麼多年,你們都沒有見過面嗎?柯:他還是國家副主席的時候,我們在深圳見過一次。那是我,我姐姐,還有我父親回深圳掃墓,他當時來深圳考察工作,慰問了我父親,我當時也在,他跟我們全家人握了握手,包括我。其實是很尷尬的一次會面,大概一起坐了半個小時,聊了一些東西,我只覺得他看上去老了許多。 習近平會在 10 月訪英,你有什麼期待? 柯:中國使館那邊已經透過一些管道邀請我作為英國僑界的代表參加一個歡迎宴會,他上任中共總書記三年,第一次來英國訪問,對中英兩國都是有好處的,我作為英國的華人,感到很榮幸,也很高興。 Above message in English from Google translator. British Chinese Overseas Chinese News recently interviewed Ke Lingling, Xi Jinping’s ex-wife in the UK. She was two years older than Xi Jinping, married for three years from 1979 to 1982, and studied in the UK after her divorce. She is now a doctor and professor. This is the first disclosure of Xi's early marital status. Born in 1951, 64-year-old Ke Xiaoming (Ke Lingling) is the youngest daughter of Ke Hua, the former Chinese ambassador to the UK, and Xi Jinping's ex-wife. Ke Lingling, who is well educated, is currently a senior director of a private hospital in London and a visiting professor at the School of Asian and African Medicine, University of London. She recently accepted an interview with the British "Qiao Bao". Ke Lingling married Xi Jinping in 1979. Because of her differences in values ​​and personalities, she divorced Xi Jinping who had been married for three years in 1982 and immigrated to the UK. At that time, Xi Jinping was running for the secretary of the Zhengding County Party Committee. Xi Jinping resolutely gave up the opportunity to immigrate to the UK with Ke Lingling, and accused Ke Lingling of being greedy for Western prosperity. After repeated persuasion to make Xi Jinping's immigration invalid, the two finally parted ways. Do you regret divorcing Xi Jinping? Ke: In those days, divorce was actually a very important matter. My marriage with Xi Jinping was very short. The important point is that we have almost nothing in common, so there is no regret or regret. He used to be a very persistent person and wanted to start a big career. Anyway, he didn't seem to listen to what I said, so I chose the road of divorce. It is impossible for us to have a realistic marriage and relationship with distance. My father was very against it at the time, he always thought I was reckless. Have you been in touch since then? Ke: In the first three years when I went to the UK, he called me almost every week. You know that it was inconvenient to call from China to the UK at that time. China has not yet popularized telephones, and the conditions are not as good as now, but I alone None of the calls were answered, which made him very sad. I know that he also tried to save this marriage, and I was determined at that time. Over time, we lost touch with each other. I know he still has this feeling in his heart. Did you think that Xi Jinping would become the leader of China? Ke: No, I don't think so at all. He became the President of China, and I am very happy for him, because when I left him, he was just a department-level cadre. He was an ideal guy, I always thought he had potential, but at the time his potential meant nothing to me. What kind of person do you think Xi Jinping is in your heart? Ke: Although when I was with him, we often quarreled and had great differences most of the time, but I still think he is an upright person. Like other people, he will not do some selfish things against his conscience. This is what I valued him very much before. In the past, I thought he was too stubborn, maybe it was because the time we spent together was very short, and I didn't know him very well. Looking back now, in fact, many things he did were right, but he was too young and impulsive. He is not an idealist, he does things in a planned and step-by-step manner. I may be more idealistic. After all, women will like men who understand romance, but Xi Jinping is not. I often think that he is too rigid. This has a lot to do with our growth environment and educational background. Haven't you met each other for so many years after the divorce? Ke: We met once in Shenzhen when he was the vice president of the country. That was me, my sister, and my father went back to Shenzhen to visit the grave. He came to Shenzhen to inspect work and condolences to my father. I was there at the time. He shook hands with our whole family, including me. In fact, it was an awkward meeting. We sat together for about half an hour and talked about some things. I just think he looks much older. Xi Jinping will visit the UK in October, what do you expect? Ke: The Chinese embassy has invited me through some channels to attend a welcome banquet as a representative of the British overseas Chinese community. He has been the general secretary of the Communist Party of China for three years, and his first visit to the UK is beneficial to both China and the UK. British Chinese feel very honored and very happy.
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  • Hi guys, so just a quick update from me. For those of you who don't know me, my name's John, I'm a funeral director based in Milton Keynes. I run a funeral home called Milton Keynes Family Funeral Services, and this time it is the 6th of December 2021. So what we're seeing is a large number, an unnaturally large number of deaths due to heart attack, stroke, aneurysm, and these are all as a direct result of thrombosis, embolisms in the lungs, the legs, various places that's causing these deaths. These are well documented by the local coroners, these are well documented, you know, across the country. And now I've seen more this year than I have in the previous 14, to give you an idea. I've written to the Chief Coroner of England, he isn't concerned. I've had no response for weeks and weeks, and then I've had an email from his secretary saying he's not interested. So we're seeing those deaths. The other type of death that I'm seeing, which is more distressing for me personally, is people who are getting sick now as their immune systems finally give up. So they've had the jabs maybe six, eight months ago, and it's been eaten away at their immune system, and now they're struggling to fight off things like the common cold. So we're in winter, and as you'll be aware, there are colds and flus about at this time of the year. These people can't fight it off, and the government are very quick to label it Omnichron, a new variant. You know, and they are sick, but they're sick with basic things like the common cold. Their immune systems are decimated, and if you think about it logically, much like, for example, a cancer patient. So when you get a cancer patient and they're on chemotherapy, it decimates their immune system, and one of the things that they have to be extremely careful of is because they've got no immune system, a basic common cold or a flu can kill them. And this is what we're seeing now in these jab recipients across up and down the country. They're becoming extremely ill, really, really ill. For example, I've got a couple of friends, I've known them for a long time, very intelligent guy, logical thinker, him and his wife are both in jabs. He's had one, he's had both. He's bitterly desperate now, he's desperate to get the booster because he feels so terribly ill, he thinks that will make him feel better. You know, what do you say to these people because they just won't? I'll try to explain. This is what is killing you. This is killing you. It's damaging your immune system. All you've got is a common cold. And I said to him, look, I will come over, I'll bring you whatever you need. I will kiss you on the lips because I'm in no danger of falling sick because I have an immune system that's protecting me as a guy who hasn't been jabbed. These people, you know, it was well documented on the Georgia guide stones and other places what would happen. These people are going to willingly walk over the cliff begging for more. This is why, it's because these jabs are decimating your immune system. The other type are the blood clots that are quick killers and we've seen plenty of those as well. So please, please, please, don't take any more of these jabs. It's killing you. It's killing you. And lining up for more jabs when you're desperately ill already isn't the answer. It really isn't the answer. Take a step back. Just look a little bit deeper than the BBC and Google are telling you. The jabs are what are making you ill. The Omicron is vaccine injury. They're nothing more than that. Will you believe it? I really don't know. I really don't know. Time will tell, I guess. Time will tell. But that's where we are in December of 2021. We're exactly where the scientists told me we would be. Sadly. I just hope that people listen. I hope that people listen because if they don't, they're going to get sick and they're going to die. That's the reality. You will die if you keep taking these jabs. And you know, bless you, bless you. Forgive them for they know not what they do. Never a true word spoken.
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  • 中國國家主席 習近平的父親 (See English translation below) 送給他的三句話 小時候,我是一個自私的孩子, 有什麼好的東西,我總是想到自己, 從不顧及別人的感受, 結果同伴一個個離我而去。 為此,我十分苦惱, 常常在背後指責別人的不是。 一天晚上,父親煮了兩碗麵, 一碗麵上有一顆白生生的雞蛋, 而另一碗麵看上去什麼都沒有。 父親問我,你吃哪一碗? 那時雞蛋是十分珍貴的食品, 若非逢年過節或生日,是很難吃到的, 我當然不會放過這樣的機會。 於是,我毫不猶豫地選擇了有雞蛋的那一碗。 事實上,我的選擇是錯誤的, 正當我洋洋得意地吃完那顆雞蛋時, 我驚訝地發現父親的碗底竟然藏著兩顆雞蛋, 我後悔不已,恨自己過於心急。 見此,父親微笑著對我說: 「孩子,你務必記住, **眼睛看到的未必是真實的, 想占別人便宜的人最終會吃大虧。**」 第二天晚上,父親又煮了兩碗麵, 仍然是一碗麵上有一顆白生生的雞蛋, 而另一碗麵看上去什麼都沒有。 父親讓我選擇,這一次我學乖了, 選擇了麵上沒有雞蛋的那碗。 父親默默地注視著我,一句話也沒說。 我趕緊拿起筷子,將上面的麵條扒開, 我滿以為下面會臥著兩顆白生生的雞蛋, 但很快我失望地發現,碗底除了清湯,什麼也沒有。 這時,父親意味深長地對我說: 「孩子,你一定要記住, **不要過分相信以往的經驗, 因為生活有時也會欺騙你。** 不過,你不用氣惱,也不用悲傷, 全當是一次人生體驗吧, 這是你從書本上無法學到的東西。」 第三天晚上,父親同樣煮了兩碗麵, 還是一碗麵上有一顆白生生的雞蛋, 而另一碗麵看上去什麼都沒有。 父親讓我先選,這一次我沒有貿然行事, 而是情真意切地對父親說: 「爸爸,您是長輩! 又為我和這個家庭付出了太多,還是您先選吧!」 父親沒有推辭,直接選了上面有一顆雞蛋的那碗。 我猜想,剩下的那碗肯定沒有雞蛋, 但出乎意料的是,我非常幸運,碗底臥著兩顆白生生的雞蛋。 父親抬起頭,眼裏滿是慈愛,他淡淡地對我說: 「孩子,你千萬要記住, **當你為別人著想時,好運就會降臨到你的頭上。**」 父親的話令我慚愧不已。 從那以後,我把這三句話當作了自己的人生準則,無論是為人還是處事,我首先想到的總是別人的利益,果然如父親所言,好運接踵而至,我的事業做得風生水起。 ~ 習近平 Briefly translated: President Xi Jing Peng of China said: When I was a small child , I was very selfish, always grab the best for myself. Slowly, everyone left me and I had no friends. I didn’t think it was my fault but criticize others. My father gave me 3 sentences to help me in life. One day, my father cooked 2 bowls of noodles put the 2 bowls on the table. One bowl has one egg on top and the other bowl does not have any egg on top. He said ”My child. You choose. Which bowl do u want”. Eggs were hard to come by those days! Only get to eat eggs during festivals or New Year. Of Cos I chose the bowl with egg! As we started eating. I was congratulating myself on my wise choice/decisision and wallop up the egg. Then to my surprise as my father ate his noodles, there were TWO eggs at the bottom of his bowl beneath the noodes! I regretted so much! And scolded myself for being too hasty in my decision. My father smiled and sad to me, ”My child. You must remember what your eyes see may not be true. If u intent on taking advantage of people, u will end up losing!” The next day, my father again cooked 2 bowls of noodles: one bowl with an egg on top and the other bowl with no egg on top. Again, he put the two bowls on the table and said to me, ”My child. You choose. Which bowl do u want?” This time I am smarter. I chose the bowl without any egg on top. To my surprise, as I separated the noodles on top, there was not even a single egg at the bottom of the bowl! Again my father smiled and said to me, ”My child, you must not always rely on experiences cos sometimes, life can cheat u or play tricks on u. But u must not be too annoyed or sad, just treat this as learning a lesson .You cannot Learn this from textbooks. The third day, my father again cooked 2 bowls of noodles, again one bowl with an egg on top and the other bowl with no egg on top. He put the 2 bowls on the table and again said to me, ”My child. You choose. Which bowl do u want?”. This time, I told my father, ”Dad, u choose first. You are the head of the family and contributed the most to the family. ”My father did not decline and chose the bowl with one egg on top. As I eat my bowl of noodles, Sure in my heart that there is no egg inside the bowl. To my surprise! There were TWO eggs at the bottom of the bowl. My father smiled at me with love in his eyes, ”My child, u must remember!When u think for the good of others, good things will always naturally happen to u!” I always remember these 3 sentences of my father and lived and do my business accordingly. True enough, my business was a roaring success. Xi Jing Peng
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  • MENU Nikkei Asian Review Sort by Region Nikkei Asian Review Log in Subscribe Home Spotlight Politics & Economy Business Markets Tech & Science Viewpoints Life & Arts Features Regions Log in Subscribe About Nikkei Asian Review August 17, 2017 7:48 pm JST Taiwan to discuss lithium ion battery energy storage with Tesla following blackout President Tsai Ing-wen wants to boost use of green energy DEBBY WU, Nikkei staff writer A Tesla Model S electric car is charged by a supercharger at its showroom in Taipei on August 11. © Reuters TAIPEI -- The Taiwanese government is planning to approach Tesla to discuss the feasibility of setting up lithium ion battery facilities for storing renewable energy on the island, in line with a project the U.S. technology company recently launched in Australia, a top official said on Thursday following a mass power blackout earlier in the week. The move would also chime with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's ongoing efforts to replace nuclear power with green energy. Tsai has pledged to make Taiwan nuclear energy free by 2025. Taiwan’s Minister of Science and Technology Chen Liang-gee said the government would seek to discuss lithium ion battery energy storage with Tesla. (Photo by Debby Wu) "Tesla is using its lithium ion battery technology to help Australia and California to implement smart grid and grid storage, and we can learn from them in the future," Taiwan's Minister of Science and Technology Chen Liang-gee told reporters at his office in Taipei. "We will try to check out whether there is a suitable solution...we will get in touch with them," Chen said. Chen added that the government would send a team of officials to the U.S. to talk with Tesla soon, although he would not be heading the delegation. He said that the government had not prepared a budget for such a project, although he suggested that a Taiwanese company could potentially form a joint venture with the U.S. tech company for the project. Tesla, which is also known for its electric cars, declined to comment. Taiwan was hit by a mass power outage on Tuesday, the largest by number of households affected since a massive earthquake struck in 1999. The blackout came after government-run petroleum company CPC Corporation ran into difficulties while replacing the power supply for a control system responsible for sending natural gas to a power plant. A number of tech companies in Taiwan have suffered some minor disruption to production following the outage. 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  • 今大家注意😱😱😱 ❗ ❗ ❗ ⭕ ⭕ ⭕ 坐馬桶前 先掀座墊看清楚!!!!! 3個女人不約而同 的到醫院診療。全部都出現同樣的病症:發燒,發冷,嘔吐,然後肌肉萎縮,癱瘓, 到最後死去,他們沒有特別的創傷。 研究報考顯示,他們的血液裏有毒性。這3個女人各不相識,也沒有共? P點. 過後才發現,他們都有到過Jalan Kuchai Lama(in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia)的一家餐廳用餐。那家餐廳現在已被衛生局全面封鎖了。食物,食水,冷氣,統統都檢驗過,沒有任何的發現. 直到有一天,那個餐廳的女服務員也得到同樣的症狀。他告訴醫生,她之前在放假,回來拿支票,她沒有在哪里吃喝,只是有用洗手間. 過後,他們在洗手間的坐廁盤! 下,找到一個小種的蜘蛛。那蜘蛛身上有帶雙紋。這蜘蛛具有很毒的毒性,要幾天才出現中毒的症狀。這蜘蛛喜歡隱藏在,暗,潮濕,廁所坐盤底下剛好就是它們作息的地方。 過後幾天,一名JB的律師也遭遇到同樣的症狀。臨死前,他告訴醫生說:他因做生意要在印尼起飛,在新加坡轉機。在沒有回到自己的家前,他沒曾到過那家餐廳, 只不過,他有像那3個女人的症狀,他的右屁股有被東西刺傷的痕跡。調查顯示,這飛機是從原本的印度起飛。CAB命令全印度航空搜索全部飛機的廁所,才發現到有其中4架來至不同飛機的廁所裏頭有著這蜘蛛的巢。現在相信,這蜘蛛已經蔓延到世界各地。 所以,要上公共廁所的人士要小心,打開坐廁的蓋,檢查有沒有這類型的蜘蛛。請分享這文章,可以救救別人,也可以救救自己的安全。😥😥😥 This attention to 😱😱😱 ❗ ❗ ❗, ⭕ ⭕ ⭕ sitting before lifting the toilet seat to see!!!!! 3 women bowed to hospital treatment. All the same symptoms: fever, chills, vomiting, and muscle atrophy, paralysis, and finally die, they have no specific trauma. Research candidates registered for the show, their blood is toxic. These 3 women did not know, nor a total? Point p. Later found that they had been to Jalan Kuchai Lama (in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia) of a restaurant. The restaurant has now been Board of health of a total blockade. Food, fresh water, air-conditioners, everything checked, no discovery. Until one day, the waitress got the same symptoms. He told the doctor, before her leave, returned checks, where she is not eating and drinking, just useful bathroom. After their toilet seat in the bathroom! To find a small species of spiders. The spider body with double lines. This spider has a toxicity of HIV, a few days before symptoms of poisoning. This spider like to hide in dark, wet, toilet sits just below where they rest. A few days later, a JBs lawyer also suffered from the same symptoms. Before he died, he told the doctor said his business took off in Indonesia, in Singapore. In the absence before returning to their home, hed been to that restaurant, its just that he has 3 womens symptoms, his right buttock showed signs of being stabbed. Investigations revealed that the aircraft took off from India. CAB command all Air India to search for all the aircrafts toilets, was found to have 4 of them from different aircraft toilet with this spider nest. Now believes that this spider has spread around the world. So, on to public toilets to be careful, open the toilet door, check for this type of spider. Please share this article, you can help others, can also save your own safety. 😥 😥} 😥}
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  • Welcome to the Reuters.com BETA. Read our Editor's note on how we're helping professionals make smart decisions. June 30, 202110:11 AM CSTLast Updated 2 months ago Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals U.S. Commerce chief says Taiwan's TSMC asked for help getting COVID vaccines Reuters 3 minute read U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo takes a question during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) is pictured at its headquarters, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Jan. 19, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo takes a question during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo 1/2 The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) is pictured at its headquarters, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Jan. 19, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Monday said she had spoken with the chief executive of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (2330.TW) (TSMC) and that he had asked for help getting access to COVID-19 vaccines. Raimondo told Reuters in an interview "he asked for help in that regard, he has spoken to high level officials in the White House. We have responded and we definitely want to be a good partner and I do think it's helping." Taiwan said two weeks ago it will allow officials from Taiwan's Foxconn and TSMC to negotiate on its behalf for COVID-19 vaccines. read more Mid-June the United States shipped 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan, more than tripling Washington's previous allocation of shots for the island. read more TSMC said in a statement to Reuters that they believed "getting vaccines for Taiwan would help to protect the communities and ensure normal operations." 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