Monday, January 14, 2013

How Did They Know?

   AN op within an op  with in an OP  http://georgewashington.blogspot.com/2005/08/how-did-they-know.html        

Sunday, August 14, 2005

How Did They Know?

On September 11th, none of the New York City rescue people thought any of the World Trade Centers would collapse. For example:

The battalion chief of the New York Fire Department stated "there was never a thought that this whole thing is coming down" (page 15)

The Emergency Medical Services Division Chief, in charge of planning for the Chief of Department’s office said "No one feared that the building was in any danger as a result of two airplane attacks and subsequent fires . . . ."(page 7)

A lieutenant firefighter said "I never thought the whole thing would come down"

A firefighter stated "I never expected that a tower might collapse"

A lieutenant Investigator with the Bureau of Investigations and Trials said "no one ever expected it to collapse like that" (page 18)

The firefighters killed in the towers clearly never expected that they would collapse

And no engineer in the country, including the designers of the world trade centers, thought they would collapse. Indeed, "experts said no building like it, a modern, steel-reinforced high-rise, had ever collapsed because of an uncontrolled fire" (summary is free if you register with the New York Times; full article is pay-per-view), and the twin towers were designed to survive airplane strikes.

Indeed, the 9/11 Commission Report itself states:

"They also received advice from senior FDNY chiefs that while the building might eventually suffer a partial collapse on upper floors, such structural failure was not imminent. NO ONE ANTICIPATED THE POSSIBILITY OF A TOTAL COLLAPSE" (Page 291)

"Prior to 9:59, no NYPD helicopter pilot predicted that either tower would collapse" (page 304)

"Though almost no one at 9:50 on September 11 was contemplating an imminent total collapse of the Twin Towers, many first responders and civilians were contemplating the possibility of imminent additional terrorist attacks . . . " (page 320); and

"Contrary to a widely held misperception, no NYPD helicopter predicted the fall of either tower before the South Tower collapsed" (page 321)

And yet, somehow, on 9/11, Mayor Rudy Giuliani knew in advance that the world trade center was going to collapse (see also this article).

And newly-released tapes of firefighters and other emergency personnel show that New York's Office of Emergency Management told a handful of people that the twin towers were going to collapse BEFORE any building had actually collapsed. For example, a paramedic testified that, before ANY of the world trade center buildings had collapsed, the following occurred:

John came to me and said you need to go find Chief Ganci and relay the following message: that the buildings have been compromised, we need to evacuate, they're going to collapse . . . .

I mentioned to the EMS people there, again, not knowing who they were, I said you need to get away from here, the building might collapse, we need to leave this spot . . .

I said, Steve, where's the boss? I have to give him a message. He said, well, what's the message? I said the buildings are going to collapse; we need to evac everybody out. With a very confused look he said who told you that? I said I was just with John at OEM. OEM says the buildings are going to collapse; we need to get
out . . . .

He said, hey, Pete, we got a message that the buildings are going to collapse. His reply was who the fuck told you that? Then Steve brought me in and with Chief Ganci, Commissioner Feehan, Steve, I believe Chief Turi was initially there, I said, listen, I was just at OEM. The message I was given was that the buildings are going to collapse; we need to get our people out. At that moment, this thunderous, rolling roar came down and that's when the building came down, the first tower came down”
(page 6)

And there was also warning that building 7, which was not even hit by a plane, was going to collapse. Indeed, people “waited around” for the building to collapse.

For example, right before WTC7 came down, a NYPD police officer said clear away, the whole building is "about to blow up"

A firefighter stated "They moved us back south. We ended up back up on Vesey Street and West Street and just hanging out until tower 7 came down. After tower 7 came down, we went right to work over at tower 7 to put the fires out" (page 9)

Another firefighter testified "Once they got us back together and organized somewhat, they sent us back down to Vesey, where we stood and waited for Seven World Trade Center to come down" (page 14)

A firefighter said "I don't know what happened to No. 7. I knew the building was coming down" (page 8)

A lieutenant firefighter said Basically, we fell back for 7 to collapse, and then we waited a while and it got a lot more organized, I would guess" (page 17)

A paramedic testified “Then it was about 5:00 . . . We didn't do any further because building number seven was coming down. That was another problem, to wait for building seven to come down, because that was unsecure. It was about 5:30 that building came down” (Pages 13-14)

Indeed, many news reporters, including reporters from the BBC (and see this BBC clip; BBC clips authenticated here, here, and here), CNN and other stations reported the collapse of Building 7 before it actually fell, thus strongly implying that someone informed the reporters of the collapse ahead of time.

See also this collection of evidence regarding building 7.

And if you have any doubt about the foreknowledge concerning the collapse of Building 7, watch this 13-minute video.

What if a police detective was investigating the murder of a guy named Joe, who had previously been healthy, and discovered that a suspect had said on the day of the murder "Joe will be dead within 2 hours"? The detective would believe that the suspect killed Joe, or at least conspired with those who did.

Similarly, the foreknowledge of the collapse of buildings 1, 2 and 7 – when steel-framed buildings simply do not collapse due to fire – is strong circumstantial evidence that Guiliani and some key people within New York's Office of Emergency Management -- or their superiors in the chain of command -- are guilty for the demolition of those buildings.

We've all watched enough detective shows on TV to recognize this foreknowledge as evidence of guilt.

WAR GAMES ON SEPTEMBER 11TH

http://911proof.com/9.html        games ?  drills  on all these  "events"   ???  dot's .dot's ,dot's hum -R  we seeing an pattern yet ;0

WAR GAMES ON SEPTEMBER 11TH

On the very morning of 9/11/01, five war games and terror drills were being conducted by several U.S. defense agencies, including one "live fly" exercise using REAL planes. Then-Acting Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General Richard B. Myers, admitted to 4 of the war games in congressional testimony -- see transcript here or video here (6 minutes and 12 seconds into the video).

Norad had run drills for several years of planes being used as weapons against the World Trade Center and other U.S. high-profile buildings, and "numerous types of civilian and military aircraft were used as mock hijacked aircraft". In other words, drills using REAL AIRCRAFT simulating terrorist attacks crashing jets into buildings, including the twin towers, were run. See also official military website showing 2000 military drill, using miniatures, involving a plane crashing into the Pentagon.

Indeed, a former Los Angeles police department investigator, whose newsletter is read by 45 members of congress, both the house and senate intelligence committees, and professors at more than 40 universities around the world, claims that he obtained an on-the-record confirmation from NORAD that ON 9/11, NORAD and the Joint Chiefs of Staff were conducting a joint, live-fly, hijack exercise which involved government-operated aircraft POSING AS HIJACKED AIRLINERS.

On September 11th, the government also happened to be running a simulation of a plane crashing into a building.

In addition, a December 9, 2001 Toronto Star article (pay-per-view; reprinted here), stated that "Operation Northern Vigilance is called off. Any simulated information, what's known as an 'inject,' is purged from the screens". This indicates that there were false radar blips inserted onto air traffic controllers' screens as part of the war game exercises.

Moreover, there are indications that some of the major war games previously scheduled for October 2001 were MOVED UP to September 11th by persons unknown.

Interestingly, Vice President Cheney was apparently in charge of ALL of the war games and coordinated the government's "response" to the attacks. See this Department of State announcement; this CNN article; and this previously-cited essay.

And while the government has consistently stated that it did not know where the aircraft were before they struck, this short video clip of the Secretary of Transportation's testimony before the 9/11 Commission shows that Cheney monitored flight 77 for many miles as it approached the Pentagon. How could one of the most heavily-defended buildings in the world have been successfully attacked, when the Vice President of the United States, in charge of counter-terrorism on 9/11, watched it approach from many miles away?

Moreover, a former air traffic controller, who knows the flight corridor which the two planes which hit the Twin Towers flew "like the back of my hand" and who handled two actual hijackings says that that planes can be tracked on radar even when their transponders are turned off, and that Donald Rumsfeld and the Pentagon tracked three of the four flights from the point of their hijacking to hitting their targets (also, listen to this interview).

Additionally, this diagram shows that the hijacked planes flew over numerous military bases on 9/11 before crashing. See also this essay regarding the stand down of the military; and see this war game proposal created before 9/11 revolving around Bin Laden and including "live-fly exercises" involving real planes, later confirmed by this official Department of Defense website.

Which scenario is more likely from a strictly logistical perspective:

(1) An outsider sitting in a cave defeating the air defense system of the sole military superpower; or

(2) Someone like Cheney -- who on 9/11 apparently had full control over all defense, war game and counter-terrorism powers -- rigging and gaming the system?

Remember that for the attacks to have succeeded, it was necessary that actions be taken in the middle of the war games and the actual attacks which would thwart the normal military response. For example, Cheney watched flight 77 approach the Pentagon from many miles out, but instructed the military to do nothing (as shown in the testimony of the Secretary of Transportation, linked above). Could Bin Laden have done that?

Fighter jets were also sent far off-course over the Atlantic Ocean in the middle of the attacks (testimony of Senator Mark Dayton), so as to neutralize their ability to intercept the hijacked airliners. Could Osama Bin Laden and his sent-from-the-cave band of followers have exercised this degree of control over the military? Obviously not.

And air traffic controllers claim they were still tracking what they thought were hijacked planes long after all 4 of the real planes had crashed. This implies that false radar blips remained on their screens after all 4 planes went down, long after the military claims they purged the phantom war-game-related radar signals. Could Bin Laden have interfered with the full purging of false radar blips inserted as part of the war games? In other words, could Bin Laden have overridden the purging process so that some false blips remained and confused air traffic controllers? The answer is clear.

Therefore, it is statistically much more likely that Cheney and/or other high-level U.S. government and military officials pulled the 9/11 trigger than that Bin Laden did it. At the very least, they took affirmative steps to guarantee that the hijackers' attacks succeeded.

As discussed previously, a former air force colonel and director of the Star Wars program stated "If our government had merely done nothing, and allowed normal procedures to happen on that morning of 9/11, the twin towers would still be standing, and thousands of dead Americans would still be alive.  [T]hat is treason"

Lucky Larry WTC destroyed, a multi-billion insurance compensation consoles Larry Silverstein

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Lucky Larry
WTC destroyed, a multi-billion insurance compensation consoles Larry Silverstein
"The Harbor Authorities of New York and New Jersey were the owners of the WTC. The two towers, 412 meters high, were completed in 1972 and the costs then amounted to 37 million Dollars. ... Since then the towers have become a desirable address for corporate businesses. From the completion of the buildings the entire office space had always been rented and the rents produced a great return for the owners. ... 430 companies from all over the world rented app. 3.3 million square feet office space in the WTC. More than 40,000 people were employed in the towers." --Die Welt, Berlin, Sep 11, 2001
Larry Silverstein's sharp finan-cial instinct bestows upon him an immense downpour of money. Three months prior the destruction of the WTC-towers, he leased them and increased the insurance poli-cies. He now receives more than seven billion Dollars, al-though he was not the owner.
Three months prior to the destruction of both towers the owners of the WTC leased the buildings, for incomprehensible reasons, to the Jewish real estate tycoon Larry Silverstein. Since then "Silverstein Properties Inc." took in the rent from the 430 tenants and other source income (i.e. tourist admission fees). Silverstein in return paid a leasing fee to the owners: "Only three months before the attack Silverstein signed a rental contract for the WTC. Silverstein agreed to pay over 99 years a total of 3,2 billion Dollars in leasing installments to the Port Authorities: 616 million as an initial payment and then annually 115 million Dollars. The Port Authorities remained the owners of the WTC." --Die Welt, Berlin, Oct 11, 2001.
Then the catastrophe came upon New York. On September 11, only three months after signing the lease between Silverstein and the Port Authorities, two large passenger jets crashed into the towers. Larry was lucky, that he was not responsible for liabilities towards the Port Authorities, since the disaster was an act of God. Quite the contrary happened. Larry Silverstein, despite not being the owner of the buildings, was the sole beneficiary of the insurance indemnity payments of more than 7 billion Dollars. Good for Larry that he had not forgotten to increase the insurance policies, just in time, when he signed the lease three months before the catastrophe happened: "Larry Silverstein, since July landlord of the towers, demands from the insurers 7,2 billion Dollars compensation, his speaker, Steve Solomon, said. ... The Port Authorities of New York and New Jersey, owners of the WTC, agree with Silverstein's demand." --Die Welt, Berlin, Oct 10, 2001.
The Port Authorities believe that Silverstein should get the 7,2 billion Dollar compensation instead of them, despite the fact that, as the lawful owners, should be indemified. Larry, born under a lucky star.
The following insurance companies are liable to Silverstein's compensation demand: "Chubb Corp., Swiss Reinsurance Co., Lloyd's of London, German Alliance Corp., ACE Ltd and XL Capital Ltd." --Die Welt, Berlin, Oct 10, 2001.
 
First, the WTC-leasing contract fell on his lap and only a short time later two passenger jets crashed into the towers, which prompted the 7,2 billion Dollars to rain down on Larry's head.
 
Wonderful people like Larry Silverstein have many wonderful friends. With the help of New York's Jewish mayor, Michael Bloomberg, Silverstein found new investors, who are prepared to provide the money to build a new WTC. Larry can therefore keep the 7 billion Dollars from the underwriters and put it into a saving account: "Within the next five years a new WTC could be erected on 'Ground Zero', Silverstein said after a meeting with the designated New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg." --Die Welt, Berlin, Nov 28, 2002
Who would be surprised if Larry's good-heartedness commanded him to donate a significant part of the insurance compensation to a needy Israel? The Harbor Authorities obliviously sail on the same good Samaritan wave, for they do not even want these vast pay-outs. Thus, God once more helped out his chosen people financially. The insurance companies, liable for the compensation to Larry, are to a great extent re-insured by "Munich Reinsurance Corp". What a blessing for the Germans, they are happily committed once again to contributing financial good-turns to God's own people. In order to arrange even more help, Saudi Arabia is now considered a major source of future contribution: "Saudi Arabia as America's enemy, 'the core of evil' ... We Americans will annex your oil fields and your assets in America. ... The U.S. pushes Royal Saudi Arabia, just like Iraq, Iran, Sudan and Libya into an open membership club, called the 'axis-powers of evil'." --Die Welt, Berlin, Nov 23, 2002.
After all, the entire world is happy for Larry Silverstein, whom fate poured its manna from heaven fortune upon him. First, the WTC-leasing contract fell on his lap and only a short time later two passenger jets crashed into the towers, which prompted 7,2 billion Dollars to rain down on Larry's head: "70 year old Silverstein, by leasing the WTC only in July, made the 'dream of his life come true'." --Die Welt, Berlin, Nov 23, 2002.  Who would not understand lucky Larry's sentiments, when he described the WTC-deal as the fulfilled dream of his life, despite his deep sorrow for the victims.
Whenever so many wonderful people of the Jewish faith come together and celebrate their deserved fortune, Daniel Liebeskind must never be missed out. This wonderful architect has been chosen to build Larry Silverstein's new WTC: "The architect who designed the Jewish Museum Berlin shall build the new WTC: The blueprint 'gardens of the world', by star-architect Daniel Liebeskind, was chosen to be the plan to build again on Ground Zero, the NYT and NY1-Television reported Thursday." --Die Welt, Berlin, Feb 28, 2003.
However, there were others who had the same Larry-like unmistakable instinct. Three days before September 11, some followed their instincts and began betting on falling shares of those airlines, involved in the 911 hijacking: "Trading with Sales-Options for United Airlines and American Airlines multiplied in the last three days before the attack." --Spiegel online, Hamburg, Sep 19, 2001
The attack on the WTC: no evidence, what really happened and how it happened, permitted in German courts of law

The War On Terror Spreads to Africa: U.S. Sending Troops to 35 African Nations

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/01/the-war-on-terror-spreads-to-africa-u-s-sending-troops-to-35-african-nations.html      

The War On Terror Spreads to Africa: U.S. Sending Troops to 35 African Nations

America Sets Its Sights On Controlling African Resources … And Reducing Chinese Influence

The U.S. is sending troops to 35 African nations under the guise of fighting Al Qaeda and related terrorists.
Democracy Now notes:
U.S. Army teams will be deploying to as many as 35 African countries early next year for training programs and other operations as part of an increased Pentagon role in Africa. The move would see small teams of U.S. troops dispatched to countries with groups allegedly linked to al-Qaeda, such as Libya, Sudan, Algeria and Niger. The teams are from a U.S. brigade that has the capability to use drones for military operations in Africa if granted permission. The deployment could also potentially lay the groundwork for future U.S. military intervention in Africa.
NPR reports:
[A special American brigade] will be able to take part in nearly 100 separate training and military exercises next year, in nearly three dozen African countries
Glenn Ford writes:
The 2nd Brigade is scheduled to hold more than 100 military exercises in 35 countries, most of which have no al-Qaida presence. So, although there is no doubt that the U.S. will be deeply involved in the impending military operation in Mali, the 2nd Brigade’s deployment is a much larger assignment, aimed at making all of Africa a theater of U.S. military operations. The situation in Mali is simply a convenient, after-the-fact rationale for a long-planned expansion of the U.S. military footprint in Africa.
Timothy Alexander Guzman argues:
AFRICOM’s [the U.S. military's Africa command] goal is to eliminate China and other countries influence in the region.  Africa’s natural resources is another important element to consider because it includes oil, diamonds, copper, gold, iron, cobalt, uranium, bauxite, silver, petroleum, certain woods and tropical fruits.
In a must-watch interview, Dan Collins of the China Money Report agrees that the purpose of the deployment is to challenge China’s rising prominence in Africa:
(Indeed, the U.S. considers economic rivalry to be a basis for war).
In reality – as we’ve repeatedly noted – the U.S. sends in the military to fight “terrorists” in any country which has resources we want (and see this).
And the U.S. is not shy about backing our “mortal enemies” to topple those standing between us and resources we pine for.
Anthony Carlucci argues that the overthrow of Gaddafi (largely through American support of terrorists) was really the opening salvo in the war for African resources:
LIFGSpringBoarding 1 The War On Terror Spreads to Africa:  U.S. Sending Troops to 35 African Nations

U.S. Government Claims – Just Like the Nazis – that Things Are Too Complicated and Dangerous to Disclose to the Public

 EYES    keeps    TELLING  U  "they"  ain't  OVER   there ......we's  brought  um over HERE !          ----Only  thing  left  fer um  is their dress Blacks &  Arm Bands ....& LOOK OUT  if 'n   they's  get  the upper  hand on 's  U.S.                          http://www.washingtonsblog.com/             

U.S. Government Claims – Just Like the Nazis – that Things Are Too Complicated and Dangerous to Disclose to the Public

History Repeats

In the classic history of Nazi German, They Thought They Were Free, Milton Mayer writes:
“What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if the people could not understand it, it could not be released because of national security. And their sense of identification with Hitler, their trust in him, made it easier to widen this gap and reassured those who would otherwise have worried about it.
“This separation of government from people, this widening of the gap, took place so gradually and so insensibly, each step disguised (perhaps not even intentionally) as a temporary emergency measure or associated with true patriotic allegiance or with real social purposes. And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter.
Similarly, America has – little by little – gone from a nation of laws to a nation of powerful men making laws in secret.  Indeed, even Congress doesn’t know half of what others are doing.
Secretive, unaccountable agencies are making life and death decisions which effect our most basic rights.  They provide “secret evidence”  to courts which cannot be checked … and often withhold any such “evidence” even from the judges.  For example:
“I find myself stuck in a paradoxical situation in which I cannot solve a problem because of contradictory constraints and rules — a veritable Catch-22,” the judge wrote. “I can find no way around the thicket of laws and precedents that effectively allow the Executive Branch of our Government to proclaim as perfectly lawful certain actions that seem on their face incompatible with our Constitution and laws, while keeping the reasons for their conclusion a secret.”
The government uses “secret evidence” to spy on Americans, prosecute leaking or terrorism charges (even against U.S. soldiers) and even assassinate people.
And the government goes after whistleblowers … and reporters who say too much (and see this).
U.S. government spokesmen pretend – just as the Nazis – that:
  • The situation is so complicated that the government has to act on information which the people could not understand
  • It is so dangerous that, even if the people could not understand it, it could not be released because of national security
As FireDogLake notes:
Like the iron fist of the Nazis … Americans must submit to “roving surveillance” and warrantless searches, without the requirement of a Judge’s authorization. Surveillance laws are part of a larger arsenal of weapons against political dissidents and whistle blowers.
Most Americans don’t know the Patriot Act authorizes secret charges relying on secret evidence and secret grand jury statements. Under the Patriot Act, Americans have no right to know who has accused them of what criminal activities, or the dates of the alleged offense.
They’re not even told what law was broken. The government has power to lock up Americans on military bases or other prisons without a hearing or trial. We can be detained indefinitely without any rights of due process at all.
Indeed, the American government appears to be following the Nazi playbook.  The U.S. government – like the SS – may label anyone who disagrees with government policy as crazy or a potential terrorist … and is claiming more tyrannical powers that even Hitler claimed.
And Benjamin Ferencz – a former chief prosecutor for the Nuremberg Trials against the Nazis – declared:
A prima facie case can be made that the United States is guilty of the supreme crime against humanity — that being an illegal war of aggression against a sovereign nation.
See this, this, and this.
All of this happened in Germany – as in America today – because the governments whipped up so much fear of attack by demonizing the enemy and declaring an open-ended war that people became complacent and stopped thinking for themselves.
As Mayer notes about Nazi Germany, people were too apathetic or scared to stand up for others:
Pastor Niemöller spoke for the thousands and thousands of men like me when he spoke (too modestly of himself) and said that, when the Nazis attacked the Communists, he was a little uneasy, but, after all, he was not a Communist, and so he did nothing; and then they attacked the Socialists, and he was a little uneasier, but, still, he was not a Socialist, and he did nothing; and then the schools, the press, the Jews, and so on, and he was always uneasier, but still he did nothing. And then they attacked the Church, and he was a Churchman, and he did something—but then it was too late.”
The same is true in modern America.
Mayer points out:
“You see,” my colleague went on, “one doesn’t see exactly where or how to move. Believe me, this is true. Each act, each occasion, is worse than the last, but only a little worse. You wait for the next and the next. You wait for one great shocking occasion, thinking that others, when such a shock comes, will join with you in resisting somehow. You don’t want to act, or even talk, alone; you don’t want to ‘go out of your way to make trouble.’ Why not?—Well, you are not in the habit of doing it. And it is not just fear, fear of standing alone, that restrains you; it is also genuine uncertainty.
***
“But the one great shocking occasion, when tens or hundreds or thousands will join with you, never comes. That’s the difficulty. If the last and worst act of the whole regime had come immediately after the first and smallest, thousands, yes, millions would have been sufficiently shocked—if, let us say, the gassing of the Jews in ’43 had come immediately after the ‘German Firm’ stickers on the windows of non-Jewish shops in ’33. But of course this isn’t the way it happens. In between come all the hundreds of little steps, some of them imperceptible, each of them preparing you not to be shocked by the next. Step C is not so much worse than Step B, and, if you did not make a stand at Step B, why should you at Step C? And so on to Step D.
The same is happening to Americans today.
Fascism also happened in Nazi Germany because the taxpayers became responsible for the debts of big corporations, and the corporate sector and authoritarian government worked hand-in-glove.  The same is happening in the U.S. right now.
No wonder numerous Holocaust survivors have warned that they see many parallels between the U.S. and Nazi Germany.

It’s Not Like on TV: “80% of Korean Men Without a Car and Home of Their Own Never Find Love”

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It’s Not Like on TV: “80% of Korean Men Without a Car and Home of Their Own Never Find Love”

 
As Korean culture becomes ever more popular throughout the world, with Korean romantic dramas in particular finding millions of fans in Asia, it may come as a shock to some that “cars and property” are listed by many Korean women as two of the most important factors when looking for love.
During a “Korean Drama special” version of a popular dating show that aired in China last week, fans of Korea’s heartwarming love stories had their dreams smashed by Korean men and women who gave their honest opinions of the state of love and romance in their homeland. Rather than handsome young men in suits plucking plain-faced girls from the crowd or rogueish artists finding love with the understanding girl next-door, cash, cars and cribs factored into the equation for more than Chinese audiences had been led to believe, filling the studio with gasps and the sound of broken dreams scattering across the floor...

“The reason I was dumped by my last girlfriend,” a strapping young Korean man told the Chinese audience, “was that I didn’t have a car and a home of my own. Her parents were completely against us being together.”
Ouch! As a man who proposed to his wife when he was getting by on just US$900 a month from part-time jobs, I don’t think I’d have been so lucky had I been living in Korea…
According to Record China, an estimated 80% of Korean men lacking the necessary assets find it difficult to find a wife, with most men working desperately throughout their twenties in order to save the cash required to put themselves in the running.
But it’s not just the women who are all about the money, according to the TV show’s guests:
“Unlike in the dramas, it’s rare for Korean men to treat their ladies to dinner; usually when we eat out, we split the bill or pay just for what we each ate.”
Wait? So no roses on the table and young men in designer suits handing over their platinum credit cards at the end of the meal? Needless to say, the Chinese TV show’s audience were left feeling rather forlorn when they heard that their neighbours to the south weren’t quite the romantic gentlemen the dramas had led them to believe.
▼The dating show sees contestants venture shockingly honest opinions

According to the men and women on the show, the reason why so many of the handsome, rich single male characters in Korean dramas are well into their 30s is entirely because it takes so much time for them to amass enough wealth and material possessions required to check every the box on Korean women’s list of “must haves”.
Since military service is still mandatory for all able-bodied males in South Korea, young men find themselves in a position where they can consider- not to mention be considered eligible for- marriage later than males in many other countries. Having served in the army, studied at university, found a job and saved enough cash to buy the necessary equipment, it’s little wonder that many Korean men remain single for longer.
But what about those men who are born into riches? Surely Korean women are able to bag themselves a hottie with the car, house and designer clothes while he’s still young?
“The recurring theme of an average-looking woman being fought over by two rich, handsome men would never happen, sorry,” tells another guest, breaking day-dreaming housewives’ hearts across the continent. Even worse, apparently Korean men are far more “traditional” in their approach to marriage, and, once settled down with a woman and having started a family, often leave all the domestic chores to their wives, rarely lifting a finger to help.
After reading this article, I ran the opinions given by the TV show’s guests by a Korean friend of mine studying here in Tokyo.

On the subject of stingy dinner dates, my friend felt that her country’s men were being unfairly portrayed, saying: “In my experience, Korean men are very generous when it comes to treating girls on dates. They’re not all that careful with their cash!”
But is it really true that women value money and material possessions that much!? And do Korean women really have to do all the housework while their man brings home the bacon?
“I think it’s true that Korean women analyse men and work out how wealthy or successful they are when they first meet them. For example, if a friend of mine offered to set me up with someone and they told me he’d be a good long-term match, I’d probably ask ‘Does he have a car?’ straight away LOL As for household chores, I think Japanese men are more likely to help out around the house. It’s rare for Korean men to play an active role at home, so I think the opinions expressed on the show were on the whole pretty accurate!”
Hear that, China? Those ideal Korean men might not be as perfect as the TV shows suggest. Besides, as our writer Yoshio pointed out last month, surveys suggest that Chinese ladies could find the man of their dreams far closer to home than they might expect.
I suppose the grass is always greener on the other side, right guys?
Source: Livedoor News
Title image (C) Fox edited by RocketNews24
Inset image: Record China

The Mine Kafun — An Amazing Invention That Could Save Lives And Make the World a Safer Place

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The Mine Kafun — An Amazing Invention That Could Save Lives And Make the World a Safer Place

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We all know that life can be cruel, but few things in this world are crueller than landmines that can indiscriminately maim or kill innocent civilians, young or old, decades after they’ve been planted. If ever you needed proof of human foolishness, you only have to think about the countless hidden landmines still buried in different parts of the world, perhaps long forgotten by the people who planted them, but still as capable as ever of maiming or killing unsuspecting victims.
Sadly, mines continue even today to be very much a real threat. In Afghanistan, it is reported that roughly one million people live within 500 meters (about 1/3 mile) of areas suspected of containing land mines and that more than 40 people each month lose their lives to these concealed but deadly contraptions. The tragic, needless loss of life is truly horrifying to think about. But now, there’s a new device that may make a huge difference in improving the situation. It’s called the Mine Kafun, and don’t let its somewhat futuristic yet simple appearance deceive you — this gadget could be a very effective and inexpensive weapon in mankind’s efforts to rid the world of landmines.
The Mine Kafun, still in its prototype stage, is a creation of Afghanistan-born designer Massoud Hassin. The body is made from biodegradable plastic and bamboo, and it costs just about 40 Euros ($53) each to make. Considering that clearing a single landmine using conventional methods costs more than $10,000, you can see how from a cost point-of-view alone the device holds enormous potential.
The structure and mechanics that make the Mine Kafun work are also impressive. The device moves by wind power and is light enough that it can be moved around naturally by the wind, but has enough weight to detonate any landmines it rolls over. The device can be assembled on site, then left to roll, so the process doesn’t seem too complex. What’s even better is that one Mine Kafun has the potential to destroy 3-4 landmines before it stops rolling, since it only loses one or two of its legs with each mine it sets off. It even contains a GPS chip so that you can track where the device has been and how many landmines have been destroyed in a particular area, providing helpful information on where the safest paths to walk may be.
Hassani says that he got the idea for the device from the hand-made racing toys he used to play with in the desert as a child. Hassani himself lost his father in an attack during the civil war in Afghanistan while still very young. He then escaped the country when he was 14 and eventually settled in the Netherlands after living briefly in Russia and Pakistan.
Naturally, Hassani hopes that his invention raises international awareness on the serious issue of uncleared landmines, and his conviction is clear when he says “Every destroyed land mine means a saved life and every life counts.”
You can see the Mine Kafun in action in this promotional video :
Seeing this object rolling through the sands in a desert like something out of a Sci-Fi movie leaves quite a visual impression, doesn’t it? Not surprisingly, Hassan’s invention and efforts have attracted a significant amount of attention in the media and also at various international design festivals.
To turn this prototype into a working machine, the team is currently raising funding for further development on Kickstarter  so that the Mine Kafun can be used in actual minefields. They have apparently already reached their goal of £100,000, but they are still taking pledges from people willing to donate to the cause until January 17th.
To be fair, it seems there are some people out there who have expressed concerns that a simple device like the Mine Kafun that is moved haphazardly by the wind cannot be used to systematically remove landmines and that it can be dangerous to rely on such a device to “clear” an area and deem it safe for people to enter.
But I for one would really like to wish the team behind the Mine Kafun the very best in their efforts to improve their invention, because we certainly need all the help we can get in making the world a safer, more peaceful place.
Original Article by: Kuno Kurosawa
Source: kickstarter.com(http://goo.gl/D9jtE
If you’re interested, you can also read a story on the Mine Kafun featured on CNN here.
▼Start the Mine Kafun rolling in a mine-infested area
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▼The Mine Kafun sets off a landmine…
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▼…and still keeps going!
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▼It’s easy enough for children to assemble
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▼The designer, Massoud Hassin
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▼The kind of toy and games that inspired the Maine Kafun design
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3D-printed 30-round AR magazine brings us ever closer to a fully 3D-printed gun

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/145664-3d-printed-30-round-ar-magazine-brings-us-ever-closer-to-a-fully-3d-printed-gun             Y is it we fucking humans ..have 2 turn everything  in 2  weapons ?

3D-printed 30-round AR magazine brings us ever closer to a fully 3D-printed gun

3D printed AR magazine

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If you’re a fan of a science fiction or perhaps a post-apocalyptic future where roving gangs overthrow traditional government because it’s so easy to get weapons, you might be following the progress of the first fully 3D printed gun. An entire, working gun hasn’t been printed just yet, but now that a 30-round AR magazine has been successfully 3D printed, manufacturers are making significant progress.
The first 3D-printed gun was created by AR15.com forum member HaveBlue. It was a pistol, and consisted of a 3D-printed receiver, with a fully metal upper area, such as the barrel. The receiver is actually what legally constitutes a firearm, so in the eyes of the law, that’s a “real” gun. After HaveBlue’s gun made the rounds, another company, Defense Distributed (DefDist), began 3D-printing gun parts. The team has already 3D-printed the receiver of an AR-15 assault rifle, and subsequently tested it to failure. As we previously noted, the rifle only survived for six shots, but that’s pretty impressive for a 3D-printed gun made of plastic.
Interestingly (and somewhat frighteningly), DefDist’s goal is to create what it calls a Wiki Weapon — a fully downloadable and printable gun — stating that people have the right to bear arms.
Now, DefDist has created a 3D-printed 30-round AR magazine. The magazine was printed out on an Objet Connex26 using transparent VeroClear printing material in order to show the magazine’s round count and feeding action. DefDist noted that the final printed product wasn’t perfect, as “practically every component” had to be shaved at least once. The test wasn’t a completely smooth success, but the team managed one trial that shot about five rounds before failure — not so bad for a first run.
The biggest problem seemed to be feeding the gun, so to make that go over more smoothly, the team added graphite to the inside of the magazine’s body, modified the mag catch slot, and sanded the unit once again. The final result was a 3D-printed magazine that survived for 50 rounds, and remained intact afterward. DefDist says that though the magazine was beginning to warp from the heat, it could easily last beyond 100 rounds.
Reports suggest prices for traditional magazines are up five times from their standard price, so perhaps a cheap, somewhat disposable 3D-printed alternative could provide some kind of solution, or at least satiate the need of gun owners.
There have been some bumps in the road on the way to the first fully 3D-printed gun. Printers were making strides, but one of the most prominent companies, MakerBot, pulled the blueprints for all 3D-printed gun parts from its site in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting. Not quite a death knell for the 3D printing of guns, as DefDist has just shown, but losing such a prominent company and its available plans will slow down progress a little bit, as well as add a stigma that could scare off some printing enthusiasts.
So far, people have 3D-printed the receiver, and now the magazine. We still haven’t heard any word about a 3D-printed gun stock (we’ve reached out to DefDist regarding this), though we imagine it wouldn’t be too difficult to print one of those once recoil pressure is accounted for. The biggest challenge would most likely be the barrel, as that’s the piece that bullets actually hit, but the rate DefDist is progressing, we might see a 3D-printed gun barrel sooner than we think.

DefDist Printed AR Mag - Part II http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q10Jz2qIog8