It's Happening!
FIRST Anti-Trump Liberal Celeb Moves Out Of U.S.
– But Look Where They Moved To!
Most of us completely ignored the political affiliation of singers and actors before President
Trump.
Now actors, singers, businessmen and everyone in between are required to take sides and
for the record, they might give you two options, but there's only one right answer.
If you've been waiting with bated breath to see which liberals would actually follow through
and leave the country, we have good news; the first alt-left never-Trumper Madonna is
the first to make an exit.
On Saturday, Madonna treated her fans to three major announcements between two posts on Instagram.
What's to come: On Saturday, Madonna, 59, treated her fans to three major announcements
between two posts on Instagram The first photo was a drawing of a person standing on two
tree stumps, legs spread over a boat in the ocean.
In another snap, the Vogue singer showcased a kitchen filled with multiple hanging baskets.
Reason?
A spokesperson for the singer told the AP that 'the singer said she fell in love with
the country after ending a tour there in 2004' Reason?
A spokesperson for the singer told the AP that 'the singer said she fell in love with
the country after ending a tour there in 2004' A spokesperson for the singer told the AP
that 'the singer said she fell in love with the country after ending a tour there in 2004.'
As for the movie the star's directing, it's called Loved.
In a previous interview with Harper's Bazaar, the singer shared why she decided to be a
part of the movie.
' Making movies: As for the movie the star's directing, it's called Loved.
Madonna is one of many liberal icons who said that they'd leave the country if President
Trump was elected, but here we are, 9 months into his Presidency and stars like Rosie O'Donnell
and Whoopi Goldberg are still toting their American passports and tormenting Americans
with their anti-Trump rhetoric.
Perhaps they'll all take note of their buddy Madonna and make a graceful exit before the
do any more damage to our already divided country.
Madonna may not have intended to make this a great thing for anyone other than herself,
but conservatives everywhere are bound to take heart that the President is indeed making
America great again, just by who he's running off.
So we say bon voyage to the pop singer who hates America, and may she invite many of
her liberal friends to come visit and maybe even keep them there indefinitely.
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Ex-U.S. Ambassador to South Korea says more work with China needed amid 'serious crisis' over nukes - Duration: 2:09.
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'More gift packages for U.S.' N. Korea threatens with additional aggression - Duration: 0:39.
Directly countering international criticism of its sixth nuclear test, Pyongyang pledged
further aggression... should Washington continue to tighten the noose around the regime.
At a UN Conference on Disarmament, Han Tae Song...
North Korea's ambassador to the UN described the recent nuclear test as a self-defense
measure, and a gift package addressed to Washington.
He said quote "the U.S. will receive more gift packages from Pyongyang.... as long as
it relies on reckless provocations and futile attempts to put pressure on North Korea."
Han added pressure or sanctions will never work, and that the regime will never, under
any circumstances, put its nuclear deterrence on the negotiating table.
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How Rubber Gave Us Sports - Duration: 4:48.
This video is sponsored by the Rubber Division of ACS.
Watching your favorite team throw the pigskin around is an autumn weekend ritual -- but
there's something they don't want you to know.
As much fun as some people have watching guys in tights fight over who gets to hold a weirdly
shaped hand-egg, they're LYING to you.
That's right -- footballs aren't made of pigskin(1).
Instead, sports balls of all varieties owe their resilience and reliability to an unusual
polymer, one whose derivatives and spinoffs are everywhere you look, from cars to shoes
to rocket fuel.
Yes, rocket fuel.
Meet the all star's best friend: Rubber.
For hundreds of years, indigenous peoples of Central and South America like the Olmecs
have known that you can extract a stretchy, bouncy substance from the sap of certain trees,
most notably Hevea brasiliensis.
This is natural rubber latex.
The sap contains polyisoprene, which is processed into natural rubber, or dried and used as
latex for things like surgical gloves.
The polyisoprene strings are springy and flexible, giving rubber its stretchy properties.
Natural rubber has some flaws.
It flows readily at high temperatures and becomes rigid when it's cold.
That's because the long strings of polyisoprene are free to flow past each other inside the
rubber, so they can ooze or solidify like any other substance.
Charles Goodyear found in 1839 that adding sulfur to rubber, then heating the mixture,
causes a chemical change to take place.
Atoms of sulfur form bridges between the polyisoprene chains, linking them together.
They can no longer drift past each other.
The flexible polyisoprene and tough sulfur cross-links strike a balance between flexibility
and rigidity that are the key to rubber's bouncy, stretchy properties.
It can deform, but return to its original shape time and time again.
Like stretch armstrong.
Remember him?
When rubber became temperature-resistant, aka 'vulcanized', that was its chance
to take over the world.
Not only was it suitable to be made into tires; it could also be used to make engine turn
belts and seal up gaps, even at high heat.
Yup, rubber totally made cars a thing.
But its cultural awesomeness doesn't end there.
Most rubber these days isn't derived from trees.
There are dozens of kinds of synthetic rubber, and even more kinds of not-rubber-but-still-kinda-stretchy-and-useful
materials, made from petroleum.
One kind of synthetic rubber, polysulfide rubber, or Thiokol is even used to bind rocket
fuel together.
But back to sports, because we know that's what you really watch science videos for.
Most of your good ol' sports balls are going to have some rubber in them, or one of those
similar stretchy substances.
Footballs contain an air bladder made of polyurethane, surrounded by leather made from cows -- not
pigs.
Originally, footballs were probably made of animal bladders, which might actually have
come from pigs -- but that's still not their skin.
Rubber and then urethane replaced the bladders -- to the pigs' relief.
And while rubber or urethane holds its shape, animal bladders don't.
It's possible that the pointed shape of modern footballs is just because the animal
bladders were so wonky they gave up on trying to have a round ball.
How much rubber is in the ball affects what it can do.
This tennis ball is filled with air, which is easily compressed, so it smushes flat when
it bounces.
The rubber snaps the ball back into shape, but that requires energy.
So some of the energy the ball had on the way down is lost on the way back up.
A super ball, on the other hand, is one giant chunk of polybutadiene-- another synthetic
rubber.
And the whole thing is vulcanized.
The tough sulfur bridges prevent the ball from losing its shape too much, and most of
the energy carries over to the next bounce.
Basketballs bounce much like the tennis ball, but the NBA apparently favors natural rubber
and leather.
And baseballs need to fly when you hit them, but not so far that every hit is a home run.
So while they have a rubber core, it's wrapped in string to deaden the bounciness a little,
then in leather for grip.
So there you have it: All your fave sports rely on rubber,
or rubber-ish things, to make the play.
And you need rubber to drive to the ball park and rubber to fly to space to watch space
volleyball.
I made that one up, but how dope would that be?
Thanks to the Rubber Division of the ACS for making this video possible.
Engage with them at rubber.org to learn more about elastomer science, and to find out how
to become part of this community.
Sound off in the comments, and be sure to hit like and subscribe as you're scrolling
down.
See you out there, sports fans.
And hey, thanks for watching.
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Juan Martin del Potro is contending again - US Open 2017 - Duration: 5:57.
Juan Martin del Potro is contending again - US Open 2017
Juan Martin del Potro, seeded 24th, looked dominant on Saturday in taking out No. 11 seed Roberto Bautista Agut, firing 14 aces, 38 winners and taking his third straight match without dropping a set.
But while del Potro looked in control throughout, it was in his post-match, on-court interview that the 28-year-old, whose career has been repeatedly sidelined by a series of debilitating wrist injuries, revealed just how emotional this run has been.
When you get older I think you be more patient for everything, he said. I just want to play tennis.
I had too many problems with my wrists a few years ago, but now I have the chance to play here in New York. I love to play this tournament. I love to be here in New York.
He then addressed the crowd more directly, referencing last years loss to Stan Wawrinka, when the crowds overhwleming support led to him breaking down on court: I love you guys. You support me, here in New York.
I dont want to cry this year, so well finish the interview here.. Even before these heartfelt remarks, its been clear for a while the US Open has been a special place for del Potro. At the age of 21, ranked No.
6 in the world and an up-and-coming star on tour, del Potro won his first and only Grand Slam title in New York, taking out Rafael Nadal in the semis and five-time defending champ Roger Federer in the final to become the first player ever to beat both in the same major.
Even last year proved something of a career highlight for the Argentine, when del Potro, ranked just No.
142 and a wild card in the tournament, marched all the way to the quarters, becoming the lowest-ranked player to the reach the final eight in New York since 1991.
But while hes had plenty of success in the Big Apple, including a run to the quarters in 2012, del Potro doesnt take anything for granted. These days, hes just happy to be playing – anywhere.
Shortly after winning the Open in 2009, del Potro suffered the first wrist injury, which limited him to just three tournaments in 2010.
He also missed most of the 2014 and 2015 seasons due to wrist injuries, competing in a total of just six tournaments. Hes had four wrist surgeries in all, one on his right wrist and three on his left.
As a result, del Potros ranking was mired at No. 1,045 as recently as February 2016. While his run to the quarters last year helped get his ranking back into the Top 100, his issues with his wrist are ever-present.
Hes altered his appraoach to backhands, going with the slice on most occasion, rather than using his double-handed stroke and hitting over the ball, to limit the chance of causing further damage to his left wrist.
Considering the limitation, its remarkable how dominant del Potro can still be, having honed a laser-like slice backhand that stays low and help set up his forehand, still one of the biggest in the game.
Limitation or not, del Potros ease in taking out Bautista Agut on Saturday proved that hes a legitimate contender again at this years Open.
In his next match, in the round of 16, the Argentine will face his biggest test so far, taking on the No. 6 seed Dominic Thiem of Austria, who at age 24 is one of the games top young players.
He has everything to win the match, del Potro says about Thiem and their round-of-16 encounter. Hes the favorite for the match. But I like to play him in this tournament..
Del Potro has beaten the Austrian in both their previous meetings, most recently in the fourth round here last year, when Thiem retired in the second set because of a knee injury.
But Thiem has looked sharp at the Open this year, having dropped just one set in his first three matches. Del Potro has also only recorded one win this year over a Top 10 player, taking out then-No.
9 Kei Nishikori on the way to the quarterfinals in Rome. But, this being New York, del Potro is certainly feeling confident going in.
Im getting good energy from the crowd in every match, he said about the prospect of playing Thiem. Im feeling every day much better with my game..
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USA vs North Korea: This is the US military arsenal poised to WIPE OUT Kim's threat - Duration: 7:38.
USA vs North Korea: This is the US military arsenal poised to WIPE OUT Kim's threat
After 's UN envoy said the country would never bow down to international pressure and give up its nuclear weapons program, diplomatic means of addressing the hostilities appear to have been sidelined in favour of military action.
's UN ambassador Nikki Haley and the President himself have said "the time for talk is over", despite China, Russia, and other members of the US administration claiming dialogue remains the main aim.
The US military has a huge presence in the area around North Korea, particularly in Japan and increasingly close allies South Korea.
There are almost 40,000 US troops serving in Japan, more than in any other country, and earlier this year the US Air Force lined up a huge array of helicopters, tactical fighter jets and surveillance aircraft in a show of force aimed to intimidate Kim Jong-un.
Among the aircraft were HH-60 Pave Hawks, a twin-turboshaft helicopter primarily used for the insertion and rescue of special operation personnel. The aircraft's versatility makes it incredibly useful in other operations too, including civilian rescue and disaster relief.
The F-15 Eagles, America's twin-engine, all-weather tactile fighter jets, are also stationed in the region and are among the most successful modern fighters, with over 100 victories and no losses in aerial combat.
Also headquartered in Japan is the Seventh Fleet, the largest of the US navy's deployed sea forces.
The flagship carrier is the USS Ronald Reagan, a nuclear-powered aircraft supercarrier that forms part of "the most effective and agile fighting force in the world". .
Also in the fleet are up to 14 destroyers and cruisers at any given time, some armed with ballistic missile interceptors.
A collection of long-range Tomahawk land missiles, which made headlines earlier this year when President Trump fired 59 of them at an airbase in Syria, joins the arsenal.
As if that wasn't enough, there are also 12 nuclear-powered submarines available should war break out.
South of the demilitarised zone (DMZ), the US has 23,468 troops at 83 different sites as well as hundreds of tanks and armoured vehicles, meaning there is always a heavy military presence should North Korea decide to launch a land attack.
There is also the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system, which, despite criticism from Beijing and Pyongyang, is ready and waiting to intercept missiles and destroy the incoming projectiles while in mid-flight.
Guam, the US territory that Kim Jong-un has threatened to fire four ballistic missiles towards, is also host to a huge military presence. Much of the island is controlled by the armed forces and the Andersen air base hosts a range of bombers, resulting in Guam being dubbed a "permanent aircraft carrier".
Among the aircraft at the base are B-1B bombers, B-52 bombers and F-35B stealth fighters, some of the US Air Force's most impressive jets.
The B-1B bomber is heralded for its survivability and although initially designed to carry nuclear arms, it was converted to carry more conventional weaponry after the Cold War.
The US is believed to have at least six B-1B bombers stationed in Guam and is best suited to a 'medium threat environment', rather than a heavily defended airspace.
Speaking about plans for a possible preemptive strike on North Korea earlier this month, retired Admiral James Stavridis told NBC News: "The B-1b has also been selected because it has the added benefit of not being able to carry nuclear weapons. "Military planners think that will signal China, Russia, and Pyongyang that the US is not trying to escalate an already bad situation any further. The B-52 was first introduced in 1955 and was originally designed to carry nuclear weapons during the Cold War.
It remains one of the most superior aircraft in the US Air Force. The long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber is capable of carrying more than 30 tons of weapons.
The aircraft's fearsome appearance and reputation has resulted in the nickname BUFF, which stands for Big Ugly Fat F*****. The US also maintains a smaller presence in other countries in the region, including Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines.
US military aircraft use Thai runways while the US Navy will operate four warships out of Singapore by next year.
Tensions have been stepped across the region over recent days following North Korea firing a test missile over Japan. The provocative action saw South Korea and US forces drop bombs on the border of the hermit state.
Earlier today France warned the situation was extremely serious. Foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned a nuclear strike on Europe was possible and said a world war could erupt in months.
He said: The situation is extremely serious. we see North Korea setting itself as an objective to have, tomorrow or the day after, missiles that can transport nuclear weapons. Ina few months that will be a reality..
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Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Blood Orchid | Trailer | Ubisoft [US] - Duration: 2:31.
It's a brutal dangeous world out there
But I found my way
Chaos is my home
And I'll make sure you never escape it
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Blind but can walk faster than most of us . . . in the forest (w/ English Captions) - Duration: 25:27.
As we walk further and as it gets more difficult,
I wonder how Brother Lando manages to pass here.
The reason why I am able to continue in life
and in my services to God
and in all things is because of my faith in the Lord God.
I know that He won't forsake me,
whatever the trials I experience
and whatever will come.
I can overcome this through the help of the Lord God.
Here in Sitio Mayagay of Barangay Sampaloc, Tanay, Rizal,
we first heard the name of Brother Lando Niemes.
Bro. Rolando Lagos [Resident Minister, Mayagay Local]: Brother Lando was baptized in 2008.
He used to attend worship services here in Mayagay
back when there was no house of worship yet in Barangay Tinucan.
He lives on top of the mountain of Barangay Tinucan, Tanay.
Aside from planting, he also takes care of six cows.
He's very active in attending worship services
and in propagating the words of God despite his condition.
We prepared for our journey towards the house of Brother Lando.
We need to transfer to a higher vehicle because of the terrain we would pass through.
This vehicle is also what the ministers assigned there use
whenever they would officiate the woship service and for the Bible study.
18 kilometers from the house of worship of Mayagay,
we reached the first river that we would cross.
Good thing that at the time, the water was shallow so we were able to cross easily.
So Brother Ramon, Brother Lando used to walk this?
Yes
they would leave their house before dawn at 1:00 in the morning.
If there was no vehicle to ride on, they would walk to the house of worship.
What time do they reach the house of worship?
7:00 in the morning.
What time is the worship service?
7:45 in the morning
Just in time.
Yes.
After a few minutes, we once again crossed another river.
And not long afterwards, we reached the place of worship here in Barangay Tinucan
that was only established last month of May of the present year.
Ever since Brother Lando was baptized,
he became a good example
here in Barangay Tinucan especially in serving God.
Aside from his relatives,
he was able to invite the native Dumagat
who became his friends.
This is where we would leave our vehicle because the way to Brother Lando's house is no longer accessible;
this is where we would begin to walk until we reach the top of that mountain.
The road is slippery and difficult to tread on especially when it rains like this.
As we walk further and as it gets more difficult,
I wonder how Brother Lando manages to pass here.
After an hour,
we were catching our breath,
it's very difficult,
especially when it's steep that our knees almost reaches our chest.
We could barely smile because of exhaustion.
Limatiks (Blood Leeches) are also a hindrance along our way.
This is a type of leech in the forest.
Even I wasn't spared from them.
I also have a Limatik on me.
How do I remove this?
Would I just pull it off?
Yes, just pull it off, quickly.
Its head might get left behind.
No, no. Quickly, pull it quickly.
In one of their houses here in the middle of the mountain, we met his wife who is a deaconess.
How are you?
I'm doing fine.
This is where they usually stay with their daughter who is still studying
so it wouldn't be too difficult to walk going to school.
From time to time,
I wonder how he manages to go up and down this mountain.
After two hours of walking,
at last, we reached our destination
the house of Brother Lando.
Are you Brother Lando?
Brother, be careful, slowly.
Could you come down?
I'm Brother Erwin from INCTV, Brother Erwin Galapon.
We're glad to meet you brother.
Good thing you were able to come,
the road here is difficult.
Are you totally blind, as in you couldn't see anything?
Nothing.
Could you make out something?
Nothing, only darkness.
Only darkness.
When I was young, I was able to see light.
What made me blind?
Yes.
They say it was measles.
From since you were young right?
Do you recognize him?
I think he couldn't recognize my voice.
Do you recognize him?
Brother Wilson?
Brother Wilson Pasay,
was one of the ministers who taught him the doctrines of the Church back in 2007.
This is where we personally heard the life story and resolve of Brother Lando.
Even before he met a minister,
he was always able to listen to the teachings of God
upheld by the Church Of Christ
through the radio.
Brother Bularan,
they were the ones who would preach along with Brother Guevarra.
It says there that only the Church Of Christ would be saved,
those outside wouldn't, only those inside.
My wife said, "What are you listening to?"
I said, "That's the station of the Church Of Christ, DZEM."
He shared what he heard to his loved ones.
I would say to my wife, read John 10:9,
I said read Romans 16:16,
she would read and it was there,
it's written there.
This is the truth.
I would say it to my brothers-in-law and to the husband of my sister-in-law
and my siblings.
That's what I was explaining to them, about the nature of Christ and the nature of God.
Like in I Timothy 2:5,
I would make them read it,
isn't it written there that there is one God
and one mediator to God,
the man Christ Jesus, man, right?
John 8:40, I would make him read
and then about the nature of God
in John 4:23,
like that.
Because they don't know the verses, i'd be the one to give them.
Then we would pray, we ask God to guide us.
Secondly, we hope that it reaches the Church Administration
that we desire to become members of the Church Of Christ for us to attain salvation.
But their problem was how they would join the Church Of Christ.
Where would we go to join,
there was no Church of Christ here,
that's it, there's none here.
What would we do?
I said,
if that's what we desire, if that's what you want,
isn't it that God is almighty I said
He would give us the way,
the Church Of Christ might be able to reach this place.
It is God who knows about it I said.
Along with his brother-in-law, they searched for a house of worship of the Church Of Christ.
I asked my brother-in –law, I said, "Let's go to Sampaloc,
lets' search for the house of worship of the Church Of Christ."
So then we went to Sampaloc.
When we got there, , I asked my relatives about where the house of worship is.
My cousin said, there's one.
We rode a tricycle and we said, bring us to the house of worship of the Church Of Christ.
He said, "Which one?"
I said, "Whichever house of worship."
We were brought to the highway,
as we got off, the tricycle stopped. My brother-in-law said,
"This might be it, there are many people,
and it's a big house of worship."
So we got off, there's a resident minister there,
he talked with us, he asked where were we from.
We're from Tinucan.
Where's that? It's far.
What do you need?
We said, we wanted to have missionary works there because there are many people who could be invited.
From then on, he was formally taught by the ministers about the words of God upheld by the Church Of Christ.
He was also able to attend the evangelical mission held in Barangay Cayabu.
After the preaching,
we held an open forum
and he was one of those who asked.
That was when we first met Brother Lando.
He continued joining the Church Of Christ
and also his loved ones
except his in-laws.
They didn't allow their house in Tinucan to be used as a venue for the work of propagation.
My parents said, I really don't like the Church Of Christ.
They said that I was a pest. I asked why?
They said, because you brought my daughter there.
I said, I said, I didn't force her to,
they have their own decisions.
Even if I force them but if they refuse, they wouldn't follow.
It's their desire.
Even if my in-laws treat me that way,
I didn't change on how I treat them, I still love them.
they said, it's like they're glad, that I didn't harbor any hatred.
I'm not offended even if what they said are hurtful.
I said, of course I wouldn't do that.
You're my parents.
After eight years, in 2015,
his in-laws were enlightened.
When the time arrived that we became members of the Church Of Christ,
I prayed to the Father, please forgive me of what I said,
because we spoke of persecution to our children.
Now we are at peace with You Father in our services to You.
Our resolve, Father, is that we will never leave our membership in the Church.
I'm no longer angry with them because I'm also a member already.
I understand their decisions, what they did.
The house of their in-laws in Barangay Tinucan
which they refused to be used back then for the study of the words of God
is the same house which they now use
as a temporary place of worship
and the venue for other works of the Church in this place.
Who would think that a blind person like him
was the one who led his fellowmen who could see?
I came to know or I understood the truth.
That for many people,
their eyes are wide open but their minds are blind.
Their understanding is blind.
All of them have clear eyesight but they walk in total darkness.
Though I may be blind
but I clearly see the truth.
I understood that man needs to serve the Lord.
I saw the kindness of God.
Despite my condition,
He was merciful to me.
The next thing I would like to witness
is how he goes up and down the mountain
to go to the place of worship and to go to work.
He has no cane.
He said that he's used to walking barefoot for him to feel the way.
He's fast, right?
He also doesn't need to be supported if he knows the way.
It's normal for him to get thorned,
wounded, stumble and fall.
There I face wild boars,
I'm bit by wasps
and ants bite me.
He admits that there are times when he got lost.
But through God's mercy,
I'm able to reach my destination.
Though it may be hard but I endure it.
What's the name of your cow?
Nova
Why Nova?
Because it was born in November
He alone sheperds the cows
How many cows do you shepherd?
only one
and cares for his crops.
Through rivers
and paths close to the cliffs is where he needs a companion.
He's not a burden
because he's able to cook rice.
He could pound,
he could fetch water,
gather firewood, sometimes
and shepherd [the cow].
He always leads us members of the Church here to attend the worship services.
Though the place of worship may be far.
He takes care of us
because he's very kind that is why we really love him.
And he never neglects us; he encourages all our relatives so that all of us would be saved.
Brother Lando knows from whom comes his strength
to continue in life and face problems.
The Father, God only and the Lord Jesus Christ.
It is only Him Whom I trust because there's no one else whom I can count on.
He alone helps me
and I hope that He is my only refuge.
In this condition, there's nobody... and if I will trust a person,
there's no one who can.
Because humans have limitations,
everything has its limits.
And someone like me couldn't do anything in my condition.
If those who are strong or powerful fail,
the more so would I.
The reason why I am able to continue in life,
in serving God and whatever this is because of my faith in the Lord God
and I believe that He will not neglect me
whatever this trial that I'm experiencing
and also those that would come.
I know that I can overcome this through the help of our Lord God.
His advice to those like him with a disability.
They should be positive
and they must search for the true way of serving God
because if they would become members of the Church Of Christ someday,
they will not be blind or crippled anymore
because someday God will remedy all the imperfections.
So now, they should serve
and continue to fulfill the will of the Lord God.
We also asked how a blind person like him would picture the world.
The world is beautiful
especially for normal people.
The world is beautiful but its ways are evil.
Evil because all kinds of evil is here in this world.
It's rare news to know about someone doing good.
About the beauty of the world,
it is beautiful but people are destroying it.
Which is why man really needs to have a relationship with God and the true service of Him.
My resolve is that true service [to God] must not disobey His commands.
It is said, he who fulfills all the commands but is offended in one is guilty of breaking them all.
So one must be steadfast in serving the Lord God.
He will not disobey His commands, his life must be clean.
We also asked how he would describe the Church Of Christ today.
The Church Of Christ now is more glorious through the help of the Lord God and the Lord Jesus Christ
because He truly fulfilled His promise to His Messenger in these last days.
The Church Of Christ, in my point of view,
has come far and it's truly glorious and I heard that it has already achieved many victories.
That's why we should be proud if we are members of the Church Of Christ.
Though they are far from modernity but they are reached by love and care of the Church Administration
placed by the Lord God in the Church.
First of all, for our beloved Executive Minister, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo,
we are thankful to him
for his untiring efforts in guiding the Church to be brought to the perfection of our services to God.
We promise that we will continue to obey and be united with all the activities he launches.
On our way home, we are able to say that our hardships were worth it
and we would bring home a great inspiration
because we are able to once again prove through the story of Brother Lando
that there is no heavy trial or great hindrance
if you possess a strong resolve.
He, whose eyes are blind,
is the one guiding his fellowmen with eyesight
for their minds to be able to see the truth
and receive the promised salvation.
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The wall of eyes trained on the US - Mexico border - Duration: 5:23.
I want to put my hand in the border.
I'm standing in the United States, it's 103 degrees, and I'm looking across a river
into Mexico. If someone wanted to they could just swim across in like, two minutes.
Border patrol has all of these
mechanisms for making sure that doesn't happen.
Eyes in the sky.
GPS coordinates.
Conex box.
Motion X.
Raid tower.
ATVs.
There's a laser.
Alpha 5.
Shallow draft rain vessel.
One sensor. Another sensor.
Tactical operation centers.
Binos.
Scouts.
Mobile units.
Agents on horseback.
There's been all this talk about building a wall
on our southern border. It could cost up to seventy billion dollars.
We're building the wall. We're building the wall, folks. We're building the wall.
Turns out there already is kind of a wall. In addition to the hundreds of
miles of physical wall that exists, there's a wall of technology, of
surveillance, where people and technology and infrastructure spend days and nights
staring at the border. That's what I went down to Texas to look at and I want
to understand if the billions of dollars that we spend on this technology
is actually worth it.
These white blimps, which are actually called aerostats, are tethered to the
ground. And they have cameras on them. These cameras can zoom in to miles and miles
away to see what's going on in the ground. They can see in the dark with
infrared. They're able to see any sort of movement. This thing is called a raid tower.
I just spent like 20 minutes inside of the control room. Man, we were
able to like zoom in on people on the other side of the border and it was like
super clear and perfectly focused. Then you have seismic sensors.
It's picking up movement. Sensors are set up to kind of create a path.
Let's say you have one sensor go off. A few minutes later, another sensor goes off.
So that lets the agent know that they're taking a certain route. Now, if it's that one
sensor and another sensor: okay they're taking another route. And you know how
long it takes from point A to get all the way to, let's say, the highway. So it
kind of gives us an opportunity to gauge the amount of time that we have to respond.
Another way the border patrol does this job is with motion sensor
cameras. Basically, cameras that are out in the middle the brush that have motion
trackers on it. So when someone walks by, it takes a photo. Hunters actually use
these to track, like, deer. And they can see where deer are by taking a picture
of them whenever they come in front of the camera.
Down in this area of southern Texas,
there's not a lot of walls, but they use the walls strategically to
funnel people to other places: other parts of the border that don't have
walls, but where they have cameras and where they have a lot of eyes.
Now it's time to go on some boats with the border patrol.
You have to get past us before you can even touch dry land.
One of the tricky things about this
specific sector, is that there's a really windy river that goes throughout the
entire thing. Because of that a straight line between two cities might be a
hundred miles, but it covers 300 river miles.
No matter how much fancy technology they have here
to stare at the border, the most important function
and skill that these border patrol agents have, is what they call cutting sign.
There's brand new fresh sign right there. There's gotta be somebody here right now.
What's that?
There's somebody here right now.
Sign can be anything: it can be a boot print, matted down grass, stuff left behind.
His heel right here and how it's kicked up, that tells us that he's running.
They use old hunting techniques in order to find out: who was in an area, where they went,
how many people, what they were carrying. Over the years these border patrol agents
have developed a keen sense for tracking down migrants.
The Native Americans did tracking. It goes way back. If you're hunting, you track.
Might be a child.
You never want to see children making this trip.
One of the benefits to having the border patrol
be this collection of people and technology, is that you can move it
around. Instead of having permanent infrastructure always in one spot, you're
able to have this kind of fluid range of assets.
We're constantly adapting.
We're constantly looking at new technology and different aspects that we can throw in their way.
All of this costs us a lot of money. The border patrol's budget is 14
times bigger than it was in 1990. It's just gotten bigger and bigger every single year.
A lot of that increase in budget is going into this new technology, into this infrastructure.
And so the next question is: is this actually effective?
Only 30% of the people who are actually crossing into our country get caught by the
border patrol, 30%. Even with all of this technology and all these people and all
of these mechanisms for staring at the border, including walls, they still have a
very difficult time keeping people from entering our country. So in American
politics if we're gonna have this discussion about securing our border, we
need to come to terms with the fact that this is an expensive and very complicated
enterprise. And the idea that we can put up a wall or any other technology that
would just solve the problem is ignorant and naive to the reality on the ground.
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U.S. Says Kim Jong Un Is 'Begging For War' | NBC Nightly News - Duration: 3:01.
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How does North Korea's latest nuclear breakthrough affect U.S. options? - Duration: 11:06.
JOHN YANG: North Korea has again seized the world's attention with a new nuclear blast.
The weekend test may move Pyongyang a quantum leap forward in its bid to become a nuclear
power, capable of threatening the U.S. mainland.
That, in turn, has set off a new diplomatic flurry.
Special correspondent Nick Schifrin reports.
NIKKI HALEY, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations: Enough is enough.
NICK SCHIFRIN: For the second time in a week, the Security Council today held an emergency
session on North Korea.
And U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had slapped
the international community in the face.
NIKKI HALEY: His abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging
for war.
War is never something the United States wants.
We don't want it now.
But our country's patience is not unlimited.
NICK SCHIFRIN: And for the second time in a week, South Korea today practiced an attack
on North Korea.
The South Korean military fired missiles it said could target North Korea's nuclear test
sites.
Today, President Trump agreed to help South Korea increase the size of those missiles,
sell South Korea more weapons, and South Korea said the U.S. would soon deploy a carrier
strike group and long-range bombers.
Those military moves provide the U.S. with options that Secretary of Defense James Mattis
mentioned yesterday.
JAMES MATTIS, U.S. Secretary of Defense: Any threat to the United States or its territories,
including Guam, or our allies will be met with a massive military response.
We are not looking to the total annihilation of a country, namely North Korea.
But, as I said, we have many options to do so.
NICK SCHIFRIN: But Chinese Ambassador to the U.N. Liu Jieyi said today pressure won't produce
peace.
LIU JIEYI, Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations (through translator): The parties
concerned must strengthen their sense of urgency, make joint efforts together to ease the situation,
and restart the dialogue and talks and prevent further deterioration.
NICK SCHIFRIN: In the last few years, North Korea's missile and nuclear programs have
slowly evolved.
But this weekend's test is more than just another step.
JAMES ACTON, Associate, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment For International Peace:
I think this is a definitely significant leap in technology.
A thermonuclear weapon is not just an evolutionary change.
NICK SCHIFRIN: James Acton is a physicist and co-director of Carnegie's Nuclear Policy
Program.
He says there's no verification yet of North Korea's claim it exploded a hydrogen, or thermonuclear,
bomb, but it seems that way.
JAMES ACTON: It was a very large explosion, about 100 kilotons.
That is certainly consistent with a hydrogen bomb.
The day before the test, they released photos of Kim Jong-un standing next to a device that
looked like a thermonuclear weapon.
And we also know that they have been trying to develop the materials they would need to
build a thermonuclear weapon.
NICK SCHIFRIN: Here's the difference.
An atomic bomb splits a uranium or plutonium atom.
That's fission.
That split creates more splits, and a chain reaction that creates a nuclear blast.
That's the starting point for a thermonuclear bomb.
The fission explosions create enough energy for hydrogen atoms to fuse together.
That's fusion, and it makes a much more powerful bomb.
JAMES ACTON: A thermonuclear weapon can produce yields that are 10, 100, even 1,000 times
bigger than a simple atomic weapon.
NICK SCHIFRIN: This was the size of the impact of the U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
And this is the size of the impact from this weekend's North Korean bomb.
JAMES ACTON: The Hiroshima test leveled the center of a city.
It killed around about a couple of hundred thousand people.
This bomb is five times bigger.
That kind of gives you some sense of the enormous explosive scale of the weapon that was detonated.
NICK SCHIFRIN: It's not clear if North Korea can miniaturize that kind of bomb, so it can
be delivered by a ballistic missile.
But James Acton says it's only a matter of time.
JAMES ACTON: If this wasn't a miniaturized thermonuclear weapon, unfortunately, I have
little doubt that North Korea will be able to miniaturize it, will able to do so in fairly
short order, and then stick it on the nose cone of a ballistic missile.
NICK SCHIFRIN: A U.S. intelligence official told me today that it's too early to know
exactly the bomb that North Korea detonated, but -- quote -- "We're highly confident that
this was a test of an advanced nuclear device, and what we have seen so far is not inconsistent
with North Korea's claims."
So, for more on all this, we get two views.
Bob Gallucci had an extensive career in nuclear arms control, including as the chief U.S.
negotiator with North Korea during the Clinton administration.
He is a professor at Georgetown University and chair of the U.S. Korea Institute at Johns
Hopkins University.
And Balbina Hwang served in the State Department during the George W. Bush administration.
She is now a visiting professor at Georgetown University.
And welcome to you both.
Thank you very much.
Bob, I will turn to you first.
Are we at a point where we only have two options, either going to war or somehow accepting what
seems to be an inevitable march toward a North Korea with the ability to put a thermonuclear
weapon on an ICBM?
ROBERT GALLUCCI, Georgetown University: No, we don't have only two options.
There is, I think, still a possibility.
I think Secretary Mattis said there is always the possibility that negotiations might succeed.
We might be able to roll back, even eliminate the North Korean threat.
It is possible that we will decide, the United States will decide to live with this, to live
with deterrence, as we have with the Soviet Union, then Russia and China.
But at this point, there is an awful lot of language being used about how we are not going
to tolerate this and not going to put up with it.
If one wishes to do something about the capability, certainly there is a military option, and
the secretary's spoken to that, but there's also a possibility of negotiations.
NICK SCHIFRIN: And, Balbina, do you think that, that there is the possibility of negotiations?
There have been negotiations in the past, and we're at a point where North Korea seems
to have at least a very large bomb, if not a thermonuclear weapon.
BALBINA HWANG, Senior Policy Analyst, Heritage Foundation: Well, I don't think it's necessarily
mutually exclusive, either one or the other.
I think it all depends on what we want to achieve with negotiations.
And, frankly speaker, while we work on whether negotiations might work or not, to establish
our goals, are we trying to completely eliminate all of North Korea's nuclear weapon programs
and future ambitions?
That's a different story than trying to contain or slow town or even freeze or dismantle its
existing programs.
NICK SCHIFRIN: I will just pose, ask another question, a follow-up, though.
The U.S. has talked about denuclearizing -- denuclearizing the peninsula for a long time, and that just
doesn't seem like it's going to happen, though, right?
BALBINA HWANG: Well, it's certainly very difficult to, because, how do you negotiate with a party
that, first of all, has refused to negotiate, because it won't put the nuclear weapons on
the table?
And, secondly, that seems to be the die-hard ambition of this regime.
NICK SCHIFRIN: Bob, can you negotiate with a regime that has a die-hard ambition?
ROBERT GALLUCCI: I recollect doing so a long time in another universe around 1994.
We concluded a deal with North Korea that ended what we knew of as their nuclear weapons
program.
It was based on plutonium as the fissile material to drive that weapons program.
And the facilities that would produce the plutonium and separate it were shut down,
closed down for eight years while the deal was in place.
And that was their nuclear weapons program.
Now, they, from our perspective at least, cheated on that deal by having secret arrangements
with the Pakistanis to bring them another technology for another type of material.
But I would submit to you at this point that the negotiation produced an outcome in which
North Korea was without nuclear weapons, when they could have been with nuclear weapons.
And the estimate from the intelligence community of the early '90s was the North could enter
the 21st century with roughly 100 nuclear weapons if that deal hadn't been concluded.
OK, it ultimately fell apart.
Agreed.
The question is now, can you have another deal?
Can you have a deal that sticks?
Can we get the transparency we need?
I actually may disagree with my colleague a bit here about whether it is possible to
get a deal that denuclearizes the peninsula.
I don't think you can get it in one step.
I think you would have a freeze, you would have a cap.
But I think if we don't have as a declared objective to have a denuclearized Korean Peninsula,
then we really undercut the status of our ally South Korea.
NICK SCHIFRIN: Well -- OK, sorry.
Balbina, you go.
BALBINA HWANG: Well, I completely agree with that.
And I do think that we should never take off denuclearization as the goal.
We should remember that it's actually the two Koreas in 1991 that signed an agreement
that said that they both wanted to denuclearize.
So, that principle was in place and that was actually the basis of both what you worked
on and then also the six-party talks.
NICK SCHIFRIN: But, Bob, very quickly, how can you negotiate today with that same notion
of what you brought back in the '90s, when North Korea has seemingly a thermonuclear
weapon?
ROBERT GALLUCCI: This is not beyond the minds of men and women to figure out.
If the North will come to the table, if the United States will come to the table without
preconditions and begin a discussion, then there are ways to dismantle, take apart nuclear
weapons programs.
We did that in the case of Iraq some time ago.
We had an inspection system and we took apart a pretty sophisticated nuclear weapons program.
We certainly can do it in the case of North Korea, if the North Koreans are persuaded
that they can achieve their security objectives, achieve their security objectives without
nuclear weapons.
NICK SCHIFRIN: Very quickly, I want to ask a question to Balbina about alliances.
I want to read a tweet from President Trump.
He uses the word appeasement.
He wrote: "South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement
with North Korea will not work.
They only understand one thing."
Sorry about that.
We put the wrong tweet up there.
"They only understand one thing."
Is he alienating U.S. allies, Balbina?
BALBINA HWANG: Well, what is really fascinating is that there's nothing that focuses the minds
of allies more than when threats seem to become imminent.
So, it's very interesting to watch what South Korea is doing and what President Moon is
doing.
He's defying expectations, actually.
I'm rather surprised by how he's reacting to all of this.
And, in fact, President Moon is showing that he really wants to strengthen the alliance.
NICK SCHIFRIN: Bob, quickly, is President Trump alienating a U.S. ally?
ROBERT GALLUCCI: It's hard to put clearly the amount of destructive impact, character
that the president has accomplished with just the simple characterization of negotiations
as appeasement.
He should want to preserve that option.
His secretary of defense wants to preserve that option.
It may not work.
That may not be the solution to this problem, but we don't want to dismiss it, and we don't
want to politicize it with a word like appeasement.
NICK SCHIFRIN: Bob Gallucci, Ballina -- sorry -- Balbina Hwang, thank you very much.
BALBINA HWANG: Thank you.
NICK SCHIFRIN: John.
JOHN YANG: Thanks, Nick.
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Last line of defense if North Korea nukes the U.S. - Duration: 1:52.
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US envoy tells UN: North Korean leader is 'begging for war' - Duration: 1:51.
For more infomation >> US envoy tells UN: North Korean leader is 'begging for war' - Duration: 1:51. -------------------------------------------
HUGE U S Biz Just Became First To Require Microchip Implants In EVERY Employee – Do You Support It - Duration: 16:34.
HUGE U.S. Biz Just Became First To Require Microchip Implants In EVERY Employee – Do
You Support It
These implants go in the hand and make it easier to get through doors and other security
check points that would typically require some sort of ID or card.
The fun part comes in where they promise that these chips aren't in any way GPS enabled
and can't be used to read information, only hold information that you might need to use,
like using multiple magnetic strips with the swipe of a hand.
The company offers to implant its workers and start-up members with microchips the size
of grains of rice that function as swipe cards: to open doors, operate printers or buy smoothies
with a wave of the hand.
Although the chips are biologically safe, the data they generate can show how often
employees come to work or what they buy.
Unlike company swipe cards or smartphones, which can generate the same data, people cannot
easily separate themselves from the chips.
'That's a way, way more serious thing than having a small chip that can actually communicate
with devices.
' Epicenter, which is home to more than 100 companies and roughly 2,000 workers, began
implanting workers in January 2015.
A company based in Belgium also offers its employees such implants, and there are isolated
cases around the world in which tech enthusiasts have tried them out in recent years.
'Conceptually, you could get data about your health, you could get data about your whereabouts,
how often you're working, how long you're working, if you're taking toilet breaks and
things like that.
'People ask me, 'Are you chipped?' and I say, 'Yes, why not?'' said Fredric Kaijser, the
47-year-old chief experience officer at Epicenter.
' Epicenter workers stage monthly events where attendees can receive the implant.
' Sandra Haglof, 25, who works for Eventomatic, an events company that works with Epicenter,
has had three piercings before, and her left hand barely shakes as Osterlund injects the
chip.
You might think that it's just not possible that they require things like this of us,
but if you'll recall things like drivers licenses and social security numbers weren't required
at one time, but it's basically impossible to function without
them now.
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