Russia, China And Saudi Arabia: Democracy's Headwinds

The US has already made it explicit it seeks no regime change in Russia, it does not want to shake the applecart in China, and only wants more oil from Saudi Arabia. That is the restated official policy. And it is disappointing but understandable.

The hope lies not with this or that government but with the masses.

Democracy's headwinds need to blow. They need to blow all the way to organizing elections to a new constituent aseembly right inside the United States of America. America needs a new constitution. America needs a Philadelphia all over again.

If Putin needs to go, fine. If China needs to shake, fine. If Saudi Arabia is to become a republic, so be it. And if a new America is 100 states, then I am glad. This country needs to assert one person one vote democracy at home before it can lecture the world.

Cyber warriors not in communication with any government are already on the march. Half a million are ready to attack Russia. What Putin has already done in Ukraine is sufficient reason. Peace talks can happen, must happen, but Putin must go.

When you talk of political reform, you mean to suggest you want the best for that country. China needs political reform because there is no other way for it to go back to a 10% growth rate. The patriotic thing for the CCP to do is to break itself up voluntarily like AT&T.

Yemen is its own Ukraine. It has been the prevailing racism in international affairs that Ukraine is front and center but Yemen is nowhere to be seen. That has to change. Just like the fight for democracy in Russia is taking place in Ukraine, the fight for democracy in Saudi Arabia seems to be taking place in Yemen.

Assad belongs at The Hague. His war crimes can be proven with simple searches on Google Images.

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) March 30, 2022

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) March 30, 2022

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) March 30, 2022

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) March 30, 2022

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) March 30, 2022

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) March 30, 2022

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) March 30, 2022

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) March 30, 2022

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) March 30, 2022

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) March 30, 2022

March 29: Ukraine (2)

'The Descent of Man'
by @BrookesTimes@TheTimes pic.twitter.com/Tv4wkApRLB

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English) (@mbk_center) March 28, 2022

Founded in Dubai 🇦🇪
Registered in Singapore 🇸🇬
Made in India 🇮🇳
Built for the US 🇺🇸

— Varun Deshpande (@thebitsian) March 28, 2022

There were $10 in bitcoin transactions yesterday. You start to tax 30% today, how much tax will you collect today? Close to 0. Why?

There were 10 birds in the tree. Bang, you shoot one down. How many birds are there left in the tree?

— CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) March 28, 2022

VIA JAPANESE TELEVISION: The uncensored exchange between Will Smith and Chris Rock pic.twitter.com/j0Z184ZyXa

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 28, 2022

They’re so good pic.twitter.com/rNnuUToZAY

— Zach Graumann (@Zach_Graumann) March 28, 2022

“At your highest moment, be careful. That’s when the devil comes for you.”

Denzel Washington is the inner voice we all need. pic.twitter.com/OdKfWlASYS

— Dr. Karan Jani (@AstroKPJ) March 28, 2022

need vs priority
A woman giving birth in middle of road in absence of health facilities in Bajura.

A viewtower constructed in Rolpa with an investment of millions.

System may change, revolution may happen. But real change will never happen unless mindsets of ruler is changed pic.twitter.com/wfIuW0MiN5

— Bhadra Sharma (@bhadrarukum) March 28, 2022

काँग्रेस र कम्युनिस्टका आफ्नाआफ्नै विशेषता छन्। दुवै राम्रा र नराम्रा छ। जब तपाईं काँग्रेसको अनुहार हेर्नुहुन्च- कम्युनिस्ट बहुतै राम्रो लाग्छ। जब कम्युनिस्टको अनुहार हेर्नुहुन्च- काँग्रेस बहुतै राम्रो लाग्छ। जब एकसाथ दुबैको अनुहार हेर्नुहुन्च- राजनीति देखि नै वितृष्णा जाग्छ। 😂

— Ravi Mishra (@rabimishra) March 28, 2022

We’ve lost #Mariupol. Russians destroyed one of the largest cities in the Eastern Ukraine, 500,000 residents lived there before 2402. After a month of the war: Buildings without damage - 0. Citizens killed - more than 3,5 thousands. Thousands injured.

— katerina sergatskova (@KSergatskova) March 27, 2022

BREAKING NEWS: Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, and Ukrainian peace negotiators, have suffered symptoms of suspected "chemical weapons" poisoning, according to reports.@SallyLockwood reports.

Latest: https://t.co/vjbWYn9aPN

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— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 28, 2022

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Mercedes sells status, not cars.

Apple sells exclusivity, not technology.

Lesson:

The best companies sell feelings, not products.

— Chase Dimond | Email Marketing Nerd 📧 (@ecomchasedimond) March 22, 2022

⚡️ Zelensky, during his interview to Russian media, criticized the Russian authorities' treatment of the killed soldiers, who are either abandoned or taken home in what he described as "garbage bags."

He said he didn't understand why the soldiers' families were accepting it. pic.twitter.com/C7wiLg71gZ

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 27, 2022

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) March 28, 2022

Latest YC batch has over 390 startups

32 from India and 18 from Nigeria. Both are countries with highest number of teams from their continents. Largest category in both is fintech. Almost 100 fintech startups in the batch

— Sar Haribhakti (@sarthakgh) March 28, 2022

30 equally famous 2042 companies don’t exist today. Their eventual founders are currently sitting in class or grinding through a job, but something is beginning to percolate in their head… https://t.co/yOFTx4m2Xb

— Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) March 28, 2022

I launched a startup as a sophomore at Rutgers.

I was laughed at and lost $1,000s.

Here are 11 lessons I couldn't get from a $125k business degree:

— Austin Schlessinger (@austinschless) March 28, 2022

Breaking News: Donald Trump most likely committed felonies in trying to overturn the 2020 election, a judge wrote in a civil case related to Jan. 6 documents: "The illegality of the plan was obvious." https://t.co/zDCwIqyfpB

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 28, 2022

BREAKING: Qatar rules out new investments in Russia until there is a “better environment and more political stability"

— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) March 27, 2022

I need to hear from @Lupita_Nyongo

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) March 28, 2022

Governments today need to accelerate innovation and enhance their systems to keep pace with global changes. The Summit reflects @HHShkMohd’s vision to foster the development of an innovation-driven government that is ready to embrace the future. pic.twitter.com/5HtZjol4zR

— Hamdan bin Mohammed (@HamdanMohammed) March 28, 2022

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— Lark Davis (@TheCryptoLark) March 27, 2022

Watching the Oscars makes me realize all the talent really has moved to Web3

— Sujay Jaswa (@sujayjaswa) March 28, 2022

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— Altcoin Daily (@AltcoinDailyio) March 28, 2022

Another great read from @weulecoyote on research about how genetically modifying lettuce to include minerals, vitamins, and hormones that the human body needs, is helping considerations of long-duration space flight.

Plants make good space food!https://t.co/DNQCoBFUr5

— Rami Mandow 🏳️‍🌈 (@CosmicRami) March 28, 2022

Russian billionaire, Ukrainian peace negotiators hit by suspected poisoning#RussiaUkraineWar LIVE updates: https://t.co/JGUPOAVwEJ pic.twitter.com/iakm5lnW6H

— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) March 28, 2022

An anti-war protest in St Petersburg yesterday.

“My heart bleeds,” the protesters chants. A very risky act of defiance. pic.twitter.com/LU2TefMYQz

— Matthew Luxmoore (@mjluxmoore) March 28, 2022

To avoid straining your eyes when you're continuously working, follow the 20-20-20 rule. After 20 minutes of work, look at something 20 feet away, then spend 20 years in the forest.

— Lakan (@jacques_lakan) March 26, 2022

Rishi isn’t having a good week.

Watch Sunak tie himself in knots when questioned about UK drop in trade GDP compared to others and being down to Brexit

‘I think it’s a bit early to be seeing which bits are doing what’ ‘we knew it would affect our trading relationships’ 🙄 https://t.co/dfGks1K8eZ

— BremainInSpain (@BremainInSpain) March 28, 2022

Actively reduce bias embedded in smart tech code and systems. A thoughtful, participatory process is required to select values-aligned systems, vendors, and consultants. https://t.co/tTEsPEO0GH

— Beth Kanter (@kanter) March 28, 2022

Albright had both clarity of ideas and the eloquence to convey them, writes @KarcicHamza. Her sharp wit, excellent memory, and sense of humor made her a formidable presence in class. https://t.co/5PV7EOYFAn

— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) March 28, 2022

#WillSmith all smiles at #VanityFair post-#Oscar party | Catch the day's latest news and updates: https://t.co/a3CfnQQrsB pic.twitter.com/b3G9hTXZzO

— Economic Times (@EconomicTimes) March 28, 2022

I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction,And He answered me.“Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, And You heard my voice. Jonah 2:2

— ledrew fox (@ledrew) March 28, 2022

A lovely moment, @VirgilvDijk ❤️

🎥 @OnsOranje pic.twitter.com/lCaRIoPl7Q

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 28, 2022

Tax unearned income.

— Jon Trickett MP (@jon_trickett) March 28, 2022

Does this mean that the GOP's annual independence day pilgrimage to Russia is off? https://t.co/bstLHLIUji

— Carlos E. Perez (@IntuitMachine) March 28, 2022

My mother is an absolute hero. She drove from Lviv to the outskirts of Kyiv to transport generators for a field hospital, and doesn’t seem to be even remotely worried, despite non-stop artillery near her. “No time to be scared. I have to sleep and continue working.” This woman💔

— Anastasiia Lapatina (@lapatina_) March 27, 2022

“A state deprived of public life, politics & media is doomed to repeat the fate of the USSR. After all, propaganda will lie to the very end, not only to citizens but to the Kremlin that everything is stable”. Novaya Gazeta August 2021. Today the paper suspended its operations. pic.twitter.com/vwn6gXwpO1

— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) March 28, 2022

Our story about a Ukrainian mother who risked her life to travel behind enemy lives and save her son.

There are others like her, heading east on trains full of men going to fight. “You go because your child is there. In that moment there is no fear.” 1/9 https://t.co/sQ9I4FTXBS

— Matthew Luxmoore (@mjluxmoore) March 27, 2022

Here's Will Smith's tearful acceptance speech at the #Oscars. https://t.co/ulvT7fsB57 pic.twitter.com/Uq2krBbBld

— Variety (@Variety) March 28, 2022

I'm used to this graph and I still find it shocking. Why do those of us involved with decarbonising options in transport keep banging on about decarb? 👇 is a quick way of showing the answer. pic.twitter.com/uNAMiFHMZP

— Richard Dilks (@dilks_richard) March 28, 2022

I don’t think poisoning your peace negotiators is sustainable governing practice

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 28, 2022

Can’t wait to hear what Desantis has to say about why he likely just lost most or all of the $300 million from the Florida state employees pension fund that he has tied up in Russia. His spokesperson assures us we just have to wait for the market in Moscow to come back around. pic.twitter.com/zwqNAeVrM3

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 28, 2022

Saudi Arabia potentially allowing China to pay for oil in Yuan will rock the world order. Most specifically the petro dollar world order.

Glad to be holding #bitcoin

— Lark Davis (@TheCryptoLark) March 29, 2022

How to build a startup with a job…

1. Fund product development with your current jobs salary

2. Work mornings and nights on marketing to make it successful

3. Then quit when revenue pays for your bills and go all in

Put your stamp on the world. You only got one life to live.

— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) March 29, 2022

I Am Not Eager For A Unipolar World https://t.co/HOF0aC29s8

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) March 29, 2022