AFTER THE 2016 ELECTION, TO THE VERGE OF TEARS,
TELLS BARAK OBAMA:
I DREAD THE NEXT FOUR YEARS

Comey book likens Trump to mafia boss 'untethered to truth'
The former FBI director James Comey denounces Donald Trump as “untethered to truth” and likens the president to a mafia boss, in an explosive new book set to bring fresh turmoil to the White House.
Holy crap,” Comey writes, “they are trying to make each of us an ‘amica nostra’ – a friend of ours. To draw us in. As crazy as it sounds, I suddenly had the feeling that, in the blink of an eye, the president-elect was trying to make us all part of the same family.”
Comey, who likens Trump’s presidency to a “forest fire”, repeatedly in the 304-page book paints Trump as a mafia-style boss.
For example, in a discussion of a White House meeting with Trump and then chief of staff Reince Priebus in February 2017, Comey says that “because he never stops talking”, Trump “pulls all those present into a silent circle of assent”.
“The encounter left me shaken,” he writes. “I had never seen anything like it in the Oval Office. As I found myself thrust into the Trump orbit, I once again was having flashbacks to my earlier career as a prosecutor against the Mob. The silent circle of assent. The boss in complete control. The loyalty oaths. The us-versus-them worldview. The lying about all things, large and small, in service to some code of loyalty that put the organization above morality and the truth.”
Of Trump’s now famous demand over dinner at the White House in January 2017, “I need loyalty”, Comey writes: “To my mind, the demand was like Sammy the Bull’s Cosa Nostra induction ceremony – with Trump in the role of the family boss, asking me if I have what it takes to be a ‘made man’.”
Comey also considers his experiences as acting attorney general under George W Bush, his appointment as FBI director by Barack Obama and his investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of private email while secretary of state. He recounts a one-on-one interview with Obama, after the 2016 election, in which he is moved “almost to the verge of tears” and tells the 44th president: “I dread the next four years.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/12/james-comey-book-trump-unethical-untethered-to-truth-a-higher-loyalty

CONFESSION OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
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CONFESSION OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
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ترجمه فارسی
CONFESSION OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
اعترافات یک جنایتکار اقتصادی
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CONFESSION OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
اعترافات یک جنایتکار اقتصادی
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Don't Worry Be Happy

Money Talks

I raise my arms to the sky
On my knees I pray
I'm not affraid anymore
I will walk through the door
I dance cause I love
Dance cause I dream
Dance cause I've had enough
Dance to stop the screams
Dance to break the rules
Dance to stop the pain
Dance to turn it upside down
It’s time to break the chain
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Over 95% of world's population breathing unhealthy air, says new report - CNN
https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/04/17/health/world-dangerous-air-report-intl/index.html

Phil collins
I Don't Care Anymore
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NO CellPhones
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NO Cellphones
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Jay Shetty
Before You Feel Pressure
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Not Paying Attention in Class? China’s “Smart Eye” Will Snitch on You

futurism.com/smart-eye-china-facial-recognition

 

China’s mass surveillance operation has a new target: distracted high school students.

In March, Hangzhou Number 11 High School in east China installed a “smart classroom behavior management system” (or “smart eye”) in one of its classrooms. The smart eye uses facial recognition technology to monitor students, and by this summer, administrators plan to install the Big Brother-esque system in every classroom.

 

Here’s how it works. Every 30 seconds, three cameras installed in the front of the room scan each student’s face to determine their expression: surprised, sad, antipathy, angry, happy, afraid, or neutral. The cameras also record each student’s actions throughout the class, noting whether they are reading, listening, writing, standing up, raising hands, or leaning on the desk.


Smart eye then notifies the teacher in real-time if it notices that a student appears distracted. The teacher can also view a report at the end of the class that provides an average of each student’s expressions.


What else can surveillance cameras do in classroom other than exam supervision? High school in #Hangzhou uses camera to identify students facial expression for class performance analysis and improvement . The school’s headmaster, Ni Ziyuan, told Chinese-government-run news site Hangzhou that the goal behind using the smart eye is to help teachers improve based on student reactions. Which sounds positive. But that’s not the whole story. Students are also graded on how well they’re paying attention.

“[T]hose [students] who focus on lectures will be marked with an A, while students who let their minds wander will be marked with a B,” Ni told Hangzhou. The Chinese education system is already notoriously demanding of students, and as one student told Hangzhou, the smart eye system adds to the pressure: “I don’t dare be distracted since the cameras were installed in the classrooms. It’s like a pair of mystery eyes are constantly watching me.”

The difference between an A and a B can have major consequences for some students, and when they feel they’ve fallen short of academic expectations, students’ mental health can suffer.  “They are not studying machines. Any human being will have moments when their mind wanders,” one commenter wrote on Sina Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, in reference to the smart eye system.

Using surveillance to catch jaywalkers or criminals is one thing. But to essentially try to turn students into learning machines? That might only end up hurting China’s citizens in the long run.

References: Engadget, Hangzhou
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*Do you love me?*

Tevye: Do you love me?
Golde: Do I what?
Tevye: Do you love me?

Golde: Do I love you?
With our daughters getting married and this trouble in the town,
You're upset. You want out. Go inside. Go lie down.
Maybe it's indigestion.

Tevye: Golde, I'm asking you a question. Do you love me?
Golde: You're a fool!
Tevye: I know. But do you love me?

Golde: Do I love you?
For twenty-five years, I've washed your clothes,
Cooked your meals, cleaned your house,
Given you children, milked the cow.
After twenty-five years, why talk about love right now?

Tevye: The first time I met you was on our wedding day. I was scared.
Golde: I was shy.
Tevye: I was nervous.
Golde: So was I.

Tevye: But my father and my father said we'd learn to love each other.
So, now I'm asking, Golde...
Tevye: Do you love me?
Golde: I'm your wife!
Tevye: I know. But do you love me?

Golde: Do I love him?
For twenty-five years, I've lived with him,
Fought with him, starved with him.
For twenty-five years, my bed is his.
If that's not love, what is?

Tevye: Then you love me?
Golde: I suppose I do.
Tevye: And I suppose I love you, too.
Together: It doesn't change a thing, but even so,
After twenty-five years, it's nice to know


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D O Y O U L O V E M E?
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