What's Inside This Mental Breakdown of Writing? Here, you'll find my wandering thoughts on economics, geopolitics, culture, technology, and daily ideas. Plus, I'll be dropping little peeks behind the curtain on my novel and nonfiction projects.
"Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich." ~ Peter Ustinov
"We have guided missiles and misguided men." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
"You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war." ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
"We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children." ~ Jimmy Carter
The notion that war can be waged without bloodshed is an aspirational idea. However, it may be viewed as…
"In the future it's very possible you could have an artificial intelligence system that can run the country better than a human being. Because human beings are naturally selfish. Human beings are naturally after their own interests. We are geared towards pursuing our own desires, but oftentimes, those desires have contrasts to the benefit of society, at large, or against the benefit of the greater good. Whereas, if you have a machine, you will be able to program that machine to, hopefully, benefit the greatest good, and really go after that." ~ Zoltan Istvan
"The deep paradox uncovered by…
"There is not one single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population." ~ Moshe Dayan
"The issue [Israeli-Palestinian conflict], already lasting more than half a century, has brought deep suffering to the Palestinian people and remains an important reason of extended turbulence in the Middle East region." ~ Xi Jinping
"Doesn't the world see the suffering of millions of Palestinians who have been living in exile around the world or in refugee camps for the past 60 years? No state, no home, no identity, no right to work. Doesn't the world see this injustice?" ~…
"This is like the telephone problem - no one wants to have the first one. But we are seeing a lot of people who want some sort of technology to solve the spam problem." ~ Eric Allman
"I get more spam than anyone I know." ~ Bill Gates
I, like many others, receive SMS spam daily. I use a Google Pixel phone, and its Google AI spam detector constantly catches junk SMS and notifies me. It is helpful to use Signal Messenger for most of my messaging needs. SMS spam, or unsolicited text messages, is a widespread issue driven by various harmful and unethical motives. Financial gain is the primary…
We all feel special pride when our country is in the spotlight, especially during the Olympics.
Imagine training super hard for years and years just to win a medal for yourself and your country.
It's incredible! It makes us feel grateful to be Canadian and proud of our country.
10 plus years of 2 a day training sessions everyday for a decade or two decades for this competition...
Can you believe it?
A famous sprinter from the USA was asked about facing our Canadian relay team, and he said, "Who's Canada?
I don't know Canada."
Wow, that's pretty cocky!
But guess what?
We Canadians…
"A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society." ~ Thomas Jefferson
"Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace." ~ Vaclav Havel
"The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of…
Israel has no written constitution. Various attempts to draft the formal document since 1948 have fallen short of the mark, and instead Israel has evolved a system of basic laws and rights, which enjoy semi-constitutional status. This provisional solution is increasingly inadequate for Israel's needs, and the necessity for completing this historic task has never been so urgent.
In May 2003, the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee of the Knesset, chaired by Member of Knesset Michael Eitan, initiated the Constitution by Broad Consensus Project, which aims to write a constitution for the…
"Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy." ~ Vladimir Putin
"NATO and the USA wanted a complete victory over the Soviet Union. They wanted to sit on the throne in Europe alone." ~ Vladimir Putin
"Truman is now seen as a near-great president because he put in place the containment doctrine boosted by the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan and NATO, which historians now see as having been at the center of American success in the cold war." ~ Robert Dallek
When Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939, they sent over 2.5 million…
I'm currently engrossed in a captivating book about Israeli-targeted assassinations. Dr. Ronen Bergman spent 8 years writing this extensive 784-page book packed with a wealth of historical and political information. It provides worthwhile insights into the turbulent Middle East that anyone can learn and understand. To say the least, it is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the Middle East.
Ronen Bergman's "Rise and Kill First" dives deep into the covert operations of Israel, offering a compelling exploration of the nation's targeted killings. The book presents a…
In...
Capital of Iran
Population of Tehran
9,616,000 million
What are all these citizens thinking of... The US and Israel are attacking them!?
If Western democracies encourage & plan assassinations of political leaders in capitals around the world, what will be the next step?
What is next? Countries assassinating political figures, political leaders in democracies?
In comparison to
Capital of Canada
Population of Ottawa, Canada
1,451,571
Capital of USA
Population of Washington DC
681,683
Assassinations are not the way for change, assassinations just create conflict and…
"Any assassination is an assassination. It's cold, it's terrible. I'm against any capital punishment. Only the Lord has the right to take away life because he's the giver of life. And assassination stands against democracy, against civilization, against a civilized life of people. Alas, the situation in Lebanon is very chaotic and many innocent people lost their lives because they have a state within a state, an army within an army and the respect for life is not high enough." ~ Shimon Peres
"Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts." ~ Alphonse de Lamartine
The targeted killing of…
"Don’t let Negative and Toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out." ~ Zig Ziglar
"Good leadership is pervasive, persuasive, and persistent. Bad leadership is poisoned with pedanticism, posturing, self-importance." ~ Marcia Whicker
"Culture is more important than vision. Some leaders have great vision, but have created a toxic culture where that vision will never happen." ~ Phil Cooke
Dealing with a demanding boss can be stressful, but there are strategies to help you navigate these situations. One common issue is having a leader who must respect employees. In…
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." ~ Confucius
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one." ~ Mark Twain
"We always hope for the easy fix: the one simple change that will erase a problem in a stroke. But few things in life work this way. Instead, success requires making a hundred small steps go right - one after the other, no slipups, no goofs, everyone pitching in." ~ Atul Gawande
The Sorites paradox is an…
"Bias and prejudice are attitudes to be kept in hand, not attitudes to be avoided." ~ Charles Curtis
"Stereotypes are the mind's shorthand for dealing with complexities. They have two aspects: they are much blunter than reality; they are shaped to fit a man's preferences or prejudgments. Thus two principles are involved: differentiation or its lack, and biased preferential perception." ~ Robert E Lane
"The compassion we feel normally is biased and mixed with attachment. Genuine compassion flows towards all living beings, particularly your enemies. If I try to develop compassion towards my…
"Parkinson's First Law: Work expands to fill the time available." ~ C. Northcote Parkinson
"The nice thing about standards is, there are so many to choose from. Work expands to fill the time available for its completion." ~ C. Northcote Parkinson
"Parkinson's Law is a purely scientific discovery, inapplicable except in theory to the politics of the day. It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate the weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow." ~ C. Northcote Parkinson
Parkinson's Law states that "work expands to fill the time available for its completion."…