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Hollywood n'a qu'à bien se tenir, il faut admettre que les films de l'armée populaire sont plutôt pas mal :

Trouvé parmi les commentaires du tweet de Goya : L'auteur : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Markowicz

Brooke Harrington As a tax researcher, I was skeptical of rumors Trump buried his ex-wife in that sad little plot of dirt on his Bedminster, NJ golf course just for tax breaks. So I checked the NJ tax code & folks...it's a trifecta of tax avoidance. Property, income & sales tax, all eliminated. Full text of NJ tax code for land used for human burial. No stipulation regarding a minimum # of human remains necessary for the tax breaks to kick in--looks like one corpse will suffice to make at least 3 forms of tax vanish. @alexcobham @RichardJMurphy state.nj.us/treasury/taxat… For those interested, @propublica published a Trump Family Trust document which shows they have sought to designate a property in Hackettstown, NJ (20 miles from Bedminster) as a non-profit cemetery company. Insights, @jentaub, @eisingerj, @MaryLTrump? https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/465718872

Thread de @IndoPac_Info (en fait, une suite de tweets plutôt qu'un fil) : 1) If there is conflict with #Taiwan in August, most likely it won't be full scale war, but what #China would call step 1 of reunification with Taiwan, the taking of Taiwanese islands next to China's coast & in the #SouthChinaSea Taiwan strait waters won't be calm until October. 2) The actual dangerous time for a full Chinese invasion of #Taiwan is October since the Taiwan strait waters are calm at that time of the year, facilitating amphibious operations. Such situation won't happen again until April. Before October, only a limited conflict is likely. 3) In such limited conflict scenario, #China would take the small Taiwanese islands next to China's coast; large garrisons there, but they can't hold. #Taiwan's Pratas Islands (Dongsha) & Tai Ping (Itu Aba) islands in the #SouthChinaSea are easy targets for China. 4) Those with contacts in #China know that they've been preparing for war with #Taiwan, #Japan & #US for the last few months. Pelosi's trip to Taiwan is a golden opportunity for Xi for limited action as the internal situation is restive & the economy is very bad. Very dangerous! 5) These #Chinese exercises in the #SouthChinaSea could easily escalate into offensive actions to take the Taiwanese islands of Pratas Islands (Dongsha) & Tai Ping (Itu Aba) if Pelosi goes to #Taiwan Such limited actions are unlikely to have a western response. 6) Chinese exercises in the #SouthChinaSea Note the self propelled guns firing from the deck of a cargo ship to support a landing. Airborne forces with helicopters would play a significant role in an invasion of #Taiwan Roll on - roll off ships would also be massively used. 7) Until recently, #China was not in a rush to take #Taiwan, but the current int. geopolitical situation has changed the calculus. Now everything points to China trying to take Taiwan this year, while war rages in #Ukraine, the US economy deteriorates & while Biden is in office. 8 ) We had a unipolar world since the end of the cold war, but now #China & #Russia challenge #US hegemony A multipolar world is inevitable, but the transition to it is dangerous. Clashes are happening already & more are expected. #Taiwan is getting coughed up in such transition 9) For #China, taking #Taiwan is not just about Taiwan, the #CCP has bigger goals A) Taking Taiwan breaks the first island chain B ) The war likely involving #Japan & #US, the plan is to kick the US from the west Pacific & force Japan to accept de facto (chinese) hegemony in the region 10) #Japan knows that if #China takes #Taiwan, Okinawa is next. China recently destroyed a mock up of a Japanese AWACS plane with ballistic missiles. It's clear that China plans to hit US & Japanese bases in case of war. China could possibly attack all 3 countries at once. 11) If #China attacks #Taiwan, the Japanese Sakishima islands, which are very close to Taiwan and now have bases that are very important to help Taiwan, will likely become a target of China. China will likely also attempt to set up a base on the Senkaku islands. 12) The #USNavy #USSRonaldReagan carrier group is in the #SouthChinaSea right now, but frankly, it's presence there doesn't provide real deterrence. In the era of hypersonic missiles, I don't have much faith in aircraft carriers, at least until there are effective lasers. 13) #Taiwan has been very complacent in regards to defence 4-6 months of military service. Reserves rarely train & when they do is almost useless. Low defense spending. People look down on army service. Such mistakes are usually fatal. #Israel should be the model. 14) #China today started massive sudden live firing exercises in Fujian Province, which faces #Taiwan China issued a navigation warning for waters near Yiqi Island, Fujian. Combat helicopters Z-19 of the 72nd Army Aviation Brigade, #PLA Eastern Combat Command Zone in Fujian 15) #Taiwan's Armed Forces carried out the live-fire part of the annual Han Kuang exercises across Taiwan and its outlying islands between July 26 and 29 Over 20 different Navy & Coast Guard vessels took part in the exercise as well as fighter jets. Taiwan conducts Han Kuang 2022 large-scale exercise 16) #Taiwan is preparing its citizens for war. Nationwide drills are being conducted that inform people where to seek shelter in case #China attacks. Just exercises for now, but tension with China is very high right now. Via @dwnews 17) Video of today's Chinese 300mm multiple rocket launchers firing towards the #Taiwan Strait in Fujian province during live fire exercises that were suddenly announced today. #China #CCP 18) #China Is Issuing The Same "Red Line" Warnings About #Taiwan That Russia Issued About Ukraine Pelosi pours gasoline on the foreign policy dumpster fire with her visit to Taiwan The #CCP is big on not losing face, this one is for real, careful........ China Is Issuing The Same "Red Line" Warnings About Taiwan That Russia Issued About Ukraine

Christophe Izard

Des nouvelles de Nancy Pelosi : aux dernières nouvelles son avion se trouve à Hickam AFB. Pendant ce temps, en Chine :

The U.S. Senate passes a resolution seeking to label Russia as a sponsor of terrorism.

Les mésaventures d'une mathématicienne tunisienne coincée à l'aéroport de Francfort : Belkis I have a flight from TUN to US thru Frankfurt and right when I make it to my layover in Frankfurt, @united texts me that the flight is canceled and that I’m rebooked for FRIDAY. There are no flights flying out of Frankfurt in the next days bc of a strike All the white passengers get to leave the airport while PoC people with no German visas stay behind. All Lufthansa passengers get hotel vouchers. I get left behind. I am alone in a shut off terminal. All restaurants closed bc there are no flights operating. The only 2 security people working took my last bottle of water even tho I begged them to keep it bc everything is shut. Water vending machines are shut off. I go to the office of the federal police and request an emergency exit permit as it’s humanly impossible for me to spend Tues-Fri stuck at an international gate in a non operational airport with no aircrafts landing or taking off or no personnel or passengers around me. The police denies my permit and says they’ll grant it in case something (aka medical emergency) happens to me now if something was to happen, there isn’t anyone around me to alert them. I have no idea how I’ll spend tonight curled up on an airport bench with no fresh clothes, food, or water- or how I’ll continue to do this for the coming nights. All I’m here to say is borders are gross and passport discrimination is gross and this airport’s police is absolutely inhumane to non-visa carriers and the airlines are holding us hostage until further notice while every European/ USian walked out the door and got themselves a bed to sleep on and food to eat for the next few days. Finally, I am not surprised to say @united are absolutely useless. UPDATE: a few restaurants opened in the morning and we were able to get food. We are still exhausted and sleep-deprived and looking for ways to get home sooner than later. • • •

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