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Monday, July 27, 2020 - 01:03 SGT
Posted By: Gilbert
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Post Of Opportunity
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- GEOTUS's trolling masterclass of the week - a Goya endorsement, after the based Hispanic bean merchant was threatened with a boycott (and cancelled by Twitter) for simply praising the President. That completely backfired, with conservative Pedes buying out the entire stock of stores in response
- Alpharius Omegon refers to the twin Primarchs (slight spoiler alert), who were predisposed towards misdirection, prevarication, and basically all manner of deception. This character extended to their Space Marine gene-sons; while the other Primarchs were physically far larger than their Astartes, Alpharius & Omegon were about the same size as the tallest of theirs, such that it was entirely possible for these Space Marines to stand in for them (which they often did - or did they?)
- Their legion trademark modus operandi was to spread disinformation and FAKE NEWS throughout target civilizations, whilst standing back and waiting for said societies to crumble in on themselves. Certain more-conventional and no-nonsense Primarchs would call them out on the inefficiency and shadiness of it all, and one of them would eventually slaughter Alpharius (who had supposedly turned traitor), but knowing them, there's a good chance it wasn't the real Alpharius anyway
- Koppa is an ancient Greek letter that no longer survives; however, it is the precursor of the Latin Q
- Speaking of Q, the QAnon conspiracy has been rebooted with Ghislaine Maxwell's arrest, which has led to Twitter and Reddit scrubbing references and her past activity, alongside accusations against Wayfair on their strange pricings being related to child trafficking. Perhaps farfetched, but also a nice mental exercise about discernment?
- And on undercover activities, an NUS LKYSPP Ph.D. student has just pled guilty to working for Chinese intelligence in America, which supposedly extended to compromising classified data on the F-35B, A.I. and trade. His confession might also have contributed to the current tit-for-tat closures between America's and China's consulates. Normal international relations Ph.D. students can only dream about this level of impact!
- The LKYSPP has wasted no time in washing their hands of their erstwhile disciple, and it was further revealed by a triumphant Bilahari Kausikan that the student's former advisor was the expelled supposed-provocateur, Huang Jing. Remember kids, choose your supervisors carefully!
- By the way, recall when we predicted foreign affairs to become our most-interesting portfolio? That sure didn't take long, with Minister Balakrishnan visibly sweating (photoshopped away from the official MFA Facebook post for decorum) as he addressed the latest U.S. Department of Justice arrow today, in what must merely be a trial run of the great good fun to come (and one can easily imagine a former Minister of Transport turned ambassador reaching for a stiff drink or two, over in Beijing)
- Well, all said, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is probably an extremely high-risk-high-rewards posting right now, what with the perception of Singapore's apparent neutrality at stake; but not automatically bad for an ambitious fella, and I kind of like ambitious fellas myself. More detailed analysis in the future
- Might be an opportune time to mention the strange and unfortunate murder of another former NUS Ph.D. student - perhaps even a senior of sorts - who had been involved in significant coronavirus research. It can be a dark world out there, folks
Next: General Elections 2020
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