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The Trump-Xi Beijing Summit: What the Smiling Handshakes Won't Tell You

On Thursday, Donald Trump will walk into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, shake Xi Jinping's hand, and declare it a great meeting. There will be announcements. There will be numbers — billions of dollars in Chinese purchase commitments, a new bilateral mechanism with an important-sounding name, possibly a joint statement on Iran. Trump will post on Truth Social. Markets will rally briefly. Pundits will argue about who won. None of that will tell you what actually happened. What is actually happening in Beijing this week is something more consequential and more uncomfortable than the summit theatre will reveal: two leaders of two deeply mutually dependent superpowers, both of whom need this meeting to succeed for entirely different reasons, sitting across a table in a world that has already moved past the assumptions that defined their last nine months of negotiations. The Iran war changed the equations. The rare earth gambit changed the power balance. Taiwan is sitting in...

Occupy Wall Street now spreading across the US and Canada

After the Brooklyn Bridge protest the movement seems to be gaining momentum and spreading all across the US and Canada as well. The movement which is against corporate greed does not still have a clear mandate according to some and needs to make its demands clear. In Canada a group calling itself Occupy Toronto is planning the movement and will take place across Canada. The group will descend on the city's financial district on Oct 15 at 10 am. Similar protests are being planned in  Calgary, Montreal, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Ottawa, Vancouver and Victoria. In the US there will be Occupy Boston, Occupy Oregon, LA, Chicago, Denver Seattle and other places as well. The movement which started of small has now gained momentum and spreading across countries. Similar protests are expected to be seen around the world. The way 'SlutWalk' took off across the globe. Occupy Wall Street the leaderless movement overlaps into many philosophies and SlutWalk is one of them. Many of the ...

Stop friend activity notifications on Facebook

If you are tired of receiving all those activity notifications from your friends on Facebook there is now a simple and easy way to do so. Activity notifications from your friends are those notifications you get concerning your friends. Every-time someone comments, updates their profile or changes their profile picture you get a notification that now shows up in your Facebook Ticker. The Ticker has become the all-new important place to keep a tab on all your friends activities on Facebook Now if you do not want to be notified each time your friends do something on Facebook you would need to do the following. By following the instructions below, you will be able to stop friend activity notifications on Facebook   How to stop or turn off friends activity notifications on Facebook 1. Click on the cog icon and choose account settings 2. Click on notifications found on the left-hand bar on the screen. 3. Beside Close friends activity click on edit 4. From the drop-down choose off 5. Save an...

How to remove a subscriber from my Facebook Profile

There is one question frequently popping up with the new Facebook subscribe feature. How to remove a person who has subscriber to you and by person we mean public subscriber. Facebook users have been adding the subscribe feature to their profile which means that their updates that they choose to be read by anyone and is available publicly, can be followed and subscribed to, be any user on Facebook. Now with this option fb users would also like another option to remove a particular subscriber. Unfortunately there is no direct way of doing that right now and if you want to do away with, remove or block a certain subscriber you would need to do the following. Follow the instructions below if you're wondering how do I remove a subscriber from my Facebook.   How to rmove a Subscriber from my Fcaebook Profile 1. Click on your Facebook photo to bring up your profile 2. Click on the subscriber you would like to block or remove 3. Once on their profile page scroll right to the bottom 4. Cli...

People who spread Internet rumors in China to be punished

China has vowed to punish those who spread rumors, the Chinese government has long since been authoritarian and tries to keep a clamp on what their citizens watch, listen to and talk about on the internet. In fact in China spreading rumors is punishable by five to 10 days in jail plus a 500 yuan ($80) fine. People use the Twitter-styled micro-blogging site Weibo to chat and share information. After the high-speed rail crash in July, the government lost control of people as they spoke, criticized, analyzed and openly shared what they felt about the whole thing. This has irked the Chinese Government which is now threatening action against people who spread false rumors.  An original post by Sociolatte

#OccupyWallStreet now trending on Twitter

  Occupy Wall Street the campaign against rich Corporate America is finally gaining attention.  something the NYPD did not want and was trying hard to stop. Occupy Wall Street has started to trend because of a lot of police brutality that has been rampant. Something that has not been seen till now is the netting police use to heard people like cattle. We also saw videos of police maceing innocent women. There is another video on the net that shows police arresting children on the Brooklyn bridge. The total number of people arrested till now on the Brooklyn bridge has risen to 700. Last week cops arrested over 8- people at the Union Square Occupy Wall Street protest and one name that stood out was Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna - who point blank pepper sprayed a couple of women who were already in police netting and peacefully protesting. The movement has been getting a lot of support from Hactervist groups like Anonymous on the internet. What started of small is now spreading to man...

New Facebook Game "The Secret Agent Scavengers"

This post is for those who appreciate and like to checkout new Facebook games. This game is known as 'The Secret Agent Scavengers' and has been created by Steven M. Johnson. The game promises to have less game updates that will be sent to your fb ticker and sidebar and you do not need to keep inviting friends to ensure game advancements. The game has also incorporated popular internet memes like Planking and Owling and you can share pictures of in-game planking and owling. The game itself follows a fun storyline,   "The Secret Agent Scavengers", an online scavenger hunt. As a secret agent, you must complete "missions" which will involve finding secret items, completing special tasks, or finding hidden places without having to leave your neighborhood and posting a picture or video of your finds. "Missions" vary greatly offering a ton of variety. To kick off the launch of this new game, "The Secret Agent Scavengers" proudly presents "T...

Wilbur Sargunaraj India's original YouTube viral hit maker

Wilbur Sargunaraj is considered by many to be one of India's original YouTube stars. The thing about his videos is that it is very down to earth and involves using everyday common people. The locations are also as original as can be. There is no makeup and the star from the south of India. Films all his videos on location in actual places. He has also gained fame and popularity in Canada and the UK. Where his music shows run to large enough audiences who want a good laugh and some down to earth music. The understand the humor you would need a context and that would be South-India and knowledge of the way English is spoken here. Yes it is very different and grammar mistakes galore. That's what makes it fun though and it is worth checking out. If you are not familiar with the culture prepare for a little bit of a shock. His YouTube channel has over 4 million hits and well not too big you might say, but for an artist that keeps everything ordinary this is quiet a feat. He is not t...