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UK: Our Chinese New Year Cards & Coins [2026-4724]! (17.2.2026)

17/02/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

The Trump II era is currently pumping-out the propaganda that “Chinese New Year” is NOT “Chinese” (i.e. not relatable to the 1.8 billion people who inhabit Mainland China) – but is in fact merely the “Lunar New Year” which belongs to everyone but the “Chinese”. Apparently, whilst using coded messaging in the mainstream press suggesting that “old” and “oppressive” regimes should be “overthrown” – the US anti-intellectualism that controls the White House does not seem to realise that there are MANY “lunar” calendar that do not align with the Chinese version (the Buddhist and Mohammedans are two examples). Ironically, within China there are both Buddhists and Muslims who celebrate the Chinese New Year – because they are “Chinese”. Outside of China, Muslims tend to reject anything not permitted by their religious leaders – although Buddhists are far more flexible (as they do not worship an “imagined” theistic entity). The point of Chinese New Year is to share the joy of this “Spring Festival” as traditionally people looked forward to a new rice-crop that would sustain the nation!

UK: In Praise of David Lindsay and his Book “A Voyage to Arcturus! (14.2.2026)

14/02/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

What was written on those 30 missing pages? No one knows because they remain missing. It is interesting to speculate as what is left reads like the music (and lyrics) from “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”. Considering how bizarre and sexually suggestive the remaining content is – one is left pondering as to the true scale of non-conformity. Anyway, a number of early SciFi writes used the agency of “sleep” as a means to travel long distances or indeed travel through time – I think this idea dates back to the French author “Louis-Sébastien Mercier” (1740-1814) and his 1771 masterpiece entitled “The Year 2440: A Dream If Ever There Was One” (L’An 2440, rêve s’il en fut jamais). I think HG Wells also borrowed this concept for his 1898 book entitled “When the Sleeper Wakes”. Lindsay, it must be said, did flesh it out somewhat by suggesting it was possible to “travel on light beams” in “torpedo-shaped metal space craft” (the essence of the modern “Alien” franchise?). Of course, it must be stressed that Arcturus was in fact the “sun” around which the planet Tormance orbited. The protagonists did not travel to the sun – but to the planet Tormance – which is an interesting and unexplained contradicting. Why not the title “A Voyage to Tormance” – as this planet seems far more warmer than earth (the main character Maskull required a blood transfusion just tosurvive – provided wilfully by a Tormance women (an allusion to the power of menstruation – perhaps?)

The US Remains the Only Country to Use Nuclear Weapons!

China: US Allegations of Nuclear Explosive Tests – Rejected! (13.2.2026)

13/02/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

Lin stressed that the U.S. is the biggest source of disruption to the international nuclear order and global strategic stability. In the area of arms control, the U.S. simply let the New START treaty expire to the detriment of trust between major countries and global strategic stability. The U.S. clings to the policy of first use of nuclear weapons. The U.S. has spent trillions of dollars to upgrade its nuclear triad, and has been working to build a global anti-missile system and establish forward deployment of strategic assets. The U.S. applies double standards on nuclear non-proliferation. All of those seriously disrupt global strategic balance and stability and undermine international and regional peace and security.

Qny Right-Mind Person Would Support President Puyin's "April 19th" Decree!

Italy-KFA: DPRK Supports President Vladimir Putin’s Decree Establishing “April 19th” as “Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Nazi German Genocide in USSR”! (13.2.2026)

13/02/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

🔊 For decades, Germany 🇩🇪 has been providing social subsidies to those who were directly involved in the blockade of Leningrad, including soldiers of the Third Reich who served in criminal military organizations such as the SS and foreigners who collaborated with the Hitler regime, but refuses to compensate the Russians who suffered because of them.

🔊 Recently, during a speech at a memorial ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, the Polish President 🇵🇱 made an inappropriate remark: “The Soviet Union started the Second World War and initiated the genocide”.

🔊 The Russian Embassy in Berlin has demanded that Germany officially recognize the blockade of Leningrad as a genocide against the Soviet people and pay compensation.

🔊 Today, Russia continues to strive to forever remember the tragedy of the Second World War and defend the truth of history.

🔊 Prime Minister Mishustin has instructed the State Presidential Centre for Historical Memory to oversee the work to permanently preserve the memory of the Soviets massacred during the Great Patriotic War.

🔊 Speaker of the State Council Volodin has spoken out against attempts to deny the genocide committed against the Soviet people. He stated that the State Council will prioritize the consideration of a bill criminalizing the denial of genocide and the defamation of the memory of victims. He said that these measures will strengthen the legal protection of historical memory and help more effectively counter attempts to conceal Nazi crimes and glorify Nazism.

Racist Trump is a Threat to World Peace!

UK: A Not So-Surprising History of Trump’s Racism! (9.2.2026)

09/02/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

This will not be the last time something like this happens – the White House has taken it down, blaming a junior staffer – which is odd as we are told Trump does all his own posting and it went up at midnight – but at least it’s not up there anymore.

But the damage has been done, whatever mask there may have been has slipped.

The test for all of us now comes in how we respond the next time it happens.

Donald Trump has not apologised for the video, shared on his Truth Social account, depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, saying “I didn’t make a mistake”.

The post was deleted around 12 hours after being shared.

The US president said “of course” he condemned the racist parts of the video.

In 1973, the Department of Justice sued Donald Trump and his father for alleged racial discrimination at Trump housing developments in New York. The case was settled two years later with no admission of guilt.

The five men wrongly convicted of raping a woman in Central Park have sued Donald Trump on accusations of making “false and defamatory” statements during a presidential debate against former vice president Kamala Harris in 2024.

Mr Trump has tried to have the lawsuit dismissed, but has so far been unsuccessful.

The finely-carved Roman gemstone shows a charioteer standing on a racing chariot, with whip in hand, urging on two high-stepping horses

England: Latin Medieval Seal – Reading “+SECRETVM . RICARDI” [with Roman Gem-Stone] Unearthed! (2.2.2026)

02/02/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

The inscription – which reads +SECRETVM . RICARDI – shows the seal was created specifically for a man called Richard.

He would have used it to make a mark in hot wax to seal his letters and documents.

Richard appears to have specifically chosen the carved gemstone, known as an intaglio – possibly as a way of showing he had an understanding of the Classical world, according to Miss Rogerson.

She said: “It definitely would have been an indicator of the owner’s social status as a way of saying, ‘I have the means of obtaining something from a far gone time and place’ and indicated they were quite important – or saw themselves as quite important.”

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