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South China Morning Post
a day ago
- Lifestyle
- South China Morning Post
An 80-year-old marathon runner, Year of the Snake monthly forecast: 7 Lifestyle highlights
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The South African
4 days ago
- Politics
- The South African
Was the Butler 'assassination attempt' on Donald Trump staged?
Is it remotely possible that showman, actor, TV producer and all-round heavyweight bullsh*tter Donald J. Trump was involved in staging the alleged 'assassination attempt' on him in Butler, Pennsylvania on 13 July last year? Because as many analysts, investigators and internet sleuths are pointing out…the 'official explanation' is riddled with weird and confounding inconsistencies. In a recent episode of his talk show, MOATS, British MP and political analyst, George Galloway, raised an interesting, important and pertinent question: 'Whatever happened to the guy…who came so close to murdering Donald Trump at Butler, PA?' Galloway asked. 'Why do I know less about him than I know about the latest K-pop star singing, You're My Little Soda Pop ? Why do I know more about Little Soda Pop than I do about the guy who drew blood, in broad daylight, by firing a bullet into the face of the man who was about to be the president of the United States?' 'I know nothing about him,' Galloway said. 'Haven't seen his manifesto. Know nothing about his motives, his associates, or who he was in touch with in the minutes, hours and days…before he came so close to changing the entire course of world history. 'Is that not a bit suspicious? Just saying…' Good question. Suspicious indeed. And it gets even more suspicious. On the anniversary of the Butler assassination attempt this year, Congress released a report detailing failures by the United States Secret Service (USSS) that allowed the 13 July 2024 attempted assassination of presidential candidate Donald J. Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, to nearly succeed. The report unveiled by US Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, exposes a disturbing pattern of denials, mismanagement, and missed warning signs – some occurring just minutes before shots were fired. Among the failures by the USSS documented in the report are 'inexcusable negligence, communication breakdowns, systemic weaknesses, and limited accountability'. The report states (summary): 'On July 13, 2024, a gunman climbed onto the roof of the American Glass Research building near the Butler Farm Show rally and opened fire, striking four individuals, including President Trump, and killing firefighter Corey Comperatore. The shooter had been reported to the Secret Service as suspicious and with a rangefinder at least 25 minutes earlier.' 'What happened in Butler, Pennsylvania, was not just a tragedy—it was a scandal. The United States Secret Service failed to act on credible intelligence, failed to coordinate with local law enforcement, and failed to prevent an attack that nearly took the life of a then-former president,' said chairman Paul. 'Despite those failures, no one has been fired. That's unacceptable. This was not a single lapse in judgment. It was a complete breakdown of security at every level—fueled by bureaucratic indifference, a lack of clear protocols, and a shocking refusal to act on direct threats.' Almost as if responding to Galloway's good question, political and media (and 'conspiracy theory') analysts, Keaton Weiss and Russell Dobular from Due Dissidence recently did a collating deep dive into the 'suspicious' mystery behind Trump's near murder and would-be assassin. In his introduction, Dobular announced, 'We're going to go Oliver Stone on this.' Citing director Stone's masterpiece film, JFK , he said, 'Stone presented a theory, and that theory was: Even if you don't think this is what happened, the 'official story' is not what happened, based on the evidence.' He added, 'There are a lot of weird things about this assassination attempt.' In a video titled, More Questions than Answers , here's what DD unpacked… The duo started by playing a clip from a video posted on X by alt news/media site HOT SPOT. The description in the post says, 'Footage of the attempted Trump assassination in Butler, PA shows a man lining up photographers at the precise moment the most effective campaign photo in US history was captured.' After the shooter fired on Trump, Keaton Weiss pointed out how bizarre it was that the Secret Service agent was concerned about coordinating the photographers. 'Your job is to protect the president, not the photographers, right?' Weiss said. 'Why are you corralling them? It's weird.' Dobular, a self-admitted 'theatre dork', questioned the strange decision by the SS to bring Trump 'downstage centre' (the part of a stage that's closest to the audience). 'This is an active shooter situation,' Dobular said. 'Why would you bring him downstage centre? That to me is the most suspicious part of this footage.' The video clip got to the part where shots have just rung out, and the SS have Trump on the ground and covered. And then, they again do something that was bewilderingly strange and reckless. They pick Trump up, exposing him to the shooter. Dobular paused the clip and asked the obvious question. 'So they got him down, which is what you'd expect. Why would you lift him up? Why would you expose him like that?' THE WAPO BODYCAM POV – TRUMP PAUSES FOR A PHOTO OP Russell then ran a clip of another angle – from the Washington Post; the POV of a photographer wearing a GoPro or body cam. 'This was definitely one of the photographers that the Secret Service guy was corralling', Weiss indicated. To which Dobular responded, 'Again, why would you position him like that in an active shooter situation? That is really the most suspicious thing in all of this.' In the POV clip, Trump can be seen forcing his SS guards to pause his rapid exit, as he raised his fist for that iconic photo-op moment, and shouted to the crowd, 'Fight!'. Dobular brought up another X post, by alt news/media platform, RAWSALERTS. It's allegedly a photo of the bullet whizzing past Trump's head. He then brought up several photos from different accounts questioning the blood, and lack of scar tissue on Trump's ear – and how quickly it seemed to heal. Commenting on the images and posts, Dobular said: 'A lot of people have pointed out the ear, claiming the blood should be dripping. Some pointed out there's no scarring in the ear. I personally don't think you see scar tissue there.' Dobular also ran a video of interviews with multiple witnesses who pointed out the shooter in advance when they saw him behaving 'suspiciously' and climbing onto the roof, but were ignored by police and SS. By late July, less than two weeks after the shooting, new photos emerged of Trump's ear apparently miraculously completely healed. On 8 August 2024, less than a month after the shooting – and the Republican National Convention where Trump was seen wearing a bandage on his ear – Trump was interviewed by the media at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, without the ear bandage. When a reporter asked about the absence of the bandage, in true narcissistic Trump fashion, The Don answered: 'I'm a fast healer. It's a helluva shot, but I'm a fast healer. Yeah, pretty much recovered.' 'I got very lucky. It just hit the lobe – as they call it,' he added. On 28 February, Elon Musk made another appearance on the Joe Rogan show. The subject of Trump's near-assassination came up. Along with some good questions about some very strange inconsistencies. As Rogan pointed out, the house of the (alleged) shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, had been 'professionally' scrubbed, and Crooks had no internet or social media footprint. Here Musk interjected, 'Yeah, there's zero per cent chance that he has no social media footprint.' Rogan continued, 'With this kid, we don't know anything, right? And everyone's stopped asking questions. There was never a formal report or press conference where they detailed all the information we know currently and where the investigation stands. At the moment, what we know is you have a very young kid who was filmed, they knew he was there – with a rangefinder – half an hour before the event.' He pointed out, 'You also know that CNN streamed it live – which I do not believe they did for any other rally and certainly not for a rally that's in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania.' Among the other anomalies in the case, Rogan also brought up 'the kid had 5 phones, that's a lot of phones for a 20-year-old kid. One of them was tracked to outside FBI offices several times.' 'There's a lot of weird shit', Rogan added. THE HIGGINS REPORT – 'THE BODY IS GONE' In early August 2024, Louisiana Republican Clay Higgins, a member of the House Task Team investigating the assassination attempt, was in Butler asking the coroner if he could investigate the body of Thomas Crooks – only to be told, 'the body is gone'. In his report submitted to the Task Force Chairman on 12 August, Higgins wrote: 'My effort to examine Crooks' body on Monday, 5 August, caused quite a stir and revealed a disturbing fact… the FBI released the body for cremation 10 days after J13.' 'On J23, Crooks was gone', Higgins reported. 'Nobody knew this until 5 August, including the County Coroner, law enforcement, Sheriff, etc.' Higgins said the Butler County Coroner 'technically had legal authority over the body, but I spoke with the Coroner, and he would have never released Crooks' body to the family for cremation or burial without specific permission from the FBI'. He also wrote that 'similar to scrubbing crime scene biological evidence … this action by the FBI can only be described as an obstruction to any investigative effort.' 'THE 'OFFICIAL STORY' IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED' In the course of the deep dive by Dissidence , Russell Dobular said, 'In my entire life, there has never been a would-be assassin as invisibilized as this assassin. I didn't know his name until I did the research for this.' Wrapping up their video, Dobular made his position and personal opinion on the 'assassination attempt' clear. 'Given how things have evolved since Trump became president…I believe this was staged to ensure that he would become president', he said. 'Nobody could ever prove that – but that's my opinion based on the evidence.' 'There's a lot of weird stuff. I think we can say, conclusively, that the story we're being told is not the truth. Clearly, there is a cover-up here. Whatever you believe about that, there's a cover-up.' He added, 'What the nature of it is, we don't know.' Let us know by leaving a comment below or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1. Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X, and Bluesky for the latest news.
The Herald Scotland
6 days ago
- General
- The Herald Scotland
Glasgow School of Art's stained glass studio closure 'ill-judged'
The concern comes as a new stained glass window telling stories of resistance has just been unveiled at the Bridge in Easterhouse, Glasgow. Cameron is one of a number of prominent figures who have criticised the closure of the studio, which had been providing continuing education courses in the craft since the Murals and Stained Glass degree was scrapped in the eighties. Some of those who have attended the classes, taught by artists Eilidh Keith and Geraldine McSporran, have gone on to set up their own glass studios. Read more Dani Garavelli: The GSA took the decision to close the studio in its Haldane building because, it said, it required the space for its expanding number of students. Keith and McSporran are being made redundant. Those who attended the classes insist no effort was made to inform them of the closure. Cameron said he found it hard to believe no alternative space could be found. 'The GSA bought the Stow College building: that's where its fine art department is based. Surely, there's a room in there that could be used,' he said. Professor Dugald Cameron is unhappy with the decision. (Image: George Munro) He spoke out days after the death of Sir Brian Clarke, one of the world's leading contemporary stained glass artists. Collaborating with Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid, Clarke understood that for the artform to survive it must move beyond the religious to the secular. His work can be found in Pfizer's headquarters in Manhattan and Lake Sagami Country Club in Yamanashi, Japan. 'The problem is people don't realise stained glass isn't something only churches do,' Cameron said. 'We have a noble history of it.' Meanwhile, artist Alec Galloway, who has a stained glass studio in Gourock, said the GSA's 'sudden' decision was 'saddening and bewildering'. In 2023, stained glass was added to the Heritage Crafts Association's (HCA) Red List of Endangered Crafts. Galloway described the situation in Scotland as 'a Doomsday clock scenario, where we are in the final seconds.' Glasgow has the most stained glass of any UK city outside of London. In addition to church windows, there is stained glass in its villas, its tenement closes and many of its pubs. A handful of small stained glass studios, including Galloway's, offer recreational classes, but the GSA's was the last attached to an art school. Recent talents to benefit from its teaching include Aoife Hogan, who graduated from the GSA with a first after producing stained glass pieces in the studio. Galloway said the recreational classes were an asset but were mostly for 'hobbyists'. 'They are not producing the kinds of artists who could repair the damage we saw at Notre Dame in Paris,' he said. Galloway taught on Scotland's last stained glass degree course at the Edinburgh College of Art until it was scrapped more than a decade ago. At the time the institution claimed it was too expensive to keep its two furnaces running. But Galloway believes those in charge thought ceramics and stained glass were 'old and messy' and dropped them in favour of clean computer design. There are now no accredited courses in Scotland and only a handful in England. The nearest to the border is the National Glass Centre in Sunderland, which is due to close next year. However, the University of Wales is now running apprenticeship programmes in collaboration with employers. Galloway is one of several campaigners working hard to rectify the situation in Scotland. He is involved in an attempt to buy the Glebe — a B-listed 19th Century former sugar refinery building in Greenock — and turn it into a national stained glass school. Read more Dani Garavelli: Galloway is also working with filmmaker Sarah Purser to try to raise the profile of the craft. Purser, executive producer at Little White Rose films, is on a mission to turn Guy McCrone's Wax Fruit trilogy into a multi-season TV epic. The novels tell the story of the Moorhouse family who rise from humble beginnings to the heights of 19th century Glasgow society. Purser believes the series would showcase the city's heritage and so help to preserve it. As part of this, she has offered to add one of Glasgow's most renowned stained glass artists, Daniel Cottier, to the cast list. 'When Arthur and Bel Moorhouse finally make their move from the squalor of the East End to the glamorous west of the city, they hire global superstars of the architecture and stained glass world to build and design their bespoke mansion – Scots-born geniuses Alexander 'Greek" Thomson and Daniel Cottier,' she explained. 'The Moorhouse Mansion is to be one of the finest, most extravagant and cutting edge residences in the city. But Bel and Arthur's lavish spending and insatiable desire to outdo the creme de la creme will push their already precarious finances to a knife-edge and threaten to topple all that they hold dear." The new stained glass window. (Image: Gordon Terris) Richard Welsh and Keira McLean, who run RDW Glass in Dennistoun, have also been working to shore up the craft. McLean has been trying to set up a new accredited stained course at Langside College and has worked with various community groups to create stained glass windows at libraries across the city. The latest, which tells stories of resistance, including that of activist Cathy McCormack and the poll tax demos, was unveiled at the Bridge in Easterhouse on Thursday, July 24. But their efforts are not being matched by the authorities tasked with preserving our heritage. Having secured the space and the materials for her course, McLean has struggled to obtain funding to cover her fee. As for the GSA, Cameron says it has not responded to his email, though he discussed the situation with a member of its senior staff, and responses to freedom of information requests on the details of consultations it claims were carried out are so redacted as to be meaningless. 'Since I retired, I have tried to support the art school because I do love the place,' Cameron said. 'But it needs to be more careful of its history and its USP. It needs to consider what it can contribute today that other people can't.'
CNBC
19-07-2025
- Business
- CNBC
The No. 1 worst career advice billionaires give, says bestselling author: Anyone who says it is 'already rich'
Billionaires tend to give one bad piece of career advice, according to self-made millionaire and bestselling author Scott Galloway: Follow your passion. "The worst advice the billionaires give is 'follow your passion,'" Galloway, a serial entrepreneur and New York University marketing professor, told LinkedIn's "The Path" video series in an episode that published on June 3. "Anyone who tells you to follow your passion is already rich." Born in Los Angeles to a single mother, Galloway said that his family's income never exceeded $40,000 during his childhood, and that he thought his passion for athletics would bring him financial freedom. After discovering that professional sports weren't in his future, he graduated from UCLA and got an analyst job at Morgan Stanley. He quickly realized, 'I don't have the skills for this," he said. He started to workshop different ideas and decided that he'd be better suited for entrepreneurship than as an employee at a big company. In 1992, he co-founded marketing firm Prophet, ultimately selling it in 2002 for $33 million, according to LinkedIn. Galloway later co-founded a research firm called L2 in 2010, which was acquired in 2017 for a reported sum of more than $130 million. His career journey indicates that success isn't about blindly following passion or going into a field that's stereotypically lucrative. Instead, combine what you're good at with what can make you money, and embrace opportunities to pivot. "I applied for 29 jobs [after graduation]. I got one offer," said Galloway. "The key to my success is rejection, or specifically my ability to endure it. Because if you don't get to 'no' a lot of times, you're never going to get to wonderful 'yeses.'" Galloway's sentiment echoes similar comments from Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach, who often tells young people to look beyond what their passionate about when choosing a career. He realized early in his career that he had a knack for leadership and enjoyed helping others, leading to a slew of board member roles at companies like IBM and The Metropolitan Opera, and almost 16 years at Mastercard. "I love the fact that you're following your passion, but you should also just look at what are you really good at? What differentiates you?" Miebach tells interns, he said in a recent interview with LinkedIn editor-in-chief Daniel Roth. "Figure out, where's the intersection point of what is your passion, what actually matters, and what could you be good at? Bring that together." Finding your strengths doesn't happen overnight and can take a bit of refining, and even failure. Say you're a news producer who recently got laid off, so you started filming and editing documentaries to stay active. Now, you've learned that your strength is actually longform content and storytelling, not hard news and short packages. You can turn difficult setbacks into learning opportunities by adopting a growth mindset, or the idea that you can always be refining your skills, according to Yale University psychologist and happiness expert Laurie Santos. That way, if you face failure or rejection again, you know what steps to take, and to avoid, to keep moving forward in your life and career, she told CNBC Make It in 2023. "That allows us to learn more about how to do better in the future," said Santos.
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Fears over impact of wind farm lights on Dark Sky Park
Campaigners are concerned that the UK's first Dark Sky Park could see its status at risk if a proposed energy development is approved. The Galloway site was first recognised in 2009 as one of the best places to view the night sky with the naked eye. The proposed Lairdmannoch Energy Park sits outside the park's boundary and buffer zone but planning documents show wind turbines and safety aviation lights would be visible from the area. The new site's developer - Wind2 - says the company is "very aware" of the dark sky status and the value of "preserving the area's natural light skies." Aviation lights are an essential safety measure in tall developments to mitigate the risk of collision. The proposed development includes both red "medium-intensity" lights and infrared lights invisible to the eye. Developers say only four of the proposed nine 180m (590ft) wind turbines would include red aviation lights, after consultation with the Civil Aviation Authority. They also stress the energy park was not within the Dark Sky Park or its designated buffer zone. Matthew McFadzean is one of two dark sky rangers at the Galloway Forest Park. He said the project created a "detrimental" threat to night time visibility. "You can come to Dumfries and Galloway and experience a really good level of light quality at night and night vision across the region," he said. "But if you go into the Dark Sky Park, that's where you get the absolute best." Mr McFadzean believes visibility of the night sky has improved thanks to the lighting policies of the local authority over the two decades since the area secured its dark sky status. However, he said he concerned there had been an increasing encroachment of renewable energy developments on the park's boundaries. He said he understood the need to support the transition to renewable energy but added that red light - although it has a smaller impact than white light - could still harm night time visibility. "It will really impact things," he said. "In the Dark Sky Park, you can look up and see with the naked eye, thousands and thousands of stars on a clear night - more than people from the cities who come to visit can ever imagine. "The one word which people say the most when they actually experience looking up at a dark sky for the first time is wow and if we put red lights up there I think that can only be detrimental to that experience." His concerns are shared by by Fi McClelland of The Scottish Dark Sky Observatory, which has plans to build a new facility in the park to replace the previous one, which was destroyed by fire. She said the red light effect could be scattered through the sky by clouds or cause a disruptive "sky glow" across the wider region. Campaigners say the elevated position of the turbines will see them dominate the landscape. "The combination of them both is over 1,300ft from sea level to the tip of the turbine - that's bigger than the Empire State Building without its antenna," resident Matthew James said. As well as the impact on the dark sky park, locals have raised concerns about the effect of the wind turbines on wildlife and the local water system. But developer Wind2 said it had been working with the community for two years and had taken steps to mitigate risks including potential threat to night time visibility and wildlife. It added it believed the area should see "tangible benefits from local renewable energy projects". It has estimated community benefit funding of £310,000 per year would add up to £12.4m over its operational life. It said the scheme - which also includes solar panels and battery storage - matched Scottish government's best practice guidance and could meet the energy needs of up to 67,000 homes. The company stressed it had taken every effort to make the turbines "as inconspicuous as possible from sensitive areas". The window for the public to comment on the proposals is about to close. The Scottish government - which will decide the fate of the scheme - said it would not be appropriate to comment on a live planning application. More like this story A decade of the UK's first Dark Sky Park
