World population now expected to peak around 10.3 billion humans.

World population to decline to 10.2 billion humans by 2100.

My opinion:

It will go even lower than that. Chinese trade causes quality of life in South America to scale further up, which causes population growth in South America to decline even further.

Same for Africa and the rest of the world.

I expect humans to peak around 9 billion humans at most.

Conclusion:

The issue isn't population growth now. The issue is population education now.

Edit:

This would mean that the world population is going to grow by another 13% at most ( As per my projections ). World GDP growth easily surpasses world population growth. World poverty like world hunger isn't a monetary issue it is a supply chain issue.

I'm rooting for the Federal Government.

The Provinces deserve to lose and be forced to pay up. They're just corrupt middle men.

I wish I was appointed as a Senator.

Trent Conaway, the mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, is slated to speak at next week's Republican National Convention.

Conaway is tentatively scheduled to address delegates on July 17, the third night of the convention and the same night that the vice presidential nominee will speak. The day of his appearance could change, according to a person familiar with the appearance who was granted anonymity to describe the internal planning.

Trump visited East Palestine on Feb. 22, 2023, weeks after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in the northeastern Ohio village. During the trip, Trump accused the Biden administration of treating the blue collar community with "indifference and betrayal" and said it owed them "answers" for how the derailment was being handled. Trump's appearance played into his broader push to appeal to working class voters, who comprise a critical demographic in three Rust Belt battleground states — Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Trump advisers view the visit as a turning point in his campaign, which had a rocky start. In November 2021, shortly after Trump launched his comeback bid, the former president had dined with rapper and Nazi sympathizer Ye, better known as Kanye West, and prominent Holocaust denier Nicholas Fuentes. Just days after that, Trump published a social media post in which he called for the "termination of all rules …even those found in the Constitution." Both events drew massive scrutiny to the former president and raised questions about his political strength going forward.

Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, who is under consideration to be Trump's vice presidential choice, played a key role in helping to organize the trip and, along with Conaway, appeared with Trump in East Palestine. Donald Trump Jr., the former president's eldest son and a Vance ally, is also slated to address delegates that evening, Axios reported earlier Thursday.

The mayor has been critical of President Joe Biden and, in the immediate aftermath of the accident, questioned why he had not yet visited. Biden made a trip to East Palestine and met with Conaway a year after the derailment.

"That was the biggest slap in the face," Conaway said during a Feb. 2023 appearance on Fox News, when asked what he thought about Biden's decision to travel to Ukraine while the East Palestine crisis was unfolding. "That tells you right now he doesn't care about us."

Not all heroes wear clothes

https://old.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/1e0uenx/san_francisco_nudists_save_tourist_from_attacker/

Mmmm stale 2013 corpo speak, this is sure to reverse the endless decline. The CEO has previously fired people at random and pivoted to AI.

'A brand that sheds light on what is true,"' Watford wrote. "Our campaign is born of this insight. Democracy Dies in Darkness, we say Switch On." Watford described the new catchphrase as an "active, optimistic build" on the outlet's "Democracy Dies in Darkness" slogan. She added that the team wanted a "scalable creative framework" to "supercharge growth"

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/russia-nuclear-war-china-usa-33220584

Leaked Russian military files reveal that Putin's forces have been practising the use of tactical nuclear weapons in the early stages of a conflict with a major global power, including potential invasion scenarios by China.

The classified documents, which were reviewed by the Financial Times, suggest a lower threshold for deploying such weapons than Russia has previously admitted to publicly, according to experts who verified the papers.

The leaked files, comprising 29 secret Russian military documents drafted between 2008 and 2014, include war-gaming scenarios and naval officer presentations discussing the principles of nuclear weapon usage.

The criteria for a possible nuclear response vary from an enemy incursion on Russian territory to more specific triggers like the destruction of 20 percent of Russia's strategic ballistic missile submarines.

Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin, said: "This is the first time that we have seen documents like this reported in the public domain. They show that the operational threshold for using nuclear weapons is pretty low if the desired result can't be achieved through conventional means."

Russia's tactical nuclear weapons, designed for limited battlefield use in Europe and Asia, can be delivered by land or sea-launched missiles or from aircraft. These are different from the larger "strategic" weapons intended to target the US.

Modern tactical warheads still pack a punch, releasing significantly more energy than the bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945. Despite these files being over a decade old, experts argue they remain relevant to Russia's current military doctrine. The documents were shared with the FT by western sources.

These defensive plans reveal deep-seated suspicions of China within Moscow's security elite, even as Putin was forming an alliance with Beijing. This alliance included a nuclear no-first-strike agreement as early as 2001.

Over the years, Russia and China have strengthened their partnership, especially since Xi Jinping assumed power in Beijing in 2012. The conflict in Ukraine has solidified Russia's position as a junior partner in this relationship, with China providing crucial economic support to help Russia withstand western sanctions.

However, even as the two countries grew closer, training materials show that Russia's eastern military district was practising multiple scenarios depicting a Chinese invasion.

These exercises provide a unique glimpse into how Russia views its nuclear arsenal as a key component of its defence policy - and how it trains forces to execute a nuclear first strike under certain battlefield conditions.

One war game scenario portraying a mock assault by China reveals that Russia could potentially employ tactical nuclear weaponry to thwart "the South" from continuing an offensive with a second line of troops.

"The order has been given by the commander-in-chief . . . to use nuclear weapons . . . in the event the enemy deploys second-echelon units and the South threatens to attack further in the direction of the main strike," the guidelines explain.

China's foreign ministry rebutted any hypotheses about distrust towards Moscow. A spokesperson stated: "The Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation between China and Russia has legally established the concept of eternal friendship and non-enmity between the two countries. The 'threat theory' has no market in China and Russia."

Putin's spokesperson said: "The main thing is that the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons is absolutely transparent and is spelled out in the doctrine. As for the documents mentioned, we strongly doubt their authenticity."

An additional coaching resource designed for naval officers, which is unrelated to the war simulations involving China, presents wider scenarios for executing a nuclear response, such as an adversary's foothold on Russian soil, the capitulation of forces guarding the frontiers, or an impending conventional weapons strike by an enemy.

The slides outline the threshold as a mix of circumstances where Russian forces' losses "would irrevocably lead to their failure to stop major enemy aggression", creating a "critical situation for the state security of Russia".

Additional triggers could be the destruction of 20% of Russia's strategic ballistic missile submarines, 30% of its nuclear-powered attack submarines, at least three cruisers, three airfields, or a simultaneous strike on main and backup coastal command centres.

Russia's military strategy also anticipates the use of tactical nuclear weapons for various objectives, such as "containing states from using aggression [...] or escalating military conflicts", "stopping aggression", preventing Russian forces from losing battles or territory, and enhancing the effectiveness of Russia's navy.

Putin expressed his disapproval of using tactical nuclear strikes last June but then highlighted that Russia possesses a larger non-strategic arsenal than NATO countries. "Screw them, you know, as people say," Putin remarked.

The US has assessed that Russia holds a minimum of 2,000 such weapons. Putin said last year that Russian nuclear policy permits two scenarios for deploying nuclear arms: in response to an initial nuclear assault by an adversary, and if "the very existence of Russia as a state comes under threat even if conventional weapons are used".

Putin himself has stated that neither of these criteria is likely to be met, and he has dismissed public calls from hardliners to lower the threshold. The materials are designed to train Russian units for situations where the country might want the ability to use nuclear weapons, according to Jack Watling, a senior research fellow for land warfare at the Royal United Services Institute. He clarified that this does not establish a rule book for their use.

Watling further explained that the requirement at this level is for units to maintain the credible option for policymakers to employ nuclear weapons over the course of a conflict. He emphasised that this would be a political decision.

Despite Moscow's growing closeness with Beijing since the war games and the movement of forces from the east to Ukraine, it continues to strengthen its eastern defences. William Alberque, director of strategy, technology and arms control at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, noted that "Russia is continuing to reinforce and exercise its nuclear-capable missiles in the Far East near its border with China".

He pointed out that many of these systems only have the range to strike China. Alberque also mentioned that Russia is still behaving in accordance with the "theory of use" of nuclear weapons set out in the documents.

He said: "We have not seen a fundamental rethink," and suggested that Russia is probably worried that China may try to take advantage of Moscow being distracted "to push the Russians out of Central Asia".

The documents reveal patterns consistent with exercises regularly conducted by the Russian military before and after Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Alberque, a former Nato and US defence department arms control worker, highlighted instances of Russian exercises in June and November last year that utilised nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in two regions adjacent to China.

While only Russia's president has the power to initiate a first nuclear strike, the low threshold for tactical nuclear use outlined in the documents aligns with a doctrine some western observers label as "escalating to de-escalate".

This strategy suggests a tactical weapon could be deployed to prevent Russia from getting entangled in a widespread war, especially one where the US might step in. Using a method it refers to as "fear inducement", Moscow would aim to conclude the conflict on its own terms by startling its opponent with the early deployment of a small nuclear weapon - or securing a settlement through the threat of doing so.

Alberque explained: "They talk about 'soberising' their adversaries - knocking them out of the drunkenness of their early victories by introducing nuclear weapons. The best way that they think they can do that is to use what they call a lower 'dosage' of nuclear weapons at a much lower level of combat to prevent escalation."

Ukrainian officials have suggested that Putin's nuclear threats may have deterred the US and other allies from providing more substantial military support to Kyiv earlier in the conflict.

Alberque believes Russia would be less likely to use tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine, which lacks its own nuclear capabilities and the ability to launch a large-scale ground invasion, compared to China or the US.

According to Alberque, Russian leaders think that while a nuclear strike on China or the US could serve as a wake-up call, a similar attack on Ukraine could escalate the conflict and potentially provoke direct intervention by the US or UK. He added: "That is absolutely the last thing Putin wants."

I can't wait for the Federal Conservatives when they win the election next October to crack down on First Nation nonsense.

Pierre might pull a Trump and install loyalists as judges, that hate "Indigenous rights" and rule in ways to severely restrict it.

Sigrun Øen, Magnus Carlsen's mother, has passed away. My deepest condolences to the whole family. https://t.co/YYTsSJR7mj

— Tarjei J. Svensen (@TarjeiJS) July 11, 2024

Stephanopoulos

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13494173/neurodivergent-teen-isaiah-trammell-cops-restrained-ohio-jail-video.html

Disturbing footage shows a terrified neurodivergent 19-year-old desperately asking cops to listen to him before he repeatedly slammed his head on a cell door and died.

Isaiah Trammell, was taunted, belittled and threatened by nine guards as he begged for his medication at the Montgomery County Jail in Ohio. He was taken there after he was arrested following a mental health episode in March, 2023.

After fatally-injuring himself, he was taken to a hospital where he later died.

In surveillance videos obtained by The Columbus Dispatch, officers are seen telling Trammell he was 'ridiculous,' 'embarrassing' and 'acting like an a**.'

He was strapped into a restraint chair twice and threatened a third time with severe consequences if he did not calm down.

But Trammell responded to the threats by banging his head on the cell door and screaming: 'Let me out'

No-one listened as Trammell asked for his medications, a phone call and a blanket, according to the Dispatch.

Trammell was then rushed to hospital where he died three days later, with the coroner ruling it was suicide.

Trammell had been taken to jail after neighbors called police because he'd spent the night banging his head into a wall at his home.

He told officers banging his head on the wall was: 'The only way I know to get rid of the crazy in my head'.

Officers booked Trammell when they discovered he was wanted on an outstanding misdemeanor domestic violence warrant. He had allegedly been abusive to his sister and her husband.

Trammell's heartbroken mother Brandy Abner told The Columbus Patch that Trammel had a history of banging his head as a coping mechanism which often saw him end up in hospital.

She had not been aware of the outstanding warrant against her son.

'We always call when he begins to rage - it's a mental health call, not an "arrest me" call,' she said.

The 19-year-old told officers he suffered from ADHD and did not want to live.

Trammell was put on suicide watch, meaning he was trip-searched and isolated in a safe cell.

However, according to the Dispatch, he wasn't given a mattress, blanket or a suicide-resistant gown.

'He hated his body to be exposed and he kept telling them. He hated to be confined. Absolutely that would trigger him,' his mother said.

Officers allegedly kept him on the restraint chair for more than an hour, which is against Ohio standards for restraints.

The cops also continued to threaten to put Trammell into the chair a third time. The chair is supposed to be a last resort and used after providing medication.

When one officer said they couldn't use the restraint chair, another cop replied: 'Just put the chair in front of his fu***** cell so he stops. Give him a constant reminder.'

The Montgomery County Jail Coalition has called on the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC) to investigate Trammell's death.

'Isaiah would be alive today had he been treated with dignity and respect in the jail by staff concerned for his health and well-being. Instead of listening to his cries for medication he was laughed at and ignored. We need accountability for what happened to him,' said Yvonne Currington, retired nurse and Jail Coalition member.

The Sheriff's office told Dayton Daily News on Monday that ODRC's Bureau of Detention found no 'deficiencies' in how the sheriff's office handled his death.

'Medical and mental health providers at the jail provided treatment to Trammell from the time he was booked into jail until he was transported to a local hospital,' said the sheriff's office spokeswoman Christine Bevins.

'Although people facing charges for violent crimes shouldn't be released to society to deal with, our community needs a medical facility with a lockdown unit that can better handle those who are in crisis.'

If you have a mentally ill family member, calling the police on them is the worst thing that you can possibly do. You're basically sending them to the death chamber. How many times does this need to happen before people realize that? NO LIVES MATTER to cops and the lives of mentally ill people certainly don't matter to them. In fact, the police are far MORE likely to abuse their power on people who they feel aren't mentally competent enough to do anything about it.