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Feature Film: “Chinese Trade Tensions: What to Look Out For” and Short: “Raven Wars with Hawk” . by Alice B. Clagett

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Feature Film: "Chinese Trade Tensions: What to Look Out For" and Short: "Raven Wars with Hawk"

Image: “Self-Portrait,” by Alice B. Clagett, 12 April 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Self-Portrait,” by Alice B. Clagett, 12 April 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

  • INTRODUCTION
  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
  • MORE INFORMATION
  • VIDEO CREDITS

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

Here are a feature film about trade tensions with China and a short about a Raven warring with a Hawk …

VIDEO BY ALICE

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

Hello, Dear Ones, It’s Alice.

I did some research on wi-fi cameras for surveillance outside the home … such as on a shed or at the top of the house … that can be fed into your handheld, for instance. I did that on Amazon.com. I found out something very interesting …

Of the standalone wi-fi cameras available on [mourning dove call] Amazon, as far as I could tell, all of them have a program that shows the image of [mourning dove call] the surveillance camera online (where you look at it online) …

[Raven says: Hawk, Hawk Hawk, Hawk, etc! I say: The Ravens. Hawk continues to call in the background.]

And the program is in China … almost every single one. There was one, if I remember correctly, where the programs was in an Eastern European nation.

The trouble that I have with this is that those images of your location … maybe your address and your financial information … credit card and bank and so forth … might be available to company that is hosting the images online.

I looked up the countries that had economic sanctions by the United States to find out whether China was being sanctioned. It is not, as far as I can tell; but Russia is being sanctioned, and Russia and China are allies in the war against the Ukraine.

The United States is against the war in the Ukraine; so you see there is a tension arising there, to do with Russia and its ally China as opposed to the United States.

The United States has already expressed this tension in terms of a trade embargo against Russia and parts of the Ukraine. But it has not done that with China.

Chinese technical knowhow is deeply interwoven with the companies of the DOW based in the United States. For instance, both Microsoft and Apple have …

[Raven: Hawk Hawk Hawk Hawk etc. Me to Raven: What’s up? ]

… Excuse me. Raven interruption! They both have … [Laughs.] Life is very unexpectable in the suburbs.

They both have strong connections with China. [Songbird: Listen to her! Listen to her!]

Also I have read that there is a fusion between the military sector and the economic sector in mainland China. What that might mean, for instance … and the thing that everyone fears … is that there might be backdoors, maybe multiple backdoors, in important electronic systems that might assist the military in of China gaining a foothold in the United States … for instance in the realm of surveillance cameras.

This might be applicable worldwide: The ability of the Chinese military to see into our backyards and at our front doors nationwide and globally might provide quite a military advantage … I am sure you can guess … to mainland China.

Then we have the issue of Eastern Europe and the cloud programs that host the images of surveillance cameras over there. The question I have about that is: Could it have to do with, say, a combination of hacking of our contact information and financial information such as credit cards … and home invasion / home robbery in select areas that are being surveilled and overseen by cameras that we ourselves have purchased from Amazon.com!

I know it is a scary topic, but I just thought I would mention that where the wi-fi cameras that are sold on Amazon are made is not really the important thing. They might be made in the United States. They might be made anywhere.

But it is not the cameras that are the issue. It is the software that hosts the images online … like HIK-Connect, and many others. That software feed into military intelligence in mainland China or elsewhere. The same might be true in the United States I guess; I do not know.

I do not know how the United States could get China to cooperate in that, especially if there are trade tensions and if the economic good of mainland China is perceived to lie with their people, and not with other people around the globe. I do not really know what the thinking is there.

So that is the main thing: Surveillance cameras, and how to unlink them from the cloud and get them somehow directly into our own handhelds without contact with foreign countries that might be sanctioned trade-wise.

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I have to wonder what is going to happen if there is a trade sanction against mainland China, and if all the DOW companies … and maybe all the S&P companies … are involved with China … what is going to happen with the stock markets worldwide, do you not?

I have to wonder if …. As if that were not enough bad news for one day! … I have to wonder issues like the exposure of 73 million people’s financial and contact information through the AT&T internet dark web debacle that happened a few months ago … if that kind of thing might not be planned by a foreign power inimical to the United States … China, Russia, or otherwise … whatever it is … and timed and used in conjunction with the surveillance camera issue that I just mentioned.

Operatives could be placed in the United States … en masse, say … to enter homes, rob homes, create mayhem, and at the same time all our finances might be disrupted through another great hack attack.

Of course, a lot of people say that the whole internet might go down.

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I have noticed, so far, four utility poles struck down in my specific geographic area. I have to wonder how many more there are, near here, and whether that might have to do with attempts to rob homes or businesses while the electricity is down because of the power failure … because someone has plowed into the telephone poles.

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Along the lines of ‘dark secrets’, I have another issue as well: That is that there may be operatives coming up from South America who are not the normal people who we are used to dealing with in terms of gardening and home maintenance and so forth.

I feel we ought to be very careful who it is that we hire; who we allow into our yards and into our lives. For instance, how do we pay them? Do we pay by check or by credit card? Each time we pay, we might consider which of these payment methods would be more vulnerable to forgery or cybercrime.

Amongst the good people of, say, Latin America, who are working in the United States, there may be people who are not good people, do you not know? … who are outlaws … even members of Cosa Nostra, or who knows what? … people who do not mean us well.

We should be on the alert, I feel. We should figure things out; because these times are far more tense than times have been in the decades past, as far as international relations are concerned.

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What a lot of things to think about! But there are many things to be grateful for, too. There is the Raven Tribe. There are three Ravens now. A lot went missing, but two Ravens stayed on. Then one more came along.

The have been doing the funniest things lately. There is a mated couple. Then there is this odd one out. And they play Hawk War Games together, as if one of them were the Hawk and the other two were chasing the Hawk .

When three Ravens do that, they are kind of kindhearted to each other. But when two Ravens and the Hawk get together, the Ravens go all out. I think that is because these Hawks are much larger, much stronger, and much meaner than the Ravens overall.

If it is one Raven against two Hawks, then it will be one dead Raven, I feel.

If it is two Ravens against one Hawk, usually they can chase it away.

By doing war games with each other, the Ravens toughen up their skills and their ability to stay alive in this environment … because the Hawks are always after the Ravens’ babies. They are always after them … much as you could say that operatives from other lands come into the United States, and they are used to sex trafficking adults and children, and they will attempt the same thing here in the United States. So there are children who may be in danger.

In the same way, when the Hawks come in, and to for the Raven nests, they try to eat the eggs and kill the children. It is really tense times here in the suburbs, is it not!

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Well, it is a beautiful day, even if the Sun is not shining. There is another chance of rain. It is a blessed year for California with regard to rain.

Let us not worry too much about things. Let us just be on the alert, just in case something comes up.

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Just one other thing: For those of you who come up with notions that are relevant to this conversation … and if you have some facts and figures before you … I think it is a wonderful idea to take a look at the Secret Service websites, which may have online forms for reporting all kinds of issues to do with national security and crime waves and so forth.

They have made it very easy for people to send them tips. It is really very easy: You just go online and say what you say. And they do what they do. Probably they already know everything about everything, but you know, as a concerned citizen you can possibly make a difference by offering a crime tip online.

Well, that is all for today.

God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Come and visit me at my website “Awakening with Planet Earth.” There you will see much more than on youtube. You will get references to other posts. You will get graphics that you cannot see on youtube. You will hear music that you cannot hear on youtube.

It is really altogether glorious at my website “Awakening with Planet Earth.”

Enough for one day. Hope all is well. Take care!

MORE INFORMATION

Link: “Blacklisting and White-Labeling: The U.S. Government Ban on Chinese-Made Security Cameras,” by i2c Technology … https://i2ctech.com/blacklisting-and-white-labeling-the-u-s-government-ban-on-chinese-made-security-cameras/ ..

Link: “Security Camera Users Banned from US Government Contracts,” by Hexis Consulting, 24 June 2022 … https://hexisconsulting.com/security-camera-users-banned-from-us-government-contracts/ ,,

VIDEO CREDITS

Feature Film: “Chinese Trade Tensions: What to Look Out For”
Short: “Raven Wars with Hawk”
by Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 12 April 2024
Produced on 13 April 2024

Location:
San Fernando Valley, CA
CC BY-SA 4.0 International

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Filmed on 12 April 2024 and published on 13 April 2024; revised on 24 July 2024

 

Music by its_tigri from Pixabay
“Sword 4” – Pixabay Content License

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Compendium: Undue Influence by Corporations on the Nations and Peoples of the World . by Alice B. Clagett

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Written and published on 25 September 2016
Previously titled: Undue Influence by Corporations on the Nations and Peoples of the World

Compendium

Dear Ones,

Here is a compendium of my blogs regarding undue influence by corporations on the nations and peoples of the world.

By ‘undue influence’, I mean that the power of corporations in world politics and world economics has grown so great that they are able to influence the executive branches and the legislatures of nations all over the world to act on behalf of their boards of directors, and very secondarily, their shareholders, instead of acting on behalf of the peoples of these countries. (1)

Because of the international character of the great corporations of the world, I feel that mitigation of their undue influence on the world’s nations must proceed through a parliament of nations: a forum such as the World Trade Organization, (2) the United Nations, (3) or possibly a new international organization set up just for this purpose.

  • Link: “On Corporate Governance and the Bicameral Legislative Model,” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed and published on 19 October 2015; transcribed on 27 January 2019 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-49q ..
  • Link: “Activation of Light: Industries, Corporations and Companies,” by the Hathors, through Alice B. Clagett, published on 4 February 2015; transcribed and revised on 8 October 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-5LW … This is a positive visualization so that we can keep a good thought about the future possibilities for peacefully transforming global economics for the good of the world.
  • Link: “Thoughts on Corporations and Social Change,” by Alice B. Clagett, published on 8 March 2011; revised on 16 May 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-5LK ..
  • Link: “Corporate Power,” by Alice B. Clagett, written on 12 May 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-8HI ..

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

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FOOTNOTES

(1) “In jurisprudence, undue influence is an equitable doctrine that involves one person taking advantage of a position of power over another person. This inequity in power between the parties can vitiate one party’s consent as they are unable to freely exercise their independent will….” — from Link: “Undue Influence,” in Wikipedia …  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undue_influence … Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.

(2) See Link: “World Trade Organization” …  https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/who_we_are_e.htm ..

(3) See LInk: “United Nations” … http://www.un.org/en/index.html ..

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On Corporate Governance and the Bicameral Legislative Model . by Alice B. Clagett

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Filmed and published on 19 October 2015; transcribed on 27 January 2019

  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
    • Early United States Decisions on Governance
    • Might the Bicameral Model Be Useful in the Ethical Governance of Corporations?
    • A ‘What If’ Regarding Alternative Energy
  • MORE INFORMATION
    • Bicameralism as a Compromise between Plutocracy and Rule by the Common Man
    • US History — Who Could Vote
    • Fracking

Dear Ones,

This video is about corporate ethics, and corporate responsibility to the global welfare. There is a description of the early decision to form the United States government with a Senate (representing plutocracy, or government by the wealthy) and the House of Representatives (representing ‘the common man’). The video is about how this model might be applied to corporate governance for the greater global good.

A ‘what if’ is also presented regarding putative corporate ownership of alternate energy patents, the contentious issue of fracking, and the common global good. There is a lightly edited Summary after the video.

VIDEO BY ALICE

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

Hello, Dear Ones, It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.

I had some thoughts today about corporate ethics, and corporate responsibility to the global welfare, that I would like to share with you, just by way of one avenue of approach (of which there are many).

I was thinking about how much power the global corporations have right now, in the world; and how, quite frequently they see their responsibility to be to their shareholders, and to their Boards, and to their presidents, rather than to the global good.

So the issue that I see right now is that, in some contexts at least, the corporations are striving for the good of a small group of people, rather than for the good of the world; and in my opinion, the good of the world is very important as well.

Early United States Decisions on Governance

I thought back to the early history of the United States … about how they were figuring out about governance; how they would set up the governance of the United States. And back then … back in the old days … there was a somewhat parallel situation.

And that had to do with the great landholders of that era … of which George Washington, for instance, was one … as opposed to all the other people (actually, at that time, only all the other men in the original colonies) … and who would govern.

And so naturally, the people that had most of the land were the ones that wanted to take control of the government of the United States. But there was also popular opinion to consider. And so what finally got hammered out was the Senate and the House of Representatives … two different governing bodies.

The Senate originally was more oriented towards the landholders. And the House of Representatives was more oriented toward the common man. And so, in the governance of the United States, was hammered out an agreement that took into consideration both wealth and the free will of all the people (all the men, in that case) in the United States at that time.

Might the Bicameral Model Be Useful in the Ethical Governance of Corporations?

My question is whether this model could be used in the ethical governance of corporations. In this instance the ‘Senate’ would be the board of directors of a corporation, the president, and the shareholders.

And since these corporations are global, by proportionate gross domestic product, I think that the members of each nation would also be able to participate in the governance of corporations, in some fashion.

This is just an idea that I am throwing out there; this is a thought I have, of ways to help corporations come into a new understanding of their ethical responsibility with regard to the world.

A ‘What If’ Regarding Alternative Energy

And along those lines, I will just give you a ‘for instance’ … which I do not know to be true or note true … I will just give you a ‘what if’. What if the oil corporations, or the transport corporation … some sector of corporations … or maybe all the corporations in every economic sector, for all I know … had bought out all the patents on alternate energy that were totally viable. Suppose they had done that.

And suppose this issue that is so controversial in this State of Colorado … this issue of fracking, which is, according to some of the landholders, is ruining the well water of the ranches and farms and so forth … this issue of extracting the last dollar of profit out of oil, before oil is completely depleted from the globe, could be alleviated by simply setting forth the patents of alternate energy that are available, but ‘locked up’ by the corporations …

Could this be true, that they are doing that? If it were true, then they would be acting against the common interests globally.

This is just a ‘what if’. This is the kind of ‘what if’ that we might be looking at, in all the different sectors, and all the different corporations, to see how we could come to terms with the profit motive, as compared to the ethical motive of uplifting and sustaining humankind.

Well, that is all I have for you today. I wish you all … whether or not you are in business … the greatest opportunity for harmony and love and prosperity that is possible in the world today. Bye bye.

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Postscript on More Democratic Global Alternatives

And then I am thinking … just paying attention to how, in the United States at first, it was men that had the right to vote … and later on, women had the right to vote … and so there was a loosening up, into a greater form of democracy in that way …

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) model, as a weighting factor for the voice of each nation in the corporate bicameral scheme, would weight corporate ethical considerations in favor of developed countries, which more likely also have the most corporate shareholders.

It could be that GDP model would be amended, later on, to national population, as a weighting factor for the voice of each nation in the corporate bicameral scheme … so that greater plebeian or democratic base for the global welfare aspect of corporate responsibility.

And so at that point … where the census of a nation came into play … it would place the responsibility less in the hands of people that have enough money to be shareholders, and more into the hands of the people that are in desperate need of housing and livelihood and clean water and so forth.

I believe that would greatly facilitate moving into world harmony.

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MORE INFORMATION

Bicameralism as a Compromise between Plutocracy and Rule by the Common Man

Link: “Bicameralism.” in Political Science. at Boundless … http://oer2go.org/mods/en-boundless/www.boundless.com/political-science/textbooks/boundless-political-science-textbook/congress-11/organization-of-congress-77/bicameralism-424-904/index.html ..

US History — Who Could Vote

Link: “Voting Rights in the United States,” in Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_rights_in_the_United_States ..

Fracking

Link: “What Is Fracking And Why Is It Controversial?” 15 October 2018, in BBC News … https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-14432401 ..

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