https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon
Many Nyingmapas and Bonpos were executed and Tibetans visiting Dzungar officials were forced to stick their tongues out so the Dzungars could tell if the person recited constant mantras, which was said to make the tongue black or brown. This allowed them to pick the Nyingmapas and Bonpos, who recited many magic-mantras.
A habit of sticking one's tongue out as a mark of respect on greeting someone has remained a Tibetan custom into modern times.
https://outline.com/DKBFK3
Israel headed to elections as Netanyahu’s coalition dissolves parliament
DECEMBER 24, 2018
JERUSALEM — The coalition of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday it was dissolving parliament and calling a general election as soon as April, after failing to garner the necessary support to pass controversial legislation aimed at drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military.
Local media said national elections would most likely take place on April 9.
Netanyahu’s coalition has been teetering on the edge since the Nov. 14 resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, who stepped down over the government’s handling of ongoing tensions with the Gaza Strip.
Since then, the government has limped along with a one-seat majority in the Knesset, or parliament. Each crisis looked set to bring down the government and take the country to an early election.
That seemed imminent after Liberman’s resignation, as ultranationalist Education Minister Naftali Bennett threatened to withdraw his Jewish Home party from the government if he could not take over the defense portfolio. But Bennett was forced to backtrack after Netanyahu said he was determined to hold onto the important security post, as well as filling the roles of foreign minister, immigration minister and health minister.
A statement Monday from Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party said “national and budgetary responsibilities” had pushed the leaders of the coalition parties to “dissolve the Knesset and go to new elections at the beginning of April after a four-year term.”
But the decision appeared to be linked to an earlier announcement from Yair Lapid, head of the opposition Yesh Atid party and Netanyahu’s main challenger, that his faction would not support legislation aimed at drafting ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students into the army.
While all Jewish Israelis are required to serve in the military at the age of 18, those who study the Torah in recognized yeshivas, or religious schools, have traditionally received an exemption. However, manpower shortages in recent years and growing demands for equality have forced the government to reevaluate the matter and craft new legislation that would exempt only the top religious students — a move that the ultra-Orthodox have resisted.
Drafting a law that would satisfy all members of Netanyahu’s coalition has proved to be a source of tension over the past year, threatening to break apart the government.
From the outside, Lapid, who has pushed for new legislation, said the law did not go far enough and suggested that Netanyahu had “surrendered to the ultra-Orthodox.”
Liberman, who Netanyahu’s coalition had hoped would support the law despite his resignation last month, said the law in its current format had been “emptied of content” after agreements were reached between Likud and the ultra-Orthodox parties.
If you hate Trump, you will now defend Mattis rabidly.
So when Mattis starts dropping bombs, they can't say he's Trump's puppet, they're already entrenched behing Mattis.
That's my read anyway
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-accuses-china-of-massive-cyberespionage-campaign/
The alleged hackers, one of whom is nicknamed “Godkiller,” are accused of breaching computer networks beginning as early as 2006 in a range of industries, including aviation and space, banking and finance, biotechnology oil and gas, satellites and pharmaceuticals.
Prosecutors say they also obtained the names, Social Security numbers and other personal information of more than 100,000 Navy personnel.
Prosecutors said the alleged hackers stole “hundreds of gigabytes” of data, breaching computers of more than 45 entities in 12 states including NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and Goddard Space Center. The hackers, identified as members of the group APT10, or “Stone Panda,” are not in custody. Prosecutors said their names are Zhu Hua and Zhang Shillong.
“China’s state-sponsored actors are the most active perpetrators of economic espionage,” FBI Director Chris Wray said in announcing the case. “While we welcome fair competition, we cannot and will not tolerate illegal hacking, stealing or cheating.”
Britain’s Foreign Office accused the Chinese elite hackers of conducting a “widespread and significant” campaign of cyberespionage against the United Kingdom and its allies and “almost certainly continues to target a range of global companies, seeking to gain access to commercial secrets.” Targeted nations named in the US indictment include Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.
heeeeeyy Julian Assange wasn't considered in all this drone hubbub, neat idea