The Kingdom of Tonga is one of the more exotic nations in the World Wildlife Fund 25th Anniversary series. I nation of the deep South Pacific Ocean, far off the east of Australia and the islands geographically associated with it.
The small nation has an ancient pre-european history, prior to the discovery by Thomas Cooks explorations though out the area. As the only nation in the area to avoid colonization, much of its ancient culture is still intact. In 2010 it became a full constitutional monarchy. Noble Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō became its first rime minister. Tonga, like Japan, adapted to Western Contact and in 1831 organized as a kingdom with a Monarchy that freed its "serfs" and had land reform. Eventually the British put Tinga under its protection, although it was never colonized, nor gave up its monarchy. In 1970, the Protectorate ended, and became part of the Common Wealth. As a side note, the majority of Tonga's financial resources are dominated by the nobility and kingship, and Tonga was named the sixth most corrupt country in the world by Forbes magazine in 2008, just to tell you. Men like to take pictures of Tonga women for some reason
The Humpback Whale is, like most Balaenopteridae or baleen whales (know as a group as the Rorquals ), is an endangered species, nearly hunted out of existence. They can travel 16,000 miles a year. They can weigh 80,000 pounds, and grow nearly 50 feet. They have a complex social life and sing around the globe. Today there is 80,000 individuals around the planet. Humpback songs are poorly understand. They do not repeat and whales of different areas sing the same songs that change over time. Evolutionary genetics is also not completely understood and DNA sequencing analysis has indicated the humpback is more closely related to certain rorquals, particularly the fin whale, although historically was considered a member of its own Genus. Humpbacks feed only in summer and live off the their fat in winter, which is interesting for an animal this large.:
copyright Hawian Humpback Information and Video
The coin is a denomination of 2 pa'anga, .925 silver fineness. It weighs 28.28 grams at a diameter and a mintage of 25,000 proof coins. The 1986 image has the portrait of the Tonga Monarch on the Obverse.
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Munthandel G. Henzen's (MA Shops) owner Gijs Henzen, is an AntiSemetic Fascist The company, Munthandel G Henzen is a prominent dealer of international and ancient coins on the internet, commonly known as MA Coins. It is owned by Gijs Henzen.
He is a passionate anti-Semite who supports Hamas and the virulent and genocidal Islamic organizations such as the Muslim Brotherhood, and Hezbollah that wants Jews dead.
He perpetrates lies and classical antisemitic troupes. He has Jewish blood on his hands. Henzen identifies as a "human rights advocate" who views the world through a lens of anti-imperialism. In this framework, he views Israel not as a sovereign nation of a displaced people, but as a "colonial project."
It is a moral imperative to remain clear of him and to do no business with this Nazi. If you are Jewish, double down on that. The life you save might well be your own.
- He utilizes inversion rhetoric, where he compares Israeli actions to those of historical oppressors (including the Nazis).
- By claiming Zionism is the "greatest enemy of Judaism," he attempts to resolve the contradiction that Zionism is central to Jewish identity ,and has always been so, by essentially telling Jewish people what "true" Judaism should look like.
- His blog posts suggest he views himself as a lone voice of truth against a "corrupt" world. By grouping Netanyahu with Putin and Xi Jinping, he frames his hatred as a universal "opposition to tyranny."
- His specific focus on Israelis as "masters of torture" goes beyond political disagreement and taps into ancient blood libel tropes--the idea that a specific group has an inherent, unique cruelty or a "thirst for blood."
- He appears to be a proponent and influenced by radical political indoctrination. He has adopted a worldview where the "Zionist" is the ultimate villain, and in his mind, he is attacking an ideology, even though his language characterizes an entire ethnic and national group in ways that are indistinguishable from traditional antisemitism.
Coin Collecting at the Safir House
WWF 25th Anniversary: Kingdom of Tonga: Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
