Angels and Demons, Random Stuff, and More

- as I said in my other post after a while you can identify particular behaviours in people which mark them out as possible abuse victims? There's normally a slight awkwardness in their behaviours. They can obviously take very different pathways in life: some sort of become demoralised and never figure their way out of it (I suspect many homeless and unemployed people are like this), others become fighters (Putin, Enimem, Trump, many gang members and criminals), others somehow make it out (Oprah, R. Kelly, Jose Mujica) but end up somewhat awkward, others are suicidal and may even end up killing themselves, others become what I classify "Anti-Haters" and spend their lives hating those that hate and working against it (Oprah, Ellen, Mujica), etc... Obviously the sides that many of these people chose to take varied drastically and depended upon many different factors in a person's life. Something I'd like to explore in this post:
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/12/mental-illness-and-human-mind-control.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/09/thinking-like-political-elite-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
trump parent relationship
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-mother-mary-relationship-what-have-i-created-psychology-macleod-fred-trump-a8037181.html
Children who bond successfully with a primary caregiver—usually this is the mom but it could also be the dad, grandparent, nanny or other adult—grow up with what is termed a "secure" attachment. As adults, they tend to be confident, trusting of others, resilient in the face of setbacks, and able to enjoy long, stable relationships. Children who fail to achieve a successful attachment, on the other hand, may as adults have a lack of comfort with intimacy, difficulty trusting others, a constant need for reassurance from relationship partners, and a lack of resilience when faced with illness, injury or loss.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/13/trump-mothers-day-218363
Rowling has said that her teenage years were unhappy.[27] Her home life was complicated by her mother's diagnosis with multiple sclerosis[38] and a strained relationship with her father, with whom she is not on speaking terms.[27] Rowling later said that she based the character of Hermione Granger on herself when she was eleven.[39] Sean Harris, her best friend in the Upper Sixth, owned a turquoise Ford Anglia which she says inspired a flying version that appeared in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.[40] Like many teenagers, she became interested in rock music, listening to the Clash,[41] the Smiths, and Siouxsie Sioux, adopting the look of the latter with back-combed hair and black eyeliner, a look that she would still sport when beginning university.[29]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#Birth_and_family
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogwarts
The dementors are "soulless creatures[10] ... among the foulest beings on Earth": a phantom species who, as their name suggests, gradually deprive human minds of happiness and intelligence. They are the guards of the wizard prison, Azkaban, until after the return of antagonist Lord Voldemort. Albus Dumbledore harbors an intense dislike of dementors, noting he has long felt the Ministry of Magic erred in "allying" with such creatures, implying that dementor society in general exists apart from the general wizarding world. Dumbledore forbade dementors from entering Hogwarts but this ban was ultimately broken in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge, who insisted on being accompanied by a dementor as a bodyguard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_creatures_in_Harry_Potter#Dementors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Saadiq
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_DeGeneres
José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse muˈxika]; born 20 May 1935) is a Uruguayan farmer and retired politician who served as the 40th President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was imprisoned for 12 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a Senator afterwards. As the candidate of the Broad Front, he won the 2009 presidential election and took office as President on 1 March 2010.
He has been described as "the world's humblest head of state" due to his austere lifestyle and his donation of around 90 percent of his $12,000 monthly salary to charities that benefit poor people and small entrepreneurs.[1][2]
Early life
Mujica was born on 20 May 1935, to Demetrio Mujica, of Spanish Basque ancestry,[3][4] and Lucy Cordano, a daughter of Italian immigrants. Mujica's father was a small farmer who went bankrupt shortly before his death in 1940, when his son was five. His mother's parents were very poor immigrants from Liguria. Lucy Cordano was born in Carmelo, where her parents had bought 2 hectares (4.9 acres) in Colonia Jose to cultivate vineyards. Between the ages of 13 and 17, Mujica cycled for several clubs in different categories. He was also active in the National Party, where he became close to Enrique Erro.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mujica

Paul Haller grew up in a poor, Catholic family in Belfast, sharing a bed with his siblings and often going hungry.

He left Northern Ireland during the height of the Troubles to travel the world.

A chance meeting in a Tokyo restaurant turned Paul onto Zen and he eventually found his way to a cave in a forest in Thailand, where he meditated alone for 6 months. After being ordained a monk he joined the San Francisco Zen Centre where he became Abbot, and taught meditation to prisoners in San Quentin and to terminally ill hospice patients.

For many years Paul has lived in Tassajara, a remote mountain monastery in California, surrounded by deer and blue jays.

From a mountain monastery

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/paul-haller/12447552

- what's fascinating about the group of "Anti-Haters" are some similarities in their upbringing an ultimate choices in life? What's also interesting is how their choices echo throughout their lives and throughout human history? The obvious and most extreme case of "Anti-Haters" are Men of God, prophets, etc... I dug deeper into the backgrounds of Jesus, Buddha, Assisi, Muhammad, etc... and it becomes obvious that they also possibly had difficult backgrounds which made them want to overcome/seek something better then that which they had seen? It's possible that their desire for a better world caused them mental illness or mental illness was a consequence of the world that existed around them?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus
Storr recognizes Jesus' many similarities to other gurus. It is, for example, going through a period of internal conflict during his fasting in the desert. According to him, if Jesus really considered himself a deputy for God and believed that one day he would come down from heaven to rule, he was very similar to the gurus whom he had previously described as preachers of delusions possessed by mania of greatness. He notes that Jesus was not ideal in family life (Mark 3:31–35, Mark 13:12–13). Gurus often remain indifferent to family ties. Other similarities, according to Storr, include Jesus' faith in receiving a special revelation from God and a tendency to elitism, in the sense that Jesus believed that he had been specially marked by God.[38]
In 1998–2000 Pole Leszek Nowak (born 1962) from Poznań[39] authored a study in which, based on his own history of religious delusion of mission and overvalued ideas, and information communicated in the Gospels, made an attempt at reconstructing Jesus' psyche,[40] with the view of Jesus as apocalyptic prophet,[41] taking into account the hypothesis of "suicide by proxy".[42] He does so in chapters containing, in sequence, an analysis of character traits of the "savior of mankind", a description of the possible course of events from the period of Jesus' public activity, and a naturalistic explanation of his miracles.
In 2012 a team of psychiatrists, behavioral psychologists, neurologists, and neuropsychiatrists from the Harvard Medical School published a research which suggested the development of a new diagnostic category of psychiatric disorders related to religious delusion and hyperreligiosity.[3] They compared the thoughts and behaviors of the most important figures in the Bible (Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Paul)[3] with patients affected by mental disorders related to the psychotic spectrum using different clusters of disorders and diagnostic criteria (DSM-IV-TR),[3] and concluded that these Biblical figures "may have had psychotic symptoms that contributed inspiration for their revelations",[3] such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, manic depression, delusional disorder, delusions of grandeur, auditory-visual hallucinations, paranoia, Geschwind syndrome (Paul especially), and abnormal experiences associated with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE).[3] The authors hypothesize that Jesus may have sought death through "suicide by proxy".[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_health_of_Jesus
Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim,[49] was born in Mecca[50] about the year 570[8] and his birthday is believed to be in the month of Rabi' al-awwal.[51] He belonged to the Banu Hashim clan, part of the Quraysh tribe, and was one of Mecca's prominent families, although it appears less prosperous during Muhammad's early lifetime.[16][52] Tradition places the year of Muhammad's birth as corresponding with the Year of the Elephant, which is named after the failed destruction of Mecca that year by the Abraha, Yemen's king, who supplemented his army with elephants.[53][54][55] Alternatively some 20th century scholars have suggested different years, such as 568 or 569.[7]
Miniature from Rashid-al-Din Hamadani's Jami al-Tawarikh, c. 1315, illustrating the story of Muhammad's role in re-setting the Black Stone in 605. (Ilkhanate period)[56]
Muhammad's father, Abdullah, died almost six months before he was born.[57] According to Islamic tradition, soon after birth he was sent to live with a Bedouin family in the desert, as desert life was considered healthier for infants; some western scholars reject this tradition's historicity.[58] Muhammad stayed with his foster-mother, Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, and her husband until he was two years old. At the age of six, Muhammad lost his biological mother Amina to illness and became an orphan.[58][59] For the next two years, until he was eight years old, Muhammad was under the guardianship of his paternal grandfather Abdul-Muttalib, of the Banu Hashim clan until his death. He then came under the care of his uncle Abu Talib, the new leader of the Banu Hashim.[7] According to Islamic historian William Montgomery Watt there was a general disregard by guardians in taking care of weaker members of the tribes in Mecca during the 6th century, "Muhammad's guardians saw that he did not starve to death, but it was hard for them to do more for him, especially as the fortunes of the clan of Hashim seem to have been declining at that time."[60]
In his teens, Muhammad accompanied his uncle on Syrian trading journeys to gain experience in commercial trade.[60] Islamic tradition states that when Muhammad was either nine or twelve while accompanying the Meccans' caravan to Syria, he met a Christian monk or hermit named Bahira who is said to have foreseen Muhammad's career as a prophet of God.[61]
Little is known of Muhammad during his later youth as available information is fragmented, making it difficult to separate history from legend.[60] It is known that he became a merchant and "was involved in trade between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea."[62] Due to his upright character he acquired the nickname "al-Amin" (Arabic: الامين), meaning "faithful, trustworthy" and "al-Sadiq" meaning "truthful"[63] and was sought out as an impartial arbitrator.[9][16][64] His reputation attracted a proposal in 595 from Khadijah, a successful businesswoman. Muhammad consented to the marriage, which by all accounts was a happy one.[62]
Several years later, according to a narration collected by historian Ibn Ishaq, Muhammad was involved with a well-known story about setting the Black Stone in place in the wall of the Kaaba in 605 CE. The Black Stone, a sacred object, was removed during renovations to the Kaaba. The Meccan leaders could not agree which clan should return the Black Stone to its place. They decided to ask the next man who comes through the gate to make that decision; that man was the 35-year-old Muhammad. This event happened five years before the first revelation by Gabriel to him. He asked for a cloth and laid the Black Stone in its center. The clan leaders held the corners of the cloth and together carried the Black Stone to the right spot, then Muhammad laid the stone, satisfying the honor of all.[65][66]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad#Childhood_and_early_life
Francis of Assisi was born in late 1181 or early 1182, one of several children of an Italian father, Pietro di Bernardone dei Moriconi, a prosperous silk merchant, and a French mother, Pica de Bourlemont, about whom little is known except that she was a noblewoman originally from Provence.[10] Pietro was in France on business when Francis was born in Assisi, and Pica had him baptized as Giovanni.[11] Upon his return to Assisi, Pietro took to calling his son Francesco ("the Frenchman"), possibly in honor of his commercial success and enthusiasm for all things French.[12] Since the child was renamed in infancy, the change can hardly have had anything to do with his aptitude for learning French, as some have thought.[7]
Indulged by his parents, Francis lived the high-spirited life typical of a wealthy young man.[8] As a youth, Francesco became a devotee of troubadours and was fascinated with all things Transalpine.[12] He was handsome, witty, gallant, and delighted in fine clothes. He spent money lavishly.[7] Although many hagiographers remark about his bright clothing, rich friends, and love of pleasures,[10] his displays of disillusionment toward the world that surrounded him came fairly early in his life, as is shown in the "story of the beggar". In this account, he was selling cloth and velvet in the marketplace on behalf of his father when a beggar came to him and asked for alms. At the conclusion of his business deal, Francis abandoned his wares and ran after the beggar. When he found him, Francis gave the man everything he had in his pockets. His friends quickly chided and mocked him for his act of charity. When he got home, his father scolded him in rage.[13]
Around 1202, he joined a military expedition against Perugia and was taken as a prisoner at Collestrada, spending a year as a captive.[14] An illness caused him to re-evaluate his life. It is possible that his spiritual conversion was a gradual process rooted in this experience. Upon his return to Assisi in 1203, Francis returned to his carefree life. In 1205, Francis left for Apulia to enlist in the army of Walter III, Count of Brienne. A strange vision made him return to Assisi, having lost his taste for the worldly life.[8] According to hagiographic accounts, thereafter he began to avoid the sports and the feasts of his former companions. In response, they asked him laughingly whether he was thinking of marrying, to which he answered, "Yes, a fairer bride than any of you have ever seen", meaning his "Lady Poverty".[7]
On a pilgrimage to Rome, he joined the poor in begging at St. Peter's Basilica.[8] He spent some time in lonely places, asking God for spiritual enlightenment. He said he had a mystical vision of Jesus Christ in the forsaken country chapel of San Damiano, just outside Assisi, in which the Icon of Christ Crucified said to him, "Francis, Francis, go and repair My house which, as you can see, is falling into ruins." He took this to mean the ruined church in which he was presently praying, and so he sold some cloth from his father's store to assist the priest there for this purpose.[15] When the priest refused to accept the ill-gotten gains, an indignant Francis threw the coins on the floor.[7]
In order to avoid his father's wrath, Francis hid in a cave near San Damiano for about a month. When he returned to town, hungry and dirty, he was dragged home by his father, beaten, bound, and locked in a small storeroom. Freed by his mother during Bernardone's absence, Francis returned at once to San Damiano, where he found shelter with the officiating priest, but he was soon cited before the city consuls by his father. The latter, not content with having recovered the scattered gold from San Damiano, sought also to force his son to forego his inheritance by way of restitution. In the midst of legal proceedings before the Bishop of Assisi, Francis renounced his father and his patrimony.[7] Some accounts report that he stripped himself naked in token of this renunciation, and the Bishop covered him with his own cloak.[16][17]
For the next couple of months, Francis wandered as a beggar in the hills behind Assisi. He spent some time at a neighbouring monastery working as a scullion. He then went to Gubbio, where a friend gave him, as an alms, the cloak, girdle, and staff of a pilgrim. Returning to Assisi, he traversed the city begging stones for the restoration of St. Damiano's. These he carried to the old chapel, set in place himself, and so at length rebuilt it. Over the course of two years, he embraced the life of a penitent, during which he restored several ruined chapels in the countryside around Assisi, among them San Pietro in Spina (in the area of San Petrignano in the valley about a kilometer from Rivotorto, today on private property and once again in ruin); and the Porziuncola, the little chapel of St. Mary of the Angels in the plain just below the town.[7] This later became his favorite abode.[15] By degrees he took to nursing lepers, in the lazar houses near Assisi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi
The Buddha (also known as Siddhartha Gotama or Siddhārtha Gautama[note 3] or Buddha Shakyamuni) was a philosopher, mendicant, meditator, spiritual teacher, and religious leader who lived in Ancient India (c. 5th to 4th century BCE).[5][6][7][note 4] He is revered as the founder of the world religion of Buddhism, and worshipped by most Buddhist schools as the Enlightened One who has transcended Karma and escaped the cycle of birth and rebirth.[8][9][10] He taught for around 45 years and built a large following, both monastic and lay.[11] His teaching is based on his insight into duḥkha (typically translated as "suffering") and the end of dukkha – the state called Nibbāna or Nirvana.
The Buddha was born into an aristocratic family in the Shakya clan but eventually renounced lay life. According to Buddhist tradition, after several years of mendicancy, meditation, and asceticism, he awakened to understand the mechanism which keeps people trapped in the cycle of rebirth. The Buddha then traveled throughout the Ganges plain teaching and building a religious community. The Buddha taught a middle way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the Indian śramaṇa movement.[12] He taught a spiritual path that included ethical training and meditative practices such as jhana and mindfulness. The Buddha also critiqued the practices of Brahmin priests, such as animal sacrifice.
A couple of centuries after his death he came to be known by the title Buddha, which means "Awakened One" or "Enlightened One".[13] Gautama's teachings were compiled by the Buddhist community in the Suttas, which contain his discourses, and the Vinaya, his codes for monastic practice. These were passed down in Middle-Indo Aryan dialects through an oral tradition.[14][15] Later generations composed additional texts, such as systematic treatises known as Abhidharma, biographies of the Buddha, collections of stories about the Buddha's past lives known as Jataka tales, and additional discourses, i.e, the Mahayana sutras.[16][17]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha
Teresa was born Anjezë Gonxhe (or Gonxha)[10][page needed] Bojaxhiu (Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒiu]; Anjezë is a cognate of "Agnes"; Gonxhe means "rosebud" or "little flower" in Albanian) on 26 August 1910 into a Kosovar Albanian family[11][12][13] in Skopje, Ottoman Empire (now the capital of North Macedonia).[14][15] She was baptised in Skopje, the day after her birth.[10][page needed] She later considered 27 August, the day she was baptised, her "true birthday".[14]
She was the youngest child of Nikollë and Dranafile Bojaxhiu (Bernai).[16] Her father, who was involved in Albanian-community politics in Ottoman Macedonia, died in 1919 when she was eight years old.[14][17] He was born in Prizren (today in Kosovo), however, his family was from Mirdita (present-day Albania).[18][19] Her mother may have been from a village near Gjakova.[20]
According to a biography by Joan Graff Clucas, Teresa was in her early years when she was fascinated by stories of the lives of missionaries and their service in Bengal; by age 12, she was convinced that she should commit herself to religious life.[21] Her resolve strengthened on 15 August 1928 as she prayed at the shrine of the Black Madonna of Vitina-Letnice, where she often went on pilgrimages.[22]
Teresa left home in 1928 at age 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto at Loreto Abbey in Rathfarnham, Ireland, to learn English with the intent of becoming a missionary; English was the language of instruction of the Sisters of Loreto in India.[23] She neither saw her mother, nor her sister again.[24] Her family lived in Skopje until 1934, when they moved to Tirana.[25]
She arrived in India in 1929[26] and began her novitiate in Darjeeling, in the lower Himalayas,[27] where she learned Bengali and taught at St. Teresa's School near her convent.[28] Teresa took her first religious vows on 24 May 1931. She chose to be named after Thérèse de Lisieux, the patron saint of missionaries;[29][30] because a nun in the convent had already chosen that name, she opted for its Spanish spelling (Teresa).[31]
Teresa took her solemn vows on 14 May 1937 while she was a teacher at the Loreto convent school in Entally, eastern Calcutta.[14][32][33] She served there for nearly twenty years and was appointed its headmistress in 1944.[34] Although Teresa enjoyed teaching at the school, she was increasingly disturbed by the poverty surrounding her in Calcutta.[35] The Bengal famine of 1943 brought misery and death to the city, and the August 1946 Direct Action Day began a period of Muslim-Hindu violence.[36]
During this visit to Darjeeling by train, she heard the call of her inner conscious. She felt that she should serve the poor by staying with them. She left the school. In 1950 she founded 'Missionaries of Charity'. She went out to serve humanity with two saris with a blue border. [37]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa#Early_life
Confucius (/kənˈfjuːʃəs/ kən-FEW-shəs; Chinese: 孔夫子; pinyin: Kǒng Fūzǐ, "Master Kǒng"; 551–479 BC)[1][2] was a Chinese philosopher and politician of the Spring and Autumn period.
The philosophy of Confucius, also known as Confucianism, emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice, kindness, and sincerity. Confucianism was part of the Chinese social fabric and way of life; to Confucians, everyday life was the arena of religion.[3] His followers competed successfully with many other schools during the Hundred Schools of Thought era only to be suppressed in favor of the Legalists during the Qin dynasty. Following the victory of Han over Chu after the collapse of Qin, Confucius's thoughts received official sanction in the new government. During the Tang and Song dynasties, Confucianism developed into a system known in the West as Neo-Confucianism, and later New Confucianism (Modern Neo-Confucianism).
Confucius is traditionally credited with having authored or edited many of the Chinese classic texts including all of the Five Classics, but modern scholars are cautious of attributing specific assertions to Confucius himself. Aphorisms concerning his teachings were compiled in the Analects, but only many years after his death.
Confucius's principles have commonality with Chinese tradition and belief. He championed strong family loyalty, ancestor veneration, and respect of elders by their children and of husbands by their wives, recommending family as a basis for ideal government. He espoused the well-known principle "Do not do unto others what you do not want done to yourself", the Golden Rule. He is also a traditional deity in Daoism.
Confucius is widely considered as one of the most important and influential individuals in human history. His teaching and philosophy greatly impacted people around the world and remain influential today.[4][5]
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It is thought that Confucius was born on September 28, 551 BC,[1][8] in Zou (鄒, in modern Shandong province).[8][9] The area was notionally controlled by the kings of Zhou but effectively independent under the local lords of Lu, who ruled from the nearby city of Qufu. His father Kong He (or Shuliang He) was an elderly commandant of the local Lu garrison.[10] His ancestry traced back through the dukes of Song to the Shang dynasty which had preceded the Zhou.[11][12][13][14] Traditional accounts of Confucius's life relate that Kong He's grandfather had migrated the family from Song to Lu.[15]
Kong He died when Confucius was three years old, and Confucius was raised by his mother Yan Zhengzai (顏徵在) in poverty.[16] His mother would later die at less than 40 years of age.[16] At age 19 he married Qiguan (亓官), and a year later the couple had their first child, their son Kong Li (孔鯉).[16] Qiguan and Confucius would later have two daughters together, one of whom is thought to have died as a child.[17]
Confucius was educated at schools for commoners, where he studied and learned the Six Arts.[18]
Confucius was born into the class of shi (士), between the aristocracy and the common people. He is said to have worked in various government jobs during his early 20s, and as a bookkeeper and a caretaker of sheep and horses, using the proceeds to give his mother a proper burial.[16][19] When his mother died, Confucius (aged 23) is said to have mourned for three years, as was the tradition.[19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius#Early_life
During the Zhou dynasty (1122–256 BCE), students were required to master the "liù yì" (六藝) (Six Arts):[1]
Rites (禮)
Music (樂)
Archery (射)
Chariotry (御)
Calligraphy (書)
Mathematics (數)
Men who excelled in these six arts were thought to have reached the state of perfection, a perfect gentleman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Arts
indian guru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hindu_gurus_and_sants
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_(religion)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi
Dr Hui says this may explain why so many wisdom teachers used the aphorism as a vehicle to disseminate their thinking.
"You can take any aphorism from Buddha's sermons or the Analects of Confucius, and people have been interpreting them for millennia," he says.
"Somehow the aphorism's inner essence is different for every community of believers, every generation, every individual.
"We're always on the edge of understanding, but it eludes our grasp."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-15/philosophy-why-ancient-aphorisms-thinking-today/12876180
- something a lot of people won't realise how much/little has changed. The languages and musical notes may have changed but the many of the basic hopes and dreams of many people haven't?
ave maria translation
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/schubert/ave-maria-schubert-lyrics/
https://www.liveabout.com/ave-maria-text-and-english-translation-724041
https://udayton.edu/imri/mary/a/ave-maria-translation.php
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Ave-Maria-Ave-Maria.html
lamb of god chant
Agnus Dei is the Latin name under which the "Lamb of God" is honoured within the Roman Catholic Mass and, by extension, other Christian liturgies descending from the Latin tradition. It is the name given to a specific prayer that occurs in these liturgies, and is the name given to the music pieces that accompany the text of this prayer.[1][2]
The use of the title "Lamb of God" in liturgy is based on John 1:29, in which St. John the Baptist, upon seeing Jesus, proclaims "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"
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Latin English[6]:130
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnus_Dei
stand for love destiny's child lyrics
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Destiny's Child - Stand Up For Love (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDp6jpOuttU
babyface how come how long
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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=babyface+stevie+wonder+how+come+how+long
Babyface - How Come, How Long (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBPEkEOUUp0
boyz ii men do they know lyrics
Boyz II Men - Do They Know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZE_a2K2eoQ
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=boyz+ii+men+do+they+know+lyrics
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/boyziimen/dotheyknow.html
boyz ii men dear god lyrics
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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=boyz+ii+men+dear+god
Boyz 2 Men- Dear God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncy3c_mGRzk
Dear God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtXGt_A8Te8
someday all 4 one
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=someday+all+4+one
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/all4one/someday.html
john lennon imagine lyrics
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/johnlennon/imagine.html
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=imagine+john+lennon+cover
Imagine - John Lennon (Boyce Avenue piano acoustic cover) on Spotify & Apple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrpvq6xef2A
Imagine (UNICEF_ World Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7IP4UlXvG8
Imagine - John Lennon (ARABIC & ENGLISH version) Cover by Talia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQam-CLE560
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=oblivion+final+scene
Oblivion  - I am Jack Harper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbJgPoBFQLg
if we have souls they're made of the love we share undimmed by time unbound by death
Jack Harper — 'If we have souls, they're made of the love we share. Undimmed by time, unbound by death.'
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/893854-if-we-have-souls-they-re-made-of-the-love-we
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/03/religion-vs-uswestern-leadership-random.html
- the importance in choice of guardianship is due to the downstream effects. If you've dealt with/seen abusive relationships you can realise that they're very awkward. Whether it's politicians, managers, parents, etc... you realise that in any hierarchal relationship things become bad quickly with the wrong stewardship. If you understand how a genome is likely to play out and match up against conditioned/educated behaviour then you can likely figure out the source of the problem? Angels beget angels and demons beget demons?
wolf in sheeps clothing
A wolf in sheep's clothing is an idiom of Biblical origin used to describe those playing a role contrary to their real character with whom contact is dangerous, particularly false teachers. Much later, the idiom has been applied by zoologists to varying kinds of predatory behaviour. A fable based on it has been falsely credited to Aesop and is now numbered 451 in the Perry Index. The confusion has arisen from the similarity of the theme with fables of Aesop concerning wolves that are mistakenly trusted by shepherds; the moral drawn from these is that one's basic nature eventually shows through the disguise.
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Zoologists have repeatedly compared predatory animals which make use of aggressive mimicry to a wolf in sheep's clothing, including jumping spiders,[15][16] lacewings,[17] ant-mimicking aphids,[18] hemipteran bugs mimicking chrysomelid beetles,[19] bird-dropping spiders,[20] orchid mantises,[20] cichlid fish,[21][22] and the zone-tailed hawk which flies with vultures;[23] these animals have evolved to deceive their prey by appearing as other prey, or like angler fish[23] and snapping turtles[23] lure the prey by appearing as the prey's prey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_in_sheep%27s_clothing
a wolf in sheep's clothing
someone or something that seems to be good but is actually not good at all:
My grandfather was a wolf in sheep's clothing – he looked like a sweet old man, but he was really mean.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/a-wolf-in-sheep-s-clothing
james madison if men were angels quote
"If Men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and the next place, oblige it to control itself."
― James Madison
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7196640-if-men-were-angels-no-government-would-be-necessary-if
- if you go through definitions of various religious keywords things look really interesting. The Holy Trinity is more symoblic then real?
The cross of Christ is scandalous. The Apostle Paul made that clear in 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 where we read: "For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men."
https://billmuehlenberg.com/2020/10/14/the-scandal-of-the-cross/
holy trinity
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (Latin: Trinitas, lit. 'triad', from Latin: trinus "threefold")[1] holds that God is one God, but three coeternal consubstantial persons[2] or hypostases[3]—the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit—as "one God in three Divine persons". The three persons are distinct, yet are one "substance, essence or nature" (homoousios).[4] In this context, a "nature" is what one is, whereas a "person" is who one is.[5] The subset of Christianity that accepts this doctrine is collectively known as Trinitarianism, while the subset that does not is referred to as Nontrinitarianism (see also Arianism). Trinitarianism contrasts with positions such as Binitarianism (one deity in two persons) and Monarchianism (no plurality of persons within God), of which Modalistic Monarchianism (one deity revealed in three modes) and Unitarianism (one deity in one person) are subsets.
The doctrine of the Trinity was first formulated among the fathers of the Church in the third century as early Christians attempted to rationalize the relationship between Jesus and God in their scriptural documents and prior traditions.[6]
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While the developed doctrine of the Trinity is not explicit in the books that constitute the New Testament, the New Testament possesses a "triadic" understanding of God[7] and contains a number of Trinitarian formulas, including Matthew 28:19, 2 Corinthians 13:14, 1 Corinthians 12:4-5, Ephesians 4:4-6, 1 Peter 1:2 and Revelation 1:4-5.[8][9] Reflection by early Christians on passages such as the Great Commission: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" and Paul the Apostle's blessing: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all", while at the same time the Jewish Shema Yisrael: "Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one"[10] has led theologians across history in attempting to articulate the relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Eventually, the diverse references to God, Jesus, and the Spirit found in the New Testament were brought together to form the doctrine of the Trinity—one God subsisting in three persons and one substance. The doctrine of the Trinity was used to oppose alternative views of how the three are related and to defend the church against charges of worshiping two or three gods.[11]
The Comma Johanneum in 1 John 5:7, is a disputed text which states: "There are three that testify in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one." However, this passage is not considered to be part of the genuine text,[12] and most scholars agree that the phrase was a gloss.[13]
According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "proponents of [Trinitarian] theories always claim them to be in some sense founded on, or at least illustrated by, biblical texts".[14]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity
trinity islam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Trinity
9 Faith Groups That Reject the Trinity
9 Non-trinitarian Faiths. Trinity Knot or Triquetra Symbol.
Mormonism - Latter-day Saints
Jehovah's Witnesses
Christian Science
Armstrongism
Christadelphians
Oneness Pentecostals
Unification Church
Unity School of Christianity
Scientology - Dianetics
https://www.learnreligions.com/faith-groups-that-reject-trinity-doctrine-700367
christ define
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_(title)
Christ [N] [H] [S]
anointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered "Messiah" (q.v.), the official title of our Lord, occurring five hundred and fourteen times in the New Testament. It denotes that he was anointed or consecrated to his great redemptive work as Prophet, Priest, and King of his people. He is Jesus the Christ ( Acts 17:3 ; 18:5 ; Matthew 22:42 ), the Anointed One. He is thus spoken of by ( Isaiah 61:1 ), and by ( Daniel 9:24-26 ), who styles him "Messiah the Prince."
The Messiah is the same person as "the seed of the woman" ( Genesis 3:15 ), "the seed of Abraham" ( Genesis 22:18 ), the "Prophet like unto Moses" ( Deuteronomy 18:15 ), "the priest after the order of Melchizedek" ( Psalms 110:4 ), "the rod out of the stem of Jesse" ( Isaiah 11:1 Isaiah 11:10 ), the "Immanuel," the virgin's son ( Isaiah 7:14 ), "the branch of Jehovah" ( Isaiah 4:2 ), and "the messenger of the covenant" ( Malachi 3:1 ). This is he "of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write." The Old Testament Scripture is full of prophetic declarations regarding the Great Deliverer and the work he was to accomplish. Jesus the Christ is Jesus the Great Deliverer, the Anointed One, the Saviour of men. This name denotes that Jesus was divinely appointed, commissioned, and accredited as the Saviour of men ( Hebrews 5:4 ; Isaiah 11:2-4 ; 49:6 ; John 5:37 ; Acts 2:22 ).
To believe that "Jesus is the Christ" is to believe that he is the Anointed, the Messiah of the prophets, the Saviour sent of God, that he was, in a word, what he claimed to be. This is to believe the gospel, by the faith of which alone men can be brought unto God. That Jesus is the Christ is the testimony of God, and the faith of this constitutes a Christian ( 1 Corinthians 12:3 ; 1 John 5:1 ).
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/christ/
messiah define
Messiah (Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ, Modern: Mashiaẖ, Tiberian: Māšîăḥ; in modern Jewish texts in English spelled Mashiach; Aramaic: משיחא, Greek: Μεσσίας, Classical Syriac: ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ, Məšîḥā, Arabic: المسيح, al-Masīḥ, Latin: Messias) literally means "anointed one".[24] In Hebrew, the Messiah is often referred to as מלך המשיח (Meleḵ ha-Mašīaḥ in the Tiberian vocalization, pronounced [ˈmeleχ hamaˈʃiaħ], literally meaning "the Anointed King".)
The Greek Septuagint version of the Old Testament renders all thirty-nine instances of the Hebrew word for "anointed" (Mašíaḥ) as Χριστός (Khristós).[9] The New Testament records the Greek transliteration Μεσσίας, Messias twice in John.[Jn. 1:41][4:25]
al-Masīḥ (proper name, pronounced [maˈsiːħ]) is the Arabic word for messiah. In modern Arabic, it is used as one of the many titles of Jesus. Masīḥ is used by Arab Christians as well as Muslims, and is written as Yasūʿ al-Masih (يسوع المسيح) by Arab Christians or ʿĪsā al-Masīḥ (عيسى المسيح) by Muslims. The word al-Masīḥ literally means "the anointed", "the traveller", or the "one who cures by caressing".[25]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah
messiah
noun [ C ]
US  /məˈsɑɪ·ə/
a leader who is believed to have the power to solve the world's problems:
An ordinary priest, he was hailed by thousands as the new messiah.
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the Messiah
noun [ S ]
UK  /məˈsaɪ.ə/ US  /məˈsaɪ.ə/
in the Christian religion, Jesus Christ
in the Jewish religion, the King of the Jews who will be sent by God
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messiah
noun [ C ]
US  /məˈsɑɪ·ə/
a person who is expected to come and save the world
In the Christian religion, the Messiah is Jesus.
In the Jewish religion, the Messiah has not yet come.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/messiah
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-15/philosophy-why-ancient-aphorisms-thinking-today/12876180
spirit
   1 an immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, and power
   2 a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion
   3 the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living
   4 spirits plural a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spirit
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/spirit
holy define
   1 : exalted or worthy of complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and
   2 : DIVINE
   3 : devoted entirely to the deity or the work of the deity a holy temple
   4a : having a divine quality holy love
   4b : venerated as or as if sacred
   5 —used as an intensive
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holy
1 specially recognized as or declared sacred by religious use or authority; consecrated:
holy ground.
2 dedicated or devoted to the service of God, the church, or religion:
a holy man.
3 saintly; godly; pious; devout:
a holy life.
4 having a spiritually pure quality:
a holy love.
5 entitled to worship or veneration as or as if sacred:
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/holy
define god
1 God : the supreme or ultimate reality: such as
a: the Being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped (as in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism) as creator and ruler of the universe
b: Christian Science : the incorporeal divine Principle ruling over all as eternal Spirit : infinite Mind
universe Throughout the [61]patristic and [62]medieval periods, Christian
2 or less commonly God : a being or object that is worshipped as having more than natural attributes and powers
3 : a person or thing of supreme value had photos of baseball's gods
4 : a powerful ruler Hollywood gods that control our movies' fates
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/god
1 one of several deities, especially a male deity, presiding over some portion of worldly affairs.Compare goddess (def. 1).
2 an image of a deity; an idol.
3 any deified person or object.
4 a nebulous powerful force imagined to be responsible for one's fate:
5 The god of poker dealt me two aces.
a gods, Theater.
b the upper balcony in a theater.
the spectators in this part of the balcony.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/god
B2
a spirit or being believed to control some part of the universe or life and often worshipped for doing so, or something that represents this spirit or being:
the ancient Greek gods and goddesses
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/god
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God
- if you undertand what some of the supposed good side are doing it won't make any sense to get in their way? Who knows what many of the prophets had done had they not been killed? The only people who can genuinely collapse this system would be religious polymaths? If you become a politician you'd have to be a pre-cog/prophet yourself or else really good at discerning between truth, lies, reading people, bending things to your will, etc... That way you can make the best choices (not statistical probability). If you're a religious polymath it opens up possibilities because you don't have to cut deals with anyone that you don't want to
conflicts of interest
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/11/medical-corruption-and-industrial.html
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/science/chemistry/birth-drug
not for profit drug manufacturers
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/the-new-nonprofit-pharmaceutical-world-whats-up-with-that/
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofit-pharmaceutical-developers-bringing-new-drugs-to-market/
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/worlds-first-nonprofit-pharmaceutical-firm-focuses-on-diseases-threatening-millions-in-developing-world
https://www.arnoldventures.org/stories/why-nonprofit-pharma-a-promising-fix-for-drug-prices-faces-an-uphill-battle/
The Mahdi (Arabic: ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, ISO 233: al-mahdīy), meaning "the Rightly Guided One" is an eschatological Messianic figure who, according to Islamic belief, will appear at the end of times to rid the world of evil and injustice. In Muslim traditions, it is said that he will appear alongside Jesus Christ and establish the Divine kingdom of God. His reign will last 6, 7 or 9 years according to different sources. [1]
There is no direct reference to the Mahdi in the Quran,[2] only in the hadith (the reports and traditions of Muhammad's teachings collected after his death). In most traditions, the Mahdi will arrive with 'Isa (Jesus) to defeat Al-Masih ad-Dajjal ("the false Messiah", or Antichrist).[3] Although the concept of a Mahdi is not an essential doctrine in Sunni Islam, it is popular among both Sunni and Shia Muslims.[4] Both agree that he will rule over Muslims and establish justice; however, they differ extensively on his attributes and status.
Throughout history, various individuals have claimed to be or were proclaimed to be the Mahdi. These have included Muhammad Jaunpuri, founder of the Mahdavia sect; the Báb (Sayyid Ali Muhammad), founder of Bábism; Muhammad Ahmad, who established the Mahdist State in Sudan in the late 19th century; Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya movement; Massoud Rajavi, leader of the MEK[5], Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, and Wallace Fard Muhammad, founder of the Nation of Islam.[6]
Shi'ites have alternate views on which descendant of the Islamic Nabi (Prophet) Muhammad is the Mahdi. Twelvers, who form the majority of Shi'ites today, believe that Muhammad al-Mahdi who is the son of the 11th Imam Al-Hasan al-Askari is in occultation and is the awaited Mahdi. Tayyibi Isma'ili Shi'ites, including the Dawoodi Bohrah, believe that an Imam from the progeny of At-Tayyib Abu'l-Qasim is the current hidden Imam and Mahdi. The Baha'i Faith believes that the Báb was the Mahdi, the spiritual return of the twelfth Shia Imam.[7][8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi
- nobody can really speak on behalf of all angels, demons, the Ascended Races, humans, etc... as no one can speak for all of humanity. Whether or not they're real or not need to realise that the elite have to know this will likely go for all eternity. It's obvious that that they don't understand their own religions, their own systems, people, etc? Needless to say (once you understand all the playsers in question) that if it was possible to make amends for what has happened on Earth then God, prophets, angels, Ascended Races, maybe even aliens (if they exist) would make up for it?
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/09/ancient-astronautsmythologyarchaeologys_24.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/our-boys
law and order investigation svu opening monologue
In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous.
In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
https://genius.com/Law-and-order-svu-opening-line-annotated
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit
boy ii men do they know lyrics
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/boyziimen/dotheyknow.html
https://genius.com/Boyz-ii-men-do-they-know-lyrics
resurrection description
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus
for the lord there is mercy and with him his full redemption
New International Version
Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
New Living Translation
O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is unfailing love. His redemption overflows.
English Standard Version
O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
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Cross References
Romans 3:24
and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,
2 Samuel 24:14
David answered Gad, "I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hands of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men."
1 Chronicles 21:13
David answered Gad, "I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hands of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men."
Psalm 62:12
and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
Psalm 71:14
But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.
Psalm 86:5
For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
Psalm 103:4
who redeems your life from the pit, and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
Psalm 111:9
He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
Psalm 131:3
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, both now and forevermore.
Lamentations 3:21
Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
https://biblehub.com/psalms/130-7.htm
god merciful quran
Cambridge, MA. Ironically, sadly, just when Donald Trump wants to close the door on Muslims, Pope Francis was opening the holy door in St. Peter's Basilica, insisting that divine mercy is never a closed door. Indeed, as he insisted back in April when he announced the Holy Year of Mercy, this is truth shared widely with Jews, Muslims and people of other faiths. After offering a strong affirmation of God's mercy in Jewish tradition, he turned to Islam:
Among the privileged names that Islam attributes to the Creator are 'Compassionate and Merciful.' This invocation is often on the lips of faithful Muslims who feel themselves accompanied and sustained by mercy in their daily weakness. They too believe that no one can place a limit on divine mercy because its doors are always open.
So let us begin there, with the first words of the Quran itself: "In the name of God (Allah), the Compassionate (al-Rahman), the Merciful (al-Rahim" (1.1). These words open every chapter of the Quran except one, the ninth ("Repentance, al-Tawbah), which speaks of repentance but also of fierce contest with idolaters; more on that difficult chapter another day. Here, in the very first chapter, the next verses echo the same theme: "Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, the Compassionate, the Merciful" (1.2-3).
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/francisclooney/blog/discovering-gods-mercy-quran
So let us begin there, with the first words of the Quran itself: "In the name of God (Allah), the Compassionate (al-Rahman), the Merciful (al-Rahim" (1.1). These words open every chapter of the Quran except one, the ninth ("Repentance, al-Tawbah), which speaks of repentance but also of fierce contest with idolaters; more on that difficult chapter another day. Here, in the very first chapter, the next verses echo the same theme: "Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, the Compassionate, the Merciful" (1.2-3).
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We learn later on, in 21.107, that the Prophet Mohammed is sent by God as an act of mercy: "And We sent thee not, save as a mercy unto the worlds." The commentary here explains the subtlety of the Arabic: "The grammar of the verse allows it to be understood to mean either that the sending of the Prophet Mohammed was a merciful act by God or that the Prophet is himself a mercy that God sent. It can signify that the Prophet is a possessor of mercy, is merciful, or is himself a mercy." This is, the comment continues, a manifestation of the mercy to which the Law tends, and a mercy for all, the whole "world," and not just believing Muslims. Even those who do not believe in the Prophet experience his mercy, which wards off doom even from those who reject him; he will intercede for all, on the Day of Judgment.
https://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/studying-quran-catholic-ii
Dr Nichols later told the San Francisco Chronicle that when he saw the hate symbols tattooed on the man's body, "I didn't feel compassion for him in that moment."
Working in a hospital which treats many people who are homeless or drug addicts during a raging pandemic, he added, had taken its toll.
Dr Nichols said he did not know if the patient with the Nazi tattoos had died or not, but said he had done everything he coul
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/this-jewish-doctor-had-just-started-treating-a-very-sick-coronavirus-patient-then-he-saw-the-nazi-tattoos
emir
An emir (/əˈmɪər, eɪˈmɪər, ˈeɪmɪər/; Arabic: أمير ʾamīr [ʔaˈmiːr]), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, can refer to a king or an aristocratic or noble and military title of high office used in a variety of places in the Arab countries, West Africa, Afghanistan and in the Indian subcontinent. The term has been widely used to denote a "commander", "general", or "leader" i.e. Amir al-Mu'min. The feminine form is emira (أميرة ʾamīrah). When translated as "prince", the word "emirate" is analogous to a sovereign principality. In contemporary usage, the term may indicates a Muslim head of state of an Emirate or a leader of an Islamic organization.
Origins
Amir, meaning "lord" or "commander-in-chief", is derived from the Arabic root a-m-r, "command". Originally simply meaning "commander", it came to be used as a title of leaders, governors, or rulers of smaller states. In modern Arabic the word is analogous to the title "Prince". The word entered English in 1593, from the French émir.[1] It was one of the titles or names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[citation needed]
In The Bible, Deuteronomy 26:18 and in Isaiah 3:10, this word is used in Hebrew as a verb with a similar meaning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir
league of shadows
https://batman.fandom.com/wiki/League_of_Shadows
https://thedarkknighttrilogy.fandom.com/wiki/League_of_Shadows
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Assassins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Costello
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Costello
The Jesuits helped to instill in me this thought that our calling in life was to be … 'a man for others' … I am a pretty traditional Catholic... I'm not an evangelical, a charismatic Christian, I'm not. I try to attend Mass, but I don't get there every Sunday any more... Faith has certainly helped to shape my life, but it doesn't in any way determine my politics".
— Tony Abbott on ABC TV's Kitchen Cabinet; September 2013.[37]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Abbott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminarian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Israel_Public_Affairs_Committee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Christian_Lobby
In 1982 a conservative evangelical Christian organization called the "National Prayer Committee" was formed to coordinate and implement a fixed annual day of prayer for the purpose of organizing evangelical Christian prayer events with local, state, and federal government entities.[25] The Thanks-Giving Foundation also collaborated in this effort.[26] In his 1983 declaration, Ronald Reagan said, "From General Washington's struggle at Valley Forge to the present, this Nation has fervently sought and received divine guidance as it pursued the course of history. This occasion provides our Nation with an opportunity to further recognize the source of our blessings, and to seek His help for the challenges we face today and in the future."[27]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_Prayer
look beyond these dull eyes agent smith matrix quote
Gladiator (2000) - 'Am I not Merciful' Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5tM3FOjTZc
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+world+today+tariq+ali
https://www.youtube.com/user/telesurenglish/playlists
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2015/12/some-counter-terrorism-defense.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2015/12/us-drone-warfare-program-financial.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2015/12/shale-oil-some-us-intelligencedefense.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2015/12/understanding-propaganda-us-anti-war.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-occupy-movement-veterans-for-peace.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2017/01/does-military-industrial-complex-make.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/03/religion-vs-uswestern-leadership-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/02/is-society-filtering-for-fairnessmerit.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/09/thinking-like-political-elite-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/05/is-western-leadership-required-more.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/08/neo-colonialism-and-neo-liberalism.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/06/religious-conspiracies-is-capitalism.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/01/conspiracy-theories-understanding.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/07/are-we-now-ussr-brexit-and-more.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/07/social-engineeringmanipulation-rigging.html
- it's doubtful that had Jesus been around he would have brought Christianity to the rest of the world via the end of a sword? In fact, once you understand the "core group" you begin to understand that it's unlikely they would would have resorted to Apocalyptic style thinking unless absolutely desperate?
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/05/is-western-leadership-required-more.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/08/neo-colonialism-and-neo-liberalism.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/06/religious-conspiracies-is-capitalism.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/01/conspiracy-theories-understanding.html
love one another as i loved you jesus quote
The New Commandment is a term used in Christianity to describe Jesus's commandment to "love one another" which, according to the Bible, was given as part of the final instructions to his disciples after the Last Supper had ended,[1] and after Judas Iscariot had departed in John 13:30.[2][3][4]
Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. —John 13:33–35 (KJV; emphasis added)
This commandment appears thirteen times in twelve verses in the New Testament.[4][5] Theologically, this commandment is interpreted as dual to the Love of Christ for his followers.[2] The commandment can also be seen as the last wish in the Farewell Discourse to the disciples.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Commandment
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+13%3A34-35&version=NIV
https://biblehub.com/john/13-34.htm
muhammad quotes
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Muhammad
In every age, or in times of exceptional crisis, great spiritual teachers have come into the world to enable mankind to take its next evolutionary step. We know them, among others, as Hercules, Rama, Sankaracharya, Krishna, Buddha, Mohammed and the Christ. Each has given a body of teaching, a central and common theme of which is `right human relations'.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Ageless_Wisdom_Teachings
Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever has not kindness has not faith.
Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave
None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.
The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.
To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil by evil is evil.
jihad define
Jihad (English: /dʒɪˈhɑːd/; Arabic: جهاد jihād [dʒɪˈhaːd]) is an Arabic word which literally means striving or struggling, especially with a praiseworthy aim.[1][2][3][4] In an Islamic context, it can refer to almost any effort to make personal and social life conform with God's guidance, such as struggle against one's evil inclinations, proselytizing, or efforts toward the moral betterment of the ummah,[1][2][5] though it is most frequently associated with war.[6] In classical Islamic law, the term refers to armed struggle against unbelievers,[2][3] while modernist Islamic scholars generally equate military jihad with defensive warfare.[7][8] In Sufi and pious circles, spiritual and moral jihad has been traditionally emphasized under the name of greater jihad.[9][3] The term has gained additional attention in recent decades through its use by terrorist groups.
The word jihad appears frequently in the Quran with and without military connotations,[10] often in the idiomatic expression "striving in the path of God (al-jihad fi sabil Allah)".[11][12] Islamic jurists and other ulama of the classical era understood the obligation of jihad predominantly in a military sense.[13] They developed an elaborate set of rules pertaining to jihad, including prohibitions on harming those who are not engaged in combat.[14][15] In the modern era, the notion of jihad has lost its jurisprudential relevance and instead given rise to an ideological and political discourse.[7] While modernist Islamic scholars have emphasized defensive and non-military aspects of jihad, some Islamists have advanced aggressive interpretations that go beyond the classical theory.[7]
Jihad is classified into inner ("greater") jihad, which involves a struggle against one's own base impulses, and external ("lesser") jihad, which is further subdivided into jihad of the pen/tongue (debate or persuasion) and jihad of the sword.[16][9] Most Western writers consider external jihad to have primacy over inner jihad in the Islamic tradition, while much of contemporary Muslim opinion favors the opposite view.[16] Gallup analysis of a large survey reveals considerable nuance in the conceptions of jihad held by Muslims around the world.[17]
Jihad is sometimes referred to as the sixth pillar of Islam, though this designation is not commonly recognized.[18] In Twelver Shi'a Islam jihad is one of the ten Practices of the Religion.[19] A person engaged in jihad is called a mujahid (plural mujahideen). The term jihad is often rendered in English as "Holy War",[20][21][22] although this translation is controversial.[23][24] Today, the word jihad is often used without religious connotations, like the English crusade.[1][2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad
Jihad, (Arabic: "struggle" or "effort") also spelled jehad, in Islam, a meritorious struggle or effort. The exact meaning of the term jihād depends on context; it has often been erroneously translated in the West as "holy war." Jihad, particularly in the religious and ethical realm, primarily refers to the human struggle to promote what is right and to prevent what is wrong.
In the Qurʾān, jihād is a term with multiple meanings. During the Meccan period (c. 610–622 CE), when the Prophet Muhammad received revelations of the Qurʾān at Mecca, the emphasis was on the internal dimension of jihad, termed ṣabr, which refers to the practice of "patient forbearance" by Muslims in the face of life's vicissitudes and toward those who wish them harm. The Qurʾān also speaks of carrying out jihad by means of the Qurʾān against the pagan Meccans during the Meccan period (25:52), implying a verbal and discursive struggle against those who reject the message of Islam. In the Medinan period (622–632), during which Muhammad received Qurʾānic revelations at Medina, a new dimension of jihad emerged: fighting in self-defense against the aggression of the Meccan persecutors, termed qitāl. In the later literature—comprising Hadith, the record of the sayings and actions of the Prophet; mystical commentaries on the Qurʾān; and more general mystical and edifying writings—these two main dimensions of jihad, ṣabr and qitāl, were renamed jihād al-nafs (the internal, spiritual struggle against the lower self) and jihād al-sayf (the physical combat with the sword), respectively. They were also respectively called al-jihād al-akbar (the greater jihad) and al-jihād al-aṣghar (the lesser jihad).
In these kinds of extra-Qurʾānic literature, the different ways of promoting what is good and preventing what is wrong are included under the broad rubric of al-jihād fī sabīl Allāh, "striving in the path of God." A well-known Hadith therefore refers to four primary ways in which jihad can be carried out: by the heart, the tongue, the hand (physical action short of armed combat), and the sword.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/jihad
- I wonder whether the Chinese and hard core communists understand whether that they're attempting to achieve goals that are almost identical to that of the religions (apart from the perspective of God. They chose to promote people from lower demographics during the Cultural Revolution because their interests/empathy levels are more strongly aligned to bringing about better prospects for everyone rather then just a small minority. What trickles up should trickle down?)? Many communists may have simply been frustrated that religious people weren't making as much progress as the general population would have liked? I also suspect that part of their problem with religion was how it was brought to their shores (as many other parts of the world?). It's documented that that particular events in Lenin's life resulted in his turn away from religion?
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/how-do-empires-work/content-section-0
AskProfWolff - Religions Reflect Social Divisions of Their Time & Place-N4g1zl2bF-c
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_split
lenin
In January 1886, when Lenin was 15, his father died of a brain haemorrhage.[18] Subsequently, his behaviour became erratic and confrontational and he renounced his belief in God.[19] At the time, Lenin's elder brother Alexander—whom he affectionately knew as Sasha—was studying at Saint Petersburg University. Involved in political agitation against the absolute monarchy of the reactionary Tsar Alexander III, Alexander Ulyanov studied the writings of banned leftists and organised anti-government protests. He joined a revolutionary cell bent on assassinating the Tsar and was selected to construct a bomb. Before the attack could take place the conspirators were arrested and tried, and in May, Alexander was executed by hanging.[20] Despite the emotional trauma of his father's and brother's deaths, Lenin continued studying, graduated from school at the top of his class with a gold medal for exceptional performance, and decided to study law at Kazan University.[21]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx
marx opium of the poor
"Religion is the opium of the people" is one of the most frequently paraphrased statements of German sociologist and economic theorist Karl Marx. It was translated from the German original, "Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkes" and is often rendered as "religion... is the opiate of the masses."
The quotation originates from the introduction of Marx's work A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right, which he started in 1843 but which was not published until after his death. The introduction to this work was published separately in 1844, in Marx's own journal Deutsch–Französische Jahrbücher, a collaboration with Arnold Ruge.
The full quote from Karl Marx translates as: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people". Often quoted only in part, the interpretation of the metaphor in its context has received much less attention.[1]
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Lenin
Vladimir Lenin, speaking of religion in Novaya Zhizn in 1905,[11] alluded to Marx's earlier comments[12] (emphasis added):
Those who toil and live in want all their lives are taught by religion to be submissive and patient while here on earth, and to take comfort in the hope of a heavenly reward. But those who live by the labour of others are taught by religion to practise charity while on earth, thus offering them a very cheap way of justifying their entire existence as exploiters and selling them at a moderate price tickets to well-being in heaven. Religion is opium for the people. Religion is a sort of spiritual booze, in which the slaves of capital drown their human image, their demand for a life more or less worthy of man.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_of_the_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_religion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_helps_those_who_help_themselves
Faith and rationality exist in varying degrees of conflict or compatibility. Rationality is based on reason or facts. Faith is belief in inspiration, revelation, or authority. The word faith sometimes refers to a belief that is held with lack of reason or evidence, a belief that is held in spite of or against reason or evidence, or it can refer to belief based upon a degree of evidential warrant.
Although the words faith and belief are sometimes erroneously conflated[citation needed] and used as synonyms, faith properly refers to a particular type (or subset) of belief, as defined above.
Broadly speaking, there are two categories of views regarding the relationship between faith and rationality:
Rationalism holds that truth should be determined by reason and factual analysis, rather than faith, dogma, tradition or religious teaching.
Fideism holds that faith is necessary, and that beliefs may be held without any evidence or reason and even in conflict with evidence and reason.
The Catholic Church also has taught that true faith and correct reason can and must work together, and, viewed properly, can never be in conflict with one another, as both have their origin in God, as stated in the Papal encyclical letter issued by Pope John Paul II, Fides et ratio ("[On] Faith and Reason").
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_and_rationality
In politics, a noble lie is a myth or untruth, often, but not invariably, of a religious nature, knowingly propagated by an elite to maintain social harmony or to advance an agenda. The noble lie is a concept originated by Plato as described in the Republic.[2]
In religion, a pious fiction is a narrative that is presented as true by the author, but is considered by others to be fictional albeit produced with an altruistic motivation. The term is sometimes used pejoratively to suggest that the author of the narrative was deliberately misleading readers for selfish or deceitful reasons. The term is often used in religious contexts, sometimes referring to passages in religious texts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_lie
cccp "Five Red Categories"
Struggle sessions were a form of public humiliation and torture used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at various times in the Mao era, particularly during the years immediately before and after the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and during the Cultural Revolution. The aim of struggle sessions was to shape public opinion, as well as to humiliate, persecute, or execute political rivals and those deemed class enemies.[1]
In general, the victim of a struggle session was forced to admit various crimes before a crowd of people who would verbally and physically abuse the victim until they confessed. Struggle sessions were often held at the workplace of the accused, but they were sometimes conducted in sports stadiums where large crowds would gather if the target was well-known.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struggle_session
Self-criticism (Russian: Самокритика, samokritika; Chinese: 自我批评, zìwǒ pīpíng) is a philosophical and political concept developed within the ideology of Marxism–Leninism, Stalinism, and Maoism.[1] According to David Priestland, the concept of "criticism and self-criticism" developed within the Stalinist period of the Soviet Union as a way to publicly interrogate intellectuals who were suspected of possessing counter-revolutionary positions.[1] The concept would play a major component of the political philosophy of Chinese Marxist leader Mao Zedong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-criticism_(Marxism)#Soviet_Union
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_review
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_criticism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker-Peasant-Soldier_student
The "Five Red Categories" (simplified Chinese: 红五类; traditional Chinese: 紅五類; pinyin: Hóngwǔlèi) during China's Cultural Revolution (1966–76) were the social classes favoured by the Communist Party of China, as opposed to the Five Black Categories that were classified as potential threats or enemies. In the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, Red Guards were only allowed to come from the "Five Red Categories". These included:
Poor and lower-middle peasants (Chinese: 贫下中农)
Workers (Chinese: 工人)
Revolutionary soldiers (Chinese: 革命军人) within the People's Liberation Army
Revolutionary cadres (Chinese: 革命干部)[1][2] who are active members of the CPC in good standing
Revolutionary martyrs (Chinese: 革命烈士), including immediate family members, children, grandchildren (if any) and relatives of deceased CPC members and PLA service personnel killed in action[1][3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Red_Categories
During the period of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) in the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong identified groups that he considered enemies of the Revolution. The phrase Five Black Categories (simplified Chinese: 黑五类; traditional Chinese: 黑五類; pinyin: Hēiwǔlèi) referred to the following five political identities. These groups were:
Landlords (地主; dìzhǔ)
Rich farmers (peasants) (富农; 富農; fùnóng)
Counter-revolutionaries (反革命; fǎngémìng)
Bad-influencers ["bad elements"] (坏分子; 壞份子; huàifènzǐ)
Rightists (右派; yòupài)
Conversely, Mao Zedong categorised groups of people, such as members of the Communist Party of China, poor farmers and low-class workers, as Five Red Categories. This new Red/Black class distinction was used to create a status society. People in the Five Black Categories were separated out for struggle sessions, humiliation, re-education, beating, and persecution. Mao believed that victimizing these people, as well as other groups of citizens – such as teachers, educated intellectuals, and enemies of the Communist Party (cadres) – was a necessary component to initiate the changes in the Chinese culture that he desired. He believed that those who were victimized either deserved it or became better citizens as a result of it.
According to a speech by Jiang Qing, which was his wife and Party leader, "If good people beat bad people, it serves them right; if bad people beat good people, the good people achieve glory; if good people beat good people, it is a misunderstanding; without beatings, you do not get acquainted and then no longer need to beat them" (Walder 149).
Members of the Black Classes were systematically discriminated against, as one's classification could effect employment opportunities and career prospects and even marriage opportunities. This could also be passed onto their children. Over time this resulted in a victimised underclass that was treated as if it were still composed of powerful and dominant people.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Black_Categories
During the period of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) in the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong identified groups that he considered enemies of the Revolution. The phrase Five Black Categories (simplified Chinese: 黑五类; traditional Chinese: 黑五類; pinyin: Hēiwǔlèi) referred to the following five political identities. These groups were:
Landlords (地主; dìzhǔ)
Rich farmers (peasants) (富农; 富農; fùnóng)
Counter-revolutionaries (反革命; fǎngémìng)
Bad-influencers ["bad elements"] (坏分子; 壞份子; huàifènzǐ)
Rightists (右派; yòupài)
Conversely, Mao Zedong categorised groups of people, such as members of the Communist Party of China, poor farmers and low-class workers, as Five Red Categories. This new Red/Black class distinction was used to create a status society. People in the Five Black Categories were separated out for struggle sessions, humiliation, re-education, beating, and persecution. Mao believed that victimizing these people, as well as other groups of citizens – such as teachers, educated intellectuals, and enemies of the Communist Party (cadres) – was a necessary component to initiate the changes in the Chinese culture that he desired. He believed that those who were victimized either deserved it or became better citizens as a result of it.
According to a speech by Jiang Qing, which was his wife and Party leader, "If good people beat bad people, it serves them right; if bad people beat good people, the good people achieve glory; if good people beat good people, it is a misunderstanding; without beatings, you do not get acquainted and then no longer need to beat them" (Walder 149).
Members of the Black Classes were systematically discriminated against, as one's classification could effect employment opportunities and career prospects and even marriage opportunities. This could also be passed onto their children. Over time this resulted in a victimised underclass that was treated as if it were still composed of powerful and dominant people.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Black_Categories
chinese politicians wealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/business/china-parliament-billionaires.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/02/chinas-parliament-has-about-100-billionaires-according-to-data-from-the-hurun-report.html
China's billionaire lawmakers are fewer and less wealthy, as 2018 stock market rout crimped their ranks and fortunes
The combined wealth of China's lawmakers fell 14 per cent to 3.4 trillion yuan (US$504 billion) this year, while the number of dollar billionaires fell to 93 from 104, according to Hurun Report
In 2016, the 50 wealthiest members of the US Congress were worth a combined US$2 billion
https://www.scmp.com/business/money/wealth/article/2188727/fewer-billionaires-among-chinas-lawmakers-2018-stock-market
2. Why has China's Communist Party let people get rich?
It's a necessary evil. The party identifies among its core tasks the advancement of the fundamental interest of the greatest majority of Chinese people. Deng, who famously said poverty is not socialism, interpreted this to mean that it was okay if some people needed to get rich to improve the livelihoods of the masses. Since the introduction of his reforms, more than 700 million people have been lifted out of poverty in China.
3. Does that mean the party doesn't care if China is communist?
The party's constitution says its "highest ideal and ultimate goal is the realization of communism." But it doesn't give a time frame for achieving it, so party leaders have a lot of room to maneuver within that broader goal. That allows space for divergent views to co-exist: Mao Zedong is still revered despite disruptive moves that led to famine and bloodshed, as is Deng for embracing market forces and foreign investment. Still, it remains important for leaders to pay respects to the founding ideology: President Xi Jinping this year publicly celebrated the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth, including giving a statue to his hometown.
4. What would communism in China look like?
Officially, China views communism as a modern-day utopia: Everyone would collectively own the means of production, all citizens would work for the common good, everybody would be equal and wealth would be distributed based on need. Whether that's realistic or not, the party has outlined stages of development needed to get there. Before communism, China must first realize socialism, which Xi has set out to do by 2035.
5. What would socialism look like?
In a speech last year, Xi said socialist modernization would mean China is a global leader in innovation, the rule of law would be in place and Chinese culture would have greater appeal around the world. People would live comfortable lives, everyone would have access to basic public services and income disparities — particularly between urban and rural areas — would be significantly reduced. The environment would be fundamentally improved as well.
6. So the party supports personal wealth?
It's complicated. The party supports private business and the entrepreneurial spirit as a driver of economic growth and job creation. It's far more ambivalent about personal wealth because of the growing income gap between rich and poor, which is not very communist. Xi has said China must reduce this inequality. One way that's translating into policy is taxation, where officials have cut taxes on lower-income earners while pushing forward with levies on assets such as property that will increase the burden on the wealthier.
https://fortune.com/2018/11/29/communist-china-billionaires-jack-ma/
South Africa - The Imam Who Fought Apartheid _ Al Jazeera World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rovY7FamJaE
communist manifesto
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/index.htm
https://www.marxists.org/audiobooks/archive/marx-engels/index.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Americans
marx burden quote
If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds will live on quietly but perpetually at work, and over our ashes will be shed the hot tears of noble people.
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History calls those men the greatest who have ennobled themselves by working for the common good; experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/subject/quotes/index.htm
david icke george hw bush
David Icke Exposes George HW Bush (From 2009)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oM5jMsbjC4
David Icke Exposes George HW Bush - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlApwjKD3KE
- if we're honest with ourselves almost every single ideology has sort of failed? None of the religions work to produce all of the effects intended of producing a mythical "perfect human being"? The Jewish/Israeli issue is painful on many different levels but once again we have an example of someone who was desperately seeking an option/alternative for Jews after rejection by much of the rest of humanity. Obviously, they still haven't really figured out how to produce people who are beyond reproach who can lead their community/Israel?
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/04/what-happened-to-escaped-nazis-random.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2017/12/what-is-intifada-random-stuff-and-more.html
Herzl's grandfathers, both of whom he knew, were more closely related to traditional Judaism than were his parents. In Zimony (Zemlin), his grandfather Simon Loeb Herzl "had his hands on" one of the first copies of Judah Alkalai's 1857 work prescribing the "return of the Jews to the Holy Land and renewed glory of Jerusalem". Contemporary scholars conclude that Herzl's own implementation of modern Zionism was undoubtedly influenced by that relationship. Herzl's grandparents' graves in Semlin can still be visited. Alkalai himself witnessed the rebirth of Serbia from Ottoman rule in the early and mid-19th century and was inspired by the Serbian uprising and subsequent re-creation of Serbia.
On 25 June 1889, he married Julie Naschauer, daughter of a wealthy Jewish businessman in Vienna. The marriage was unhappy, although three children were born to it: Paulina, Hans and Margaritha (Trude). Herzl had a strong attachment to his mother, who was unable to get along with his wife. These difficulties were increased by the political activities of his later years, in which his wife took little interest.[61] His wife is the protagonist in the fictitious historical novel, "His Alienated Wife", written by Eda Zoritte and published by Keter Publishing House in 1997.[62]
Herzl and his children in 1900
Herzl and his children on a trip in 1900
His daughter Paulina suffered from mental illness and drug addiction. She died in 1930 at the age of 40 of a heroin overdose.[63]
His only son Hans was given a secular upbringing and Herzl notably refused to allow him to be circumcised.[64][65][66] After Herzl's early death, Hans successively converted[67] and became a Baptist, then a Catholic, and flirted with other Protestant denominations. He sought a personal salvation for his own religious needs and a universal solution, as had his father, to Jewish suffering caused by antisemitism. Hanz Herzl voluntarily had himself circumcised 29 May 1905;[68] Hans shot himself to death on the day of his sister Paulina's funeral; he was 39 years old.[69]
Hans left a suicide note explaining his reasons.
"A Jew remains a Jew, no matter how eagerly he may submit himself to the disciplines of his new religion, how humbly he may place the redeeming cross upon his shoulders for the sake of his former coreligionists, to save them from eternal damnation: a Jew remains a Jew ... I can't go on living. I have lost all trust in God. All my life I've tried to strive for the truth, and must admit today at the end of the road that there is nothing but disappointment. Tonight I have said Kaddish for my parents—and for myself, the last descendant of the family. There is nobody who will say Kaddish for me, who went out to find peace—and who may find peace soon ... My instinct has latterly gone all wrong, and I have made one of those irreparable mistakes, which stamp a whole life with failure. Then it is best to scrap it."[70][71]
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"I consider the Jewish question neither a social nor a religious one, even though it sometimes takes these and other forms. It is a national question, and to solve it we must first of all establish it as an international political problem to be discussed and settled by the civilized nations of the world in council.
"We are a people—one people.
"We have sincerely tried everywhere to merge with the national communities in which we live, seeking only to preserve the faith of our fathers. It is not permitted us. In vain are we loyal patriots, sometimes superloyal; in vain do we make the same sacrifices of life and property as our fellow citizens; in vain do we strive to enhance the fame of our native lands in the arts and sciences, or her wealth by trade and commerce. In our native lands where we have lived for centuries we are still decried as aliens, often by men whose ancestors had not yet come at a time when Jewish sighs had long been heard in the country ..."
"Oppression and persecution cannot exterminate us. No nation on earth has endured such struggles and sufferings as we have. Jew-baiting has merely winnowed out our weaklings; the strong among us defiantly return to their own whenever persecution breaks out ..."
"Wherever we remain politically secure for any length of time, we assimilate. I think this is not praiseworthy ..."
"Israel is our unforgettable historic homeland ..."
"Let me repeat once more my opening words: The Jews who will it shall achieve their State. We shall live at last as free men on our own soil, and in our own homes peacefully die. The world will be liberated by our freedom, enriched by our wealth, magnified by our greatness. And whatever we attempt there for our own benefit will redound mightily and beneficially to the good of all mankind."[88]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Herzl
"Non possumus" is a Latin, Catholic, religious phrase that translates as "we cannot". It originated with the martyrdom of the Martyrs of Abitinae, who were murdered in AD 304 when Roman Emperor Diocletian prohibited Christians under penalty of death to possess the Sacred Scriptures, convene on Sunday to celebrate the Holy Eucharist, and erect premises for their assemblies.
The phrase was not intended to express incapacity but, on the contrary, absolute moral determination to obey the Catholic Faith.
The full sentence of the phrase is "sine dominico non possumus" ("we cannot [live] without Sunday"). It expresses the necessity of Sunday and the Holy Eucharist for Christianity.[1]
Another ecclesiastic use of the phrase has been attributed to Pope Leo the Great, who wrote in AD 448 that "quibus viventibus non communicavimus mortuis communicare non possumus" ("we cannot hold communion in death with those who in life were not in communion with us"). Recourse to this principle has been had to justify various ecclesiastical practices, including refusal of funeral liturgies and refusal of abrogating the ex-communication of decedents. Some have used it to object to ecumenism and general relations with non-Christians.[2]
In the 19th and 20th centuries, "non possumus" denominated the diplomacy of Popes Pius IX, Leo XIII, St. Pius X, Benedict XV, Pius XI, and Pius XII, especially after the capture of Rome when the Supreme Pontiff became the prisoner in the Vatican and chose to limit his contact with the outside world.[3] It is generally thought that the Second Vatican Council reversed this attitude.
This Latin phrase is also connected with the history of Poland. On 8 May 1953 Polish bishops sent a formal letter to the party leaders of the communist People's Republic of Poland to declare their decisive refusal to subordinate the Church to the communist state. In retaliation, the government imprisoned their Primate, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_possumus
Belief in an afterlife
On 17 July 1953 a woman who was a licensed Baptist pastor sent Einstein a letter asking if he had felt assured about attaining everlasting life with the Creator. Einstein replied, "I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it."[33] This sentiment was also expressed in Einstein's book The World as I See It (1935), "I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the type of which we are conscious in ourselves. An individual who should survive his physical death is also beyond my comprehension, nor do I wish it otherwise; such notions are for the fears or absurd egoism of feeble souls. Enough for me the mystery of the eternity of life, and the inkling of the marvellous structure of reality, together with the single-hearted endeavour to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the reason that manifests itself in nature."[34]
Einstein was averse to the Abrahamic conception of Heaven and Hell, particularly as it pertained to a system of everlasting reward and punishment. In a 1915 letter to the Swiss physicist Edgar Meyer, Einstein wrote, "I see only with deep regret that God punishes so many of His children for their numerous stupidities, for which only He Himself can be held responsible; in my opinion, only His nonexistence could excuse Him."[35] He also stated, "I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own — a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms."[36]
Part of Einstein's tension with the Abrahamic afterlife was his belief in determinism and his rejection of free will. Einstein stated, "The man who is thoroughly convinced of the universal operation of the law of causation cannot for a moment entertain the idea of a being who interferes in the course of events — that is, if he takes the hypothesis of causality really seriously. He has no use for the religion of fear and equally little for social or moral religion. A God who rewards and punishes is inconceivable to him for the simple reason that a man's actions are determined by necessity, external and internal, so that in God's eyes he cannot be responsible, any more than an inanimate object is responsible for the motions it goes through."[37]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_and_philosophical_views_of_Albert_Einstein#Belief_in_an_afterlife
The true history of the Ark before Noah
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/irving-finkel-lc-rpt/12893484
- a lot of people think you deal with evil by shielding others from evil and by defeating evil by committing your own evil (you can't break the cycle if you understand animal and human nature. If you understand gang mentality then you'll realise that they'll go underground, move elsewhere, etc... Moreover, they'll figure out alternative means of getting back at you. Unless you can supress these urges earlier you aren't going to make long term inroads into dealing with these issues). It's obvious that people don't understand the type of people who wrote the religious texts and the nature of evil? If you've been exposed to evil over the long term and study it, the people who tend towards it, the people who tend to move away from it, the people who fight it, etc... then you'll have to being to understand how to defeat it. The religions seem to indicate that people line up basically along three main tiers. The good (God and Angels), middle (humans), and the bad (Satan and Demons). Unfortunately, society's tendency to break people up means that those are already part of the elite class have minimal experience in understanding and dealing with these problems whether it means attacking it head on, hitting it earlier in the kill chain, going around it, etc... If you track some important metrics over the long term then you'll realise that the rate of growth of disease, crime, etc... have grown faster then then rate of growth of the global human population. People think that evil on the other side of the world isn't our problem but if you study it, understood what worked, what didnn't work, etc... then you can eliminate it. There seems to be a lot of behavioural similarities between gang culture, religious extremist groups, criminals, etc... People say that you shouldn't worry about problems on the other side of the world. In reality, the world has many of the same problems and sometimes someone on the other side of the world has something that may fix your immediate problem. It's unforunate that many people can't see that?
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/05/mexican-drug-cartel-background-random.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/11/medical-corruption-and-industrial.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/10/is-world-in-environmental-trouble.html
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=60+days+in
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/60-days-in
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=last+chance+high
Last Chance High
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw613M86o5o6Aj8MXuh9GK5ZooRpLMGBp
Behind the gates of Australia's 'last chance' school | Australian Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnc9ObCxwwg
war and peace book
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsarist_autocracy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=oops+rapper+culture
Obama touches on masculinity, hip hop culture at town hall with Steph Curry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMKrGCIxSAY
Obama Foundation
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiaba-DmYJacphj7r7Knrwg/videos
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=isaiah+60+days+in
60 Days In: Isaiah's Journey | A&E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1q8KSvrkQw
gang banger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_banger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=seminary+school
A Day In the Life of a Catholic Seminarian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfINFEMpNVM
Is Seminary Necessary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9EHZ8LwJeA
So...You Want to go to Seminary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4BtVSGlEU8
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-sea-of-fakery-random-stuff-and-more.html
truancy vs criminality correlation
https://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-met-prison-truancy-20130219-story.html
Why Aren't Kids Coming to School?
In addition to growing up in poverty, kids may also have to deal with absentee parents or parents who are excessively mobile. They may have parents who are incarcerated or who are addicted to drugs or alcohol. They may come from a family that doesn't feel education is important and that isn't aware of the attendance laws. Kids may not want to attend school because of the school environment. Perhaps it's unsafe, they are being bullied or they are having a negative experience through academics or unsatisfactory peer groups. There also exists an internal phenomenon known as the "pushing-out" of students whereby some schools and districts feel that that they should expel low-achieving and truant kids, in effect raising the overall academic achievements of the school and district. This type of gross negligence is only helping to fill prisons, not raise academic achievement standards. 9 out of 10 inmates across the nation are high school dropouts. In the two years I worked at Lansing Penitentiary, I never met an inmate that said he wanted to fail.
The Truth About Truancy
Statistics show that truancy has devastating effects on both the student and the community. The short-term effects are an increase in delinquent, criminal and gang activity. Long-term effects include poor physical and mental health, the continuance of family poverty and a high risk of addiction and incarceration.
Schools are filing truancy petitions and parents are being brought into court in some jurisdictions however, in cities the size of San Francisco alone there are 5000 kids truant every day. There are not enough court rooms and not enough prosecutors to write affidavits to address the number of truancies that take place each day in the United States. There needs to be a change of attitude toward the importance of education; a leadership that systematically convinces and enlightens society to the truth about truancy.
The Road to Right
Several prison systems have instituted new programs called "Beyond Scared Straight" and the A & E Television Network has televised them. They have many different methods of working with, breaking down and getting through to the assemblage of both male and female subjects. Tactics range from friendly and brotherly to loud, abrasive, intrusive and terrifying. During the course of the program, the kids who participate are always ostensibly affected. Follow up visits with youth or their parents (mostly by phone) have about a 70-80% success rate of integrating back into society. Considering the odds of trying to make it on the streets in dangerous areas, with high crime rates and little or no guidance, each program is typically one day to one week in a lock-down setting with inmates, security officers, staff and crew and a life changing impact. Kids have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
https://soapboxie.com/social-issues/What-Are-The-Effects-of-Truancy
- some people will never understand why some of the "core group" of the supposed "good group" act so strange. If you examine Martin Luther King Jnr, Gandhi, Mandela, Jesus, etc... you'll realise that there's a common core. They'd seen enough hate, violence, abuse, etc... in their lives to realise that there were alternatives. Their conviction was so strong that they were willing to die for them? The source of inspiration for anti-violence/anti-hatred is similar amongst many abuse victims and in religion? It's as much about love as it is a hatred of violence and hate? Ironically, Enimem seems like a very contorted, twisted variant of these people who's pretty screwed up but still tries to do good by his daughter and for some people who came from a background? Note, that many rappers which many idolise have the same desires?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_equivalence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_high_ground
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/the-american-civil-rights-movement/content-section-0
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/china-rejects-international-calls-to-release-hong-kong-s-democracy-dozen-activists-facing-trial
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
non violence vow
https://paxchristiusa.org/resources/vow-of-nonviolence/
https://www.realmshelps.net/charbuild/feat/Vow_of_Nonviolence
    1. PRINCIPLE ONE: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.
    2. PRINCIPLE TWO: Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.
    3. PRINCIPLE THREE: Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice not people.
    4. PRINCIPLE FOUR: Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform.
    5. PRINCIPLE FIVE: Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.
    6. PRINCIPLE SIX: Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice.
https://www.fhrcuba.org/2016/01/in-honor-of-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-the-six-principles-of-nonviolence/
childhood martin luther king
Martin Luther King Jr. was not an only child. He grew up with a sister who was older than him, Willie Christine King, and a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King. Martin Luther King's childhood was a normal happy upbringing. He and his siblings consisted learned to play the piano from their mom and were guided by the spiritual teachings from their dad and grandfather.
But the family was quickly schooled on the harsh reality of the racial segregation of the south. A family outing to a shoe store resulted in the family being ushered to the back exit after being told by the storeowner that blacks were not allowed in the store. This was one of Martin Luther King's first episodes that were a result of the Jim Crow laws that were in effect at that time.
Originally meant to create an equal foothold for everyone, the Jim Crow laws came to be known as living proof of day-to-day racial discrimination. Blacks were not allowed in restaurants, could not drink from the same water fountains as white people and suffered humiliating injustices at the hands of white people in the south. It was the experiences of these early childhood days that led Martin Luther King Jr. to his passionate crusade for equality.
http://drmartinlutherking.net/martin-luther-king-childhood
https://www.sparknotes.com/biography/mlk/section1/
Religious texts
During his stay in South Africa, along with scriptures and philosophical texts of Hinduism and other Indian religions, Gandhi read translated texts of Christianity such as the Bible, and Islam such as the Quran.[233] A Quaker mission in South Africa attempted to convert him to Christianity. Gandhi joined them in their prayers and debated Christian theology with them, but refused conversion stating he did not accept the theology therein or that Christ was the only son of God.[233][234][235]
His comparative studies of religions and interaction with scholars, led him to respect all religions as well as become concerned about imperfections in all of them and frequent misinterpretations.[233] Gandhi grew fond of Hinduism, and referred to the Bhagavad Gita as his spiritual dictionary and greatest single influence on his life.[233][236][237] Later, Gandhi translated the Gita into Gujarati in 1930.[238]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/mænˈdɛlə/;[1] Xhosa: [xolíɬaɬa mandɛ̂ːla]; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.
A Xhosa speaker, Mandela was born to the Thembu royal family in Mvezo, Union of South Africa. He studied law at the University of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand before working as a lawyer in Johannesburg. There he became involved in anti-colonial and African nationalist politics, joining the ANC in 1943 and co-founding its Youth League in 1944. After the National Party's white-only government established apartheid, a system of racial segregation that privileged whites, he and the ANC committed themselves to its overthrow. Mandela was appointed president of the ANC's Transvaal branch, rising to prominence for his involvement in the 1952 Defiance Campaign and the 1955 Congress of the People. He was repeatedly arrested for seditious activities and was unsuccessfully prosecuted in the 1956 Treason Trial. Influenced by Marxism, he secretly joined the banned South African Communist Party (SACP). Although initially committed to non-violent protest, in association with the SACP he co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1961 and led a sabotage campaign against the government. He was arrested and imprisoned in 1962, and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiring to overthrow the state following the Rivonia Trial.
Mandela served 27 years in prison, split between Robben Island, Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison. Amid growing domestic and international pressure, and with fears of a racial civil war, President F. W. de Klerk released him in 1990. Mandela and de Klerk led efforts to negotiate an end to apartheid, which resulted in the 1994 multiracial general election in which Mandela led the ANC to victory and became president. Leading a broad coalition government which promulgated a new constitution, Mandela emphasised reconciliation between the country's racial groups and created the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate past human rights abuses. Economically, Mandela's administration retained its predecessor's liberal framework despite his own socialist beliefs, also introducing measures to encourage land reform, combat poverty and expand healthcare services. Internationally, he acted as mediator in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial and served as secretary-general of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999. He declined a second presidential term and was succeeded by his deputy, Thabo Mbeki. Mandela became an elder statesman and focused on combating poverty and HIV/AIDS through the charitable Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Mandela was a controversial figure for much of his life. Although critics on the right denounced him as a communist terrorist and those on the far left deemed him too eager to negotiate and reconcile with apartheid's supporters, he gained international acclaim for his activism. Widely regarded as an icon of democracy and social justice, he received more than 250 honours, including the Nobel Peace Prize. He is held in deep respect within South Africa, where he is often referred to by his Thembu clan name, Madiba, and described as the "Father of the Nation".
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Mandela's mother took him to the "Great Place" palace at Mqhekezweni, where he was entrusted to the guardianship of the Thembu regent, Chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo. Although he did not see his mother again for many years, Mandela felt that Jongintaba and his wife Noengland treated him as their own child, raising him alongside their son, Justice, and daughter, Nomafu.[19] As Mandela attended church services every Sunday with his guardians, Christianity became a significant part of his life.[20] He attended a Methodist mission school located next to the palace, where he studied English, Xhosa, history and geography.[21] He developed a love of African history, listening to the tales told by elderly visitors to the palace, and was influenced by the anti-imperialist rhetoric of a visiting chief, Joyi.[22] Nevertheless, at the time he considered the European colonizers not as oppressors but as benefactors who had brought education and other benefits to southern Africa.[23] Aged 16, he, Justice and several other boys travelled to Tyhalarha to undergo the ulwaluko circumcision ritual that symbolically marked their transition from boys to men; afterwards he was given the name Dalibunga.[24]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/publications/autobiography-martin-luther-king-jr-contents/chapter-1-early-years
Eminem - Cleanin' Out My Closet (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ9_TKayu9s
enimem Cleanin' Out My Closet lyrics
Ha! I got some skeletons in my closet
And I don't know if no one knows it
So before they throw me inside my coffin and close it
I'mma expose it; I'll take you back to '73
Before I ever had a multi-platinum-selling CD
I was a baby, maybe I was just a couple of months
My faggot father must have had his panties up in a bunch
'Cause he split, I wonder if he even kissed me goodbye
No I don't. On second thought I just fucking wished he would die
I look at Hailie, and I couldn't picture leaving her side
Even if I hated Kim, I'd grit my teeth and I'd try
To make it work with her at least for Hailie's sake
I maybe made some mistakes
But I'm only human, but I'm man enough to face them today
What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb
But the smartest shit I did was take them bullets outta that gun
'Cause I'da killed him; shit I would've shot Kim and him both
It's my life, I'd like to welcome y'all to "The Eminem Show"
...
Now I would never diss my own mama just to get recognition
Take a second to listen 'fore you think this record is dissing
But put yourself in my position; just try to envision
Witnessing your mama popping prescription pills in the kitchen
Bitching that someone's always going through her purse and shit's missing
Going through public housing systems, victim of Münchausen's Syndrome
My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't
'Til I grew up, now I blew up, it makes you sick to your stomach
Doesn't it? Wasn't it the reason you made that CD for me Ma?
So you could try to justify the way you treated me Ma?
But guess what? You're getting older now and it's cold when you're lonely
And Nathan's growing up so quick he's gonna know that you're phony
And Hailie's getting so big now; you should see her, she's beautiful
But you'll never see her, she won't even be at your funeral!
See what hurts me the most is you won't admit you was wrong
Bitch do your song, keep telling yourself that you was a mom!
But how dare you try to take what you didn't help me to get
You selfish bitch; I hope you fucking burn in hell for this shit
Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was me?
Well guess what, I am dead, dead to you as can be!
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/eminem/cleaninoutmycloset.html
Eminem is gay - The Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=861dkpAv3Yw
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=8+mile+battle
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=8+mile+movieclips
https://www.lyrics.com/track/6776458/Eminem/Cleanin%27+Out+My+Closet
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mo+money+mo+problems
The Notorious B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUhRKVIjJtw
mo money mo problems
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Money_Mo_Problems
https://genius.com/The-notorious-big-mo-money-mo-problems-lyrics
i need a girl lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=diddy+i+need+a+girl%27+part+2
P. Diddy - I Need a Girl Part 2 (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGUttrXgzLI
P. Diddy [feat. Usher & Loon] - I Need A Girl Part 1 (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXYb1OMhwBA
https://genius.com/Diddy-i-need-a-girl-pt-1-lyrics
https://genius.com/Diddy-i-need-a-girl-pt-2-lyrics
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pdiddy/ineedagirlpartone.html
- I suspect that many of the people who tend towards hatred haven't seen as an opportunity/gap out of it? As indicate in my previous point, anti-haters are probably similar to anti-alchohlics, anti-rapists, anti-gangs, anti-violence, anti-divorce, anti-drugs, etc... people? Most people don't get to see a broad spectrum of society or how these issues get to play out in the lives of others or in their own lives. They've never seen addiction take root in and watch their lives literally go up in smoke, they've never seen how difficult it is to break people how of gang behaviour, how domestic violence and abuse slowly morphs those that you care about (or even yourself) into something completely different, how a divorce can end going very badly, etc... I suppose that's why some people in law enforcement, preachers, soldiers, teachers, parents, etc... are willing to so far sometimes. To the point whereby you can no longer distinguish whether they are the good or bad guy?
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Gobbo
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/lawyer-x
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cat+bully+funny
cat bully on another cat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQeHbGmLEac
- the anti-materialism issue seems to be revolve around some being sick of the nature of society. Is there anything beyond materalism in life? Some of this seems to border on madness at times?
While the earliest sources merely depict Gotama seeking a higher spiritual goal and becoming an ascetic or sramana after being disillusioned with lay life, the later legendary biographies tell a more elaborate dramatic story about how he became a mendicant.[127][140]
The earliest accounts of the Buddha's spiritual quest is found in texts such as the Pali Ariyapariyesanā-sutta ("The discourse on the noble quest," MN 26) and its Chinese parallel at MĀ 204.[141] These texts report that what led to Gautama's renunciation was the thought that his life was subject to old age, disease and death and that there might be something better (i.e. liberation, nirvana).[142] The early texts also depict the Buddha's explanation for becoming a sramana as follows: "The household life, this place of impurity, is narrow - the samana life is the free open air. It is not easy for a householder to lead the perfected, utterly pure and perfect holy life."[143] MN 26, MĀ 204, the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya and the Mahāvastu all agree that his mother and father opposed his decision and "wept with tearful faces" when he decided to leave.[144][145]
Prince Siddhartha shaves his hair and becomes a sramana. Borobudur, 8th century
Legendary biographies also tell the story of how Gautama left his palace to see the outside world for the first time and how he was shocked by his encounter with human suffering.[146][147] The legendary biographies depict Gautama's father as shielding him from religious teachings and from knowledge of human suffering, so that he would become a great king instead of a great religious leader.[148] In the Nidanakatha (5th century CE), Gautama is said to have seen an old man. When his charioteer Chandaka explained to him that all people grew old, the prince went on further trips beyond the palace. On these he encountered a diseased man, a decaying corpse, and an ascetic that inspired him.[149][150][151] This story of the "four sights" seems to be adapted from an earlier account in the Digha Nikaya (DN 14.2) which instead depicts the young life of a previous Buddha, Vipassi.[151]
The legendary biographies depict Gautama's departure from his palace as follows. Shortly after seeing the four sights, Gautama woke up at night and saw his female servants lying in unattractive, corpse-like poses, which shocked him.[152] Therefore, he discovered what he would later understand more deeply during his enlightenment: suffering and the end of suffering.[153] Moved by all the things he had experienced, he decided to leave the palace in the middle of the night against the will of his father, to live the life of a wandering ascetic.[149] Accompanied by Chandaka and riding his horse Kanthaka, Gautama leaves the palace, leaving behind his son Rahula and Yaśodhara.[154] He traveled to the river Anomiya, and cut off his hair. Leaving his servant and horse behind, he journeyed into the woods and changed into monk's robes there,[155] though in some other versions of the story, he received the robes from a Brahma deity at Anomiya.[156]
According to the legendary biographies, when the ascetic Gautama first went to Rajagaha (present-day Rajgir) to beg for alms in the streets, King Bimbisara of Magadha learned of his quest, and offered him a share of his kingdom. Gautama rejected the offer but promised to visit his kingdom first, upon attaining enlightenment.[157][158]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Renunciation
jesus shirt off back quote
Scriptural references
The phrase originates from the Sermon on the Mount in the New Testament. In the Gospel of Matthew chapter 5, an alternative for "an eye for an eye" is given by Jesus:
³⁸You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." ³⁹But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. ⁴⁰And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. ⁴¹And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. ⁴²Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
— Jesus Christ, English Standard Version (Matthew 5:38–42)
In the Sermon on the Plain[1] in the Gospel of Luke chapter 6, as part of his command to "love your enemies", Jesus says:
²⁷But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. ²⁹To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. ³⁰Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. ³¹And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
— Jesus Christ, English Standard Version (Luke 6:27–31)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_the_other_cheek
- one interesting thing for me is that those who broke away from their likely "station in life" are also the most likely to give back to their community? If you understand the biases within capitalism and most socio-economic systems around the world then you'll realise that it's possible that the elite divided society on purpose so that they could maintain the relative power/inequality gap? This behavioural issue has been known to the elite for at least thousands of years (check the background of Buddha whose family wanted him separated from the poor so that he would become a good King rather then religious leader)
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
Renegade Inc _ The Colour Of (American) Law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM9i8huJMdE
Contents
1 Historic cases from 10,000 BC to the 1960s
1.1 Imperial China
1.1.1 Tang dynasty
1.1.2 Qing dynasty
1.2 Colonial societies
1.2.1 Belgian Congo
1.2.2 French Algeria
1.2.3 Rhodesia
1.3 Religious and racial antisemitism
1.4 Ultranationalism
1.4.1 Fascist Italy
1.4.2 Nazi Germany
1.5 Other cases
1.5.1 Germany
1.5.2 South Africa
1.5.3 United States
2 Historic cases (1970s to present)
2.1 Bahrain
2.2 Canada
2.3 Fiji
2.4 Israel
2.5 Kenya
2.6 Liberia
2.7 Malaysia
2.8 Mauritania
2.9 United Kingdom
2.10 United States
2.11 Yemen
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris
During and following World War II, the African American population of Berkeley, as in the entire region, increased substantially. However, the practice of racial covenants in property title deeds, together with informal discrimination ("de facto"), had resulted in the black population being concentrated in certain sections of the city, primarily in the southwestern portions. Consequently, public schools serving those areas had a disproportionately high number of blacks while virtually no blacks attended the schools in other mostly white sections of the city. The only exception to this was Berkeley High School as it was, and remains, the only high school for the entire district.
Heightened local interest in the concerns and efforts of the civil rights movement, shared by many in the community, eventually led to the adoption of a voluntary school integration plan starting in the mid 1960s. The plan included the use of bussing to effect an integration of all the public schools in Berkeley. The first schools to be integrated under this plan were the junior high schools, Garfield and Willard, starting in the Fall of 1966. A third junior high school, Burbank, was closed, demolished and rebuilt (by 1968) as the high school's "West Campus", serving all the district's 9th-grade students.
Two years later in the Fall of 1968, the elementary schools were integrated, utilizing the district's own expanded bus fleet.
Berkeley's voluntary integration plan, substantially modified, remains in place today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Unified_School_District#Integration_policy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha
Legendary biographies also tell the story of how Gautama left his palace to see the outside world for the first time and how he was shocked by his encounter with human suffering.[146][147] The legendary biographies depict Gautama's father as shielding him from religious teachings and from knowledge of human suffering, so that he would become a great king instead of a great religious leader.[148] In the Nidanakatha (5th century CE), Gautama is said to have seen an old man. When his charioteer Chandaka explained to him that all people grew old, the prince went on further trips beyond the palace. On these he encountered a diseased man, a decaying corpse, and an ascetic that inspired him.[149][150][151] This story of the "four sights" seems to be adapted from an earlier account in the Digha Nikaya (DN 14.2) which instead depicts the young life of a previous Buddha, Vipassi.[151]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_characteristics_of_the_Buddha
eminem charity
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/glitzy-giving/eminem.html
Hip-hop artist has been generous with his money, especially to those who live in Africa. On June 4, 2015, he didn't just make a charitable contribution, he started an initiative that would prove to be the most ambitious charitable endeavor in entertainment history. He launched a plan to bring electricity to the 600 million people in Africa who didn't have it. His initiative wasn't designed to use traditional electricity with power lines. His plan was to start the Solar Academy, which would allow engineers in Africa to harness the energy from the sun to provide electricity to the 600 million people who are without it.
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He also works with the Orca Network, the Save a Life Foundation, The Healing Circle, and the Shriners Hospitals for Children. These are very important organizations. He has even started an athletic program for kids which is called Snoop Youth Football League. Not only did he create the league, he even coaches the kids who participate. Over the years, it is estimated that Snoop has donated over $110 million to charity. This is much more than most celebrities have ever done. He may have the street cred of being a bad guy, however, he has deep pockets and has no problem with helping the less fortunate.
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Eminem is famous for being one of the only white rappers who became incredibly successful and remains so. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan, which is known to be a very poor city. Things in Detroit have been getting worse year by year. Eminem got his start in Detroit. He starred in the film, 8 Mile, which is loosely based on his life story before he became famous. Detroit got him to where he is today, therefore, he has started a variety of charities to improve the lives of Detroit's residents. Through the Marshall Mathers Foundation, he is always donating money to help disadvantaged children in Detroit. He also started Eight Mile Boulevard Association and Nine Million. These are also charities that benefit the residents of Detroit. It is estimated that in total, he has donated over $180 million.
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Jay-Z is one of the most powerful men in the hip-hop world. He is also one of the richest. He is thankful for what he has and he has no problem giving back. He has donated a great deal of money to the Boys and Girls Club, Artists for Peace and Justice, and Music for Relief. After Hurricane Katrina, he donated $1 million to the Red Cross. Jay-Z doesn't only donate money to these causes, he also donates his time. In 2006, he held a concert in New York for the charity PlayPumps International. He was able to raise $250,000 for the cause. He has also made it his mission to raise awareness regarding the water shortage that has plagued many countries around the world. He paid for and produced a film which was made in Africa called Diary of Jay-Z: Water For Life. This film has raised a great deal of awareness and it is still trending today. It is estimated that he has donated over $450 million.
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When Kendrick was just 8 years old, he watched 2Pac record the music video for his song, California Love. He credits 2Pac as being his inspiration to start a career in music. While 2Pac was his inspiration, he sings about different things. Many of his songs focus on violence, inequality, and racism. This is part of the reason that he has won 7 Grammy Awards throughout his entire career. He grew up in Compton, and the mayor gave him the key to the city. He said that the reason was because Kendrick was able to raise awareness about the challenges and troubles that people have in this area. Like rapper Eminem, Lamar uses his money to help those in his hometown.
He has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Compton Unified School District's programs such as sports, music, and after-school programs. The idea was to keep the kids in Compton in the classroom and not on the streets. Due to all of the work that he has done, he received the 35th Generational Icon Store. It is very important to Kendrick to be a strong role model, not only for children in Compton but for children from all around the world. He has also donated a great deal of money to the Red Cross and he has headlines concerts to benefit homeless women and children, and people in need in India.
https://moneyinc.com/top-5-charitable-hip-hop-stars/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Outta_Compton_(film)
Is Compton a dangerous city?
Today, Compton has a population of 96,455 and is home to many great historical routes. However, with it's beauty, Compton is considered "The Most Dangerous City in California" due to it's high violent crime rate. Per 1000 residents, 11.97 will become a victim of violent crime. The national median is only 4.
Crime in Compton "The Most Dangerous City in California"
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=c0d80dc051a24251b062a613980e6b35
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton,_California
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20151026/NEWS/310259977/eminem-prefers-his-philanthropy-to-be-done-quietly-and-privately
James was born on December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio to Gloria Marie James, who was 16 at the time of his birth.[3]:22 His father, Anthony McClelland, has an extensive criminal record and was not involved in his life.[4] When James was growing up, life was often a struggle for the family, as they moved from apartment to apartment in the seedier neighborhoods of Akron while Gloria struggled to find steady work.[5] Realizing that her son would be better off in a more stable family environment, Gloria allowed him to move in with the family of Frank Walker, a local youth football coach who introduced James to basketball when he was nine years old.[3]:23
James began playing organized basketball in the fifth grade.[6] He later played Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball for the Northeast Ohio Shooting Stars.[5] The team enjoyed success on a local and national level, led by James and his friends Sian Cotton, Dru Joyce III, and Willie McGee.[3]:24 The group dubbed themselves the "Fab Four" and promised each other that they would attend high school together.[3]:27 In a move that stirred local controversy, they chose to attend St. Vincent–St. Mary High School, a private Catholic school with predominantly white students.[7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeBron_James
lebron charity
https://clutchpoints.com/lebron-james-donations-over-the-years/
Here are 5 of the biggest charities that Lebron James donates to.
After-School All-Stars
Lebron's Foundation began the After-School All-Stars for the children of his hometown, Akron. The Foundation has raised money and donated to the charity for many years. It began as a bike-a-thon, "Wheels For Education" to raise money for children in Akron to have help with education and a place to go after school. It developed into a program to help "at risk" children of Akron in a variety of ways. The program provides mentoring and help with education as well as extracurricular activities. The goal is to keep kids in school and encourage them to graduate. It begins in the third grade when students need to reach state standards to move up to the fourth grade.
The program provides reading and math help for children who need the mentoring and discourages them from dropping out of school before graduating. Overall, Lebron's Foundation has raised over $40 million for the program. Recently, Lebon teamed with the University of Akron to provide scholarships. The children must participate in the program and parents are encouraged to participate. Lebron is very involved with the program. When he cannot be there, he connects with the children via social media. The program currently sponsors over 800 children. The first graduating class will be in 2021. The scholarship covers $9500 annual college tuition for each student. Lebron hopes to extend the program throughout the state of Ohio.
Muhammad Ali: A Force For Change
Most recently, Lebron James donated money for the exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture's exhibit honoring boxing legend Muhammad Ali. The exhibit entitled "Muhammad Ali: A Force For Change" spans two parts of the museum honoring Ali, one celebrating his stellar boxing career and one celebrating his social activism. Lebron donated $2.5 million to the exhibit, joining Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson in contributing. Lebrom has said that Ali was an important inspiration to him as an athlete but also as a champion of justice. Lebron admired the boxing legend, who passed away in June 2016 after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease, for Ali's passion, goals and morals during and after the civil rights movement.
Boys and Girls Club of America
Lebron James designated $2.5 million of the proceeds from ESPN's "The Decision" special to Boys and Girls Clubs of America. While in Miami, Lebron was very involved in Miami's club. The club helps give all children equal opportunities and provides after school mentoring and activities. Lebron and his wife designed and donated furniture to the Miami club through Home Court Furniture. They replaced the roof and fixed up the children's work space. They donated 1000 new computers to 59 Boys and Girls Clubs throughout America.
Children's Defense Fund
The Children's Defense Fund started in 1973. Its purpose is to be a voice for children's rights and make sure that all children are treated equally and fairly. Lebron James' Foundation is a major contributor to the non profit organization. As with the After-School All-Stars, the program focuses on "at risk" children who come from poor backgrounds and helps these children complete their education.
ONEXONE
ONEXONE also focuses on the support of children. Their mission includes taking care of children by helping them with the 5 pillars: hunger, health, education, water and play. Like After-School All-Stars, the organization uses donations to provide help to those children who need it and encourages them by giving them hope and a sense of pride. The program provides healthy breakfasts in schools, water, medical help, educational help and after school activities. As with most of Lebron's charitable causes, he especially gives back to the children. His Foundation is a major donator to ONEXONE. Clearly, Lebron James never forgot the humble beginnings he came from. Without the help and encouragement of mentors like his mother and the Waller family, Lebron may not have had the opportunity to achieve the success he has. His talent as a basketball player and his humanitarian spirit have inspired Lebron to give back. He never let his ego get in the way of giving back to those who inspired him and to the children.
The I Promise School
Most recently James is made headlines because he built his brand new I Promise School for at-risk youth in his home town of Akron, Ohio. The news isn't surprising, as James has proved how much he values education. This the same guy who paid for 1,000 kids to attend college and started "Wheels for Education," a program that provides school supplies, access to computers and even bicycles to low-income kids.
"We want every kid that walks through this school to be inspired, to come … away with something, something where they can give back," James said in a CNN interview with Don Lemon. "For kids, in general, all they want to know is that someone cares. And when they walk through that door, I hope they know that someone cares."
https://moneyinc.com/lebron-james-five-humongous-charitable-donations/
https://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/cristiano-ronaldo-and-ronda-rousey-among-top-20-most-charitable-athletes-in-the-world-36137
Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam was born on April 16, 1973 in St. Louis to a Muslim family.[7][8][9] Through his father Mor Thiam, he is part Dogon, an ethnic group of Mali.[1][2] He spent a significant part of his childhood in Senegal, which he described as his "hometown". A child of a dancer mother—Kine Gueye Thiam (née Gueye), and a percussionist father, Mor Thiam,[1][2] Akon learned to play five instruments, including drums, guitar and djembe.[10] At age seven, he moved with his family to Union City, New Jersey,[11][12] splitting his time between the United States and Senegal until settling in Newark, New Jersey.[10] Growing up in New Jersey, Akon had difficulties getting along with other children. When he and his older brother reached high school, his parents left them on their own in Jersey City and moved the rest of the family to Atlanta, Georgia.[13] Akon attended William L. Dickinson High School in Jersey City.[14]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akon
According to Akon (Aliaune Thiam, born in Missouri), he and Thione Niang grew up in Kaolack Region, Senegal, in a town without electricity. In 2013 both decided to help drive Africa's transformation. Samba Bathily joined them and provided targeted solutions through his company, Solektra INT, which supplies solar-powered equipment. By combining their networks, they launched the project in February 2014. Their initial technique is to install Solar street lights and small energy systems.[5]
The projects provided electricity in 14 African countries as of 2015 and employed over 5000 people, and Akon said they have reached 1 million households in African nations with their projects.[1] The employees, newly trained, were mainly young people who install and maintain solar equipment.[6] This initiative has taken advantage of the tariffs imposed by the US on Chinese solar panels, leaving the Chinese manufacturers with stock to sell, by lining up credit with China Jiangsu International Economic And Technical Cooperation Group to finance purchase of solar equipment, which allows the nations participating in the project to bypass World Bank loans to get a project started in their own nation.[1]
In an interview, Akon estimated that they have reached 100,000 households and installed 13,000 streetlights.[7] Their approach is to speak with officials at the national level as to villages that are likely for pilot projects in that nation.[7] Once a pilot project is successful, other villages will want the same amount of street lighting and household electricity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akon_Lighting_Africa
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. was born in Long Beach, California, to Vernall Varnado and Beverly Broadus (née Tate).[11][12] Vernall, who was a Vietnam veteran, singer, and mail carrier, left the family only three months after Calvin's birth, and thus he was named after his stepfather, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Sr.[13] His father remained largely absent from his life. As a boy, his parents nicknamed him "Snoopy" due to his love and likeness of the cartoon character from Peanuts.[14] He was the second of his mother's three sons. His mother and stepfather divorced in 1975.[11] When Broadus was very young, he began singing and playing piano at the Golgotha Trinity Baptist Church. In sixth grade, he began rapping.[15][16] As a child, Broadus sold candy, delivered newspapers, and bagged groceries to help his family make ends meet. He was described as having been a dedicated student and enthusiastic churchgoer, active in choir and football. Broadus said in 1993 that he began engaging in unlawful activities and joining gangs in his teenage years, despite his mother's preventative efforts.[17]
Broadus would frequently rap in school. As he recalled: "When I rapped in the hallways at school I would draw such a big crowd that the principal would think there was a fight going on. It made me begin to realize that I had a gift. I could tell that my raps interested people and that made me interested in myself."[17]
As a teenager, Broadus frequently ran into trouble with the law. He was a member of the Rollin' 20s Crips gang in the Eastside area of Long Beach;[18] although in 1993 he denied the frequent police and media reports by saying that he never joined a gang.[15] Shortly after graduating from high school, he was arrested for possession of cocaine, and for the next three years, was frequently incarcerated, including at Wayside Jail.[13] With his two cousins Nate Dogg and Lil' ½ Dead and friend Warren G, Snoop recorded homemade tapes; the four called their group 213 after the area code of their native Long Beach at that time. One of Snoop's early solo freestyles over "Hold On" by En Vogue was on a mixtape that fortuitously wound up with Dr. Dre; the influential producer was so impressed by the sample that he called Snoop to audition. Former N.W.A affiliate The D.O.C. taught him to structure his lyrics and separate the themes into verses, hooks, and choruses.[19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg
ayatollah khamenei childhood
On the 16th of July 1939, the future Leader of Islamic Iran was born in the holy city of Mashhad, in the province of Khorasan. Sayyed Ali was the second son of Sayyed Javad Khamenei, a humble and poor Islamic scholar who taught all members of his family how to lead a simple, humble way of life.
"My father, though a well-known religious figure, was a bit of an ascetic. We had a hard life. Sometimes for supper we had nothing but bread with some raisins, which our mother had somehow improvised.... our house, some sixty-five square meters, consisted of a single room and a gloomy basement. When visitors came to see my father as the local cleric to consult about their problems, the family had to move into the basement while the visit went on.... Years later some charitable persons bought the small, empty lot adjacent to our house, so we were able to build two more rooms."
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At Soleiman Khan and Nawwab religious schools and under the supervision of his father and the tutorships of some great religious scholars, he studied all the 'intermediate level ' curriculum including logic, philosophy and Islamic jurisprudence in the exceptionally short time of five years. He then started his advanced level studies called darse kharij with such eminent scholars and instructors as Grand Ayatollah Milani.
On the 16th of July 1939, the future Leader of Islamic Iran was born in the holy city of Mashhad, in the province of Khorasan. Sayyed Ali was the second son of Sayyed Javad Khamenei, a humble and poor Islamic scholar who taught all members of his family how to lead a simple, humble way of life.
"My father, though a well-known religious figure, was a bit of an ascetic. We had a hard life. Sometimes for supper we had nothing but bread with some raisins, which our mother had somehow improvised.... our house, some sixty-five square meters, consisted of a single room and a gloomy basement. When visitors came to see my father as the local cleric to consult about their problems, the family had to move into the basement while the visit went on.... Years later some charitable persons bought the small, empty lot adjacent to our house, so we were able to build two more rooms."
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At Soleiman Khan and Nawwab religious schools and under the supervision of his father and the tutorships of some great religious scholars, he studied all the 'intermediate level ' curriculum including logic, philosophy and Islamic jurisprudence in the exceptionally short time of five years. He then started his advanced level studies called darse kharij with such eminent scholars and instructors as Grand Ayatollah Milani.
On the 16th of July 1939, the future Leader of Islamic Iran was born in the holy city of Mashhad, in the province of Khorasan. Sayyed Ali was the second son of Sayyed Javad Khamenei, a humble and poor Islamic scholar who taught all members of his family how to lead a simple, humble way of life.
"My father, though a well-known religious figure, was a bit of an ascetic. We had a hard life. Sometimes for supper we had nothing but bread with some raisins, which our mother had somehow improvised.... our house, some sixty-five square meters, consisted of a single room and a gloomy basement. When visitors came to see my father as the local cleric to consult about their problems, the family had to move into the basement while the visit went on.... Years later some charitable persons bought the small, empty lot adjacent to our house, so we were able to build two more rooms."
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At Soleiman Khan and Nawwab religious schools and under the supervision of his father and the tutorships of some great religious scholars, he studied all the 'intermediate level ' curriculum including logic, philosophy and Islamic jurisprudence in the exceptionally short time of five years. He then started his advanced level studies called darse kharij with such eminent scholars and instructors as Grand Ayatollah Milani.
On the 16th of July 1939, the future Leader of Islamic Iran was born in the holy city of Mashhad, in the province of Khorasan. Sayyed Ali was the second son of Sayyed Javad Khamenei, a humble and poor Islamic scholar who taught all members of his family how to lead a simple, humble way of life.
"My father, though a well-known religious figure, was a bit of an ascetic. We had a hard life. Sometimes for supper we had nothing but bread with some raisins, which our mother had somehow improvised.... our house, some sixty-five square meters, consisted of a single room and a gloomy basement. When visitors came to see my father as the local cleric to consult about their problems, the family had to move into the basement while the visit went on.... Years later some charitable persons bought the small, empty lot adjacent to our house, so we were able to build two more rooms."
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At Soleiman Khan and Nawwab religious schools and under the supervision of his father and the tutorships of some great religious scholars, he studied all the 'intermediate level ' curriculum including logic, philosophy and Islamic jurisprudence in the exceptionally short time of five years. He then started his advanced level studies called darse kharij with such eminent scholars and instructors as Grand Ayatollah Milani.
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"In the areas of political and revolutionary ideas and Islamic jurisprudence, I am certainly a disciple of Imam Khomeini" says Ayatollah Khamenei. He adds: "Yet the very first sparks of consciousness concerning Islamic, revolutionary ideas and the duty to fight the Shah's despotism and his British supporters, was kindled in my soul at the age of 13 when the brave cleric, Nawwab Safavi, later martyred by the Shah's regime, came to our school in Mashhad in 1952 and delivered a fiery speech against the Shah's anti-Islamic and devious policies."
It was in Qum in 1962, that Sayyed Ali joined the ranks of the revolutionary followers of Imam Khomeini who opposed the pro-American, anti-Islamic policies of the Shah's regime.
Dedicated and fearless, he followed this path for the next 16 years which ultimately led to the downfall of the Shah's brutal regime: persecution, torture, imprisonment and exile could not make him waver for a moment.
http://english.khamenei.ir/news/2130/Biography-of-Ayatollah-Khamenei-the-Leader-of-the-Islamic-Revolution
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ali-Khamenei
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei
- as an aside, a surprisingly small amount is donated by many at the top (note that the wealth isn't actually cash though)? Similar pattern globally? The bottom are more generous in terms of their spending breakdown when compared to the top?
http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode380_meet_gates.mp3
http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode379_gates_population.mp3
http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode378_gates_vaccine.mp3
http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode377_gates_health.mp3
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Under Investigation-0nwRpMqHSWg
gates foundation donation breakdown
Last year, the wealthiest Americans donated $US14.7 billion to their alma maters, foundations, and various charities, more than doubling how much they gave away in 2016, according to Forbes. The recent list of 25 most generous philanthropists notably did not include Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the richest person in modern history. Bezos has been largely quiet about his philanthropic goals, though he tweeted in June that he intends to announce two areas of focus sometime this summer.
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/biggest-projects-of-generous-philanthropists-bill-and-melinda-gates-2018-8?r=US&IR=T
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/they-just-take-and-take-aoc-aims-soak-rich-proposed-new-york-wealth-tax
billionaire favourite charity
13. Steve Ballmer — 0.32%
12. Jack Ma — 0.33%
11. Masayoshi Son — 0.53%
10. Laurene Powell Jobs — 0.8%
9. Jeff Bezos — 1.9%
8. Larry Ellison — 2.1%
7. Mark Zuckerberg — 2.4%
6. Larry Page — 3.1%
5. Ma Huateng (Pony Ma) — 4.4%
4. Sergey Brin — 4.6%
3. Carlos Slim — 6.0%
2. Michael Dell — 8.9%
1. Bill Gates — 45.6%
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/tech-billionaires-who-donate-most-to-charity-2019-1?r=US&IR=T
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/may/24/the-trouble-with-charitable-billionaires-philanthrocapitalism
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/21/warren-buffet-is-the-most-charitable-billionaire.html
The vilification of billionaires makes no sense to me - Cooperman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bSONye1F5M
Economic Update - Pandemic Capitalism - - A View From Asia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_GlRvWetXs
philanthropic spending statistics
https://www.philanthropy.org.au/tools-resources/fast-facts-and-stats/
https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/statistics
It's easy, amid press stories about the projects of large foundations or corporations, to forget that the vast bulk of American philanthropy is carried out by individuals. Between individual donations and bequests in wills, personal gifts come to over four times as much, every year, as what behemoths like the Gates, Ford, Walton, etc. foundations plus corporations give away.
https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/statistics/u.s.-generosity
If instead of the average percentage of income given away by wealthy households, we look at the median percentage (meaning that half gave more than this amount, and half gave less), the wealthy appear less magnanimous. From 2007-2011, the median wealthy household (having annual income of $200,000+ or assets of $1 million+) gave away 3.4 percent of its income.
Interestingly, when rich people live in separate enclaves they are not as generous as when they live interspersed in normal communities. The "How America Gives" study showed that when households earning $200,000 a year make up more than 40 percent of the residents of a particular ZIP code, they give just 2.8 percent of their discretionary income to charity. If they live in more mixed neighborhoods and towns, though, they give an average of closer to 5 percent.
Physical separation and economic stratification corrode social cooperation and generosity. In towns, villages, and cities where Americans of differing fortunes live in more traditional combinations, though, generosity flourishes. And for many Americans, the resulting giving seems to be deeply connected to satisfaction in life.
"I came to realize that expanding my philanthropic activities could be both meaningful and fun," successful oil businessman Jim Calaway told Philanthropy magazine in 2015. "Making a lot of money and spending it on yourself is not a lot of fun," he noted in an earlier interview with the Chronicle of Philanthropy. "What is a lot of fun is to live modestly so that you can give to the common good. That's where happiness really lies."
https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/statistics/who-gives
millionaire spending patterns
https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/millionaire-spending-habits
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/millionaire-spending-habits-experience-shopping-two-worlds-discreet-wealth-2019-1?r=US&IR=T
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2188200/how-spending-habits-millionaires-have-created-two
saudi royal family spending patterns
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/27/saudi-crown-princes-lavish-buys-some-see-hypocrisy-others-shrug-it-off.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Saud
https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/saudi-royal-family-s-1-4-trillion-wealth-and-lavish-spending-36040
qatar royal family spending pattern
https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/dec/09/london-qatar-royal-family-regents-park-200m-palace-harrods
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collecting_practices_of_the_Al-Thani_Family
https://www.smh.com.au/world/time-is-up-for-qatari-sheikh-forced-to-sell-11-million-watch-20121110-294va.html
https://www.statista.com/statistics/372882/uk-royal-family-expenditure-breakdown/
uk royal family spending pattern
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finances_of_the_British_royal_family
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/07/01/the-royal-family-is-getting-increasingly-expensive-for-uk-taxpayers-infographic/#21e8d2cf14a4
https://www.rd.com/list/royal-family-spending/
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/meghan-markle-prince-harrys-reckless-spending-detailed-in-new-book/news-story/6822dbfa7a364db9b7357182fdc88294
thailand royal family spending patterns
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/thailand-set-fire-30-million-building
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_the_Royal_Household
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Thailand
https://www.insider.com/how-richest-royals-in-the-world-spend-their-money-2019-5
https://www.vox.com/2020/1/24/21075149/king-thailand-maha-vajiralongkorn-facebook-video-tattoos
spanish royal family spending patterns
https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/04/11/inenglish/1491896482_530861.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10617097/Spains-Royal-family-sees-its-budget-cut-once-more.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/8004484/Spains-Royal-family-cut-budget-for-first-time-in-history.html
average net worth politician
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_wealth
https://qz.com/1190595/the-typical-us-congress-member-is-12-times-richer-than-the-typical-american-household/
https://ballotpedia.org/Net_worth_of_United_States_Senators_and_Representatives
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/10/25/richest-members-of-congress-by-net-worth/40290533/
https://www.zippia.com/advice/richest-politicians/
why are congressmen wealthy
They get their money from all over the place.
Darrell Issa made his money through managing his company, but he has since moved most of his wealth into the bond market. Others, like Senator Jay Rockefeller and Representative Joseph Kennedy III, are heirs to significant family fortunes. California Representative Gary Miller's real-estate portfolio accounts for 94 percent of his wealth. McCaul's wealth is entirely connected to his wife's family fortune—he does not have a single asset listed in his name in his financial disclosure. Senators John McCain and Claire McCaskill also draw more than 94 percent of their wealth from spouse-owned assets.
Congressional wealth comes from many different places, but one thing links it together: These lawmakers, unlike most of their constituents, do not draw the bulk of their income from a paycheck. In 2010, more than 150 lawmakers reported earning more from outside investments than from the congressional salary, which for a rank-and-file House or Senate member is $174,000. (In 2012, the median U.S. household income was $51,017, and the median household net worth was $56,335.) That discrepancy between the public and lawmakers may distort the congressional debate on topics like the capital-gains tax and the mortgage-interest deduction, which affect members more than they do most of their constituents.
It's a bipartisan, mostly male, and heavily white bunch.
Some members of Congress have attempted to address the gender pay gap, or the fact that, according to Pew Research Center, women earn 84 percent as much as their male counterparts. In Congress's rich club, men and women are represented proportionately, as women make up nine of the top 50—similar to the 18.8 percent of Congress they comprise, a record high.
Of the top 50, 20 are Democrats and 30 are Republicans, although Democrats occupy spots 3 through 11. (Sometimes portrayed as the party of the rich, Republicans actually represent districts with less income inequality than do Democrats, largely because Democrats do better in urban areas.)
If the party breakdown is relatively even, the race breakdown is anything but. This Congress, the most diverse in history, is 82 percent white. All of the 50 wealthiest lawmakers are white. Unfortunately, even in a club of top earners like this, one might expect elected black men and women to lag behind whites: For every dollar owned by a white household in the U.S., black households own around a nickel.
Americans may not have much faith in their representatives, but you can say this for them: The people Americans elect are pretty good at choosing what to do with their own money. Investments range from the mundane (Johnny Isakson, Bank of America) to the trendy (Jared Polis, Uber) to the wacky (Alan Grayson, memorabilia authentication). Who will top next year's list? It's too soon to tell, but Darrell Issa has a commanding lead. And as any member can tell you, incumbency is a powerful advantage.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/09/how-did-members-of-congress-get-so-wealthy/379848/
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/04/majority-of-lawmakers-millionaires/
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-richest-members-congress-made-money-house-senate-2019-2?r=US&IR=T
Making money in Congress
Once a candidate actually makes it into Congress, he's presented with new opportunities to increase his wealth -- some that are unmatched in the corporate world.
There are some ethics restrictions in place that limit the income congressional members can take in; for instance, they're not allowed to take in outside income (from sources like speaking fees) that amounts to more than 15 percent of their salary (the base pay for a member of Congress is $174,000).
And like everyone else, members of Congress are subject to current insider trading laws. However, current insider trading laws do not apply to nonpublic information about current or upcoming congressional activity -- that's because members of Congress aren't technically obligated to keep that information confidential.
Congressmen can get away with "the type of insider trading that would send Martha Stewart to prison," Holman said. "They go into hearings and confidential meetings with business interests, understanding new legislation is going to come out next week," and are free to trade on that information.
So, for instance, if a lawmaker learns an upcoming bill will grant a company a large government contract, which could boost that company's stock, he or she is free to buy that stock ahead of the bill's public introduction.
A report released last month by four universities found that on average, stock portfolios held by House members from 1985 to 2001 beat the market average by approximately 6 percent annually. In 2004, the same group of professors found that the average stock portfolios held by members of the Senate beat the market average by about 10 percent.
Officially, House ethics rules say it would "impractical or unreasonable" to ask members of Congress to divest from industries over which they have jurisdiction, in part because a congressman may have been elected to represent a "common interest" he shares with his constituents. Thus, the rules say, if asked to divest in that industry, the member of Congress may be "ineffective in representing the real interests of the constituents."
House ethics rules dictate that a lawmaker should "never use any information coming to him confidentially in the performance of governmental duties as a means for making a private profit." House rules, however, are only enforced on an internal basis, and breaches of the rules are often lightly punished, if at all.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-is-congress-a-millionaires-club/
richard branson prison quote
On one of my last days at school, the headmaster said I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire.
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/richard_branson_770418
Branson was born in Blackheath, London, to Eve Branson (née Evette Huntley Flindt; born 1924), a former ballet dancer and air hostess, and Edward James Branson (1918–2011), a barrister.[9][10] He has two younger sisters.[11] His grandfather, Sir George Arthur Harwin Branson, was a judge of the High Court of Justice and a Privy Councillor.[12]
His third great-grandfather, John Edward Branson, left England for India in 1793; John Edward's father, Harry Wilkins Branson, later joined him in Madras. From 1793, four generations of his family was at Cuddalore. On the show Finding Your Roots, Branson was shown to have 3.9% South Asian (Indian) DNA, likely through intermarriage.[10]. Later, he claimed that one of his great-grandmothers was an Indian named Ariya.[13]
Branson has dyslexia, and had poor academic performance; on his last day at school, his headmaster, Robert Drayson, told him he would either end up in prison or become a millionaire.[14] Branson's parents were supportive of his endeavours from an early age.[15] His mother was an entrepreneur; one of her most successful ventures was building and selling wooden tissue boxes and wastepaper bins.[16] In London, he started off squatting from 1967 to 1968.[17]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson
jack ma
Early life and education
Jack Ma was born Ma Yun in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. He began studying English at a young age by conversing with English-speakers at Hangzhou International Hotel. For nine years, Ma would ride 27 km (17 miles) on his bicycle to give tourists tours of the area to practice his English. He became pen pals with one of those foreigners, who nicknamed him "Jack" because he found it hard to pronounce his Chinese name.[14]
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Later in his youth, Ma struggled attending college. The Chinese entrance exams are held only once a year and Ma took three years to pass. Ma attended Hangzhou Teacher's Institute (currently known as Hangzhou Normal University) and graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts in English.[15][16] While at school, Ma was head of the student council.[17] After graduation, he became a lecturer in English and international trade at Hangzhou Dianzi University. He also claims to have applied ten times to Harvard Business School and got rejected each time.[18]
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Business career
Ma applied for 30 different jobs and was rejected by all. "I went for a job with the police; they said, 'you're no good'", Ma told interviewer Charlie Rose. "I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were accepted. I was the only guy...".[19]
In 1994, Ma heard about the Internet and also started his first company,[20] Hangzhou Haibo Translation Agency. In early 1995, he went to the US with his friends, who helped introduce him to the Internet. Although he found information related to beer from many countries, he was surprised to find none from China. He also tried to search for general information about China and again was surprised to find none. So he and his friend created an "ugly" website related to China.[21] He launched the website at 9:40 AM, and by 12:30 PM he had received emails from some Chinese investors wishing to know about him. This was when Ma realized that the Internet had something great to offer. In April 1995, Ma and He Yibing (a computer teacher) opened the first office for China Pages, and Ma started their second company. On 10 May 1995, they registered the domain chinapages.com in the United States. Within three years, the company had made 5,000,000 Chinese yuan which at the time was equivalent to US$800,000.
Ma began building websites for Chinese companies with the help of friends in the US. He said that "The day we got connected to the Web, I invited friends and TV people over to my house", and on a very slow dial-up connection, "we waited three and a half hours and got half a page", he recalled. "We drank, watched TV and played cards, waiting. But I was so proud. I proved the Internet existed".[22] At a conference in 2010, Ma revealed that he has never actually written a line of code nor made one sale to a customer. He acquired a computer for the first time at the age of 33.[23]
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Ma is a follower of both Buddhism and Taoism.[61][62][63]
At the annual general meeting of shareholders for Alibaba.com in May 2010, Ma announced Alibaba Group would begin in 2010 to earmark 0.3% of annual revenue to environmental protection, particularly on water- and air-quality improvement projects. Of the future of Alibaba, he has said, "our challenge is to help more people to make healthy money, 'sustainable money', money that is not only good for themselves but also good for the society. That's the transformation we are aiming to make."[64]
On 24 September 2014, in an interview with Taobao, Ma attributed the strength of American society to its Christian heritage, and expressed his belief in the importance for China to implement a positive value system, in order to overcome the legacy of the Cultural Revolution.[65]
In November 2018, the People's Daily identified Ma as a member of the Communist Party of China, something which surprised observers.[66][67][68]
Ma received international criticism after he publicly endorsed the Chinese work practice known as the 996 working hour system.[69]
When asked in 2019 to give his views on the future, Ma again stated that 996 was currently a "huge blessing" necessary to achieve success, but went on to state that artificial intelligence technology might lead to a better life of leisure in the future, where people would only have to work four-hour work days, three days a week.[70][71] At the same time, Ma expressed skepticism that AI could ever completely replace people, referencing to his theory that success requires a "love quotient" and stating that machines can never match this success. Ma also predicted that population collapse would become a big problem in the future.[72][73]
Philanthropy
Main article: Jack Ma Foundation
Jack Ma is the founder of the Jack Ma Foundation, a philanthropic organization focused on improving education, the environment and public health.[74]
In 2008, Alibaba donated $808,000 to victims of the Sichuan earthquake.[75] In 2009 Jack Ma became a trustee of The Nature Conservancy's China program, and in 2010 he joined the global Board of Directors of the organization.[76]
In 2015, Alibaba launched a non-profit organization, Alibaba Hong Kong Young Entrepreneurs Foundation, which supports Hong Kong entrepreneurs to help them grow their businesses.[77][78] During the same year, the company funded the rebuilding of 1,000 houses damaged by the earthquake-hit in Nepal, and raised money for another 9,000.[79]
In September 2018 Ma started the Jack Ma Foundation and announced that he would retire from Alibaba to pursue educational work, philanthropy, and environmental causes.[7][8][9][10]
In 2019, Forbes named Ma in its list of "Asia's 2019 Heroes of Philanthropy" and awarded him the Malcolm S. Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award for his work supporting underprivileged communities in China, Africa, Australia, and the Middle East.[7][13]
In 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Alibaba Foundation and Jack Ma Foundation launched various initiatives, some of which involved donating medical supplies to the United States as well as various countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe.[80][81]
Family and personal life
Ma was born to a family of limited means. His parents were musicians and sometime storytellers. At university he met Zhang Ying (Chinese: 张瑛), also known as Cathy Zhang, a fellow student, also from near Hangzhou. They married shortly after graduation in 1988, and alongside working as a Chinese teacher, she was active in the early development of Ma's businesses and became general manager of the main firm, until 2004. The couple have three children: a son, Ma Yuankun (also known as Jerry Ma), born in 1992, a daughter Ma Yuanbao, and one other. [82][83][84]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ma
buffet cash reserve
Warren Buffett has $130 billion in cash. He's looking for a deal - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/investing/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-acquisitions/index.html
https://smallcaps.com.au/warren-buffett-king-share-market-billion-pile-cash/
- what's interesting for me is that many of those who provided most for society (whether for good or bad) often come from more "difficult backgrounds" (much like the wealth distribution issue)? Eugenics goes out the window?
well known orphan
Confucius, Moses, Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, Romulus and Remus, Adolf Eichmann, Jean-Paul Sartre, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat, Hu Jintao, Chiang Kai-shek, Genghis Khan, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Muhammad, Yuri Andropov, Adolf Hitler, Adolf Eichmann, Michelangelo, Henry Cavendish, Nicolaus Copernicus, Marie Curie, Charles Darwin, René Descartes, Alexander Fleming, Ada Lovelace, Dmitri Mendeleev, Maria Sibylla Merian, Isaac Newton, Linus Pauling, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bertrand Russell, Jean-Paul Sartre, Adam Smith, Voltaire, George Blake, William Bligh, Muhammad, Alexander Hamilton,  Herbert Hoover, Andrew Jackson, Malcolm X, Joseph F. Smith, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Bertrand Russell, J. R. R. Tolkien, Leo Tolstoy, William Wordsworth, Immanuel Kant, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Hendrik Lorentz, Karl Benz, B. B. King, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Ian McKellen, André Citroën, Wilhelm Maybach, Steve Jobs, Colonel Sanders, Levi Strauss, Otto Lilienthal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_orphans_and_foundlings
orphans by country
https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/11-countries-with-highest-orphan-population-406120/?singlepage=1
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/number-of-orphans-drops-in-countries-around-the-world/4174571.html
https://www.bloomworldwide.org/orphan-crisis-by-country/
Orphans are relatively rare in developed countries, because most children can expect both of their parents to survive their childhood. Much higher numbers of orphans exist in war-torn nations such as Afghanistan.
Continent Number of
orphans (1000s) Orphans as percentage
of all children
Africa 34,294 11.9%
Asia 65,504 6.5%
Latin America & Caribbean 8,166 7.4%
Total 107,964 7.6%
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Famous orphans include world leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Alexander Hamilton, Kayleigh Chalk, Aaron Burr, Andrew Jackson; the Hebrew prophet Moses (citation or removal required) and the Muslim prophet Muhammad; writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, and Leo Tolstoy; athletes such as Aaron Hernandez and Jacques Villeneuve. The American orphan Henry Darger portrayed the horrible conditions of his orphanage in his art work. Other notable orphans include entertainment greats such as Louis Armstrong, Marilyn Monroe, Babe Ruth, Ray Charles and Frances McDormand, and innumerable fictional characters in literature and comics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan
In the 1870s Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, as outlined in his non-fiction work A Confession (1882). His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist.[3] Tolstoy's ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You (1894), had a profound impact on such pivotal 20th-century figures as Mahatma Gandhi[9] and Martin Luther King Jr.[10] Tolstoy also became a dedicated advocate of Georgism, the economic philosophy of Henry George, which he incorporated into his writing, particularly Resurrection (1899).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy
orphan korea
She opened the metal hatch built into the wall of the church. The lone mother gently laid her newborn in the temperature-controlled box like hundreds of desperate and fearful single mothers before her. Inscribed in Korean, below the handle of the hatch was a scripture from Psalm 27:10: "For my father and mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in."
A Fur Elise chime rang to notify the staff that another baby had been left in the box. The pastor of the church came out to talk, in hopes of persuading the mother to change her mind.
"I try to give a compliment to these mothers because they did all they could to save these babies," said Lee Jongrak, the reverend of Jusarang Community Church who started Seoul's baby box program in 2009. "After I give the blessing to these mothers, I ask them one more time, 'Do you want to give up your baby?'"
Lee began the baby box program so single, unwed mothers could safely abandon their babies. Having a baby before marriage is still frowned upon in Korea.
https://thegroundtruthproject.org/korean-orphans-languish-system-tradition-new-laws-make-adoption-difficult/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_adoption_of_South_Korean_children
outcome orphan
http://www.socialserviceworkforce.org/resources/measuring-outcomes-orphan-and-vulnerable-children-programs
"There was no right, there was no wrong in the orphanage," Ruckel says. "You didn't know the difference because you were never taught. I was put in charge of kids and I treated them just the way they treated us. If you didn't listen to me, I'd beat you."
Researchers began studying the children in Romanian orphanages after the nation's brutal and repressive government was overthrown in 1989. At the time, there were more than 100,000 children in government institutions. And it soon became clear that many of them had stunted growth and a range of mental and emotional problems.
When Nelson first visited the orphanages in 1999, he saw children in cribs rocking back and forth as if they had autism. He also saw toddlers desperate for attention.
"They'd reach their arms out as though they're saying to you, 'Please pick me up,' " Nelson says. "So you'd pick them up and they'd hug you. But then they'd push you away and they'd want to get down. And then the minute they got down they'd want to be picked up again. It's a very disorganized way of interacting with somebody."
The odd behaviors, delayed language and a range of other symptoms suggested problems with brain development, Nelson says. So he and other researchers began studying the children using a technology known as electroencephalography (EEG), which measures electrical activity in the brain.
Many of the orphans had disturbingly low levels of brain activity. "Instead of a 100-watt light bulb, it was a 40-watt light bulb," Nelson says.
As the children grew older, the researchers were able to use MRI to study the anatomy of their brains. And once again, the results were troubling. "We found a dramatic reduction in what's referred to as gray matter and in white matter," Nelson says. "In other words, their brains were actually physically smaller."
The scientists realized the cause wasn't anything as simple as malnutrition. It was a different kind of deprivation — the lack of a parent, or someone who acted like a parent.
A baby "comes into the world expecting someone to take care of them and invest in them," Nelson says. "And then they form this bond or this relationship with this caregiver." But for many Romanian orphans, there wasn't even a person to take them out of the crib.
"Now what happens is that you're staring at a white ceiling, or no one is talking to you, or no one is soothing you when you get upset," Nelson says. So areas of the brain involved in vision and language and emotion don't get wired correctly.
Izidor Ruckel says he suspects the wiring in his brain was changed by his time in the orphanage. And that may have contributed to his troubles after leaving the institution.
In 1991, when he was 11, Ruckel was adopted by an American family and moved to San Diego. At first things went pretty well, he says. Then he began to have a lot of conflict with his adoptive parents. Ruckel says it wasn't their fault.
"I respond better when you beat me, or when you smack me around," he says. "That never happened. When you show me kindness, when you show me love, compassion, it seemed to make me even more angrier."
And those feelings became increasingly intense. "I felt angry to a point where I could feel my heart is turning black," Ruckel says. "And at the same time I have been raised in a Christian home. And you know with my Christian faith I always wondered, am I a child from hell? What went wrong with me?"
Scientists can't answer that question for Ruckel or any other individual. But they now know that, as a group, neglected or abandoned children tend to have abnormal circuitry in areas of the brain involved in parental bonding.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/02/20/280237833/orphans-lonely-beginnings-reveal-how-parents-shape-a-childs-brain
https://www.orphanslifeline.org/why-orphans
Hu Jintao was born on 21 December 1942 in Taizhou, Jiangsu province.[3] He is a direct descendent of the Ming dynasty general Hu Zongxian, known for fighting Japanese pirates.[4] His branch of the family migrated from Jixi County, Anhui to Taizhou during his grandfather's generation. Though his father owned a small tea trading business in Taizhou, the family was relatively poor. His mother was a teacher and died when he was 7, and he was raised by an aunt. Hu's father was denounced during the Cultural Revolution, an event that (together with his relatively humble origins) apparently had a deep effect upon Hu, who diligently tried to clear his father's name.[5]
He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1964 and began to work as an engineer in July 1965 after he graduated from the Water Conservancy Engineering Department at Tsinghua University, where he majored in the study of hub hydropower stations.[6]
During his time at Tsinghua, he met his wife Liu Yongqing.
In 1968, Hu volunteered for his service in Gansu and worked on the construction of Liujiaxia Hydroelectric Station[7] while also managing CPC affairs for the local branch of the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power. From 1969 to 1974, he worked for Sinohydro Engineering Bureau as an engineer.[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu_Jintao
orphan world leaders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_orphans_and_foundlings
https://www.buzzfeed.com/spenceralthouse/famous-people-you-didnt-know-were-adopted
- the top don't understand their own religions (maybe even people in general)? I see a lot of analogues between between individual, group, national, regional behaviour. There's a particular psychological imprint on much of behaviour when you examine things globally. You can't ask for peace while you have weapons pointed at you, you can't have peace unless you figure out a way to create natural resources or reduce the human population to natural resource ratio, you can't have universal happiness, you can wipe out a lot of illness simply by reducing people's workloads, you'll have continual struggles/battles for political leadership if you can't make the overall population happy, etc... It always loops back to the work of the religious scholars and prophets? Obviously, a lot of ways of life that humans currently use on Earth may collapse but it's better to have more of something then to have less of something right? It's better to have less disease then more? It's better for people to be happier then sad? The reason why much of it comes at once is due to the nature of the technologies that need to integrated on Earth? It will look like alchemy to less advanced civilisations?
https://www.britannica.com/topic/alchemy
polymaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_of_all_trades,_master_of_none
islamic polymaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Islamic_scholars_described_as_father_or_founder_of_a_field
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_considered_father_or_mother_of_a_scientific_field
What They Don't Teach You About the Most Famous Scientists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7NXfuMhIwc
In his posthumously-published Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John, Newton expressed his belief that Bible prophecy would not be understood "until the time of the end", and that even then "none of the wicked shall understand". Referring to that as a future time ("the last age, the age of opening these things, be now approaching"), Newton also anticipated "the general preaching of the Gospel be approaching" and "the Gospel must first be preached in all nations before the great tribulation, and end of the world".[38]
Over the years, a large amount of media attention and public interest has circulated regarding largely unknown and unpublished documents, evidently written by Isaac Newton, that indicate he believed the world could end in 2060. While Newton also had many other possible dates (e.g. 2034),[39] he did not believe that the end of the world would take place specifically in 2060.[40]
Like most Protestant theologians of his time, Newton believed that the Papal Office (and not any one particular Pope) was the fulfillment of the Biblical predictions about Antichrist, whose rule was predicted to last for 1,260 years. They applied the day-year principle (in which a day represents a year in prophecy) to certain key verses in the books of Daniel[41] and Revelation[42] (also known as the Apocalypse), and looked for significant dates in the Papacy's rise to power to begin this timeline. Newton's calculation ending in 2060 is based on the 1,260-year timeline commencing in 800 AD when Charlemagne became the first Holy Roman Emperor and reconfirmed the earlier (756 AD) Donation of Pepin to the Papacy.[35]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Isaac_Newton
galileo religion
Galileo suffered through the humiliation of having to deny his theories in order to save his life. He was Catholic, believed in God, but, on the other hand, he was a great believer in the role of science and the fascinating beauty of God's creation.
Galileo Galilei: Science vs. faith - NCBI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871402/
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/09/ancient-astronautsmythologyarchaeologys_24.html
polymaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_paradox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wisdom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminationism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_sufficient_reason
eye of providence
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201112-the-eye-of-providence-the-symbol-with-a-secret-meaning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Providence
- if you examine the way the Church/Mosque/Temple operates in a lot of communities it bears a lots of similarities? It's a sanctuary for them? Within prison it's interesting how abuse victims operate in a similar way to religious communities (with respect to the rest of secular society. In less well off communities houses of worship are seen as something similar to sanctuaries. In higher demographic communities religion is seen as more of a status symbol?), how Israel/Iran/North Korea have sealed themselves off, etc? Obviously, religious people hoped was that they could convert the world but they couldn't?
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
psychology cluster types
The Three Clusters
Furthermore, the ten different personality disorders can be grouped into three clusters based on descriptive similarities within each cluster. These clusters are:
Cluster A (the "odd, eccentric" cluster);
Cluster B (the "dramatic, emotional, erratic" cluster); and,
Cluster C (the "anxious, fearful" cluster).
https://www.mentalhelp.net/personality-disorders/cluster-a/
1. Borderline Personality Disorder
2. Antisocial Personality Disorder
3. Histrionic Personality Disorder
4. Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Avoidant personality disorder is marked by extreme fear of rejection and criticism that leads to an inability to engage in meaningful relationships with other people. Avoidant personalities feel a strong need to be liked by everyone and feel crushed if they believe they said or did something foolish in front of others. As a result of their emotional fragility, they tend to avoid social situations as often as possible.
5. Avoidant Personality Disorder
6. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
7. Schizoid Personality Disorder
8. Schizotypal Personality Disorder
9. Paranoid Personality Disorder
10. Dependent Personality Disorder
https://www.healthgrades.com/right-care/mental-health-and-behavior/types-of-personality-disorders
Interview data showed that scared or naive inmates may not participate in social activities, such as watching television in a day room or playing cards. Rather, these inmates and those who have previously been victimized may remain within close proximity to their cells or bedding area in dorms. Victims of physical and/or sexual violence may not use shower facilities out of fear of further sexual or physical attacks.
Line-staff observational training could enhance corrections officers' abilities to observe inmate social patterns. These direct, low-cost approaches to supervision would enable staff to systematically gather information on social interactions. This information could be the basis of pre-emptive violence prevention and intervention. As a result of these changes in observational behaviors, corrections officers would be more likely to identify sexual aggressors resulting in these inmates being transferred to other housing units or institutions before the violence occurred.
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/216515.pdf
secular
Secularity, also the secular or secularness is the state of being unrelated or neutral in regards to religion. Anything that does not have an explicit reference to religion, either negatively or positively, may be considered secular.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularity
domestic violence per capita by country
Sherry Hamby argues that victimization reports are more reliable than perpetration reports and therefore studies showing women being more likely to suffer domestic violence than men are the accurate ones.[36] A 2016 meta-analysis indicated that the only risk factors for the perpetration of intimate partner violence that differ by gender are witnessing intimate partner violence as a child, alcohol use, male demand, and female withdrawal communication patterns.[37]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology_of_domestic_violence
- if you dig into the histories of some cultures/civlisations (that have been nearly wiped out) you'll realise that they are much more intelligent then they appear. For those who are still left over from the colonial period life is obviously difficult. What's odd is that there are many elements to their cultures that are worth preserving and maybe even growing. They had/have knowledge of science, medicine, history, food/agriculture, agriculture, creation, environment, etc... They have been far better conservationists then the subsequent civilizations have ever been? I doubt that any of the core group would object?
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/11/medical-corruption-and-industrial.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/10/is-world-in-environmental-trouble.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/09/ancient-astronautsmythologyarchaeologys_24.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/09/regrowing-food-fruit-and-vegetables.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/05/is-western-leadership-required-more.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/08/neo-colonialism-and-neo-liberalism.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/06/religious-conspiracies-is-capitalism.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/01/conspiracy-theories-understanding.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/07/social-engineeringmanipulation-rigging.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/07/neuroscience-in-psyops-world-order.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/02/shadow-government-key-players-and-more.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-22/bush-food-demand-helps-curb-indigenous-unemployment/12896372
Has New Zealand failed its youth _ The Stream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-uBNYawlxU
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7051812/no-longer-just-athletes-goodes-backs-indigenous-led-govt-contracts/
- some previous brainwashing/unbrainwashing research looks cruel at first view but once you understand it? It breaks the cycle of people being led around by the nose by shonky people? It forces people to re-evaluate their values and how they want to live. If you understand what what's happening then successful unbrainwashing presents you with an opportunity to break the stalemate and commence the End Times component? You just give them a few key pieces and the rest should just fall into place?
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/05/education-or-indoctrination-random.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/09/ancient-astronautsmythologyarchaeologys_24.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/07/social-engineeringmanipulation-rigging.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/07/neuroscience-in-psyops-world-order.html
Nelson Mandela, Anti-Apartheid Activist and World Leader _ Biography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyfOrbO0xf4
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/29/36c3-open-source-is-insufficient-to-solve-trust-problems-in-hardware/
https://www.malaymail.com/news/sports/2019/12/30/man-city-see-off-sheffield-but-var-questioned-again/1823176
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasidic_Judaism
https://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2019/initiative-on-harvard-and-legacy-slavery
"On the whole, the arc of history is bending towards improvement, but for certain populations within a given place, you are going to have wild divergences," Noveck says.
"I think the issue that we have to worry about is the destabilising effect of social inequality. We are going to see benefits for some and harm for others.
"Many people, because of IT and automation and new technology are going to do very well and are going to get richer. But we are also going to see a lot of people either stagnate, remain poor or get poorer."
https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/if-a-robot-s-eating-your-job-it-s-probably-eating-your-life-expectancy-too-20180711-p4zqvp.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_martyrs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem
https://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-famous-martyrs/reference
https://www.toptenz.net/top-10-brave-martyrs-know.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghurs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader_(liturgy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology
A martyr is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, refusing to renounce, or refusing to advocate a religious belief or cause as demanded by an external party.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages_(historiography)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment
definition true prophet
In religion, a prophet is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on that entity's behalf, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the supernatural source to other people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophet
1. – God foreknew that His people would have trouble identifying true and false prophets. To reduce this problem, God said to Israel, ". . . Listen to my words: When a prophet of the Lord is among you, I reveal myself to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams. " (Numbers 12:6)
This text reveals how God gives information to a prophet. When a prophet speaks, people do not know whether the prophet is lying (speaking out of his own imagination) or if the prophet has actually received a dream or a vision from God. God told Israel to listen to everyone who claims to have received a vision from Him because such persons must either be exonerated or destroyed! "
But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death. You may say to yourselves, How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord? If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him [or his lies, so put him to death]." (Deuteronomy 18:20-22, insertion mine)
https://wake-up.org/two-witnesses/identify-true-prophet.html
The Enlightenment included a range of ideas centered on the sovereignty of reason and the evidence of the senses as the primary sources of knowledge and advanced ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government and separation of church and state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001364292/we-should-use-modern-religion-and-tradition-to-fix-what-ails-our-society
UpFront - The Arena - What drives Westerners to fight for ISIL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrMW7WIZfgs
U.S. Drones kill more people than ISIS - Chris Hedges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDSNqow4SwM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobibor_extermination_camp
stations of the cross
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stations-of-cross-bible-verses-good-friday_n_1408397
The early set of seven scenes was usually numbers 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11 and 14 from the list below.[11] The standard set from the 17th to 20th centuries has consisted of 14 pictures or sculptures depicting the following scenes:
Jesus is condemned to death
Jesus carries His cross
Jesus falls for the first time
Jesus meets His mother, Mary
Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross
Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
Jesus falls for the second time
Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
Jesus falls for the third time
Jesus is stripped of His clothes
Jesus is nailed to the cross
Jesus dies on the cross
Jesus is taken down from the cross
Jesus is placed in the tomb
Although not traditionally part of the Stations, the Resurrection of Jesus is sometimes included as an unofficial fifteenth station.[13][14]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stations_of_the_Cross
https://www.catholic.org/prayers/station.php
village people defense recruitment
After the enormous commercial success of their 1978 hit "Y.M.C.A." which unexpectedly became the unofficial hymn and powerful advertising tool for the YMCA[1], the group took on another national institution, the United States Navy. The Navy contacted group manager Henri Belolo to use the song in a recruiting advertising campaign for television and radio. Belolo gave the rights for free on the condition that the Navy help them shoot the music video. Less than a month later, the Village group arrived at Naval Base San Diego where the Navy provided them with access to film on the deck of the berthed frigate USS Reasoner, in the end the Navy did not use the video, choosing to remain with the traditional "Anchors Aweigh".[2]
In a landmark ruling in 2012, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California ruled that under the Copyright Act of 1976, co-writer Victor Willis (Village People's "Cop"/"Naval officer") can recover his share of the copyrights to songs co-written by him.[3] Willis now owns 33% of his songs.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Navy
https://www.wearethemighty.com/music/in-the-navy-village-people
https://www.dw.com/en/hindu-group-hosts-cow-urine-drinking-party-to-ward-off-coronavirus/a-52773262
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-14/genetically-modified-cows-no-horns-in-australia/12018078
- many of the elite don't to understand why people are discontent? I think the Latin phrase, "corruptio optimi pessima" describes it best? If you spend enough time observing people you'll realise that that beyond a certain point relationships become very difficult. It could be because of mistrust, abusive relationships, etc... The elite need to understand that if their PSYOPs programs are as good as they are and people have followed the orders of the elite then most likely the system has failed? They just need to meet the social contract?
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/04/what-happened-to-escaped-nazis-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/03/religion-vs-uswestern-leadership-random.html
corruptio optimi pessima the corruption of the best is the worst
corruptissima re publica plurimae leges When the republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous Tacitus
corvus oculum corvi non eruit a raven does not pick out an eye of another raven
corruptus in extremis corrupt to the extreme
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_(C)
social contract
In moral and political philosophy, the social contract is a theory or model that originated during the Age of Enlightenment and usually concerns the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual.[1] Social contract arguments typically posit that individuals have consented, either explicitly or tacitly, to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority (of the ruler, or to the decision of a majority) in exchange for protection of their remaining rights or maintenance of the social order.[2][3] The relation between natural and legal rights is often a topic of social contract theory. The term takes its name from The Social Contract (French: Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique), a 1762 book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that discussed this concept. Although the antecedents of social contract theory are found in antiquity, in Greek and Stoic philosophy and Roman and Canon Law, the heyday of the social contract was the mid-17th to early 19th centuries, when it emerged as the leading doctrine of political legitimacy.
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The central assertion that social contract theory approaches is that law and political order are not natural, but human creations. The social contract and the political order it creates are simply the means towards an end—the benefit of the individuals involved—and legitimate only to the extent that they fulfill their part of the agreement. Hobbes argued that government is not a party to the original contract and citizens are not obligated to submit to the government when it is too weak to act effectively to suppress factionalism and civil unrest. According to other social contract theorists, when the government fails to secure their natural rights (Locke) or satisfy the best interests of society (called the "general will" by Rousseau), citizens can withdraw their obligation to obey, or change the leadership through elections or other means including, when necessary, violence. Locke believed that natural rights were inalienable, and therefore the rule of God superseded government authority, while Rousseau believed that democracy (self-rule) was the best way to ensure welfare while maintaining individual freedom under the rule of law. The Lockean concept of the social contract was invoked in the United States Declaration of Independence. Social contract theories were eclipsed in the 19th century in favor of utilitarianism, Hegelianism and Marxism; they were revived in the 20th century, notably in the form of a thought experiment by John Rawls.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract
- the unfortunate thing about the battle between good and evil is that a lot of people have been lost in the crossfire and there has been a lot of infiltrations and corruption of the ranks? I suspect that a lot of people don't even realise what they're involved in and it's clear that religion is part authentic, part sham, part wrong, part mis-interpretation, etc... However, if you track the lives of all of the core people through human history you'll realise what's happened. The sacraments/rites basically memorialise/commemerate particular events within a society/civilisation and basically represent a pathway through life towards becoming a particular type of person. Someone who is considered ideal within a particular section of society. People who go through the motions don't understand this because they've never had to experience these problems first hand. That's why people who come from more difficult backgrounds have a tendency to give back more then others do (segregation between elite and lower classes seems to be a deliberate policy to stop greater empathy/unity between classes. This issue has been going on/been known about for thousands of years)? It's a consequence of their life experiences. They're more immune to evil and if I understand things correctly their aim is to obviously try to collapse the entire system, to make it better. It's surely better to have more then to have less, to have a less illness then more, to not have to fight so much for everything, etc? Secrecy helps to protect everyone as it's clear that this world isn't quite certain which side of the fence it lies on? It's obvious that many of them hide so that others can't take advantage of them, kill them, denigrate them, etc... The only way it works out is if core group no longer have to ensure such enormous difficulties. After all we all know that deep down in this current society that value trumps values and morality but for the core group to pull things up they need to stay alive and to be able to do certain things. I'm certain that even if the Afterlife/Ascension were real they'd be sick of having to go back and forth between Heaven and Earth?
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/05/education-or-indoctrination-random.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2017/12/are-anti-weapons-technologies-viable.html

https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2017/11/ascension-research-pre.html

https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2017/10/prototype-neural-interface-transfer.html
bar mitzvah
Significance
Reaching the age of bar or bat Mitzvah signifies becoming a full-fledged member of the Jewish community with the responsibilities that come with it. These include moral responsibility for one's own actions; eligibility to be called to read from the Torah and lead or participate in a minyan; the right to possess personal property and to legally marry on one's own according to Jewish law; the duty to follow the 613 laws of the Torah and keep the halakha; and the capacity to testify as a witness in a beth din (rabbinical court) case.
Many congregations require pre-bar mitzvah children to attend a minimum number of Shabbat prayer services at the synagogue, study at a Hebrew school, take on a charity or community service project and maintain membership in good standing with the synagogue. In addition to study and preparation offered through the synagogue and Hebrew schools, bar mitzvah tutors may be hired to prepare the child through the study of Hebrew, Torah cantillation and basic Jewish concepts.
According to Rabbi Mark Washofsky, "The Reform Movement in North America has struggled over the bar/bat mitzvah. At one time, this ceremony was on the verge of extinction in Reform congregations. Most of them preferred to replace bar/bat mitzvah with confirmation, which they considered a more enlightened and appropriate ceremony for modern Jews. Yet the enduring popularity of bar/bat mitzvah prevailed and today, in our communities, bar/bat mitzvah is 'virtually universally observed' by Reform Jews." [17]
In 2012, concern about the high post-bar/bat mitzvah drop out rate led the Union for Reform Judaism to launch the B'nai Mitzvah Revolution, an effort to shift Reform congregations away from "the long-held assumption that religious school is about preparing kids for their bar/bat mitzvah" and focus instead on teaching them how to become committed and involved members of the Jewish community.[18]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_and_bat_mitzvah
A few studies have found a negative correlation between religiosity and criminality. A 2001 meta-analysis found, "religious beliefs and behaviors exert a moderate deterrent effect on individuals' criminal behavior", but that "studies have systematically varied in their estimation of the religion-on-crime effect due to differences in both their conceptual and methodological approaches". This suggests that religiosity has been operationalized in varying ways, impacting the results of the findings.[8] Additionally, 1995 paper stated that "[a]lthough a few researchers have found that religion's influence is noncontingent, most have found support—especially among youths—for effects that vary by denomination, type of offense, and social and/or religious context," suggesting a complex relationship between religiosity and crime. They also "found that, among our religiosity measures, participation in religious activities was a persistent and noncontingent inhibiter of adult crime" when controlling for other factors, such as social ecology and secular constraints.[9]
An individual with high religious saliency (i.e. expressing the high importance of religion in their life) is less likely to be associated with criminal activities; similarly, an individual who regularly attends religious services or is highly involved in them tends to be less involved in criminality, with the exception of property damage.[1]:108 Other meta-analysis research suggests that those who subscribe to more orthodox religious beliefs are less likely to engage in criminal behavior than those who do not.[1]:112 A 2012 study suggested that belief in hell decreases crime rates, while belief in heaven increases them, and indicated that these correlations were stronger than other correlates like national wealth or income inequality.[10]
A 1997 study of six public high schools found no statistically significant negative correlations between religiosity and crime, or religiosity and drug use, and the only relationship between religiosity and alcohol was statistically significant.[11] A more recent review concludes that there are insufficient data to indicate any correlation between religiosity and crime.[12] Furthermore, any possible correlations may not apply universally to all relatively nonreligious groups, as there is some evidence self-identified atheists have had significantly lower incarceration rates than the general public in the United States.[13] Most studies examining correlation to date do not distinguish between different types of low religiosity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_correlations_of_criminal_behaviour#Religion
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200923-why-arrogance-is-dangerously-contagious
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200929-what-your-thoughts-sound-like
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5ksLlzTkhpd8vtb76VYGCmg/what-it-s-like-to-learn-you-re-autistic-later-in-life
Kapparot (Hebrew: כפרות, Ashkenazi transliteration: Kapporois, Kappores) is a customary atonement ritual practiced by some Jews on the eve of Yom Kippur. This is a practice in which a chicken or money is waved over a person's head and the chicken is then slaughtered in accordance with halachic rules.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapparot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur
sacraments
The seven sacraments are baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, penance, anointing of the sick, marriage and holy orders. They are divided into three categories: sacraments of initiation, sacraments of healing and sacraments of service.
https://www.personalcreations.com/blog/seven-sacraments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacraments_of_the_Catholic_Church
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrament
A rite is an established, ceremonial, usually religious, act. Rites in this sense fall into three major categories:
rites of passage, generally changing an individual's social status, such as marriage, adoption, baptism, coming of age, graduation, or inauguration;
communal rites, whether of worship, where a community comes together to worship, such as Jewish synagogue or Mass, or of another character, such as fertility rites and certain non-religious festivals;
rites of personal devotion, where an individual worships, including prayer and pilgrimages, pledges of allegiance, or promises to wed someone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rite
While the earliest sources merely depict Gotama seeking a higher spiritual goal and becoming an ascetic or sramana after being disillusioned with lay life, the later legendary biographies tell a more elaborate dramatic story about how he became a mendicant.[127][140]
The earliest accounts of the Buddha's spiritual quest is found in texts such as the Pali Ariyapariyesanā-sutta ("The discourse on the noble quest," MN 26) and its Chinese parallel at MĀ 204.[141] These texts report that what led to Gautama's renunciation was the thought that his life was subject to old age, disease and death and that there might be something better (i.e. liberation, nirvana).[142] The early texts also depict the Buddha's explanation for becoming a sramana as follows: "The household life, this place of impurity, is narrow - the samana life is the free open air. It is not easy for a householder to lead the perfected, utterly pure and perfect holy life."[143] MN 26, MĀ 204, the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya and the Mahāvastu all agree that his mother and father opposed his decision and "wept with tearful faces" when he decided to leave.[144][145]
Prince Siddhartha shaves his hair and becomes a sramana. Borobudur, 8th century
Legendary biographies also tell the story of how Gautama left his palace to see the outside world for the first time and how he was shocked by his encounter with human suffering.[146][147] The legendary biographies depict Gautama's father as shielding him from religious teachings and from knowledge of human suffering, so that he would become a great king instead of a great religious leader.[148] In the Nidanakatha (5th century CE), Gautama is said to have seen an old man. When his charioteer Chandaka explained to him that all people grew old, the prince went on further trips beyond the palace. On these he encountered a diseased man, a decaying corpse, and an ascetic that inspired him.[149][150][151] This story of the "four sights" seems to be adapted from an earlier account in the Digha Nikaya (DN 14.2) which instead depicts the young life of a previous Buddha, Vipassi.[151]
The legendary biographies depict Gautama's departure from his palace as follows. Shortly after seeing the four sights, Gautama woke up at night and saw his female servants lying in unattractive, corpse-like poses, which shocked him.[152] Therefore, he discovered what he would later understand more deeply during his enlightenment: suffering and the end of suffering.[153] Moved by all the things he had experienced, he decided to leave the palace in the middle of the night against the will of his father, to live the life of a wandering ascetic.[149] Accompanied by Chandaka and riding his horse Kanthaka, Gautama leaves the palace, leaving behind his son Rahula and Yaśodhara.[154] He traveled to the river Anomiya, and cut off his hair. Leaving his servant and horse behind, he journeyed into the woods and changed into monk's robes there,[155] though in some other versions of the story, he received the robes from a Brahma deity at Anomiya.[156]
According to the legendary biographies, when the ascetic Gautama first went to Rajagaha (present-day Rajgir) to beg for alms in the streets, King Bimbisara of Magadha learned of his quest, and offered him a share of his kingdom. Gautama rejected the offer but promised to visit his kingdom first, upon attaining enlightenment.[157][158]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Renunciation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._McMaster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bolton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._O%27Brien
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Dugan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalmay_Khalilzad

Will Anything Under Joe Biden Really Change (Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Ben Cohen)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBbk0tsujzs

Early life

Cohen was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in the town of Merrick, New York, on Long Island by Jewish parents Frances and Irving. Cohen first met and befriended his future business partner Jerry Greenfield in a seventh grade gym class in 1963.[2] In his senior year, Cohen found work as an ice cream man before leaving to attend Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.[1]

Over the next decade, Cohen pursued his interest in pottery and dropped out of college after his sophomore year.[3] He also worked as a McDonald's cashier, Pinkerton guard, deliverer of pottery wheels, mop-boy at Jamesway and Friendly's, assistant superintendent, ER clerk, and taxi driver, before settling on work as a craft teacher at a private school for emotionally-disturbed adolescents. While teaching at the Highland Community School, Cohen began experimenting with making his own ice cream.

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Personal life

Social activism

As Ben & Jerry's gradually grew into a nationwide business and one of the largest ice cream companies in the U.S., Cohen turned his new-found wealth and prominence toward a variety of social causes, generally through the Ben & Jerry's Foundation. The Foundation receives 7.5% of all Ben & Jerry's pre-tax profits and distributes funds to organizations such as the Anti Displacement Project. Cohen also oversaw TrueMajority and Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities.[7]

He is a vocal supporter of Democratic candidates and progressive causes. He supported Dennis Kucinich in the 2004 Democratic Party presidential primaries. In 2008, he initially supported John Edwards followed by Barack Obama. Cohen became a prominent supporter of Bernie Sanders during the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries.[8][9][10] Cohen debuted a special ice cream flavor called "Bernie's Yearning" on January 25, 2016 out of support for Sanders. Ben & Jerry's released a statement disavowing connection or support for the product, saying "This was created by Ben as a citizen. The company is not involved.”[11]

In 2012, he helped launch the Stamp Stampede campaign to stamp messages on the nation's currency in support of passing a constitutional amendment to help overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and reduce the influence of private corporations on politics.

On April 18, 2016, Cohen was arrested, with Jerry Greenfield, while at a Democracy Awakening protest in Washington, D.C.[12][13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Cohen_(businessman)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry's

david icke george hw bush
David Icke Exposes George HW Bush (From 2009)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oM5jMsbjC4
David Icke Exposes George HW Bush - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlApwjKD3KE

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=patrick+swayze+ghost

Ghost - Patrick Swayze & Demi Moore Final Scene 1990 (Unchained Melody) Whoopi Goldberg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf6WH8zYmO0

Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody ('Ghost' Soundtrack)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D001j8Mw1k

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=city+of+angels+iris

city of angels - iris - goo goo dolls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiXnswDyZAQ

City of Angels - 'Goo Goo Dolls - Iris'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sFHqCWnpd4

City of Angels 'Iris' movie scene 1998

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2aeTSr-OA8

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris [Official Music Video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdYWuo9OFAw

Random Quotes:
- I was born in the city of Safra. Do you know Safra? It's in the mountains of Habrigaly. I was eight years old when the leaders left. There were 52 Arabs in Safra but only a thousand three hundred Jews. Within a month, the Haganah had taken over the city. My eldest sister, Amira, was killed. The body of my brother, Aziz, was found hanging from a burned Cyprus tree. We fled to Syria; lived in tents, ate the United Nations handouts and surplus American cheese. I still remember the view of the valley from the roof of our house; the smell of the pomegranates; the sound of children playing in our orchard. The home of my father, of my aunts and uncles, they are now art galleries and bed and breakfasts. Will I get to go home, Ms. Harper?
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And yet you continue to talk and to talk; you have not been listening. Mr. President, my right eye will fall out, my right arm will fall off before I ever sign a document giving up Jerusalem.
http://www.westwingtranscripts.com/search.php?flag=getTranscript&id=114
- Toby: [about Santos] He's not presidential material.
Josh: Why?
Toby: Why? Because he left. He left Congress. He left Washington to go home and do small, important work. You had to haul him by the hair out of the family bed. Did you never stop to wonder if that was a good choice?
Josh: He stepped up. When presented with the opportunity...
Toby: [interrupting] A man in that job shouldn't have to be presented with anything. It's for someone who grabs it and holds onto it. For someone who thinks the gods have conspired to bring him to this place. That destiny demands of him this service! You don't have that kind of drive, that hubris, how in the hell are you gonna make the kind of decisions that stump every other person in this country? How in the hell are you gonna hold that kind of power in your hand?â€
Josh: You don't know he's not that man.
Toby: You don't know that he is. [pauses] Is he? Look me in the eye and tell me that you know. Without a shadow of a doubt...you know. [pauses] That's why the other guy wins.
http://www.tv-quotes.com/shows/the-west-wing/quote_14498.html
- Barrett, 35, said he was inspired as a child by watching Star Trek television episodes and movies, where he was struck by the shuttles that flew with no moving parts in their propulsion systems. He recalled thinking, "There should be a way things should fly without having propellers and (jet) turbines."
As an adult, he focused on that and came across a concept called "ionic wind."
For the MIT airplane, that involves a series of thin wires at the front of the plane that generate a powerful electric field. The field strips electrons from air molecules, turning the molecules into positively charged particles called ions. Those ions flow toward negatively charged parts of plane, colliding with ordinary air molecules and transferring energy to them. That produces a wind that provides thrust for the plane, Barrett explained.
A similar process has long been used in outer space to propel some spacecraft, he said.
Barrett said he hopes to find a way to eliminate the "very slight buzz" one can hear.
"I think they're onto something here," said Pat Anderson, a professor of aerospace engineering at the Daytona Beach, Florida, campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He had no role in the research.
He called the results impressive. But the experimental aircraft lacks the range and endurance to serve as a useful drone, and it's not clear whether the technology could be scaled up to fix that or become useful for propelling a passenger plane, he said.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/star-trek-inspired-plane-flies-silently-free-of-fuel-moving-parts-20181122-p50hil.html
- The question upon which the whole future peace and policy of the world depends is this: Is the present war a struggle for a just and secure peace, or only for a new balance of power? If it be only a struggle for a new balance of power, who will guarantee, who can guarantee, the stable equilibrium of the new arrangement? Only a tranquil Europe can be a stable Europe. There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organised rivalries, but an organised, common peace.
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They imply, first of all, that it must be a peace without victory ... Victory would mean peace forced upon the loser, a victor's terms imposed upon the vanquished. It would be accepted in humiliation, under duress, at an intolerable sacrifice, and would leave a sting, a resentment, a bitter memory upon which terms of peace would rest, not permanently, but only as upon quicksand. Only a peace between equals can last.
The equality of nations upon which peace must be founded if it is to last must be an equality of rights; the guarantees exchanged must not imply a difference between big nations and small, between those that are powerful and those that are weak. Equality of territory or of resources there of course cannot be; nor any other sort of equality not gained in the ordinary peaceful and legitimate development of the peoples themselves. But no one asks or expects anything more than an equality of rights.
... I have spoken upon these great matters without reserve and with the utmost explicitness because it has seemed to me to be necessary if the world's yearning desire for peace was anywhere to find free voice and utterance. Perhaps I am the only person in high authority among all the peoples of the world who is at liberty to speak and hold nothing back.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/14/woodrow-wilson-senate-address-1917
- When it comes to politics, one thing is certain: it is all about fake news, and how it is spun. Which is why some people prefer finance: after all, when it comes to math-based financial data, reality is either a 1 or a 0.
Unfortunately, it now turns out that even financial "data" can mean whatever one wishes to read from it. Case in point: today's CNBC appearance by Goldman's chief equity strategist David Kostin, who when commenting on the fate of the market in the context of trade war, warned that stock buybacks - the primary driver of stock upside together with the Fed in the past decade - "are getting muted" (1'40" in the clip below) and thus clients are turning cautious.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/corporate-buybacks-accelerate-strongest-weekly-level-history