Friday, November 30, 2018
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Monday, November 26, 2018
Sunday, November 25, 2018
Saturday, November 24, 2018
Wisdom, Wealth, Health, Taste of Wealth, Experiences, Temptations of Luxuries, Fame, Failure in Life, Victory is not Immediate
Wisdom is a key to wealth, health, and happiness. A person gains wisdom by learning from the past and applying its lessons to the decisions they make every day. In turn, this is why you learn about toxic people, fanatics, extremist, isolationist, con artist through your experiences. People make people, but it is the ones who learn from bad and good experiences and diversify their beliefs, goals, in ever ending enhancement, who know how to deflect bad things and bad people to create there own journey and not someone else's that use you for their purposes.
But a person does not need to learn solely from their own experiences. By examining the words of presidents, philosophers, billionaires, and thought leaders, any person can bridge the gap between where they are and where they are meant to be.
But a person does not need to learn solely from their own experiences. By examining the words of presidents, philosophers, billionaires, and thought leaders, any person can bridge the gap between where they are and where they are meant to be.
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Friday, November 23, 2018
Trump on Trade: EU 'Almost as Bad' as China, WTO Must 'Shape Up'
Trump on Trade: EU 'Almost as Bad' as China, WTO Must 'Shape Up'
Freedom of the Press in a Muslim Society, 2011 and the Arab Spring
The Arab world was ripe with hope during the spring of 2011, and the Arab Spring. Journalists, academics and the general population were brimming with expectations of a bright and free Arab society within their respective countries. They expected to be emancipated from the hegemony of their governments and the consistent interventions and censorship of information. These expectations were quickly shattered; these societies either fell back to the old status and endorsed by the USA. In Egypt, it was replaced by a military coup and general put in over a free elected individual.
The Egyptian government’s seizure of the entire print run of a newspaper, al-Masry al Youm, did not enrage or provoke a reaction from colleagues. These actions no longer carry the consequence of a backlash from the international community. Instead, these actions may trigger condemnation quickly followed by silence.
As a result, Arab governments have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate. There was a time when journalists believed the Internet would liberate information from the censorship and control associated with print media. But these governments, whose very existence relies on the control of information, have aggressively blocked the Internet. They have also arrested local reporters and pressured advertisers to harm the revenue of specific publications.
The Arab world is facing its own version of an Iron Curtain, imposed not by external actors but through domestic forces vying for power. During the Cold War, Radio Free Europe, which grew over the years into a critical institution, played an important role in fostering and sustaining the hope of freedom. Arabs need something similar. In 1967, the New York Times and The Post took joint ownership of the International Herald Tribune newspaper, which went on to become a platform for voices from around the world.
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events. More important, we need to provide a platform for Arab voices. We suffer from poverty, mismanagement and poor education. Through the creation of an independent international forum, isolated from the influence of nationalist governments spreading hate through propaganda, ordinary people in the Arab world would be able to address the structural problems their societies face.
The Egyptian government’s seizure of the entire print run of a newspaper, al-Masry al Youm, did not enrage or provoke a reaction from colleagues. These actions no longer carry the consequence of a backlash from the international community. Instead, these actions may trigger condemnation quickly followed by silence.
As a result, Arab governments have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate. There was a time when journalists believed the Internet would liberate information from the censorship and control associated with print media. But these governments, whose very existence relies on the control of information, have aggressively blocked the Internet. They have also arrested local reporters and pressured advertisers to harm the revenue of specific publications.
The Arab world is facing its own version of an Iron Curtain, imposed not by external actors but through domestic forces vying for power. During the Cold War, Radio Free Europe, which grew over the years into a critical institution, played an important role in fostering and sustaining the hope of freedom. Arabs need something similar. In 1967, the New York Times and The Post took joint ownership of the International Herald Tribune newspaper, which went on to become a platform for voices from around the world.
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events. More important, we need to provide a platform for Arab voices. We suffer from poverty, mismanagement and poor education. Through the creation of an independent international forum, isolated from the influence of nationalist governments spreading hate through propaganda, ordinary people in the Arab world would be able to address the structural problems their societies face.
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Monday, November 19, 2018
Meditation, Balance, You Are the Balancer, Though Collection
It is your choice and your freedom to do so and is respected. There are many or Gods, or it is the way people want to see them and worship them or one kind. I am more universal in thought. When I go to a church sermon, I listen to what only pertains to me in that sermon. Here the main theme is balancing is crucial in your life, and you are the creator of the imbalance. In such, only you can correct it but one day at a time. We get caught up in the fast pace world, and lose control of thought collection and meditation, meditation comes in many forms, to me, it is just having my time alone to collect thoughts, being retired I have lots of time for that, self-reflection, prayer and meditation is all of this.
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Saturday, November 17, 2018
Friday, November 16, 2018
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
What Nationalism, Fascism, Isolationism and Protectionism Can Lead to Again
“I know, the old demons are reemerging, ready to finish off their work of chaos of 2 worlds wars and death. New ideologies of fascism and nationalism manipulate religions, push a contagious false prophecy and propaganda to the desperate, the gullible, the greeds Sometimes, history threatens to retake its tragic course and threaten our heritage of peace that we believed we had definitively settled with our generations and we thought had died, but now they are back, history will repeat itself for those who do not remember history as a lesson that has long been forgotten and those who lived it are now dead and cannot tell.
For two world wars, Europe almost committed suicide. Humanity had sunk into a hideous idea of national tribalism of merciless battles, in a hell that engulfed all fighters, whichever side they were on, whatever nationality they had.
“These wars, with its senseless bloodshed, showed where nationalistic foolish pride, dangerous overconfidence, arrogance, these militaries could lead. It made clear what disastrous consequences a lack of compromise in politics and diplomacy can have.”
The World Wars showed us what kind of ruin isolationism can lead us into. And if seclusion wasn’t a solution 100 years ago, how could it be so today?”
For two world wars, Europe almost committed suicide. Humanity had sunk into a hideous idea of national tribalism of merciless battles, in a hell that engulfed all fighters, whichever side they were on, whatever nationality they had.
“These wars, with its senseless bloodshed, showed where nationalistic foolish pride, dangerous overconfidence, arrogance, these militaries could lead. It made clear what disastrous consequences a lack of compromise in politics and diplomacy can have.”
The World Wars showed us what kind of ruin isolationism can lead us into. And if seclusion wasn’t a solution 100 years ago, how could it be so today?”
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Monday, November 12, 2018
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Friday, November 9, 2018
Spend a Trillion on a War, But They Cut Social Security and Healthcare, Military Complex
Twelve nations and the Taliban are set to embark on peace talks in Moscow to end ongoing violence in Afghanistan. But it will go nowhere. Why are these nations negotiating with the Taliban. An organization that feeds and protect the opium fields and the devastating amount of overdoses in the US. They surpress their women brutally and are partially responsible for the deaths in 911. The money we spent in this country, fighting this war, they should be eradicated or negotiating with us and not the rest of the world. But then again, our government wants to cut social benefits, maintenance of US human capital. The US is notably absent from the table. The war in Afghanistan has cost American taxpayers more than $1,000,000,000,000. What is the real war in the world? It is for us to fight and resist any kind of fanaticism, extremism, no matter what force and religious fascism or corporate fascism.
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Monday, November 5, 2018
A vicious new breed of gangs has taken over Central America causing people to flee -- Society's Child -- Sott.net
A vicious new breed of gangs has taken over Central America causing people to flee -- Society's Child -- Sott.net: https://www.sott.net/article/399959-A-vicious-new-breed-of-gangs-has-taken-over-Central-America-causing-people-to-flee
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Friday, November 2, 2018
Thursday, November 1, 2018
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