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    admin reacted to Space Merchant in Europe / US Relations   
    The teams under the UN banner are changing teams behind the scenes, the only one who is public with it was Saudi Arabia. It will not look good for the US later down the road and a lot of what many has predicted for years down, concerning The World Police, and it's currency, will be put to task, a difficult one. At the same time, it would be wise to know who your friends are and who are foes are because under express pressures, someone people change tune completely.
    But like I said many months ago, Hyperinflation and a list of things, inevitable, and the world leaders aren't making anything any better for those who tragically depend on them.
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    admin reacted to Pudgy in What is the best way to do fasting?   
    In 1971 I fasted for 90 days and lost 100 pounds … a pound a day … with the IBWH, “I’m broke, and what the hell” diet.
    The first week was uncomfortable.
    Not recommended if you are over 40 years old, or are not chubby to start with.
    I did drink a lot of water.
     

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    admin reacted to Space Merchant in What is the best way to do fasting?   
    Or that lol. But then you will be putting yourself in an extreme catabolic state.
     
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    admin reacted to Mic Drop in 2023 Nuclear Arms Escalation   
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    admin got a reaction from Pudgy in Dog Meat   
    South Korea shuts down the country's largest dog meat slaughterhouse. The move is lauded by animal rights activists.
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    In the 21st century, dog meat is consumed in some regions in China, South Korea, Vietnam, and Nigeria and it is still eaten or is legal to be eaten in other countries throughout the world. Some cultures view the consumption of dog meat as part of their traditional, ritualistic, or day-to-day cuisine, while other cultures consider consumption of dog meat a taboo, even where it had been consumed in the past. It was estimated in 2014 that worldwide, 25 million dogs are eaten each year by humans.
    In 2018, Humane Society International stated that South Korea was now the only country in Asia where dogs were reported to be routinely and intensively farmed for human consumption.
    United States: As of 2018, it is legal to eat dog meat in 43 states. The only states outlawing its consumption are California, Georgia, Hawaii, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia. It is, however, illegal in all states for slaughterhouses to handle dogs, and for stores to sell the meat
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    admin reacted to Hue Vo in PHẬT TÁNH TÌM KHƠI   
    Ngồi suy gẫm trần gian đầy ý vị
    Người với người không chỉ có yêu thương
    Sống ta nên phải học cách nhịn nhường
    Rời cõi thế khỏi vấn vương sầu hận
     
    Giữ đức hạnh tâm rèn luôn tinh tấn
    Lái thuyền từ minh mẫn nguyện sáng soi
    Đuốc tuệ vươn chân thiện mỹ châm ngòi
    Lòng trong sạch quyết noi theo chánh pháp
     
    Chí bền vững trước cuồng phong bão táp
    Bản ngã trừ hảo lạp dưỡng sinh sôi
    Áng huyền vi mầm bác ái vun bồi
    Khi chạm xúc không rời ngôi tĩnh lạc
     
    Sau giác ngộ thản nhiên lìa nghiệp ác
    Không chùn chân giữa đen bạc cuộc đời
    Tỏa ánh hồng phật tánh mãi tìm khơi
    Hoa khiết bạch rạng ngời hương thơm ngát ...
    18/2/22
    HUỆ VÕ

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    admin got a reaction from Mic Drop in Bitcoin buyer beware   
    They say that no press is bad press, but that may not be true for Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency has been getting a lot of negative publicity lately, with both the Wolf of Wall Street and the CEO of JPMorgan (ahem, they’re two different people) calling the digital dollars a “fraud.” The investors’ concerns stem from the fact that the increasingly popular monetary system currently has no government backing and is based on “artificial scarcity.” Despite this lack of government support, federal regulators are certainly taking notice of Bitcoin. Last month, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission charged a hedge fund company with fraud, misappropriation, and issuing false account statements in its operation of what they called a “Bitcoin Ponzi scheme” that bilked $60,000 out of investors. Meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged both a real estate and diamond sales company with defrauding investors after prompting them to sink money into an “initial coin offering” (ICO), the first of its kind. A New York Times columnist described ICOs: “Imagine that a friend is building a casino and asks you to invest. In exchange, you get chips that can be used at the casino’s tables once it’s finished. Now imagine that the value of the chips isn’t fixed, and will instead fluctuate depending on the popularity of the casino, the number of other gamblers and the regulatory environment for casinos. Oh, and instead of a friend, imagine it’s a stranger on the internet who might be using a fake name, who might not actually know how to build a casino, and whom you probably can’t sue for fraud if he steals your money and uses it to buy a Porsche instead.” Buyer beware!
     
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    admin got a reaction from Mic Drop in Warren Buffett’s 7 best pieces of investing advice   
    Question : Warren Buffett says he understands compounding in a way most people don't. What does he mean?
    Answer: Buffett , according to his letter to shareholders, “only” provided around 20% return on average, compounded, per year.
    20% does not sound much. But when compounded over 60 years, it brought him from a few million dollars to top 3 richest person on the planet.
    Mostly this is because when you invest in stock, you don’t pay capital gain tax until the year you sell the stock. So if you never sell it, you never have to pay tax on it.
    Let’s assume someone buys and sell every year a company that increase in value by 15% a year. Assume Capital Gain tax is 30% for short term investment and 20% for long term investment.
    Here is the difference between the two’s wealth after 60 years
    Even if Buffett still have to pay 20% tax on his 6.19 times greater wealth after 60 years, he is still 5 times richer than buy and sell investor.
    So the key to minimize your tax and maximize your compounding is finding great companies that grow in very long term, then never selling it for quick short term profit.
     
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    admin got a reaction from T.B. (Twyla) in Meeting material for Dec. 5-11 & Dec. 12-18, 2022   
    @T.B. (Twyla) - Downloads should be working again. Apologies for the down time. cc @The Librarian
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    admin reacted to The Librarian in Why did Marcus Aurelius choose Commodus?   
    Despite what Commodus would become.
     
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    admin got a reaction from Mic Drop in Scientists add ‘Disease X’ to list of potential future pandemics amid warning the next killer...   
    List of Blueprint priority diseases
    2018 annual review of the Blueprint list of priority diseases
    For the purposes of the R&D Blueprint, WHO has developed a special tool for determining which diseases and pathogens to prioritize for research and development in public health emergency contexts. This tool seeks to identify those diseases that pose a public health risk because of their epidemic potential and for which there are no, or insufficient, countermeasures. The diseases identified through this process are the focus of the work of R& D Blueprint. This is not an exhaustive list, nor does it indicate the most likely causes of the next epidemic. 
    The first list of prioritized diseases was released in December 2015.
    Using a published prioritization methodology, the list was first reviewed in  January 2017.
    February 2018 - Second annual review
    Report of the meeting pdf, 460kb
    The second annual review occurred 6-7 February, 2018. Experts consider that given their potential to cause a public health emergency and the absence of efficacious drugs and/or vaccines, there is an urgent need for accelerated research and development for*:
    Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus disease Lassa fever Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Nipah and henipaviral diseases Rift Valley fever (RVF) Zika Disease X Disease X represents the knowledge that a serious international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause human disease, and so the R&D Blueprint explicitly seeks to enable cross-cutting R&D preparedness that is also relevant for an unknown “Disease X” as far as possible.
    A number of additional diseases were discussed and considered for inclusion in the priority list, including: Arenaviral hemorrhagic fevers other than Lassa Fever; Chikungunya; highly pathogenic coronaviral diseases other than MERS and SARS; emergent non-polio enteroviruses (including EV71, D68); and Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS).
    These diseases pose major public health risks and further research and development is needed, including surveillance and diagnostics. They should be watched carefully and considered again at the next annual review. Efforts in the interim to understand and mitigate them are encouraged.
    Although not included on the list of diseases to be considered at the meeting, monkeypox and leptospirosis were discussed and experts stressed the risks they pose to public health. There was agreement on the need for: rapid evaluation of available potential countermeasures; the establishment of more comprehensive surveillance and diagnostics; and accelerated research and development and public health action.
    Several diseases were determined to be outside of the current scope of the Blueprint: dengue, yellow fever, HIV/AIDs, tuberculosis, malaria, influenza causing severe human disease, smallpox, cholera, leishmaniasis, West Nile Virus and plague. These diseases continue to pose major public health problems and further research and development is needed through existing major disease control initiatives, extensive R&D pipelines, existing funding streams, or established regulatory pathways for improved interventions. In particular, experts recognized the need for improved diagnostics and vaccines for pneumonic plague and additional support for more effective therapeutics against leishmaniasis.
    The experts also noted that:
    For many of the diseases discussed, as well as many other diseases with the potential to cause a public health emergency, there is a need for better diagnostics. 
    Existing drugs and vaccines need further improvement for several of the diseases considered but not included in the priority list.
    Any type of pathogen could be prioritised under the Blueprint, not only viruses.
    Necessary research includes basic/fundamental and characterization research as well as epidemiological, entomological or multidisciplinary studies, or further elucidation of transmission routes, as well as social science research.
    There is a need to assess the value, where possible, of developing countermeasures for multiple diseases or for families of pathogens.
    The impact of environmental issues on diseases with the potential to cause public health emergencies was discussed. This may need to be considered as part of future reviews.
    The importance of the diseases discussed was considered for special populations, such as refugees, internally displaced populations, and victims of disasters.
    The value of a One Health approach was stressed, including a parallel prioritization processes for animal health. Such an effort would support research and development to prevent and control animal diseases minimising spill-over and enhancing food security. The possible utility of animal vaccines for preventing public health emergencies was also noted.
    Also there are concerted efforts to address anti-microbial resistance through specific international initiatives. The possibility was not excluded that, in the future, a resistant pathogen might emerge and appropriately be prioritized. 
    *The order of diseases on this list does not denote any ranking of priority.
    http://www.who.int/blueprint/priority-diseases/en/
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    admin reacted to JW Insider in European Energy Crisis: Nord Stream 1 and 2 Pipelines Have Been Attacked   
    In 2014, back when the US publicly admitted to plotting the coup in Ukraine (via WikiLeaks), Ms Rice admitted the overarching goal of weakening Russia's energy business by sabotaging their economy so that rich supplies of US energy would be favored over Russian energy.
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    admin reacted to JW Insider in European Energy Crisis: Nord Stream 1 and 2 Pipelines Have Been Attacked   
    It's been suggested that NATO Article 5 should come into play, meaning that all NATO nations should now attack the United States on suspicion that it was the U.S. that just attacked a viable fuel supply for NATO countries like Germany.
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    admin got a reaction from Mic Drop in The Look Of Love - Dusty Springfield, Casino Royale   
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    admin got a reaction from Mic Drop in Philly cheesesteak   
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    admin got a reaction from Mic Drop in "If you want to give property rights to 5 billion people you need Bitcoin to do it." - Michael Saylor   
    Bitcoin is too important to fail
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    admin got a reaction from Mic Drop in Skid Row - I Remember You   
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    admin got a reaction from Mic Drop in Don't wanna lose you now by Gloria Estefan   
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    admin got a reaction from Mic Drop in Gold   
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    admin got a reaction from Space Merchant in Russia vs. Ukraine et al...   
    Russian are getting hurt badly too. Check this out: 

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    admin got a reaction from Space Merchant in Teach Truth displays at the Mall?   
    Is “equity” just another code word for socialism?
    who is paying for these displays in the malls?

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    admin reacted to Space Merchant in Ottawa, Canada's Police Dept. During the 'Truckers for Freedom 2022" Convoy   
    And so it begins, something of what many of us, from Truthers to Independent Journalist, even Preppers etc. Some in the community has traveled and or on their way to Ottawa.
    Justin Trudeau (dubbed a Dictator), the one that we stated to, even called out to be a problem for years down used has invoked the Emergency Act (possibly the first time used in Canada's history) in regards to the Trucker Convoy, of which one of their own was recently arrested in an attempt to break them, moreover, although they are not the threat to Sovereignty and or the like in that regard, seems those in power seems to view them as such in order to maintain their power.
    The only reason he is going down this path is because he wants to hold on to power, to remain in the club and not get kicked out permanently. One can see that Justin Trudeau is not backing down, as with his underlings because they truly do not want to be removed.
    Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
    That being said, even for Neutral persons or those that do not adhere to the issues caused by the paradigm, who are not involved in Politics, or those not in the Investor's community, such will have an indirect damning effect on the normal working person/family. Children will also be effected.
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