Sunday, January 29, 2017
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Thursday, January 19, 2017
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Monday, January 16, 2017
8 Richest Men as Wealthy as 50% of the World: Depends on How you Define 'Wealth'!
This New York times article states a trivial truth: 8 men possess wealth that when combined equals half of all world wealth. However, this is on;y true if you consider money and zeros after your personal assets to be the substance of wealth. Christians should know better---money is 'mammon' it is not wealth! Wealth is well-being, honor, integrity, living upright and giving thanks to the Lord.
I am in many ways far 'wealthier' than these Davos Symposiasts though I live a life that is outwardly rather frugal. My wealth consists in my autonomy, in the beauty of understanding the truth and beauty that follow from adoption as God's son. The Lord has States: "What profit a man if he gain the world and lose his soul?" If Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and young Zuckerberg have gained together with their richest confreres but half of the gain of the world and yet lost their souls, then I for one pity these men and their so-called wealth.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/01/16/world/europe/ap-eu-davos-inequality.html?_r=0
I am in many ways far 'wealthier' than these Davos Symposiasts though I live a life that is outwardly rather frugal. My wealth consists in my autonomy, in the beauty of understanding the truth and beauty that follow from adoption as God's son. The Lord has States: "What profit a man if he gain the world and lose his soul?" If Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and young Zuckerberg have gained together with their richest confreres but half of the gain of the world and yet lost their souls, then I for one pity these men and their so-called wealth.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/01/16/world/europe/ap-eu-davos-inequality.html?_r=0
Saturday, January 14, 2017
Friday, January 6, 2017
So-Called U.S. Intelligence On So-called Russian Influence on So-called Election in So-called United States
From the briefings:
"We assess with high confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election, the consistent goals of which were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump. When it appeared to Moscow that Secretary Clinton was likely to win the election, the Russian influence campaign then focused on undermining her expected [why expected?] presidency." "We also assess Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him [how to substantiate this delusional assessment?]. All three agencies agree with this judgment. CIA and FBI have high confidence in this judgment; NSA has moderate confidence [Could you please quantify the actual difference between 'moderate confidence' and 'high confidence'?]."
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