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Date: Thu 16 Dec 2010 14:39:02 -0000
In the USA, state and local governments are resorting to lotteries and gambling to generate income. The article appended below talks about this matter and if you listen to the podcast (see link below) there is a more in-depth interview detailing the effect of lotteries and gambling on the general populace.
Here – in very brief – is an overview of the affect of gambling on the human condition according to the stand of Ananda Marga. We should all be aware of how gambling affects one spiritually, emotionally, psychologically and socially.
1. The main problem with gambling is that in increases one's greed: one thinks that they can get more money – totally free. It creates a feeling in the mind of malcontent. Because the gambling addict always feels, "I want more." In that case they can never have peace of mind. Gambling ruins any sense of santosa and goes against the code of aparigraha as well. Because when any vrtti is encouraged, like greed, then one becomes intoxicated by that vrtti and one loses their sense. Thus those involved in gambling totally destroy their mental structure and lose any semblance of mental equipoise and inner peace. This is the root problem with gambling.
From this above noted spiritual and psychic problem, so many social offshoots result:
2. A gambling addict will destroy their family because of their addiction. They will spend all the family's money and resources on their negative habit (addiction to gambling) and overlook basic needs like food, clothing for the children, and so much more.
3. When someone gambles they invariably lose all their wealth and in turn become depressed. Here again that leads to the destruction of the family as people resort to alcohol and other drugs to seemingly alter their depressed mood. That invites divorce and so many marital problems like abuse. In sum one's home-life is wrecked.
4. When one loses in gambling then they need more money to support their addiction and many times they resort to cheating, theft, robbery and deception in order go get more money.
5. A gambling addiction will totally one's ruin own health: physically, mentally and in all kinds of ways. Because gambling itself is an intoxicant. Intoxicants need not always be things like wine and drugs; gambling and other sorts of bad psychic habits also intoxicate the mind.
6. Thus the array of problems is vast. It is not just three or four points but many. Where there is gambling so many social crimes and psychic problems will mushroom. Gambling invites a negative, downward spiral.
7. If the casino business were a losing proposition then why would greedy moguls enter into this enterprise. Why? Because the "house" or the casino never loses. In the end the casino always wins and the common people suffer. This itself is proof that those who gamble are bound to lose.
8. Unfortunately in our Marga we have also undergone the ill effects of gambling. For instance, some years ago Dada Mahadevananda secretly took the entire Prout bank account from the Washington DC Prout office and went to Atlantic City, NJ in hopes of winning but he lost every penny in the casinos – thousands and thousands of dollars. Tragically this is not an isolated incident. Due to greed people try to win more money by gambling. If such an instance has occurred in your unit, do let us know as all such incidents should be dealt with and the person rectified of their problem.
9. Here below is Baba's guideline for how to heal those who suffer from an addiction or bad habit like gambling.
Baba says, "The best psychological cure for addicts is to put them in an environment where they will be unable to think of their object of addiction for any length of time. To proclaim, "Don't do this, it's bad," is futile, for it is a negative approach. If you say, "Don't drink wine", you are still injecting the concept of wine into the alcoholic's mind, thus making it impossible for him to forget it and kick his bad habits. You are giving alcohol negative publicity, and it again becomes his mental object. Thus whenever he gets the opportunity he will certainly drink it again. And it may be that this negative approach encourages the alcoholic to become even more addicted. It is a defective approach."
"These days the sign "No smoking please" is placed in many public places, but it will not reduce the amount of smoking. If society wants people to stop smoking, its approach should be to divert the smoker's mind to other objects. A chain smoker should be encouraged to get involved in various pursuits such as music, dance, songs, culture of fine arts, etc., for if the mind remains engaged in these things it will forget its object of addiction. But the person who thinks, "I'll stop drinking wine the day after tomorrow – no, let me see, why not tomorrow" can never kick the habit, for wine remains the mental object. The mind will try to materialize whatever it thinks about in the external world – this is its nature." (APH-6, "Vyatireka-1)
10. Here below is that news article about the effect of gambling – and again the podcast (audio) is a more detailed interview with the Professor McGowan.
To listen to the podcast visit this below link. At the 9:45min mark of the interview, the Professor McGowan addresses the many social and negative offshoots of legalised gambling.
For decades, Las Vegas was the only place in the United States where casino gambling was legal. But in the late 1970s, Atlantic City, N.J., followed suit. Since then, more and more state and local governments have gotten into the game, lured by the promise of new jobs and tax revenues. Forty states now permit some form of casino gambling.
Recapturing revenue lost to neighboring states is now the primary reason why states legalize gambling, says economist Richard McGowan. McGowan, a professor at Boston College who has studied and written about gambling for years, tells Fresh Air contributor Dave Davies that many states legalize gambling so that money spent by gamblers doesn't travel across state lines.
He points to Pennsylvania as an example of a state trying to make up for huge budget shortfalls by introducing casino gambling.
In 2009, Pennsylvania legalized slot casinos across the state. At the time, thousands of Pennsylvania residents were streaming across the state's borders to New Jersey in order to play the slots.
"In 2008, New Jersey made $4.5 billion on gambling [while] Pennsylvania made $1.6 billion," says McGowan. "In 2009, New Jersey's revenue went down to $3.9 billion. Pennsylvania went up to almost $2 billion. So you had a gain in revenue in Pennsylvania of around 20 percent. And you had a negative effect in New Jersey of around 13 percent. Clearly Pennsylvania declared war on New Jersey."
But the two mid-Atlantic states are not alone. Ohio approved gambling in the last election, McGowan says, because "it's surrounded by states now that have casino gambling, with the exception of Kentucky."
And California recently allowed tribes across the state to open a series of Native American casinos, with California receiving 25 percent of all revenue from slot machines.
"Clearly California was declaring war on Nevada," McGowan says. "And it has hurt Nevada. And you see this in state after state after state."
McGowan tells Davies that he thinks sometimes states get addicted to the new source of cash flow, in the same way that gamblers in the casinos do. And states that relied on gambling revenue to generate income — but are now losing money to neighboring states — are looking for newer ways to generate income.
"Not to pick on New Jersey, but New Jersey is now saying we have to revisit sports gambling," he says. "In other words, they're going to up the ante on gambling. They're saying, 'To make the Atlantic City casinos more attractive, we will start sports gambling there.' I'm sure the two Native American casinos in Connecticut [Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun] are thinking about sports gambling. That's another whole area that nobody wants to touch right now but clearly they're going to have to touch it."


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What a great start to the season so far! CINDERELLA and WEST SIDE STORY are both still running and you can read my thoughts in the respective reviews. Up this week is a staged reading (tonight) and a highly anticipated production of what's been called "the most significant English language play of the 20th century."
Tonight is a staged reading of a play called AND BABY MAKES SEVEN. Directed by Lindsay Augusta Mercer, this interesting play features real-life couple Justin McCombs and Maggie Lou Rader as parents about to adopt a baby. The only problem is that they have three imaginary children already. Eric McCamley also stars and stage directions are read by C. Aiden Sims. Admission is free but a $5 suggested donation will be collected at Below Zero Lounge in Over the Rhine on the second floor. Here's a link to the FaceBook event.
On Friday night, I'll be at the opening of WAITING FOR GODOT at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. I'm already doing research about it so that I can get as much out of the experience as possible. It's been called "the most significant English language play of the 20th century" by The Massachusetts Review in 1999. Here's what Cincy Shakes is saying about the plot:
"Waiting for Godot" is an absurdist play by Samuel Beckett, in which two loveably hapless vagrants, Gogo and Didi, grapple with the mysteries of the universe, trading barbs and banter as they await the arrival of the eternally truant Godot.
This cast is stacked with Bruce Cromer, Nicholas Rose, Jim Hopkins, Brent Vimtrump, and back again after last appearing as "Dill" in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Jack Johnson. I'll be there for the show and the opening night reception which has featured some amazing local cuisine as of late and complimentary beverages at the bar! The show runs through February 7th. More information can be found here.
I want to mention that on Sunday afternoon at 4 PM, vocal goddess Patricia Linhart (along with piano genius Julie Spangler) will present a concert in honor of Pat's birthday. Billed as a CCM Faculty Artist concert, this free event is going to be a blast. Come see one of our cities grand ladies perform. I wouldn't miss it for the world. Here's a link to the FaceBook event.
As always check out Rob Bucher's comprehensive web site (yes, one of those already exists in Cincinnati . . . ) at Behind the Curtain Cincinnati for full details on all upcoming area theatre. I'll see you Friday at Godot! Lots of exciting things coming in the near future, too. What are you doing to support local theatre?


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Berit Milah, means the "covenant of circumcision,". It is the first Mitzva commanded to our patriarch Abraham (Bereshit 17:14) and the most important sign of Jewish identity of a Jewish male.
The Berit Mila is performed on a baby boy, usually eight days after he is born. It involves the removal of the foreskin by a Mohel, a 'circumcision surgeon', specially trained to safely perform the procedure.
The Berit Mila is called popularly by one word. In Yiddish they call it: "Bris" and in most Sephardic communities: "Mila".
If the eighth day falls on a Shabbat, the Berit Mila is still performed. According to our tradition the performance of Berit Mila in its due time, overrides Shabbat. Still, except for what is needed for the actual performance of the circumcision, the rest of the Laws of Shabbat are not suspended.
Sometimes circumcision must be delayed and in extreme cases (hemophilia), suspended. If a doctor or an experienced Mohel considers that the baby is still not physically ready for the circumcision, the Berit Mila needs to be postponed until the baby is physically fit for it.
The typical case of delayed circumcision is when the baby is premature and or less than 6 pounds (this criteria varies slightly according to different schools). Other common reason to delay the circumcision is jaundice, (yellowish skin) a temporary disease, that might affect as many as 60% of all newborn babies.
A doctor should be always consulted as to when the circumcision might be done.
READ Circumcision and the Eight day,By Daniel Eisenberg, MD


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pink blouse // trench coat // black studded flats // grid pattern skirt // bangles // lipstick // floral dress // light pink bag // nude heels // jeans // earrings
this year I decided to write down and keep an image display out of my fashion goals and resolutions for 2015. I feel like my style has been the same for a while … tee shirts, boutique finds that I love for a little while but tire of quickly and I also don't wear very much jewelry.
today I'm sharing my top goals for transitioning my wardrobe into something that I love!
my fashion goals this year
– wear more dresses / skirts
– invest in higher quality denim
– wear more heels
– wear more pink
– invest in designer / classic pieces
– wear bold jewelry more often
– wear lipstick more often
– dress up (even if it's just for me!)
– try bold patterns / colors
one of the biggest (and most expensive) goals for me this year is to invest in designer pieces .. this isn't a goal for everyone and that's totally okay 🙂 for me, owning these signature pieces is worth it. they are classic and timeless and the cost per wear value for me is huge! I know I'll get my use out of them for years to come. these pieces are investments. I don't expect to buy a lot this year, little by little I plan to save to reach these goals.
I'm really excited to wear more dresses and skirts, dress up my looks with jewelry and even apply lipstick on more days in the week 🙂 I'm ready to get more girly!! I have a feeling this will be a continual goal (to dress up more) and then it will just become a habit and apart of who I am and what I choose to wear.
what are some of your goals this year for your style??
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I see them out of the corner of my eye like shadow men and then if I'm soft enough in their full colored glory.
One that often sets my teeth on edge is the Traveler a grey being with an interesting sense of humor. If I don't listen or fall asleep before I hear him out I dream about spiders and slippery creatures who I'd rather keep my distance from.
He's not sunshine or rainbows but his presence brings news of change of significant change. Losing my job, finding my twin flame, losing my brother to depression… all of these major events came just shortly after seeing him.
Why am I writing it out now? Because I just spotted him again. Smirking and demanding I take this seriously.
I've found his presence makes my heart palpitate not just because of memories of spiders but out of fear of some really hard times ushered in after he appeared. It takes me some time to settle into my truth and realize how much I've grown and how strong I am. I have to remind myself that right now hiding isn't the best option. Laying low won't cut it… I really need to be seen as I am right now.
Truth be told I've been working miracles for my loved ones and it's high time I got some of those miracles for myself. Ask for my own mountains to be moved.
The Traveler reminds me that I need to move forward too. I need to expand too. I need to blossom too. We can only help people from under the shelter of our own perspective so to keep helping we must continue expanding and shifting our perspective. He reminds me in this way that to remain unchanged, to neglect our own growth is the most selfish thing we can do.
To remain in our own ignorance by choice is to condemn our fellow man.
I've dreamt of being trapped in a small cage, bound so tight I cried out with pain. What's the sense of remaining in a place you no longer fit? Can you, in your discomfort, focus at all on anything else? Expand into the limitless universe and be well.
Oh and love. He reminds me this evening that love is a pathway I have yet to fully explore. How can I go on playing matchmaker and fertility goddess whilst I remain ignorant of what a pure and unadulterated connection is. Even my closest match hasn't been enough, not physical enough, not close enough in vibration, not open enough. I am tasked with accepting love and exploring the way it fits me like a glove. As above so below – higher selves in sync with deepest roots. I will know truest love, I accept the challenge.
There's more to love and it's in the way it so easily transforms our physical reality. Where I've had to drag myself into my current job and push for even slight growth; to be in sync with love makes so much of this change effortless. I am tasked with making observations on love and how it remixes my existence.
I was notorious for doubting my ability find someone worthy to commit to. "Love has never done me any favors, I hardly see why she'd start turning tricks now" my response when people asked about marriage or settling down. It's not been easy to stop that narrative but now I feel like it'll be about letting my life do the talking and really cementing in my brain the physical proof to match my newish ideology.
So late night visitation brings forth reminders and challenges to be embraced. Bring on the opportunity to expand and blossom. Bring on the love. I am ready.


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By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger (interviewer and interviewee and interloper in chief:)
Q: Why did you name Eileen Goldfinger as food editor? Isn't that nepotism?
A: No. I prefer to call it "affirmative action"
Q: Where will you be eating dinner tonight?
A: Well, it should be in the dog house, but we don't have a dog
Q: You really like music. How did that interest develop?
A: My mother sang show tunes all day long and she insisted that I play the sax—but not at the same time. In the band I met some nice girls with rhythm, so I stuck with it. I liked to watch the horn players use their spit valves.
Q: Who is your favorite photographer and why?
A: Edward Weston. Because his black and white images of peppers, sea shells, nudes and toilet bowls were beautiful and unique…..also he slept with all his models.
Q: Do you miss practicing medicine?
A: Only the fun parts, like when I would talk into my stethoscope and say, "Testing, testing, testes." Some of my former colleagues still enjoy that one liner. But, you know, it's all in the timing.
Q: What was your most amazing medical case?
A: A young woman came to the ER when I first entered practice. She had a heart rate of 180/min. I turned her upside down—-then right side up. She was cured, and I was famous.
Q. What cars do you like?
A: I love stick shift sports cars. Over the years I have had a Fiat Spider, Triumph Spitfire, Porsche 911 and a BMW Z4. I don't go fast, but my favorite maneuvers are cornering and acceleration. (That's how I am in bed also—when I am sleeping.) In Ocean Grove I have the Blogmobile.
Q: Were you in the military?
A. Yes, I was an officer in the Navy Medical Corps and I fought the battle of Virginia Beach. I had three haircuts in one month and I loved the white uniform. I also had a rubber stamp that said "bull****" The best part was the saluting—instant respect.
Q Why did Eileen agree to marry you?
A. It's a fair question. She was 16 years old, and I took her for her first lobster and her second Broadway show. I took her to see Fiorello, and she left the theatre humming—that's what tipped the scales. If you can make a girl hum, that is a big deal.
Q. Why do you allow both Jack Bredin and Kevin Chambers to opine on BF?
A. Because they both laugh at my jokes and they both use their real names and they are not afraid to tell the truth. Jack used to be in show business, and Kevin went to school with Walt Whitman.
Q: What is the future for Blogfinger?
A: We will spend a lot of time searching for an honest man. We also hope to interview a real celebrity some day, like Sue at Cheese on Main.
Q: What do you like best about Ocean Grove?
A: I enjoy the way people are interested in raccoons, snow plows, good coffee, and flying the American flag on their houses. The demographics are fascinating: always changing— like the sands. I also have an unpaid job as official thong counter down at the beach. Last summer the count was zero. You heard it first @Blogfinger.
Q: If you could speak at a high school graduation, what would you say?
A: For the boys: "Have no fear; girls want sex also" For the girls: "Read Erica Jong's books and don't believe the feminists."
Q: What should we call you?
A. Call me Paul. My middle initial is @. Only my childhood friends call me Pee Gee. My last name must be sung to the Shirley Bassey version of "Goldfinger". You can hear it at the end of the "about" section tab at the top of this page.
Q: What is the most outrageous idea that you ever had?
A: "Kill the umpire."
Q: What do you think of this interview?
A: It sucks. Can I say "sucks" on this blog?
Q: What's your favorite song?
A: I have many, but I guess, anything that takes me back to the gym at Rutherford High School when, festooned with crepe paper, and with the lights semi-low, my friends and I strolled over to the girls' side and found one who would slow dance with us.
For example, here are THE VELOURS with a song and lyrics that remind me of those dances when we all knew the rules. When it was prom time, it wasn't just the music; it was the smell of carnations pinned to the lapel of a white dinner jacket, a corsage on the girl's wrist, and the rustle of those crinolines.


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It's been nearly two years since the Burning Bush 2 was launched and just over 18 months since our first issue – The Burning Bush Revival Meeting – attracted an inordinate amount of fire and brimstone themed submissions, along with several offers of salvation, for issue number two. Since then we've established ourselves less as a bible studies revivalist publication and more as one of the best new online literary journals around.
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In honor of International Women's Day, a terrific list of 77 films by and about women upcoming in 2017, assembled by our good friend 'phantom' at AwardsCorner.
Will the Academy finally give Judi Dench the Lead Actress Oscar for playing Queen Victoria ? Will it be finally the year for Glenn Close ? Michelle Pfeiffer ? Annette Bening ? Will Kate and Rooney Mara join the exclusive club of Joan Fontaine, Olivia de Havilland, Vanessa & Lynn Redgrave as sisters nominated in Lead Actress in the same year ?
Just some of the intriguing questions waiting to be answered this year. Here is, in no particular order, a no doubt incomplete list of 77 films (24 directed by women) featuring some of the most anticipated female performances in 2017 (and beyond).
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Natalie Portman & Jennifer Jason Leigh (Annihilation)
A biologist (Natalie Portman) signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don't apply. Written and directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina).
Emma Stone (Battle of the Sexes)
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carrell). Written by Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) and directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine).
Nicole Kidman (The Killing of a Sacred Deer)
A teenager's attempts to bring a brilliant surgeon into his dysfunctional family takes an unexpected turn. Written and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster).
Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Angourie Rice, Oona Laurence (The Beguiled)
At a girls school in Virginia during the Civil War, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in. Soon, the house is taken over with sexual tension, rivalries and an unexpected turn of events. Written and directed by Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation).
Julianne Moore & Michelle Williams (Wonderstruck)
The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection. Written by Brian Selznick (Hugo) and directed by Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven).
Brie Larson, Naomi Watts & Sarah Snook (The Glass Castle)
A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of noncorfomist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stil the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty. Written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12)
Saoirse Ronan & Annette Bening (The Seagull)
The Seagull centers on the romantic and artistic clashes between fading actress Irina (Annette Bening) and fresh-faced ingenue Nina (Saoirse Ronan). Based on Anton Chekhov's play. Directed by Michael Mayer.
Saoirse Ronan (On Chesil Beach)
A drama set in the early 1960s and centered on a young couple on their honeymoon. Based on the novel of the same name by Ian McEwan (Atonement). Directed by Dominic Cooke (The Hollow Crown).
Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
The adventures of a young woman living in Northern California for a year. Written and directed by Greta Gerwig.
Jennifer Lawrence & Michelle Pfeiffer (Mother!)
Centers on a couple whose relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home disrupting their tranquil existence. Written and directed by Darren Aronofsky.
Isabelle Huppert (Happy End)
A drama about a family set in Calais with the European refugee crisis as the backdrop. Written and directed by Michael Haneke.
Alicia Vikander (Submergence)
In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, an Englishman, James Moore (James McAvoy), is held captive by jihadist fighters. Thousands of miles away in the Greenland Sea, Danielle Flinders (Alicia Vikander) prepares to dive in a submersible to the ocean floor. In their confines they are drawn back to the Christmas of the previous year, where a chance encounter on a beach in France led to an intense and enduring romance. Directed by Wim Wenders (The Salt of the Earth).
Alicia Vikander & Eva Green (Euphoria)
Sisters in conflict travelling through Euroepa toward a mystery destination. Written and directed by Lisa Langseth.
Alicia Vikander (Tulip Fever)
An artist falls for a young married woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of the 17th century Amsterdam. Written by Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love) and directed by Justin Chadwick (Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom).
Kate Winslet & Juno Temple (Wonder Wheel)
A period drama set in New York in the 1950s. Written and directed by Woody Allen.
Kate Winslet (The Mountain Between Us)
A pair survive a plane crash in the mountains where they are forced to trust each other and find safety while badly injured. Directed by Hany Abu-Assad.
Rachel Weisz & Rachel McAdams (Disobedience)
A woman returns to her Orthodox Jewish home after the death of her rabbi father and stirs up controversy when she shows interest in an old childhood friend. Written and directed by Sebastian Lelio (A Fantastic Woman).
Rooney Mara (Mary Magdalene)
The story of Mary Magdalane. Directed by Garth Davis (Lion).
Rooney Mara (Vox Lux)
An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star. Written and directed by Brady Corbert (The Childhood of a Leader), original music by Sia.
Rosamund Pike (Hostiles)
In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory. Written and directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart)
Rosamund Pike & Mia Wasikowska (The Man with the Iron Heart)
1942 : The Third Reich is at its peak. The Czech resistance in London decided to plan the most ambitious military operation of WWII : Anthropoid. Directed by Cedric Jimenez.
Reese Witherspoon (Home Again)
Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her. Written and directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer.
Keira Knightley (The Aftermath)
In the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them. Directed by James Kent (Testament of Youth).
Judi Dench (Victoria and Abdul)
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim. Written by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) and directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen).
Sally Hawkins (Maudie)
An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community. Directed by Aisling Walsh.
Julia Roberts (Wonder)
A young boy born with a facial deformity is destined to fit in at a new school, and to make everyone understand he's just another ordinary kid, and that beauty isn't skin deep. Directed by Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
Jessica Chastain (The Zookeeper's Wife)
The Zookeeper's Wife tells the account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the German invasion. Directed by Niki Caro (North Country).
Jessica Chastain (Molly's Game)
Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a succesful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game. Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network).
Jessica Chastain (Woman Walks Ahead)
The story of Catherine Weldon, a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn, who travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull, and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their land. Written by Steven Knight (Eastern Promises) and directed by Susanna White (Our Kind of Traitor).
Noomi Rapace (Callas)
A biopic about the operatic star, Maria Callas. Directed by Niki Caro (The Whale Rider).
Anne Hathaway (Colossal)
A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering. Written and directed by Nacho Vigalando.
Glenn Close (The Wife)
A writer decides to leave her husband while traveling to receive a prestigious award. Directed by Bjorn Runge.
Annette Bening (Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool)
A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady. Directed by Paul McGuigan.
Helena Bonham Carter & Hilary Swank (55 Steps)
Based on the inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they are in a hospital, and Colette Hughes, the lawyer appointed to her case. Directed by Billie August.
Carey Mulligan (Wildlife)
A boy witnesses his parents' marriage falling apart after his mom finds another man. Written and directed by Paul Dano.
Mary J. Blige & Carey Mulligan (Mudbound)
Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war. Written and directed by Dee Rees (Pariah).
Vera Farmiga (Boundaries)
Laura and her son Henry are forced to drive her estranged, pot-dealing, carefree father Jack (Christopher Plummer) across country after being kicked out of a nursing home. Written and directed by Shana Feste (Country Strong).
Taraji P. Henson (Proud Mary)
A hit woman's life is upturned when she meets a young boy who awakens the maternal instinct she never knew she had.
Ellen Page (The Third Wave)
A disease that turned people into zombies has been cured. The once-infected zombies are discriminated against by society and their own families, which causes social issues to arise. This leads to militant government interference. Directed by David Freyne.
Ellen Page (Lioness)
U.S. Marine officer, Leslie Martz, is sent to Afghanistan on a mission to work with Afghan women and gain intelligence about their Taliban husbands. Directed by Reed Morano.
Kate Mara & Ellen Page (Mercy)
The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her familiy's political cause. Directed by Tali Shalom-Ezer.
Kate Mara (Megan Leavey)
The strue story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog, Rex. While deployed in Iraw, the two complete more than 100 missions and save countless lives, until an IED explosion puts their faithfulness to the test. Written by Pamela Gray (A Walk on the Moon) and Annie Mumolo (Bridesmaids); directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Blackfish).
Charlize Theron (Tully)
A comedy about motherhood. Written by Diablo Cody (Juno), directed by Jason Reitman (Juno).
Kate Mara (Chappaquiddick)
Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne. Directed by John Curran (The Painted Veil).
Rachel Weisz (My Cousin Rachel)
A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousing, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms. Written and directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill).
Salma Hayek (Beatriz at Dinner)
A holistic medicine practitioner attends a wealthy client's dinner party after her car breaks down. Directed by Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl), written by Mike White (School of Rock).
Diane Lane (Paris Can Wait)
Annie is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to a succesful, driven but inattentive movie producer, she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trop from Cannes to Paris with a a business associate of her husband. Written and directed by Eleanor Coppola.
Diane Lane (Felt)
The story of Mark Felt, who under the name of "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woddward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974. Directed by Peter Landesman (Concussion).
Halle Berry (Kings)
The story of a foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992. Directed by Deniz Gamze Erguven.
Lily James & Kristin Scott-Thomas (Darkest Hour)
Winston Churchill leads a charge against Adolf Hitler's army in the early days of World War II. Directed by Joe Wright (Atonement), written by Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything).
Emma Thompson (The Children Act)
British High Court judge Fiona Maye toils over a case involving a young boy diagnoes with cancer who refuses treatment on his family's religious beliefs. Directed by Richard Eyre (Notes on a Scandal), written by Ian McEwan (Atonement).
Debra Winger (The Lovers)
The story of a long-married, dispassionate couple who are both in the midst of serious affairs. But on the brink of calling it quits, a spark between them suddenly reignites, leading them into an impulsive romance. Written and directed by Azazel Jacobs.
Catherine Deneuve & Catherine Frot (The Midwife)
A midwife gets unexpected news from her father's old mistress. Written and directed by Martin Provost (Seraphine).
Daisy Ridley (A Woman of No Importance)
The story of American spy, Virginia Hall, who worked for the British intelligence during World War II.
Chloe Sevigny, Kristen Stewart & Kim Dickens (Lizzie)
A psychological thriller based on the infamous 1892 murders of the Borden family. Directed by Craig William Macneill.
Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer & Judi Dench (Murder on the Orient Express)
Renowned Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a wealthy American on the Orient Express, the most famous train in the world. Directed by Kenneth Branagh.
Jessica Brown Findlay (This Beautiful Fantastic)
A young woman who dreams of being a children's author makes an unlikely friendshup with a cantankerous, rich old widower. Directed by Simon Aboud.
Gemma Arterton (Their Finest)
A British film crew attempts to boost morale during World War II by making a propaganda film after the Blitzkrieg. Directed by Lone Scherfig (An Education)
Rosamund Pike (A United Kingdom)
Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s. Directed by Amma Asante (Belle).
Blake Lively (All I See Is You)
A blind woman's relationship with her husband changes when she regains her sight and discovers disturinb details about themselves. Written and directed by Marc Forster (Finding Neverland).
Sandra Oh & Anne Heche (Catfight)
The rivalry between two former college friends comes to a head when they both attend the same glamorous event. Directed by Onur Tukel.
Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth)
In this adaptation of Nikolai Leskov's novella "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk", a 19th century young bride is sold into marriage to a middle-aged man. Directed by William Oldroyd.
Amandla Stenberg (Everything, Everything)
A teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door. Directed by Stella Meghie.
Riley Keough & Jena Malone (Lovesong)
The relationship between two friends deepends during an impromptu road trip. Directed by So-Yong Kim.
Rooney Mara (Una)
When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel in his new life. Directed by Benedict Andrews.
Kristen Stewart (Personal Shopper)
A ghost story that takes place in the fashion underworld of Paris. Directed by Olivier Assayas.
Cynthia Nixon (A Quiet Passion)
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist. Written and directed by Terence Davies (The Deep Blue Sea).
Lily Collins (To The Bone)
A young woman is dealing with anorexia. She meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life. Written and directed by Marti Noxon.
Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo, Julianne Nicholson, Dianna Agron, Morgan Saylor (Novitiate)
Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality. Written and directed by Margaret Betts.
Danielle McDonald (Patti Cake$)
The story of an aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski a.k.a. Killa P a.k.a. Patti Cake$ who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey. Directed by Geremy Jasper.
Chante Adams (Roxanne, Roxanne)
In the early 1980s, the most feared battle MC in Queens, new York, was a fierce teenage girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At the age of 14, Lolita "Roxanne Shante" Gooden was well on her to becoming a hip-hop legend as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the streets of the Queensbridge Projects in NYC. Directed by Michael Larnell.
Zoey Deutch (Before I Fall)
February 12 is just another day in Sam's charmed life until it turns out to be her last. Stuck reliving her last day over one inexplicable week, Sam untangles the mystery around her death and discovers everything she's in danger of losing. Directed by Ry Russo-Young.
Zoe Kazan & Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)
A couple deals with their cultural differences as their relationship grows. Directed by Michael Schowalter.
Jessica Williams (The Incredible Jessica James)
An aspiring playwright in New York strikes up a friendshup with a guy while on the rebound from a break-up. Directed by Jim Strouse.
Shirley MacLaine (The Last Word)
Harriet is a retired businesswoman who tries to control everything around her. When she decides to write her own obituary, a young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth resulting in a life-altering friendship. Directed by Mark Pellington.
Cynthia Erivo (Harriet)
The story of Harriet Tubman, who helped free hundreds of slaves from the South after escaping from slavery herself in 1849.
Kaitlyn Dever & Hannah Murray (Untitled Detroit Project)
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizen uprisings in US history. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty).


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For a time Freddie Starr, who has died suddenly at the age of 76, was the most popular comedian of his day. A constant fixture on television from the early 1970s through to the late 1990s, he was capable of packing out theatres on tour after tour, where his cheeky unpredictability on the small screen was given full reign and transformed into something more provocative.
Audiences loved him for the manic energy he brought to his live performances and for the near-the-knuckle naughtiness that pushed at boundaries of propriety with its provocative discussions of sex, race, class, religion and politics. It was an increasingly controversial identity that soon bled off stage and into his personal life, tabloid headlines lighting on one controversy after another.
Born Frederick Leslie Fowell in Liverpool on January 9, 1943, Starr's childhood was marked by regular beatings from his drunken, part-time bare-knuckle boxer father leading to a spell of trauma-induced muteness at the age of six when he was taken into care.
Encouraged by his mother to perform from the age of 12, he worked local pubs and clubs before spending five years with the Hilda Fallon Roadshow touring community halls and hospitals.
He made an early appearance on film in the 1958 teenage drama Violent Playground before becoming lead singer with the Merseybeat-era the Midniters. Despite the involvement of two legendary British music figures – producer Joe Meek and the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein – the group had scant success. It left Starr a frustrated vocalist whose adoration of Elvis Presley would become a mainstay of his television and theatre shows.
His comic skills caught attention in 1967 in the Hughie Green-hosted talent show Opportunity Knocks as the frontman for Freddie Starr and the Delmonts, winning the popular vote for six consecutive weeks. Success there led to an appearance in the 1970 Royal Variety Performance, where his impression of Mick Jagger opened the door to wider exposure on the small screen in the impressionists-led Who Do You Do? and comedy panel show hosted by Barry Cryer, Jokers Wild.
He was, said The Stage at the time, "not so much an impressionist as a clown with a refreshingly clear-cut brand of humour. He is a born comedian".
In 1974 he was given his first headlining show on television, Ready Freddie Starr, the planned series reduced to a single 'special' after increasingly rancorous disputes with the creative team and producers, London Weekend Television. It was a harbinger of worse to come, Starr regularly locking antlers with his collaborators, often coming to blows with them for imagined slights. At the end of the decade, another mooted series, Freddie Starr's Variety Madhouse, was abandoned after a violent altercation with the producer, whom Starr claimed had made a sexual advance towards him.
Undeterred, Starr's ego habitually compensated for knock-backs and disappointments with what became an increasingly anarchic and dangerous persona on stage. He became known for his comic impersonations of Max Wall and Adolf Hitler, garbed in comic Nazi uniform, his tributes to Elvis and the blunt directness of his treatment of gender and race issues, then coming to the fore of Britain's fast-changing sense of itself.
As a guest on television talk shows, he invariably shredded the nerves and manicured decorum of his politely genial, convention-bound hosts by causing unscripted mayhem, much to the delight of an increasingly large and loyal audience.
For all the anarchic glee of his television appearances, it was on stage, where Starr was less confined by small-screen mores, that he became a more unfettered force of nature, working audiences with a mischievous disregard for personal boundaries. It earned him a place alongside his controversial high-profile peers Bernard Manning and Jim Davidson and saw him in demand on the live circuit where he regularly broke box office records in one-night stands and summer-season runs.
Seldom away from the stage – Starr would later boast that he had performed for 350 nights each year for three decades – his relentless schedule began to take its toll in the 1980s. After becoming addicted to tranquillisers and suffering a nervous breakdown, his confidence began to suffer and in 1986 he announced his retirement from showbusiness.
His one last hurrah was a now infamous front-page splash in the Sun that claimed "Freddie Starr ate my hamster". Although the story was later revealed as a publicity stunt by the notorious PR guru Max Clifford, it remained stubbornly prominent in the comedian's tarnished public image.
Over the next decade he invested the considerable fortune he had acquired in various business and property speculations and in racing, winning the 1994 Grand National with his horse, Minnehoma.
He returned to television in 1993 with his own show and again in 1996 with The Freddie Starr Show (which ran until 1998) and An Audience with Freddie Starr, in which he performed in front of a celebrity audience. In 1997, Another Audience With Freddie Starr marked the zenith of his career.
A later run of appearances on reality television programmes including his fractious participation in Celebrity Fit Club (2004) and a petulant spat with former model Samantha Fox in Celebrity Wife Swap (2008) did little to rehabilitate his image. In 2011, he again hit the headlines when he was forced to withdraw from I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! after three days when the grisly bushtucker trial triggered an allergic reaction.
The following year he was back in the tabloids, accused of molesting a teenage girl in the disgraced DJ and presenter Jimmy Savile's BBC dressing room in 1974. Arrested several times on the charge, the case was dropped due to insufficient evidence, although Starr lost the defamation case he took against his accuser at a High Court ruling in 2015.
He published an autobiography, Unwrapped, in 2001.
Married five times to four wives, he had difficult relationships with his seven children, all of whom survive him. In later years he lived in Spain, where he died on May 9.
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Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor that drew the United States into World War II. Survivors of Japan's surprise attack will attend commemorative ceremonies to honor those who died.
The iconic memorial that sits over the wreckage of the battleship Arizona is the backdrop for the main ceremony. But for survivors, returning 75 years later, there are other less famous places here that hold great significance and terrible memories, reports CBS News correspondent John Blackstone.
A few hundred yards from the Arizona, a small group gathered at sunset to remember the men who served on the USS Utah. The rusting wreckage of the Utah remains in the exact spot in Pearl Harbor where it went down, hit by two Japanese torpedoes, 75 years ago on Wednesday morning. Fifty-eight died, but more than 400 crew members survived.
Gilbert Meyer, 93, is one of only six still living.
"How did you make it off the ship?" Blackstone asked.
"I swam... I was sleeping down on the starboard side here. The torpedoes hit the port, that's why she's rolling," Meyer recalled.
"You were asleep when the torpedoes hit?" Blackstone asked.
"Yeah, yup. Well, I had the mid-watch and I stayed up all night," Meyer said.
The ceremony here honors not just those killed on the Utah, but many of the survivors who in death chose to be with their shipmates, their ashes placed in the wreckage. Tania Warnock's grandfather died three years ago.
"You look out there, your grandfather's ashes are out there. What's that like?" Blackstone asked.
"It's surreal. And we promised that we'd take him home," Warnock said.
"And this is home," Blackstone said.
"That's his home, that's where he wanted to be," Warnock said.
The veterans for this 75th anniversary are now mostly in their 90's. Their numbers are dwindling and some call it "the last reunion."
Many have returned with several generations of their families, determined to share their story
"I saw the Oklahoma going over," said Mel Heckman, who survived the attack. "She took 460 with her that day."
The organization "Wish of a Lifetime" helped 93-year-old Mel Heckman come back with four generations of his family.
"Being here and sharing this spot with him… it's a blessing," said Mel's grandson, Robert, as Mel wrapped his arm around his his shoulder. "And it's a once-in-a-lifetime blessing."
For those serving today, the aging veterans serve as an inspiration.
"When I walk up to them in my uniform as a three-star general, they immediately try to stand up or salute me," said Lt. Gen. Anthony Crutchfield of the U.S. Pacific Command. "And I have to tell them, please, I'm honoring you! The honor is mine!"
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Monday he will visit Pearl Harbor along with President Obama later this month. But a Japanese official made it clear the prime minister will be coming to pay respects to the dead, not to offer an apology.


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Two sets of regulations aimed at readying UK data protection law for a post-Brexit world have been promulgated in recent weeks. These regulations, which were made pursuant to the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EUWA), will only come into force in most respects upon the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
These regulations are intended to preserve the status quo post-Brexit by (1) amending certain provisions of the GDPR to allow it to be retained as UK domestic law and (2) transitionally adopting certain key decisions of the EU institutions that, collectively, would allow for the continued lawfulness of personal data flows out of the United Kingdom where currently permitted under EU law.
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Sometimes it can be helpful to use everyday objects around us to help us to meditate and think about our feelings, emotions and connections to others and to the Other or transcendent being which some call God. In this post, I draw upon words by Joyce Rupp to consider life through a series of containersContinue reading "Meditation: Bowls"
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Stone Meditation for Difficult Times
At this strange, uncertain and fear-filled time, you may be feeling more anxious, fearful or grief filled than usual. You may feel as if these feelings are overwhelming. This is normal, and it is fine, and indeed a good thing, to feel and express these feelings. This time of the COVID-19 pandemic is a timeContinue reading "Stone Meditation for Difficult Times"


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eOne Rejects Billion Pound ITV Bid
International production and distribution company Entertainment One (eOne) has rejected a takeover offer from U.K. broadcaster ITV, which had bid about 1 billion GBP ($1.3b USD). In its initial statement to shareholders, eOne said it had rejected a preliminary proposal from an unidentified party because it "fundamentally undervalues the company and its prospects." eOne later confirmed the bidder to be ITV.
The aspiring owner had offered 2.36 GBP per share ($3.07 USD), valuing the company at 1.03 billion GBP. The broadcaster said this offer represented "a significant premium over the undistributed eOne share price, prior to the impact of recent bid speculation." ITV went on to state that a key part of its strategy to add value is to build a scaled international content and distribution business, with a focus on U.S. scripted content.
eOne experienced a drop in share prices last December, but has rebounded since, with shares seeing a bump as a result of the news of the ITV offer. The takeover had been rumored since earlier this year. The company's annual figures announced in May were helped by its TV activities (notably the success of animated series Peppa Pig).
eOne currently has offices in Toronto, Los Angeles and London, and has been pursuing an aggressive growth strategy over the last couple years. Recent acquisitions include Peppa Pig producer Astley Baker Davies and The Mark Gordon Company.
On ITV's end, the broadcaster has been on a shopping spree, scooping up Twofour, Mammoth Screen and Talpa Media in the last year and change. Previous acquisitions include Leftfield Pictures, Gurney Productions, High Noon Entertainment, Thinkfactory Media and Diga Vision.


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These are news bits and opinions that are not mine, which some of my favorite readers have been kind enough to tender for your cerebral delectation.
Tue, Dec 17, 7:17 PM (2 days ago)
In 1983 I was on the same train going into Sydney station. Some guy decided to commit suicide by jumping under the train, with the body somehow ending up being under our carriage. The train was stopped for two hours as they scrapped all the bits and pieces up. I sat on the side of the carriage watching the clean up, at one point even eating a camp pie sandwich.
The only other time I saw a human body shredded was just down the road where I live, a Greek had taken a guy who had banged his wife for an execution, and emptied a pump shot gum into him many times. I came by on foot as the CSI guys were trying to find allof the bits, untidily scattered over the vegetation. I even helped by finding one piece of flesh. It looked like bloody chicken, and stunk terribly.
Happy days!
Arthur Fonzarelli
Job the Wolof
Wed, Dec 18, 10:42 AM (23 hours ago)
So, his name was Job, son of Shlomo, son of Abraham, he was intelligent, and didn't believe in Muslim heaven?
daily timewaster: Does it get unstable over time, like dynamite?
Mon, Dec 16, 8:21 PM (3 days ago)
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The History of World
Tue, Dec 17, 6:33 PM (2 days ago)
As seen in the comments on the Z Blog, from a fellow calling himself Ant Man Bee. Thought you might a kick out of it, at least the first parts.
-Han Silo
History of the world in several thefts…
1. The Hellenic Greeks stole the Eastern Mediterranean (Anatolia, Syria, Judaea, Aegyptia), but because they had superior Hellenic culture and vitality, the theft was okay and things worked out fine.
2. The Romans stole the East from the Hellenes, plus they also stole Gallia, Brittannia, Hispania/Lusitania/Galicia and Belgia from the Celts — but again, since the Romans had superior culture and vitality, the theft worked out okay.
3. Meanwhile in the far East, the Han people of the Wei River valleyin Northern China were busy stealing pretty much all of Southern Asia, but since etc etc we know how this story goes.
4. Cascading waves of Germanic psychopaths operating out of Central Asia stole all of Roma, Italia, Latium, Scythia, Thracia, Illyria, Germania, Gallia, Serbia, Hispania, and North Africa, and turned it intowhat we now call Europa. They had plenty of vitality but not much culture, but since the conquered peoples already had oodles of culture, things worked out okay in the long run.
5. More cascading waves of Arabic psychopaths, operating out of the Arabian peninsula, waving around their ludicrous Koran, as well as very good horses and Damascus steel, stole all of the Levant as well as Aegyptia, Africa, Persia, Babylonia, and Hispania. They too had zero culture other than the babblings and ravings of their imbecile fake prophet, but the Greeks and Syrians had plenty of culture, so things worked out okay.
6. The Germanic psychopaths, who now called themselves the Franks, had nothing left to steal so they began to cultivate themselves and mysteriously turned themselves into the most sophisticated people who ever lived — except perhaps for the Sung Chinese, maybe. These Franks tried to steal the Levant during an interlude called the Crusades, but it didnt work out so well.
7. The Turks, operating out of Central Asia, not only managed to ruin T'ang China (see An Lu-Shan Rebellion) but also ruined Byzantine Greece/Roma, managing to overrun Anatolia and Constantinople, and ruining things for many centuries of Serbians, Hungarians and Viennese.
8. Timur the Lame managed to kill tens of millions of people in Central Asia and single-handedly destroyed the blooming civilizations along the Silk Road and Northern India. He's a big reason that Central Asia (budding great places like Tashkent) are much less Indo-European than they used to be. Didn't steal much, but set back human development by who knows how many centuries. Far, far worse than Hitler, but nobody mentions him because he didn't kill any Jews. He fancied himself the "Sword of Islam." So, I guess… thanks a lot, Islam.
8a). Oh, the Mongols. Right, almost forgot. Didn't accomplish anything other than killing lots of people, wrecking civilization, and burning the great libraries of Baghdad, thus keeping the Moslems in check. But sure, yes, let's not forget the Mongols.
9. Sea pirates from Hispania, Frankreich and Brittannia discovered that the world's richest, most prime real estate was only guarded by a small handful of Stone Age retards, so they killed off all the retards and stole what turned out to be the Americas. Cha-Ching!
10. Jews realized that now the Americas, the richest prize in all human history, were only ruled by a bunch of short-sighted dim-witted goyim, so after letting the goys do all the work of developing and building the place, the Jews utilized financialization, nepotistic/racist strategic takeover of all institutions and choke points, plotting and scheming, and general Semitic sleight-of-hand to steal the United States, and thus half the world, which is now controlled by them.
Which leaves us at Z's current chapter about central banks and the Federal Reserve, which is politeness-talk for rule by Jews.
Meanwhile Chapter 11 is waiting to be written, wherein the Han Chinese are noticing all these developments, have plotting and scheming skills of their own, and are not hindered at all by Holocaust guilt-trips…
-Han Silo
Hi James,
Julian James was mentioned in your article. His book 'The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind' is a good sourcebook.
SS Sam


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I promised at the end of last Sunday's show there are some surprises this week.
But most are not the surprises we expected or wanted.
And in The Numbers This Week:
29 known dead, close to 200,000 acres burnt/burning in California, whole towns are gone
12 Dead at Borderline Bar and Grill. This time it was a handgun. And still NRA persists.
115,516 Americans were killed during World War I – The "War to End all Wars" they were told. A war that ended 100 years ago today. They are celebrating in Paris, but President Trump stood apart.
I am sorry. This was not the show I had planned to bring you today but this is the week we have had.


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The king had lost a battle. So the author implores the LORD to remember his covenant and steadfast love and end this disaster.
A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.
VERSE 1. I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
the loving kindness of the LORD. The author's belief in the loving kindness of the LORD is the foundation of this psalm.
VERSE 2. I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."
VERSE 3. "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
a covenant with my chosen one. This covenant was delivered to David by the prophet Nathan in 2 Samuel 7:5-16.
VERSE 4. 'I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.' " Selah.
VERSE 5. The heavens will praise your wonders, LORD; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
VERSE 6. For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
VERSE 7. a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
VERSE 8. LORD, God of Hosts, who is a mighty one, like you? The LORD, your faithfulness is around you.
VERSE 9. You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
VERSE 10. You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
VERSE 11. The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.
VERSE 12. The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
VERSE 13. You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
right hand. The Bible often mentions "the right hand" of God. That is a position of power and honor. We believe it refers to Jesus Christ. More verses about the right hand.
VERSE 14. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
Loving kindness and truth go before your face. That is, "Love and truth walk in your presence" (ICEL translation)
VERSE 15. Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
NAB translation: Happy the people who know you, LORD, who walk in the radiance of your face.
VERSE 16. In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
In your name they rejoice all day. That is, "who find their joy every day in your name" (NAB translation).
- We are to find our joy. That means we are to look for it. We'll find it in God, of course. But it's up to us to look for it.
VERSE 17. For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
In your favor, our horn will be exalted. That is, "It pleases you to make us strong" (NLT translation). God is pleased to make us strong!
VERSE 18. For our shield belongs to the LORD; our king to the Holy One of Israel.
VERSE 19. Then you spoke in vision to your holy ones, and said, "I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
VERSE 20. I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
VERSE 21. with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
VERSE 22. No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
VERSE 23. I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.
VERSE 24. But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
VERSE 25. I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
VERSE 26. He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!'
VERSE 27. I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
VERSE 28. I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.
VERSE 29. I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
VERSE 30. If his children forsake my Torah, and don't walk in my ordinances;
VERSE 31. if they break my statutes, and don't keep my commandments;
VERSE 32. then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
VERSE 33. But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
I will not … take my loving kindness from him. God will never stop loving us.
nor allow my faithfulness to fail. Many Christians feel they can shipwreck God's good intentions for their lives. However, we cannot do that. God will always keep his promises.
VERSE 34. I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.
I will not break my covenant. God will never take back his love.
nor alter what my lips have uttered. Gods truth will never fail.
VERSE 35. Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
VERSE 36. His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
VERSE 37. It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah.
VERSE 38. But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.
VERSE 39. You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
VERSE 40. You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
VERSE 41. All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
VERSE 42. You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
VERSE 43. Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.
VERSE 44. You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.
VERSE 45. You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.
VERSE 46. How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
VERSE 47. Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!
VERSE 48. What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
death … Sheol. The New Testament describes heaven and eternal life. But what does the Old Testament say about life after death? Read more »
VERSE 49. Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
VERSE 50. Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
the reproach of your servants. That is, "remember how I am taunted" (ICEL translation).
I bear in my heart the taunts of … peoples. That is, "I have to bear all the insults of the peoples" (ICEL translation).
VERSE 51. With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.
VERSE 52. Blessed be the LORD forever more. Amen, and Amen.
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SEATTLE (Oil Monster): Iraqi and Jordanian officials announced that Amman would receive its first shipment this week of a planned 10,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Iraq's disputed province of Kirkuk as apart of an agreement made between the two neighboring countries in early 2019.
Hala Zawati, Jordan's Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, told The Jordan Times on Saturday that the oil was being loaded onto trucks at Iraq's Baiji refinery on Saturday. On Sunday, Iraqi spokesman Assim Jihad confirmed to local Iraqi media that the trucks had begun their journey to the Hashemite Kingdom early that morning.
Zawati said that more than 200 trucks, roughly 100 from each country, were expected to reach their destination of Jordan's Petroleum Refinery Company in Zarqa on Tuesday.
Iraq agreed in late January to provide Jordan with oil from Baiji relying on a price formula that is equal to the rate for Brent crude, a benchmark price for purchases of oil worldwide, minus transport costs and differing specifications.
The Jordan Times reported that Burj Al Hayat Transport and Trading Co. won the oil shipping tender in May, "and has since obtained 600 visas for drivers from both countries (300 Jordanians and 300 Iraqis), and will apply for more in the future."
Zawati was quoted by the Ammon news website in mid-August as saying that the necessary procedures to start the transfer were in their final stages and exports to Jordan would start in a short time, stressing that there were "no outstanding issues" that would hinder the successful arrival of the Iraqi oil in Jordan.
The Energy and Mineral Resources Minister previously announced that the oil would start arriving at the end of July, but apparent complications had pushed back the date.
Zawati traveled to Iraq earlier this year for a meeting with government officials in Baghdad following a visit by the country's monarch, King Abdullah, a first since 2008.
Iraq and Jordan signed a 2013 pipeline agreement worth about $18 billion and announced that multiple financing options would be considered. The Jordanian port of Aqaba, on the northern tip of the Red Sea, has long been a route for Iraqi imports and exports.
A 1,700 km pipeline will have to be built from Iraq's southern port of Basra, through the province of Najaf and vast desert regions of embattled Anbar Province, into Jordan, and down again to the southern port of Aqaba.
August saw the first increase in output for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as a result of higher supply from both Iraq and Nigeria, Reuters reported on Friday.
In January, Baghdad reluctantly agreed to an output-cutting deal made by an alliance of oil giants known as OPEC+ that aimed to bolster petroleum prices and "restore balance between supply and demand" in the market.
A recent Reuters survey indicated that Saudi Arabia is not deviating from the plan to restrict output, but August's increases by Iraq and Nigeria was apparently enough to outweigh both this and additional losses caused by US sanctions on Iran.
Iraq, OPEC's second-largest oil producer following Saudi Arabia, almost entirely relies on oil to generate its revenue.
Courtesy: www.reuters.com