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ANDREW KAPLAN - INCOME REDISTRIBUTION



Q: What is income redistribution?

A: Income redistribution is when you go to work or start a business or make an investment — and earn money — and the government takes the money away from you and gives it to someone else.

Q: So you mean it’s stealing?

A: No, it’s income redistribution.

Q: But what if I won’t give them my money?

A: Then armed men come to your house and take it.

Q: So then it’s armed robbery?

A: No, it’s income redistribution.

Q: Well, when the men try to take my money at gunpoint, what if I call the police?

A: The men are the police.

Q: The police are robbing me at gunpoint???

A: It’s income redistribution!

Q: What if I have a gun too?

A: That would be wrong.

Q: If they’re robbing me at gunpoint, why is it wrong for me to defend myself with a gun?

A: Huh?

Q: Look, instead of taking my money away to give to other people, why not just give those other people jobs?

A: It’s because there aren’t enough jobs to go around.

Q: Why not?

A: Because people aren’t spending enough or creating enough businesses or investing enough.

Q: But that’s because you took their money away!

A: Right! That’s income redistribution!

Q: Let me get this straight. We need more income redistribution because there’s too much income redistribution?

A: Congratulations. Now you’re smarter than Thomas Picketty.

Q: That’s it. I’m buying a gun.

A: But it’s income redistribution!

Q: Pound sand, you Communist thug.

Well, I hope this handy guide has been helpful in understanding Capital in the 21st Century.

Q: Come near me again and I’ll blow your head off!


CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

 
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NINTHSHAFT - GHOST CITY




THE SPANISH FLU

The Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 flu pandemic, was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic. Lasting from January 1918 to December 1920, it infected 500 million people – about a third of the world's population at the time.

Period: January 1918 – December 1920
Virus strain: H1N1
Confirmed cases: 500 million (estimate)
Disease: Influenza
Number of deaths: 50,000,000
Location: Earth

Spanish flu: The deadliest pandemic in history
By All About History March 12, 2020

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately. Young, old, sick and otherwise-healthy people all became infected, and at least 10% of patients died.

Estimates vary on the exact number of deaths caused by the disease, but it is thought to have infected a third of the world's population and killed at least 50 million people, making it the deadliest pandemic in modern history. Although at the time it gained the nickname "Spanish flu," it's unlikely that the virus originated in Spain.

https://www.livescience.com/spanish-flu.html

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8th January 2021

CORONAVIRUS (COVID 19) GLOBAL PANDEMIC

WORLDOMETER
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Statistics and Research
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations
 
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RED - THE WAR WE MADE




VE Day: The enemy soldiers left in Britain after WW2

The parties and bunting of VE Day marked the end of hostilities, but World War Two was still affecting hundreds of thousands of former enemy soldiers - and those who lived near them - in camps across the UK.

While Hitler's plans for invasion in 1940 were defeated, an army of German and Italian troops did occupy parts of Britain.

Held in camps across the country, they were put to work - and even after the end of the war, many stayed on and made friends, fell in love and integrated into British life.

Giovanni Bredariol was 21 and serving with the Italian navy when captured at Tobruk in Libya. Sent to a camp near Loughborough in Leicestershire, he volunteered to cook for the British guards.

"These officers very likely came to enjoy pasta and pizzas long before they became such a popular part of the English diet," noted his daughter, Dorina Voyle.

"He returned with [his wife] to England to settle in 1948, worked on a farm in Wigston, and then became a builder."

Salvatore Zuncheddu, also 21, worked on farms in Somerset after being captured in North Africa.

He made a good impression on one owner, Ted Moxey, who when the war ended, asked him if he would come back and work for him.

Mr Zuncheddu went to Italy to get his wife and returned to England.

"'Nan Moxey' taught my mother to speak English," remembered his daughter Linda Hocking.

"She was welcomed into the family and treated like a daughter. My father took work on the local farm and became "one of the boys"."

He joined in the local community life, including joining the Burtle Silver Band playing the trumpet.

Thousands of Italian prisoners started to arrive in Britain after victories in 1941.

Due to manpower shortages, the demand for their work, especially on farms, was huge and thousands were shipped in and put up in various places.

Robin Quinn, author of Hitler's Last Army: German POWs in Britain, said: "It was very makeshift. All sorts of buildings were used as accommodation, from stately homes to old mills.

"When the Red Cross asked to know how many camps there were, the government responded they had no idea."

Eventually there were more than 130 purpose-built camps, with many other buildings pressed into service, and soon it felt like there was one on the outskirts of almost every town.

Seen as "docile", the Italian soldiers quickly became part of the wartime landscape with a total of about 150,000 eventually arriving.

The German prisoners, however, were for a long time regarded as more dangerous and the hardened Nazis were identified and sent to camps in the US, Canada or Scotland.

By March 1945, 70,000 Germans were working in Britain but their numbers peaked after VE Day, when approximately 140,000 were sent from the US.

At first they were given the toughest farm work, like cropping sugar beet, while many others were sent to London to help with building work for the 1948 Olympics .

Mr Quinn said: "The country was still desperately short of manpower and transport. Britain was in no hurry to send them back."

The peak number of German prisoners reached 402,200 in September 1946. At Christmas the same year, they were given permission to visit British homes.

Hans Behrens, who was still a teenager at the time, was invited for Christmas dinner by a family in Burgess Hill, Sussex, with whom he became firm friends.

"To this day I call them 'my English parents'," he later said.

"I thought about going back to Germany all the time. I wanted to go home, but the more I got to know England the less I wanted to go back.

"By the time I moved in with my English parents the draw of home became less."

He eventually settled and set up a firm importing German electronics into Britain.

Many of the 25,000 Germans who elected to stay in Britain did so after finding wives and girlfriends.

Gary Paterson said his wife's grandfather, Berthold Beer, was sent to work on a farm near Rugeley, Staffordshire, where he met his future wife, Peggy.

"He wasn't allowed to take her to the cinema so it was just fleeting moments until Peggy got a job working on the same farm.

"They got married in 1948 but there was so little housing, they and some others moved back into a then disused prison camp to live."

The last prisoner did not return to Germany until 1948. There are no statistics for Italians staying in the country because their status changed in 1943 from prisoners of war to "co-operators" when Italy surrendered.

Ultimately there were more than half a million enemy soldiers held prisoner in the UK.

Most of the camps have been lost but a few, including the museum of Eden Camp, stand witness to this chapter of British history.

"Perhaps the most remarkable thing is how little disruption there was," said Mr Quinn.

"There were few escapes, very little crime and their presence allowed people - some of whom had never met a foreigner before - to see they were just people too."

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england-nottinghamshire-52547324


6TH JUNE 1944 (D-DAY) - THE LIGHT OF DAWN



OLD SOLDIER MEETS YOUNG SOLDIER - THE GAP


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Hello Everyone! Good morning! I would like to dedicate this song to everyone, yes everyone including you. I'm not a Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh etcs. I'm just a man. I love this song because of its rhythm and lyrics are meaningful. I hope you will enjoy listening to it and while listening to it I hope it gives you joy, peace and hope. Make today a better day than yesterday. So stay safe and healthy to you; and your family...wherever you are...

Thanks for listening.

Joe

HILLSONG - SO WILL I

 
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CASTING CROWNS - PRAISE YOU IN THIS STORM



"The future belongs to those who believes in the beauty of their dreams."

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

IN YOUR DREAMS

Dreams can determine destiny.

Perhaps the most famous dream in antiquity took place in the year A.D. 312, when the Roman emperor Constantine engaged in one of the greatest battles of his life. Faced with a rival army twice the size of his own, he realized that he probably would die in battle the next day. But in a dream he had that night, an angel appeared before him bearing the image of a cross, uttering fateful words "By this symbol, you shall conquer." Immediately he ordered the shields of his troops adorned with the symbol of the cross.

History records that he emerged triumphant the next day, cementing his hold on the Roman Empire. He vowed to repay the blood debt to this relatively obscure religion, Christianity, that had been persecuted for centuries by previous Roman emperors and whose adherents were regularly fed to the lions in the Colosseum. He signed laws that would eventually pave the way for it to become an official religion of one of the greatest empires in the world.

Excerpts extracted from a book "THE FUTURE OF THE MIND" by Michio Kaku

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - WHAT GOES AROUND...COMES AROUND

 
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NOA KIREL - DRUM



NOA KIREL SINGING WITH BACKUP DANCERS DURING STAGE PERFORMANCE IN THE ISRAELI ARMY




Army Brings Down Curtain on Dancers After Viral Video Clip

'Senior officers did not like the sight of men dancing like that in military fatigues. Apparently, to them, it disgraced the military,' Army Radio reported

Israel's military has decided to end the drafting of soldiers as dancers in its entertainment troupes after a video of two male conscripts gyrating on stage prompted criticism that their performance was unbecoming.

Most Israelis are conscripted into the armed forces when they turn 18 for a period of two to three years. A few with particular athletic or artistic skills are allowed to continue these pursuits as part of their military service.

When pop-stars Noa Kirel and Yonatan Margi enlisted, the military expanded the troupes they were to perform in to include back-up dancers so as to achieve more professional shows, Israel's Army Radio said.

But the top brass had second thoughts after the video clip circulated on social media at the weekend of Kirel in her uniform singing at a base as two soldiers bopped behind her.

"Senior officers did not like the sight of men dancing like that in military fatigues. Apparently, to them, it disgraced the military," Army Radio reported.

The comments online were also critical. "We might as well just raise a white flag already!" read one. "Do we have a chance in the next war?" asked another.

A military spokeswoman said on Monday the chief of personnel had decided to shelve the dancers initiative.

Army Radio said the two conscripts filmed in the clip, as well as two female dancers, would be reassigned to roles allowing them enough free time to dance in civilian settings.

Kirel and Margi will continue singing on stage without any backup.

https://www.haaretz.com/amp/israel-...curtain-on-dancers-after-video-clip-1.8819264
 
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ADELE - ROLLING IN THE DEEP



Adele displays dramatic weight loss in viral Instagram post

Say Hello to the new Adele!

The British singer who turned 32 on May 5 took to social media to thank everyone for their birthday wishes, besides expressing her appreciation to the Covid-19 frontliners.

"Thank you for the birthday love. I hope you’re all staying safe and sane during this crazy time. I’d like to thank all of our first responders and essential workers who are keeping us safe while risking their lives! You are truly our angels," she wrote.

But what everyone can't seem to stop talking about is the photo accompanying the message. The Instagram post, her first since December, captures Adele's dramatic physical transformation.

Within just an hour, the post has amassed over a million likes.

A source told People the motivation behind the mother of one's weight loss journey:

“Her whole focus during the weight loss journey has really how been all about how she can be healthier and how can she treat her body better. It was never about losing weight. Her weight loss happened because she has cut down drinking and is eating more real food.

"But she now loves her physical transformation too. She is more confident, dresses differently and she just seems happier overall.”

https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyl...ays-massive-weight-loss-in-new-instagram-post
 
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GENTLE BONES - I WOULDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER THAN YOU

 
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