Category Archives: economics

US futurist touts the rise of the “Global Southern Belt”


China-US / People Updated: 2015-01-30 05:15 By Zhang Yue(China Daily USA) John and his wife Doris were in Beijing on Jan 9 for the launch of their new book The Global Game Change. John Naisbitt, the famed American futurist and … Continue reading

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HOW TODAY’S CHRISTIAN EMPHASIS AND LIVING WILL BE CHANGED


Pop Francis: Why Everyone Loves the Pope This is the most thorough explanation of Pope Francis I have read.  I concur with its examples and conclusions, much more detailed than I had before. If you wish insights in Pope Francis, … Continue reading

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How would you deal with paying a monthly government tax on each child in school? You think sport fees are too high? Check this out.


Syndicated News ISIS Imposes Education Tax on All Students in Iraq’s Mosul http://www.nbcnews.com Posted 2014-11-19 21:25 GMT BAGHDAD — ISIS has announced monthly taxes on students attending schools and colleges in Iraq’s second-largest city, parents and a security official said … Continue reading

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CITY GOVERNMENT TRULY RUN AMOK. A DEADLY MAYOR…… SOUTHERN MEXICO TRIP ANYONE?


Mexico prosecutor: Iguala mayor linked to attack on students that left 6 dead, 43 missing Here is an almost unbelievable story of public corruption with major fatal results. No other North American public corruption report seems quite as vivid and … Continue reading

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UNUSAL LABOR PROTEST : SOMEHOW I MISSED THIS LAST AUGUST


Paraguay bus drivers crucify themselves, nails through hands, for 20 days to protest layoffs Published August 28, 2013 Associated Press   ASUNCION, Paraguay –  A woman in Paraguay has climbed onto a wooden cross and had nails pounded through her … Continue reading

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Iran’s massive financial empire built on property seizures. Life in a religious dictatorship –


Khamenei controls massive financial empire built on property seizures By Steve Stecklow, Babak Dehghanpisheh and Yeganeh Torbati FiledNovember 11, 2013      Read in Persian [PDF]        Read in Arabic [PDF] SUPREME LEADER: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shown at … Continue reading

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The tax man scoffs at genocide: Amsterdam Holocaust survivors were forced to pay back taxes


AMSTERDAM — Charlotte van den Berg was a 20-year-old college student working part-time in Amsterdam‘s city archives when she and other interns came across a shocking find: letters from Jewish Holocaust survivors complaining that the city was forcing them to … Continue reading

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Here is how much U. S. Presidents have changed in the last 60 years


Fr. Bruce Kirkpatrick  aka Fr. Orthohippo YOU WILL PROBABLY NEVER SEE THIS AGAIN Thought you’d enjoy this! It’s one you want your Children and Grandchildren to read. They won’t believe this happened, but it DID. About Harry & Bess. (This … Continue reading

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Just what violates Jesus Christ’s teaching to care for those with the least?


North Carolina protests split on Bible’s message to help poor By CHRIS KARDISH | Associated Press View PhotoAssociated Press/The News & Observer, Travis Long – A member of the clergy is among dozens of demonstrators arrested during an act of … Continue reading

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Chipping away at the various tax breaks and privileges the church has enjoyed for centuries


This has been inevitable. While this is in Europe, we can be sure similar efforts will also happen in North America. Money drives an ever increasing number of governmental efforts to strengthen their treasuries. Fr. Orthohippo September 14, 2012 Alcala … Continue reading

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