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A very common story in European dominated cultures (and that was certainly Brazil back when they were a Portuguese colony) is that the economy turns to shite because there is limited liquidity and borrowing options. They allow Jews into the country. The liquidity crisis is solved, businesses thrive!

Someone notes the Jews are getting rich off this (along with everyone else), people get upset about that happening, the Jews are expelled and their assets seized. A few years later the economy is in the toilet again. Rinse and repeat.

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Monetary systems based on debt are systems of economic slavery. They thrive at first during the inflation, but as soon as the inflation stops you get immediate deflation - aka bankruptcies etc. This is because while $100 is loaned out, the interest money it's due back with is not created - and the original is also due back.

The reality is the national debt is impossible to pay back. And if it was actually attempted, there wouldn't be any money in circulation to spend.

And then the power is in the hands solely of those who issue the currency, as they constantly transfer the wealth to those people before it "trickles down" to anyone else - in exchange for services and goods of course. A constant transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich.

An honest monetary system would be one where the money is added into circulation based on the amount of trade going on so that the value of the money stays constant. Any newly created money is a tax on the people, and that money is what is used to fund a proper government - aka limited. But as the economy grows, they can still maintain the basic value of the dollar.

The problem with that is the same as what we have now. The government will just keep printing up as much as they want, and it'll become as worthless as a continental dollar. Still, that's a hell of a lot better than what we have now, which is the debt based monetary system which requires constant inflation to keep the economy going.

National debt is a scam, the entire thing is a scam. People need to wake the frick up and start to understand where money gets it's value.

I think it's dumb to blame "the jews". Races don't do things, individuals do. But I guess it has to do with the differences in usury among the religions. Generally, I am against the concept and think it's bad.

Today in History: April 27

1296 Edward I defeats the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar.

1509 Pope Julius II excommunicates the Italian state of Venice.

1773 British Parliament passes the Tea Act.

1865 The Sultana, a steam-powered riverboat, catches fire and burns after one of its boilers explodes. At least 1,238 of the 2,031 passengers--mostly former Union POWs--are killed.

1950 South Africa passes the Group Areas Act, formally segregating races.

1975 Saigon is encircled by North Vietnamese troops.

1989 Protesting students take over Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China.

2020 Global confirmed cases of COVID-19 pass 3 million with the death toll at 205,000. US has 1/3 of all new cases.


Born on April 27

1737 Edward Gibbon, historian (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire).

1791 Samuel F.B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph and the code.

1822 Ulysses S. Grant, Union general during the American Civil War, 18th President of the United States (1869-1877).

JOTD
An American spy is in Soviet Russia, digging up information on a powerful Russian politician. He finds him in a bar, walks in dressed in Russian attire, pretending to be Russian. Everybody in the bar looks at him, but he keeps his cool. He orders a drink and walks to the politician...

"Greetings, comrade." says the spy, but before he could finish his sentence, the Russian says, "I think you are American spy."
The spy is alarmed, but being a skilled, trained, spy, he says, "That is not true! I am the proudest Soviet there is! I can sing the anthem more beautifully than any other man in the country!"
He then proceeds to sing the Soviet anthem, so melodically and beautifully, that everybody in the bar cheers.
"Very good, very good!" says the politician. "But I still think you are spy."
The man continues to keep his cool.
"I am a historian! I can tell you everything about this glorious country!"
He then spends about two hours recounting the Revolution, the Great Patriotic War, about how superior to the Russia is in terms of technology compared to America and makes a great argument about how communism is beneficial to society.
"Amazing! You are skilled!" says the politician.
The spy smirks.
"But I still think you American spy."
The spy is getting frustrated, but still unfazed.
He replies, "I am good drinker, a true Russian! Let us drink, and see who can come out top!"
The bar turns its attention to the politician and the spy, who are now in a drinking contest.
The bartender serves drink after drink of vodka.
After about an hour of drinking, the politician nearly passes out, unable to hold as much liquor as the spy, to a resounding cheer amongst the bar.
In the midst of the cheering, the Russian politician gets up, smiling, and in a slurred speech, repeats, "You are good, you are good... but I still think you are spy."
The American spy, piss drunk, loses his skill and gives up.
"Okay, you got me. I am an American. But what made you think that way, after all this time?"
The Russian politician replies, "There aren't many black people in Russia."

Morning all

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1865 The Sultana, a steam-powered riverboat, catches fire and burns after one of its boilers explodes. At least 1,238 of the 2,031 passengers--mostly former Union POWs--are killed.

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If you ever need to know about the Sultana disaster, sadly I'm the man to talk to. Living in Marion this is pretty much the only historic thing of note to happen there. Well, if you are a devoted wrestling fan being the home of Sid Eudy might count.

Used to drive one like it. It's why I can't hear today.

Good morning

Today in History: April 28

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Constantius II visits Rome for the first time.

1902
Revolution breaks out in the Dominican Republic.

1919
Les Irvin makes the first jump with an Army Air Corps parachute.

1932
A yellow fever vaccine for humans is announced.

1965
The U.S. Army and Marines invade the Dominican Republic.

1967
Muhammad Ali refuses induction into the U.S. Army and is stripped of his boxing title.

2018
World's largest child sacrifice, 140 remains uncovered by archaeologists near Trujillo, Peru, dating back 550 years to Chimú civilisation

2020
US confirmed cases of COVID-19 pass 1 million, while death toll of 58,365 surpasses that of US soldiers killed in Vietnam War


Today in History: Born on April 28

1912
Odette Hallowes, British secret agent.

1930
James Baker III, Cabinet secretary for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

1937
Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq.

JOTD
My wife complains about constantly being sexually harassed at work
I told her she can stop working from home and go back to the office if she doesn’t like it.

Today in History: April 29

1289 Qalawun, the Sultan of Egypt, captures Tripoli.

1429 Joan of Arc leads French forces to victory over English at Orleans.

1813 Rubber is patented.

1862 Forts Philip and Jackson surrender to Admiral David Farragut outside New Orleans.

1918 America's WWI Ace of Aces, Eddie Rickenbacker, scores his first victory with the help of Captain James Norman Hall.

1945 The Nazi concentration camp of Dachau is liberated by Allied troops.

1975 Vietnam War: US begins to evacuate its citizens from Saigon in Operation Frequent Wind in response to advancing North Vietnamese forces, bringing an end to US involvement in the war

1992 Four Los Angeles police offices are acquitted of charges stemming from the beating of Rodney King. Rioting ensues.

2020 World record for the longest single lightning flash of 477miles (768km) across US states of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi according to World Meteorological Organization

2021 Brazil's official COVID-19 death toll passes 400,000, with daily fatalities at 3,000, down from 4,000

2022 World's longest glassed-bottomed bridge, the Bach Long (White Dragon), 632m long, opens in Moc Chau Island mountain park and resort, Vietnam


Born on April 29

1863 William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper publisher.

1899 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, renowned jazz composer and musician.

1970 Uma Thurman, American actress (Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction), born in Boston, Massachusetts

JOTD
The Coach of the Detroit Lions had put together the perfect football team. But then his quarterback got blindsided and was out for the season with a knee injury. Then his backup went down with a concussion. He tried the trading route, free agents, but nobody any good was available.

One evening while watching the news from Iraq, he saw a young Iraqi soldier with an amazing arm. The soldier rifled a grenade on a perfect arc into a 4th story window from 100 yards, bam!
He tossed another directly into a tight group of 12 enemy fighters 80 yards away, ka-bam! Then a humvee passed, going 60 kph, boom! Another perfect shot!
Coach said to himself, “I got to have this guy. He’s got the best arm I’ve ever seen!”
He tracks him down and convinces him to come to Detroit. The kid takes coaching perfectly, makes all the plays, and long story short, the Lions win the Super Bowl.
The Iraqi is now the Conquering Hero in pro football, and a huge story. But when the broadcast team tries to interview him, all he wants is to phone his mom.
“Mother,” he yells over the phone, “We just won the Super Bowl!”
“Don’t talk to me,” the woman says. “You abandoned us. You can’t be my son.”
The young Iraqi begs, “Mom, you don’t understand! Our team won the biggest game here in the U.S. Thousands of fans are screaming for me. The U.S. President is going to call me!”
“I don’t care,” his mother snaps. “Right now I can hear gunshots everywhere. Our block is like a ruin. Your brothers were beaten half to death last night, and your sister was nearly raped.”
Then she says, "I can never forgive you for making us move to Detroit.