534 BC
Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character onstage.
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Ottmar Edenhofer, lead author of the IPCC's fourth summary report released in 2007, speaking in 2010: "One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. Instead, climate change policy is about how we redistribute de facto the world's wealth."
What?? WHAT??
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Giant institutions like Yale University have dozens of specialists with years of experience and expertise in selecting and monitoring alternative assets. Even so, their performance has often been disappointing.
Ottmar Edenhofer, lead author of the IPCC's fourth summary report released in 2007, speaking in 2010: "One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. Instead, climate change policy is about how we redistribute de facto the world's wealth."
What?? WHAT??
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Giant institutions like Yale University have dozens of specialists with years of experience and expertise in selecting and monitoring alternative assets. Even so, their performance has often been disappointing.
What does this mean?
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The hallmark of the Left is its demand for things that are without limit. They demand freedom on the streets of America, the birthplace of freedom. But they are never in the streets demanding freedom in China.
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From 1700 to 2000, over 12-15 human generations, the world has been transformed in ways never seen before in human history. People in the West live in what 300 years ago would be unimaginable comfort. Yet the West is dominated by unrest and bitterness.
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The hallmark of the Left is its demand for things that are without limit. They demand freedom on the streets of America, the birthplace of freedom. But they are never in the streets demanding freedom in China.
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From 1700 to 2000, over 12-15 human generations, the world has been transformed in ways never seen before in human history. People in the West live in what 300 years ago would be unimaginable comfort. Yet the West is dominated by unrest and bitterness.
Why is this not the focus of philosophers, economists, politicians, and theorists?
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The Bank of Russia announced on Wednesday that it has, for the first time, begun selling physical gold from its reserves as part of operations conducted by the Finance Ministry to fund the state budget.
This action reflects previous transactions involving gold from the National Wealth Fund (NWF)
The NWF held 405.7 tons of gold before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Since then, the Finance Ministry has sold 57%—or 232.6 tons—to cover budget shortfalls, leaving the fund with 173.1 tons as of November 1.
Overall, the NWF’s liquid assets, including gold and yuan, have dropped by 55% to $51.6 billion.
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Sunday/Forgiveness
Today's gospel is The Good Thief, where Christ promises the thief crucified with him that he will be with him in paradise.
Forgiveness is a key element in Christianity. It has been said that a person is in thrall to whomever he cannot forgive.
So does that mean that forgiveness is the state of ultimate freedom? Like divinity? Is forgiveness a prerequisite of the divine?
And while self-love each jealous writer rules,
Contending wits become the sport of fools:
But still the worst with most regret commend,
For each ill author is as bad a friend.
To what base ends, and by what abject ways,
Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!
Ah ne'er so dire a thirst of glory boast,
Nor in the critic let the man be lost!
Good nature and good sense must ever join;
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
--Pope: Essay on Criticism: Part 2
And while self-love each jealous writer rules,
Contending wits become the sport of fools:
But still the worst with most regret commend,
For each ill author is as bad a friend.
To what base ends, and by what abject ways,
Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!
Ah ne'er so dire a thirst of glory boast,
Nor in the critic let the man be lost!
Good nature and good sense must ever join;
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
--Pope: Essay on Criticism: Part 2
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