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Zeno of Citium c.335–c.263 bc Greek philosopher, founder of Stoicism, stated:

“The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.”

(Diogenes Laertius Lives of the Philosophers ‘Zeno’ ch. 7)

If we would only heed this simple observation. Teaching the book of Job has demonstrated to me that we are often waiting for someone to finish talking so we can jump in with our big ideas or advice. Job’s so-called friends cannot wait to tell him why he is suffe…

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I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period

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BrooklynDad_Defiant!

I don't know who needs to hear this, but EVERY FUCKING RETAILER needs to show the tariffs next to the price -- not just Amazon.

Walmart, Target (where I do not shop), ALL OF THEM. It's a fucking tax, why shouldn't we see it?

I want to know exactly how much trump's tariffs are jacking my prices up. DON'T YOU?

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I refuse to be the kind of person who loses their mind over a delayed train or lets a spilled coffee set the tone for the whole day.

I want to be the one who stays composed, who sees the good even when things don’t go as planned. The kind of person who breathes through the little chaos and still finds beauty in how the day unfolds.

I want to be soft. I want to be steady.

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We live in a time that people are more inclined to obey an unlawful executive order than they are to follow a court order 🤦🏾‍♀️.

Dictators are created due to cruelty, cowardice, & compliance! IF THEIR ASSES will ignore the Supreme Court, we can definitely IGNORE HIM!

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Read, read, read.

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Don't just rely on the school system; educate your beautiful mind.

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Tell me again why we’re letting a 78 year old, legit smelly, odorous, frail, loser old man who bankrupted a CASINO bankrupt the country?

Congress? Any answers?

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Jasmine Crockett to Pam Bondi:

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to avoid burn out at work use the 30-30 rule: after 30 minutes of work. quit your job. disappear into the mountains for 30 years.

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Letters from an American

June 27, 2023

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"when he used the word “plans” with the people in his office, he meant “plans of buildings…plans of a golf course.”

Trump can transmute the content of documents utterly, just by thinking about it.

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NB/ I may not explain the Russian influence fully here because it gets buried under several comments.

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Otherwise, I always appreciate this community 🙏

The strenght of the country is dependent on the immunity of the institutions.

The country will always have individuals with twisted characters and it is upon the Constitution to stamp its authority.

Trump has always find a way to…

i suspect that by “Since 2027” you meant 2017. Thanks for this helpful summary, Edwin.

Sure. It's a typo error. It is 2017. Welcome and you can subscribe to my newsletter for free to get independent, indeph analysis. I will expound on this Wagner Group further

The Wagner Group presence in Africa comes with huge, defrauding economic concessions that have plunged African countries into poverty, and ultimately conflicts, with a point of no return.

Mali

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Mozambique

Zimbabwe

Chad

Libya

Thereafter, Russia again appears in the form of security to 'support military operations ' but with exchange of material concessions.

Edwin My hunch is that Putin was delighted to spread Russian influence in Africa and elsewhere with a cohesive mercenary group. Whether it was Putin’s idea and he encouraged his puppy dog Prigozhin to implement this program we may never know.

What strikes me is the broad range of these mercenaries—from serving as Praetorian Guards to some African dictators to organizing lucrative mineral looting operations.

Publicly we have no info on how these foreign Wagner Groups are organized and operate. I d…

Yevgeny Prigozhin is the founder of The Wagner Group but it has since morphed into Russian military wing and incorporated a network of business men with interests in economic resources in Africa. It is the modern-day scramble for Africa but with the use of intelligence. Little is known about how Wagner operates but as days goes by, the names of other members will be known. I will try as much as possible to get that intelligence.

Edwin From my years in Congo (1960-1966) mercenary groups were relatively small—from 25 to low 200s. I discuss the largest, Colonel Michael Hoare’s. In my Amazon review of CONGO MERCENARY, in which I also add my personal commentary of my Foreign Service experiences during the 1964 Congo rebellion.

These mercenary groups were foreign organized and funded [at times funding was interrupted]. CIA was a major organizer/funder, including the Congo Air Force staffed by Cubans left over from the Bay of …

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Edwin In the 1970s the intrusion of major Cuban troops in Angola and Ethiopia was a new dimension. Angola is worthy of study—-MPLA supported by CIA [Holden Roberto was a dilettante, Joseph Sivembi—an impressive local fighter—and the winning Angolans.

Yes, Jonas Savimbi is worthy of study. He and UNITA got support from China and US to seek independence from MPLA that was supported by the Soviet. So, Russia is always on the opposite side of the continent supporters

Edwin In my recollections of the 1960s I mixed MPLA with Holden Roberto’s National Liberation Front. Holder’s group was ‘foo foo dust,’ with a facade in Leopoldville. At one time the Congolese govt provided it $1 million. It was CIA funded. The MPLA was a genuine Angolan independence movement.