If there
were a heaven or after life, I do not want to go to as I already cannot stand
all the sorrows in this world esp. in the middle east and Africa. Hence,
my donations are not a bargain with God (or your God).
There are many funny things about donation.
*
I know some church goers' real reason of donation is buying a place in
the eternal life. If you're poor, you cannot go to heaven, right? I
believe in the new testament, but have a hard time on how they passed
stories in old testament when they had no paper and no language. My take
and it will offend a lot of folks. It could be passed via oral language or partly written by God as evidenced by the secret codes in Bible that I watched in the History Channel.
* Every year we have
disasters and a need to donate. I donated my small share in the
promotion by American Idol. I did not see it in my credit card after a
while. I donated again and it turned out I donated twice. Could be some
one tell me that I did not donate enough.
* On one of my
birthdays, I donated the difference between the bills from my expected
restaurant and the cheap 99. Did not satisfy my stomach but my spirit
and had sth to brag about here.
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Jesus was absolutely correct that the rich had a hard time to go to heaven. However, today it could be different. For an example, which one of the following should go to heaven?
1. The rich man who got his wealth by studying and working hard. He does not donate a lot but pays his share of taxes and part of it is used to feed the poor.
2. The poor man who did not study and not work hard. He depends on government handouts.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Purely Chinese
I'm purely
Chinese (100% with no impurities). That's why I'm so nice and tolerant.
God bakes us at the right time and setting, not too white and not too
dark. We're really the chosen ones. Thanks God.
If there is afterlife, I believe the ghost from your Western eyes and my Chinese eyes should be the same. The Chinese ghosts stick out their tongues and jump from one place to another (for proof watch Chinese Ghost Story from Netflix) and no Chinese (except the fully assimilated and the locally born) claim they see the light in the other side of the tunnel in near death situation.
I still wonder why God does nothing to Chinese or speak Chinese so they will pass the stories to China. It could be God does not speak Chinese or there is no Chinese interpreter available. Well, we also have to assume our ancestors of the 'first' generation can communicate in a language (any language) that would throw away many scientific theories and many digging discoveries.
Have a good laugh and do not forget to donate to the victims in Nepal even they do not have the same religious belief as yours.
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Like the constitution, it may not reflect today's society. For example, the rich man has a tough time to go to heaven.
We cannot assume all rich folks get their wealth unethically. Which one of the following go to heaven?
1. The rich guy pays all his taxes, but does not donate a lot to charities. He got his wealth by working hard and studying hard.
2. The welfare recipient is lazy and spends his time in tuning his motor cycle all day long. He does go to church. He did not finish his high school and had a baby when he was 14.
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Today I found I was the chosen one 100% sure. I received a mail from the daughter of Gadaffi (typo). She asked me to be the trustee of her account and share her millions. She said she will send me pictures to show her beautiful face and body I bet. Does this scam still work or am I on the top of her sucker's list?
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I am not against any religion but I would like folks to respect others' religions. I hate the endless religions wars in the Middle East and love all the good deeds the church has done through out history.
If there is afterlife, I believe the ghost from your Western eyes and my Chinese eyes should be the same. The Chinese ghosts stick out their tongues and jump from one place to another (for proof watch Chinese Ghost Story from Netflix) and no Chinese (except the fully assimilated and the locally born) claim they see the light in the other side of the tunnel in near death situation.
I still wonder why God does nothing to Chinese or speak Chinese so they will pass the stories to China. It could be God does not speak Chinese or there is no Chinese interpreter available. Well, we also have to assume our ancestors of the 'first' generation can communicate in a language (any language) that would throw away many scientific theories and many digging discoveries.
Have a good laugh and do not forget to donate to the victims in Nepal even they do not have the same religious belief as yours.
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Like the constitution, it may not reflect today's society. For example, the rich man has a tough time to go to heaven.
We cannot assume all rich folks get their wealth unethically. Which one of the following go to heaven?
1. The rich guy pays all his taxes, but does not donate a lot to charities. He got his wealth by working hard and studying hard.
2. The welfare recipient is lazy and spends his time in tuning his motor cycle all day long. He does go to church. He did not finish his high school and had a baby when he was 14.
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Today I found I was the chosen one 100% sure. I received a mail from the daughter of Gadaffi (typo). She asked me to be the trustee of her account and share her millions. She said she will send me pictures to show her beautiful face and body I bet. Does this scam still work or am I on the top of her sucker's list?
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I am not against any religion but I would like folks to respect others' religions. I hate the endless religions wars in the Middle East and love all the good deeds the church has done through out history.
Impact from the rising minimum wage
To
illustrate, many working 30 hours before will work two jobs, one for 20
hours and one for 10 hours. The total salary could be higher but you
have to consider the commute time/cost for the second job and the idle
time between jobs.
The new yardstick for unemployment rate:
- median salary.
- participation rate (counting those not participating due to the unemployment benefits have been exhausted).
- not counting some twice.
- the rates of changing of the above.
Outsourcing is a problem to employment. Globalization allows the companies to hire the best at the least costs in any country. With all the regulations (to 'protect' our workers). welfare, entitlements and the burden to service our debts (that's why excessive printing money is not a long-term solution), the US economy does not look good and we cannot compete in many areas.
Most service jobs cannot provide good income. The days of leading a middle class living style by sweeping floors in a GM plant are long gone.
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More:
* Min. wage to $16! In Boston, they ask only for $15.
How much does the recent graduate make? If they make about the same, why they go to college except having a good time, finding spouses and paying the college loans for the rest of their misery lives.
Impacts are: 1. Many wage conscious companies such as MCD will lay off employees. 2. Some welfare assistance could be reduced due to rising salary. 3. We are less competitive in some factory jobs compared to many foreign countries.
The new yardstick for unemployment rate:
- median salary.
- participation rate (counting those not participating due to the unemployment benefits have been exhausted).
- not counting some twice.
- the rates of changing of the above.
Outsourcing is a problem to employment. Globalization allows the companies to hire the best at the least costs in any country. With all the regulations (to 'protect' our workers). welfare, entitlements and the burden to service our debts (that's why excessive printing money is not a long-term solution), the US economy does not look good and we cannot compete in many areas.
Most service jobs cannot provide good income. The days of leading a middle class living style by sweeping floors in a GM plant are long gone.
------
More:
* Min. wage to $16! In Boston, they ask only for $15.
How much does the recent graduate make? If they make about the same, why they go to college except having a good time, finding spouses and paying the college loans for the rest of their misery lives.
Impacts are: 1. Many wage conscious companies such as MCD will lay off employees. 2. Some welfare assistance could be reduced due to rising salary. 3. We are less competitive in some factory jobs compared to many foreign countries.
Random rants.
* I was tricked to go to restaurants with high recommendations from Yelp. Wish I never read their 'reviews'.
* FIT is one-trick pony and there is a horse around which may kick it out of existence. With today's market, most likely it will make a lot of money on the first day of IPO and then the management cashes in...
* If you believe Niki could bring so many jobs back, you must also believe in Santa Clause. Our min. wage, our regulations (to 'protect' the worker), high taxes...are the reality the politicians want to cover your eyes. Even China has to outsource jobs to Vietnam as they have lower wages.
* Today's blooming market is obviously caused by supply and demand. The demand is due to excessive printing of money that leads to our record-high margin debt. The limited supply is due to share buybacks - again with cheap money.
It will not last forever and excessive borrowing from the government would lead to Japan's lost decades (do not tell me the situations are different). We need to service our huge debts (as a percent of our GDP) that would make us non-competitive. We should not pass our problems to next children in order to look good today.
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I never have taken any business classes unless required for my engineering degrees and I can understand it via common sense. I wonder why our highly-educated (at least by the Ph.D. certificates), smartly-looked (look could be deceiving) decision makers (making many times my salary) do not understand and act on it.
* FIT is one-trick pony and there is a horse around which may kick it out of existence. With today's market, most likely it will make a lot of money on the first day of IPO and then the management cashes in...
* If you believe Niki could bring so many jobs back, you must also believe in Santa Clause. Our min. wage, our regulations (to 'protect' the worker), high taxes...are the reality the politicians want to cover your eyes. Even China has to outsource jobs to Vietnam as they have lower wages.
* Today's blooming market is obviously caused by supply and demand. The demand is due to excessive printing of money that leads to our record-high margin debt. The limited supply is due to share buybacks - again with cheap money.
It will not last forever and excessive borrowing from the government would lead to Japan's lost decades (do not tell me the situations are different). We need to service our huge debts (as a percent of our GDP) that would make us non-competitive. We should not pass our problems to next children in order to look good today.
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I never have taken any business classes unless required for my engineering degrees and I can understand it via common sense. I wonder why our highly-educated (at least by the Ph.D. certificates), smartly-looked (look could be deceiving) decision makers (making many times my salary) do not understand and act on it.
'Likes' reflects how stupid is the herd
Margin and
Cash are different. When I see you have 12 'likes', I think the herd are
very misguided and I would waste my time to go further.
Chinese and Victoria's Secrets
Chinese buy
the expensive stuffs to boost their social standing. That's why Victoria's
Secrets is and will never be popular there unless they dress underway
in public.
Boring task
To be truly
honest, I still have a good portion in equities, but I use my chart to
tell whether the crash is coming (as in Rule #1). I believe not this
year, but next year (again check Rule #1). Here is my amazing return in
the first quarter.
http://bit.ly/1H0vYUo
If holding cash is boring to you, just throw a gold coin to the ocean every 15 minutes. You will attract a crowd if not a diver or a police man to take you to the nearest mental hospital. In any case, you will make it to the 6 o'clock new.
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The five rules from another commenter:
Rule #1: if anything can go wrong, it will
Rule #2: price falls 3 times as fast as it rises
Rule #3: you have to gain 100% to rectify a 50% loss
Rule #4: you never catch on until after the test
Rule #5: the easier the rules of the game the fewer will want to play
http://bit.ly/1H0vYUo
If holding cash is boring to you, just throw a gold coin to the ocean every 15 minutes. You will attract a crowd if not a diver or a police man to take you to the nearest mental hospital. In any case, you will make it to the 6 o'clock new.
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The five rules from another commenter:
Rule #1: if anything can go wrong, it will
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