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It's just a Wikipedia link. Yeah There people like that. Talented naturally. Like Tash Sultana

I'm computer illiterate here.How do I access YouTube on this forum?

Do you see who is in the audience people of England? That would be Led Zeppelin, except for you know who. So, instead they had his son play drums? What? How is it that there is no god?

As per Forbes, India along with China was the richest nations on earth in the sixteenth century. The Indian ocean is the only ocean named after a living nation and ancient civilization due to the heavy commerical traffic that took place there for world nations seeking to trade with India. Both the America's were discovered by sailors desperately seeking a new trade route with India. Unfortunately under exploitative western colonialism in the last two centuries which wrecked its domestic economy and rural industries, and promotion of foreign goods at expense of local ones, India has descended from being the world's richest nation to one of the poorest on earth. After independence , it has lifted off again slowly and steadily and is the fastest growing economy in the world at the moment, minting billionaires and millionaires each day, and has replaced the UK as the fifth largest economy in the world. It is now forecast to becoming the biggest economy a few decades from now at its present growth rate, replacing the U.S. as well. Along with substantial increase in billionaires and millionaires, hundreds of millions of people have also been lifted from poverty levels in the last decade, which has been considered a major achievement by the UN. https://time.com/6297539/how-india-economy-will-surpass-us/ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/india-largest-economy-2052/articleshow/105576942.cms https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/india-to-overtake-us-worlds-second-largest-economy-goldman-sachs-report-2404721-2023-07-11 So the 'poorest citizens' that you have perceived in India is man-made, artificially induced and showcases the dangers of exploitative colonialism and unethical capitalist framework which focusses on profits at all costs. This is the lesson which India's poverty should teach the world so that no nation experiences these sort of issues again . Caste system in India is a feudal system similar to that in Europe, Japan and Korea. (Even now, European aristocrats tend to keep themselves distinct from the commoners and marry among themselves as a rule.) The caste system has no sanction in the Vedas, the original Hindu scriptures which preaches the equality and fraternity of all human beings. Majority of the Vedic sages came from the lower economic groups . The Vedic sage, Satyakama Jabala, who composed portions of the Vedas, was the illegitimate son of a prostitute. He was taken as a disciple by his Guru on account of his character and honesty which the Guru perceived as signs of merit even though he was of illegitimate lineage. The caste system came up later on as a social system in order to preserve, consolidate and develop knowledge systems of each profession. Universities were not wide-spread in ancient times, and it was easier for the father to teach his sons and nephews the technical details of his profession. This enabled a certain specialisation of disciplines. For example, mathematics as in the numeral system, zero and basic mathematics used around the world commonly were developed in India. I am not an advocate of the caste system as it is obviously obsolete in today's world, but it had its relevance in ancient times as a practical system. In todays world however, you can choose any profession, and the best universities in the world teaching that course by virtue of enhanced transportation and logistics. The caste system continues at present by mere tradition alone as an extended family and social security system, much like tribal affiliations. The caste system has been subjected to criticism by reformatory Hindu sects like the Arya Samaj, Brahmo Samaj, Lingayats and Brahmakumaris. Caste is also not recognized by the constitution and caste discrimination is punishable as per law. There are reservations and quotas for the lower castes in education and employment in government sectors, as well as funds and laws for their empowerment. And this has enabled many of the underprivileged castes to climb up the social ladder. The present prime minister and president of India hail from the lower castes. Inter-caste, inter-religious and international marriages are slowly and steadily eroding caste as well.

I'd agree. They should have charged him with more then just one count of obstruction. I dont see why they didnt. Goven the results, I'm calling it a riot. Probably an insurrection. And I'd say Trump committed Sedition by jazzing them all up with his speech. Though the rioting started before he finished his speech. Don said "And we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore.". He said that 20 minutes AFTER the rioters broke through the barricades and rushed the Capitol. Might be why they didnt charge him.

Lucky seems he'll not really be as big a spoiler in the election. He seems to be drawing a lot of the, uh... ignorant(?) ("Nice" way of putting it) people from both the left and the right.

"Medicine shortages continue to threaten European healthcare systems, resulting in discontinuity of care and increasing costs. This problem predates 2020, but has been exacerbated by events related to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and an unstable geopolitical situation" - so when did the rest of the EU leave the EU then? Must be Brexit. Oh wait. 🤦👇👇👇👇 https://www.edqm.eu/en/edqm-initiatives-on-medicine-shortages "A medicine shortage is behind the looming death of community pharmacies in Germany" - must be Brexit. Oh wait. 🤦👇👇👇👇 https://www.euronews.com/health/2023/06/21/a-medicine-shortage-is-behind-the-looming-death-of-community-pharmacies-in-germany "Prescription for Disaster: Europe faces alarming medicine shortages crisis" - must be Brexit. Oh wait. 🤦👇👇👇👇 https://www.euronews.com/health/2023/07/13/prescription-for-disaster-europe-faces-alarming-medicine-shortages-crisis "Spain’s hospital pharmacies under stress due to shortages" - must be Brexit. Oh wait. 🤦👇👇👇👇 https://euroweeklynews.com/2024/01/15/spains-hospital-pharmacies-under-stress-due-to-shortages/ "Spain suffers amid severe shortage of drugs" Quote: "No improvement on horizon as difficulties persist in getting to over 400 medications, says senior executive of pharmacists association" - must be Brexit. Oh wait. 🤦👇👇👇👇 https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spain-suffers-amid-severe-shortage-of-drugs/2805359#

Seems about right from what I've heard of India's poorest citizens. The caste system is supposed to be banned by the Indian Constitution, but its still there. Those at the bottom get near nothing to help, unless theyre the few "lotto winners", who get raised up due to quotas. My father in law went on missions to southern India for over a decade. The poorest are those most attracted to convert, and so their horror stories are what missionaries bring back. Doesnt surprise me that doctors wouldnt work for free, or give away pricey supplies, to help those they consider worthless trash.

That's possible. But I think unlikely. Its more likely that later writers just attributed more to the single teacher IMHO. Judaism... Now there you have a true mash up of old and older. Borrowed from many places. Christianity did the same, later. Borrowed from the Greeks, on top of Judaism.

Sleeping naked between two of the fittest birds in the village? I would volunteer for those myself. Of course, being fallible I might well fail, but I would persist to try to gain perfection...

I thought thats basically all Christianity. Life is suffering, but you get a reward at the end. I don't agree with purposeful suffering as that smacks of trying to force Salvation, rather than accepting it by Grace. I wonder how many people lived through an injury, or illness, despite that "evil womans" lack of resources? Did you're aunt say if helping people is good, or bad? Or does it depend on if they're religious or not? Hum?

Prodigies. Randy Rhodes for example or Hendrix.

From the perspective of people in music, there are these people who come along and they are so hot it’s just ridiculous. I know this has been expressed ad nauseum, but for me…if memory serves, the first time I ever learned of this phenomenon was either Ziggy Stardust, or Bebe La Strange. I’m going with Bebe La Strange…no disrespect to Bowie. I actually think Bowie better than Heart. Except on Stairway to Heaven. Anyway. Here it is.

Ammended version of two posts I made before, and have joined into one. You've had it explained to you clearly by myself and others why "N" is inserted in the English translations, Mercer himself explains this in the introduction to his translations, it's right there in the link you provide, in the introduction section, have you not even read it? Faulkner, on page vii in the preface to his translation writes this, "The cartouches of the royal dead have been rendered simply as "King", or "the King"; to write 'King W.T.M.N' and the like is ugly and clumsy, while 'King X' is not much better. Confining myself to the simple title has the advantage of stressing the fact that these texts have in origin no personal application to one particular king, but are chosen out of an existing corpus" In the hieroglyphs, except where the actual god Osiris is referenced, for instance in the texts dealing with his death, the name Osiris where it concerns the owner of the pyramid who is not a king, or is a generalized text that does not refer to the king by name, is followed not by a name, but by a lacuna. In transcriptions, in order to denote from whose pyramid the text has come from, an initial is inserted. In his English translation Mercer opted to just used "N", meaning "nomen", "name", hence why many people, myself included, when trying to explain this to you have said that it essentially means "insert name here". Faulkner and Allen have opted to just use the word "king" after Osiris, even when a particulalr text they are translating comes from the pyramid of one of the queens. It's just to keep it simple, and everybody who has enough interest to read these translations will know this, not least because all the authors explain this. It seems that you alone are unable to read and understand the explanation for "N" or "king", and continue to make an utter fool out of yourself. And do you really think you know better than Sethe, Mercer, Faulkner, Allen and others, even Susan Brind Morrow, because why do you think she at times simply refers to "The king", or "King", without giving a name, could it be that she is using the same convention as Faulkner and Allen. To be very clear on what I mean by "Osiris N", it is in cladking saying that when Mercer uses this form, it does not mean what it actually does, but something odd and fantastical. In the PT found in the tomb of a king, his actual name is used many times, either just by itself, or as Osiris Unas or Osiris Teti for instance. What I am asking for is a case were we have the name of Osiris followed by the hieroglyph version of the latin "n", and, in cladking's world, refering to an "n" meaning some fantastical concept or other. Use of the name Osiris is used either directly for the actual god, or the dead king as an Osiris, either by being named as "Osiris Unas/Teti/Pepi etc", or in a phrase such as "Set, this Osiris here is your brother, whom you have made revive and live: he lives and this Unas lives." Here we have reference to the god Osiris, who is the brother of Set, and reference to the dead king Unas who is now also an Osiris. Unas is in fact referenced twice as he is also the Osiris mentioned as brother of Set, and it's also The Osiris, it's sort of doubling down that the dead king is now an Osiris. So cladking, if Mercer, whose translation you use, had opted to instead of using "N" to fill a lacuna, had used the intial of the king, or tomb owner if not a king, and his translations read as "Osiris W" for Unas, or "Osiris P" for Pepi, or "Osiris Nt" for Queen Neith, or even "Osiris X" instead of "Osiris N" how on earth can your "reasoning" about this work, well it won't, it cannot, but I know this little piece of reality will not sway you one jot, will it. I'll ask one last time, how on earth can you come out with what you do when Mercer has clearly written in his introduction why he uses "Osiris N" and that it is very very clear that it is a modern convention, not a transcription of a hieroglyphis "n", and certainly not a latin "n", but fills a lacuna, a gap, a gap that you have filled with utter bunkum. Oh, and no Manu here to take the heat of you when you flail and fail, taking intellectual dishonesty to new depths.

As you can see, I’m actually signing back in to say something, even though I haven’t read Psyche’s link yet, and I don’t wish to be argumentative at the moment. I just want to say this. If you have ever played music, or maybe just in any pursuit, sometimes a person comes along and they are just over the top. They are so gifted, talented and amazing it’s just ridiculous. I don’t know how else to explain it, but…these rare people just have “it.” Whatever it is. I wish I had it. I don’t. I have to work hard for everything I get. But some people musically, they just have it so well that it makes even seasoned pros look like amateurs.

It is strange to think that in just the few years since 2020 we have become used to finding empty supermarket shelves and "fresh" food already going mouldy by the time we buy it, and our money not going as far as it used to. I suppose if the decline in living standards continues at a slow enough pace, we will just adjust to it. It is as if we decided to leave the modern world and go back to the 1950s. Shortages of life-saving medication such as antibiotics, epilepsy and cancer drugs compounded by Brexit have worsened the UK’s “ broken” supply chain, researchers have warned. The government has been urged to carry out a review of the UK’s medicine supply chain by researchers as thousands of alerts over shortages were issued last year. Experts at the Nuffield Trust think tank described the problem as a “shocking development” that puts pressure on patients, GPs and pharmacists. Shortages of life saving medicines has become ‘new normal’ for UK after Brexit | The Independent

Oh, it is. Is Soccer A Contact Sport? Soccer is a contact sport that involves a combination of light to medium, and occasionally heavy impacts. While tackling with excessive force, charging, and striking opponents are illegal in soccer, players often overstep the boundaries. Although this generally results in appropriate sanctions being awarded, it doesn’t prevent significant contact from occurring. It is not as dangerous as boxing or American Football, but two players colliding each doing 10 mph is like running into a brick wall at 20 mph. While it is against the rules to try to flatten your opponent, collisions are inevitable in tackles. New rules are being introduced to reduce head injuries in rugby, for eg, as it has been shown to lead to early dementia.

How does the purchase of carbon credits reduce the overall emissions?

lol It's the american education system. Kid isn't missing ****.

A narcissist, I presume.

Yawn

My hair is to my waist, I assure you I leave samples everywhere,