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While the philosopher warrior is a rare breed, the person that is a philosopher, king, and warrior is even more rare.

I get the impression President Putin is in some small measure that king that is both a philosopher and warrior.

Although, perhaps not as much as Marcus Aurelius was. I read is book Meditations many years ago and was quite impressed.

Marcus Aurelius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marcus Aurelius (/ɔːˈriːliəs/; Latin: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus;[1][notes 1] 26 April 121 – 17 March 180 AD) was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. He was the last of the Five Good Emperors, and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers.
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Marcus Aurelius' Stoic tome Meditations, written in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, is still revered as a literary monument to a philosophy of service and duty, describing how to find and preserve equanimity in the midst of conflict by following nature as a source of guidance and inspiration.
 
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Land Grab: Rich Chinese are snapping up America's real estate

Chinese buying was up more than 70% to $22 billion -- nearly 1 in 4 dollars of all foreign purchases, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Canadians are actually No. 1 in terms of total homes bought, but the Chinese buy much more expensive homes: An average price of $591,000.
The Chinese also bring a lot of cash to the table: More than three-quarters of their purchases were all-cash buys.
California is the biggest market for the Chinese, accounting for a third of their purchases.
Washington State, however, is coming up quickly, accounting for 9% of buys. It's followed by New York, Pennsylvania and Texas.
Land Grab: Rich Chinese are snapping up America's real estate - Jul. 8, 2014

Beyond the anecdotes however, there is a growing body of evidence that points to large-scale property buying by Chinese buyers in recent years focused on high end global property markets including Australia, Hong Kong, Vancouver, London, California, New York, etc. In Q3 of 2012 for example, up to
Does Chinese Land-Banking Activity Pose A Threat To The US Housing Recovery? - Forbes

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSCr4OpyCoQ

I knew this about 15yrs ago, it was in the news paper but no one seemed to care. Now look where we are at.

BTW, they are doing this globally.
 
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Land Grab: Rich Chinese are snapping up America's real estate


Land Grab: Rich Chinese are snapping up America's real estate - Jul. 8, 2014


Does Chinese Land-Banking Activity Pose A Threat To The US Housing Recovery? - Forbes

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSCr4OpyCoQ

I knew this about 15yrs ago, it was in the news paper but no one seemed to care. Now look where we are at.

BTW, they are doing this globally.

Thank you for having your eyes opened.

I deleted my posts because I was not using a proxy, and I said a bit too much. I actually said a lot too much.
 
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Thank you for having your eyes opened.

I deleted my posts because I was not using a proxy, and I said a bit too much. I actually said a lot too much.

This is a good read. Now look around and see if any of this applies to the state we are in, in this nation. We are under a multipronged attack and many can't see the "misdirection" that is being employed.

BTW, I live in Wa. state, and what you said about troop deployment is absolutely true.
The US Government’s Secret Army: Foreign Troops Trained to be Deployed After Marital Law is Declared
The US Government?s Secret Army: Foreign Troops Trained to be Deployed After Marital Law is Declared - Top US & World News | Susanne Posel

Notice the year when this type of co-op started.

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrhYk2mbfsk





How to Bring Down a Nation

To shape the economy, spend, spend, spend and tax, tax, tax: A country with a strong economy is financially independent and its people unlikely to look toward the government for much of anything. If free people don’t depend on their government, that government has limited sway over them. By legislating large sums from the public treasury you accomplish two important goals. First you create dependents of the public and private business that are now subject to conditions, rules and regulations you dictate. Secondly, you are putting that country into unsustainable debt, reducing the value of the currency while undermining its economy. And of course, to support all this spending, you now make the case that the people must “invest” in all these government provided “benefits” so you tax them relentlessly stealing money from their pockets and independence from their lives. Eventually, if you tax and spend enough, you financially oppress the people to the point of serfdom and overload their economic structure to the point of collapse.
How to Destroy A Country
 
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LiveLeak.com - Cop arrests man because he won't lend him his pen

When will people learn the bigger picture is the rising police state, and not about "thugs, robbers and angry ethnic people who have a vendetta against authority."

EVERYONE is fair game, so it would behoove some of you to abandon your prejudiced and assumptive mentalities about who you think "deserves" what they get.
 
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Only if you don't see the big picture. Abuse of authority has many forms and crosses all lines. What this thread is about is an example of that abuse, and the fallout from it.

She has already demonstrated that cops can pull guns on her and she is OK with that. Don't go looking for any support against abuse of authority from that one.
 
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She has already demonstrated that cops can pull guns on her and she is OK with that. Don't go looking for any support against abuse of authority from that one.

I am against abuse of authority when it's actually abuse, not when some whiny butt gets in trouble for breaking the law.
 
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I am against abuse of authority when it's actually abuse, not when some whiny butt gets in trouble for breaking the law.

You put too much trust in the media, and the powers that be.

Fox station apologizes to Black Lives Matter protester for editing chant to say ‘Kill a cop’

A Baltimore Fox affiliate station apologized to a Black Lives Matter protester on Monday after the station deceptively edited a chant by protesters to say “Kill a cop.”

“The interesting part that really gets to me is, where you guys edited it and stopped,” Jones said. “Like, how could that be a mistake?”

“Once you play that whole thing, you would know that’s not something that’s being said,” she continued.

Fox station apologizes to Black Lives Matter protester for editing chant to say ‘Kill a cop’

I posted this to show you that you really can't 100% go on what the media says.
 
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So, this "I can't breathe" mess happened last year also - and was not nearly as covered as Eric Garner.


VIDEO: 25-year-old dies after pepper spray, struggle with security at Northland Mall - WXYZ.com

As I said, the police brutality and abuse happens all the time unfortunately, but these recent incidents are getting mega exposure so that there will finally be a race war. It failed miserably with Trayvon Martin, now I guess two birds were hit this time.

This is a human issue, and it is hoped people will let their prejudice and ignorance fester so that emotions will be exploited on all sides. Basic demagoguery and destabilization 101:

Create a problem
Induce desired reaction
Provide the "solution" that was already known from the beginning.

Problem, reaction, solution. And, by the looks of it, the desired reaction has been had, and the solution should be next. Killing cops will almost guarantee that, unfortunately. Especially so by the way it has been spun.
 
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So, this "I can't breathe" mess happened last year also - and was not nearly as covered as Eric Garner.


VIDEO: 25-year-old dies after pepper spray, struggle with security at Northland Mall - WXYZ.com

As I said, the police brutality and abuse happens all the time unfortunately, but these recent incidents are getting mega exposure so that there will finally be a race war. It failed miserably with Trayvon Martin, now I guess two birds were hit this time.

This is a human issue, and it is hoped people will let their prejudice and ignorance fester so that emotions will be exploited on all sides. Basic demagoguery and destabilization 101:

Create a problem
Induce desired reaction
Provide the "solution" that was already known from the beginning.

Problem, reaction, solution. And, by the looks of it, the desired reaction has been had, and the solution should be next. Killing cops will almost guarantee that, unfortunately. Especially so by the way it has been spun.

:clap::clap::clap:

In another thread, this is the very thing I was talking about. Media coverage is different for what and black. And it is this "wedge" that the race baiters, and politicians intentionally keep in place. That way, they can point the finger at who is responsible for their lot in life.
 
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Hoping for dead police officers is not a good way to protest police brutality.

The majority of police officers are actually good men, the problem is not with the institution at large but rather the rest of them who either abuse their powers or do not have courage enough to take on any situation without gripping their pistol.

It's only because the two officers assassinated were good men that I am gravely disturbed by it. If come to find out they had been involved in deaths they should have been able to avoid, then I wouldn't be at all.

All police officers are paying the price for the one's who have no business being officers- an issue among others which are going ignored because of America's newfound false patriotism.
Instead of people waking up and seeing this harsh reality for what it truly is, they are laboring under the delusion that authorities are benevolent demigods and we're the protected flock. And that's not even what America is fundamentally about- read the 2nd Amendment.
 
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