The right wing opposition party timed their protest to coincide with a far right wing demonstration demanding that former president Park Keun-hye be released from prison. The opposition party leaders protested against President Moon stating that he is Kim Jong-un's mouthpiece, and other nonsense.
Nothing new, but I noticed a new twist. The demonstrators are waving American flags! In the video, among the Korean flags, you will see American flags. There were more American flags in subsequent protests, and I think it is a deliberate attempt to make them appear more legitimate, and win over Americans. Let's see if it is a growing trend...
Three grandchildren of founders of various Korean conglomerates present and past arrests are getting a lot of TV news time. Probably the first serious TV news coverage of the legalization of marijuana in the US.
Son of dictator Park smoked pot and his father made it illegal. It was a long time ago, my memory could be failing me, but I distinctly remember that he made long hair illegal! Staying out past midnight? Illegal. Want to leave the country? Only allowed for government approved people (working for government or business). Somewhat similar to North Korea's dictatorship.
Glad Korea is now almost a democracy, run by rich people and people wanting to get rich.
We have shelters for homeless and a really good inexpensive medical insurance system. Tons of problems though...
Maybe most rich people are caught in a mental loop of addictions. They like the moment and try to avoid reality.
Getting over the fear of death and pondering philosophical questions in life could be a prerequisite to finding peace in the world and content in life.
If you had all the money in the world, what would you do? Keep it?
Ever search your soul, or think about death? Seemingly almost everyone avoids such thoughts.
Donate to UNCH and other organizations? Give all but a million away?
Probably prolongs life through reduction of stresses and aggressive behavior, but now, science hints that it may hold the key to extending life by 45%. In worms, though.
Being too scared to contemplate death in depth, usually for years or decades before coming to terms with it, could cause life to become less meaningful and satisfying. Living too fast syndrome.
I believe we all die, but some essence continues to exist. Something beyond consciousness, or the essence of consciousness. Eternal existence in some form, but most likely not personal and nothing like human existence. Maybe some type of energy or dimension.
There was a deal in place to sign, but Trump confronted Kim and stated that if he signed the agreement, then Kim would still have all the nuclear facilities that he was hiding in secret and were not addressed in the proposed deal. He then told Kim that if the agreement was amended to include all nuclear related facilities and weapons, he would sign. Kim refused.
Kim left North Korea amid great fanfare. He was ready to sign a deal, probably one in which he thought he had pulled one over the Americans. In contrast, Trump kept stating that he was in no hurry over the deal, before, during, and after the summit. Kim was overheard on Korean TV stating that they were in a rush, in response to Trump saying that he was in no hurry.
If I were the CIA and wanted to teach Kim a lesson for trying to pull a fast one, this would be a very promising scenario.
I prefer my version over all the others in the media.
How does physics explain the pyramids? Or writing?
Are the pyramids real? Is writing real? Are the meaning of words real?
A person wanted to build a tomb. It started as a thought. Are thoughts real? Are they part of the "real" world?
Physics only describes and explains what can be physically tested.
Maybe, we need to start teaching metaphysics like they used to do in the old days. Philosophy is okay, but we need to place more emphasis on it and expand. What discoveries await? World changing? Dimension changing? Can it be patented?
To me? Some metaphysical thing, phenomenon, and/or dimension related to meaning and good. Mostly having little to do with religion.
Some thing taught me how to avoid cognitive dissonance. How? By avoiding lying (not speaking and mostly listening are essential). By avoiding thoughts of wealth, power, envy, righteousness, pride and other destructive influences. Getting your hands dirty and clean. Things that Jesus touched upon.
This thing also helped to come to terms with death, among other things. Most are scared to death of death and live/die accordingly.
Just kidding. Maybe only a few people knew because of people's misconceived impressions from religious Gods.
A God that can give you nothing direct in the way of material things, but lots of metaphysical things.
Metaphysical things? Yes., things that are, in most part, not physical. Like the knowledge that most things are not two dimensional, but are multidimensional and in most cases constantly changing. Be given motivation to do good things. Be mostly happy with most things the way they usually are.
Due to job losses in the manufacturing sector, Korea is suffering from unemployment which is much larger than the official 3-4% unemployment rate. It seems like about 30% of young people and old people are out of work.
The most likely solution is the legalization of marijuana. Watch the US's and Canada's economies grow in the coming months and years.
If I tell people I believe in a God, most look at me with surprise. Almost all assume that I believe in a religious God. Many assume that I believe God controls the universe and such.
I believe in a metaphysical world that might be influenced by some entity or force. That entity or force is what I call God. The world of knowledge, good, will.
Stephen Hawkings said that he does not believe in God. He states there is no proof. I ask, "Can you prove that God does not exist?".
There is no physical proof that God exists, or that God does not exist. Also, people's conception of God varies greatly.
Just because there is no physical proof, does it mean that it does not exist? Can you physically prove that knowledge, good, or will exist? Yet, they do.
Some theorists have concluded that String Theory does not allow for Dark Energy.
As stated before, if the universe has matter and the surrounding nothingness does not, then there is a difference in pressure which should cause the universe to expand. Matter at the "edges" of the universe would dissipate faster than the matter in the "center". This might make it seem that the rate of expansion is increasing, since we use distance as a measure of age (time passed), thus measuring the edges of our known universe to find out what happened in the distant past.
Also, if everything decays into radiation which travel at the speed of light, then does this radiation "know" distance, since according to known theory, it does not "experience" time?
Maybe it is because the conservative Free Korea Party is the one spreading all the fake news. The conservative party which supported disgraced former Korean Presidents Myung-Bak Lee and Keun-hye Park is saying that fight fake news is against democracy. What travesty!
I wonder what kind of people control US media. Many mainstream media in the US contribute the growth to tax cuts and other policies. None mention the role of legalized marijuana in economic and job growth.
Suppose there are 200 pot retail outlets for each of the eight states that have legal marijuana. And 50 pot pharmacies in the 30 or so states with legal medicinal marijuana. Let's say each employ about 4 people. So that's a total of 12,400 jobs. Then there are pot farms, testing facilities, pot related patents, and companies selling vaporizers, bongs, fertilizer, lights and such. That could add up to another 10,000 jobs.
Then there's pot companies listed on the stock market which contributes to economic growth. Also some of the underground market has shrunk, enabling the sales of pot to be taxed.
In addition, there's the music market which would be much smaller without pot.
Wonder why US media is quiet on this? Maybe they want to corner the market first.
If Korea legalized, then that would create thousands of jobs and eliminate the outflow of money used to purchase drugs abroad. It would be almost like creating a new economic sector worth tens of billions of dollars. Corporations, stocks, taxes, jobs... Less dependence on alcohol and cigarettes. A more mellow Korea?
China has bullied South Korea and other countries on trade by using unfair regulations. China has regulations requiring that Chinese entities own over 50% of foreign subsidiaries operating in China. China has EXREMELY UNFAIR regulations that they use to restrict imports of online games and other products, and gain technological knowledge in return for access to the Chinese market. This is in addition to very lax regulation of copyrights and patents.
I am glad Trump is standing up to China, because no other country would dare due to retaliation. Now, China is stating that they are saving the world from unfair US trade practices? Generous trade practices by the US has contributed to developing many under developed countries into developed ones. South Korea, Japan, and China, just to name a few.
Sincerely hope that no one believes all this misinformation by China. If news were free in China, we would hear more about all the human rights abuses and aggression against minority groups, especially Muslim and other religious groups.
The Korean government announced new measures to counter the rapid rise in residential property values. These measures need to be approved by the national assembly. The measures include a raising the property tax to 3% for those with residential properties worth over about one million dollars (and taxed only on the amount over one million dollars), stopping mortgage loans to those with multiple residential properties, raising the value at which properties are taxed to 100% of the actual market value. Most Korean media have "experts" on their news shows criticizing these measures and stating that they will not work. These "experts" do not have any opinions on how to counter the rapid rise in property values, but they definitely are against anything the Moon administration proposes.
The wealthy have few other places to park their money, so they buy up real estate, using loans and mortgages, if possible. This makes owning an apartment, or house nearly impossible for ordinary people. An average small apartment in Seoul costs about $500,000.
