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    It became clear to me after reading all of that, why you are failing at trading, and why you have 7 journals on this forum. Because you keep obsessing about all of that shit.

    Dude, stop endeavoring that crap!
     
    #91     Oct 24, 2021
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    An American Story: Chief Earl Old Person, Blackfeet Nation Chief for 60 Years, Dies at Age 92
    (The following article is a portion of the transcript from R. Albert Mohler, Jr.'s Monday morning podcast on October 25, 2021.)

    But finally today, I note the end of another remarkable life, as I try to do from time to time on The Briefing. In this case, the life was that of Chief Earl Old Person of the Blackfeet Nation in the United States.

    Here's the thing. He had been chief of the Blackfeet Nation for 60 years, for six decades. He met with 12 presidents of the United States. He died at age 92, a much beloved chief, and certainly one of the longest tenures as chief of any of the Native American nations, as they are known in all of history. 60 years as chief. Again, his name was Chief Earl Old Person, and he lived out that name for a very long time. He was known for his love for the Blackfeet Nation. He was born April 13, 1929 to Juniper and Molly, also known as Bear Medicine Old Person, on his family land, known as Grease Wood, we are told, in Starr School, Montana.

    We are told that Earl Old Person, who became Chief Earl Old Person 60 years ago, was born into the last Blackfeet generation to speak Pikuni before English: "Growing up, he served as a translator for his elders, learning the traditions and history of the Blackfeet Nation that predated colonization. He shared that history with the generations that followed him, teaching children traditional songs, giving eulogies and performing naming ceremonies."

    The New York Times obituary by Taylor Irving tells us, "His nephew, Harold Dusty Bull, said that even at 92, the chief could recite your family history, your ancestors, their Indian names, what they did, and what societies... That means ceremonial groups within the tribe they belonged to." Mr Bull said, "He was the last one with that depth of knowledge. Nothing is going to be the same without Earl."

    The article also tells us, "In his final years, Chief Old Person would sit in a log cabin for hours in Browning" (that's Browning, Montana) "recording as many songs and stories as he could for future generations."

    Again, when you think about his lifetime and his years as chief... He met 12 presidents of the United States. He met with 12. That's 12 out of 46. That means that in his one lifetime, indeed in his tenure as chief of the Blackfeet Nation, Chief Old Person represented an incredible unprecedented link between past and present and future, as chief for 60 years, dying at age 92.

    The article tells us, "The chief who led the tribe for more than 60 years attended nearly every high school athletic event in the town, sometimes driving hundreds of miles to neighboring reservations and cities to support its Native American athletes. In gratitude of that support, Browning High School dedicated the gymnasium to him in 2019. It was in that gymnasium last Friday that his funeral was held, in the school he had attended as a boy, and representing the people he had served as chief for more than 60 years."

    The life of Chief Earl Old Person is a quintessentially American life that we must not miss, part of the tapestry of American history, very much a part of the American story. Our story, all of us together. And as the Scripture reminds us, honor to whom honor is due.
     
    #92     Oct 25, 2021
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    #95     Nov 1, 2021
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    The difference between constructive acts and empty platitudes:

     
    #96     Nov 1, 2021
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    Why Hydrogen Cars Never Took Off

     
    #97     Nov 2, 2021
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    Running a Car on Compressed Air





     
    #98     Nov 2, 2021
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    Delivering an Oral Presentation

     
    #99     Nov 2, 2021
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    What is Diwali?

    Diwali is a festival of lights (the light of some god's love?) and one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists, notably Newar Buddhists. The festival usually lasts five days and is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar month Kartika.
     
    #100     Nov 4, 2021