Part of its rarity is that there are only a few of these coins left. It never made its way into the Federal Reserve system and were melted down with the exception of just a few. Not many people back then had a dollar to their name so inserting a $20 gold coin into our monetary system would've only left banks holding the bag until they got to send the coins back.
The most expensive coin ever purchased was a 1933 Double-Eagle $20 gold coin. King Farouk of Egypt purchased it from an auction on June 8, 2021. What did he pay for it? He paid $18,900,000!
Part of its rarity is that there are only a few of these coins left. It never made its way into the Federal Reserve system and were melted down with the exception of just a few. Not many people back then had a dollar to their name so inserting a $20 gold coin into our monetary system would've only left banks holding the bag until they got to send the coins back. A mind-stretcher below. And remember what Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "Man's mind once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension."
Three men check into a cheap motel, and to save money, they decided to share a room. The clerk said the room would be $30 for the night, so each man pulled out $10 and handed it to her. The men go to their room and just a few minutes later the clerk knocks on their door to tell them she accidentally overcharged for their room; it was supposed to be $25. So, she had five ones and handed each man $1 and then they told her to keep the change. Okay, here we go. The men originally spent $10 a piece for their room, but then, the clerk handed each man a $1 bill and of course they told her to keep $2 of the refund she was giving them. From an easy math perspective, each man originally invested $10 in the room but with getting a dollar, back their investment dropped to $9 or $27 total, plus the two dollars they gave away to the clerk. That's $29 dollars total so what happened to the other dollar? The answer is below but please attempt to figure it out on your own for the mental exercise. Thanks! Answer: The rationale for the confusion above, is one of the reasons people come up with opposing views which are both true depending upon how someone pitches it. I clearly showed that the dollar was missing but all someone would need to do is come at it from a different angle, and he or she would have a strong argument. In other words, she kept $25 for the room, but she gave three dollars to the guys, and she kept two dollars, this clearly demonstrates the dollar isn't missing because it adds up to $30. But someone could also prove a dollar is missing. How's your mind doing? 😎 A USA swimming official resigned in protest of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who has been winning by huge margins in swim meets in the U.S., saying she can’t back a sport that allows “biological men” to compete alongside women. Cynthia Millen, who had officiated USA Swimming meets for three decades, stepped down last week.
Can you imagine what would happen if this were allowed to continue? Would we get to the point where biological men take over women's sports? What will women do? I think liberals got into a real WOKE mess over this one because it's a direct attack on biological females. Will democrats lose votes because of it, I don't have a clue. A picture of the lovely Lia is below. 😉 The largest churches in the U.S. include:
1) Life Church in Edmund, Oklahoma 53,000 2) Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama 51,900 3) Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas 45,000 4) North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia 36,000 5) St. Matthew Catholic Church in Charlotte, NC 35,000 Maggie and I attended St. Matthew when we lived in Charlotte. It was like a college campus in some ways. The church was on fire. We could go to various bible studies from morning until evening. The church had meetings for our community such as AA and NA. We had a total of 108 missions serving not just our community, but other countries who are struggling such as Haiti. Did you notice where these churches are all located? Red states. How interesting. 😉 According to the National Retail Association, the average American spent $882.45 on Christmas gifts, food, decorations, travel, and other miscellaneous holiday-related expenses; much of it on credit. It could've been less if not for Biden's policies.
In many cases people lost around $240 in value for that money; meaning because of terrible increases in retail prices, especially at the pump and for certain food items, people got much less for their money this Christmas. So, with the above in mind, it didn't matter whether you were rich or poor, everyone took a hard hit none more so than people with less discretionary income. Democrats constantly talk about fighting for the downtrodden and demonizing the rich in the process, while at the very same time they're picking the pockets of the poor. They try to convince their constituents that they're Robin Hood, fighting a just cause, when it is just the opposite. They're robbing the poor to help the rich. Do these people not realize that many of the wealthiest people in the U.S. are friends to democrats, not republicans (i.e., Bezos, Gates, Bloomberg, etc.); not to mention millionaires in the entertainment industry who pour money into the DNC coffers? They've silently have become the party of the elite; not the downtrodden, no matter how hard they try to convince everyone otherwise. Deception has become part of their party's platform because no group of politicians got more help from the mega-rich this last election than (in order), Kamala Harris, Corey Booker, Joe Biden, and Pete Buttigieg. Taking advantage of the less fortunate is appalling to me. Talk about deplorable! Movies that are expected to be large box office hits often come with a 3D version of the movie especially if it’s an action adventure. I find it kind of funny that young people think 3D technology is new when the 1950’s were considered the 3D decade. I’m sure you can envision pictures you’ve seen of movie audiences in the 50’s wearing those funny looking 3D glasses.
Movie studios back in the 1950’s who were filming 3D movies didn’t have the amazing technology that’s available today. They were restricted to what they could do with the actual film tape whereas today they use digital film and computers to create the 3D effect. Most of the 3D affect back then was due directly to the glasses the audience wore which pulled the screen closer to them as if they were wearing binoculars. Today movie studios can use technology which allows them to take the same scene and put a couple of layers of the same scene on top of it. So, when someone wears 3D glasses it has a rich depth to it where it looks completely natural. It also makes images appear within our grasps which is closer than audiences were able to see it in the 50's. What most people don’t know is the first 3D movie was the “The Power of Love” and it was produced in 1922. It took close to thirty years to get the idea of 3D movies to take off. Ever since the 50’s the popularity of 3D movies has come and gone. I’m certainly not saying it’s a fad this time, but history is what it is. Just in case you didn’t know the three dimensions (3D), are height, width, and depth. I’m not a huge art fan but the artists who paint are experts at the use of 3D. Think about how amazing it is for them to take a flat canvas and layer dimensions on it to where you and I can tell which objects are closer or further away. So even though artists for thousands of years didn’t call what they did three dimensional they were making it happen, nevertheless. Their goal was to create a painting that looked real, so 3D was a necessary aspect of it. Scientists believe there are many more dimensions beyond the three you and I know. We are born with 3D vision (a.k.a. binocular vision) for our protection. Binocular vision allows us to determine which objects are closer to us. If we didn’t have depth perception, we’d fall all over the place and we certainly couldn’t drive. A good example of the need for depth perception is in playing catch with a baseball. We must be able to see a baseball coming towards us (not just how wide and tall the baseball is) but the depth/distance as well. The speed at which the baseball is travelling is a fourth dimension according to scientist. The baseball travelling towards us is an example of horizontal speed so knowing the rate of something going up or something falling down are also considered dimensions. We might not understand all of these dimensions, but they still exist. Young people like to believe they’re on the cutting edge of everything and that we don’t have a clue. I guess we shouldn’t tell them that 3D has been around since the beginning of time and that mankind has been applying it through art for thousands of years. I guess we shouldn’t tell them the first film made for 3D viewing was in 1922 and that movie theaters were showing a lot of 3D movies in the 1950’s. Nah, let's let them think they're cooler than us. 😁 In no way, would the Biden Administration want this news out and thanks to the mainstream media, he'll mostly get his wish. Well, at least from them. Here you go:
1) Costs for pretty much everything we'd want to purchase at Christmas (i.e. food, presents, transportation, etc.), are up at least 7%. Staple foods such as beef and ham are up into the double-digits. Did you get at least a 7% salary increase this year? If not, you're going backwards. 2) Because of these inflationary costs, the value of our dollar, to us, took a huge hit. We lost around $49B in discretionary spending this Christmas, meaning everyone gets less except for the government. 3) Guess what happens when retail prices are jacked up? Our governments at all levels (i.e. city, county, state, federal, etc.), brings in more tax revenues. My, aren't Dems a sneaky bunch. It's always temporary though because most people will curtail their spending right after the first of the year and then sales tax dollars will begin to decline. 4) Because of inflation, a lot of people will borrow money, so their Christmas won't take a hit, mostly for the kids. They will then have less discretionary income in the coming year (if Biden doesn't get inflation under control), to pay their bills so they'll get extended into several years before it's paid off. By the way, around 20% of Americans borrow money for Christmas. This is called a negative impact on cash flow. Thank you, democrats. There's way more than the above, but I'll stop here. Most Americans don't have a clue what's happening. Some of it is their fault for not paying attention and not educating themselves on critical topics, but, for some, it's extremely difficult to do so because of how little time they have, especially those raising children. There are legitimate reasons for uneducated voters, it doesn't mean they're not extremely intelligent. And believe me, the government loves people who don't quite know what's going on because they can be easily manipulated. To them, these people are called: "marks." I still get blown away by people who are artsy. When I think about the fact that the object I'm looking at, was once just in their mind at one point, moves me, because they bring it to life.
Thanks to all artists who make our world a better place. It is such an amazing gift God has given you and we get to be blessed by it. Former Minneapolis police officer, Kim Potter, was found guilty of First- and Second-Degree Manslaughter. What I don't understand, is why the prosecution threw the book at her over this tragic event, when her long service to her community was extraordinary?
She's helped save countless lives in the African American community. She's saved numerous women from domestic abuse. She's saved lives through medical assistance. But I guess that's just the way it is for a lot of police officers. The epitome of a dangerous and unappreciated job along with the target that many democrats have placed on police officers. Disgusting. To me, it seemed simple. She accidentally killed someone. Isn't this Involuntary Manslaughter or Negligent Homicide? Do you see how dangerous it is for certain people now in our legal system? For political reasons, the prosecution went after her with both barrels. Why? She certainly wasn't a bad person, quite the contrary. She was an asset to her community personally and professionally. Quite the opposite I might add, then others in the African American community who prey on vulnerable blacks. They aren't nice. They assault, burglarize, murder, steal, rape, rob, etc., and for some very strange reason, they aren't ostracized; the police are though. The very people who are there to help and the very people who help them every single day. Isn't this insane? Here's an observation that I'm sure you've made as well. Pretty much 100% of the media-hyped deaths of African Americans, were tragic stories that didn't have to happen. Everyone knows this. If they would've listened to officer's instructions, they would still be alive. What about their contribution to their own deaths? Not something that many liberals want to discuss. And if a conservative would like to discuss the point so everyone can understand where the other is coming from, they're pegged as racists. I guess what it boils down to, is I feel sorry for Kim. Right and left, people are being used as political pawns. Here she's been demonized by some of the African American community, along with many democrats and some media, when she apparently cared more about African Americans than some African Americans care about themselves. There's proof galore that this is the case. The family of the victim sure were happy with the verdict. Of course they know that they're getting ready to become rich. It's become a lottery for some. This is one of the reasons why so many witnesses lie. Every single time, the police have gotten false testimonies in these huge scandalous cases, such as with George Floyd's. Whispers of quid pro quos were everywhere. Some family, friends, and business associates are willing to perjure themselves by providing alibies for the right price. A very common practice. It makes the investigators work so much harder because they have to peel so many layers to get to the right people and the truth. Do you think Floyd's community loved having him around? Not unlike Michael Brown, he just blatantly went around committing crimes against African Americans. But even though this is the case, they turned him into a hero. A man who committed so many crimes including pointing a gun at an eight-month pregnant woman because he wanted her to give him all the cash and valuables in her home. Wow, and he's the hero and the police officers aren't. Talk about living life upside down. It's tragic. Like most people, the school of hard knocks was part of what made me stronger. As we get older, we have a different perspective on life. This certainly kicks in when a couple has their first child.
I was thinking the other day about how I’m thankfully, a bit wiser every year. There are a lot of things which are no longer important to me, so I’m not wasting my time on them anymore and are now making progress in other areas. But I admit, that knowing doesn’t mean doing. There are a lot of great lessons I’ve learned, but even if I knew them back then, my brain probably couldn’t process it. My world was extremely small because I was selfish, like a lot of kids are. Some things just didn’t click. Some things still aren't clicking. 😎 You ever see that glazed look when you’re trying to educate one of your children on a particular issue? Then there are times when they do know what to do, but don’t do it for a variety of reasons. The fact is, adults are the same as kids in this regard because there are a lot of simple things, we could do to make our lives better, but we don’t do them. You with me on this? The thing is: “That which is easy to do, is also easy not to do.” – Zig Ziglar. Very wise words from an awesome man. So, where am I going with this? I don’t know, I got distracted by the Army vs. Missouri game. Army won!! Anyhow, because it’s difficult to remember how stupid we were in the ways of the world, when we were younger, we can get impatient with our kids. The traits of common sense and logic kick in more around the age of 27 for most people because of where their brain development is at that time. So, hang in there and just look at your children’s eyes to when the fog has been lifted. Then, proceed with caution. 😉 |
Author: John Mann |