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Foreword in Czech:
Ahoj dobré lidi z České republiky:
Naše Počasí dnes v "U.P. of Michigan," je nižší než nula, stupně Fahrenheita ! Měl bych dát své kalhoty na nyní.... Ha! Miluju léto lepší než kruté zimy se nám doposud severní, jak jsem starší.
Téma mého blogu dnes: TOM'S VĚSTNÍKU, má co do činění s naším předsedou Trump chtějí vytáhněte OSN a již odřízněte mnoho milionů $$$$, protože budeme věnovat naši nepřátelé příliš mnoho a pak se uchylují násilí proti Izraeli. V každém případě, tak polovina amerických vidí věci a mě příliš. Naše země je v hluboké zadlužení i nyní a my musíme splatit naše účty, nejprve před můžeme pomoci ostatním. Myslím si, že tyto "Poslední dny" hovoří v KJV Bible, bude těžké se vypořádat s. Modlit se a studovat "dobrá kniha" s přáteli.
Pokud jde o teplé,
Thomas G. Schuckman
e-mail: tschuckman@aol.com
"Ježíš je můj pán a Spasitel."
Hello Friends,
Some things I have read yesterday and today give me pause and anxiety --- even with all I know and understand. It has also had a serious effect on my investment mindset. I suppose that one could say that investments are somethings a 'form of gambling,' LOL, and for some, that tickles their spirit of chance --- 'and getting some skin in the game.' Shall we include, "penny stock" into the equation, too ? As I have said a few times on this humble Blog site, I once got into Finance with PFS Investments, etc., when I was laid off of work at Chrysler, and learned a lot ! I earned a lot of money but also spent a lot on a house in Union Grove, Wisconsin, about 10 years ago. Actually, when you come to think about it --- just what is: "Fool-Proof" and a sure bet these days ?? And, 'there is no Free Lunch !' But many things my Dad taught me were true, like: 'You have to work and earn money --before you can invest some money.' And so, a man from Colorado asked me to lend him money to invest in some scheme, and I told him to invest his own money -- and not mine.' So he became angry with me, and called me a "fool," LOL. Fact is: I didn't fall off the cabbage truck, yesterday, either.... and I heard that an old friend of mine did invest her money with that man, and she lost her behind ! If something sounds too good to be true --- it probably is. I trust in God, and very few others.
The USA under many different Presidents has lost so much money, also given away tons of money $$$ to other countries --- but have any other countries ever helped us ?? Now we are under a heavy burden of hard DEBT, so we need to get ourselves out of debt, and make everyone else work for their income and hand outs.... like Welfare and Food Stamps ! No one ever helped me, except my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Happy New Year.... We hope and pray.
Tom Schuckman
Trump admin successfully cuts UN budget by almost $300 million
December 25, 2017
Gage Skidmore / CCL
For decades, the U.S. has been propping up regimes that support a designated terrorist entities. American taxpayer dollars have funded global syndicates whose paramilitary forces have participated in rape, torture, hate crimes and mass murder.
These aren’t some third world military dictatorships who have remained in power for towing the line and conforming with American interests. Rather, the U.S. has continued to support a powerless and corrupt United Nations General Assembly, thereby funding some of the most despicable regimes of the last half-century. U.S. President Donald Trump plans to put an end to that financial support by slashing the 2018-2019 UN budget by $285 million.
The president campaigned on a promise to reduce American contributions to the UN, arguing that the intergovernmental organization has been increasingly at odds with American values and interests. A statement from the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, drafted by U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, explains the decision to slash the budget:
Disagreements between the 193-member UNGA and the U.S. came to a head last week after 128 members voted to reverse the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. This is unconscionable, especially in light of the fact that the General Assembly has consistently supported Hamas, the terrorist-designated regime which controls the Palestinian authority.
In recent years, the UN has failed to prevent nuclear proliferation, had a United Nations Charter to intervene and prevent genocide in Syria vetoed by China and Russia, and failed to prevent ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and the Sudan.
UN peacekeeping forces deployed to Rwanda in 1994 to prevent mass genocide completely abandoned a school established to provide humanitarian aid after ten Belgian soldiers were killed, allowing the displaced Rwandans to be massacred by roving bands of Hutus.
Most significantly, wherever UN troops are stationed, populations that the organization is sworn to protect are subjected to shocking increases in child sex abuse.
Nations with some of the world’s worst records for human rights abuses have led the UN Human Rights Council. Saudi Arabia, China, Venezuela and Cuba have all sat on the Human Rights Council despite the deplorable examples they set.
Yet, America continues to fork over more money to the UN than the next top three greatest contributors combined. Former Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) was among the U.S. lawmakers to call for a Brexit-style withdrawal from the UN, which the congressman argues has “become an anti-American, anti-Semitic, anti-democratic, anti-freedom mob.”
“We need some type of alternative,” argued Franks. “A Covenant of Democratic Nations … We need to repeal and replace.”
Gage Skidmore / CCL
These aren’t some third world military dictatorships who have remained in power for towing the line and conforming with American interests. Rather, the U.S. has continued to support a powerless and corrupt United Nations General Assembly, thereby funding some of the most despicable regimes of the last half-century. U.S. President Donald Trump plans to put an end to that financial support by slashing the 2018-2019 UN budget by $285 million.
The president campaigned on a promise to reduce American contributions to the UN, arguing that the intergovernmental organization has been increasingly at odds with American values and interests. A statement from the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, drafted by U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, explains the decision to slash the budget:
In addition to these significant cost savings, we reduced the UN’s bloated management and support functions, bolstered support for key U.S. priorities throughout the world, and instilled more discipline and accountability throughout the UN system.The U.S. currently funds an asymmetric 22 percent of the UN’s budget, or $3.3 billion annually. The next greatest contributor is Japan, who provides for just under 10 percent of the organization’s budget.
The inefficiency and overspending of the United Nations are well known. We will no longer let the generosity of the American people be taken advantage of or remain unchecked. This historic reduction in spending – in addition to many other moves toward a more efficient and accountable UN – is a big step in the right direction. While we are pleased with the results of this year’s budget negotiations, you can be sure we’ll continue to look at ways to increase the UN’s efficiency while protecting our interests.
Disagreements between the 193-member UNGA and the U.S. came to a head last week after 128 members voted to reverse the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. This is unconscionable, especially in light of the fact that the General Assembly has consistently supported Hamas, the terrorist-designated regime which controls the Palestinian authority.
History of failure and impotence
The Trump administration’s concerns with UN spending reflect the uneasiness that many conservatives and anti-globalists bear for an intergovernmental body that has failed at accomplishing its basic mandate, and in many cases has even exacerbated tensions in global hot spots.In recent years, the UN has failed to prevent nuclear proliferation, had a United Nations Charter to intervene and prevent genocide in Syria vetoed by China and Russia, and failed to prevent ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and the Sudan.
UN peacekeeping forces deployed to Rwanda in 1994 to prevent mass genocide completely abandoned a school established to provide humanitarian aid after ten Belgian soldiers were killed, allowing the displaced Rwandans to be massacred by roving bands of Hutus.
Most significantly, wherever UN troops are stationed, populations that the organization is sworn to protect are subjected to shocking increases in child sex abuse.
Nations with some of the world’s worst records for human rights abuses have led the UN Human Rights Council. Saudi Arabia, China, Venezuela and Cuba have all sat on the Human Rights Council despite the deplorable examples they set.
Yet, America continues to fork over more money to the UN than the next top three greatest contributors combined. Former Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) was among the U.S. lawmakers to call for a Brexit-style withdrawal from the UN, which the congressman argues has “become an anti-American, anti-Semitic, anti-democratic, anti-freedom mob.”
“We need some type of alternative,” argued Franks. “A Covenant of Democratic Nations … We need to repeal and replace.”
Trump admin successfully cuts UN budget by almost $300 million
Gage Skidmore / CCL
For decades, the U.S. has been propping up regimes that support a designated terrorist entities. American taxpayer dollars have funded global syndicates whose paramilitary forces have participated in rape, torture, hate crimes and mass murder.
These aren’t some third world military dictatorships who have remained in power for towing the line and conforming with American interests. Rather, the U.S. has continued to support a powerless and corrupt United Nations General Assembly, thereby funding some of the most despicable regimes of the last half-century. U.S. President Donald Trump plans to put an end to that financial support by slashing the 2018-2019 UN budget by $285 million.
These aren’t some third world military dictatorships who have remained in power for towing the line and conforming with American interests. Rather, the U.S. has continued to support a powerless and corrupt United Nations General Assembly, thereby funding some of the most despicable regimes of the last half-century. U.S. President Donald Trump plans to put an end to that financial support by slashing the 2018-2019 UN budget by $285 million.
The buck stops here
The president campaigned on a promise to reduce American contributions to the UN, arguing that the intergovernmental organization has been increasingly at odds with American values and interests. A statement from the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, drafted by U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, explains the decision to slash the budget:In addition to these significant cost savings, we reduced the UN’s bloated management and support functions, bolstered support for key U.S. priorities throughout the world, and instilled more discipline and accountability throughout the UN system.The U.S. currently funds an asymmetric 22 percent of the UN’s budget, or $3.3 billion annually. The next greatest contributor is Japan, who provides for just under 10 percent of the organization’s budget.
The inefficiency and overspending of the United Nations are well known. We will no longer let the generosity of the American people be taken advantage of or remain unchecked. This historic reduction in spending – in addition to many other moves toward a more efficient and accountable UN – is a big step in the right direction. While we are pleased with the results of this year’s budget negotiations, you can be sure we’ll continue to look at ways to increase the UN’s efficiency while protecting our interests.
The General Assembly’s latest budget negotiations resulted in $5.4 billion allocated towards regular operations for 2016-2017. This regular budget is separate from the UN’s peacekeeping operations allowances which topped $8 billion in the year ending June 30th, 2016.
Disagreements between the 193-member UNGA and the U.S. came to a head last week after 128 members voted to reverse the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. This is unconscionable, especially in light of the fact that the General Assembly has consistently supported Hamas, the terrorist-designated regime which controls the Palestinian authority.
As part of the Security Council, the U.S. quickly reversed this resolution, but not before the diplomatic damage was done. Before the vote, Ambassador Haley promised that the U.S. would be “taking names” of those nations which opposed U.S. support for Israel, implying that international aid packages were at stake.
History of failure and impotence
The Trump administration’s concerns with UN spending reflect the uneasiness that many conservatives and anti-globalists bear for an intergovernmental body that has failed at accomplishing its basic mandate, and in many cases has even exacerbated tensions in global hot spots. In recent years, the UN has failed to prevent nuclear proliferation, had a United Nations Charter to intervene and prevent genocide in Syria vetoed by China and Russia, and failed to prevent ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and the Sudan.UN peacekeeping forces deployed to Rwanda in 1994 to prevent mass genocide completely abandoned a school established to provide humanitarian aid after ten Belgian soldiers were killed, allowing the displaced Rwandans to be massacred by roving bands of Hutus.
Most significantly, wherever UN troops are stationed, populations that the organization is sworn to protect are subjected to shocking increases in child sex abuse. Nations with some of the world’s worst records for human rights abuses have led the UN Human Rights Council. Saudi Arabia, China, Venezuela and Cuba have all sat on the Human Rights Council despite the deplorable examples they set.
Yet, America continues to fork over more money to the UN than the next top three greatest contributors combined. Former Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) was among the U.S. lawmakers to call for a Brexit-style withdrawal from the UN, which the congressman argues has “become an anti-American, anti-Semitic, anti-democratic, anti-freedom mob.”
“We need some type of alternative,” argued Franks. “A Covenant of Democratic Nations … We need to repeal and replace.
The Trump administration is not the first to consider using financial disincentives to dissuade member-states from supporting America’s enemies. As far back as 1983, Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick testified on how the U.N. could be “made a more effective instrument for problem-solving and peace-making among nations, an institution which helps resolve difference rather and exacerbate them.”
Like Haley, Kirkpatrick suggested targeting “voting behavior, in multilateral organizations like the United Nations … one of the criteria we employ in deciding whether we will provide assistance, and what type of assistance and in what amount.”
Since then, Congress began tracking the voting behaviors of individual nations within the UN to determine the level of support that countries that are the recipients of U.S. foreign aid exhibit. These reports, collected since 1984, demonstrate that the member states vote with the U.S. just 32 percent of the time on average.
These budget cuts represent the first step in finally standing up to international pressure that is overwhelmingly anti-Israeli, anti-American and undemocratic. For too long, successive presidential administrations have kept the UN from sinking into fiscal insolvency and complete impotence, only to be rewarded with policies that consistently oppose basic American interests. President Trump just declared that that stops now.
The Trump administration is not the first to consider using financial disincentives to dissuade member-states from supporting America’s enemies. As far back as 1983, Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick testified on how the U.N. could be “made a more effective instrument for problem-solving and peace-making among nations, an institution which helps resolve difference rather and exacerbate them.”
Like Haley, Kirkpatrick suggested targeting “voting behavior, in multilateral organizations like the United Nations … one of the criteria we employ in deciding whether we will provide assistance, and what type of assistance and in what amount.”
Since then, Congress began tracking the voting behaviors of individual nations within the UN to determine the level of support that countries that are the recipients of U.S. foreign aid exhibit. These reports, collected since 1984, demonstrate that the member states vote with the U.S. just 32 percent of the time on average.
These budget cuts represent the first step in finally standing up to international pressure that is overwhelmingly anti-Israeli, anti-American and undemocratic. For too long, successive presidential administrations have kept the UN from sinking into fiscal insolvency and complete impotence, only to be rewarded with policies that consistently oppose basic American interests. President Trump just declared that that stops now.
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