Facebook - Sharing Gmail Emails

Google and Facebook should team up and make it possible to share emails on one's Facebook wall. In fact, it should be more than only Gmail Facebook allowing cross-platform sharing. Facebook needs to team up with all of the most popular email related companies, like HotMail (Outlook.com), Aol Mail, Yahoo! Mail, and Gmail.

Wal-Mart and Getting Beyond Money in Economics

I don't wish to trade numbers on Wal-Mart. In my head, I believe Wal-Mart has too much money, and it is also in my head that it is important to redistribute that money. What we have here is an issue of money plumbing. The pipe leading from Wal-Mart executives out to the real world is clogged. It is time to get the plumber. Believing that money isn’t always in the right hands should be no more difficult than the unfortunate occurrence of a drain clogging.

The issue of unclogging the money drain is to make the economy fit reality. In reality, Wal-Mart has more than its fair share of money, and consequently Wal-Mart executives are not permitted to spend their money by Hashem. Sure they can admire their bank accounts, but Hashem forbids that they spend.

Some suggest that the reason executives don’t spend is due to confidence. They suggest that nervousness or uncertainty is the monkey wrench in the economic machine – imagine that billionaires more uncertain that folks making minimum wage - but their ability to spend has very little to do with confidence, especially in comparison to karma. If Wal-Mart had better karma, then they would be able to spend more of their money.

We need to take the money out of Wal-Mart's hands and do something constructive with it rather than waiting the rest of our lives for Wal-Mart to get some "confidence." Perhaps, the most important thing that we could do with this money is tackle the debt and deficit. We could also use the money to build infrastructure. Therefore, I do not suggest just handing it out to the poor at random though there should likely be some of that too.

Economics and money are 2 separate things. I looked it up in my Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and found that money was nowhere to be found in the definition of economics.

To believe that one will die without money is a popular lie. It is true that some people may die without money, but it is important to know that money isn’t life sustaining in the way that Gd creates this universe to be sustaining. You could live a wonderful life and have no money because money isn’t always the way of acquiring more stuff. It is only true that if money is demanded by you, then your experience will reciprocate that. If you demand money from others, especially those deserving and who do not have money, then money will be demanded of you at a time when you don’t have the benefit of money.

Belief that money is the solution, and that money is more important than hard work, is as the snake in the Garden of Eden telling us that if we only believe provision comes from money (and not Gd), then we will surly die for lack of money. The snake tries to trick us into selling our labor at a cost. However, I suggest working hard, and hoping in Hashem that everything will take care of itself and goodness will arise from this hard work.

I am not saying that all money is a bad thing. Money may certainly be a powerful and useful tool for good, especially in trade. However, I don't equate increasing money to increasing gain. For instance, I do believe wellness and hard work go together. I don't believe hard work, or even any work results in increased cash flow or that money equates to personal wellness. For me it is all about being well.

Historically, since capitalism has become prominent, the state of the world has drastically improved. This has led many to attribute capitalism to wellness. However, it is not just money that has improved. The world is radically different now from how it used to be, and that may be attributed to various forms of technology as well. However, money is as the training wheels of a bicycle. Sooner or later, the training wheels should come off. And then, once they do it is my hope that it doesn’t result in poverty or increased laziness. On the contrary my goal is that people work hard because working hard is rewarding.

Be Suspicious Muscle Building Promises That Work

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I am highly suspicious of these sorts of products. I won’t deny their power to morph regular peoples’ bodies into mega-muscle machines. However, I am skeptical about the long term effects. These products aren’t creating natural looking bodies. Granted, there is an obesity epidemic in 1st world nations. However, I must question if men are really intended to look like this.
If having one of these supposed ideal bodies is healthy, how do we explain this:

"One-Third Of WrestleMania VI Competitors Now Dead"

That's 1 in every 3 wrestlers in only 14 years!!

Facebook Complaint Causes Need for Major Overhaul

Good grief! When will Facebook allow multiple channels so we don't have to miss out on what we like? I want to be able to toggle between animals, music, politics, etc.  Sometimes I might want to shuffle or randomize my channels.  This is not new technology.  Randomization has been a part of music players since the shuffle button was invented, and then they probably borrowed that idea from something earlier, like the lottery.

Facebook SHOULD STOP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A SINGLE INTEREST FOR ME, and recognize that its customers', such as yours truly, likely have many interests, especially interests that are not being catered to!

We are frustrated with Facebook!

The solution is to make Facebook.com similar to Pandora.com, asking customers how we want our feeds grouped.  Let us switch between user tailored preferences.  For each like I have in a particular group, ask me if I favor this sort of material in my feed, not whether I "like" it or not.

I don't like horrors, yet I feel some things in the news should be reported on that I don't like.  It is a problem for honest people if we don't like horrors, because when Facebook.com sees us not liking it, not matter how horrible it is, they jump to the conclusion that we don't want it in our feeds.  Rubbish! 

This is a complaint that people have had about Facebook since the beginning, and that is Facebook is telling its users what they like according to Facebook's idealistic grouping, and not serving its customers.

Dear Facebook, please put me in control of my feed!

The Problem of Oligarchy to the USA

Small businesses should be able to compete with big businesses. They have been unable to for some time. Big businesses took over the USA economy, such that the system of government is more similar to as oligarchy than a democracy. An oligarchy is a small group of people that make all the decisions in the country. I propose that the USA oligarchy has far too much power in Washington.


The USA oligarchy has an inordinate amount of power, and we will see this in the next election, as media is always slanted. The lobbyists in Washington of this oligarchy essentially have the power to control legislation through monetary influence, and it has the power to correct the many trillions of dollar debt in a short time, but it is not doing so, no thanks to the legislature.


It is not that I say, "If you are rich, then you are a bad person." Many wealthy individuals are good people. However, this wealth has the potential for abuses, such as how the Koch brothers are trying to buy the legislature.


The USA oligarchy to which I refer largely consists of those companies in the Fortune 500. In fact, this oligarchy probably has the power to make President Barrack Obama popular or unpopular based upon its whims.


Who can know the extent of Wal-Mart’s power, and companies like it? Right now, it is a guessing game, but there are those, such as Bernie Sanders, that report this power is far too great and are angry because of it.


Who then should pay most of the taxes? I suggest that the businesses in power, particularly the Fortune 1,000 should pay virtually all of the taxes. This is a radical reform, but they are the ones that hold the money, and they are the ones who dominate. It takes big government to protect big business, so we should turn to the people who the government does the most for. That is only fair.

I don’t know why the Rebbe never got to meet Moshiach.

The Rebbe was as Moses to the Jews.  Moses in his righteousness never made it to the Promised Land, and the Rebbe of righteous memory never got to meet Moshiach.  Somehow, these two leaders both beloved, and both whom changed the course of history forever, died in the exile of idealism.  Noah was different.  Noah pled for no person, and Noah got to see the promised clean world.  Had Noah pled for anyone, he would have probably been Moshiach.  Noah had no nation, while differently Moses is the focal point of all that is Jewish in Judaism.  Had Moses loved other nations as much as the Jews, he probably would have been Moshiach.  With that in mind, perhaps the people in the Messianic age will find a version of living that is nationalism lite.  I specifically like www.chabad.org because it teaches nationalism lite.

Disproportionate Body Count, but Israel Is Not Overreacting to Hamas

Israel is not overeating to Hamas rockets, or the cold blooded murder that started the current military campaign.  The hypocrisy of the nations really bothers me with respect to the Israeli and Palestinian conflict.  In war, no sane nation ever hopes for equal body counts on either side, yet for many Jew haters they complain that the body count lopsided  Any country that wants to survive would use disproportionate use of force to stop a conflict.  For example, if Cape Cod, where I live, was shooting rockets Boston, we could expect that Boston wouldn’t stop retaliating until the rockets were no longer being launched.

Connectedness

 Many ideas people have occur at the same time or in close proximity.  Perhaps, this suggests a collective conscience.  For instance, Alexander Graham Bell is credited for patenting the telephone, but at the about same time he applied a German, Johann Philipp Reis, also applied for the same patent.  It was such a short period of time that perhaps the German may have received the patent if perhaps he spent less time warming his lunch, or his wife hadn’t nagged him to take out the garbage sooner rather than later.  Who was first?  And, more importantly; does it matter?  I understand that patents and ideas are very important to business, yet it seems absurd to give a financial monopoly to an inventor, when it was really two or more that had the idea at the same time.  These sorts of things end up in courts, but when it comes to who is first, I wonder if there is usually or even occasionally justice.

New Jews, Babies, and The Making of a Universe: Creations made via expansion, contraction, and essence.

Via expansions and contractions experienced as push and pull with Jewish study material, a potential convert gains Jewishness although the memories, former essence, remain of the time prior to the ceremonial mikveh bath, where upon becoming new Jew the past is seen with a different lens of Jewish essence.  Differently, those that are born Jewish are already born of the Jewish mindset.  Thus, those born already Jewish experience a natural push and pull because they experienced cosmic vibrations that cause Jewishness in the womb.
This pattern of expansions and contractions that yield essence is a common theme in Judaism.  Another example might be that, via expansions and contractions, we are born from our mother, yet the parental DNA, likeness to our parents, remains as traceable essence.  A third example is that via expansions and contractions, tzimtzumim, Gd created the universe forever leaving His Hebrew essence, the Holy language, among all of His creation.tion.

Boston Sox and Secrets of Better MLB Teams – Surrounded With Baseball League Fanatics

The city of Boston is closely surrounded with Boston Red Sox minor league affiliated teams. North, West, and South are covered, and to the East is the Atlantic Ocean. We’ve got 3 of the 4 directions covered. That is about as well covered as is possible. And, we have been winning. I believe that a part of that winning has to do with the expansive area that may call the Boston Red Sox their home team.

Boston has a lot going for it, especially what I am calling the secret to winning at baseball, meaning creating loyal baseball fans at high density. Though technically not a really big city; Boston population density is found in the metropolitan coastal areas. This is a part of developing the attention of the metropolitan Boston area, making for crazy crazed baseball fans.

To the southwest, of course we have the Pawtucket Red Sox who are affiliated with the Boston Red Sox, playing at the AAA level. The Pawtucket Red Sox seem to do no wrong, winning their division probably more frequently than any other team.

I can’t stress enough that Cape Cod, southeast of Boston, is home to the Cape Cod Baseball League, which although not directly Boston Red Sox affiliated, this area makes for a strong attention for the pros. Cape League fans are also usually Boston Red Sox fans. The Red Sox grow young fans at these games, where it is often possible to win tickets to Boston Red Sox games. In fact, what actually got me hooked on Pawtucket was winning a raffle prize of seats at McCoy Stadium, while at a Cape Cod Baseball League game.

Moving on, we have to the north of Boston the Boston Red Sox affiliated Portland Sea Dogs who play at AA level in the small city of Portland Maine. Thus, we draw the attention to the Boston Sox through offering a place to see Boston related baseball games. Here to the north.

Last and least, to the northwest we have the Boston Red Sox affiliated Lowell Spinners, of Lowell, MA, playing at the Short Season A Level in the New York-Penn League, albeit this is the weakest connection though it should not be overlooked.

So, there it is! The secret has been revealed. It is to create baseball culture within a high population density city, metropolitan and suburbs areas.

It is scarcely believable years’ back that the Red Sox could win a world series, and Boston is winning regularly now from a the prospective of a Curse of the Bambino years’ fan. Not every year, but comparatively the Red Sox have been winning a lot. It was only a matter of time before this fan network was built.

DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) and Faith

In study of “Dialectical Behavioral Therapy,” I find that DBT is relevant to faithfulness.  DBT understands that our mind is a product of reason and emotions.  Where reason and emotions overlap, there is wisdom to be found.

Faith that comes from the gut, loving-kindness, causes our hearts to ache for those without faith, as victory comes to those with faith.

Faith may also be rational, connecting to the Mind.  Faith helps explain why some live blessed and why some don’t.  Undersized, malnourished children, with bellies full of worms, AIDS, and malaria; such persons are charged with having to respect their ancestors, even though their ancestors are to blame.  Torah explains this horror.

Yet, my reality is such that when I experience something good, I give thanks.  I thank Gd for not making me like the other man.  Time, reason, tells me my reality will unfold according to Hashem’s blessings, because as though I am puffed up, the righteous will live by my kind of faith (Habakkuk 2:4), both Jew and gentile.

MLB Connecticut Team: Can Someone in All Creation Tell Me Why on Earth Such a Team Does Not Exist?

Capitalism relies on the idea that people will want to have money to spend in order to make more money. For some reason Connecticut has no Major League Baseball team, and yet they are far from the New York Yankees, and the Mets, as well as from the Boston Red Sox. I have no explanation for this, and I am completely baffled. I would have figured that by now some investor would have broken ground for a baseball stadium in Connecticut.

I am completely aware that many teams are experiencing financial difficulties, but I am pretty sure that Connecticut is fairing the weather of the financial turmoil of our nation better than most states.  The exaction of a Connecticut team remains a mystery to me.

Where should they put the team? I would say in rural Connecticut between cities so that there could be a draw from multiple cities from Connecticut, as this state in some ways often seems like an extension of NYC though there are breaks in the population density.  Putting the stadium in rural Connecticut is good for another reason, and that is that the land is most likely to be cheaper there than in the small cities located along I-95.

We could expect to see some draw from places like Providence Rhode Island, which is already a haven for minor league teams such as the Pawtucket Red Sox, and the hockey team the Providence Bruins.  This idea may even draw some fans away from mega-teams like the Boston Red Sox, the NYC Yankees, and Mets although I expect that this may also fortify folks’ interest in sports in these areas.

This Connecticut MLB idea also relies on that not all people are willing to put in any effort to see a minor league game mostly because some people are stuck up and nothing less than the major leagues will due. Fielding a team for Connecticut would certainly fill this niche, and probably do wonders Connecticut’s local economy.

Alternative Use of The Military to Provide Discipline

I am just going to throw this out there for brainstorming. How about we stop flooding our prisons with drug related criminals and start sending these dopes to boot camp, but not giving them access to weapons? We need to give them discipline not punishment.  Prison generally only makes criminals worse.  It is proven ineffective as a correctional means via high recidivism rates.

Also, the answer to some of our problems is to give the little guy a chance to get some discipline in the military, while having special forces being the key to our military. Both missions to Iraq and Afganistan could have been accomplished via special forces.

Federal Debt Fun With Math...Anyone Got A Clue What The Answer Is?

Fun facts and mathematics: How many million dollar bills would we have to print to pay of a trillion dollars of the multi-trillion dollar federal debt?

A trillion is 1,000,000,000,000,000

A million is 1,000,000

Therefore it would take millions of million dollar bills to pay of the federal debt, but that doesn't directly answer the question.

I don't expect anyone to answer because it probably doesn't matter anyway.

Marriage Is Not About Two Halves Making A Whole

There must be some sort of error when translating that two halves make a whole is how marriage comes about, as is described in Cabala.  How about two wholes come together in a way that is mystically higher than if they were separate?  As, what about people that are adults whom have decided to go to rehab in order to put their life back together?  Many good counselors implore to their patients that before they find a romantic relationship, first they must improve their condition.  They are not yet half even, if marital partners may be considered halves!  Are these people in recovery mere quarters or fifths?  Certainly, we don’t call this person a quarter, or a fifth!  Also, Leah, Jacob’s wife was a wife in full to Jacob, assisting him, perhaps more than his loved wife in casting his seed to fruition.  As far as I know, the idea of rehab is somewhat new in history, and that its newness is probably reason for the translational error.

Cain and Abel; The First Ghost Story, and Its In The Bible!

Who believes in ghosts? And, I am not just talking demons here. I mean ghosts of people that haunt certain areas. Yes, I am talking about the ghosts that are in popular television shows like Ghost Hunters. Who believes in Torah, The Bible?

Up until now, I would guess that very few people believe in both, but in reality the Bible believer should believe in ghosts based upon what is written in the Bible.

In fact, I used to be unsure, but now I am certain in believing that Torah supports the idea that ghosts of humans are real and do exist. Believing in ghosts is supported by the Bible. Surprisingly, I was never sure about it until I found that many ghost stories talk about the haunting of a certain place where someone was murdered. This is where the Biblical story of Cain and Abel comes in.

Many people know of the story of Cain and Abel in the Bible. It is probably the most popular biblical story behind the creation story, and the story of how sin entered the world through Adam and Eve.

In the story of Cain and Abel, both are brothers, and Cain slays Abel. Then, God says to Cain, "Hark! Your brother's blood calls to me from the ground. (Genesis 4:10)" I believe that ghosts are people who have been slain such that their blood calls from the ground. 

I believe in the Exodus while science currently does not.

What if something came to light that said that in fact that the Exodus is true? Wouldn’t you feel terrible for having missed out on the Hashem’s truth? Perhaps, science is making a mistake with the dating methods, as we know them. Reason mandates that we can’t really know from dating things for a few years, that things have held stable over millions of years. Sure that is what scientists think now, but the final chapter in science is yet to be written. We have only been using carbon dating for about 60 years! To base our entire cosmogony of millions and billions of years of formation on 60yrs worth of data, as many scientists tell us to do is too audacious. Who knows? maybe given another hundred years of carbon dating on earth, we may have to come up with some sort of correctional constant, and what is to say that 200yrs from now we won’t come up with yet another correction, and so on.  Perhaps, we should give this radioactive dating thing a million years or more of testing before we bet that the Torah is a lie.

Explaining God To Child And A Scientist

When we are about to say that there is a G-d to our children, perhaps, it would be wise to show up with a pair of dice.  Ask the child to roll the dice.  Then, ask them if they think this could create the entire universe in all its complexity as we know it.  That there is a Gd is something any child should be able realize.  It amazes me that so many scientists are atheists.  However, I realize the reasons why scientists usually don't believe, and it isn't the issue with the dice; it is the idea that the world is not humane and could not have been created by a loving G-d, yet scientists usually stop there.  We religionists need to prod scientists further into reading about the blessings and curses in Torah.  G-d has clearly told us that though he wants us to behave, we get to choose, and we can incur the curse of G&d for multiple generations, just as we may incur the blessing for many generations.

Joining The Minority Among Science Researchers: Thinking Outside The Box

It is too early for science to be so bold in its claims with respect to carbon and radioactive dating, which the Rebbe explains in his letter, “The Age of The Universe.” As I once wrote, we don’t have a working Theory of Everything in science. We don’t know how oxidative stresses such as corrosion may interact with many of the current various means for dating the universe. When I read the about the Exodus, I think that it is a sign of maturity to not just discard the story in favor of science. Remember Proverbs, “Fools rush in.” It is better to try to be creative, and to ponder ways science and the Bible might both be true. Perhaps, due to corrosion the Exodus was recorded in the fossil record, in a way that has baffled scientists. Outside of radioactive and carbon dating, the fossil record show two mass exoduses from Africa, but as you know the dates don’t match given our present understanding of science. Yet, it is too far of a leap to say that the dates do not match at all.

On $300,000 a Year Salary Caps to Level the Economic Playing Field

I don’t hate people who succeed. By all means, succeed, everyone should for success, but if only the rich are successful, then we haven’t achieved maximum success. When people who work for the rich are also as happy as the rich that means a greater happiness has been achieved. If we leave behind that deserve more, it causes a ripple effect, magnifying unhappiness throughout the nation, and world. I understand that riches don’t always equate to happiness, but when families don’t have enough money, it ends up putting stress on them, and often breaks them up. Truly, money must be coordinated with happiness at least a little. Rich people can suffer from depression. And, I am aware that all the money in the world can’t buy happiness. Additionally, I am not for raising the minimum wage. However, in order to make the wealth redistribution happen, it would require effort on the part of the state to ensure that nobody is making more than $300,000 a year.

The big question some may have is: Why?

I believe that there is nothing any human being should be able to do and to earn more than $300,000 a year for it. Hopefully, demand alone would then change the scale of our economy and prevent the devaluation of the dollar. Really, bread should cost 5 cents a loaf. The higher prices get, the more people can’t do the necessary math, such that I am trying to prevent people from being sloppy with money.

For leveling the financial playing field, I do not want to be accused of jealousy. Naturally, some will be able to make more than others, and naturally some will be able to spend more wisely than others. This does not bother me. I am not jealous of how much money the rich have. For all I know, I may be rich in my generation simply because my family has no unpaid debts.

What bothers me is the greed of the oligarchy of capitalists. A part of the reason I believe that the $300,000 rule is good is because it will take the wind out of the sails of the greedy. People should work because they want to work, out of zest for their career, and not for the sake of earning more money. I was told, “Go to school for education, not for the money you might get.” It will make room for smaller companies that currently aren’t able to crack into the terse economic crust, giving them a chance. Truly, this oligarchy has prevented the fruition of some really good business ideas.

What I have is not envy of the rich. It is altruistic desire. Envy is far closer to covetousness than plain old desire. And, my desire is altruistic as I have no business in mind that I want to start, only wishing to level the playing field in order that competition should be fair for aspiring entrepreneurs. As far as the self and selflessness debate goes, I do believe that there can be self in altruism. For example, sometimes it is wise to conserve one’s own self, such that he or she will be able to give more at a later date.

Marijuana

The greatest challenge to the world's future is marijuana. Rabbi, we talk of schools as what separates Judaism as a movement. Marijuana undo's education, lowers IQ and damages young developing minds among many other things that are cited in a .gov article on the web. I am very afraid of this plant because its users can see nothing wrong with it, which is probably a combination of addiction and poor judgement. As I write this, more young adults smoke this kind of dope than cigarettes, and they are also proving themselves unable to do necessities, such keep a job. This drug, and the poor judgment caused by it which leads others to harder drugs is in my opinion the holocaust of this generation. I consider it very fearful because I believe that there is nothing more important than the mind. Our large intellectual brains are what makes us special as a species, more than anything else. Look to birds for flight. For speed look to cheetahs. But, for intelligence look to humans.