"If It Were Easy" by Dr. Dinar 1-5-2020

If It Were Easy...by Dr. Dinar

How does that ol' saying go again. "If it were easy, everyone would do it."

Well, in our case (and by "our" I'm of course referring to us Dinarians), 'If it were easy, everyone would hold dinar.'

Perhaps it's also time to update that all-too-familiar term Dinarian as well.

At this point I would have to believe that the majority of this community owns a variety of different currencies.

How could one not. I mean, it only makes sense.

If you're willing to buy into the whole RV of the IQD thing, then one would think you'd be willing to take a chance on all of the other rumored first-basket maybe's we've heard about for so long.

But then again, let's be clear here.

I'm not promoting purchasing currency in any way, shape, or form. Not even.

Please, by all means, do your own due diligence and make your own decisions pertaining to your involvement in this endeavor.

But I can't help but think that if you're reading this post then you are in some way already connected to this community.

I simply never want to look back, after the fact, wondering what if.

Back to the whole Dinarian thing. To me, that seems so 2012.

Way behind the times.

Haven't we learned so much more in all that time.

I would certainly hope so.

Shouldn't our terminology reflect that as well.

Just as we've learned to let go of all that "Cash Out" and "Cash In" stuff, having replaced those terms with much more up-to-date terms such as Exchange and Redeem.

That's what I call education in action.

We're continually doing our due diligence and I truly believe that it will pay huge dividends in the long run.

Here we are, entering another year, a brand new decade no less, still stuck with years old terminology.

Isn't it about time we updated our Titles to match our knowledge.

Perhaps something more along the lines of Currency Connoiseurs.

I don't know about you but to me, that sounds much more informed and up to date.

Without a doubt much better than the Toothless Crackheads which they used to refer to us as.

Anyway, back to the entire reason for my post.

After a decade in this endeavor, it goes without saying that the beginning of yet another new year in Dinarland, still broke, is never a good thing.

Another year that never should have been, now over and done.

All without any apparent progress.

Or one would think, based on all the down-and-out posts I'm seeing around Dinarland.

But not so fast. I'm thinking we've made great strides. Even if we have yet to see them in action.

It doesn't take but a minute to peruse the sites to see all of the depression and despair throughout the posts.

And to be honest, I'm right there as well.

Barely hanging on by a well worn piece of dental floss, my shot at reaching the finish line isn't nearly as guaranteed as I once thought it was.

And judging by the overall feeling in the Currency Community, it appears many others are right there as well.

This is that time of the year when you really begin to question everything.

By everything, I mean EVERYTHING you've heard throughout the entire past year.

Stage 1:  Feeling like a complete fool. How on earth could you have even begun to believe everything (or anything, for that matter) you were hearing.

Stage 2:  Knowing that you knew better because of all the previous years of starting off your January's with the very same feeling that you're feeling now.

Stage 3:  Shouldn't you have learned something from your past. From all of the as mentioned January's you've already suffered through.

Well, the good news is, whichever stage you find yourself in, you're most definitely not alone. Not by a long shot.

Nope, you're without a doubt in good company.

You're not the only one feeling as if you've been seriously "Haboobed" right about now.

Haboobed? What exactly do you mean Dr. Dinar.

Well, by "haboobed" I'm referring to those crazy insanely huge dust storms that appear in the desert, almost out of nowhere, instantly turning day into night.

Turning everything from left to right, and leaving you feeling as if you're no longer sure which side is up and which side is down.

That's a haboob. And they originate in, yes, you guessed it... Habooberville!

Is Haboobville one of the 195 198 209 250+ Countries, Sovereigns, Territories rumored to be involved in this whole RV/GCR thing.

Well, not exactly. That's more of a yes, no, maybe kinda thing.

Of course your next question is "Where exactly is this so called Habooberville located?"

That's a toughie as it's there one minute and the next, not so much.

So it's difficult to pick a particular location as it doesn't remain in one particular GPS locatable place for any length of time.

Simply take a look at the photo provided and you'll see a better description of its location.

I guess the best way to describe its location is to say it's mid-way between the RV/GCR Committee Headquarters and Dinarland.

Nobody is quite sure as to who, how or when it was created.

Sure, there are rumors of a connection to HAARP but keep in mind that's coming from the crazy conspiracy guys.

So take that for what it's worth.

All we know is that is creates a ready-made layer, an instant barrier between what's really going on and what we think, according to sources, is going on.

So it only stands to reason that some of the truth is able to filter through amongst the dust.

Make sense? Thought it might.

Perhaps now you'll begin to get a much better idea of why we continually live in such a land of confuse-Zim.

How could we not.

By the time everything reaches our Tier... I mean our level, it's bound to be a bit twisted to say the least.

As well as seriously dusty.

When you take into consideration just how difficult it is to get a decent internet connection, it's a miracle we're receiving intel in any form.

I used to think I'd prefer not knowing anything at all.

Living the whole blissfully ignorant thing.

Just tell me nothing is going to happen for another 10 years and I can just go on my way. Be back in a decade.

But when I look back on all of the so called rumors that I've heard throughout the years, and just how many of them are now turning out to be actual pieces of the puzzle oh so many years later, I'm nothing but grateful for having received all the info I have.

One thing's for certain. I consider this far too long journey to be an education in Global Economics that I never would have received in school. No way.

It's the type of stuff that isn't taught.

Definitely not your typical reading, righting, rithmetic type stuff.

And for that I'm grateful.

I'm grateful for the websites out there in Dinarland that help keep us up to date on everything that's being said in the Community.

Who's to say it's right, wrong, up to date, or somewhere in the middle.

Either it will play out as described or it won't.

Only time will tell if the intel was correct.

Am I happy that I was Haboobed for yet another year?

Uhhh... it pretty much goes without saying that would be a resounding NO!

As I mentioned earlier, I'm needing and praying for this to happen. Like... yesterday.

Or more specifically, about 3,650 yesterday's ago.

On the other hand, am I grateful for everything I learned along the way throughout the last 365 days?

You better believe I am.

So, to the Mayor or the Governor or the Sheriff or whomever it might be that's in charge of Habooberville, keep on doin' what you're doin' because it's not gonna stop me from doin' what I'm dolin'.

Which is doing my best to hang in there and reach the finish line.

Heck, if it were easy, everyone would hold foreign currency.

Kindly,

Dr. Dinar

Disclaimer; I'm not a Wealth Manager, Financial Advisor, CPA, Tax Attorney, RV/GCR Committee member, nor in any way connected with Habooberville. I'm simply someone that chooses to believe in the power of positive thinking and on the odd chance this RV/GCR thing truly is real, I want to make sure I'm there at the finish line to enjoy it. So please, by all means, do your own due diligence prior to making any future decisions.

Thoughts by Ron Giles 1-2-2020 "Central Bank Required Re-boot"

"Central Bank Required Re-boot" by Ron Giles - 1.2.20

Entry Submitted by Ron Giles at 11:39 PM EST on January 2, 2020

They had it all planned out. Control the money source and you control everything of value; Governments (Congress, Politicians, Law enforcement agencies), Stock Markets (controlled legal gambling scheme), Main Stream Media outlets (MSM), housing markets, Sports, Pharmaceuticals, GMO Food production, Manufacturing (jobs), Power Distribution (PG&E), Mining and Mineral Production, Vaccinations (CDC), and perhaps the most pernicious, Organized Religion.

When you control the money, you control people’s lives making them Debt Slaves, by design. Damn, they did it all, how do we get out of this mess?

The Central Bank (CB) banking system is a cancerous growth that has metastasized into every facet of our society. It eats at the very root of civilization without care or concern for who it affects, nor the damage it causes in the lives of the people it says it serves. Our money system is not supposed to be this way. It is supposed to support society not destroy it. Financial systems are changing.

While the faces of the real Central Bank banking system are not public, their puppets are public and are doing the work of these puppet masters. We elect compromised politicians who support the CB while finding it easy to become rich while in their offices and they game the system to be sure they are well kept even after their stint in office.

The CB has a useful half-life that lasts by causing wars where they finance and sell their war machines to both sides to see who wins and then embark on a path to destabilize and destroy the winners. The puppets are given large sums of money and when they are no longer needed, they "committed suicide,” or some other untraceable or traceable demise, (Seth Rich) so the trail of knowledgeable individuals is eliminated and no longer at risk of being found out.

 It is re-enacted so many times in the public eye and the sheeple still don’t get a clue of their atrocities. Keep the sheeple asleep with sports and entertainment, so we don’t have people snooping around behind the curtain finding out what is going on. Damn those Toto type investigators, keep them away from the curtain.

The CB money system has to be rebooted every so often so the men behind the curtain are not found out. The call goes out to the compromised CIA agents or puppets to start another war, this time bigger and better than the last. Which country is next on the list of targets now? Is it North Korea, Iran, Iraq again, Ukraine, any country will do as long as the groundwork has been done by the CIA to destabilize the government having compromised their leaders; Libya, Syria, Yamen, most African countries, and the list goes on. It doesn’t matter who, it just matters, whose is next.

If the leader of a country won’t give in to their bankrupt morality, then make them look bad, kill them and take over their country. (Libya) Any war will do as long as it lasts a long time. The reboot can happen many times until it is ended by people who have awakened to their scheme and who will make a stand to fight them until the end. So here we are, the end is in sight.

So, Ron Giles, why are you preaching to the choir? Is there a point in this post? The answer is yes, there is.

There will be no wars, there will be no reboot to the CB system, there will be no continuing CB banking system the cancer of which is being surgically removed from the earth. The bad guys are being terminated. There is no place for them to continue their masked charade, they have been found out and the results of their whole scheme against we humans is ending. What does that mean?

It means that all things Central Bank banking systems are being replaced. It is only a matter of time before their MK Ultra experiment is finished and we have no more banking institutions. Once we fully awaken from our lethargy, we will take back our countries and our money supply and begin the new way of living. The CB system is the enemy of the people and is being destroyed. Why do gurus keep talking about banks as being relevant? Are they ignorant or is there more sinister activity behind their diatribe? You get to be your own judge.

Much has been talked about how the Quantum Financial System (QFS) will be implemented but implemented it will be. There will be a transition from the old to the new to allow people to wake up to the new better way of being alive. No longer will the Satanists have their way with us and our children, nor with our money supply.

The absolute truth that one can plan on is that all RV funds will be deposited into the new Quantum Financial System, QFS. The QFS has been working in parallel with the Central Bank’s SWIFT transfer system for close to two years now. This is a fact that the present Politicians did not know about. Their illegally gotten funds have been traced from colluded sources to their bank accounts wherever they are. They will be confronted at the appropriate time and the hammer of justice will fall on them and destroy their money milking schemes.

Un-audited Foreign aid has been used for decades to pad their banking accounts for these career politicians. Quid-Pro-Quo is the name of their game. Kickbacks are a way of life for them. This will end. No wonder they hate Trump cleaning the swamp. Their very existence is threatened; they are cornered animals lashing out for their lives, far beyond hatred or political partisanship.

The QFS then is the repository for ALL RV funds. Gurus can talk all they want about the banks are going to do this and banks are going to do that, but the banks are going bankrupt and this system of finance is going down. Depositing money in any CB Bank account is giving them ownership of your money. Check out the deposit slip.

That's why banks will not be used for the deposit of redemption or exchange funds. They will steal it. Transfer a small amount of money to them if you want for convenience's sake but never put significant amounts of money in a bank, it is subject to be confiscated. The QFS is safe and secure and supports the humanitarian cause for which the money was intended.

Traditionally, bank wealth managers have a job to make you money on your money. The major mandate for all currency holders, especially Zim Bonds holders, is that the money is not to be used to make money on your money. PERIOD. Your humanitarian activities should be designed for a net loss for yourself, with any profits going to the persons you helped get into the business.

The structured quarterly interest payment is your return on your money, beyond that, it is just plain greed. Keep in mind that those interest payments are funds that need to be put into society without a profit incentive and that will be a major job all by itself. If you have an intent to make money on your money, you will be restricted on the rates you will receive.

Complain about this if you want, you will be the loser. Wealth managers may be useful but not in their traditional role as managers of your wealth. Never turn your funds over to someone else to manage your funds. It's your stewardship, not theirs. The money is not to be used to build up a personal financial dynasty. The money managed to make money will rot like the mana from heaven if it is not used appropriately. This is a fair warning. Mend your thinking to be in harmony with the funds you will receive.

One of the best ways to determine if a guru is worth his/her salt is to listen to their talk about banks. If they talk about the banks being used to deposit RV funds, they are not talking about the QFS where your funds will be kept safe. If they just simply talk about banks or a banker as a source of their information, they are probably a shill or at the very least, are RV ignorant prognosticators.

If they are wrong about dates and/or rates, then question all of their information as being suspect and probably not true. Listen to them if you want but don’t come on IDC with your complaining posts saying they gave us a date and it didn't happen, again. Duh!!!!.

If you listen and believe in them, you get what you deserve; frustration and bad information. At what point do you stop listening to them? Is it the first 5 times they are wrong or are you going to wait for the hundredth time to say to hell with them? Again, if you continue with them then, don’t come on IDC with your crankiness and complaining because we’ll just question your brain functions and your capacity to beat your head on the wall and complain because it hurts every time. Heads were not made to bang on walls. You’ll continue until you get tired and quit listening to them.

The bottom line about banks is this: there will be no profit in banking. The QFS is totally free to use. The banks will transition into full bankruptcy and the whole system will fail. Zim Benefactors will take over the assets and the liabilities and create Financial Centers to accommodate the Financial Industry. Banks will be no more, Financial Centers will be the future of the financial industry.

If guru talk does not include this scenario, they are out of bounds and their info is suspect. Always remember that at your redemption and exchanged Appointment, your funds will be deposited in the QFS, and never, ever in a bank, unless you decide to go outside of the secure RV redemption and exchange at a bank that is not a contracted agent bank of the QFS.

NOTE: If you are following a person who talks to you about a Social Score or the Chinese equivalent to the US FICO credit score, as a factor in getting a priority for your redemption appointment, you may be talking to a Charlatan who is adopting part of the Chinese Communist Party's Social Engineering activity. I suggest you Disassociate yourself from this Social Engineering activity ASAP, you have already been chalked and if you continue, you may be disqualified from redeeming or exchanging currencies. This person who has adopted this form of manipulations and control is out of bounds and is being inappropriate. Sovereigns would never put up with this type of control over others. Enough said!!!

These are the end times of the waiting period. The time to repair the holes in your boat is coming to an end. If your boat floats and keeps your belongings dry then you have prepared well. Keep a tight ship. Good luck on getting to your humanitarian destination and enjoy the journey.

Ron Giles

https://inteldinarchronicles.blogspot.com/2020/01/central-bank-required-re-boot-by-ron.html

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Happy and Healthy New Year.

May all your dreams and wishes come true in the New Year.

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Money Lessons from the Game of Dreidel

Money Lessons from the Game of Dreidel

While most can readily point to the dominant holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year, they aren’t the only ones.

In fact, the holiday season is filled with several other holidays you may not even be aware of.

One such event is the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Also known as the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah is an 8-day celebration commemorating the miracle of the oil during the rededication of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem.

 One of the most recognized and beloved traditions of Hanukkah is playing the game dreidel, and is something I do with my students every year. I firmly believe in teaching tolerance for differences and beliefs, and so I spend a great deal of time exposing my students to different cultures and traditions.

While my students have a great time playing dreidel, it is far more than just a game. In fact, dreidel is a fantastic teaching tool, especially when it comes to money.

Those of you familiar with dreidel already know its many relations to money, but for those of you who don’t, I’d like to break the mold this holiday season by focusing on a non-dominant tradition and the lessons we can learn from it.

I want to share with you money lessons from the game of dreidel.

But first, a little history lesson.

The History of Dreidel

Dreidel originally developed from a gambling game played in various parts of Europe that used a top called a teetotum.

However, the game of dreidel became solidified within the Jewish culture during the reign of the Syrian king Antiochus IV, who ruled what is modern-day Israel in 167 BC (the start of the Maccabean Revolt).

Antiochus had attempted to force the Jewish people to convert and worship the Greek gods by forbidding Jewish religious practice. With this decree, actions such as studying the Torah were punishable by death.

Although still very dangerous, the game of dreidel was developed as a shield for Jews who were illegally studying the Torah. If Syrian soldiers or officials came around, the Torah scrolls were hidden and replaced by dreidels.

Thus, dreidel originated as a way for Jewish individuals to access their religious teachings

How Do You Play Dreidel?

At its core, dreidel is a basic gambling game

To continue reading, please go to the original article here:

https://www.moneysavedmoneyearned.com/money-lessons-from-the-game-of-dreidel/       

New Q: "Follow the Money, Corruption" by Sierra (NZ) 12-27-19

Thank you Sierra

"New Q: Follow the Money, Corruption" by Sierra (NZ) - 12.27.19

Entry Submitted by Sierra (NZ) at 10:55 PM EST on December 27, 2019

Two new Q drops expose the shocking corruption of Barrack Obama while he was US President. The Deep State is accusing President Trump of 'pay for play'. In fact it is Obama, the Clintons, Biden and Pelosi who are the true criminals.

https://qanon.pub/

JustInformed Talk does an excellent analysis of the two new drops in his latest video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt0bn771sGA

He discusses Q drop 3754 (from 2' 44" in the video). The drop re-publishes an earlier drop from January 2018. Here is an excerpt from that drop...

'What happens when the kickbacks dry up?
...N. Pelosi net worth $150mm+?...
Clinton family $200mm+ (pre-election of BC, less $1mm)?
Obama family $40mm+ ([pre-election less than $1mm)?
Disguised under book deals?
...........
Those who take are offered more powerful positions within the party [controlled].
DRAIN THE SWAMP.'
Q

The drop continues with new text dated 27th December 2019. There is a link before the text to a Michael Coudrey tweet...

'Obama gave Pearson Publishing a government contract worth $350 million for their work to create the Common Core text for his administration's education initiative.

A subsidiary of that same publisher gave Obama roughly $65 million for his book deal after he left office.'
(tweet by Michael Coudrey)

Here is the rest of Q drop number 3754. JustInformed Talk discusses this drop at 8' 47" in his video...

'US taxpayer > Fed govt
Fed govt [Hussein] > Pearson Publishing
Pearson Publishing > Hussein.
BIDEN?
Follow the money.
Corruption.'
Q

Q drop number 3755 features a link to a Q Anon tweet about the CEO of Pearson Publishing announcing his retirement in 2020. He is also selling the subsidiary of the company that published Obama's book. It sure looks like 'take the money and run' to me.

The text from Q that follows the link...

'Do you believe in coincidences?'
Q

What is revealed in these two Q drops is mind-boggling. It exposes the extensive corruption of previous US Presidents, including Obama and Clinton.

We can imagine that it is a similar story with the Bush family. Pelosi and Biden also indulged their greed at the expense of the US taxpayer. No wonder George Bush said, 'When they find out what we did, they will string us from a lamp post.'

There are rumors that either (or both) Obama and Hillary Clinton may be the first major arrests. The arrest of either of them would bring down the global financial market in a nano second. The question is, will the RV happen BEFORE the crash, or at the same time? Either way, it's not long now.

Sit tight and enjoy the show!

Where We Go One We Go All.

Love and Light
Sierra (NZ)

https://inteldinarchronicles.blogspot.com/2019/12/new-q-follow-money-corruption-by-sierra.html

"Q: Watch the Water"by Sierra (NZ) 12-26-19

Q: Watch the Water" by Sierra (NZ) - 12.26.19

Entry Submitted by Sierra (NZ) at 2:47 PM EST on December 26, 2019

Here is a fascinating Twitter thread from ENoCH about the connection between George Washington crossing the Delaware in 1776 - and President Trump and the Alliance destroying the Deep State. Enjoy...

https://twitter.com/elenochle/status/1210080353433485312

One hour before sunrise on December 26th, 1776, George Washington crossed the Delaware River, using DURHAM boats, in a surprise attack against the Hessian forces, in a major turning point of the Revolutionary War.

DURHAM BOATS!!!#QANON pic.twitter.com/viDEFpbzun

— ENoCH (@elenochle) December 26, 2019

ENoCH tweet with painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware River - this picture has featured on Q posts.

'One hour before sunrise on December 26th 1776, George Washington crossed the Delaware River using DURHAM boats, in a surprise attack against the Hessian forces in a major turning point in the Revolutionary War. DURHAM BOATS!'

Who is the prosecutor working alongside Horowitz and Barr to destroy the Deep State? You've guessed it. John Durham.

Here are some comments below the post...

'Hessian...As in Barrack Hussein Obama.'

'Watch the water. Q'

'All military traffic has been unavailable on ADSB trackers all night. Several hours. This is NOT normal.'

'2019...Trump leads a surprise attack on Hussein's forces lead by a Durham probe...'

These are all great comments. There were two significant memes in the Twitter thread. One features the text 'We are the news. 1 out of 10 American citizens follow Q.' When you add the GLOBAL Q community to that figure, you have many millions of Q followers world wide. We ARE the news now.

There is another meme with these profound words from a Q post...

'We are at war...You are being provided the highest level of intel to ever be dropped publicly in the history of the world. Use it - Protect and comfort those around you.' Q

Finally, check out the picture on the banner head for the George@TheCollectiveQ Twitter page...

https://twitter.com/thecollectiveq?lang=en

I believe that is JFK Junior in the front of the boat, paddle in hand, smile on his face. That is my opinion, and I am sticking to it! Many Anons are convinced that the Big Reveal of JFK Junior is very close now. This could be the 'shot that rings around the world', avenging his father's murder and waking up humanity in one amazing moment.

Where We Go One We Go All.

Love and Light
Sierra (NZ)

https://inteldinarchronicles.blogspot.com/2019/12/q-watch-water-by-sierra-nz-122619.html

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"Darnit, Scrooged Again!" By Dr. Dinar

Darnit, scrooged again!  by Dr. Dinar

Sure enough, looks like they scrooged us again.

Another year of wishes, hopes and dreams down the drain.

Here we sit on yet another Christmas Day, even broker than last year at this same time.

How could that have happened.

How could we have fallen for another 365 days of rumors, false hope and endless hype, none of which ever coming to fruition.

Are we really that stupid.

Or are they just that good.

How many times can we hear "You wouldn't believe all the good things that are going on below the strings... oops, I mean behind the scenes!" before we finally wise up and face reality.

The reality of this entirely too good to be true made for TV Hollywood hypefest being all just a wannabe Screenwriter's imagination once again running away with him.

Or them, depending on your viewpoint.

And by them I'm referring to the Team that was supposedly put in place oh so many years ago to keep all of Dinarland continually dazed and confused.

A team of Movie Magicians whose one and only task is to keep us guessing, always doubtful, and never knowing what's actually going on behind the curtain.

And if that is true, then I must say kudos to you, fine folks of Team Screenwriter.

You've obviously succeeded in creating so much confusion that I'm beginning to wonder if even the RV/GCR Committee members themselves have a clue as to where things stand.

Perhaps they've created such a mind-of-its-own monster that they've fallen under their own spell, not knowing which side is up.

What if they've lost complete control of this runaway train, eyes burning in a sea of smoke, leaving no one behind the wheel to neither steer the train nor bring it into the station.

Let alone anywhere close to on time.

Seriously, what is this, like year 35 of this whole "save the global economy, fix the financial fiasco, make everything all better again" campaign.

Maybe more, maybe less, it all gets quite fuzzy after a decade or so.

And why is it that these thoughts become much more prevalent this time of year.

Questions of why didn't it happen?

Who's holding this up?

Why the endless delays?

Have there actually been any delays?

Are they actually working on trying to get this thing done?

Who's going to play the next James Bond?

You know, real questions that deserve equally real answers.

Is it because the Holidays are such a huge marker around the world?

Doesn't matter how (or if) you celebrate anything at all, the holiday season is nearly impossible to ignore.

From the minute the last piece of turkey has vanished from the Rubberware tub o' leftovers, talk turns to the holiday season.

Every commercial, every billboard, every store begins the flashy flood of festivities.

In spite of all that, there has to be more to it.

Perhaps it's mostly because it signals the end of yet another year of life's journey having slipped through our grasp.

The passing of so much time.

Hopes dashed. Dreams unfulfilled.

Whatever the reason, it's difficult not to find this a time of deep reflection.

And it was in such a time of reflection that I stumbled upon the impetus for this message.

With things being the way they are these days, finances becoming overwhelmingly low and budgets continuing to tighten, the wife and I find we're spending more and more time at home on the couch.

Dinners out have been replaced by leftovers and meals that are made for quick & easy cleanups.

Same goes for TV. With cable rates being so high, what once was a seemingly endless line-up of a trillion or so channels has been relegated to the basic default package.

Lets just say that while there are shows to watch, one can only watch so many episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond before you've seen them all.

A hundred times over.

And you quickly realize that you hate Raymond and his so called perfect life.

And with heating bills so insanely high these days, the thermostat has been turned down.

Like, waayyyy down.

Like, to the point where you can't move because you're covered in 5 blankets and under all the weight, you simply can't move.

Down to the point where the fog from your breathe tends to fog up the tv screen.

Which isn't the end of the world since we can no longer afford batteries for the tv remote so every time we want to change the channel, one of us has to get up and do it manually.

Which leads to physical exertion which gets the blood flowin' which ups the body temp.

And while we're there, we wipe the screen off, both front and back, so perhaps it's a blessing in disguise.

Less channels, clean screens.

That's a win/win if I've ever seen one.

After all, one's screens can never be too clean.

Gotta remember to find the positive in every situation, despite how much digging one has to do to find it.

And it was on just such an occasion that I happened to glance over at the assortment of Holiday cards hanging on the wall.

Or should I say wooden post.

We used to receive so many of 'em that they covered the entire dining room wall. And then some.

But these past few years, the economy being what it is, the amount of cards has dwindled right along with it.

Down to the point where they barely cover the post at the end of the kitchen counter.

And to be honest, I never really paid that much attention to them.

After all, they were pretty much the same cards, from the same people.

Mostly family, a few friends, some randoms from work and such.

Never really changing much, other than the family updates about the kids growing older, job changes, pets multiplying, stuff like that.

But when there's only 5 or so cards hanging there, barely any distractions to speak of, it's kind of difficult not to notice them.

And as I perused the post, between fog laden breaths, I happened to notice one that was completely unfamiliar.

One that was out of the norm.

Was it the color, the size, the message. I wasn't sure.

Curiosity getting the better of me, I stood up from the couch, 5 blankets in tow, and waddled over to get a closer look.

As I studied its content I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

Could this possibly be real.

Naw, why would they send me a card.

What made me so special that they determined I was deserving of a Holiday notification.

Knowing my wife was in charge of hanging up the cards, I immediately went to her for intel.

Where did it come from?

When did it arrive?

Whose name was on the return address.

The questions came flyin' at her without hesitation but she was more than up to the task.

Turns out it originated from one of the larger Currency Dealers I'd bought dinar from in the past.

My wife admitted to being furious when she first saw the envelope, thinking I was still buying currency.

Hence her opening a letter addressed to me.

To which I quickly assured her that with all of the budget tightening we've been experiencing these past few years, that was anything but the case.

I'm sure it goes without saying that my wife is one of them.

Yes, one of those non-believer types that refuses to even acknowledge this entire endeavor.

Let alone allow herself to even remotely believe it's the real deal or that we're in any way close to the end of this journey.

We've pretty much reached an amicable agreement.

I don't bring up the whole RV/GCR thing.

And she doesn't file for divorce.

Like I said, amicable.

We've reached an understanding of what's in both our best interests.

And that's fine with me. I have no interest whatsoever in purchasing any more currency.

Matter of fact I've sold back quite a bit of currency through the years, all in the interest of survival.

After all, it won't do me nor my family any good if we don't make it to the finish line. Currency or not.

Soon after getting over the initial shock of seeing the card, I began to absorb the enormity of it.

Could this finally be the validity of the whole RV/GCR thing.

The biggest piece of this crazy puzzle.

But something was wrong.

The closer I looked, the more I began to realize that these people didn't appear to be real.

Almost as if they were some kind of puppets.

But I couldn't see any strings. How could that be.

Ahhhh... more Hollywood magification goin' on.

Which, the more I thought about it, actually made perfect sense.

How could they show their real faces in Dinarland, announcing their identities.

Exactly. They couldn't.

So that was all fine and dandy.

And then I saw it. The fine print.

Quickly grabbing my readers (after a decade in Dinarland, my eyes aren't anything close to what they used to be) so I could even begin to read it and sure enough, there it was.

All spelled out for me in red & white mini-text.

"We're really sorry we scrooged you and couldn't get this thing done but we promise this will be your last broke Christmas... we hope."

Say WHAT!?! I couldn't believe my eyes.

I must have said it out loud because the sigh coming from my wife, who was in another room, was anything but undeniable.

She probably didn't believe it any more than I did.

A card... from the RV/GCR Committee... addressed to me.

It's almost too good to be true.

Like I said... almost.

Kind of reminds me of the rumors constantly permeating throughout Dinarland.

But what if it's true.

What if this is the missing piece of the puzzle we've all been dreaming about for longer than we care to think about.

What if this is the validity, the signal that this thing is really real.

And that they truly are working on it behind the scenes.

And that just because we can't see any visible proof of it doesn't mean it's not happening on some level.

Somehow, for some strange reason, I felt better.

As if this so called validity, real or not, has helped to refresh the wind in my sails.

Which, with this time of the year being such a struggle for me, I could definitely use right about now.

And I have a feeling there are many others out there just like me, having serious doubts about this thing being real.

Let alone ever coming to fruition.

At this point we have no other choice than to continue to hang in there.

Nobody would know if we gave up, sold out, and walked away.

Therefore it only stands to reason that we'd be the only ones to lose out.

Is this card for real.

Honestly, I doubt we'll ever know for certain.

At the end of the day, the card itself doesn't really matter.

The only thing that does matter is your ability to hang in there.

To see this thing through 'til the end.

Which, hopefully, will be sooner than later.

From my family to yours, have a happy Holiday Season and let's pray that next year will be OUR year.

The year all of our lives change in ways we could only dream of.

Hang in there folks, it's almost over.

Kindly,

Dr. Dinar

Disclaimer; I'm not a Wealth Manager, Financial Advisor, CPA, Tax Attorney, RV/GCR Committee member, nor in any way connected with Santa Claus, Inc.. I'm simply someone that chooses to believe in the power of positive thinking and on the odd chance this thing truly is real, I want to make sure I'm there at the finish line for my family and I to enjoy it.

When Massachusetts Banned Christmas

When Massachusetts Banned Christmas

Christopher Klein

Ebenezer Scrooge and the Grinch had nothing on the 17th-century Puritans, who actually banned the public celebration of Christmas in the Massachusetts Bay Colony for an entire generation.

The pious Puritans who sailed from England in 1630 to found the Massachusetts Bay Colony brought with them something that might seem surprising for a group of devout Christians—contempt for Christmas.

In a reversal of modern practices, the Puritans kept their shops and schools open and churches closed on Christmas, a holiday that some disparaged as “Foolstide.”

A Puritan governor disrupting Christmas celebrations.

After the Puritans in England overthrew King Charles I in 1647, among their first items of business after chopping off the monarch’s head was to ban Christmas. Parliament decreed that December 25 should instead be a day of “fasting and humiliation” for Englishmen to account for their sins.

The Puritans of New England eventually followed the lead of those in old England, and in 1659 the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony made it a criminal offense to publicly celebrate the holiday and declared that “whosoever shall be found observing any such day as Christmas or the like, either by forbearing of labor, feasting, or any other way” was subject to a 5-shilling fine.

Why did the Puritans loathe Christmas? Stephen Nissenbaum, author of “The Battle for Christmas,” says it was partly because of theology and partly because of the rowdy celebrations that marked the holiday in the 1600s.

In their strict interpretation of the Bible, the Puritans noted that there was no scriptural basis for commemorating Christmas.

“The Puritans tried to run a society in which legislation would not violate anything that the Bible said, and nowhere in the Bible is there a mention of celebrating the Nativity,” Nissenbaum says. The Puritans noted that scriptures did not mention a season, let alone a single day, that marked the birth of Jesus.

To continue reading, please go to the original article here:

https://www.history.com/news/when-massachusetts-banned-christmas

Rod Ingle's Acapella Christmas Gift

Warm holiday greetings everyone!

It’s that time of year again, time for some more Acapella Christmas cheer! 

Again, I’m sending this gift out through all of the email and social media outlets (including Dinar Recaps) I have so you may get it twice!

#1 For best effect, listen with earbuds or larger speakers. 

#2 Turn on the Christmas tree and have a warm holiday beverage while listening.

#3 Rinse and repeat 

#4 (and most importantly) SHARE & SHARE AGAIN with friends!

Here's the Youtube link.
https://youtu.be/_HJDrDXmz28

Or you can travel back in time and listen to Christmas arrangements from the past.

They are all here on my Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/musicology47

Enjoy, click "Like", make sure & share some holiday cheer! 

Have a very Merry Christmas!!

God Bless!

~Rod

Why Christmas is on December 25th

Why Christmas is on December 25th

December 10, 2014 by Erick Erickson

One of the most popular theories and commonly taught explanations for why Christmas is on Dec. 25th is because the early church placed Christian holidays at times of Roman celebration to co-opt the local pagan festivals.

Christians placed Christmas on Dec. 25th to co-opt Saturnalia, the mid-winter festival, or possibly the Festival of the Unconquered Sun — Sol Invictus. The theory went that Christians could get the heathen to convert by co-opting their own holidays.

There is one problem — it sounds more convincing than it is. These theories did not start growing until the 12th century and only became popular once comparative religion became trendy after the 18th century.

Going back to the earliest Christian church finds evidence that Christmas, though not initially celebrated, had starting being commemorated well before the Feast of the Unconquered Sun’s creation for entirely Christian reasons.

In Egypt, less than 300 years after Christ’s death, some Christians celebrated his birth in the spring. As the Biblical Archeology Society has noted, the earliest references to Christmas come at about 200 A.D., at a time Christians were not incorporating other religious traditions into their own.

By 300 A.D., many Christians were celebrating his birth around Dec. 25th. Within 100 years, Christmas was on the calendar record. Christians looked to December because the early church was far more interested in Jesus’s death. His death and resurrection is what matters to the Gospel, and that was the date the early church focused on.

“Around 200 A.D., Tertullian of Carthage reported the calculation that the 14th of Nisan in the year Jesus died was the equivalent to March 25 in the Roman calendar,” said Andrew McGowan last year at the Biblical Archaeology Society. That would be the day of Crucifixion. The math from there is rather simple. Nine months later would be Dec. 25. Early church history held as fact that the prophets and martyrs of the church were conceived on the day they died.

So if Christ died on March 25, it was also the anniversary of his conception.

Separately, and more directly from the Bible, Luke 1 tells us Zacharias, John the Baptist’s father, was in the priestly division of Abijah. Based on a calculation of this and the division of priest in the temple in 70 A.D. when the temple fell, a number of early Church historians presumed Zacharias would have been in the temple in early October. Later historians, however, speculate it would have been June.

The Gospel of Luke tells us when Zacharias left the temple, his wife conceived. “In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazaerth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David,” Luke 1:25-26 notes.

Six months after Zacharias left the temple would be March as Mary’s time of conception. Fast forward nine months and again we find ourselves in December.

To continue reading, please go to the original article here:

https://www.redstate.com/erick/2014/12/10/why-christmas-is-on-december-25th/

Saturnalia  History.Com Editors

Updated: Aug 21, 2018  original: Dec 5, 2017

Saturnalia, held in mid-December, is an ancient Roman pagan festival honoring the agricultural god Saturn. Saturnalia celebrations are the source of many of the traditions we now associate with Christmas.

What Is Saturnalia?

Saturnalia, the most popular holiday on the ancient Roman calendar, derived from older farming-related rituals of midwinter and the winter solstice, especially the practice of offering gifts or sacrifices to the gods during the winter sowing season.

The pagan celebration of Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture and time, began as a single day, but by the late Republic (133-31 B.C.) it had expanded to a weeklong festival beginning December 17. (On the Julian calendar, which the Romans used at the time, the winter solstice fell on December 25.)

How The Romans Celebrated Saturnalia

During Saturnalia, work and business came to a halt. Schools and courts of law closed, and the normal social patterns were suspended.

People decorated their homes with wreaths and other greenery, and shed their traditional togas in favor of colorful clothes known as synthesis. Even slaves did not have to work during Saturnalia, but were allowed to participate in the festivities; in some cases, they sat at the head of the table while their masters served them.

Instead of working, Romans spent Saturnalia gambling, singing, playing music, feasting, socializing and giving each other gifts. Wax taper candles called cerei were common gifts during Saturnalia, to signify light returning after the solstice.

On the last day of Saturnalia celebrations, known as the Sigillaria, many Romans gave their friends and loved ones small terracotta figurines known as signillaria, which may have referred back to older celebrations involving human sacrifice.

Saturnalia was by far the jolliest Roman holiday; the Roman poet Catullus famously described it as “the best of times.” So riotous were the festivities that the Roman author Pliny reportedly built a soundproof room so that he could work during the raucous celebrations.

Temple Of Saturn And Other Saturnalia Customs

Constructed in the fourth century A.D. to replace an earlier temple, the Temple of Saturn in Rome served as the ceremonial center of later Saturnalia celebrations. On the first day of the festivities, a young pig would often be publicly sacrificed at the temple, which was located in the northwest corner of the Roman Forum.

The cult statue of Saturn in the temple traditionally had woolen bonds tied around his feet, but during Saturnalia these bonds were loosened to symbolize the god’s liberation.

In many Roman households, a mock king was chosen: the Saturnalicius princeps, or “leader of Saturnalia,” sometimes also called the “Lord of Misrule.”  Usually a lowlier member of the household, this figure was responsible for making mischief during the celebrations—insulting guests, wearing crazy clothing, chasing women and girls, etc.

The idea was that he ruled over chaos, rather than the normal Roman order. The common holiday custom of hiding coins or other small objects in cakes is one of many dating back to Saturnalia, as this was a method of choosing the mock king.

Is Christmas A Pagan Holiday?

Thanks to the Roman Empire’s conquests in Britain and the rest of Europe from the second century B.C. to the fourth century A.D.—and their suppression of older seasonal rites practiced by the Celts and other groups—today’s Western cultures derive many of their traditional celebrations of midwinter from Saturnalia.

The Christian holiday of Christmas, especially, owes many of its traditions to the ancient Roman festival, including the time of year Christmas is celebrated. The Bible does not give a date for Jesus’ birth; in fact, some theologians have concluded he was probably born in spring, as suggested by references to shepherds and sheep in the Nativity story.

To continue reading, please go to the original article here:

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/saturnalia

Why is Christmas on December 25?

12 | 12 | 2019

The official purpose of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, whom the world's 2.4 billion Christians worship as the Son of God. The unofficial purpose is to spend time and exchange gifts with loved ones, preferably near a warm fireplace.

Based on the fact that Christmas (short for "Christ Mass") takes place on December 25, one might reasonably deduce that this is the date of Jesus' birth. The truth is a little more complicated

First of all, no one can say with any real certainty precisely when Jesus was actually born. (Some even think it took place in the spring!)

The timing is further complicated by the discrepancies between the Gregorian and Julian calendars, which is why Christmas isn't universally celebrated on December 25; January 6 is the preferred date for Armenian Apostolics (fun fact: Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its state religion), while most Oriental and Eastern Orthodox churches observe it on January 7.

One of the most widely accepted theories involves the Winter Solstice, which in Ancient Rome took place on December 25. According to the fourth-century theologian Augustine of Hippo, Jesus chose to be born the shortest day of the year: "Hence it is that He was born on the day which is the shortest in our earthly reckoning and from which subsequent days begin to increase in length.

He, therefore, who bent low and lifted us up chose the shortest day, yet the one whence light begins to increase." This interpretation was later supported by Isaac Newton.

Another theory centers around the Annunciation, or the day that the Archangel Gabriel told Mary she would give birth to the Son of God, which is observed on March 25 — or exactly nine months before December 25.

Beyond the date, the actual year Jesus was born isn't agreed on either. There was no actual year 0, of course — remember that BC stands for "Before Christ" and AD means "anno Domini," or "in the year of our Lord" — and most scholars place his birth between the years 6 BC and 1 BC.

Whatever the case, Christmas taking place on December 25 is hardly a new phenomenon: Constantine, the first Christian Roman Emperor, decreed that it be held on that date in 336.

To continue reading, please go to the original article here:

https://www.triviagenius.com/why-is-christmas-on-december-25/

Why Is Christmas Celebrated on December 25?

Sarah Pruitt   Updated: Dec 3, 2019  Original: Dec 24, 2012

Most Christians today probably can’t imagine Christmas on any other day than December 25, but it wasn’t always that way. In fact, for the first three centuries of Christianity’s existence, Jesus Christ’s birth wasn’t celebrated at all.

The religion’s most significant holidays were Epiphany on January 6, which commemorated the arrival of the Magi after Jesus’ birth, and Easter, which celebrated Jesus’ resurrection. The first official mention of December 25 as a holiday honoring Jesus’ birthday appears in an early Roman calendar from 336 A.D.

But was Jesus really born on December 25 in the first place? Probably not. The Bible doesn’t mention his exact birthday, and the Nativity story contains conflicting clues. For instance, the presence of shepherds and their sheep suggest a spring birth.

When church officials settled on December 25 at the end of the third century, they likely wanted the date to coincide with existing pagan festivals honoring Saturn (the Roman god of agriculture) and Mithra (the Persian god of light). That way, it became easier to convince Rome’s pagan subjects to accept Christianity as the empire’s official religion

The celebration of Christmas spread throughout the Western world over the next several centuries, but many Christians continued to view Epiphany and Easter as more important.

Some, including the Puritans of colonial New England, even banned its observance because they viewed its traditions—the offering of gifts and decorating trees, for example—as linked to paganism.

In the early days of the United States, celebrating Christmas was considered a British custom and fell out of style following the American Revolution. It wasn’t until 1870 that Christmas became a federal holiday.

To continue reading, please go to the original article here:

https://www.history.com/news/why-is-christmas-celebrated-on-december-25

The True Origins Of Your Favorite Christmas Traditions

12 | 12 | 2019

It’s almost that time of year again when we travel from near and far to spend time with friends and family for the holidays. Even if you’re not a big fan of the Christmas season, you’re probably familiar with some of the more well-known traditions such as Christmas trees, yule logs, eggnog, and gift-giving.

But where did these traditions come from? Hold onto your hats because Christmas is one of many Christian holidays with an origin that’s going to surprise you.

Christmas trees

One of the most iconic symbols of the Christmas season is, of coure, the tree. Early Christians decided to “borrow” an ancient pagan holiday known as Saturnalia, and thus, they borrowed other symbols and incorporated them into Christian celebrations.

The classic Christmas tree is yet another item the Christians borrowed from pagan religions. In particular, the Romans were fond of fir trees during Saturnalia. And as Saturnalia gave way to Christmas, the fir tree continued to be used.

Christmas stockings

We don’t know about your house, but many people start their Christmas Day celebrations by opening their stockings for little gifts. This is one tradition that is firmly rooted in Christianity. There are competing origin stories for Christmas stockings — some of which are controversial.

But of them, the most popular include one that also serves as the origin story for a more secular Christmas symbol — Santa Claus. We won’t give that one away because Santa is also on this list. But the other story centers on a wealthy man and his daughters and their recent bad luck that left them poor. Naturally, the father was worried that his daughters wouldn’t be able to marry well.

As luck would have it, St. Nicholas passed through their town and tossed three big bags of gold coins down the man’s chimney — and those bags magically fit perfectly in the daughters’ stockings that were drying by the fireplace.

Santa Claus

While Santa Claus has some improbable qualities, he is based on a real man. If we go back in time to the third and fourth century, you’ll also find the origin story for a famous Catholic saint, Saint Nicholas. Incidentally, he has his own celebratory day, December 6.

But more importantly, the real Saint Nicholas was a Greek bishop who later became the Bishop of Myra (a town in Greece). The real Nicholas was nothing like the jolly plump Santa Claus that most of us imagine.

The real Saint Nicholas lived during a time when Christianity was still a bit of a fringe religion and when those who overtly practiced it could be persecuted. Because he defied the local laws against Christianity, Saint Nicholas was imprisoned until he (and other Christians) were freed by Constantine.

However, during his time as a bishop, he was known for his generosity and his defense of vulnerable groups. And that persona led to his sainthood as well as the fact that he is often considered the patron saint of nearly everyone.

Gift giving

It would seem like Christmas and gift-giving go together like peanut butter and jelly. But it turns out that of all the traditions we most closely associate with the holiday, exchanging gifts is a fairly modern invention. The next time you participate in a Secret Santa gift exchange, give Queen Victoria a shout out.

Prior to the mid-1800s, gift giving was considered a distraction from the real reason for the season — to celebrate Jesus Christ. But during Queen Victoria’s reign, she routinely gave gifts to her husband and children at Christmas. And the queen was so influential that her subjects also began to enjoy gift exchanges.

Mistletoe

What could be more romantic than stealing a smooch under a bit of mistletoe? This classic lover’s twist on Christmas has been brought to you by the Celtic Druids. Yes, again, here’s another Christmas tradition borrowed from pagan culture. The Druids valued mistletoe because it was a symbol of fertility.

No one really knows how mistletoe made the jump from a pagan to a Christmas symbol, but we do know that mistletoe was first popularized as a Christmas accent in English households during the 18th century.

To continue reading, please go to the original article here:

https://www.triviagenius.com/the-true-origins-of-your-favorite-christmas-traditions-2/