The Rolling Stones
Paint It Black
Click Me, Gleeking Prole!and find out why it says Bl@ck instead of Black
Cream
White Room
And that is all.
Click Me! Support The Keith Richards Home For Aging Sluts
Thursday, February 19, 2009
WFRL: What's Black & White & Wrong All Over?
The Rolling Stones
Paint It Black
Click Me, Gleeking Prole!and find out why it says Bl@ck instead of Black
Cream
White Room
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
WFRL: Surprise!
Faith No More
Surprise, You're Dead
They say to the seers,"See no more visions!"
and to the prophets,
"Give us no more visions of what is right!
Tell us pleasant things,
prophesy illusions"
~Isaiah 30:10
Floatin' Powa News Service: Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts
Kula Shaker
Mystical Machine Gun
From "Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts"
You're a wizard in a blizzard,
A mystical machine gun!
Watch the skies,
For the mystical machine gun fire.
Well you've got to be stronger now than them,
Now you've got to be strong
You'll be singing the song of life till then,
You'll just have to be strong.
State Sponsored Jew Hate:
On the eve of a conference on anti-Semitism on Monday, one man has arrived in London with a simple plea for the government in his country to stop its state-sanctioned and media-led campaign of anti-Semitism. That man is Sammy Eppel from Venezuela, a Jewish community leader, director of the human rights commission of B'nai B'rith and columnist for Caracas's main newspaper El Universal. He has come to tell his story of the plight of the Jewish community in his country and the acute rise in anti-Semitism there, which he said was led by the state, from the president through to the government.
Obama's high-risk engagement at Durban The writing is on the synagogue wall
Greenspan Supports U.S. Bank Nationalization
McCain & the "Republicans" Support U.S. Bank Nationalization
Sen. Graham defends view on nationalizing banks
THE NATION: All Hail Comrade Lindsey Graham
TIME: The Case for Nationalizing the Entire Economy
GM Seeks as Much as $16.6 Billion in New US Aid
GM Europe Open to Sell Stake or Form Alliance
Germany passes draft bank nationalization billU.S. agents enter Stanford Financial Houston office
ANTIGUA: Hundreds Swarm Stanford Bank
Hundreds of clients seeking to withdraw funds rushed to branches of a bank in Antigua controlled by Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, a day after the tycoon was charged with an $8 billion fraud.GROOMING THE PERFECT MARXIST CANDIDATE
My theory is that President Obama’s narcissistic charm, even temperament, skill with words (teleprompter included), hunger to please, radical agenda, and subterranean rage at the “unfair” American system have been brilliantly exploited by powerful leftist radicals and Marxists in the United States, who for decades have plotted America’s path to socialism. He is their pawn, totally dispensable but handy while the “aura” lasts.
Obama team is full of 'exceptions' (among other things)First it was Timothy Geithner for secretary of the Treasury, a man slightly behind in his tax payments. Now we find that former Senator Tom Daschle, his designee for secretary of Health and Human Services, was also delinquent in his payment of taxes.Obama Issued Executive Orders Without Notifying Public
After the president's pronouncements about the prohibition of lobbyists in his administration, we now know that he would like to have William Lynn, a former lobbyist with Raytheon, for a key role in the Department of Defense. Raytheon is a major contractor with the Pentagon.
Add to this the selection of Mark Patterson to be the chief of staff for Tim Geithner. Patterson was a lobbyist for Goldman Sachs, the major investment firm.
Who will be the next "exception to the rules" person to be appointed?
According to an article published Tuesday night, the president has since taking office issued three executive orders, one memorandum, one presidential notice and a proclamation without any attention from the White House press corps. That's because the White House press office never announced them and never posted any reference to them on its Web site.
Clinton Seeks Improved Islamic Ties During Indonesia VisitGreetings from the GLOBAL ISLAMIC FINANCE CENTRE
Pakistan: Rally backs Sharia in Swat
Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D): Obama's Iran policy is similar to Bush's
NYT: Obama’s War on Terror May Resemble Bush’s in Some Areas
11th session of OIC Parliaments Union to start Wednesday in Niamey
Netanyahu not ruling out participation in Moscow Mideast conference
Russia and Iran in military talks
UN's Muslim Nuke Inspector Named Mo Sez: Iran has not produced atomic bombs
Iran offers to supply Europe with natural gas
Bahai Religious leaders face spying charges in Iran
TURKMENISTAN: ASHGABAT MOVES QUICKLY TO COMPLETE ENERGY DEAL WITH IRANTurkmenistan prepares military-tactical trainings
Russia plunges as IMF issues warning
Russia Agrees to $25 Billion Oil-for-Loans Deal With China
Russia seeks strategic ties with Egypt
Lavrov Open to Transit of NATO Arms
Stalin makes a comeback with Russia's youth
Blood feuds increasing problem in Ingushetia
Russia ousts governors amid slump
Jailed Russian oil tycoon faces new charges
Chevron close to Black Sea deal with the Turks
Chevron mulling deepwater Indonesia gas project
Chevron to open renewable energy center in Qatar
Chevron Kazakh venture to start gas plant operations after haltThat could start a small war
Chevron venture: Kazakh project needs bigger pipeline
Chevron Pulls Out of JV with Gazprom
Exxon talking to Gazprom
Exxon Complains of State Delays
Exxon Adds To Its Reserves At Strong Pace
US and Russia see common cause
Bolivia Signs Pact with Gazprom
Gazprom eyes bases in Norway
All your base are belong to Vlad
Raytheon Wins Contract To Develop Next-Generation Jammer Technology
China sovereign fund seeks partner for AIG's "Aircraft Leasing Unit"Chinese demand helps gold break $960
US Requires New Nuclear Reactors to Withstand Plane Crashes
5.0 in Turkey
5.4 in Greece: Ionian Islands
6.8 in northern Japan
China had 99 high-mag quakes in 2008
Yellowstone caldera's pushing earth
NJ residents can expect more quakes
Geronimo's Heirs Sue Yale, Demand Return Of Skull
Kula Shaker
Prophet Zimmy's
"The Ballad of a Thin Man"
Here's your throat back,
Thanks for the loan.
WFRL: For All the Cowboys in Sydney
Thin Lizzy
Live in Sydney ~ 1978
The Cowboy Song
The Boys are Back in Town
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
WFRL: Joe Public
The Rutles
Joe Public
My name is Joe Public - I'm sure you all know me
Sometimes they call me 'the man in the street'
but I don't mind
I've got my place in society
I've got my feet on the ground
I've got my pride and my prejudices
No one can push me around
My name is Joe Public - I'm sure you all know me
Sometimes they call me 'the proletariat'
but I don't mind
They know me for my common sense
They know they can't please all of me
They know I can't be fooled - all of the time
I am what I am and I'm happy to be
Joe Public, that's me
Joe Public, that's me
I put my faith in the powers that be
Joe Public - that's me
My name is Joe Public - I'm sure you all know me
Sometimes they call me 'the great unwashed'
but I don't mind
Sticks and stones may break my bones
but names can never hurt me
I've got my pride and my prejudices
I am what I am and I'm happy to be
Joe Public, that's me
I put my faith in the powers that be
Joe Public - that's me
I put my faith in the powers that be...
I'm sure you all know me
Sometimes they call me 'the man in the street'
but I don't mind
I've got my place in society
I've got my feet on the ground
I've got my pride and my prejudices
No one can push me around
My name is Joe Public - I'm sure you all know me
Sometimes they call me 'the proletariat'
but I don't mind
They know me for my common sense
They know they can't please all of me
They know I can't be fooled - all of the time
I am what I am and I'm happy to be
Joe Public, that's me
Joe Public, that's me
I put my faith in the powers that be
Joe Public - that's me
My name is Joe Public - I'm sure you all know me
Sometimes they call me 'the great unwashed'
but I don't mind
Sticks and stones may break my bones
but names can never hurt me
I've got my pride and my prejudices
I am what I am and I'm happy to be
Joe Public, that's me
I put my faith in the powers that be
Joe Public - that's me
I put my faith in the powers that be...
I'm sure you all know me
Monday, February 16, 2009
Floatin' Powa News Service: Fire & Water Made Me Their Daughter
Free
Fire & Water
Completely Vile & Unforgivable:
US to participate in preparations for Durban II meeting
Look around a minute and see why I say it
'Murakami mustn't accept Jerusalem Prize'
Pro-Palestinian groups in Japan and in other countries have called on popular Japanese writer Haruki Murakami to withdraw from the Jerusalem Book Fair, during which he is set to receive the “Jerusalem Prize” from Mayor Nir Barkat next week.Murakami heads to Israel to accept prize
There was no response from Murakami's office to the boycott call.J'lem Prize awarded to author Haruki Murakami
Obama pushes for unity government in Israel
Gaza population 'rising rapidly'
Abbas: Israel proposed concessions on Jerusalem
Ashes to Ashes, We All Fall Down!
Hampshire College cuts ties with fund invested in Israel
Student activists at Hampshire College are hailing a divestment decision by the board of trustees that they say makes the college the first in the country to break financial ties with companies specifically because they do business with Israel. But the college strenuously denies the move was politically motivated.The turnspeak in that thing is astounding.
Cyprus unloads cargo from suspected Iranian arms ship
Lavrov: Russia to hold Mideast summit
Albanian Muslims to urge Arabs to recognise Kosovo
ENGLAND'S MUSLIM SPLEEN (that's the actual headline)
Don't just blame the victim - punish him. In effect, the government has enforced a fatwa on "Fitna" - without, as the hapless foreign secretary admitted, even watching the 15-minute film.
US intel chief sez: Iran nuclear arms bid unclear
I simply have no words for this load of crap here.
IRAN: US intelligence reconfirms Iran has no nuclear arms program
IRAN: US intel predicts Israel-Iran war in 2009
Iranian man sets himself ablaze outside parliamentState Department Moves to Bridge Relations With Russia, Iran
Yes, we can all clearly see that, can't we, Comrade Dhimmis?
Russia to help US in Afghanistan for a price
NATO Afghan supplies crossing Russia soon
Poland wants enhanced military commitment from US
Which they will not get.
Russian president shakes up regional governments
President Dmitri Medvedev removed four regional governors and demoted a minister on Monday in one of the biggest purges in years, a sign of Kremlin concern that the global slowdown is fueling social unrest.Gateway Pundit: Team Obama Irons Out Surrender Details With Russia
U.S. Envoy to Russia Echoes Father Who Fought for Soviets Russia: Pro-Kremlin "youth groups" kick the crap outta everyone at rallies:
Minutes after protesters unfurled anti-Kremlin banners and chanted "Down with KGB power" and "Russia without Putin," a dozen young men jumped out of cars and started to beat them with fists and metal rods.Germany: Skinheads, Neo-Nazis Draw Fury at Dresden 1945 ‘Mourning March’
Feb. 14 -- German anti-immigrant, skinhead and neo-Nazi groups in the eastern city of Dresden staged one of their biggest demonstrations since German reunification in 1990 today, as 6,000 extremists marched through the streets, police said.Everything old is new again....
A Russian Think Tank In New York
Tucked into a piece of prime real estate in midtown Manhattan, the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation currently boasts just four employees -- two Russian analysts, a secretary, and Andranik Migranyan, the Armenian-born political scientist who serves as director of the institute's New York branch.
[SNIP]
But Migranyan, a former adviser to Boris Yeltsin, is thinking bigger. The office, which includes a 30-seat conference room, has already hosted two seminars on U.S.-Russian relations.
[SNIP]
The project is evidence of the Kremlin's growing interest in "soft power" -- using Western media, PR, and think-tank models to advance its own interests in abroad.
[SNIP]
Migranyan, whose name has become a more frequent sight in American publications like "The New York Times" and "The National Interest," has staunchly defended Russia's position on issues like the August war with Georgia and the recent decision by Kyrgyzstan to close the Manas U.S. air base. But he says that under the new administration of U.S. President Barack Obama, there are fresh opportunities for U.S.-Russian cooperation on a range of issues.
Russia, Turkey declare new era with ‘strategic’ document Russia's LUKOIL eyes two Iraqi oilfields
Gazprom Neft executive named head of Serbia NIS
Gazprom’s Medvedev: Natural Gas Prices Are ‘Undervalued’
Bulgaria's "Overgas," a Russian Spy in Canada, and Gazprom
Arsim Zekolli: Turkmenistan is an anchor of Central Asian stability
TURKMENISTAN: BUILDING PARTNERSHIP WITH IRAN
Iran, Turkmenistan reach gas development, export deal
Rights groups accuse Turkmenistan over freedoms
Turkmenistan and Afghanistan: Cooperation in mutual interests
Kyrgyz Opposition Seeks Closure Of Russian Base
Kyrgyzstan Wants Out Of U.S.-Led Coalition Agreement
New Details Emerge Of Ingush Website Owner's Murder
Almost six months after the August 31 death in police custody of Magomed Yevloyev, owner of the independent website ingushetia.org (formerly ingushetiya.ru), an Interior Ministry official has gone public with damning new evidence concerning the circumstances of that killing.
On February 14, the website quoted lawyer Musa Pliyev, who represents Yevloyev's family, as saying that in testimony to the commission established by the Republic of Ingushetia prosecutor's office to probe the circumstances of the murder, Interior Ministry investigator Djanbolat Shankhoyev said that the Interior Ministry warrant on the basis of which Ingushetian police detained Yevloyev for questioning shortly before he died was in fact drafted and signed only after Yevloyev's death.
[SNIP]
China-Saudi oil cooperation will not harm oil accords with RussiaNaturally!
World Bank gives China $710m loan
G-7 Softens Criticism of China's Currency Policy
Emboldened Hugo Chávez to speed up his Bolivarian Revolution
POLITICO: An email from Plouffe
Whatever his private-sector role, David Plouffe signaled today he's staying firmly inside Obamaland as an unpaid advisor to the campaign organization, Organizing for America.The Audacity of Audaciousness
It takes another level of chutzpah entirely to admit members of the general public to your event at the National Press Club, recruit a news organization as the co-sponsor and then tell the press they can't cover it.David Plouffe Speaks Off the Record at National Press ClubBut that's exactly what former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe and Georgetown University did yesterday.
HuffPo: Plouffe Off-Record Campaign Comments Come Out
Scramble For Plouffe's Cash
The American military will begin recruiting skilled immigrants who are living in this country with temporary visas, offering them the chance to become United States citizens in as little as six months.
A Feral speaks in South Africa: We should wake up to the fact that revolutionary thinkers such as Engels, Marx, Lenin and Mussolini, who proposed that government be centralised and that all things be funded and each worker supplied according to his needs, were shortsighted when it came to the world’s economic realities. They offered communism, socialism and fascism but all these alternative economic systems didn’t work.How to Preserve Wealth in a Socialist Economy
Capitalism’s New Clothes
EXIGENT!
Lindsay Graham, one of the Republican senators who voted against the stimulus bill, said the nationalization of the banking industry should not be taken off the table as Congress looks for ways to shore up the teetering financial system. “This idea of nationalizing banks is not comfortable,” Mr. Graham, who is from South Carolina, said on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos.” “But I think we have gotten so many toxic assets spread throughout the banking and financial community throughout the world that we’re going to have to do something that no one ever envisioned a year ago.”Nationalize the Banks! We're all Swedes Now
The Geithner / Obama Plan Will Fail
Global Guerrillas: THE DEPRESSION SCENARIO IS HERE
Gold Man Sacks denies report of 'emergency' meeting
Two earthquakes jolt Peru
4.9 in western China
5.2 jolts Maluku, Indonesia
Second earthquake in two weeks in NJ
Galeras volcano erupts in southwestern Colombia
Greek inscriptions south of Jerusalem shed light on ancient Jewish Warriors
Mysterious halo heralds Kim's birthday in N.Korea
ROTF!
Chemical Lobotomies - WHO DECIDES WHAT IS BAD?
I love every single one of my so called bad memories and they are to stay exactly where they are, fuck you very much!
The Astronauts
Firewater
WFRL: DJ MrsOC Spins:
Cockney Rebel
Make Me Smile
How can you ignore my faith in everything? Cause I know what Faith is
and what it's worth
Away, away,
and don't say maybe you'll try.
HAMAS FOR THE HOMELAND
The Immigrant Song
Led Zeppelin
Correcting Klein and World Net Daily
HAMAS FOR THE HOMELAND
by Paul L. Williams & Michael Travis
A reporter from World Net Daily (WND) has claimed that the New Media Journal and Canada Free Press were incorrect in reporting that President Barack Obama recently issued a presidential determination to allocate $20.3 million from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Act to enable refugees from the conflict in Gaza to relocate in the United States.The rejoinder, penned by Aaron Klein, appeared as WND's lead story on Sunday, February 15.
It took to task the statement that the $20.3 million would be used to relocate thousands of HAMAS supporters to the United States. Mr. Klein insisted that the money would not be used for this purpose but that the presidential determination stipulated that the funds were to be used for "distributing emergency food assistance, providing medical assistance and temporary shelter, creating temporary employment, and restoring access to electricity and potable water."
But such wording is not contained in the determination and the notion that the $20.3 million in funds can only be used to alleviate the refugee situation within the borders of Gaza appears to come from an unofficial memo or the reporter's fanciful imagination.
The official document, as signed by President Obama, reads as follows in its entirety:
Presidential Determination No. 2009-15 of January 27, 2009
Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related To Gaza
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the ``Act''), as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Act, that it is important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the Act in an amount not to exceed $20.3 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund for the purpose of meeting unexpected and urgent refugee and migration needs, including by contributions to international, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations and payment of administrative expenses of Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State, related to humanitarian needs of Palestinian refugees and conflict victims in Gaza.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register. (Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, January 27, 2009
The order contains no further wording and no addendum, let alone the stipulation reported by Mr. Klein. The purpose of the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund is "to provide U.S. resettlement opportunities to refugees" so that "U.S. admissions programs may become more responsive to critical refugee rescue needs." Since this is the purpose of the legislation, it should be abundantly clear to any perceptive reader that the funds are earmarked for the resettlement of thousands of Palestinians in the United States - - not for the alleviation of conditions in Gaza.The order signed by President Obama follows a pattern of Islamic rapprochement that he established as soon as he took a seat within the Oval Office. His first call to any head of state as president was to Mahmoud Abbas, leader of Fatah party in the Palestinian territory. His first one on one interview with any news organization was with Al Arabia television. He ordered Guantanamo Bay closed and all military trials of detainees halted.
He ordered all overseas CIA interrogation centers closed. He withdrew all charges against the masterminds behind the USS Cole and 9/11 The directive should be a matter of grave concern to all American citizens, but even more alarming is Klein's contention that the $20.3 million will be handed over to the nefarious, terror-supporting, UNRWA....otherwise known as the HAMAS Central Bank.
$20 million can train a lot of terrorists and buy a lot of bombs and missiles. Readers may take heart in the realization that the WND is in error and that Klein fails a make a distinction between the presidential determination and an unofficial memo.
CLICK ME, GLEEKING PLEBE!Sunday, February 15, 2009
WFRL: License to Kill
Richie Havens
License to Kill
And if things don't change soon, he will.
Oh, man has invented his doom,
First step was touching the moon.
Now, there's a woman on my block,
She just sit there as the night grows still.
She say who gonna take away his license to kill?
Now, they take him and they teach him and they groom him for life
And they set him on a path where he's bound to get ill,
Then they bury him with stars,
Sell his body like they do used cars.
Now, there's a woman on my block,
She just sit there facin' the hill.
She say who gonna take away his license to kill?
Now, he's hell-bent for destruction, he's afraid and confused,
And his brain has been mismanaged with great skill.
All he believes are his eyes
And his eyes, they just tell him lies.
Sitting there in a cold chill.
She say who gonna take away his license to kill?
Ya may be a noisemaker, spirit maker,
Heartbreaker, backbreaker,
Leave no stone unturned.
May be an actor in a plot,
That might be all that you got
'Til your error you clearly learn.
Now he worships at an altar of a stagnant pool
And when he sees his reflection, he's fulfilled.
Oh, man is opposed to fair play,
He wants it all and he wants it his way.
Now, there's a woman on my block,
She just sit there as the night grows still.
She say who gonna take away his license to kill?
Prophet Zimmy
License to Kill
1984
Darwingelical Propaganda and the Evolution of Belief
OK. Language check here for all you purple proles. This is a war for your BELIEF SYSTEM:
(DICK) Dawkins goes much further when he states that "[i]t is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid, or insane (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that)."
"to believe in evolution"
Evolution is a partially described biological MECHANISM, it is not an a scientifically identifiable originating CAUSE. Science, taken as a school of thought, offers no identifiable originating cause.
"to believe in evolution"This statement is more accurately then a statement of THEOLOGY or PHILOSOPHY, which both deal with BELIEFS and IDEAS, and not at all a statement of science, which purports itself loudly to deal purely with physical evidence and observable, provable processes only.
An observable, describable, working mechanism, biological or man made, is self evident as a mechanism. It either exists or does not exist, there is no call to "believe IN it " or no, it either is there and can be seen, described, and "proven", or not. I do not believe in my lungs, they are there, and they work, as evidenced by my continued breathing. They can be seen, described, and proven. My lungs are not the cause of my body. They are an obvious and observable operating mechanism contained within it.
What the Darvangelists are doing with language here is elevating a partially described MECHANISM (evolution) to the level of a fully blown CAUSE (GOD). They are deifying a PROCESS because they refuse to acknowledge, can not identify, and are, on some level ~ at war with the MAKER.
This is not a legitimate "debate". The terms and definitions it is being premised upon are entirely intellectually dishonest. This is insanity. This is classical idol worship. This is PROPAGANDA.
This is an all out war for the terms and definitions you, the spudniktariats, will use to define your reality in your brave new Glow Ballin' future. They want the control of the words in your mouth. He that owns your words, your terms and definitions, controls thought itself. Whether you believe in GOD or not, you can not allow this theft of thought to take place if you intend to stay free. Do not become their next useful idiot. Unfortunately, many have already evolved themselves into that regrettable position.
If science claims to want religion to stay the hell out of it's business then science would do well to stay the hell out of religion's business. Why should any scientists give a rat's ass what you BELIEVE? Because their end game is to own and direct what you believe, which has shit to do with science... but has all to do with power.
See Also:WTF is "World Evolutionary Humanism" & Why Should You Care?
Charlton Heston visits the Ministry of Science
"Eugenics may not be so bad" - Richard Dawkins
Cosmonaut Petrov and You
“Well, eugenics was a very fashionable science in the 1930s and nowadays it isn’t. Post Hitler there are people who say not only that eugenics is morally wrong but also that it doesn’t work scientifically. That is bollocks. It works with horses, cows and pigs and ducks. Of course it would work with humans. It’s quite another matter to say that it would be a good thing to do. It comes down to a moral and political choice." ~ Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins, Atheist Evangelist: "What’s to prevent us from saying Hitler wasn’t right?"
Dawkins and The Seven Deadlies
UK TV Review: Dick Dawkins: Evangelical Darwinist
God's Revenge on Darwin? Dick Dawkins!
No Nonsense
Missing Links Eats a Steaming Meat Demon Stanwich
Saturday, February 14, 2009
WFRL: DJ Q-Burn Spins......
Donald Byrd
Christo Redentor
James 3 1NOT MANY [of you] should become teachers (a]">[a]self-constituted censors and reprovers of others), my brethren, for you know that we [teachers] will be judged by a higher standard and with greater severity [than other people; thus we assume the greater accountability and the more condemnation].
2For we all often stumble and fall and offend in many things. And if anyone does not offend in speech [never says the wrong things], he is a fully developed character and a perfect man, able to control his whole body and to curb his entire nature.
3If we set bits in the horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can turn their whole bodies about.
4Likewise, look at the ships: though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the impulse of the helmsman determines.
5Even so the tongue is a little member, and it can boast of great things. See how much wood or how great a forest a tiny spark can set ablaze!
6And the tongue is a fire. [The tongue is a] world of wickedness set among our members, contaminating and depraving the whole body and setting on fire the wheel of birth (the cycle of man's nature), being itself ignited by hell (Gehenna).
7For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea animal, can be tamed and has been tamed by human genius (nature).
8But the human tongue can be tamed by no man. It is a restless (undisciplined, irreconcilable) evil, full of deadly poison.
9With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men who were made in God's likeness!
10Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be so.
11Does a fountain send forth [simultaneously] from the same opening fresh water and bitter?
12Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine figs? Neither can a salt spring furnish fresh water.
13Who is there among you who is wise and intelligent? Then let him by his noble living show forth his [good] works with the [unobtrusive] humility [which is the proper attribute] of true wisdom.
14But if you have bitter jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry, selfish ambition) in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus be in defiance of and false to the Truth.
15This [superficial] wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual (animal), even devilish (demoniacal).
16For wherever there is jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry and selfish ambition), there will also be confusion (unrest, disharmony, rebellion) and all sorts of evil and vile practices.
17But the wisdom from above is first of all pure (undefiled); then it is peace-loving, courteous (considerate, gentle). [It is willing to] yield to reason, full of compassion and good fruits; it is wholehearted and straightforward, impartial and unfeigned (free from doubts, wavering, and insincerity).
18And the harvest of righteousness (of conformity to God's will in thought and deed) is [the fruit of the seed] sown in peace by those who work for and make peace [in themselves and in others, that peace which means concord, agreement, and harmony between individuals, with undisturbedness, in a peaceful mind free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts]
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