Books of Interest
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Daughters of the Baboo Grove (From Chian to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins)
Author: Barbara Demick
Narrated By: Joy Osmanski
Barbara Demick (Author, American journalist, former Beijing bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times.)
This is a brief and fascinating historical glimpse of a government policy gone awry. Like America’s mistaken policies on immigration, Barbara Demick’s story of China’s one-child policy traces the effects of government overreach. Demick tells the story of a rural Chinese family who births twin sisters during the time of China’s unjust enforcement of their one-child policy. One sister is abducted by Chinese government officials, and is adopted by a family in Texas. The ethics of an inhumane Chinese government policy and the perfidy of free enterprise are exposed in Demick’s true story of two children’s lives.
The territorial size of China in respect to continental America.
China’s one-child policy leads to a Chinese criminal enterprise to capitalize on kidnapping and selling children born to families that could not afford the fines for having more children than the law allows. Undoubtedly, most children born were cherished by their parents, but the hardship of life and human greed leads to unconscionable human trafficking. Kidnapping became a part of a legal and criminal enterprise in China. Government policy allowed bureaucrats and scofflaws to confiscate children from their parents and effectively deliver or sell children to orphanages or people wanting to adopt a child. Demick recounts stories of grieving parents and grandparents that cannot get their children back once they have been taken.
Child trafficking, broken families, loss of personal identity, human shame, and the immoral implication of other countries interest in adopting children are unintended consequences of a poorly thought out and implemented government policy.
Demick becomes interested in this story because of a message she receives from a stepbrother of an adopted Chinese sister that has a twin that lives in China. Because of Demick’s long experience in visiting and reporting on China, she had a network of people she could call. Using adoption records, Demick is able to find the Texas stepsister who had been kidnapped when she was 22 months old. She was trafficked to an orphanage in the Hunan Province of China. Years later, through messaging apps, the twins communicated with each other and shared their photographs. They eventually meet in China in 2019.
One is hesitant to argue a government policy is a unique act of China when every government makes policy decisions that have unintended consequences.
America’s policy decisions on immigration are a present-day fiasco that is as wrong as the one-child policy in China’s history. The one-child policy is eventually rejected by the Chinese’ government but Demick’s book shows how bad government policy has consequences that live on even when they are changed by future governments. America’s policy on immigration will be eventually reversed but its damage will live on.
Getting back to the story, Demick is instrumental in having the mother of Esther (aka E) and the twins meet in China.
One is hesitant to argue a government policy is a unique act of China when every government makes policy decisions that have unintended consequences. The twins are initially reticent but warm to each other in a way that bridges the cultural and language divide between the sisters. The two mothers see their respective roles in their daughter’s lives. E and her identical twin, Shuangjie, are reserved when they meet because of the cultural distance that was created by E’s adoption.
However, Demick suggests they seem to mirror each other in subsequent meetings. One feels a mix of emotions listening to this audiobook version of “Daughter’s of the Bamboo Grove”. They have grown up in different environments but seem to have been raised in similar economic circumstances, though the two economies are vastly different in income per household, the two appear to be raised in similar economic classes.
Every person who reads/listens to “Daughter’s of the Bamboo Grove” can view the story from different perspectives.
There is the perspective of identical twins raised in different families, cultures, and histories. How are identical twins different when they are raised by different parents and in different cultures? Another perspective is that Xi and Trump have had dramatic effects on the societies their policies have created. The Twin’s meeting in 2019 is one year after my wife and I had visited China. Xi had become President after his predecessor began opening China’s economic opportunities. Two incidents on the trip when Xi had become President come to mind. The first is the feeling one has of being monitored everywhere and the internet restrictions when used to ask questions. The second was an incident in a crowded Chinese market when I was approached by a beefy citizen who raised his arms and seemed to be angrily talking to me in Chinese which I sadly did not understand. The distinct impression is that I was not welcome. This was a singular incident that did not repeat in our 21-day tour, but it seemed like an expression of hostility toward America.
This listener/reader thinks of the unintended consequences of Trump’s treatment of alleged illegal immigrants.
Trump’s immigration policy is similar to China’s earlier mistake with the one-child policy. America’s, China’s, and Japan’s economies are highly dependent on youth which is diminished in two fundamental ways. One is by public policy that restricts birth, and the other is immigration. Freedom of choice is a foundational belief in democracy while considered a threat in autocracy. In America today, it seems there is little difference between America, Japan, or China in regard to government policy that threatens the future. All have an aging population that can only be aided by younger generations. Even though manufacturing may become less labor intensive, public need in the service industry will grow. Technology is a key to social need which has not been well served in the past or present and could become worse without pragmatic accommodation.
REVIEWS AND VIEWS OF LIFE 
Its extremely important to publish opposition within the GOP, (screw the DemonCrapic Party and the MSM propaganda press) concerning our President Trump’s well deserved and rejoiced 2nd Administration. Personally, for me, I emotionally support President Trump. Non-the-less, its extremely important to publish GOP and even democratic party opposition.
Tulsi Gabbard has ‘exaggerated’ and ‘imagined evidence’: John Bolton | On Balance
Personally Bolten expresses hostility toward President Trump. His ignorance revealed during the 12 Day War against Iran. Honestly, I do not respect John Bolton’s criticism.
John Bolton says Donald Trump can’t come up with ‘coherent’ view on Israel | LBC
Jason Crow of Colorado, a Democrat Congressman, has voiced opposition to Tulsi Gabbards Russia-Gate Hoax charges.
Colorado’s Jason Crow comments on being selected to be impeachment manager
Senator Mark Warner, despises Tulsi Gabbard. Approve and support the service made by Edward Snowden, and support his pardon. The threat of the Ukraine joining NATO caused Russia to invade Ukraine. Russia twice invaded by Napoleon and Hitler through the flat plains of the Ukraine.
Sh*t That Ain’t True – Mark Warner on Tulsi Gabbard
The Russian Hoax allegations and the Epstein sex scandal – indeed separate issues, each with its own context and implications. The Russian Hoax allegations primarily revolve around the integrity of the electoral process and potential foreign interference, while the Epstein scandal deals with serious criminal behavior related to sexual exploitation.
Investigations into the Russian allegations were led by the Mueller Report, which sought to determine the extent of Russian interference and any collusion with the Trump campaign. The Epstein scandal has led to multiple investigations and legal actions against those involved in his network, focusing on accountability for sexual abuse.
Mark Kelly, a Democratic Senator from Arizona, attempts to equate the Russia-Gate Hoax with the Epstein files. Kelly opposed Gabbard from the get-go.
Sen. Mark Kelly Raises Red Flags on Tulsi Gabbard’s Nomination: National Security Concerns
On July 2019 Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking minors. His arrest and subsequent “suicide” caused an ongoing scrutiny of the Trump Administration’s ties to Epstein, though not directly linked to Russia-Gate. The Trump Administration faced no direct legal pressure related to Epstein until after the Russia-Gate allegations began to unfold! Therefore Mark Kelly employs the Epstein files as a red herring to deflect away from the Watergate Hoax scandal and the ultimate disgrace of the Obama Administration.
This Red Herring tactic of linking various scandals, a common denominator employed in political rhetoric, aimed at reactionary uneducated television views. Where these Democrapic opponents of President Trump seek to shift their skewed narratives, in order to focus public attention away from embarrassing political disgraces – such as the Russia-Gate Hoax Scandal.
Jim Himes, another Democrat calls the Russia Hoax accusations – “baseless”. Its important to remember the CNN Fake News reporting 8 years ago.
Jake Tapper: Trump’s world untethered to facts
Jake Tapper, his new book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” co-authored with Alex Thompson. The book explores the alleged concealment of President Biden’s cognitive decline by his inner circle and the implications of this for his 2024 re-election campaign. Tapper argues that Biden’s aides and family members were aware of his declining health but chose to support his decision to run for re-election, despite concerns about how this would affect his campaign and the Democratic Party.
CNN has made several programming adjustments, including moving Tapper’s show to a later time and removing other anchors from their positions, but Tapper remains a prominent figure at the network. Jake Tapper remains with CNN and continues to host his show, despite the network’s recent programming which demoted the importance of his shows.
CNN ratings have never recovered from its rabid hostility and biased news coverage of the first Trump Administration. The MSM socialist Pravda-like propaganda, lead by NBC, CBS, ABC and CNN Fake News, has witnessed a serious decline in earnings and influence.
The Fake News MSM legacy media promotes to this day a Yellow Journalism that prioritizes copy selling sensationalism over hard copy objective journalism. The expulsion of President Trump from Twitter prior to the 2020 elections inspired Elon Musk to acquire X and fire the vast majority of Twitter parasite slugs. The concealing of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal by the FBI and the MSM press significantly influenced the 2020 Presidential elections.
The FBI’s involvement in the investigation of the laptop raised concerns about the intersection of law enforcement and political narratives, with critics arguing that it contributed to a lack of accountability in media reporting. Many individuals express frustration with what they perceive as a lack of integrity in journalism, leading to calls for more accountability and a return to objective reporting standards.
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Don’t give up on our correspondence. I realize we are miles apart in our political opinions but that is no reason for us not to try to understand our differences.
Respectfully Chet Yarbrough
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Greetings to you Chet good health and business success to you tooo
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The earlier draft had to many mistakes
How Error progresses throughout the course of Human history.
Israel Information Center Ithacainternationalscholars·israelinformationcenterithaca.wordpress.comOnce the focus is the connection between The Torah and the real necessity for the endowed title of an existing National Israeli State, Karaites are an unity opportunity .There is no presumptions of against the family circles of the Cohens which evolved into the various, and even those names of Levy, assuming all efforts to reestablish their…
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Historical Narrative: Timeline of Key Events and Figures
Tzeddukim (Sadducees): A Jewish sect active during the Second Temple period, known for their rejection of oral law and emphasis on the written Torah.
Karaites: Emerged in the 8th century, rejecting rabbinic authority and relying solely on the Hebrew Bible for religious practice.
Saadia Gaon (882–942 CE): A prominent Jewish philosopher and legal scholar who integrated Jewish thought with Islamic philosophy and emphasized rationalism.
Rambam (Maimonides, 1135–1204 CE): A key figure in Jewish law and philosophy, known for his works like the Mishneh Torah and Guide for the Perplexed.
Shlomo (Solomon): Often refers to King Solomon, known for his wisdom and contributions to Jewish thought, particularly in the context of the Hebrew Bible.
David: King David, a central figure in Jewish history, known for uniting the tribes of Israel and establishing Jerusalem as the capital.
Philosophical/Jurisprudential Argument: Key Concepts
Pardes vs Greek logic:
Pardes: A method of interpreting Jewish texts that includes four levels: Peshat (literal), Remez (hint), Drash (interpretative), and Sod (mystical).
Greek Logic: Refers to the rational and philosophical frameworks established by Greek philosophers, emphasizing deductive reasoning and empirical evidence.
Saadia Gaon and Rambam, though themselves deeply engaged with rediscovered Greek thought, fiercely opposed the Karaites and placed them under excommunication, just as the ancient P’rushim did to the Tzeddukim.
Common Law vs. Statute Law:
Common Law: A legal system based on judicial decisions and precedents rather than written Legislative statute decrees, allowing for flexibility and adaptation.
Statute Law: A legal system based on written government laws usually enacted by some legislative body, providing clear and codified rules. Both the Tzeddukim and Karaites denied the Sanhedrin’s legislative review. Both prioritized “belief systems” over the Torah’s demand for judicial justice—restoring damages, making peace between Jews.
The Karaim, while not as radical as Samaritans, still rejected the prophetic mussar of NaCH, as taught through Talmudic Aggadah – as binding mussar precedents which shape the k’vanna of mitzvot elevated to Av tohor time-oriented Torah commandments.
Theological Critique: Key Issues
Assimilation: The process by which Jewish communities adopt elements of surrounding alien Goyim cultures & customs; potentially leading to a dilution of Jewish Cohen-identity and practice.
Karaites, like the ancient Tzeddukim, rejected the revelation of the Oral Torah at Horev; as as similarly does NT Xtians and Muslims. This rejection undermines the core of Jewish law – as a judicial common law system. Both movements embraced Greek deductive logic over Rabbi Akiva’s Pardes inductive sh’itta\methodology—the (so to speak) loom that weaves warp and weft into a common cultural fabric which shapes and defines the identity of the chosen Cohen people and equally separates Talmudic law from Avoda Zara.
(Idolatry): The worship of foreign gods or practices that contradict Jewish Oath brit alliance which continuously creates the chosen Cohen people through the dedication of tohor time-oriented Av commandments throughout the generations, often critiqued in the context of historical interactions with other cultures and religions.
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First let’s address the Title of this piece. Karaites, like their predecessor Tzeddukim, they reject the revelation of the Oral Torah. The After meal blessing, remembers the Tzeddukim attempt to cause Israel to forget the Oral Torah. Both the ancient Tzeddukim remembered through the mitzva of lighting the Lights of Hanukkah; their ignoble disgrace, of a pre-New Testament Civil War which rejects the Oral Torah revelation of Horev just as much as does the church today; and the Karaites who relied upon Greek deductive logic to determine that a mezzuzza on the door post must include the 10 commandments – neither the in ancient times, nor the stupidity of the Middle Ages from about 900 CE, which aroused the indignation of Saadia Gaon (882–942 CE), and the even more famous Maimonides (1135–1204) – likewise both heretics who in their own way perverted the Horev revelation of the Oral Torah – both men highly assimilated following the rediscovery of ancient Greek texts which had dominated the ancient Tzeddukim, to reject the revelation of the Oral Torah at Horev, and the Legislative Review Torah mandate of Sanhedrin common law courtrooms.
Nonetheless both scholars absolutely rejected the Karaite heretical but similar rejection of the Courtroom authority of Sanhedrin common law to rule the Jewish Republic through the mandate of Legislative Review. Both rabbinic authorities placed the Karaite supporters into a charem excommunication just as did the ancient P’rushim did to the Tzeddukim sons of Aaron.
Both Saadia and the Rambam violated the Torah commandment not to duplicate how the Goyim worship their Gods. Commonly referred to today as “ASSIMILATION”\”AVODA ZARA”. The re-discovery of the ancient Greek texts by the Muslim invasion of Spain reopened the Tzeddukim Civil War can of worms – some thousand years after the P’rushim lit the Hanukkah lights … the Rambam embraced Roman statute law which effectively abandoned the study of Talmudic common law. Cults of personality rabbinic personalities, like for example Yosef Karo, dominated the determination of halacha rather than Sanhedrin courts room common law jurisprudence which stands upon the foundation of judicial precedents.
The revelation of the Oral Torah at Horev, 40 days following the Sin of the Golden Calf, on Yom Kippur: rabbi Akiva’s kabbalah – known throughout the Talmudic and Gaonic Midrashim literature as “PARDES” p’shat, drosh; remiz, sod. This logic format radically differed from the ancient Greek deductive reasoning based upon the model of the 3-Part syllogism. The Talmudic codification of the kabbalah of rabbi Akiva’s 4-Part Pardes inductive logic. This Pardes system of logic – it Organized both the 6 Orders of the Mishna and its Gemara commentary made there after, based upon the working model of a LOOM.
A loom has warp & weft opposing threads. The codification of Oral Torah common law into the written Talmud seeks to employ Pardes inductive precedent based learning as the basis to shape and determine the Jewish, chosen Cohen people, common law as the chosen cultural identity that the Cohen people choose to define their unique cultural identity as the people of Avraham, Yitzak and Yaacov.
The Talmud prioritized judicial common law as the basis of the revelation of the Torah at Sinai. Tzeddukim and Karaism, Samaritans and New Testament Xtians all universally reject the definition of faith: Book of D’varim comprehension: the righteous pursuit of judicial common law justice which dedicates, (think korban), the sanctification of common law courtrooms/Sanhedrins making fair restoration of damages inflicted by Jews upon other Jews as the WAY to make shalom among the divided and conflicting Jewish people.
Both the Tzeddukim and Karaim instead embraced the Goyim assimilation which defines faith as belief in some theologically determined God personal I-belief- belief systems. The Rambam would write his ‘Mishna Torah’ statute law code based upon Greek and Roman statute law which organizes law into judicial categories like farmers sell eggs by the dozen.
T’NaCH & Talmudic common law shaped rabbi Yechuda’s Sha’s common law; all of which base Torah common law upon the Book of D’varim; consequent to its second defining Name: Mishna Torah. The latter means “Common Law”. Rabbi Yechuda’s Mishna, a common law judicial system. The D’varim judicial mandate empowers the Sanhedrin Federal Court-room system to exert their Torah constitutional mandate of Legislative Review (A second interpretation of Mishna Torah) over all governments, kings, or Tribal Prince lead governments of Judges.
Both the ancient Tzeddukim and Middle Ages Karaim rejected the prioritization of common law Sanhedrin courtrooms as having the mandate power of Legislative Review. Hence small wonder that the new testament revolt likewise in this same vein rejects the revelation of Oral Torah pursuit of judicial common law justice. Both the Tzeddukim and Karaim rejected the common law basis of law, that later court Judicial ruling stand upon prior Sanhedrin common law courts judicial rulings – like as codified in the 6 Orders of rabbi Yechuda’s Mishna.
The later Karaim did not go as far as the ancient Samaritans. Who replaced the 10 Tribal kingdom known as Israel. These latter-day saints, they too rejected the Oral Torah prophetic mussar as codified throughout the NaCH prophets and Holy Writings! The Karaim did not reject the masoret of the NaCH. The restricted their rejection of the Oral Torah restricted only to their rejection of the authority of the Talmud. However, lacking the Pardes Kabbalah they lacked the wisdom skills required to affix prophetic mussar precedents to determine the k’vanna of tohor time-oriented commandments; they lacked the wisdom to do mitzvot L’shma. The Mishna Torah common law re-interpretation of Written Torah based on positive/negative commandment precedents & T’NaCH prophetic mussar. The public sanctification of the Name – only achieved when Jews elevate toldoth Torah commandments unto Av tohor time-oriented commandments.
The much later Talmudic common law codification employs, so to speak, a 70 faces to the Torah — blue-print, diamond faceted, re-interpretation. Through employment of halacha contained within Gemara sugyot as the precedents by which to view the language of the Mishna, based upon an all together different sugya of Gemara- halachic perspective.
Hence the Baali Tosafot common law commentary to the Talmud likewise jumps off the dof of any given Gemara, to re-interpret a given Gemara sugya, viewed from a wholly different sugya perspective. Much like and similar to a building contractor reads a blue-print which contains a front/top\side view. Ancient Greek deductive reasoning logic – basically flat or two-dimensional. Hence 19th Century Hyperbolic Geometry refuted Euclid’s 5th Axiom of plain geometry.
Both the Samaritans, the assimilated Tzeddukim, the NT Xtians, Dark Ages Karaim, and Middle Ages Rambam – they all rejected, or did not grasp the Pardes Kabbalah of logic taught by rabbi Akiva. The warp/weft loom, the Talmud’s most essential definition of Oral Torah, as judicial common law Mishna Torah – Legislative Review. This conflict even dates back to kings David and Shlomo, before the introduction of the Samaritans! The prophet Natan warns David not to copy the ways of the Goyim and build a massive Cathedral like church/Temple. The Jerushalmi Talmud carries this 3 opposed by 3 Tannaim dispute, which debates the issue whether king David after conquering Damascus established that city as a City of Refuge with its own small Sanhedrin Federal Capital Crimes Courtroom.
Just as king Shlomo’s son at Sh’Cem rejected the advice given by the elder advisors to king Shlomo; so too young king Shlomo likewise rejected the prophetic mussar of the prophet Natan; king Shlomo decided to construct a grand duplication of how Goyim civilizations worship their Gods; king Shlomo worshipped avoda zara when he ordered the construction of the First Temple and failed to judge the Capital Crimes case of the two prostitutes – dead baby – before a Great Sanhedrin Federal court in Jerusalem.
The Talmud refers to this error as “Descending Generations”. This idea starkly contrasts with Calvin’s theology known as “Predestination”. The descending generations idea views downstream generations comparable to ripples consequent to a stone striking a pond. Once a powerful influential leader, such as either king Shlomo or the Rambam, made their respective decisions. Shlomo prioritized duplicating how the goyim worshipped their Gods by constructing a grand Temple; while Rambam embraced the sh’itta of the T’zeddukim and sought to convert the Talmud (not into a polis city state) but rather into a statute law syllogism Greek logic belief system which perverted faith away from judicial justice — which strives to make fair restitution of damages. Unto a belief system theology which prioritizes the Ego ‘I believe’ avoda zarah and thereby perverts the God of Israel unto just another treif Av Tuma monotheistic god. Monotheism, by definition, profanes the 2nd Sinai commandment.
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The Gods of Xtianity, Islam no different from the Gods of Egypt. All absolutely treif and Av tuma avoda zarah.
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