By JSO II on February 19, 2014
country, fight, inspire, revolution, venezuela
Global, South America
This is an anonymous Facebook post by a Venezuelan resident…. Dear Friends around the world, For a very long time you’ve seen me talk about the situation in my country, and how that situation has gotten worst by the second and how now Venezuela suffers from a terrible economic, social and political crisis. Throughout this […]
By JSO II on February 19, 2014
country, indian, inspiration, truth
Global
How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Chief Seattle, Nineteenth Century American Indian Chief of the Suquamish
By JSO II on February 19, 2014
inspire, music, sonata
Art + Design, Music
Dark days won’t stay See through to a New way “I would have ended my life – it was only my art that held me back. Ah, it seemed to me impossible to leave the world until I had brought forth all that I felt was within me.” Heiligenstadt Testament. 1828. Beethoven
By JSO II on February 18, 2014
dream, inspiration, inspire, motivation, stevejobs
Inspiration, Videos
you cant connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards — steve jobs Steve Jobs addresses the graduating class of Stanford with a few parables and bits of wisdom from his life. Among the topics; dropping out of college because he “didn’t see the value in it,” turning in 5cent coke […]
By JSO II on February 17, 2014
jordan, man, money, wall street, wolf
Inspiration, Stories, U.S., Wall Street
The December 25th debut of The Wolf of Wall Street is ravaging movie go-ers across the world, who are still internalizing Martin Scorsese’s genius rendition of real life 90’s Wall Street mogul Jordan Belfort. The film stars Leonardo Dicaprio, in blest form, who teams up with the storied director to play the part of young Belfort. If you have gotten out to see the movie, you […]
By JSO II on February 17, 2014
america, country, inspire, president, us
U.S.
“The cost of Freedom is always high, but American’s have always paid it… and one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.” – JFK “That we shall neither commit nor provoke aggression, that we shall neither flee not invoke the threat of force… that we shall never negotiate […]
By JSO II on February 13, 2014
market, stock, wall street
Economy, Wall Street
After a week of uncertainty the Dow Jones Industrial Average, an exhibition of the 30 strongest American outputs has made its way back to safe grounds. In not even a week since the deviant side of the market sunk 7%, it has taken back 650 points. This a blunt recovery from January; which saw further Fed tapering, lackluster US manufacturing […]
By JSO II on February 12, 2014
inspirational, inspire, motivate
Books, Inspiration, Videos
thought in the mind hath made us The short book on tape, The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale. Many people are familiar with the 2006 film The Secret, which swept audiences off their feet through the empowering theme that your thoughts create your reality. This is The Secret’s patriarch – originally written in 1956 by […]
By JSO II on February 11, 2014
art, inspiration, quote, quotes, sun tzu, war
Art + Design, Inspiration
… “Thus it is said that one who knows his enemy and knows himself will not be endangered in a hundred engagements. One who does not know the enemy but knows himself will sometimes be victorious, sometimes meet with defeat. One who knows neither the enemy nor himself will invariably be defeated in every engagement” sun The Art […]
By JSO II on February 6, 2014
drones, list, obama, tech
Tech, U.S.
The article below this commentary projects drone growth in America over the next decade or so. 30,000 drones hovering overhead in just 6 short years. Probably triple that by 2030. While I applaud journalism that calls out our government for blatant violations of the Constitution, which occur in legislation that is signed into law almost weekly […]