From: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/12/gates-foundations-24-most-egregious-investments
QuoteWith an endowment larger than all but four of the world's largest hedge funds, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is easily one of the most powerful charities in the world. According to its website, the organization "works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives." So how do the investments of the foundation's $36 billion investing arm, the Gates Foundation Trust, match up to its mission? We dug into the group's recently released 2012 tax returns to find out.
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Quote from: Amaterasu on December 21, 2013, 09:33:31 PMWith an endowment larger than all but four of the world's largest hedge funds, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is easily one of the most powerful charities in the world. According to its website, the organization "works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives."
Wanna call them up and get us a donation for Peggy? :P
Quote from: zorgon on December 21, 2013, 10:20:36 PM
Wanna call them up and get us a donation for Peggy? :P
I could try, I suppose... Somehow I doubt it will work, what with Billy all into things We are NOT... Like eugenics.
It looks like those are investments made by the Trust, not by the Foundation.
lol you just gotta see bill gates high school pic
http://www.rantlifestyle.com/2013/10/28/30-best-celebrity-yearbook-photos/?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_114651#slide_10
he looks so wholesome and personable. who woulda thought such a kind looking person would be harboring an eugenicist (read genocidal elitist)
eeeek, harrison ford's high school pic is great too lol
http://www.rantlifestyle.com/2013/10/28/30-best-celebrity-yearbook-photos/?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_114651#slide_33
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZGDT7ZqdM
Billy creeps Me out! Thanks for the pics, Beth!
you gotta watch that video i posted above, all the way thru.
my question is, if he took his personal experiences into his decision making process as an adult, which lead to his competitiveness, charitable giving and things like the microsoft summer camp he designed for his employees, you would think that his experiences over his mother's death would've helped shape his realization that eugenics is awful horrible stuff, that kills other fledgling geniuses, other creative people, and their moms and so forth.
in the process of being the best at something, there is no challenge if you are the only game in town. he must be made to realize, that what he's asking for in eugenics is
the equivalent of being the only person sitting at the game board. although playing a game of solitaire may be temporarily entertaining, nothing beats having real human interaction.
beat your potential competitors by your knowledge and acumen, don't kill them off entirely
eugenics is evil badness. and his mom is evidence, that such things as spreading diseases and illnesses amongst a population is like killing his mother, over and over again, and since he didn't do that, he shouldn't be involved in eugenics. he should pull up roots immediately in the entire eugenics movement, and stop investing in their insanity and if asked why, he should look them in the eye and say "for my mom."
these eugenicists need to come to grips with the reality, that you absolutely do not want to do to others, what you wouldn't want done to yourself. they dropped the ball on that, and bill should prove his true quality as a human being by telling the eugenicists to kiss his lily white rear quarters
What is his relation to that "eugenics movement" supposed to be?
beat your potential competitors by your knowledge and acumen, don't kill them off entirely
i guess we all look at winning in different ways...less work if they (competition) aren't there..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMCXrlxkhx0
Quote from: sky otter on December 22, 2013, 01:40:13 AM
beat your potential competitors by your knowledge and acumen, don't kill them off entirely
i guess we all look at winning in different ways...less work if they (competition) aren't there..
yeah but he enjoys the competition. somehow the elitist eugenicists have got ahold of his mind in a very unhealthy way and twisted him in the wrong direction. he knows how horrible it is to see people die from sickness and disease. he needs to realize, that every person out there is another him, at various stages of learning, from different environmental positions. there's not a real elite. just variations in human understanding. he now needs to augment his repetoire with the realization that eugenics is the exact opposite of everything he has enjoyed in his life.
just because you CAN do a thing, doesn't mean you SHOULD
observe this hacker totally ruining a battleground competition in world of warcraft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRlZ2fXXkZQ
meanwhile, in the backdrop of all this, the hacker's own team mates are yelling at the hacker to stop hacking the game as he is ruining it for the rest of his team. but the hacker ignores them and just keeps proving his superiority over the rest of his team mates and the opposing faction, by making the point of the game totally irrelevant. there's no game if you are the only game. the hacker might as well have been sitting at home, playing solitaire.
Quote from: ArMaP on December 22, 2013, 01:38:01 AM
What is his relation to that "eugenics movement" supposed to be?
http://techrights.org/2013/07/08/eugenics-in-africa/ (http://techrights.org/2013/07/08/eugenics-in-africa/)
Quotehttp://techrights.org/2013/07/08/eugenics-in-africa/
Helping the poor with birth control because having 6-8-10 children makes it difficult to break out of poverty isn't eugenics. It's called responsible family planning. I like how the author uses the intentional fallacy of assuming birth control is entirely seperate from family planning. Or is that something we rich first world overlords are supposed to be keeping to ourselves?
Quote from: WarToad on December 31, 2013, 01:18:51 PM
Helping the poor with birth control because having 6-8-10 children makes it difficult to break out of poverty isn't eugenics. It's called responsible family planning. I like how the author uses the intentional fallacy of assuming birth control is entirely seperate from family planning. Or is that something we rich first world overlords are supposed to be keeping to ourselves?
isn't there a better solution? i mean in countries where quality of life is higher, people don't have as many children, naturally. not because they've aborted but because they were educated and given a chance to thrive.
Quote from: undo11 on December 31, 2013, 01:39:49 PM
isn't there a better solution? i mean in countries where quality of life is higher, people don't have as many children, naturally. not because they've aborted but because they were educated and given a chance to thrive.
Egg and chicken. Do we have a better quality of life because we have fewer children? Do we have fewer children because we have a better qualitry of life? Which comes first?
It seems what is going on is cheap prophylactic birth control. Then out of nowhere the author throws out the abortion issue and "Mrs. Gates and her partners, which include the world's largest abortion providers" to ramp up the fear mongering, yet he provides no support or background to that accusation of if it's really at play in the story at all. Yet he threw it out there to raise hackles and turn opinion. (Melinda Gates donates to Planned Parenthood(among many health care organizations), which as one piece of their practice provides abortions.)
If we're talking about simple BC pills and contraceptive items, it's a no brainer for me. Do it. With fewer kids you can provide better to each kid, help them live better than you did. Move them forward. Every parent wants that.
I think my issue with the article is I dislike blatient bias and obvious agenda. The author has no interest in a fair and balanced presentation of what's going on. It's an editorial opinion piece, which is fine. It was just so heavily skewed it lost credability with me. It was like reading something from the NSA saying "We're here to protect you."
what comes first? oh i think several thousand drug lords came first in africa.
Bill hates competition :P
He managed to wipe out Commodore, IBM & many others, and by not releasing the source codes for his software, the chip makers could only provide a limited instruction set. This left almost all P.C. makers at his mercy, except Mac, who somehow survived, because Steve Jobs was just as brilliant...
Only now are peeps writing other OS's for the PC, and quite right too i hate bloody crippleware :P
Right on, Undo, him & his eugenecist buddies creep me out.
I guess their plan is to save some resources for his future 'family' of perfect peeps, so they need to depoulate the world, and fast!
No, Z i don't think he will donate a single cent to help us find REAL solutions :o
But we could try (Sir) Richard Branson, seems like a nice chap ::)
We could help him get into space, for a start 8)
Quote from: PlaysWithMachines on December 31, 2013, 03:18:37 PM
He managed to wipe out Commodore, IBM & many others, and by not releasing the source codes for his software, the chip makers could only provide a limited instruction set.
How is that?
QuoteThis left almost all P.C. makers at his mercy, except Mac, who somehow survived, because Steve Jobs was just as brilliant...
No, because Steve Jobs hated competition, that's why he ended the official clones program, Umax was making better and cheaper computers than Apple.
apple has targetted the mobile phone market, which saved it methinks.
Quote from: PlaysWithMachines on December 31, 2013, 03:18:37 PM
Bill hates competition :P
He managed to wipe out Commodore, IBM & many others, and by not releasing the source codes for his software, the chip makers could only provide a limited instruction set. This left almost all P.C. makers at his mercy, except Mac, who somehow survived, because Steve Jobs was just as brilliant...
"Nature is red, in tooth, in claw." And so is business. If you can't keep up, you fall behind, you get crushed and lost to time.
I started out as a Mac fanboy in the mid-1980s. I slowly gravitated to PCs. Jobs was brilliant in so far that he was visionary. He saw the tradeoff of versitility vs. useability and went with the latter. The overwheming number of us use our technology for rather simple stuff. He went with that and it was a smart move.
I will throw out Steve Jobs was no Saint. He played the game just as dirty as he needed to go.
Oh sure, i agree.
What i meant Armap, is that he's selling an operating system that is outdated in it's very roots, and even then, no-one exactly knows how it works, least of all the chip makers. That limits their ability to make the chip better.
Amiga's use an asynchronous clock system, this means that peripherals like mouse keyboard screen etc are handled by custom processors, leaving the processor to just get on with the actual math rather than stopping to update the mouse pointer, or accept an incoming message on the net, etc etc.
This makes it 10 times faster than any DOS based system, my old 1200 boots up, fully functional, in 56 seconds flat, turning it off is even quicker ;D
It's a killer on the net, can generate a million of IP's in a second, and that's why they were banned in the U.S.
Anyway, yes i would probably do the same if i was one of them 'successful' types :P
Thank the gods i'm not :D hey can't we sue Gates for fraud in some way? get him to pay everyone their Windoze money back 8)
Quote from: PlaysWithMachines on December 31, 2013, 04:15:59 PM
Thank the gods i'm not :D hey can't we sue Gates for fraud in some way? get him to pay everyone their Windoze money back 8)
What money? ;D
You beat me to it ArMaP. I was going to ask "what fraud"? If you don't like what's being sold, don't buy it.
You know how much he gets in license fees from companies using his software?
LOTS
And yes i had to buy this version of Windoze because it was not available here >:(
There are plenty of programmers who can and do, devise their own systems, but then they are still hamstringed by the dos structure of Windoze, which you can't even get to look at.
Who knows what other extra progs are running there?
That's why i threw out Chrome, cos it's full of tracking cookies, and it's not just to collect data for advertising ;)
Now if you had the source code, you can take the program apart, examine it, change it etc.
Like Android 8)
Quote from: PlaysWithMachines on December 31, 2013, 05:57:45 PM
There are plenty of programmers who can and do, devise their own systems, but then they are still hamstringed by the dos structure of Windoze, which you can't even get to look at.
Could you be more specific about that DOS structure are you talking about?
Quote from: WarToad on December 31, 2013, 01:18:51 PM
Helping the poor with birth control because having 6-8-10 children makes it difficult to break out of poverty isn't eugenics. It's called responsible family planning. I like how the author uses the intentional fallacy of assuming birth control is entirely seperate from family planning. Or is that something we rich first world overlords are supposed to be keeping to ourselves?
So... You truly believe Billy is trying to "help out Humanity?" Really? I guess if One defines "helping Humanity" as helping the "elite" stunt it, damage it, make it ill, suck money from it, then, yeah. He's helping.
But if the crippling "vaccines" He purveys in India are a measure of "helping" in the sense of uplifting, curing, freeing, respecting... Then efforts to "plan families," as opposed to providing opportunities, can be seen for what it is.
At some point Eugenics will have to be renamed after Gates....Eugenics 2.0 perhaps?
Glad You're back, LE! [hugs]
Gategenics...? Um... Eugatics...? Eugenics 2.0! Yes, I think Yours is best!
Quote from: Amaterasu on December 31, 2013, 10:25:14 PM
So... You truly believe Billy is trying to "help out Humanity?" Really? I guess if One defines "helping Humanity" as helping the "elite" stunt it, damage it, make it ill, suck money from it, then, yeah. He's helping.
But if the crippling "vaccines" He purveys in India are a measure of "helping" in the sense of uplifting, curing, freeing, respecting... Then efforts to "plan families," as opposed to providing opportunities, can be seen for what it is.
Oh, so little faith in humanity. A very sad post. I was expecting a little more walk from the TAP talk.
Faith in Humanity? I have plenty. Faith in Those who have climbed the psychopath's ladder to extreme power over Others? In Those who are at the top of the money/power heap?
WHY would I have faith in THEM?
Quote from: Amaterasu on January 01, 2014, 04:01:30 PM
WHY would I have faith in THEM?
Two questions:
1- Don't you think people can use the present system to do good?
2- Don't you think people can change?
Quote from: ArMaP on January 01, 2014, 05:07:06 PM
Two questions:
1- Don't you think people can use the present system to do good?
It is always easier to change from within, then start over, especially with a larger group
Quote2- Don't you think people can change?
If people cannot change then they wouldn't accept TAP either :D
Omnes mundi ad nos pertinent (http://www.thelivingmoon.com/forum/index.php?topic=5945.msg82211#msg82211)
Quote from: ArMaP on January 01, 2014, 05:07:06 PM
Two questions:
1- Don't you think people can use the present system to do good?
2- Don't you think people can change?
1. I think it would be possible but for the fact that the bulk of the wealth has (as it always does in money systems) aggregated to the most psychopathic. THEY do not want to "do good." THEY want power/control over Others with no regard for the affects Their behaviors and efforts have on the "common" Human.
When no "good" People are left with any power, as We see today, We can hardly expect good to be done on any large scale.
2. Do You mean the psychopaths in control? I would doubt it unless We can get Them into treatment. Heh. Like THAT will happen.
Seriously, ArMaP, as long as We continue to account for meaningful energy expended through exchange to survive, We WILL see the psychopaths emerging at the top of the money/power heap. Period. THEY are the Ones willing to do ANYTHING to get and keep that money/power over Others.
Quote from: Amaterasu on January 01, 2014, 09:32:34 PM
1. I think it would be possible but for the fact that the bulk of the wealth has (as it always does in money systems) aggregated to the most psychopathic. THEY do not want to "do good." THEY want power/control over Others with no regard for the affects Their behaviors and efforts have on the "common" Human.
That's because you always link power to money and vice versa, and that doesn't work that way to all people. Do you think all business-men are psychopathic?
Quote2. Do You mean the psychopaths in control?
No, I mean people in general.
Quote from: ArMaP on January 01, 2014, 09:49:07 PM
That's because you always link power to money and vice versa, and that doesn't work that way to all people. Do you think all business-men are psychopathic?
Only the Ones with trillions to Their names. And maybe a fair few with billions...
The closer One is to psycopathy, the higher the likelihood of massive "success" in the business world.
QuoteNo, I mean people in general.
People in general don't have to change - We are caring, loving Beings wanting to make things better. But the bulk of the wealth is in the hands of a VERY few on this planet and that is the ONLY thing that gives Them power over Us. And They are psychopathic as evidenced by things like trying to reduce birth rates through sterilization and prophylactics rather than creating opportunities to let wealth flow to the People such that birth rates drop. As evidenced by "charities" that accrue millions and then use those funds to richly pay the high end administrators and maybe 2% actually is used to help.
Quote from: Amaterasu on January 01, 2014, 10:01:11 PM
Only the Ones with trillions to Their names. And maybe a fair few with billions...
Do you know that because you have been analysing their actions during their careers?
QuoteThe closer One is to psycopathy, the higher the likelihood of massive "success" in the business world.
I was talking about the opposite, is massive "success" in the business world
always linked to psychopathy?
QuotePeople in general don't have to change
I didn't ask if they have to change, I asked if you think they
can change.
QuoteAnd They are psychopathic as evidenced by things like trying to reduce birth rates through sterilization and prophylactics rather than creating opportunities to let wealth flow to the People such that birth rates drop.
Sterilization is instantaneous, changing the way things work to create opportunities to let wealth flow (while avoiding the creation of opportunities for the diverting of the wealth flow) to the people to create the conditions that allow the birth rates to drop is not instantaneous and, even if it works, things will get worse until then.
QuoteAs evidenced by "charities" that accrue millions and then use those funds to richly pay the high end administrators and maybe 2% actually is used to help.
That's because of the hypocrisy of those that are not billionaires, millionaires or even rich but that like to appear to other people like someone they are not.
Come on, Armap, you don't get to the top without being ruthless :P
That's why i'm only considered a 'second rate mechanic' by my bosses, and their bosses, and the 2 silent partners who siphon off all the money from my sweat.
Because i'm not ruthless, or assertive enough, i don't care what THEY think :P
Do you guys think i'm just a 'second rate mechanic' or just a bit more?
I'm happy with their assessment, i'm a loyal worker ant :-X
What i do after hours is my business :D
Heck, i can do ruthless, but it's not in my nature to be so, i'm too kind :'(
So i'm not a millionaire 8) OK i understand Armap's point, peeps can change, and not all millionaires are creeps :)
I have decided to be a typically selfish human & decide for myself what's good for me, and how i invest my hard earned cash.
You wil be pleased to know it will be invested in PRC, i'm going to play Bill Gates for a couple of years & then start the 'TAP Foundation'.... ::)
..So there :P
LOL ;D
Quote from: ArMaP on January 01, 2014, 10:29:57 PM
Do you know that because you have been analysing their actions during their careers?
Pretty much. Haven't seen a one of Them use Their enormous wealth to improve living for Other Humans - but I do see Them doing whatever makes profit by hiding cures and free energy, promoting "laws" that give Them an advantage, paying workers such that the workers live in poverty, "vaccinations" that are filled with poisons, "laws" that forbid collecting rain water, profiteering in war, pharma, chemicals, medical, food, clothing, shelter, water and air.
QuoteI was talking about the opposite, is massive "success" in the business world always linked to psychopathy?
Seems it is, yes. Rockefellers, Rothschilds, etc., ALL exhibit psychopathic tendencies. The businessHumans that seek betterment never make it to those heights, with MANY, MANY betterment ideas quashed because they threaten profit somewhere of "bigger boys."
QuoteI didn't ask if they have to change, I asked if you think they can change.
Change how? Why do We need to even ask that?
QuoteSterilization is instantaneous, changing the way things work to create opportunities to let wealth flow (while avoiding the creation of opportunities for the diverting of the wealth flow) to the people to create the conditions that allow the birth rates to drop is not instantaneous and, even if it works, things will get worse until then.
No sterilization does NOT = creation of more opportunity. It lowers the numbers living in poverty. If nothing is done to bring opportunity in, all One does with sterilization is devalue Human life, and leave the sterile Ones just as They were.
QuoteQuoteAs evidenced by "charities" that accrue millions and then use those funds to richly pay the high end administrators and maybe 2% actually is used to help.
That's because of the hypocrisy of those that are not billionaires, millionaires or even rich but that like to appear to other people like someone they are not.
Huh? Most of the high end administrators are also CEO's and attorneys, and other members of society who are in the psychopathic range. They are not there to help - They are there to make money and gain the power over Others it allows.
Hypocrisy, yes, but on the part of the rich. The contributors are Us, the caring People, who can't afford Ourselves to bring relief but add what little We can while trusting Our money will go to actually help. The psychopaths laugh all the way to the bank.
Quote from: PlaysWithMachines on January 01, 2014, 10:43:17 PM
Come on, Armap, you don't get to the top without being ruthless :P
Perhaps it is because if your a nice guy the little peeps take advantage of you :P
We had an Alarm Company in Toronto... basically two people that merged two one man operations. I was installer extraordiniare, Fred was an awesome salesman... so it worked great
Then we got too much work.... so we had to hire a few people...
We were nice guys... we provided a car that the employees could take home for personal use. They had a gasoline card...
Next thing we knew... the two of them were down in Vermont skying using our car and gas card...
Needless to say they were out of a job when they got back and the next employees didn't get a car or a gasoline card. In fact we just contracted out.
Small example BUT this is how it starts "We the Peeps..." are our own worst enemy. That is why the phrase "A fool and his money are soon parted"
You talk to any successful businessman who ever tried to give workers a break... I bet they will have hundreds of similar stories
Quote from: PlaysWithMachines on January 01, 2014, 10:43:17 PM
That's why i'm only considered a 'second rate mechanic' by my bosses, and their bosses, and the 2 silent partners who siphon off all the money from my sweat.
Because i'm not ruthless, or assertive enough, i don't care what THEY think :P
Do you guys think i'm just a 'second rate mechanic' or just a bit more?
No its because like any other mad scientist :P you are too busy being all over the map with ideas and no head for business. This is why most genius inventors died broke
Artists are the same... but somewhere along the line artists figured out they could hire an AGENT to 'sell' them and their work. In today's world that is called 'licensing' and many former starving artists now make a side living(fortune0 of licensing their art to greeting cards etc...
If Inventors would learn from this and hire agents, then the big corporations wouuld have to pay the inventor and his agent before they could market it
The inventor needs the corporation... because the inventor cannot fund mass production and still spend his time inventing
But an agent as a go between, like artists have, would ensure that the money is more equally distributed
Quote from: Amaterasu on January 01, 2014, 11:01:21 PM
Pretty much. Haven't seen a one of Them use Their enormous wealth to improve living for Other Humans -
BULL SH!TQuite frankly my dear... you don't SEE IT because you don't WANT to see it...
Try googling the word PHILANTHROPIST
Milton Hershey ~ founded the Milton Hershey School and gave the majority of his assets, property, and control of the Hershey Company to a trust that supports the school.
Here is a short list...
Name Amount given Cause
Warren Buffett $30.7 billion healthcare, extreme poverty, education, access to information technology
Bill Gates $29.0 billion Education, AIDS-prevention, sanitation(washrooms)
Li Ka-shing $10 billion Education, healthcare
George Soros $6 billion Democratic governance, anti-Fascist publications, human rights, economic, legal, and social reform
Azim Premji $2 billion Education, healthcare
Howard Hughes $1.56 billion Healthcare
Bono ~ One of the world's best-known philanthropic performers and was named the most politically effective celebrity of all time by the National Journal. He has been dubbed, "the face of fusion philanthropy", both for his success enlisting powerful allies from a diverse spectrum of leaders in government, religious institutions, philanthropic organisations, popular media, and the business world, as well as for spearheading new organizational networks that bind global humanitarian relief with geopolitical activism and corporate commercial enterprise.
Alagappa Chettiar Notable for his work on Indian education.
Sir Cliff Richard ~ One of the vice-presidents of Tearfund, a British religious, relief and development agency which have done many charity works in over 50 countries including projects in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Haiti Bulgaria and Cambodia. He supports anothers organizations and foundations: The Hunger Project, Kidney Research UK, Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, Teenage Cancer Trust, Cliff Richard Tennis Foundation, Alzheimer's Research UK. He also opened two new purpose-built buildings - Tamarisk and Marion Court in New Barnet, Herts. for Self Unlimited, a national charity for people with learning disabilities.
Sir Ganesh Dutt Longest serving minister in British Empire who gave all his earnings for charitable works specially education.
Tarek Ben Halim ~ Investment Banker and Founder of Alfanar in 2004, the first Venture philanthropy organization with a special focus on the Arab Region.
Prince Karim Aga Khan IV ~ founder[1] and chairman[2] of the Aga Khan Development Network which focuses on health, education, culture, rural development, institution-building and the promotion of economic development.[2]
Jane Addams ~ co-founder of the Hull House settlement house in Chicago.[3]
Howard Ahmanson, Jr. ~ multi-millionaire philanthropist and financier of the causes of many conservative Christian cultural, religious and political organizations.
William Allen - founded and endowed many institutions and causes including 'Schools of Industry' at Lindfield and Newington Academy for Girls.
Michael Bloomberg ~ Donations include over USD$300 million to Johns Hopkins University.
Warren Buffett ~ pledged US$30.7 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Arpad Busson ~ founder of Ark (Absolute Return for Kids) Academy. ARK projects focus on health in sub-Saharan Africa, education in the UK, US and India and child protection in Eastern Europe.
Nicholas Murray Butler - president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from 1925 to 1945.
Andrew Carnegie ~ donated money to build over 2500 libraries worldwide. Founder of the Carnegie Foundations, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Carnegie Mellon University.
George Clooney ~ known for his humanitarian work in aiding the Darfur conflict, organizing Hope for Haiti Now, his involvement in Not On Our Watch and many other organizations and personal tasks to end oppression and world suffering of many types.
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury - chairman of the Ragged Schools Union (during the Victorian era).
Richard Desmond – President of the Norwood Charity, raised around £14m for charitable causes with the RD Crusaders, helped build the Richard Desmond Children's Eye Centre part of Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Walt Disney ~ helped to fund California Institute of the Arts
Anthony J. Drexel ~ founder of Drexel University
Maulana Dr. Abdul Sattar Edhi ~ head of the Edhi Foundation in Pakistan.
Larry Ellison ~ pledged to give more than half the value of his stock in Oracle Corporation to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed ~ founder of BRAC.
Mohamed Al-Fayed ~ founder of The New School at West Heath.
Chuck Feeney ~ founder of Atlantic Philanthropies.
Edsel Ford ~ co-founder of the Ford Foundation.
Henry Ford ~ co-founder of the Ford Foundation.
Bill Gates ~ co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Melinda Gates ~ co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
J. Paul Getty ~ funded the construction of the Getty Villa, the original Getty Museum, and donated his art collection to it. Upon his death, left his fortune to the Getty Museum, which eventually expanded to the Getty Center in Los Angeles.
David Gilmour ~ singer and guitarist of Pink Floyd who was made CBE for his years of philanthropy and gave $7.5 million from sale of his London home to the homeless charity Crisis
Kenneth C. Griffin ~ Founder and CEO Citadel LLC. Co-founder of the Kenneth and Anne Griffin Foundation.
Edward Harkness ~ Various private colleges and boarding schools; medical facilities; Commonwealth Fund
Amal Hijazi ~ a Lebanese singer, who is known for her philanthropy
Vernon Hill ~ founder of Commerce Bank and President of Metro Bank; gave a $10m donation to the Penn School of Veterinary Medicine[4]
Thomas Holloway ~ Victorian patent medicine entrepreneur and founder of Royal Holloway, University of London
Johns Hopkins ~ founder of the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Hospital
Howard Hughes ~ Aviator, engineer, industrialist and film producer, donated US$1.56 billion to various charities including the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Yusuf Islam (also known as Cat Stevens) ~ founder of Islamic schools, Muslim Aid and Small Kindness.
Michael Jackson ~ has donated more than US$500 million to various foundations, and is noted as the entertainer who supported the most charity organisations by Guinness World Records. He also founded the Heal the World Foundation.
Angelina Jolie ~ American Actress, who is well known for her humanitarian world wide and who is also a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency
Alicia Keys ~ American singer/songwriter and spokeswoman for Keep A Child Alive.
Imran Khan ~ Founder of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust which was behind the first cancer research institution in Pakistan.
H. F. Lenfest ~ donated $5 million in coherence with Chester County to preserve over 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) of land in Newlin Township, Chester County, PA. The land is now owned by Natural Lands Trust.
Julius Curtis Lewis, Jr. ~ Estimated lifetime donations of US$130 million to various civic, spiritual; charitable organizations. Many in Savannah, Georgia.
Li Ka-shing ~ founder and chairman of the Li Ka Shing Foundation, which focuses on two major areas: capacity empowerment through education and building of a caring society through medical and healthcare related projects. In 2006, Li pledged to donate one-third of his fortune estimated at over US$10 billion to charity and philanthropic projects throughout the world.
Juliette Gordon Low ~ Also known as "Daisy", founded Girl Scouts of the USA in 1912 in Savannah, GA.
Catherine T. MacArthur ~ co-founder of the MacArthur Foundation.
John D. MacArthur ~ co-founder of the MacArthur Foundation.
Chris Martin ~ lead singer of British alternative rock band Coldplay. He is known for supporting the Make Trade Fair campaign. He and his band also contribute 15% of their money to charity.
Paul Mellon ~ major benefactor of arts and education, and co-founder of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Ailsa Mellon-Bruce ~ co-founder of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Mary Louise Milliken Childs ~ Builder of the Milliken Memorial Community House, the first privately donated community house in America.
Kylie Minogue ~ europop/dance singer and performer, actress and fashion designer.
Sunil Bharti Mittal - Set up Bharti Foundation that runs schools for 30,000 underprivileged children in rural India
Samuel Morley MP ~ founded Morley College, London and endowed other institutions and causes.
Jamie and Karen Phelps Moyer ~ founded the Moyer Foundation to assist non-profit organizations in raising money for children with serious distresses.
Sidney Myer ~ Founder of the Iconic Australian Department store chain Myer.
Petra N?mcová ~ Czech supermodel who is the founder of the Happy Hearts Fund
Paul Newman ~ Founder of Newman's Own and the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for seriously ill children, as well as major donations to other charities.
Alfred Nobel ~ founder of the Nobel Prizes.
Dolly Parton ~ Legendary country singer is an advocate for children's education through her foundation, the Imagination Library, which gives books to children on a regular basis to develop their reading skills before starting school.
Princess Bernice Pauahi ~ left properties to the education of Hawaiian boys and girls in what is now Kamehameha Schools.
Linus Pauling ~ donated time and effort and spent personal funds to bring about the worldwide ban on above ground nuclear weapons testing.
Ty Pennington ~ Host of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and avid advocate of doing good towards others in need and to those who give of themselves for the sake of others.
Raymond and Ruth Perelman ~ Parents of Ronald O. Perelman (below), they donated $225 million to the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, the largest donation in that university's history, in 2011.
Ronald O. Perelman ~ Largest Revlon stockholder, has donated over $200 million to various causes since 2001, including a $50 million gift to create the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center; signed the Gates-Buffett Pledge in August 2010, committing up to half his assets to be designated for the benefit of charitable causes (after his family and children have been provided for). In August 2011, Ronald Perelman he hosted his second annual benefit for the Apollo Theater, raising over $1.5 million.[5] A recent Forbes 400 article[6] discusses Ronald and Raymond (listed directly above) Perelman's father-son relationship and extensive philanthropy in detail.
Dame Shirley Porter ~ Tesco heiress and co-founder of The Porter Foundation, has donated to Tel Aviv University, social welfare facilities and ecological funding, the National Portrait Gallery in London, and others.
Charles Pratt ~ founder of Pratt Institute.
Christopher Reeve ~ founder of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Werner Reinhart ~ industrialist, philanthropist, music and literature patron
Donald Rix ~ BC Innovation Council, BC Cancer Agency Foundation, BC Medical Services Foundation, and the BC Children's Hospital Foundation
Sir David Robinson ~ founder of the Robinson Charitable Trust, and of Robinson College.
John D. Rockefeller ~ founder of the Rockefeller Foundation and Rockefeller University.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. - dramatically expanded the Rockefeller Foundation and Rockefeller University. He also bought and then donated the land in Manhattan upon which the United Nations headquarters was built.
John D. Rockefeller 3rd ~ major third-generation Rockefeller philanthropist and founder of the Asia Society (1956), the Population Council (1952) and a reconstituted Japan Society, he was chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation for twenty years. He established the Rockefeller Public Service Awards in 1958. Among his many other achievements, he was the driving force behind the construction of the landmark Lincoln Center, built between 1959 and 1966, in New York City.
J.K. Rowling ~ President of One Parent Families, and advocate for social equity.
Joseph Rowntree - founder of the four Rowntree trusts.
Enriqueta Augustina Rylands, foundress of the John Rylands Library
John Rylands
Shakira ~ founder of Pies Descalzos Foundation.
Sir Run Run Shaw ~ founder of the Shaw Prize Foundation.
Gary Sinise ~ co-founder of Operation Iraqi Children.
George Soros ~ estimated to have donated more than US$6 billion, often through the Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations.
Ellen Gates Starr ~ co-founder of Hull House.
Levi Strauss ~ Gave to many notable foundations of his time. He also gave to many Jewish synagogues and organizations (he was Jewish himself).
Belinda Stronach - co-founder of Spread the Net
Mother Teresa ~ founded the Missionaries of Charity. Her work among the poverty-stricken in Calcutta made her one of the world's most famous people.
Marian Tompson ~ co-founder of La Leche League International, a breastfeeding support organization.
Cornelius Vanderbilt ~ funded Vanderbilt University.
William Henry Vanderbilt ~ cofounder of the Metropolitan Opera.
William Wilberforce ~ English politician, headed successful parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade, and later supported the campaign for complete abolition.
Oprah Winfrey ~ estimated donations above US$300 million, and founder of Oprah's Angel Network.
Steve Wozniak ~ provided all the money, as well as a good amount of on-site technical support, for the technology program for the Los Gatos School district. Co-founder of Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.)
Mr. T ~ Famous actor (Starred in 1980's TV series, 'The A-Team' and 'Rocky III'), motivational speaker, donated all his gold to charity. Known for catch phrase, ' I pity the fool!'
Milton Hershey ~ founded the Milton Hershey School and gave the majority of his assets, property, and control of the Hershey Company to a trust that supports the school.
Abdul Rahman Al-Sumait ~ Founder of Direct Aid, a charity organization that has built 124 hospitals and dispensaries, 840 schools, 204 Islamic Centers, 214 women training centers and 2,200 mosques in Africa. Along with that, it has also distributed thousands of tons of food and medicines in famine-stricken areas and adopted nearly 10,000 orphans
I have a book... three ring binder... the HOLY GRAIL of fund raising as it were...
It contains page after page of MAJOR CORPORATIONS that have millions of dollars available annually in foundation trusts for Education, health, Arts, Construction and other projects
All you have to do is learn HOW to apply and which one covers your needs
When we had the plan to build the Theme Park... A Historical Performing Arts Education Destination Resort... we had access to 200 MILLION. Had it not been for three people passing away at a bad moment I would be one of those big corporations now that you hate :P
Was told our plan would NET 4 BILLION in 10 years and take 1.5 years to build
Still a VERY VIABLE plan, especially NOW when jobs are in demand and as the economy revives... but where are the people with dedication to make it happen?
I am here... the project is in the file cabinet...
You know how to reach me :D
Here is ONE example....
In 2012, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation gave more than $1 billion in cash and in-kind contributions around the world. This includes $1 billion in cash and in-kind gifts in the United States and $82.2 million in cash and in-kind gifts in international markets. In addition, Walmart, Sam's Club and Logistics associates volunteered more than 2.2 million hours, generating $18 million to U.S. nonprofits.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF or the Gates Foundation) is the largest private foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It is "driven by the interests and passions of the Gates family." The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology. The foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, is controlled by its three trustees: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. Other principal officers include Co-Chair William H. Gates, Sr. and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Raikes.
It had an endowment of US$38.3 billion as of 30 June 2013. The scale of the foundation and the way it seeks to apply business techniques to giving makes it one of the leaders in the philanthrocapitalism revolution in global philanthropy, though the foundation itself notes that the philanthropic role has limitations. In 2007, its founders were ranked as the second most generous philanthropists in America, and Warren Buffett the first.[6] As of May 16, 2013, Bill Gates had donated US$28 billion to the foundation.
About eBay Foundation
eBay Foundation's mission is to contribute to the economic and social well-being of local communities. In carrying out this mission, the Foundation engages eBay Inc.'s employees and customers and supports their pursuit of charitable giving and volunteerism. Learn more about eBay's Global Citizenship initiatives.
Powerful Giving Grant Recipients
2008
Baylor Healthcare System Foundation (Dallas, TX)
Nominated by PowerSeller willow-wear
Blind Center of Nevada (Las Vegas, NV)
Nominated by PowerSeller BlindCenterNV
Cathedral Kitchen (Camden, NJ)
Nominated by PowerSeller lgmerch
Forward Stride (Beaverton, OR)
Nominated by PowerSeller sesile*s
Gift of Life Family House (Philadelphia, PA)
Nominated by PowerSeller tootsiegirls
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida (North Fort Myers, FL)
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International House (Fort Wayne, IN)
Nominated by PowerSeller mylildarlings
National Relief Charities (Elkwood, VA)
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Richmond SPCA (Richmond, VA)
Nominated by PowerSeller KraftersAttic
Sea Turtle Inc. (South Padre Island, TX)
Nominated by PowerSeller Katestore
SOS Outreach (Edwards, CO)
Nominated by PowerSeller evogear
The Blues Foundation (Memphis, TN)
Nominated by PowerSeller flwrpwrgrl
2007
Acterra (Palo Alto, California)
Nominated by PowerSeller pogowray
Both Your Hands (Alden, New York)
Nominated by PowerSeller envirosafetygal
Garland County Casa (Hot Springs, Arkansas)
Nominated by PowerSeller Eastgatedistributors
Hispanic Heritage Scholarship Fund of Metro Orlando (Orlando, Florida)
Nominated by PowerSeller fvmtoolsandmore
Milo Foundation (Willits, California)
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National Children's Cancer Society (St. Louis, Missouri)
Nominated by PowerSeller wabbit-king
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (Emmitsburg, Maryland)
Nominated by PowerSeller mooseeblack
Nonprofit Technology Resources (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Nominated by PowerSeller ntr_bundle
Raleigh Boychoir (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Nominated by PowerSeller rechan
YWCA of Bellingham (Bellingham, Washington)
Nominated by PowerSeller smile4u667
2006
American Lung Association of Arizona (Phoenix, Arizona)
Nominated by PowerSeller ohearn616
Guardian Angel Community Services (Joliet, Illinois)
Nominated by PowerSeller wwdata
John Wayne Cancer Institute (Santa Monica, California)
Nominated by PowerSeller bestbuy2001
Police Activities League of Greater Portland (Portland, Oregon)
Nominated by PowerSeller portlandsportscard
Students in Free Enterprise (Springfield, Missouri)
Nominated by PowerSeller d56cltr
2005
Bakersfield Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Bakersfield, California)
Nominated by PowerSeller 14chula
Boaz and Ruth (Richmond, Virginia)
Nominated by PowerSeller Elegant.Arts
Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia (Charleston, West Virginia)
Nominated by PowerSeller blackknighttrader
Christmas in October (Kansas City, Missouri)
Nominated by PowerSeller EZAuctionAgent
Donna Reed Center for the Performing Arts (Denison, Iowa)
Nominated by PowerSeller moviemagicusa
The Americans Who Gave Away the Most Money in 2012
Who gave away the most money of any American last year? Warren Buffett. He donated more than three times as much to charity than anyone else: $3.084 billion. Still, big philanthropic gifts were down for the year, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, which just released its thirteenth annual Philanthropy 50 list of U.S. donors who pledged the most dollars in 2012.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/02/11/the-americans-who-gave-away-the-most-money-in-2012/
Paul Newman's Personal Foundation
http://newmansownfoundation.org/
Funding Guidelines
http://newmansownfoundation.org/what-we-support/funding-guidelines/
Literally THOUSANDS of people giving away money for those willing to pull themselves up by the boot straps and make something happen
Quote from: Amaterasu on January 01, 2014, 11:01:21 PM
Pretty much. Haven't seen a one of Them use Their enormous wealth to improve living for Other Humans - but I do see Them doing whatever makes profit by hiding cures and free energy, promoting "laws" that give Them an advantage, paying workers such that the workers live in poverty, "vaccinations" that are filled with poisons, "laws" that forbid collecting rain water, profiteering in war, pharma, chemicals, medical, food, clothing, shelter, water and air.
Oh, the famous (and invisible) free energy, I get it. ::)
QuoteSeems it is, yes. Rockefellers, Rothschilds, etc., ALL exhibit psychopathic tendencies.
Are they real cases of success in
business or are they cases of success in other areas (like politics) and family fortunes?
QuoteThe businessHumans that seek betterment never make it to those heights, with MANY, MANY betterment ideas quashed because they threaten profit somewhere of "bigger boys."
You keep talking about things I never mentioned, like that "seek betterment" part, it's hard to talk to someone that keeps on talking about other things.
QuoteChange how? Why do We need to even ask that?
I need to ask because I do not think that all people act in a preconceived way. And I notice that you haven't answered yet. :)
QuoteNo sterilization does NOT = creation of more opportunity.
I didn't say it did, please don't answer to things I didn't say and answer to those I did say.
QuoteIt lowers the numbers living in poverty.
If applied to those living in poverty, yes.
QuoteIf nothing is done to bring opportunity in, all One does with sterilization is devalue Human life, and leave the sterile Ones just as They were.
I don't understand how it can "devalue human life", but yes, doing
only the sterilization is not enough, but it's a start.
That's because of the hypocrisy of those that are not billionaires, millionaires or even rich but that like to appear to other people like someone they are not.
QuoteHypocrisy, yes, but on the part of the rich. The contributors are Us, the caring People, who can't afford Ourselves to bring relief but add what little We can while trusting Our money will go to actually help. The psychopaths laugh all the way to the bank.
Only the rich create and participate in those charities?
Quote from: zorgon on January 02, 2014, 12:10:10 AM
Li Ka-shing $10 billion Education, healthcare
That's the best name a millionaire can have. ;D
Quote from: zorgon on January 02, 2014, 12:10:10 AM
BULL SH!T
When You show Me what the trillionaires are doing to uplift Humanity, I'll accept Your assessment.
And just because You can find a stray exception does NOT a rule make.
Hey Zorgon, , , , , it is the "HEALTHCARE" donations that scares the crap outa me personally, , , , , , think about it. ;)
Quote from: Amaterasu on January 02, 2014, 01:00:40 AM
When You show Me what the trillionaires are doing to uplift Humanity, I'll accept Your assessment.
Volunteer at a place like Opportunity Village (a place for mentally handicapped kids and adults) You will then see. We helped raise MILLIONS for them here in Vegas and got to hob nob with the likes of Steve Wynn and Robert Bigelow
Until then... with all due respect...
...you are walking through life with blinders on...
..only seeing that what fits your agenda.
Myself? I tend to look for the good in people and lend my support where I can do the best for as many people as possible.
Just imagine what the world would be like if EVERYONE spend half as much energy helping those around them as they do attacking the system
Now excuse me... I have to go and get bust taking over the solar system :D
Quote from: Norval on January 02, 2014, 01:04:21 AM
Hey Zorgon, , , , , it is the "HEALTHCARE" donations that scares the crap outa me personally, , , , , , think about it. ;)
I have thought about it....
Seems that since Nevada opted out of Obama Care, the casinos will be paying for our increase in Medicaid expenses, which both I and my daughter now qualify for under the current legislation.
So before I had none, now I have free... I will NOT bite the hand that is feeding me :P
When I get rich I will certainly chip in more :D but my track record on raising funds for the misfortunate is a matter of public record and we had fun doing it
Quote from: zorgon on January 02, 2014, 12:24:39 AM
Paul Newman's Personal Foundation
http://newmansownfoundation.org/
Funding Guidelines
http://newmansownfoundation.org/what-we-support/funding-guidelines/
Literally THOUSANDS of people giving away money for those willing to pull themselves up by the boot straps and make something happen
Look, in the millionaire realm We do have People of Human heart. The billionaire realm has vastly fewer, and I have seen no sign of such at ALL in the trillionaire category.
And the trillionaires pull strings of billionaires and millionaires and down to the average Jo(e) on the streets.
YES, there have been SOME good Humans which made money and did something good with it. But no where NEAR the counter to the evil being done for profit/power over Others.
Would You suggest We should keep this system that promotes psychopaths because, though a drop in the bucket of evil, some few make millions and are of Human heart?
Yeah... Makes sense. Not.
Quote from: Amaterasu on January 02, 2014, 01:30:54 AM
And the trillionaires pull strings of billionaires and millionaires and down to the average Jo(e) on the streets.
Another question, if you don't mind: how many trillionaires exist today?
I haven't the exact number, ArMaP, but They surely include Rockefellers, Rothschilds, DuPonts, and Others.
This photo is a personal victory for me and my group. It represents members of FOUR rival groups in Vegas that NEVER play nice together. In fact we took this event away from one of them because they didn't have 'the right stuff' We were begged by the head of Clarck County parks and rec to step in on two weeks notice and help out. We gathered the right people in that short time and turned what would have been a mediocre event into a multi million dollar gala fund raiser that was so successful that they mde it an annual event.
All the rich and famous go there now and donate
(http://landoflegendslv.com/80media_thankyou/01PublicityPhotos/MagicForest1997/Isle_SCA_ECS.jpg)
(http://landoflegendslv.com/80media_thankyou/02Thankyou_letters/oppvil97.jpg)
This just PROVES that those with NOTHING but a WILL can pool together and make things happen.
The fabric for making costumes was donated from Opportunity Village Thrift Store. I still go to them today for stuff and get a huge discount. My wife picked up an awesome winter leather coat for 15.00
So basically we had nothing but the will to create, Rented a Uhaul truck to transport the stuff and with free scrounged wood we built a 1/3 scale model Castle for the Forest that still stands today
A big stucco company donated the finish coat and a painting company painted it up for us. Today that Castle is a prime donation spot (you get your name on it)
We even had the then Governor of Nevada Kenny Guinn kneeling under our sword :D
(http://landoflegendslv.com/80media_thankyou/01PublicityPhotos/Knighting1999OV/Cam_Quinn02.jpg)
Quote from: Amaterasu on January 02, 2014, 01:46:21 AM
I haven't the exact number, ArMaP, but They surely include Rockefellers, Rothschilds, DuPonts, and Others.
No they don't And yes I have the numbers not hard to find actually Forbes keeps a list
http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/
Quote from: zorgon on January 02, 2014, 01:55:10 AM
No they don't And yes I have the numbers not hard to find actually Forbes keeps a list
http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/
Thanks for the list, but those are just common millionaires, the trillionaires Amaterasu has been talking about are not there.
Quote from: Amaterasu on January 02, 2014, 01:30:54 AM
Look, in the millionaire realm We do have People of Human heart. The billionaire realm has vastly fewer, and I have seen no sign of such at ALL in the trillionaire category.
That is because there are FEW billioniares and NONE Trillionaires Maybe collective holdings of several families may reach the Trillion mark but there are nor Trillionaires
QuoteAnd the trillionaires pull strings of billionaires and millionaires and down to the average Jo(e) on the streets.
Guy who owns Ebay is a billionaire worth about 8 Billion last I checked Doesn't quite make the top 100 list. He is a really nice guy... I have a great story about him and my son :D
Pierre Morad Omidyar from Iran Here in the house my son and I put the alarm system in some years ago
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Pomidyarji.jpg/800px-Pomidyarji.jpg)
Pierre Morad Omidyar (Persian: born June 21, 1967) is a French-born Iranian American entrepreneur and philanthropist, who is the founder and chairman of the eBay auction site. He became a billionaire at the age of 31 with eBay's 1998 Initial Public Offering (IPO). Omidyar and his wife Pamela are well-known philanthropists who founded Omidyar Network in 2004 in order to expand their efforts beyond non-profits to include for-profits and public policy.
QuoteYES, there have been SOME good Humans which made money and did something good with it. But no where NEAR the counter to the evil being done for profit/power over Others.
Stop seeking out the evil and giving them face time. By doing this you are FEEDING the evil. Start looking and promoting the good, work for the good side of the force. FB and Tawtter are so infested with people fear mongering and calling everything evil that it is SICKENING...
Time to STOP Time in 2014 to focus the POSITIVE ENERGY Focus on those who do spread the wealth Give them the face time, let others see there are good people. Ignore the evil doers make them fade back into the shadows and stop shining the lime light on them... THAT is the only way to win against them... fight for the good stop whining about the bad that you cannot change anyway
Be a BEACON to attract positive energy. Only that way can good prevail
You promote TAP on the one hand, you espouse the Law of Attraction to bring your idea to the tipping point, yet on the other hand you drive more energy to the Dark Side with your war on anyone with money
QuoteWould You suggest We should keep this system that promotes psychopaths because, though a drop in the bucket of evil, some few make millions and are of Human heart?
All YOU are doing is feeding the EGO of those psycopaths by constantly giving them recognition. In my world they do not exist, and thus I only attract the nice people. If enough people stop believing in them, would it not work the SAME WAY you expect to reach your tipping point? Think about it
My suggestion is reach up and grab what is there... then sell it
ALL YOUR WORLDS ARE BELONG TO US :D[/quote]
Quote from: ArMaP on January 02, 2014, 02:04:20 AM
Thanks for the list, but those are just common millionaires, the trillionaires Amaterasu has been talking about are not there.
Billionaires :P not Millionaires and even Pierre didn't make the list
There ARE no Trillionaires... not as individuals anyway. Maybe a s groups of control, but not as single people
Waiting for my check... was told its in the mail Dec 30th :D
Proof how a little knowledge and a little luck can change your life in an instance :D
Quote from: zorgon on January 02, 2014, 01:55:10 AM
No they don't And yes I have the numbers not hard to find actually Forbes keeps a list
http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/
That doesn't list the trillionaires. NOTHING will get Me to believe that Forbes has the RICHEST People listed. Just Those that are billionaires. The trillionaires probably insist no such list be compiled.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/01/top-10-gifts-of-2013-philanthropy_n_4527083.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Philanthropy made a comeback in large donations in 2013 with the nation's wealthiest donors giving more than $3.4 billion to charity, according to a new tally of the top 10 gifts of 2013 by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
The analysis of the year's top gifts also found there were more gifts of $100 million or more than in 2012. In 2013, there were 15 publicly announced gifts of at least $100 million, compared with 11 in 2012.
The largest donation of 2013 came from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, who announced in December that they had given 18 million shares of Facebook stock to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The gift was valued at more than $990 million. This was the first time donors under the age of 30 have made the nation's largest philanthropic gift, according to the report.
Colleges and universities also were among the primary beneficiaries of some of the nation's biggest donations, the report found.
Nike Inc. co-founder and chairman Philip Knight and his wife, Penelope, made the second largest gift commitment of 2013, pledging $500 million to the Oregon Health and Science University Foundation for cancer research. The university has to match the donation in the next two years to receive the full gift.
The third highest gift of 2013 was a $350 million pledge from Michael Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to promote cross-disciplinary studies and undergraduate financial aid.
Other top gifts by American philanthropists were pledged to Yale, Stanford, the University of Michigan, Yeshiva University in New York City, Georgetown University, Columbia Business School, the University of California at San Diego and Tsinghua University in Beijing.
After years of sluggish philanthropy, the upward trend provides a positive outlook for the nation's nonprofits, said Chronicle of Philanthropy Editor Stacy Palmer.
"The fact that we had so many gifts that were $100 million or more is an indication that people are really giving big again," and that may continue into 2014, Palmer said. "People seem more optimistic about the economy, and certainly the strong stock market has propelled a lot of gifts. It looks like it's going to be a better year."
In 2012, the top gifts totaled $5 billion, but that tally included three $1 billion gifts from Warren Buffett to his children's foundations. When those gifts are excluded, the other top gifts of 2012 totaled just $2 billion compared with $3.4 billion in 2013. However, the wealthiest philanthropists did not give as much in 2013 as before the Great Recession, according to the analysis. In 2007, before the recession, the biggest gifts totaled $4.1 billion.
The chronicle also examined all gifts of $1 million or more. Those gifts totaled $9.6 billion in 2013, compared with $6.1 billion in 2012.
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Chronicle of Philanthropy: http://philanthropy.com/2013topgifts
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Quote from: zorgon on January 02, 2014, 02:14:52 AM
Billionaires :P not Millionaires and even Pierre didn't make the list
You're right, I am so far from being even a thousandaire that I have some problems thinking about billionaires. ;D
That and the fact that in Portugal a billion is a million millions, not a thousand millions.
Quote from: Amaterasu on January 02, 2014, 04:16:37 AM
That doesn't list the trillionaires. NOTHING will get Me to believe that Forbes has the RICHEST People listed.
That's you biggest problem, you act as if your beliefs are facts. :)
Quote from: Amaterasu on January 02, 2014, 04:16:37 AM
NOTHING will get Me to believe t....
(http://thecityfix.com/files/2010/10/flogging-dead-horse.jpg)
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Quote from: undo11 on December 22, 2013, 01:33:52 AM
you gotta watch that video i posted above, all the way thru.
my question is, if he took his personal experiences into his decision making process as an adult, which lead to his competitiveness, charitable giving and things like the microsoft summer camp he designed for his employees, you would think that his experiences over his mother's death would've helped shape his realization that eugenics is awful horrible stuff, that kills other fledgling geniuses, other creative people, and their moms and so forth.
in the process of being the best at something, there is no challenge if you are the only game in town. he must be made to realize, that what he's asking for in eugenics is
the equivalent of being the only person sitting at the game board. although playing a game of solitaire may be temporarily entertaining, nothing beats having real human interaction.
beat your potential competitors by your knowledge and acumen, don't kill them off entirely
eugenics is evil badness. and his mom is evidence, that such things as spreading diseases and illnesses amongst a population is like killing his mother, over and over again, and since he didn't do that, he shouldn't be involved in eugenics. he should pull up roots immediately in the entire eugenics movement, and stop investing in their insanity and if asked why, he should look them in the eye and say "for my mom."
these eugenicists need to come to grips with the reality, that you absolutely do not want to do to others, what you wouldn't want done to yourself. they dropped the ball on that, and bill should prove his true quality as a human being by telling the eugenicists to kiss his lily white rear quarters
How do you figure he's into eugenics?
Quote from: sky otter on January 02, 2014, 04:25:38 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/01/top-10-gifts-of-2013-philanthropy_n_4527083.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Philanthropy made a comeback in large donations in 2013 with the nation's wealthiest donors giving more than $3.4 billion to charity, according to a new tally of the top 10 gifts of 2013 by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
The analysis of the year's top gifts also found there were more gifts of $100 million or more than in 2012. In 2013, there were 15 publicly announced gifts of at least $100 million, compared with 11 in 2012.
The largest donation of 2013 came from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, who announced in December that they had given 18 million shares of Facebook stock to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The gift was valued at more than $990 million. This was the first time donors under the age of 30 have made the nation's largest philanthropic gift, according to the report.
Colleges and universities also were among the primary beneficiaries of some of the nation's biggest donations, the report found.
Nike Inc. co-founder and chairman Philip Knight and his wife, Penelope, made the second largest gift commitment of 2013, pledging $500 million to the Oregon Health and Science University Foundation for cancer research. The university has to match the donation in the next two years to receive the full gift.
The third highest gift of 2013 was a $350 million pledge from Michael Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to promote cross-disciplinary studies and undergraduate financial aid.
Other top gifts by American philanthropists were pledged to Yale, Stanford, the University of Michigan, Yeshiva University in New York City, Georgetown University, Columbia Business School, the University of California at San Diego and Tsinghua University in Beijing.
After years of sluggish philanthropy, the upward trend provides a positive outlook for the nation's nonprofits, said Chronicle of Philanthropy Editor Stacy Palmer.
"The fact that we had so many gifts that were $100 million or more is an indication that people are really giving big again," and that may continue into 2014, Palmer said. "People seem more optimistic about the economy, and certainly the strong stock market has propelled a lot of gifts. It looks like it's going to be a better year."
In 2012, the top gifts totaled $5 billion, but that tally included three $1 billion gifts from Warren Buffett to his children's foundations. When those gifts are excluded, the other top gifts of 2012 totaled just $2 billion compared with $3.4 billion in 2013. However, the wealthiest philanthropists did not give as much in 2013 as before the Great Recession, according to the analysis. In 2007, before the recession, the biggest gifts totaled $4.1 billion.
The chronicle also examined all gifts of $1 million or more. Those gifts totaled $9.6 billion in 2013, compared with $6.1 billion in 2012.
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Chronicle of Philanthropy: http://philanthropy.com/2013topgifts
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I contend that most of the "philanthropy" is a form of Self aggrandizement, something to advertise: "See how GOOD We are!" Meanwhile They get tax breaks, and the "charities" give out the money to the administrators at the high end, and maybe a few dollars make it to the actual Ones in need.
Quote from: Amaterasu on January 02, 2014, 05:12:05 PM
I contend that most of the "philanthropy" is a form of Self aggrandizement, something to advertise: "See how GOOD We are!" Meanwhile They get tax breaks, and the "charities" give out the money to the administrators at the high end, and maybe a few dollars make it to the actual Ones in need.
In Gates case, he doesn't pay any taxes to start with. Microsoft was instituted in the Bahamas Islands and is therefore not an American registered company and therefore has never payed any tax.
Add Google, Farcebook, Amazon and Apple to that list.
Apart from that, you are correct.
Bill Gates has always played the "Look at me" role well :)
Quote from: Amaterasu on January 02, 2014, 05:12:05 PM
I contend that most of the "philanthropy" is a form of Self aggrandizement, something to advertise: "See how GOOD We are!"
Yes, the world is full of people that make a lot of noise about how good they are and they want to save the world. Some do something, some only talk about it.