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6 Legit Websites that Pay Cash, Bitcoin or Gift Cards Lost your job during the burdensome pandemic? Many people have. However, we enjoy read.cash because we are able to earn #BCH. What if I told you there were other legitimate platforms that can earn you cash or gift cards and which are not scams? Well, then, read on! Scams There are a host of scam websites that **never pay out money**. They frequently change names but always make the same boastful claims. Many are also…
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How to Keep Romance Alive The biggest complaint that marriage counselors hear from their clients is that romance has departed from their once loving relationship. Sound familiar? Romance can be rekindled, however. Nobody has to let the spark of romance die out, but it usually does for several different reasons. Courtship Ah, courtship - that magical time when devotion to one another is in the air blooming into love. It's a wonderful time when we do things for one another.…
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Was Facebook Attacked? Maybe! Productivity must be increasing around the world because #Facebook remains down. It went down at 11:26 a.m. US time. The question among many is: was Facebook attacked? I took the day off yesterday because my son needed his flu shot. Arriving at his doctor's office, we found it was closed for cleaning. Is #Facebook being "**cleaned**"? Is someone cleaning up Facebook? Conspiracy theories are already all over the Internet. In a short time, we will…
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Would You Believe a Naked Preacher? Well would you? If you step inside a Catholic church you'll right away notice all the flash - the priest who is dressed immaculately, the stained glass windows, the candles blazing, and icons and statues representing the saints situated everywhere. Meanwhile, people are fiddling around on their cell phones as the priest delivers his message. Some step outside for a cigarette or run across the street to Jollibee or McDo for a coffee and a…
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How to Tell What a Person Values 17-year-old Piyawat Harikun of Thailand was an ardent gamer who spent countless hours playing battle games on his computer. 32-year-old James Howells of Wales began mining crypto (#Bitcoin) on his laptop in 2009, and then he disassembled it a year later and stored it. Maureen O'Connor was the mayor of San Diego, California, and she loved to gamble by playing video poker at various casinos. Piyawat was found near his computer chair in his…
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When Plans Quickly Change - Adapt Quickly Plans can turn on a dime and leave us frustrated. However, the proper response is to regroup one's thoughts and adapt quickly. We certainly should not throw our hands up in the air and just quit. That's the easy way out and it is unprofitable. Life consistently throws obstacles our way. Some people just kick back and let alcohol solve them, which will never happen, because once they sober up the problem will remain. Others adapt…
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Villains and Vampires Among Us They are out for blood. They seek to drain you of your life, the life you were intended to live for good. They are the super villains and vampires of the world and they are the real deal. Think of these monsters of evil as a perpetual motion machine of Halloween - a horror show being played out before our eyes, if our eyes are indeed open. They are turning us into zombies who self-destruct. They control our strings if we allow them. Evil is a…
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Follow Your Conscience and Do Not Neglect It The day of rest has arrived again. Some hot oatmeal to warm the body is in order, as rain is imminent in my province. One day several years ago I came across a beggar in Baguio City, Philippines, while I was on my way to the market one late morning. She was frail as were her kids. She was a woman who was fairly young and who had two children who appeared to be around the ages of 5 or 7. As I neared the top of the stairs, her hand…
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Good and Bad Pride I see it all the time. You see it all the time. Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. It is everywhere. Even on signs and billboards. Proud. Proud Bisaya! Proud Italian. Proud Igorot. Proud Texan. Proud Filipina. Proud Parent. The list is endless. I am none of these. There is a limit to how much pride we should have. There is both good and bad pride. The good type of pride consists of a job well done or the kind of pride we voice when our loved ones and friends…
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Down But Not Out Tropical cyclone Maring is still hitting us pretty hard here in North Luzon. I awoke late at 4:30 a.m. after a long time spent trying to get to sleep last night. I awoke to find the power had come back on sometime during the night or early this morning but that I had no Internet. Fiber is dead. The strong winds have battered the trees and palms, and the rain pelted the roof all night and continues to do so. My son rests quietly after finally settling down to…
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The World's Failed Kings Let's be honest with ourselves: our leaders are not properly leading us. Instead, they are increasingly tyrannical and are wielding a stick over our collective heads. As the 2022 elections approach, most have their hands out, and are all smiles and and full of promises that they know cannot and will not be fulfilled. I don't trust any of them. Crooked politicians Here in the Philippines our leadership has failed us time and again. They are by and…
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Here We are Now - Entertain Us Let's have fun today for tomorrow we die. That's the thinking of many people today. The world is so darn crazy that part of this is actually true. We do not know when we will take our last breath. But should our lives be all about fun? I'll try to answer this question in this post. Let's rock Some of you are old enough to remember the alternative rock band Nirvana, with Kurt Cobain as the lead singer. He joined the 27 Club on May 8, 1994 when…
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Outing the Oppression Olympians It's getting stranger each and every day. The world, I mean. Instead of progressing our world is regressing. The Oppression Olympians are in full madness mode. People are living in fear of their livelihoods and families because the woke mob is on the attack. This should not be so. Why is our world so crazy these days? Because we allow it to be by remaining silent. Madness When speaking about the mentally ill, author Brandon Smith notes that…
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Who Wants to be a Queen? We Filipinas tend to place a lot of emphasis on our beauty and towards things that are beautiful in our eyes. We have our favorite makeup brands and ways of applying them. Red lipstick suits most of us. But some overdo it. Natural beauty is preferred among men; they can see through the make up caked on faces and which needs a putty knife to take off at night. Joke lang. But when we get right down to it, **we are all beautiful in God's eyes** and that…
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When the Moment is Significant Graduating, job interviews, buying one's first house, experiencing failures or success, the passing of loved one, and marriages are all significant moments in each of our lives. Each of the aforementioned are all moments that define our lives, that is, our actions or responses to the events. Our legacy In one way or another we all leave behind a legacy when we pass and go on to our greater or lesser reward. Some of us want to be remembered as…
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Everything is Fake! Online shopping - it's what many of us do during lockdowns. The other day my neighbors were not home. The delivery driver had a package from Shopee for them. Since we know the driver from regular deliveries from Lazada and Shopee, I paid for and accepted the package. When they returned home, I gave them their order and they paid me back. When the German man opened it, he found that he had not ordered it. The store or someone sent it to him using his…
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Where Are You Storing Your Treasures? Every once in a while somebody with a metal detector hits the beaches looking for treasure. Those who have mastered their machines know where to look and when to dig, thus saving valuable time. Some scour old maps and historical articles on microfilm in libraries to discover a possible site that will uncover lost treasure. The skilled at this hobby are actually able to make a living from it. Other treasures Some individuals store up…
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Peace, Happiness and Love in a Distorted World We see a lot of these topics on read.cash and one thing that may be said of them is that most miss the mark entirely. This is because people have a tendency to base their definitions on their experiences rather than their true meanings. Peace There's no doubt about the fact that the concept of #peace is difficult to find in an increasingly hostile world in which we live. Everywhere we turn there is clamoring, rage, violence and…
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You Have Zero Dollars, Pesos, Euros or Yuan. No, Really! Question: How many dollars, pesos, euros or yuan do you have? Hold up a minute. Before you go checking your bank account, digging through your purse, wallet, piggy bank or secret stash under the mattress, let me tell you: **You have zero.** "But I do have dollars and pesos and euros and yuan!" you protest. **Um,** **no you don't.** You have paper. You have coins with no metal value. You have fiat currency. What you…
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Where Ideas, Opinions and Truth Merge Our ideas do not always work out the way we thought they would. Our opinions are not always on point nor are they palatable to others.. What we deem as truth may indeed be a lie. Such is the nature of life. Ideas I know an older gentleman in his mid-60s. As far as I am concerned, he is well learned, witty, and at times, impetuous. One day when he was 11 he broke his throwing and writing arm while playing baseball. As he lie in his bed…
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Netflix: "Midnight Mass" - Hidden Meaning and Theme *Spoiler Alert* If you have not watched "Midnight Mass" on Netflix yet, and are planning to do so, choose whether to skip this post or not. Possible spoiler alerts are included. I'll provide readers with the hidden messages and themes. Midnight Mass background The story is segmented into 7 episodes, each one lasting about an hour. The setting is Crockett Island (Crock-Pot), with a population of 127 people. Most of the…
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Birthdays: Corny but Fun? When I was 14 I could hardly wait to turn 18 so I could get my drivers license. This I achieved. Our family birthdays were always celebrated considerably small since I came from a poor family in the jungle of Mindanao. But we always had plenty of food from our farm and shared with our neighbors. Looking back Looking back on past birthdays I cannot remember one that wasn't at least fun. Many times there were no gifts but that was okay. Some people in…
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The Lies of "Build Back Better" Build Back Better. I'm weary of the slogan because it is rife with a plethora of lies. It all sounds good if you're already drowning in wealth, but if you're a peon in this world, you stand to lose rather than gain. Let's see what's behind the slogan and reveal the lies. **First, a** **quote to keep in mind before moving on:** “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be…
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They All Want to be a Model Every once in a while when I have a lot of extra time, which is rare, I scroll through Facebook and observe selfies and captions. Owning a DSLR does not make a person a photographer any more than a pretty face makes one a model. Everybody's beautiful Be encouraged - we are all beautiful in our own way and highly valued. Nothing could be further from the truth. The world defines beauty one way and that is by looks and size and body shape. Don't…
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Disappointed in Heaven? Let's cut to the chase: not everyone is going to heaven. It's sad but nevertheless true. God does not lie. But did you know that some people who do go to heaven will be disappointed? This is also true! First things first First of all, nobody goes to heaven without believing in Jesus, that is, by faith alone in Him alone. It is written: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by…
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I'm Angry on Behalf of My Son Yesterday I went shopping for groceries and for gifts for my son's upcoming birthday. Once again, I had to leave him with a babysitter friend and it hurt my heart to know he cannot get out and see the world and all of its inherent beauty. Yes, I have anger towards my government, plenty of it. Birth My son was born on November 10, 2020, right before the pandemic was taking shape here in the #Philippines. Right before Christmas we went to a mall…
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Halloween Festivities with Pics There's been a whirlwind of festivities happening in my province of Northern Luzon and they are not over yet. It's been a joyous time spent with my son and friends right on the beach at our friend's resort and at here at home. First, we walked 30 seconds to the beach where we did our usual swimming. My boy is a fish out of water. The dog keeps the wild, stray dogs away from us. From there we grabbed a snack. After that we swam some more at the…