We Play the Game
(Alan Parsons)

We hold our own
We fight to win
We stand alone

You drink the wine
You play the fool
You cross the line
You lose your cool
But no one cares
Still no one cares

You raise the bar
Lost in a trance
One bridge too far
No second chance
But no one cares
Still no one cares

We play the game
We hold our own
We fight to win
We stand alone

You had a dream
You cast the dice
Your shady scheme
You paid the price
But no one cares
Still no one cares

We play the game
With hearts of stone
You lose again
You're on your own

A turning tide
A streak of light
Arms open wide
The end's in sight
And someone cares
Yes someone cares

We play the game
We hold our own
We fight to win
We stand alone

https://t.me/MkNotes/1146

* A burnt toast never hurts anyone but harsh words do*
Mom placed a plate of bread jam and extremely burned toast in front of a dad.
The mom apologized to dad for burning the toast but the dad said: “Honey, I love burned toast.”
Later that night, the child asked the dad if he really liked his toast burned. He wrapped the child in his arms and said, “Your mamma put in a long hard day at work today and she was really tired.
And besides, A burnt toast never hurts anyone but harsh words do!”

آوازهمایون شجریان
تصنیف ایران من

آواز خوانی در شبم
سر چشمه ی خورشید تو
یار و دیار و عشق تو
سرچشمه ی امید تو
ای صبح فروردین من
ای تکیه گاه اخرین
ای کهنه سرباز زمین
جان جهان ایران زمین
ای در رگانم خون وطن
ای پرچمت ما را کفن
دور از تو بادا اهرمن
ایران من ایران من ایران من ایران من
ای در رگانم خون وطن
ای پرچمت ما را کفن
دور از تو بادا اهرمن
ایران من ایران من ایران من ایران من
ای داغ دیده باز گو
بلخ و سمر قندت چه شد
صد ها جفا ای مادرم دیدی و مهرت کم نشد
از خون سربازان تو
گل گون شده رویت وطن
ای سرو سبز بی خزان
ای مهر تو در جان و تن
ای مادرم ایران زمین
اغاز تو پایان تویی
بر دشت من باران تویی
در چشم من تابان تویی
ایران من ایران
آن مهر جاویدان تویی
ای در رگانم خون وطن
ای پرچمت ما را کفن
دور از تو بادا اهرمن
ایران من ایران من ایران من ایران من
ای در رگانم خون وطن
ای پرچمت ما را کفن
دور از تو بادا اهرمن
ایران من ایران من ایران من ایران من
در ظلمت تاریک شب
مرغ سحر خوان منی
در حصر هم آزاده ای
تنها تو تنها تو تنها تویی
جان منی
اینجا صدایی روشن است
در اسمان پیچیده است
گویی لبانت را خدا
روز ازل بوسیده است
ای مرغ حق در سینه ات
با شور خود بیداد کن
اواز خوان شب شکن
بار دگر فریاد کن
ظلم ظالم جور صیاد
اشیانم داده بر باد
ای خدا ای فلک ای طبیعت
شام تاریک مارا سحر کن
ای خدا ای فلک ای طبیعت
شام تاریک مارا سحر کن
ای مادرم ایران زمین
اغاز تو پایان تویی
بر دشت من باران تویی
در چشم من تابان تویی
ایران من ایران
آن مهر جاویدان تویی
ای در رگانم خون وطن
ای پرچمت ما را کفن
دور از تو بادا اهرمن
ایران من ایران من ایران من ایران من
ای در رگانم خون وطن
ای پرچمت ما را کفن
دور از تو بادا اهرمن
ایران من ایران من ایران من ایران من
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWwsnBPSbE4&feature=share

ای خدا ای فلک ای طبیعت
شام تاریک مارا سحر کن
ای خدا ای فلک ای طبیعت
شام تاریک مارا سحر کن
ای مادرم ایران زمین
اغاز تو پایان تویی
بر دشت من باران تویی
در چشم من تابان تویی
ایران من ایران
آن مهر جاویدان تویی
ای در رگانم خون وطن
ای پرچمت ما را کفن
دور از تو بادا اهرمن
ایران من ایران من ایران من ایران من
ای در رگانم خون وطن
ای پرچمت ما را کفن
دور از تو بادا اهرمن
ایران من ایران من ایران من ایران من

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWwsnBPSbE4&feature=share

Money, get away
Get a good job with good pay and you're okay
Money, it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream
Think I'll buy me a football team
Money, get back
I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack
Money, it's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit
I'm in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a Lear jet
Money, it's a crime…

CORONAVIRUS OFFERS "A BLANK PAGE FOR A NEW BEGINNING"
SAYS LI EDELKOORT, March 9, 2020

"A QUARANTINE OF CONSUMPTION"
"It seems we are massively entering a quarantine of consumption where we will learn how to be happy just with a simple dress, rediscovering old favorites we own, reading a forgotten book and cooking up a storm to make life beautiful," she said. However, the virus was also showing how economic disruption could have environmental benefits, she argued. "The recent pictures of the air above China showed how two months without production cleared the skies and allowed people to breathe again," she said, referring to the fact that carbon emissions and pollution from Chinese industry have declined since the virus first hit the country.
"This means that the virus will show how slowing and shutting down can produce a better environment which will surely be visible on a large scale."

"I AM HOPEFUL FOR A BETTER SYSTEM"
"And this is where I am hopeful for: another and better system to be put in place with more respect for human labor and conditions." Edelkoort, who runs New York City forecasting agency Edelkoort Inc, wrote to Dezeen via email from South Africa, where she is in "self-imposed auto-quarantine" following her lecture at the Design Indaba conference in Cape Town last month.

https://www.dezeen.com/2020/03/09/li-edelkoort-coronavirus-reset/

55% OF AMERICANS LIVE PAYCHECK-TO-PAYCHECK
G.E. Miller, Jan. 21, 2019

Actually, that’s inaccurate. 36% are living paycheck-to-paycheck, 19% are actually worse off than that – accruing debt. That means that about 6-in-10 people you pass walking down the street (as they enter clothing stores and bars) are saving absolutely nothing or worse.

And only 35% are “certain they could come up with the full $2,000” if an unexpected need for $2,000 came up within the next month (similarly, 40% claimed to have set aside 3 months or more in an emergency savings fund).

Sadly, it’s one of the pre-dominant financial memes out there because “spend less than you earn” is often taken as “spend almost everything you earn”. It’s easy to prescribe, easy to follow, and universally understood.
IT’S ALSO A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.

What happens when you consistently live paycheck-to-paycheck?
• You go into serious debt if income stops coming in, and then you pay high interest on that debt
• You are always stressed out about financial risk and hardship
• You aren’t able to build sufficient emergency savings
• You will never save anything for retirement and will be working until death
• You will never achieve financial independence
• You will not be able to save up for an occasional vacation, home improvement, education, etc.
• You really can’t work towards ANY future goals that are reliant on saved assets

Earning more does not cure all.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Granted, those in the very lowest income brackets are not going to be able to save much, if anything (no matter what McDonald’s PR firm tries to sell us).
But the median US household income is $61,372. Outside of West and East coast metros, anything nearing this level of income should be adequate enough to provide a level of savings for most individuals and small families.
EVERYTHING IS NOT OK. STOP THE MADNESS!

https://20somethingfinance.com/percentage-of-americans-living-paycheck-to-paycheck/

Dr. Anthony Fauci
American Immunologist
Director of the National Institute of Alergy and Infectious Diseases

CDC, Center for Disease Control

"A canary in a coal mine" is an advanced warning of some danger. It originates from the times when miners used to carry caged canaries while at work; if there was any methane or carbon monoxide in the mine, the canary would die before the levels of the gas reached those hazardous to humans.

Copied from Christian Amanpour FB Page

Protecting Your Family From COVID-19 by Dr. David Price

THANKS SHALLY & NILOUFAR

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2942412619130302&id=153265661378359

US SURPASSES IRAN IN DEATHS
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/