FAT TUESDAY IN THE BIG EASY

 

 

Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday is the last and one of the most celebrated days of the Mardi Gras. Fat Tuesday is based on a European term Boeuf Gras defined as Beef Fat, and shrove is derived from the English word shrive, which means to seek forgiveness or absolution for a sins and repent. It is on this day during the pre-lent season that an individual should take time to reflect upon on their life in order to make some positive changes. This self-examination through prayer or mediation is a plea to ask God for spiritual growth in areas of one's life in need of work. 

Okay. Enough of the self-control! Unless a person lives in a small populated, backwards town in the Midwest or just plain broke, who really does take the time to reflect on their past. Or, maybe, an individual  will want to enjoy a parade or two and stumble into one of those southern comfort parties, which brings out distasteful social habits, 24 hour incorrigible sexual lust, moral decay, over indulgence, and the superficial meaning of this pre-lent holiday.

 

Although the first Mardi Gras Party took place in Mobile, Alabama, it was not until around the 1830's that the city of Mobile laid claim to the first Mardi Gras parade. Further South in New Orleans a group of local businessmen founded this city's first Mardi Gras parade in 1856. There were 16 of these men pushing a very large bull's head on wheels. Eventually, the bull received the name Rex, which later defined the first parade as the Rex Parade. The name Rex became a signature for the body of men as well as the bull. As other organizations entered the parades on Fat Tuesday, these associations tried to upstage each other. 

So, Rex decided to parade an actual bull draped in white. What was an act of one-upmanship became a distinct symbol to an end of the pre-lent festivities and the beginning of lent with all of its ceremonial customs. In 1872, Rex also established the colors of the Mardi Gras. According to local folklore, since the word Rex was Latin for King, the organization said that a kingdom needed a flag. Rex decided that the official colors of the flag should be green, gold, and purple. Subsequently, Louisiana Governor Warmouth declared Fat Tuesday a holiday in 1875. 

 

Later, the Rex association and other organization formed secret societies call Krewes that were responsible for the Mardi Gras parades. All of the parades are fun to watch, but it is the Rex Carnival Krewe that is well-known for its day-time parade on Fat Tuesday. So, on this day of petro not being the only thing pumped at the gas station, 24 hour bar hopping, the loss of self-control, and juiced customers stumbling through the supermarket's liquor aisles, think about how I can change my life for the good the day after Fat Tuesday, which is Ash Wednesday. 

NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2018

SPIRIT IN THE DARK

BITCOIN CONSPIRACY

By Nece 

There have always been two-noticeable opposing socioeconomic forces inside the United States of America. On one end of the spectrum, there are those who believe in the spirit of humanity. The opposite end reflects a shadow of a very powerful body divided into societal subsets of malice, greed, and selfishness, who fight amongst each other and with those who love humanity.  The Spirit In The Dark Newsletter will expose those who are attacking the spirit of humanity.

The Spirit of humanity has always tried to move forward, even in tough economic times.  On the other hand, there are those who create the hard-economic times who suck the life out of regular people. February 27^th of 1932 was no exception. This is when the first Glass-Steagall Act was passed, which divided commercial and investment banking into two separate entities. Remember, the Great

Depression had started that October of 1929. The U.S. government had to

do something to make the citizenry think that “Big Brother” was protecting them. Then, in March of 1933, the Emergency Relief Banking Act was sprung on the public of the United States of America.  

Within a month of the emergency banking act, Roosevelt had signed Executive Order 6102, which made it a crime to possess any gold bullion, gold certificates, monetary gold, and contract payments in gold. This order allowed the government to

confiscate gold from the citizens in the United States and pay them $20.67 a troy ounce in paper currency, which had no value at the time. After the U.S. government reimbursed all its citizens for their gold, the price of gold was raise to $35 under the Gold Reserve Act of 1934. The true reason for these actions was that by the time of the Great Depression, the United States had reached its credit limit with the Federal Reserve. So, to increase their money supply, the U.S. government confiscated gold from its citizens.

See, under the Federal Reserve Act of 1914, the Federal Reserve note had to be backed by at least 40% of gold. Because of the increase in the price of gold, foreign countries exported their gold to the United States in substantial numbers. This increased the temporary assets of the United States Treasury. In turn, this allowed the U.S. to increase their money supply with gold and devalue the dollar. Now let us fast forward to 2018 and the new craze with bitcoin. peculators have been permitted to invest and drive up the cost of bitcoins. But, there are only 21 million bitcoins worldwide. When all the bitcoins have been harvested, the United States Treasury will try to confiscate all the bitcoins, artificially bring down the price, and adopt an exchange rate of 1:1, and mandate that all its citizens turn in their paper currency for bitcoins. Then, the exchange rate for the U.S. dollar will increase; thus, increasing the money supply of the United States government. Only the U.S. government and the very rich will be allowed to deal in the green back gold.  These predictions may not happen tomorrow but give it time.