Info in Bits & Pieces

HEADLINE:
CNN has announced that it is laying off nearly 400 staffers amounting to a single-digit percentage of its roughly 4,400 employees.
~~~ as reported in The Epoch Times

HEADLINE:
Russian ignores West, sells oil at about 30% above newly imposed price cap of $60 per barrel. Russia is the world’s second-largest oil exporter, shipping up to 65 million tons of their ESPO oil blend throught the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline.
~~~ as reported by The Epoch Times

67 PERCENT
of Australian drivers would like to rent an electric vehicle before buying one, according to a study by car rental firm Hertz.

75 PERCENT:
of people say the transgender movement has gone too far, according to a poll conducted by Christian nonprofit Summit Ministries.

$223,000 PER PERSON
Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed reparations plan for black residents in California may deliver handouts of $223,000 in cash per person for past housing discrimination, according to Fox News Digital.

263,000 NEW JOBS
were added by the U.S. economy in November 2022. This was down from 284,000 in October. Only 200,000 was expected by analysts.
~~~ from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

QUOTE:
“Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.”
~~~ Ayn Rand
Now ask yourself, “Are you thinking?”

QUOTE:
“How rarely we weigh our neighbor in the same balance in which we weigh ourselves.”
~~~ Thomas à Kempis

QUOTE:
“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.”
~~~ Martha Graham

QUOTE:
“If you want to go fast, you go alone. If you want to go far, you must go together.”
~~~ African proverb

QUOTE:
“The road of by-and-by leads to the house of never.”
~~~ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Don’t delay. Act while it is today.

QUOTE:
”Procrastination is the thief of time.” English proverb
~~~ Edward Young (1683-1765), in the poem Night-Thoughts

People face two great vices in life. One is over-confidence in ourselves, or anything we have. Another is rashly undertaking unnecessary things out of a foolish hope they will succeed according to our desires.

Remember, we are not forbidden to prepare for tomorrow, just not be presumptuous upon tomorrow.