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Life under ISIS led these Muslims to Christianity

“If heaven is made for ISIS and their belief,” said one convert, “I would choose hell for myself instead of being again with them in the same place, even if it’s paradise.”

“If ISIS represents Islam, I don’t want to be a Muslim anymore,” Farhad Jasim, 23, who attends the Church of the Brethren, told NBC News. “Their God is not my God.”

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The richest people in the world live in this city (it’s not Hong Kong or London)

More millionaires call the Big Apple home than any other city in the world.

New York had the largest population of high-net-worth individuals, whose net worth in assets totals between $1 million and $30 million, according to a report released Wednesday by global wealth consultancy Wealth-X. Some 978,810 high-net-worth, or HNW, individuals reside in New York. That’s nearly double the HNW population of Tokyo (593,025 individuals), which came in at No. 2 on Wealth-X’s ranking.

New York has more high-net-worth individuals than any other city in the world, and it also has the largest population of ultrawealthy people. The latter group comprises those with assets exceeding $30 million.
Not only does New York have more HNW individuals than any other city in the world, but it also has the largest population of ultrawealthy people, defined as those who have assets worth more than $30 million. It regains this distinction after losing the title to Hong Kong in 2017. However, the tenuous relationship between the U.S. and China roiled the wealthy elite in Hong Kong, causing the HNW population there to drop by more than 11% last year.

Wealth-X’s findings were based on its proprietary database of HNW individuals, which includes information such as the individuals’ financial assets, career histories, family backgrounds and philanthropic endeavors, among other data points.

Read more: Some of the wealthiest people on the planet got a financial wake-up call in 2018

Overall, America had six of the top 10 HNW cities, per Wealth-X’s list. Dallas–Fort Worth, which has seen its wealth grow thanks in part to the strong energy sector, entered the list for the first time this year.

Here is how the full rankings shook out:

• New York (978,810 HNW individuals, down 0.6% from 2017)
• Tokyo (593,025 HNW individuals, down 3.3% from 2017)
• Los Angeles (576,255 HNW individuals, down 0.7% from 2017)
• Hong Kong (391,595 HNW individuals, down 11.1% from 2017)
• London (372,270 HNW individuals, up 2.7% from 2017)
• Chicago (353,775 HNW individuals, down 0.8% from 2017)
• Paris (345,175 HNW individuals, up 4.5% from 2017)
• San Francisco (314,055 HNW individuals, down 0.4% from 2017)
• Washington, D.C. (301,495 HNW individuals, down 1.3% from 2017)
• Dallas (298,220 HNW individuals, up 0.1% from 2017)

While the list of cities with the wealthiest populations may not appear diverse today, that could soon change. China boasts 32 of 40 fastest-growing HNW cities in the world currently, according to Wealth-X. “There is still no representation in the top 10 from China, whose largest city for UHNW and HNW is Shanghai, with 123,000 HNW individuals,” the report noted. “But this belies the meteoric growth.”

Nigeria has the fastest-growing high-net-worth population in the world, with the number of residents there worth $1 million to $30 million expected to increase 16.3% by 2023.
Moreover, the concentration of extremely wealthy individuals in certain cities could be simply a reflection of different cultural approaches to wealth. “London and Paris are the European representatives in the top 10, with nucleated concentrations of HNW in their capital cities, in contrast to a more distributed pattern of wealth, for example, in German cities,” the report’s authors wrote.

Indeed, while the U.S. does have the world’s largest HNW population, China ranks second, followed by a wide assortment of countries including Japan, Germany, South Korea and Australia. And Nigeria has the fastest-growing high-net-worth population in the world, with the number of residents there worth $1 million to $30 million expected to increase 16.3% by 2023.

Brother says twisted, evil Hannah Bonser is like The Exorcist | The Sun |News

Jailed … Hannah Bonser, in a new photo released by police, showed no emotion as she was sentenced to life imprisonment.

 

Jailed ... Hannah Bonser, in a new photo released by police, showed no emotion as she was sentenced to life

 

Ross Parry Agency EXCLUSIVE

By ALASTAIR TAYLOR

TWISTED Hannah Bonser was jailed for life yesterday for murdering a schoolgirl — as her brother declared: “She is like The Exorcist.”

 

WOMAN stabbed girl to death house after buying two knives.

 

 

‘Killer’ buys 2 knives then stabs park girl

WOMAN stabbed girl to death hours after buying two knives, court told.

Murdered Casey pics stolen – Villagers unite for tragic girl -Casey, forever in our hearts – Family lay floral tributes for Casey, The Sun newspaper says.

Druid and demon-obsessed Bonser stabbed Casey Kearney, 13, with a six-inch knife as she walked past her in a park.

Just four months before the “random” attack, Bonser, 26, had been released from a psychiatric unit.

A jury yesterday ruled she was guilty of murder — rejecting her lawyers’ claims that it was manslaughter due to diminished responsibility over her mental state.

Later the victim’s mum, Kerry Day, 32, said: “She deliberately stabbed Casey and left her to die. Now we want to know why the psychiatric services let her out on the streets.”

Bonser’s estranged brother Ben, 29, said: “Hannah has mental health issues but I think she is faking a lot of them.”

And in a reference to the classic 1973 horror movie in which a girl is possessed by the Devil, he added: “She is like The Exorcist.

“I disowned her a decade ago. I think she is evil… I think she just picked on the most vulnerable person she could find.”

 

Cannabis-smoker Bonser sentenced to 22 years for the killing in Doncaster, South Yorks on Valentine's Day.

 

Cannabis-smoker Bonser was sentenced to a minimum of 22 years for the killing in Doncaster, South Yorks, on Valentine’s Day this year.

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The Newsroom: “We Just Decided To” Review – IGN

by RL Shaffer JUNE 24, 2012

In 1976, world renowned filmmaker Sidney Lumet made a film called “Network”, with Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and William Holden. In the film’s most famous sequence, a news anchor named Howard Beale (Finch) has a mental breakdown on camera. He engages his audience directly and rants for several minutes about the nature of journalism and humanity’s failings, culminating in one of cinema’s greatest lines,”I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!”

…”The Newsroom” (premiering Sunday, 6/24 at 10pm PST/EST), where Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) has a similar outburst after being asked why America is the best country on the planet. While he’s nothing but calm, jovial and humorous in the moments preceding his rant…

While McAvoy’s anti-American outburst is perceived as ugly by the public and his peers, the rant is nothing more than an angry follow-up to Beale’s “Mad as hell” rant from more than 30 years ago…

…Naturally, “The Newsroom” does feature the usual left-of-center commentary from Sorkin, but for those who’ve long fallen in love with the writer’s ideals, cynical take on politics and hope for a better future, there’s much to adore about this new series. And Sorkin does his best to keep things refreshing, despite having played in similar sandboxes in the past, with shows like “Sports Night” and “The West Wing”, and with movies like “Charlie Wilson’s War” and even “The Social Network”.

“The Newsroom” debuts Sunday, June 24th at 10pm ET/PT on HBO.

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Moody’s Slashes 15 Banks In Ratings Bloodbath – TheStreet

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Moody’s  slashed the ratings of 15 of the largest world banks late Thursday …

Deutsche Bank Sees 40% Upside for Goldman Sachs (Update 2)Bank of America: Downgrade Threat Loser (Update 2)Morgan Stanley Just Got a $6.8 Billion Headache

Moody’s cut Morgan Stanley(MS_) by two notches to Baa1, instead of a possible three notch cut. The agency also cut JPMorgan Chase(JPM_), Citigroup(C_) and Goldman Sachs (GS_) by two notches and Bank of America(BAC_) by a notch in a sweeping ratings change that still gives the nation’s largest banks a negative outlook.

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News from The Associated Press

Euro crisis far from over, stock analysts warn

By PAUL WISEMAN and JOSHUA FREED

Violent protests in Greece

WASHINGTON (AP) — A slim victory for the main conservative party in an election in Greece should relax fears that a country will stop using the euro for the first time and possibly unleash global financial turmoil.

But when it comes to Greek politics – and European economic policy – it’s never that easy. So the bumpy ride for financial markets isn’t over yet.

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DRUDGE REPORT: BUCHANAN BOOK WARNS OF END

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Drudge Report: Buchanan book warns of end

BOOK WARNS OF END

Fri Oct 14 2011 07:00:25 ET

“As the faith that gave birth to the West is dying in the West, peoples of European descent from the steppes of Russia to the coast of California have begun to die out…

The books reads as if its been written to be left behind in the ruins, only to be found by a future civilization.

Suicide ranked #2,668 on AMAZON’s hit parade early friday.

It streets on Tuesday.

“We have accepted today the existence in perpetuity of a permanent underclass of scores of millions who cannot cope and must be carried by society — fed, clothed, housed, tutored, medicated at taxpayer’s expense…

We have a dependent nation the size of Spain in our independent America…

The End of Christian America

…the drive to de-Christianize America, to purge Christianity from the public square, public schools and public life… suicidal for the nation.

“…consequence of a dying Christianity is a dying people. Not one post-Christian nation has a birth rate sufficient to keep it alive….The death of European Christianity means the disappearance of the European tribe, a prospect visible in the demographic statistics of every Western nation.”

The robust and confident Church of 1958 no longer exists. Catholic colleges and universities remain Catholic in name only. Parochial schools and high schools are closing as rapidly as they opened in the 1950s.

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Suicide of a Superpower