from the link posted earlier:

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10372536/ns/world_news-americas/t/new-red-cross-logo-paves-way-israel-join/#.WicHZdKnHhl

The 192 signatories of the Geneva Conventions approved the new “red crystal” emblem by vote after last-ditch negotiations between Israel and Syria over Damascus’ demands for humanitarian access to Syrian citizens in the Golan Heights broke down.

The new emblem — a red square standing on one corner, with a blank white interior and a thick red border — was aimed at resolving the dispute with Israel but also could be used by any national society that feared the red cross used by most countries and the red crescent preferred by Muslim nations would not be respected by combatants.

Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service has used a red Star of David to identify its ambulances and medical workers.

Magen David Adom, or Red Shield of David, could place a red star in the center of the crystal for humanitarian missions at home or abroad if a host country allowed it.

then over to the side a bit of history:

The International Red Cross has flown three flags since 1929. In 1863, Swiss humanitarians who adopted the red cross emblem, reversed the colors of the Swiss flag, without religious intent.

hmmm whatupwidat?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/business/eu-tax-amazon-apple.html

BRUSSELS — European competition regulators on Wednesday mounted a push against tax avoidance by Silicon Valley giants, announcing plans to take Ireland to court for failing to collect back taxes from Apple and ordering Luxembourg to claim unpaid taxes from Amazon.

The effort, which comes as the European Union considers proposals meant to increase the sums levied on technology companies, is part of a concerted campaign to revamp how taxes are collected in the 28-nation bloc.

On Wednesday, Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s competition commissioner, ordered Luxembourg to collect around 250 million euros, or about $293 million, in unpaid taxes from Amazon. The ruling was tied to an agreement between the country and the company that the European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, said dated to 2003.

The order resembles a similar move the commission made last year, when it directed Ireland to reclaim around $15.2 billion from Apple.

I've had a theory

that the laws they all set up to use to screw us royally

would be very scary if one of THEM

came to power

skeery stuff???

ya, I laughted

rephrase…

What if…

the laws they all set up to use to screw the world royally…

were one day turned against THEM?

vewy skeewy

ain't it the truth

ain't it the truth

Trying to picture the evolution of the "REDS"

1. it is strictly against Christian law (Vatican) to

make a profit from lending money = "usury"

1. it is predictable that when RENT is due that people will sometimes be short

2. so, they must sneak away to the little house next to the whorehouse, the one with the red shingle hanging outside

3. monopoly of lending

4. but where did the money come from that the guy in the little house w the red shingle had?

5. was he a pimp? did he have a side business (that one also had to sneak away to go to?) which = predictable, as well

6. if one got screwed or publicly shamed and had to pay a high interest or other such extortions, it was his own fault,

7. can't take it to public court

8. can't get help from the priest

and so the fairy tale begins

theory: how to raise money for the church

when everyone is poor

it's a win win

such a good idea it's almost a branch of the church itself

if you sin, you pay

The End.