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The Empire of Rothchild

Two neighbor horse farmers came together one day to talk business. The first farmer sold his horse to the second for a quarter million dollars, and then bought it back for about $20 more. He could now advertise his horse (actually worth $20), as a horse he that he had paid over a quarter of a million dollars for. We can laugh over such schemes. And perhaps we should laugh at ourselves for having been fooled, for if there is one area in life that exceeds the religious in deception, and touches all of us it is the financial. What else can we do about it except laugh? The famous poet Lord Byron describes the archetype of our two farmers in 1823, Who keeps the world, both old and new, in pain Or pleasure? Who makes politics run glibber all? The shade of Bonaparte’s noble daring? More  Pictures Read more

Sejarah Kumpulan Sweet Charity

Kumpulan Sweet Charity sebuah kugiran yang mula ditubuhkan di Singapura pada tahun 1967 oleh anggota asalnya iaitu Ramli Sarip (Vokal),Rosli Mohalim (Lewat 70'an Gitar) Joe Salim(Gitar), Wahid Warren(Bass), Rahman Sarbani (Drum). Sweet Charity banyak mengadakan Roadshow di FunFair di seluruh Singapura dlm tahun 70an-80an,dan Sweet Charity jugalah yang mempopularkan muzik rock sehingga mereka dilabel sebagai Deep Purple dan Santana Singapura.  Kebanyakkan kumpulan rock generasi baru seperti Search, Lefthanded dan lain lain yang seangkatan menjadikan lagu-lagu Sweet Charity sebagai lagu awal mereka sebelum meneroka jauh ke bidang muzik rock tanahair. Lagu-lagu seperti Kamelia, Teratai, Sejuta Wajah, Hilang Gelap Terbitlah Terang cukup memberikan kesan yang begitu mendalam terhadap industri rock yang baru menapak di rantau sini ketika itu.  Menjadi masyhur di Nusantara melalui lagu Kamelia (lagu asal Ebiet G. Ade) yang telah diberi suntikan irama yang lebih 'keras