Be like a cactus!

I saw an inward picture of a cactus, standing strong in a desert.

Did you know that a cactus is able to have normal leaves, but they adapt with spines (modified leaves) in the desert to minimize water loss?

It also performs transpiration at night to reduce water loss.

Cacti are classified as “succulents” because they have thickened, fleshy parts to store more water.

Cacti have an extensive root system that don’t go very deep into the ground because most of the groundwater is on the upper layers due to rain. There are hardly any underground stores of water in the desert.

In a hot desert, most plants cannot survive the harsh, dry climate, but a cactus is able to survive and thrive.

It is adaptable, absorbent, attractive (can produce flowers), and able-bodied (the spines fend off predators). Truly an amazing plant that can live where most creatures cannot.

If we look at the cactus as ourselves, water as the water of God’s word, and the hot desert as this world, then we will understand this faith picture that God has for us.

God wants us to store up water and retain it efficiently just like a cactus. A cactus is designed to maximize water gain and minimize water loss.

In this world that prides itself on its own knowledge, rejecting the kingship of God, we must be like a cactus that finds every opportunity to receive God’s word.

You can retain it better when you meditate on His word. Keep it in your heart, and think about it often. This way, you will take in more, and lose less of it.

“They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough. When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child. All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.” (Luke‬ ‭2:16-19‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Mary did exactly this. When others heard the good news about Jesus, they only wondered at it, but Mary kept these sayings, pondering them in her heart. She was like a cactus and retained the water.

“A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.” (Psalms‬ ‭91:7‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

“For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.” (Jeremiah‬ ‭17:8‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

In a desert whereby living creatures who cannot adapt just die of thirst and starvation, you will not. A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you. You shall not even fear the heat when it comes because you are full of God’s word, unceasingly fruitful in every season!

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今天下午我和POLO已是第三次來到國稅局，包括信義區，大安區！
國稅局承辦人員們的態度非常良好，對中文不好的我和POLO特別有耐心，非常感謝！
因為今年有人蓄意編造謊言並公開爆料不實言論，甚至預謀並濫用同樣罹患胃癌的Vicky的同情同理心，浪費了我們拼命想盡辦法籌措對方癌末陳姓病妻赴日醫療費的真心誠意，又對媒體謊稱我們要經營夜店及非法公開我們籌備多年的電影侵權等相關事件...
因我和POLO是美籍身分，在台任何投資都需經由投審會審核，資金也需自海外匯入款項至相關合法公司。
我們已提呈近幾年的金流明細及所有涉及的人物事證等相關資料，以配合調查！
我香港出生，美國籍，但我在台灣深耕30年了，ㄧ生謹守本份，低調專注音樂事業。
我們隱忍這麼久是因爲仍盡心力給予機會和寬容體諒。
我們感謝Vicky 和專業會計師的嚴格把關。這麼多年來,不怕得罪人,不妥協地保護我和POLO的合法權益。
另外，先前我們所有公開聲明內容，若有任何不實，我們願意公開所有事證並負擔法律責任！
凡走過必留下痕跡....
忙了ㄧ下午，到誠品買了書，現在終於又可以繼續到錄音室繼續我們最喜愛的錄音工作了...
再次感謝大家的支持！

This afternoon was the third time POLO and I went to the National Taxation Bureau of Taipei, including the Xinyi and Daan Branches. Thank you to the wonderful staff, for having a great attitude and being patient, especially since our Chinese is not very fluent. Because someone had deliberately publicized fabricated false information stating we plan to open and invest in a night club, along with leaking confidential information of our film project, we have submitted information, evidence, and details of all parties involves over the years and financial statements to cooperate with this investigation. Also, since POLO and I are American Citizens, all our investments must be reviewed by the “Investment Commission, MOEA”, and our investments must come from overseas and deposited into a legal company with the proper licenses.
Thank you, Vicky and our professional accountants, for always guiding us through each step, and always doing your best to ensure our rights and interests are being protected.
In addition, we are willing to disclose any evidence and bear legal responsibilities for our public statements.
There is always an evidence trail to actions…
After a busy afternoon, we are excited to finally continue recording and composing again!!
Thank you all for your support!
❤️🎶💪

POLO WL
Vicky MeiMei Chao
信義區國稅局
#國稅局大安區

有確實的人證物證，FB 再封鎖就是聯邦重罪。
Tony Bobulinski聲明全文：
我的名字是Tony Bobulinski，以下陳述的事情都是正確而真實的。
這些事實不是來自任何國內、外的假訊息，
所有牴觸事實明說暗示都是錯誤且冒犯的。我就是《紐約郵報》7天前公布電郵的收件人，信件的副本則是寄給杭特拜登以及Rob Walker。這封電子郵件是真的。
今天中午，我收到參議院國土安全事務委員會以及財政委員會要求，
他們要求我交出所有我生意事務上與拜登家族有關的文件，以及各種與國外企業或個人商務有關的文件。我有很多相關紀錄以及雙方往來文件，我打算馬上將所有文件交給兩個委員會。
我的祖父是服役37年的軍事情報官、我父親是服役20年以上的海軍軍官、我兄弟是服役28年的空軍飛官；而我也曾貢獻4年給海軍，並以中尉身分退伍。我曾接受高規格的安全檢查，也是海軍核子動力訓練員。我對我的整個家庭為國家的貢獻感到非常驕傲，而我並不是一個從政者，我人生中少數幫忙的幾次競選活動，都獻給了民主黨。
如果媒體和那些大型科技公司過去幾週做好他們份內的工作，那我根本不會被牽扯到這件事中，我長期以來為這個國家服務奉獻，我沒辦法再忍受自己與家族的名字被牽連到俄羅斯假資訊站，或被媒體暗示與這些報導稱「謊言、造假」的事情有關。
退伍後，我成為一名投資人，在全球各地投資，我旅行過超過50個國家，我相信我住在這世界上最棒的國家。
我說的每一句話都是事實，我知道這是真的，因為我身在其中。我是中國華信集團華信能源總裁葉簡明與拜登家族合作企業的控股公司「Sinohawk Holding」公司執行長，而我是被James Gillar與杭特拜登找來當執行長的。《紐約郵報》揭露2017年5月13日寄出的郵
件中「大人物（the Big Guy）」就是拜登。另外一個「JB」指的是拜登的兄弟Jim Biden。
杭特拜登稱他的父親喬拜登是「大人物」或是「我的總裁（my chairman）」，且常常請拜登簽署文件，或對我們討論的潛在交易提出意見。我看到拜登聲稱不曾過問兒子的生意，對比我親眼所見，這不是事實，因為這不只是杭特的生意，我聽到他們總說要把拜登家族的名字和遺產放在這裡。
我了解中國不在乎財務健康與報酬率，他們只是將「Sinohawk」用以影響政治，當我發現杭特只是將「Sinohawk」當作他的個人小金庫，盡可能地用最快的速度從中國提款時，我採取了一些措施阻止。
當我看到參議員強森的報告，這使我震驚，讓我意識到拜登家族在我背後偷偷拿錢，拿了中國幾百萬美元的錢，即便他們曾告訴我他們不會對他們的合作夥伴這麼做。
我要求拜登家族向美國的人民開誠布公，說出一切事實，這樣我才能脫離與這件事的關聯，這樣我才不用被迫幫忙他們回答這些問題。
我沒有特定政治傾向，我只是在拜登幕後看到一些事情，讓我不得不越來越關注。拜登家族積極利用「拜登」的名義從國外企業賺取數百萬美元，甚至有些錢來自於被共產黨控制的中國。
天佑美國！
聲明全文出處 Tony Bobulinski透過《紐約郵報》發布
聲明英文全文：
My name is Tony Bobulinski. The facts set forth below are true and accurate;they are not any form of domestic or foreign disinformation. Any suggestion to the contrary is false and offensive. I am the recipient of the email published seven days ago by the New York Post which showed a copy to Hunter Biden and Rob Walker. That email is genuine.
This afternoon I received a request from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs and the Senate Committee on Finance
requesting all documents relating to my business affairs with the Biden
family as well as various foreign entities and individuals. I have extensive
relevant records and communications and I intend to produce those items to both Committees in the immediate future.
I am the grandson of a 37 year Army Intelligence officer, the son of a 20+
year career Naval Officer and the brother of a 28 year career Naval Flight
Officer. I myself served our country for 4 years and left the Navy as LT
Bobulinski. I held a high level security clearance and was an instructor and
then CTO for Naval Nuclear Power Training Command. I take great pride in the time my family and I served this country. I am also not a political person.What few campaign contributions I have made in my life were to Democrats.
If the media and Big Tech companies had done their jobs over the past several weeks I would be irrelevant in this story. Given my long standing service and devotion to this great country, I could no longer allow my family’s name to be associated or tied to Russian disinformation or implied lies and false
narratives dominating the media right now.
After leaving the military I became an institutional investor investing
extensively around the world and on every continent. I have traveled to over 50 countries. I believe, hands down, we live in the greatest country in the world.
What I am outlining is fact. I know it is fact because I lived it. I am the
CEO of Sinohawk Holdings which was a partnership between the Chinese
operating through CEFC/Chairman Ye and the Biden family. I was brought into the company to be the CEO by James Gilliar and Hunter Biden. The reference to “the Big Guy” in the much publicized May 13, 2017 email is in fact a reference to Joe Biden. The other “JB” referenced in that email is Jim
Biden, Joe’s brother.
Hunter Biden called his dad ‘the Big Guy’ or ‘my Chairman,’ and
frequently referenced asking him for his sign-off or advice on various
potential deals that we were discussing. I’ve seen Vice President Biden
saying he never talked to Hunter about his business. I’ve seen firsthand
that that’s not true, because it wasn’t just Hunter’s business, they said
they were putting the Biden family name and its legacy on the line.
I realized the Chinese were not really focused on a healthy financial ROI.
They were looking at this as a political or influence investment. Once I
realized that Hunter wanted to use the company as his personal piggy bank by just taking money out of it as soon as it came from the Chinese, I took steps to prevent that from happening.
The Johnson Report connected some dots in a way that shocked me — it made me realize the Bidens had gone behind my back and gotten paid millions of dollars by the Chinese, even though they told me they hadn’t and wouldn’t do that to their partners.
I would ask the Biden family to address the American people and outline the facts so I can go back to being irrelevant — and so I am not put in a
position to have to answer those questions for them.
I don’t have a political ax to grind; I just saw behind the Biden curtain
and I grew concerned with what I saw. The Biden family aggressively leveraged the Biden family name to make millions of dollars from foreign entities even though some were from communist controlled China.
God bless America

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Skype has just been removed from the app stores here and now is part of the long list of apps and websites blocked by the Great Firewall of China (Golden Shield Project)

Internet censorship in China is extreme due to a wide variety of laws and administrative regulations. More than sixty Internet regulations have been created by the government of China, which have been implemented by provincial branches of state-owned ISPs, companies, and organizations. The apparatus of China's Internet control is considered more extensive and more advanced than in any other country in the world. The governmental authorities not only block website content but also monitor the Internet access of individuals;[4] such measures have attracted the derisive nickname "The Great Firewall of China."

Amnesty International notes that China "has the largest recorded number of imprisoned journalists and cyber-dissidents in the world" and Paris-based Reporters Without Borders stated in 2010 and 2012 that "China is the world's biggest prison for netizens." The offences of which they are accused include communicating with groups abroad, signing online petitions, and calling for reform and an end to corruption. The escalation of the government's effort to neutralize critical online opinion and organizing comes after a series of large, anti-pollution, anti-corruption protests, and ethnic riots, many of which were organized or publicized using instant messaging services, chat rooms, and text messages. The size of the Chinese Internet police force was reported by the state government to be 2 million in 2013.

Carrie Gracie wrote that local Chinese businesses such as Baidu, Tencent, and Alibaba, some of the world's largest internet enterprises, benefited from the way China has blocked international rivals from the market, encouraging domestic competition.

Since May 2015, Chinese Wikipedia has been blocked in China. This was done after Wikipedia started to use HTTPS encryption which made selective censorship impossible or more difficult.

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