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All wars are banksters wars.
No! Afonso Henriques actually went to war against his own mother, Teresa. The conflict ended in the Battle of São Mamede on June 24, 1128. Afonso led the Portuguese faction against his mother’s troops and those of her partner, Fernão Peres de Trava, to secure the independence of the County of Portugal and push out Galician influence.
There are over 8 billion people in the world. If it’s one in a million, that’s 8,000 people. Not bad at all!
I hadn’t noticed Taiwan[1]. I already knew that people in China aren’t very religious, but a lot of folks don’t know that. I was way more surprised by the Czech Republic and the Netherlands!
On the other hand, in Taiwan, this category includes many Daoists, and about half of Taiwanese people who say they were raised Daoist no longer identify as Daoist, according to our 2023 study “Religion and Spirituality in East Asian Societies.” 🔗 https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/06/09/global-religious-change-methodology/ ↩
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tariff(n.)tariff(n.)
1590s, "arithmetical table," also "official list or table of customs duties on goods for import or export;" also "a law regulating import duties," from Italian tariffa "tariff, price, assessment," Medieval Latin tarifa "list of prices, book of rates," ultimately from Arabic ta'rif "information, notification, a making known; inventory of fees to be paid," verbal noun from arafa "he made known, he taught." A word passed to English from the commercial jargon of the medieval Mediterranean (compare garble, jar (n.), average (perhaps), orange, tabby, etc.).
https://www.etymonline.com/word/tariff