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 The Amin Speech That Shocked The World. On October 1, 1975, in New York, for the first time in UN history, the pan-Africanist president opted to address world leaders in an African language: the Luganda dialect. During a visit to the United Nations, Ugandan President Idi Amin urged Americans to "rid their society of the Zionists." In a long statement to the General Assembly presented in the presence of President Amin by his chief delegate to the UN, Khalid Younis Kinene, he claimed that the United States had been "colonized by the Zionists."   President Amin stated in a statement read by the Uganda delegate that he wanted the world to know that Africans were not just against "colonialism, neocolonialism, and Zionism," but also against hunger and other societal issues. President Amin sat in a beige armchair on the rostrum as Uganda's chief delegate read the lengthy statement in English.  According to a translation, Amin stated that he did not want to c...

   15 lessons from The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel: 1. Money is a tool.  It's not an end in itself. 2. Don't let your emotions control your spending. Be mindful of the emotions that can drive you to overspend, and learn to control them. 3. Invest for the long term.  The stock market will go up and down in the short term, but over the long term, it goes up. 4. Don't try to time the market. No one can predict the future, so don't try to guess when to buy and sell stocks. 5. Diversify your investments. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Spread your money across different asset classes to reduce your risk. 6. Don't be afraid to take risks. But don't be reckless either. 7. Pay yourself first. Make sure you save money for your future before you spend it on anything else. 8. Live below your means. The less you spend, the more money you'll have to save and invest. 9. Don't compare yourself to others. Everyone is on their own journey. Focus on yo...