{"id":30431,"date":"2013-12-29T21:03:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T21:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=30431"},"modified":"2013-12-29T21:03:05","modified_gmt":"2013-12-29T21:03:05","slug":"sunday-surprise-xii-of-elves-djinn-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=30431","title":{"rendered":"Sunday surprise XII: of elves, djinn and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; &#8220;angels we have hear on high&#8221; &#8212; were they on your radar? ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>When worldviews collide&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SPEC-of-elves-and-djinn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SPEC-of-elves-and-djinn.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"SPEC of elves and djinn\" width=\"610\" height=\"633\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SPEC-of-elves-and-djinn.png 610w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SPEC-of-elves-and-djinn-289x300.png 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>So &#8212; <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Blake-Angels-appearing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Blake-Angels-appearing.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Blake Angels appearing\" width=\"362\" height=\"435\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Blake-Angels-appearing.png 362w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Blake-Angels-appearing-249x300.png 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212; do you believe in angels?<\/p>\n<p>And or &#8212; do you put your trust in what <strong>Adam Smith<\/strong> called <em>the Invisible Hand<\/em>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><div id=\"attachment_30447\" style=\"width: 582px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Invisible-Hand1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30447\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Invisible-Hand1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Invisible Hand\" width=\"572\" height=\"384\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Invisible-Hand1.png 572w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Invisible-Hand1-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apocalyptic economics, delightfully captured by Dana Fradon<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<p>Or is this more your style?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SR-71.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SR-71.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SR-71\" width=\"485\" height=\"310\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SR-71.jpg 485w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SR-71-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As for myself, I believe the world is depleted when <em>apsaras <\/em>are absent from the skies above us:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Apsaras.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Apsaras.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Apsaras\" width=\"564\" height=\"382\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Apsaras.png 564w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Apsaras-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p><strong>DQ Sources: <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<li><em>Economist<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/8401289\">Jinn: Born of fire<\/a>\n<li><em>AP Big Story<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/icelands-hidden-elves-delay-road-projects\">Iceland&#8217;s hidden elves delay road projects<\/a><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; &#8220;angels we have hear on high&#8221; &#8212; were they on your radar? ] . When worldviews collide&#8230; ** So &#8212; &#8212; do you believe in angels? And or &#8212; do you put your trust in what Adam Smith called the Invisible Hand? Or is this more your style? 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