{"id":66000,"date":"2024-12-26T09:58:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T09:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=66000"},"modified":"2024-12-26T09:59:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T09:59:09","slug":"profits-for-the-prophets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/12\/profits-for-the-prophets\/","title":{"rendered":"Profits from the prophets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Banks those  massive powerful giants<br \/>\nWallowing through the world today<br \/>\nMiserly counting other people\u2019s money<br \/>\nWhen they say<br \/>\nPolitically they are backing<br \/>\nGenocide and war<br \/>\nBoycotts. Sometimes work I hear<br \/>\nWhen other just ignore<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy of violence<br \/>\nOf innocence laid bare<br \/>\nInvesting in the companies<br \/>\nThey really do not care<br \/>\nOther people\u2019s families<br \/>\nWho may live far away<br \/>\nWho may love their children<br \/>\nBut see them blown away<br \/>\nSee their buildings demolished<br \/>\nHear their mothers cries<br \/>\nEvery which way anyone looks<br \/>\nSome of them realise<\/p>\n<p>Investing in the enemy<br \/>\nIs not a bright idea<br \/>\nProphets philosophical<br \/>\nOccasionally  hold fear<br \/>\nThe balance sheet when failing<br \/>\nCan sometimes be turned around<br \/>\nBy thinking sympathetically<br \/>\nWith one\u2019s feet upon the ground<\/p>\n<p>Loads of shares were held it seems<br \/>\nIn companies  and we<br \/>\nNow see Barclays changing tack<br \/>\nWith some security<br \/>\nOf thought and mind<br \/>\nThe massive vaults, considered obviously<br \/>\nAnd peace and quiet absolves them<br \/>\nFrom the glare of publicity <\/p>\n<p>Personally I never did understand<br \/>\nTheir plea<br \/>\nWhat was really obvious,  and sacred for me<br \/>\nWars and killing suffering and pillage<br \/>\nSeemingly<br \/>\nHow can it be positive  Elbit, apparently<br \/>\nBarclays  no longer holds their shares<br \/>\nSuccess a goodly choice<br \/>\nOf course the bank seems quieter<br \/>\nWith it\u2019s less forthcoming voice <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Banks those massive powerful giants Wallowing through the world today Miserly counting other people\u2019s money When they say Politically they are backing Genocide and war Boycotts. Sometimes work I hear When other just ignore The tragedy of violence Of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/12\/profits-for-the-prophets\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[809],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-banks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66000"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66003,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66000\/revisions\/66003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}