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Birds and squirrel doing what they do on any given Winter morning, as the opportunity is given to them. This is not a great video, nevertheless, please take a look and see if it brings you any of your daily pleasure requirement.

The Don has taken power; power to the Don, as he eases himself noisily and ominously into the White House, the seat of power of, it is often stated, the world's most powerful country and man. Yes, powerful man, because this almost sacrosanct mansion, from which the plantation of the United States is governed, and is, effectively, forbidden to any female.  The nearest any woman has gotten to the ultimate seat of American power, has been to become 'First Lady', and Secretary of State. This fact, the world's so-called greatest 'democracy' shares with the most retrograde and conservative countries and dictatorships in the world. And, as The Don secretes himself upon the Throne of Destiny, making it into almost a lair, instead of a place of hope and enlightened aspiration for all, more than half of the American population are affected with anxiety attack, and even more of the world's population. Notwithstanding the fact that The Don has been very clear

Further more, if governments and societies are unable to create enough jobs, useful and essential jobs, so that each person who needs to work for a wage, can have such a job, how should society treats or supports those for whom such jobs do not exist?  Has society got any moral responsibility for providing for the welfare of those of us who fall into that category, or is it right that society and governments should continue with their denial of the fact that it is impossible to create an endless supply of meaningful jobs?  And that those who have jobs and great wealth have a responsibility for helping to provide for those for whom such jobs do not exist?  That, just as how the employed members of family working, might have a responsibility for the unemployed members who are earnestly looking for work, so might the employed and wealthy members of society, of the human community, be considered as having a responsibility for their non-working compatriots. In the first plac

This is a short video of a couple of birds birds, being watched by a rather uncommitted potential predatory, if not actually friendly cat, feeding on a noticeably chilly winter morning. Please take a look, if you will, and allow your contemplatory spirit to be fed.

Yet, as I write this, I am minded of the fact that there are people living in societies which, which are not comparable with the material and intellectual level of functioning of the more advanced societies. But which they might find to be pleasurable and enjoyable, although that is probably more likely to be the case with small tribes who keep themselves isolated or are isolated from the rest of humanity.  For the masses, as it were, living without 'good jobs' which are paying a 'livable wage', life and the conditions within which we have to live, can be very precarious. As we, humans, are compelled to either continue to eek out a 'living' out of an environment which has had its resources depleted and abused.  Or to take flight from our barren habitat, and move somewhere else, locally or to another country, where we might or might not be perceived as a threat by the locals. Oftentimes with us, in our ignorance or myopic world view, giving litt

This done, they entered, turned to their right and proceeded up the couple flights of stairs, where they met other functionaries, who checked their names and clarified who they would be visiting. That done, they were beckoned to sit on a row of 3 chairs.  And here they would be have the pleasure of the black Labrador, being guided by his handler, busily walking amongst them, as the handler guided the animal to pay particular attention to the parts of their anatomy he was more interested in. No indication of drugs on them, they were politely dismissed and directed to where they should go to see their guest. Through the door they went, and entered in a very large, high ceiling room, looking expectantly as they did so, hoping to see their guest. Looking to their right, they could see their guest standing up and returning their gaze, in order to make identification easier. Mutual recognition established and confirmed with affectionate and enduring smiles, they approached

The preliminary processing finished, they made our way to where the visit would take place, and spent more time waiting for the final processing to begin and be completed, before they could make their way to see their expectant guest. In order to get to this second processing point, they had to exit the reception, turned right and travel along the footpath to the pedestrian crossing, and then make their way across the road to the building opposite.  Turning to their right they travelled for about 10 yards, before climbing up the several flights of horizontally curving steps and making their entry into the narrow corridor of the building. This building was more imposing than the reception one, and its roof and external decor stood out, although, even then, it some how did not look as incongruous as might have been imagined for a building of its purpose.  It some how blended into the surrounding environment, with other buildings not giving it the distinction of allowin

If Donald Trump, working with the cooperation of Russia, can break this destructive impasse, without replacing it with others, such as effecting his belligerency towards China, then he will have done something commendable for peace and cooperation in Europe. Even if it is to be achieved  only by way of his efforts to achieve his grand objective of 'making America great again.' It is not too late for the EU and Nato - probably with the exception of the Trump Administration, or with it playing a less vital role - to come to their senses and grasp their fate in their own hands and assume a leadership role in, yes, making peace with the Russian Federation and ending the economic sanctions, and political freeze.  For them to work to bring an end to the real and imagined conflict within the European family of nations. Europe and Asia needs to have a stronger alliance. The Ukrainian conflict and the Crimea issue are serious ones, but Europe should not continue to use them to t

For Yahya Jammeh, the ursurper of power in the Gambia for the past 22 years, it is proving extremely difficult to relinquish that power to the man who has defeated him in the recent elections; Adama Barrow. As is the way with dictators, he is refusing to give up the golden goose which has been feathering his insatiable appetite for power and wealth. Yahya Jammeh, like many other men whose lack of integrity and honour, have led to them taking power of the countries, whose people's misfortune it has been to have them living amongst them, Yahya Jammeh is obsessed with power.  This is because he knows that, once he is forced to relinquish his ill-gotten power, he will have to revert to being the insignificant, but now nefarious and infamous person he was, when he led the coup 22 years ago. No doubt this imbecile is refusing to remove himself from the office which he has so poorly served. Unfortunately for the people of Gambia and their neighbours, the protestations of

Squirrel  'at work feeding', giving effect to the concept of being 'self-employed'? For the ordinary human, getting a job and one which pays a decent or viable wage, is the primary means by which he or she is and will be able to keep destitution away, and their aspiration to have and live a good life, alive. It has been said that it is all about the economy, but, while politicians and economists might be comfortable with that usage of the term, economics of the economy, for ordinary humans, it is having a job which is more easily understood. Although the objective of most of the working population having a job and earning a good or 'liveable wage', which then enable them to have a decent standard of living are essential ingredients for having a health economy, that is not the primary consideration or driver for us ordinary humans. For us, wherever we are on planet earth, it is mostly about getting a good job, which might or might not have