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The people and government of Venezuela are in a terrible dilemma, with apparent total collapse confronting the country.  The government is blaming the opposition, both the national and the international opposition to its political and economic policies.  If the government is to have its own way, the country's problems are all the fault of the Venezuelan elites, especially the economic elites; the wealthier classes. But, of course it is not that simple, with the dynamics being one of action and reaction. Causes and effects, in a continuous and interrelated chain of events.  It is also the case that, being the party in power, Maduro's government has to be counted among the elites. Definitely the political, if not also the economic elites.  It is also the case that the continuing crisis has been taking place during the Chavistas' rule, or misrule of the country. No amount of banning of opposition leaders, or putting the police and armed forces in the invidious

It was not that the act of the Russians taking on the rebels was not good for the Syrian people.  It was about the fact that it was the Russians who were taking them on.  Something which might have resulted in people admiring such action and perceiving the Russians as being successful, in making a difference in the war against the rebels.  Whereas the Western Ruling Elites were not making any such difference.  Indeed, arguably they did not want to make that kind of difference. The Russian action helped the Syrian Government to survive, whereas the WRE wanted it defeated; gone. Russia's action made the West lose face.  They argued that Russia's action would have escalated the problem of terrorism.   They wanted to see the Russian intervention in Syria failed, but they did not want to be seen to be overtly oppose it militarily. That would not have gone down well with a increasingly perturbed public, many of whom felt the Russian intervention had broken the murd

This is another view of Biddulph Grange Gardens, in Staffordhire. As it was on the the early Spring day when it was taken. As you can see, only the daffodils are showing off their blooming finery. But there were and are still other sights and sounds to observe and enjoy, with more blooming flora, as Spring progresses and Summer approaches. Please take a look and, if it appeals to you, enjoy this video.  And if you do, please 'Like it.'

We know that it is us, who would have to change, in order to give you the respect and validation you are asking for. But we are not willing to do so. Not yet, anyway. Yes, it is no mean feat being a Russian in todays world. Unless you are a billionaire emigre who has pocketed the wealth of the Russian Federation, and left the country to go and invest it in the West.  In countries like Britain and America, whose governments have, it seems, become foremost among Russian haters and detractors. The current bout of increased Russophobia has been fuelled by the West's resentment of the success the Russians and the Syria Alliance front has had in fighting the rebels.  Since Russia, at the request of the Syrian government, joined the war. The Russian government has skillfully and strategically entered the Syria proxy war, and turned it in the favour of the Syrian government.  To the chagrin of the Western and other so-called 'Fiends of Syria' foreign governments

For thousands of years, humans, first the priests, shaman, and the clergy, and then the ordinary people, have sought to speak with the gods, and then for the gods.  Always being secure in the knowledge that the gods would not denounce what they have reported of these conversations. So, why have the gods remained silent? Why have the gods chosen not to speak for themselves? T.: Indeed, G. Let us do so. Only been recently that I have heard Morgan Freeman, an American actor.  Commenting on what he appears to see as the need for humans to have an 'image' of god, in order to be able to perceive and relate to him/her.  You see, G. How do humans know how to refer to you, except on a 'human level.'  Using all the conceptual, perceptual and other mental and physical apparatuses which are the tools with which we navigate our daily lives?  Should humans refer to you genderically, as a he or as a she or as it? Or is this a case of you being neither wha

This is a video of the gradual and, at times, quite dramatic transformation which is taking place in this small garden. At plants and animal life excitedly responds to the call of Spring. Please take a look and, if you wish, enjoy. Please 'like' this video, if you enjoy it!

G.: That I can appreciate and identify with, T. But not your insistence on god being male or female, or bi-sexual.  Since their is nothing to suggest that god needs to be any of the three options. Not when it is the case that god, irrespective of the reputed 'virgin conception' of Christ, is not in the business of procreating through what humans call the act of sex and gestation. That being so, T, I think we can safely put the issue about the gender of god, of me, if you will, to rest. T.: Fine, G. That makes sound logic to me, as it has no indispensable relevance to the substance of god, of you, in this case. That still leaves a number of things which it would be helpful for us to debate. Let us, if you will, G. Take it as a given that you, god, is a spiritual deity. There is still the issue of how us humans can ever relate to you, as it is not clear what shape is your spiritual being. For example, are you life the wind, which blows forcefully and can be felt, and then d

This is a 'long view' of part of Biddulph Grange Gardens, with the scenery and sounds being as I found them to be. Please take a look at this video and see if it brings you some pleasure and contemplative relaxation.

For whatever reasons, it appears that Russia and Russians will never be accepted as equals by the Western ruling elites.  However hard they, the Russians, try to convince these elites that they are just like them. That they are, like them, just humans, who have a tendency to be good as well as to be bad, as it were. And so it seems, that, like a child who is being rejected by his/her parents, or a child who is trying his best to be 'like one of the boys.'  And to be accepted by his peers, the Russians are, it seems, being constantly, disrespected, marginalised, and rejected by the Western ruling elites.  You are not one of us, the Western Ruling Elites seems to be constantly telling and indicating to the Russians.  What can we do if we want to become like you, the Russians seem to be asking the Elites.  Nothing, came back the reply from the WRE.  Why, how come we cannot do anything to make you accept us as your equals, as being like you, the Russians seem to be

For thousands of years, humans, first the priests, shaman, and the clergy, and then the ordinary people, have sought to speak with the gods, and then for the gods.  Always being secure in the knowledge that the gods would not denounce what they have reported of these conversations. So, why have the gods remained silent? Why have the gods chosen not to speak for themselves? I do not understand, G. Why beings who, if the prophets and scribes and priests are to be believed, destined to shed, as it were, their mortality. And assume appearance of spiritual being.  It should be necessary for them know what it is like to be mortal beings. And to be incapacitated or limited by the frailty of which flesh and blood humans are weighted down. G.: I cannot answer your question, T. As I have said, there is no easy answers. It is the case that empathy requires one to be able to put him/herself into the place of another person or other living creature.  To, as it were, try

There are something events, the quality of which are immediately discernible and others which requires some investigation before their essence can be identified, understood and appreciated. But the beauty of a Springtime Sunset is not one of them. Its beauty and awe is, like the Rainbow, immediately apparent to all Please take a look at this video and contemplatively enjoy it, if you find it to be worthy of such.