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It seems to be an aspect of most higher cognitive functioning animals, that we indulge in the kind of display which these two pigeons are indulging in.  Be it regarding matters of mating or fighting. I have not yet decided whether which of the two options, pre-mating display or two male birds fighting to determine territorial dominance, is taking place in this video.  Please have a look and draw your own conclusions. And, of course, enjoy the display.

If we are not careful, we become at risk of 'miragifying ' the future, to such an extent that we are never going to realise the fruition of our vision. Similarly, not having lived in the distant past, we are in danger of harbouring inaccurate images of what it was like for the people who lived it.  Because, not having shared the same space and time with them, we can never truly experience what those before us have gone through and have experienced.   And, even if we could, it would not profit them or us anything. Therefore, we should avoid cogitating on the past, live the present and aspire toward building a better and more inclusive future for all.  That is probably what makes a nation 'great.' A 'great country', is after all, not necessarily a 'great' nation. As the former is bestowed by nature, whereas the latter has to be inspired and built by the people. President Donald Trump is going to 'make America Great Again.' He is

Afghanistan, it seems to me, has been and, to a large extent, continues to be a feudal and tribal society.  To add to the problems which are associated with feudal and tribal societies, Afghanistan is also an Islamic society, with rifts and tensions between different Muslim sects. The British and other former colonial powers have been involved in exerting their influence over the people and territory of Afghanistan for centuries.  Russia's most recent role in the 'struggle for Afghanistan took place in the 1980s, when it backed a socialist/communist takeover of the country by Mohammad Najibullah.  Who, in early 1992, but pushed out of power by Mujahideen, and then ruthlessly killed by the Taliban.  One hundred and Fifty years after the British retreated from Kabul in 1842.All with the powerful aid of the United States of America.  Yes, the very same America which, following the 9/11 catastrophic attack on the United States by Bin Laden's Al Queda. 

Squirrels, like all other living creatures have to have food to keep going, even when, in this case, doing so requires one to develop or evolve the necessary agility to do so. Please take a look at an old favourite at her old tricks again, and, enjoy, if you will.

Not being aware of the essential mindsets of of people of all cultures.  Example, the Chinese, the Indians, Pakistanis, the Native peoples of the Americas and Australasia.  It would be wrong of me to surmise that humans, as a specie, have an inherent predisposition towards becoming miserable.  Looking at the Anglo-Saxons, however, it does appear that they do have a tendency towards becoming miserable. To be discontented, or, probably, more discontented with their conditions, than other cultures appear to be.  And yet, might this tendency towards being discontented, dissatisfied. Not be the very attribute which is one of the most powerful locomotives which are driving the relentless quest for betterment in all economically, politically and socially advanced civilisations?  This quest for better ideas, better technology, better ways of doing the mundane but essential things which we have to do daily? So, instead of being satisfied with 'our lot', accepting

This is a video of swans having a great time at Chasewaters  on a lovely, sunny summer's day.  Please take a look and enjoy, if you happen to find the experience enjoyable.

Due to an error on my part, I had omitted to post this part of the post. Probably the crucial difference between 'sentient theistic ideologies', such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, is that they have chosen to delegate the fate of humans to 'deities' which appear to be formless, speechless and invisible.  To deities which, except for their supposed scriptural manuals for how humans should or should not live, have abandoned humans, and having no direct interaction with them.  Except in the world of  highly developed 'make-belief rituals', which have become noted for the absence, instead of the presence of the deities being worshipped. Like communism, socialism, liberalism and conservatism, the theistic religions have more than their fair share of 'internal contradictions' and weaknesses.  Yet they survive and keep going. And, as the Vicar observed, their god and prophets 'have conquered the world.' Why is this? Is it pa

Religion is simply not a sufficiently enlightened or logical basis, on which to establish a society. In which the rights and happiness of humans are going to be given the respect and priority they deserve.  Religions are about gods, and not humans, except in that the rights and freedoms of the latter are circumscribed  and subordinated to those which are presumed by humans to be those of the gods. Still considering the 'burden of people of colour', we then look across the border of Israel to Syria and the Syrians.  And there, we can see a nation on fire, with, again, the usual suspects - America, Britain, France, Saudi Arabia and her coalition of Sunni Muslim countries - endeavouring to destroy the country.  And what confronts us when we look to the east, across the Syrian border?  There we find the unfortunate country and people of Iraq, who, after many years of United Nations' authorised economic sanctions, and a blitzkreig invasion by American and Na

Not much more to say, as it speaks for itself. Please enjoy, if you are inclined!

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? G.: Do I want them to shave their bodily hair and wash themselves before they bow down before me?  Or that their women do not prostrate themselves before me when they are menstruating? Do I want that they be only Muslims before they can prostrate themselves before me and proclaim themselves the only 'true believers'? Do I require them to kill their animals without causing them as little suffering as they are able to, using the latest equipment available to the slaughterers? I am supposed to be pleased when they cut of the hands or feet of those who, sometimes in absolute despe