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IS PRESIDENT TRUMP AT RISK OF 'MAAFSING' AMERICA?

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It has been said Donald Trump, the President Elect of the United States, has been bankrupted twice, as a businessman. But, never mind such misfortune, he has clearly bounced back and became the successful businessman he now is, and which has helped him to catapult himself into the White House, against most expectation. He is, today, where he is, on the pinnacle of more successes, or further bankruptcies, but this time, as POTUS. Failure or success this this time, will not be limited to the person fortune of Mr Trump and his family and business partners, but will have their impact on Americans and their country, as well as on many countries globally. The world will witness and bear the impact of President Donald Trump's attempts to treat America and the world, for his diagnosis of America being 'sick' becasue it is not the great anymore. For which he has prescribed the  'MAGAtisation' America. Apparently, he and his disciples believe, at a more cost-e

AN IMAGINARY CONVERSATION WITH GOD. PART 14

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This is a continuation of Taku2u's imaginary conversation with God. In having this conversation, Taku2u is working on the premis that, like a father or mother to their children, God would not object to his children - based on the proposition of the creationists - having an frank and honest conversation with him/her/deity.  T.: Well, G. our conversation has been going on for quite sometime now, so I would like to bring it towards an end by getting your views on wars. I am concerned that humans, almost from the beginning of their creation or existence, seem to have a deadly obsession with making wars among themselves. I am aware that you are privy, as it were, with the causes of wars. With people fighting to and under the pretext of defending themselves, to free themselves after having been defeated and conquered.  To acquire other people’s lands and wealth, to force them to submit to their rule, be it to convert to their religions or to become their slaves. So, G

Oh What A Beautiful Day, And I Have Got You So Covered!

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The Squirrel which is the object of the others attraction, has clearly got her pursuer's attempt to put his plan into operation covered. She seemed to be quite undisturbed by his antics, and to be happily cogitating on matters closer to hand. Please take a look at this video and enjoy the enjoyable and/or contemplative moments you might find in doing so.

RASTA, YOUR GOD IS DEAD, BUT THEN, ARE NOT ALL GODS DEAD?

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And so it was, that, following the death of His Imperial Majesty, Haile Selassie, that some people might have said of the Rastafarians, Rasta, your god is dead! The basis of that assertion would have been that, with the death of the Emperor of Ethiopia, which, like Egypt, has a great resonance for Africanists, his 'deified' representation had been removed. His death would have meant that the Rastafarians no longer had 'a living god', or 'god-like' figurehead whom they could worship or address their rituals to. Unlike the Jewish people, the Christians and the Muslims, to site but a few of the religions purportedly worshipping 'a living god.' And yet, with some reflection, it is worth asking the question: Are not the gods of all religions that profess to worship 'a living god', also, all dead? Is the Christian God not dead? Is the Muslim God, Allah, not dead? Is the God of the Jews not also Dead? If they are not all dead, as the forme

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND A MISSED OPPORTUNITY - HE NEEDED TO HAVE BEEN MORE PUTINESQES! PART 1

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As we watched President Obama, POTUS, scurrying around the world, with alternating beaming smile or frown or demure on his face, saying goodbyes to and trying to reassure his international political friends and colleagues, many of us cannot but shake our heads in disbelief, at his failure to deliver even half of what he had promised back in 2008. Having had white anglo-Saxon men from the elite classes lording it over their fellow Americans and the world for the past 240, since the United States became an independent Union, that country's first African-American President, was seen as its greatest hope - yes, the Black Hope - of moving the country towards a more progressive path; both nationally and internationally. In acknowledgement of hope, that aspiration, the Nobel Peace Prize committee did something which it had probably not done before. It awarded President Barak Obama the Peace Prize. The President had just ascended to the Presidential Throne, so he was not awa

ARE WE PROBABLY BLAMING THE ELITES TOO MUCH, WHEN MOST OF US ARE ASPIRING ELITES? THE END.

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We need the elites to provide our leadership, and we need them to blame for what is wrong and will be wrong with this company, or this country or the world in general. You might also consider that we meet the elite to provide us with our role models. We need them to be the object of our 'envy', of our 'jealousy', and our 'loathing', however founded or unfounded they may be. But, do the elite really deserve the loathing and aspersion which society throw on them? Well, of course some of the elite is deserving of it, such as those for whom selfishness and greed have become second nature. Those who make and maintain their fortunes at the cost of great harm to the environment and/or to their fellow humans. Those who continue to amass great wealth for themselves and their families, and ignore the virtue of spending it to make the lives of their fellow men less precarious.  And those who use their elite status to corruptly acquire power in other spheres

Shaking It!

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This is a video of trees, setting Sun and combination of clouds cooperating to create a visual and flickering display of natural forces. Please take a look and, if you will, allow yourself some contemplated pleasure!