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A THOUGHT FOR NOW - THE DITCHING OF DONAL TRUMP BY THE REPUBLICONS?

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Donald Trump has been a scourge of the American Presidential campaign, with him having said things which millions of people found and still find to be racist, Islamophobic, anti-libertarian, and, in the words of Bernie Sanders, the progressive campaigner who lost the race, "anti-American." So, ok, as I have already said, I take issue with the labelling of Donald Trump as being 'Anti-American.' But what is it that is now turning more of the probably traditional Republicon priesthood against DT?  What is it that Trump is doing, or have done in the past that should now find such disfavour amongst the Republicon priesthood, and should be causing them to turn their backs on him, now, as opposed to previously? Is the 'sin' or 'transgression' which this man had done 11 years ago, any greater than the ones he has 'committed' more recently? Is sexism and the harassment of women, which is not something he appears to have done on a massive sc

THE JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - CONGRATS TO ROSBERG AND MERCEDES, BUT, DID HAMILTON LOST IT ON THURSDAY?

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Congratulations to Nico Rosberg and Mercedes for having won the Japanese Grand Prix and the Constructors Championship. Nico had a great start and drove like a master to win the race, several seconds ahead of his P2 pursuer, Max Verstappen.  Max was himself being pursued by his P3 chaser, none other than the intrepid Lewis Hamilton, who, thanks to his great drive and the strategical and professional support or accompaniment of his Mercedes team, snatched that position from the well driven cars of Vettel and Raikkonen. Nico's win now places him 33 championship points ahead of his team mate, Hamilton. Hamilton had an extremely poor start, with the car behind him having to overtake him, so as to avoid crashing into him. Yes, it was that bad. Which is both ironic and probably prophetic, in that Hamilton, who probably lost this race as early as during the Driver's press Conference on Thursday, when he reportedly distracted the flow of the conference by using Snapchat to ma

Canal Walk In Early October 2016

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As Canal fauna and flora life go, there does not appear to be a lot going on, according to this video, which tells more about the naturalness of things and of how living is not always about a lot of observable 'action' and exciting things happening. Although, there are undoubtedly a lot more going on than this short video would suggests. Please take a look and see if there is anything her to assist your contemplation and provide you with some pleasure.

LEWIS HAMILTON AND THE JAPANESE GRAND PRIX MEDIA MISADVENTURES - STEP BACK AND BE MORE LIKE THE JAPANESE, LEWIS!

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Lewis and Nico had a great contest for Pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix Qualifying, with Nico Rosberg just pipping Lewis Hamilton to take the position, by less than a metre. All of which meant that Formula 1 fans and spectators alike, should be in for a great race tomorrow; with Lewis in play for his third ~Japanese Grand Prix win; providing he can calm his anger over what some people saw as him being disrespectful at the Formula 1 Drivers Conference on Thursday, and what even more will see as his petulance and lack of control, in walking out of the post Qualifying press briefing. Lewis, it does seem to me that you did the wrong thing on Thursday, and, if you had been slapped down by your employer and the media, you probably should just eat a bit of humble pie and show some humility. The media attacked you and you retaliated; probably without thinking through what you had really done.  You might have seen your focus on Snapchat as just a bit of fun, but your timi

A THOUGHT FOR NOW -THE IRONY OF MAKING WEAPONS OF WAR AS A WAY OF LIVING!

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So, how ironic is it that an industry, the sole purpose of which is to ensure death and the threat of it, should exist as a major part of any country's industrial and economic livelihood? Is this not giving legitimacy to the act of killing, and killing on a mass scale? Should we even seek to apply the question of morality to this industry, and use it to analyse the 'rights or wrongs' of such an industry? After all, the creation of 'the arms industry' is not a new one. We could argue that it has always been around since us humans evolved to walk on two feet, instead of 4, and graduated from using our flint knives, axes, spears, tomahawks and bow and arrows to kill animals to feed our families, to using them to attack and make war on other tribes who invaded the lands we occupied, or whose lands we want to occupy. According to the Christian Bible, Cain was responsible for having slain his brother, Abel, apparently because of jealousy over the fact th

BRITAIN'S REVOLUTIONARY PRIME MINISTER - WILL SHE LIVE THE TALK? THE END, FOR NOW.

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In summary, Prime Minister May's speech was all about a 'one Britain' concept, about unity of people and purpose, and about inclusivism. If students work hard in their studies, and later, everybody work hard and work together, not only will everybody succeed, but Britain will also succeeds.  Britain's version of 'the American Dream', which we already know, does not work for millions of Americans; irrespective of hard they study and work. Meritocray, like people, it seems, needs an helping hand for it to work efficiently and effectively. Of less certainty, is whether the Prime Minister, unlike President Obama, whose presidency is ending just as hers is starting, will be able to deliver the bold and grand vision she is projecting. After all, how ironic it is, that, just as Britain begins the process of giving effect to Brexit - Britain's decision to leave the European Union - her Prime Minister should be extolling the desirability, the merits, the

A THOUGHT FOR NOW - FROM WHERE I AM CONTEMPLATING.

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And so it is, that, whereas a young person contemplates the centre of the world or universe and how she/he will navigate their way to it, the older person contemplates the journey he or she is now completing, as oblivion calls or beckons.  The younger person looks towards the mountains they have to climb, while the older person looks back from the mountains they have already climbed. And so it is that the younger and the older generations have their own perspectives, born of their experiences and knowledge, and or their lack of knowledge and experience.  It is really the case that we all navigate the journey of living, and probably share many commonalities, but the journey, for each of us, is truly unique, as we perceive and experience it, in parts at least, from our own peculiar perspective. It is, of course, not surprising that the older generations should want to use their knowledge and experiences to prevent the younger generations from having to pay the he