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This is a rather jerky video of a quiet leisurely walk along the Canal in April 2017. With lots of floral life to behold. If you are inclined to do, please take the stroll and, enjoy!

With the increasing sophistication and digitalisation of warfare, key restraints which were previously in place to reduce the commencing of wars have been removed from the Man.  If you are 'the leader of the free world', or the friends of 'the leader of the free world.' If you are a Nato country, or a predominantly Sunni and resource rich country like Saudi Arabia, et al.  Then you do not even have to send you sons and daughters into other countries to risk their lives and limbs.  You simply 'Cruised' your enemy from hundreds of miles, in complete safety.  This is how what passes for military conflict between the poor countries and the rich countries of the world takes place.  'The leader of the free world', is really interchangeable with 'the leader of the rich and developed world.' He does not have to be impeded any longer by considerations of the sons and daughters of his electorates being killed and maimed.  At lea

Probably the biggest threat to any ruling political regime, which has become institutionalised, as are Hamas, the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, the Chavistas in Venezuela, ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe,South Africa's ANC, et al.   Is that of myopia and stagnation. The desire to 'stop the revolution', in order too control and manipulate it.'  So that it proceeds, if at all, at the pace and direction of, its by now ageing leaders, and serves mainly their interests.  Rather than those of the people, whose interests it was predicated upon, and who have given the revolution its legitimacy. The rich, it seems, get their power through using their wealth to manipulate people and institutions.  Whereas the more politically inclined poorer aspiring elites, might resort to get and maintain their power, through the political manipulation of the disenfranchised masses. And so it is with Hamas, the formerly Palestinian revolutionary movement, which has made the violent strug

This is a short video of birds having fun, courting and preparing to maintain the survival of their specie. Do take a look and, if you are so inclined, have a bit of your daily ration of fun. It makes living more pleasurable.

The embattled President of Venezuela, Nicolas Moduro, appears to have just created a new 'economic model', which he intends to apply, directly, to the country's civil servants, armed forces and pensioners.  And, less directly, but probably just as harmfully, the El Presedente will be applying his inflationary 'economic model' on all of Venezuela and its populace. Nicolas Moduro's economic model is based on making the country's currency into monopoly money, and give more impetus to its economy sliding of the cliff into the sea.  The essential principle of this model of economics, is its reliance on printing more money and raising the wages of the public sector workers and pensioners.   In the hope that the government might be able to 'buy their loyalty' for a little longer, until greater number of them turned against it.  At the same time Venezuela's economy, along with its political integrity and social stability and cohesion, conti

And so we can see that a person's, and a people's identity is derived from several important factors, such as nationality or country of origin, ethnicity, language, culture, religion and gender. Bearing this in mind, it would not be very prudent or compassionate to expect immigrants to 'shed their identities', as soon as they move from their countries of origin.  And assume the identity of the host country, which they intend or aspire to make their 'adopted home.' That would not be an organic process.  It is, after all, the case that our outside or external presentation will oftentimes be a manifestation of our psycho-social lives. However, it is reasonable to expect that, within a reasonable time-frame, the immigrant will take positive action to begin and to take on key aspects of the identity of his/her adopted country.  This, of necessity, needs to be a gradual process. And so it is with the wearing of the burqa in western countries. 

We have seen the same machinations in Libya, in Yemen, Afghanistan, Africa and Eastern Europe.  It is not Women you see scurrying about under and over destroyed homes and other buildings, with Ak47s and other weaponry in their hands, in conflict areas of the world.  It is Man. Of course, there is the impact of 'gender equality', where women want to and are demanding equal rights to perfidious Man.  Including the right to bear arms, not only to defend themselves from, as is most likely to be the case, Man.    But also to go to war and kill and be killed as well. You might think there are times when 'equality' is just another way for Man to oppress women.  You might want to compare the 'virtue' or 'privilege' of women as combatants, with that of Black Americans being conceded the 'right to serve their country in wars.' But only for them to then be used as cannot fodder in conflicts such as the Vietnam War. Women are not bei