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JUST PHILOSOPHISING - ON WHETHER THE HUMAN CONDITION WILL GET BETTER? PART 3.

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'There is the human aspiration that things, life and living for all of humanity, should continue to get better.  That we should all be able to participate in the good life, which, at its minimum.   Could be defined as having a reasonable standard of living, including accommodation, good health, freedom from poverty, and a liveable income.  In terms of 'western liberal democracy', this minimum standard of living has also been broadened to include a society based on secularism, freedom of speech, and a 'democratically elected and maintained government. But, is such a world really realisable, when the fortune of a person and state can, and does changes and fluctuates from one day, and one year or decade to the next?' Will they be able to organise their economies and welfare systems in such a way as to achieve a proper balance.   Between maintaining or slowing the erosion of the 'living standards' of those who have achieved a rel

JUST A THOUGHT - ON THE CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL'S UNACKNOWLEDGED LEADERSHIP! PART 1.

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'The prism through which the proverbial ordinary citizens see the world, its people and leaders.   Is that of the media to which they are exposed to.  Consequently, the views of the ordinary citizens, are likely to be those of the journalists interpreting or reflecting what they are seeing, being told, or influenced into disseminating.   By the owners and/or manipulators of the media.' As Germany's grand coalition government reported an apparent resolution of the 'the Seehofer rebellion', the media seems to have become despondent.  Not surprising, as the media seems to have an inverted understanding of 'good news.' With bad news being perceived as 'good news', and genuinely good news, such as the resolution of the conflict within the government, being comparatively ignored. And so, it is probably not that surprising, that the media is not too concerned about giving a  'balanced view'  of what it is attempting to dissemina

Just Swanning Into View On The Canal.

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Just another Canal Video of Faunal and Floral lives being observed by the visitor. Please take a look and a listen and experience what you may, as part of your day's entertainment.

THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX - TEAM MERCEDES DROPPED THE BATON VERSTAPPEN GRABBED WIN! THE END, FOR NOW!

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Since either outcome can only be determined by the predicted and/or hoped for, but at the time, unknown sequences of events, such as VSC or SC or rain, etc, materialising in roughly the anticipated order.  However, had he known what was to follow during the final 12 or so laps would be completed, Hamilton might not have bothered to begin to feel upset that the Team had dropped the baton and left him somewhat adrift.  As, the the whole Team's great consternation, he, like his team mate, Bottas, would soon find out that he, also, was driving a doomed car, which was fated not to make it to the end of the race. Dropping the race baton once in a race is bad enough, but doing so twice is to go beyond the point of recovery.  And so it was, that, for reason/s unknown, fate would not be appeased until Team Mercedes was forced to set a decades long precedent of having both their cars dnfed.  As Toto Wolff is reported to have said, it was the worst day in the past 6

JUST PHILOSOPHISING - ON 'KNOWING OURSELVES'; MAKING THE JOURNEY OF! PART 5.

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Next, we need to subject or minds, our way of perceiving and interacting with the those around us and with the world in general, to close and careful study.  We need to become aware of our behaviour towards others, and how they respond to it.  We need to study how the behaviour of others impact on our thinking, our feelings and what behaviour it elicits from us.  And how to avoid or reduce the likelihood of problems, by adopting approaches which are likely to elicit more desirable responses. We need to become in control of our emotions and our feelings, since they are often the precursor of the attitudes we take, and the behaviours we express. So, in preparing for the journey of 'self-discovery', it is a necessary requirement for us to identify, control and/or resolve enhanced or problematic emotions.  Such as anger, hostility, hatred towards others, feelings of superiority, and so on.  In order to place oneself in the position of 'knowing oneself', it

THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX - TEAM MERCEDES DROPPED THE BATON VERSTAPPEN GRABBED WIN;! PART 1.

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Probably next to consistency and reliability, what the best Formula 1 teams cannot have enough of, is resilience.  The the almost endless ability and capacity to get up and get going again. But with more determination, each and every time fate kicked your ass, or give you a good kicking.  Resilience, according to ' Lewisism' , is the ability to 'rise' again, after having fallen or being taken down. I mean, it was always the case that Mercedes and their drivers, Hamilton and Bottas, could quite easily be taken out of any of the Grand Prix by fate kicking their asses.  Even when, as it were, 'they had not put a foot or hand wrong. When they have followed or follow their Team's race strategies scrupulously.  Fate is like that; it does not need an invitation or any encouragement. It visits us when we are least expecting it, to deliver good or bad tidings. And so it has done to Team Mercedes on this fateful 2018 Austrian Grand Prix, that

Anglers' Delight, 2, Or Therapeutic Aid.

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This is a short video of a tranquil scene on the Canal. A scene which can prove very therapeutic, I would surmise, if only the the watcher allows him or herself to be engaged. Please take a look and have a listen, to see if you find this to be so.