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Conflict, violence and natural disasters forced more than 31 million people to leave home and settle elsewhere within their countries last year, the equivalent of one person every second.
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Feed the starving? Guns are the true cause of hunger and famine.
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Is Trump’s Trip Green Light for UAE Blackwater-Led Mercenary army To Attack Iran?
A little while ago I did go to the above post by Stuart Bramhall. I ask myself what is going on in the Middle East?
So this is in the news: “Donald Trump to announce $350bn arms deal to Saudi Arabia.” What does it mean?
On my little walk this morning I passed Fowlers Road and the bridge over Brooks Creek. I checked the water level of the creek looking down from the bridge along Flowlers Road. Alas, I could see hardly any water despite the recent rain. There is a lot of vegetation along the creek. Things are growing immensely, There is not much room left for the water to flow along. And I guess that bit of water that flows along the creek feeds all this vegetation more and more.
This is a quote by Richard David.
Precht. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_David_Precht
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_David_Precht
“Precht is an advocate of a new civil society. He stands philosophically close to the American Communitarianism, the idea to democratise the society with higher civic sense of community. He considers the obligation of economy and politics for constant economic growth as damaging. . . . “
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Richard David Precht
Richard David Precht is a German Publicist who has become especially well-known as an author of successful popular science books about philosophical issues.
Dr Bramhall’s review I find fascinating reading. Thank you, Stuart, for publishing it. I want very much to reblog it and study it a bit more.
Endgame: The Problem of Civilization
by Derrick Jensen
Seven Stories Press (2006)
Book Review
Although the writing style is quite informal, the basic structure of environmental activist Derrick Jensen’s two volume opus is that of a philosophical treatise. In Endgame, Jensen makes two highly controversial arguments:
1. The planet and the human species can only be saved by bringing down civilization.
2. This can only be accomplished by violent means.
Like a philosopher, Jensen builds his case on 20 basic premises listed at the beginning of both volumes (see below). By definition, a premise is mutually agreed assumption (as opposed to a statement of fact) that is used to rationally derive a set of conclusions. In other words, if someone rejects your premises, they will also disagree with conclusions based on these premises.
I myself agree with all but premise 9 and 12. Ten years ago, it was believed…
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Today, on Peter’s Birthday, Peter and I drove to Wollongong. By chance we noticed that Humber’s Rooftop Restaurant was open for lunch. We had to climb a few stairs. But that was all right. We shared a delicious cheese board which was beautifully presented. Very exciting indeed!
And we each had a glass of chilled white wine. Sitting in brilliant sunshine, enjoying food and drink, overlooking busy Crown Street from the Rooftop, all this made us feel like millionaires!
http://humber.bar/home-page/final-stage/
We picked this to share item from the menu. It was very sufficient for the two of us:
CHEESE BOARD
Sunday, the 14th was Mothers’ Day, and tomorrow, the 16th is Peter’s Birthday. We had quite a few visitors yesterday and received congratulations and gifts. Peter’s cakes were praised a lot. In the evening Caroline’s future mother-in-law came to visit, and we had a very pleasant evening with her as well as Caroline and Matthew.
This time I took no pictures of any of our guests. However I took lots of pictures earlier on that Sunday morning.
The coffee cups are filled, Caroline served some fried eggs and Peter has poured the “Bubbly”. We also had a lovely Vietnamese bread-roll each (warmed up in the oven) and of course some butter.
During the morning Caroline cooked some chicken soup for her Papa to enjoy during the week. She was concerned that Peter would not find the time to cook the soup for himself as he usually does. She knows that I am not so keen on cooking this soup since I do not like the smell or taste of such soup. This is very odd, I guess, that I am very sensitive to the smell of chicken. While this soup was cooking, I went for a little walk and took some pictures. I always find my walks more enjoyable when I can frequently pause to take pictures!
When I returned home later on I did some cooking for lunch: Potatoes, Sauerkohl, heated up red cabbage and Bacon Pork Chops. For desert we had vanilla ice-cream and cherries. And for drinks we had beer and/or wine.
I had already left home while Peter was getting ready for his outing. I was surprised when he passed me and could not resist to take this picture of him!
I liked it that I had time to stroll on a bit further. I ended up in a street where I had not been for a while. The above street sign is now nearly totally engulfed by this well growing palm tree.
I went along that lane walkway that is to be seen in the other picture. Next to the lane on the left side is this huge tree. I wonder, has it grown any further since I saw it last. Some time ago the man who lives on the right side of the lane talked to me about this tree. He was very concerned that one day in a storm it might fall over on his house!
Today now, I took some pictures of the presents that Peter and me received yesterday. The bottle of Greek Brandy Peter and I bought together for we do not want to give to each other any other gifts. As can be seen, we shared about half the bottle with our guests the previous night.
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