"The conscience of children is formed by the influence that surrounds them, their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmoshere they breath." Jean Paul. "How did it happen that an enlightened country like Germany was pulled into Nazism? That question has occupied me since 'The Tin Drum' my first book. The story shows that one can never know how a person's life will unfold, there is no guarantee that a person will do what is right and avoid what is not right. " Guenther Grass. " What makes old age so sad is not our joys but our hopes cease. " Jean Paul. Middle of November, getting earlier dark, nights are colder, but during the day it still feels almost like summer, pretty hot, though, on the roof. Our feral family enjoys the sunshine, but it gets interrupted by occasionally thunder and heavy rain (badly needed). So we mustn't grumble. Certain food items like coffee, tea, sugar, butter, milk, bananas come and go, prices have risen, including for potatoes, so not always everywhere available. Gives us a chance not to take everything for granted. We are better off than many in the rest of the world, a paradise doesn't exist in any country. When you think you found it on earth, it certainly won't last forever. One can place one's household waste directly in one of those containers designed for garbage ( in various places) , usually within a few walking minutes, or leave it outside (in bins or plastic bags) to be collected on route by rubbish collection vans. At present no longer on a daily basis, exact program unknown. So we are not amused to discover some unknown neigbours add their garbage to ours. Left there for a couple of days starting to smell and attracting lots of flies. One of my visitors to my Cats' Table lately turned up with a big swollen cheek, guess a sign of an infection. Feeling sorry for the poor, gentle darling, I arranged an appointment with our vet. Sadly the little treasure didn't turn up today. I can only hope that he will be well enough to do so tomorrow. - Wondering why Americans with Arabic rootes voted for Trump, in spite of his often not exactly moslim- friendly rhetoric? Well, several stated that under the Biden administration their family members and friends died, their houses were destroyed," there is nothing worse Trump can do" . They said that they had warned for more than one year that Palestians need to be more protected, weapon sales must stop, but the Democrats didn't listen. Camilla Harris said she would continue the support for Israel and its "right to defence itself". So why should they vote for them? Trump intends to deport more 'illegal' immigrants than ever in American history. Listening to him I sometimes wonder whether he wants to leave America to the First Nation, people who once came from India (and according to new discovery also from West Africa). Much later Europeans arrived, e. g. Huguenots from France (their life threatened there because of their religion), poor Irish families, following a famine due to rotting potatoes, other mainly poor European people looking for a better life (including the Trumps). Donald's present wife, by the way, arrived with a visa from an Eastern European country and worked in US without a permit. Nowadays quite a few Israelis, not happy with the state Netanyahu created, decided to leave and immigrate to Germany. A Jewish couple who did so was asked: "What do you think of the Democracy in Israel?" They replied: "We think it would be a good idea." Please note, they did not say they hate their country, but that there is room for improvement, equal rights for all should be standard.
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