Hell is Other People. (Satre)

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 "Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power."  "Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish,  too much handling it will spoil it." Lao Tzu.  "It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families." Mencius. "It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration." Bernie Sanders.   "Before ICE, we had immigration and Naturalization Services, but it wasn't until about 1999 that we chose to criminalize immigration at all. And then, once ICE was established, we really kind of militarized that enforcement to a degree that was previously unseen in the United States. " Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.            Winter has started, nights are getting colder, but during the day we still enjoy lots of sunshine, plus beautiful sky when the sun goes down. My husband is amazed that more and more European football players are resembling Africans, I " advised" him that this is due to the climate change and after all mankind's craddle stood in Africa. In addition, as we are getting older, the majority of humans either end up with grey hair or more or less boldness, interesting, old age reduces the differences between peoples. Besides, not even all cats are the same,  they are individuals, great, characters with various sleeping habits. Lovely Kaja likes to sleep in a bag hanging on the wall, brave, blind boy, Loulou, prefers a cardboard box, gorgeous Nicola, Riccardo, Janina, Jerimy and Madona choose a table on the terrace (plus a warm blanket) or sometimes also a cardboard box, cuddling together, great Alien, Ali, Jane, Chiquitta, Carlo and cute teen Lizzy want to sleep on the roof on plastic armchairs, of course with warm blankets, gentle Fleur in a wooden pet house, Johnny insists on sleeping in the kitchen, Sunnyboy prefers the sitting room, teen Antonia the bedroom with her "foster dad" whom she adors. . A neighbor confirmed that sweet Daisy's sudden death recently was caused by a fast driven car. She was one of those cats that always observe the traffic and nonetheless got hit and killed by irresponsible speeding drivers (I myself got nearly hit on my pavement by a car with a careless female driver). Had I viewed the killing of Daisy, I wouldn't have hasitated to report it to the police. Tired of speeding dangerous cars around my house. According to Tunisian's much appreciated, new animal protection law, chapter 94, "Anyone who causes death of a pet, unintentionally or through negligence," will be fined 100 - 1,000 Dinar or receive a prison sentence. - The great dealer, Donald Trump, declared (in other words) that he doesn't want to see more foreign folks like himself in US that is: old, overweight, eating mainly unhealthy junk food, supporting dependent family members. Such folks are an unnecessary burden for the US, so he says. Sounds like fake news? A lot of Donald Trump's wisdom does, doesn't it? Often contradicting himself, or changing his mind. As the late Bavarian Franz-Joseph Strauss put it: "What do I care for the rubbish I talked  yesterday?" Anyway, the self-selected (in vain) Nobel Peace Prize asperant, threatens Venezuela and Mexico with war and continues to attack and destroy alleged drug carrying boats in international waters, killing any persons on board. Reminds me of the ex-president of the Philippines, Duterte, (at long last arrested) who declared those randomly shot (while maybe just outside to do a bit of shopping) as drug dealers. Strange, Mr. Trump seems to regard such actions as an effective idea to fight drug consumption in US. While several law makers adviced US government employees to refuse illegal orders, e. g. National Guard employed against peaceful demonstrators in US towns, military attacking boats in international waters of the Caribbean sea, the president declared that he would regard such a refusal of his orders as traitorous and demand capital punishment. Joe Bidden said that Donald Trump  destroys Democracy with a wrecking ball. Donald Trump demands an investigation of the refugees's status granted by Joe Biden. New values and nothing to rely on. Mr. Trump's peace plan for Ukraine (without participation of the Ukraine), several called it Putin's wishes list, included Ukraine giving up about 20 % of its territory, even an area that Putin never conquered. Imagine waking up one day and your home belongs to another nation with a different political system, a new ruler. Mr. Trump didn't understand and critized that the Ukrainian leadership wasn't grateful for his plan, still, he has meanwhile changed his peace plan and the Ukrainian leadership is supposed to have agreed with several points yet to be discussed and cleared. - During the last 44 days Israel violated the truth agreement at least 500 times. More than 300 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the ceasefire last month. Where is the international outcry? "All are equal but some are more equal than others" (George Orwell). UN says that Israeli soldiers have opened fire at 3 positions held by UN peacekeepers in South Libanon. Don't they know international laws ? Big brother is protecting them.... Some heads of state regard it a crime to condemn or protest against cruelty,  war crimes, committed against Palestinians. Apart from e. g. Germany, sadly even the new British labour government intends to restrict pro-Palestinian protests. Is this the country of the famous  Hyde Park, Speakers' Corner? Well, 80 legal scholars and practioners signed an open letter to their government urging it to withdraw the bill. Isn't free speech one of the characteristics of democracy? It sounds incredible, Gaza has the highest rate of literarcy in the world, despite all obstacles, unbelievable education restrictions, plus intentional bombardments of numerous schools etc. during all those years of Israeli occupation, not to forget all that suffering, mentally and physically, lack of security, food, water, medication, shelter. How do you teach without the basics, a clean, secure environment, school books and materials? Palestinians must be a highly motivated people to survive with dignity and grace. May their sufferings end soon and they receive all the support and recognition they need. Sadly kids in other countries, in particular those with ignorant parents, don't always appreciate what chances they may have. Can learning be wasted? Israel is withholding 4 Bn Dollars in tax revenues, they have killed at least 69,713 Palestinians and wounded 170,863, about 350 children are currenglh held in Israelian prisons, more than 90 in so-called "administrative detention", which means for an unlimited period, without information what the accusations are, without court, no information whatsoever for the family. All of this in "self-defence"? Lord have mercy.