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Russia "Walking Softly..."
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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And, while ongoing rumours swirl about Trump's alleged (and really, indisputable) ties with Russia, France faces it's own battle with the far right.
Two links that should make you think:
Link: http://time.com/4627780/russia-national-front-marine-le-pen-putin/
and the ongoing speculation over the French election: http://live.reuters.com/Event/French_Elections_2017
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but Russia seems to have had a big hand in subsidizing the far right in a lot of countries at the moment. Of course, Xenophobia is the natural result of allowing too much immigration/change too quickly, bound to fuel nationalist sentiments, but the Russians are capitalizing on that. They are - generally - "Walking softly and carrying a big stick", and like it or not we're mirroring their politics and oligarchy time and again through increasingly corrupt democracies, while they remain suspiciously in the shadows. Which makes me suspect that maybe America isn't the superpower it thinks it is, and if Russia is merely biding it's time in the wings until opportunity presents itself, what should we expect?
Western Skink
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Flipping a lot of boulders while landscaping the garden, my most modest of contributions, when I capture a skink...had to let it go when it tried to wriggle up my sleeve, but it sat still long enough for a photo...
Museum of Failure
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Unfortunately their specialty seems to be commercial innovation, otherwise I'd be having a show. A few shows...
But a brilliantly conceived museum highlighting the perils of invention, remarkable because everywhere we're only surrounded by success. We don't see the television shows that don't make it to air, we don't see the artists who don't have shows, and we don't generally consume those products that fail when they get to market. Remember New Coke, anyone? But failure is the certain road to greatness, if you keep on it long enough. Maybe this will inspire you:
Corporations & Law
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More to be grossly offended by:
Link: https://rhdefense.com/2017/04/22/the-nerve-of-law-enforcement
Read the article. How did this come to pass? The logical extension of corporate culture that sees it not only rewriting laws but extending themselves into jurisdictions - and forcing the public to acquiesce to their terms - in areas that clearly should not be in anyways the corporate domain.
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