Silly boi ... If Mexico had as many troops lines up along the US southern border as the US has through NATO and it's proxies within striking distance of your cities you;d be having some serious military exercises !
If I were Putin I'd be doing a deal with Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and a few more !
Sauce for the goose is also sauce for the gander !
Well, down here in the nation that leads the world in time and date ... the local chippy uses newspaper for the outer covering and there plain white and a layer of greaseproof and then the chips !
Sure he was ... in fact he does it so often that you might say he was relying on it
;-)
A few of the blokes are getting a bus tour organised ... we're gonna raid India and Pakistan and steal away their most attractive women ... give him something to REALLY cry about
That sounds good ... I recall in Coventry the Chrysler Traing school canteen did celery wrapped in ham wrapped in red cabbage and cooked in cheddar cheese sauce in the oven and then grilled !
Well, the question concerned 'which was your favourite' not to insult the elderly ... so, inline with policy stated elsewhere off topic posts earn a place in the sinbin
Original post is well intentioned but maybe a bit 'overfluffy'
The quotes there are strong and powerful ... and the 'opposite' views expressed here are just as relevant, strong and powerful ... are they not ?
We live in a world ( well at least a western type society) which is in decline and where solid, reasoned action is desperately called for many ( especially on the left and far left ) are promoting impossible solutions ...
The notion that prevails of " forever handouts " instead of "effective one time handups" is not sustaibale, nor does it much improve the quality of life for people.
Frankl mentioned the power contained in choice ... were he writing TODAY he might also say something about 'the weight of gravity' and perhaps the repetition of behaviour until it became the 'The Default Choice' ... in reality that person has become conditioned to do 'that'
If a circuit breaker trips you go out reset it ... if it trips again you look for 'The Cause or Fault' and repair that ... yes?
Hugs ... fabulous among family and friends, but appreciate that there's a level of intimacy there and not everyone is 'socially promiscuous'
I can see Nero being displaced in history
" And the people all hugged and no one noticed while the planet burned down"
Never give up on good intent ... and maybe expect that different people will always have different views ... there's always more than one way to skin a cat!
as that's more appropriate from my PoV where strangers are involved ;-)
RE: northern russia
Silly boi ... If Mexico had as many troops lines up along the US southern border as the US has through NATO and it's proxies within striking distance of your cities you;d be having some serious military exercises !If I were Putin I'd be doing a deal with Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and a few more !
Sauce for the goose is also sauce for the gander !