Mein Kampf: "damn book" will be reedited in Germany.
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Mein Kampf: "damn book" will be reedited in Germany.
“The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.”
― T.H. White, The Once and Future King
“Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to self-rejection. When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily perceived as attractive solutions. The real trap, however, is self-rejection. As soon as someone accuses me or criticizes me, as soon as I am rejected, left alone, or abandoned, I find myself thinking, "Well, that proves once again that I am a nobody." ... [My dark side says,] I am no good... I deserve to be pushed aside, forgotten, rejected, and abandoned. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the "Beloved." Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen
Plato considered aging as part of the continuity of life of young people and adults.
"The pleasures of the mind are gradually replacing the physical pleasures, as if it were a release."
Aristotle referred to the last stage of life as the senility, the deterioration of capacity.
In the heterogeneity of aging, we always find examples to illustrate both perspectives.
Someone Like Me
“All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, ‘Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!’ This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
The Greeks want the same as Germany post World War II, that a single generation not have to pay for the mistakes of their parents. It is not destroying an entire generation that the world will get better, not in Germany's post-war, nor in Greece of Tsipras, nor in the other countries burdened by debts of an economically unbalanced world.
Ricardo Ferreira in a comment on a newspaper article
The celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II will mark the beginning of a new world order. When at Putin's side will be the president of China, Xi Jinping; Iran, Ali Khamenei; Egypt, Sisi marshal; North Korea, Kim Jong-un; Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro; Turkey, Erdogan; and Tsipras from Greece among other leaders of countries like Belarus, which have always been on Moscow side in good and bad times. Obama, Merkel, Hollande, Cameron and many others will be left out, with NATO seing two of its members alongside Putin.
XXI Century Cold War will thus begin officially, although the relations between East and West have never been happier and much less friendly, so the world is not better and we must question whose fault is it before we have to go to war, even if is a cold one.
Moscow wants a new order in Europe, with new agreements on security and conventional weapons, and responds to Western offensive with strategic alliances that can quickly change the balance of power in the world. The most important is with Beijing. It's not just an energy partnership; is a military and political alliance in which the two countries are together in all international theaters. But if Moscow turned to Asia, also not forgotten the Middle East. In Iran and Syria, Russia has returned to Cairo a new old friend. The world is changing.
I have 3 rules in my life
1. never quit.
2. NEVER quit.
3. NEVER QUIT.
You would obviously make a lousy gambler then. You need to know to quit while you're ahead sometimes. :)
I wouldnt know that Mumps, I never gamble at least for money. I have better (and more useful) things to spend my money.
I can understand that some games strategy is exactly to know when to give up.
My cards are always on the table, no hidding game for me or bluff, about game or life, that is how I am and like to be.
A smile from space
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Dear friends,
The Syrian air force just dropped chlorine gas bombs on children. Their little bodies gasped for air on hospital stretchers as medics held back tears, and watched as they suffocated to death.
But today there is a chance to stop these barrel bomb murders with a targeted No Fly Zone.
The US, Turkey, UK, France and others are right now seriously considering a safe zone in Northern Syria. Advisers close to President Obama support it, but he is worried he won’t have public support. That’s where we come in.
Let’s tell him we don’t want a world that just watches as a dictator drops chemical weapons on families in the night. We want action.
One humanitarian worker said ‘I wish the world could see what I have seen with my eyes. It breaks your heart forever.’ Let's show that the world cares -- sign to support a life-saving No Fly Zone:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/syria_sa...PrgGcb&v=55481
“I've always been an ironic dreamer, unfaithful to my inner promises.
Like a complete outsider, a casual observer of whom I thought I was,
I've always enjoyed watching my daydreams go down in defeat.
I was never convinced of what I believed in.
I filled my hands with sand, called it gold, and opened them up to let it slide through.
Words were my only truth.
When the right words were said, all was done; the rest was the sand that had always been.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
“The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd - The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence. All these half-tones of the soul’s consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are.”
― Fernando Pessoa
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It is the name given to the act of improvising or create a solution at the last minute.
In 'good' Portuguese is called 'desenrascanço' and is one of 28 words chosen by Buzzfeed to the list of foreign terms that English should 'adopt'.
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“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders
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The Butchart Gardens, Colúmbia Britânica in Canada.
It is believed that the Fools Day tradition was born in France in 1564, with the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, which changed the New Year from the end of March to the 1st of January.
Galaxy BLADE edge: Chef’s Edition
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One more Aprils Fools
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Today we will remember those who were left without any cake. :((
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[QUOTE=Duke of Buckingham;94724][SIZE=5][COLOR="#808080"]Today we will remember those who were left without any cake. :((
Poor doggy :P
Shiloh
Pittsburg Landing
April 6 - 7, 1862
On the morning of April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck a line of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. The overpowering Confederate offensive drove the unprepared Federal forces from their camps and threatened to overwhelm Ulysses S. Grant’s entire command. Some Federals made determined stands and by afternoon, they had established a battle line at the sunken road, known as the “Hornet's Nest.” Repeated Rebel attacks failed to carry the Hornet's Nest, but massed artillery helped to turn the tide as Confederates surrounded the Union troops and captured, killed, or wounded most. During the first day’s attacks, Gen. Johnston was mortally wounded and was replaced by P.G.T. Beauregard. Fighting continued until after dark, but the Federals held. By the next morning, the reinforced Federal army numbered about 40,000, outnumbering Beauregard’s army of less than 30,000. Grant’s April 7th counteroffensive overpowered the weakened Confederate forces and Beauregard’s army retired from the field. The two day battle at Shiloh produced more than 23,000 casualties and was the bloodiest battle in American history at its time.
Frightening Balconies
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Dear friends,
An ambitious project is underway to create the largest environmental reserve in the world, protecting 135 million hectares of Amazon forest. That’s more than twice the size of France! But it won’t happen unless Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela’s leaders know the public wants it. That’s where we come in.
Colombia has just said it is on board. Now, if we create a huge global push to save the Amazon and combine it with national polls in all three countries, we can give the Colombian president the support he needs to convince Brazil and Venezuela. All three leaders are looking for opportunities to shine at the next UN climate summit. Let’s give it to them.
The Amazon is vital to life on earth -- 10% of known species live in this magnificent rainforest, and its billions of trees play a key role in mitigating global climate change. Experts say this reserve would be a total game-changer for stopping rampant deforestation. Sign the petition now, when we reach 1 million signers, indigenous leaders will deliver our petition and polls directly to the three governments:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/amazon_c...PrgGcb&v=56542
I'm in and I posted to both Facebook and Twitter... :)
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