ISRAELI CRIMES IN GAZA
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I suppose, in a way, you really have to hand it to them.
The Israelis, I mean.
When it comes to all things military, there is no nation on the face of the planet as astute, as innovative, as determined, and as ruthless as Israel. I guess living in a dangerous neighbourhood surrounded by enemies will do that to you.
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JAIL TIME FOR TREE CUTTERS
I suppose they thought it might be fun.
It was a tree, not unlike most others, it’s most differentiating feature being its location. But that location was kind of important, in that where it was is what made this particular tree as famous as it was.
It was the kind of tree that people travelled to get to, not to climb it, and not to linger in its shade, although people have certainly picnicked there. No, this tree was the subject of photography, as in people liked to take pictures of it, and pictures of themselves in front of it.
Proposals were made in front of it. Marriages performed. The ashes of loved ones scattered.
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Having a romantic affair can be nothing short of awesome. I say this only because from the outside looking in, given the numbers of people who seem to carry on with affairs, what other conclusion is available to the rest of us? Surely a past-time with so many merits, so many selling points, would be considered a legitimate way for one to spend their disposable time and money.
Unless you get caught.
Then I think it probably sucks big-time.
Getting caught and getting exposed is probably the worst thing that can happen, obviously, because where before you were moving heaven and earth to spend time with your latest squeeze, now you have a couple of divorce attorney’s driving the essentials of your life. And when it all clears, you’ll probably have a lot less time with your kids if you have any, and more than likely a lot less cash to spend time with as well.
Even the dog stops talking to you.
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This was entirely preventable. Entirely.
The fact that it happened anyways is nothing short of a stinging indictment on a provincial government that has allowed itself to be kowtowed by a loud, resentful, closed, and suspicious demographic within the broader population. A demographic with out-sized influence, but also one driven by the darkness of willful ignorance, which they happen to view as enlightened biblical interpretation.
These people, when set loose upon the land, are dangerous and can cause an awful lot of harm, both personal and economic, harms that don’t just impact themselves, but also the rest of us.
They are the religious right, who appear to be gravitating uncomfortably close to a form of religious extremism whipped to a frenzy by exploitative politicians and even more so by exploitative church leadership.
And, as a Christian myself, it hurts me to say that the vast majority of these types causing all the trouble are Christian as well. Radical, dogmatic Christians.
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Fauja Singh is generally regarded as the world’s oldest marathon runner.
It’s pretty much a big deal if you’re recognized as being the oldest anything. Hell, it’s good enough to be recognized for simply being old, which is kind of a big achievement in its own right.
But Fauja Singh was noted for marathon running, and at 114 years of age, I’m feeling that his hold on this title will be a relatively secure one, at least for awhile. Mind you, he wasn’t pounding out marathons well into his twelfth decade, although he was still “running” until very recently.
He was credited with being the oldest person to run a marathon in Toronto back in 2011 when he completed the Toronto Marathon at age 100. But Singh has no birth certificate, since he was kinda born before those sort of things made it into the public record-keeping of his native country, India. As there was no record of his birth, there was no way to definitively peg his age, so his achievement is not recognized in some quarters as a result, including the Guinness World Book of Records. Regardless, we know for sure he ran the marathon, and we know for sure that he’s old, in fact mighty old. But because we can’t put a finger on exactly how old, then we’re not going to give him credit for being the oldest anything.
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