Noting Mr Obama's comment about rural Americans...'they cling to their guns and their bibles...' the kind of thing any hip 21st century cerebral city person would say, and it's true. Still, they clung to their guns and their bibles, and they won. Because they won, with America being the only Super Power there is, the world will change a bit. Some folk will like it and some folk won't.

Not having cable/foxtel tv here by choice, it is interesting how my news-seeking habits have changed. I still haven't resorted to watching Australian television but have found the internet quite useful in just updating things as days go by. One of the truths underlying the massive global '24 hour news cycle' in all the news broadcasters, is that there's not really many people there at all. Stories are bought by one source from another etc...much cheaper than having reporters yourself etc, or investigating anything.....and on it goes. Without access to TV CNN or Fox or BBC you do miss out on a lot of talking heads sprouting rhetoric and various dooms etc, but you don't really miss out on anything of importance...except how important each news service keeps saying it is. Concerns about fake news? I'd suggest about 90% of it is always fake, because fake is cheaper...and people prefer it.

I think that in the great scheme of things, as you get older, you start to like yourself more. No one else has to. You just end up being yourself as best you can be yourself. This is one of the very satisfying things about not knocking oneself off at 18...although, if you really want to, of course you can, no harm done. It isn't a race. The rest of the life-demands on the individual, be they physical, mental or spiritual, are simply someone else's demands of us, and as usual, always advertising for some kind of profit to them. Find your own way. That's the only way. Don't worry about Meaning, it comes and goes, like the breeze. You mean as much, if not more, than anyone who has ever ever lived. That comes with you being you. It is granted in that brief light and warmth of mortal conception. You belong.

I really have my doubts about the usefulness of paranoia related to the internet. Is there anyone who really wishes to steal the identity of a 63 year old nurse? Is there anyone really interested in taking on my debts? Come on! Give yourself a break. Get out more. Give yourself a fucking chance.

Melbourne Murders..You don't have to look much beyond the facts with the guy who killed and damaged all those people in Melbourne...1: he used a smart phone, 2: he had a facebook account, and 3: he smoked cigarettes. If that doesn't create a multiple murderer, then I don't know what does.

Modern Times

I think the problem with our understanding of the various cancers is that we don't understand their purpose, and we refuse to.

The Cancers are normal and essential for the future survival of the human species.

Cancers are not something that goes wrong within a body, they are simply catalysts for the future of the species.

Some are bad, some are good. Cancers are evolution at work. Cancers are Nature.

I think this is an interesting position for someone who has worked in that area for a lifetime.

My genetic stream doesn't include cancers, my genetics are purely cardiac. My life will reach its end due to the impact of my heart-genetics in the scheme of things...that is normal. That is quite good.

Cardiac is another realm of evolution at work every day.

These diseases all make sense when one looks beyond the self for meaning.

Dementia, too, makes sense in the holy human paradigm.

The human body and mind is always at the behest of nature, being bended through physical and mental illness, towards a long time viability of the collective.

I wonder if it is somehow still wrong to say what one thinks.

I accept that these are our Modern Times, to us, but I can't accept that these times are in any way Enlightened Times. Enlightenment does not involve refusal to accept Humanity as it is.

It was good to watch the US Presidential Inauguration as a historical event. I recall watching the initial inauguration of Barak Obama when he said 'Change has come to America'. Looking back, I guess, little did he know that the change would, in fact, be Donald Trump. It appears as though the USA is going into a relatively Isolationist mode which I think is a very good thing for America, firstly, and for the rest of us. Although I would have preferred a Socialist Bernie Sanders as US President, I still think Trump may be very good for America. He is, essentially, an "American President" and his interests seem to be, in prime focus, at home, which is great for everyone else. I wish the Americans well in the country of their own making.

It was good to watch the US Presidential Inauguration as a historical event.
I recall watching the initial inauguration of Barak Obama when he said 'Change has come to America'.
Looking back, I guess, little did he know that the change would, in fact, be Donald Trump.
It appears as though the USA is going into a relatively Isolationist mode which I think is a very good thing for America, firstly, and for the rest of us.
Although I would have preferred a Socialist Bernie Sanders as US President, I still think Trump may be very good for America. He is, essentially, an "American President" and his interests seem to be, in prime focus, at home, which is great for everyone else.
I wish the Americans well in the country of their own making.