Solidarity with Ukraine.
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... of Peace, Freedom and Democracy
return to the people of UKRAINE as soon as possible!
Sunflower / Sonnenblume (Helianthus annuus)
Botanical Garden, Frankfurt
On his way to Moscow. Do not expect miracles. The apprentice is worse than his master. Leica M8, Voigtlaender 35/1.4.
Trike Harley-Davidson. Of course I like more than the usual two-wheeled bikes, but we must also think about those who are already difficult to cope with such a technique. I remembered the movie "Sons of Anarchy": father - of red traveled on a three-wheeled bike. And our Putin, once came to the meeting with bikers in Sevastopol on this Trike Harley-Davidson.
It's a current screen shot, it's not a picture of me, but you have to take a stand against Putin! It's not against Russia, it's a beautiful country like any other country in the world. It is Putin who is putting his own people in this unspeakable situation. Putin's greatest enemy is not NATO but individual freedom and self-determination, which a dictator fears like the devil fears holy water.
I wonder, if we live on a planet with so many resources for everyone, why do some always want more and more? I wonder if in prehistory there was already this political polarization, if we lived like animals, devouring each other. Or if developing this absurd capacity for aggression while we imagined that we were evolving.
Mona Lisa, as everyone knows, is the work of the genius Leonardo. I've been using Mona as a poster girl for comunicate the most varied ideas. This last one is a protest against the ignorance of Wladimir, a being with a crocodile brain, a threat to life. Demonstrating how much his insecurity is capable of destroying under the effect of fear and force, this way Putin lives.
Unfortunately, on our planet, a Leonardo is born, while we have an infinity of Putins. Looking inward, I perceive something of Putin within myself. We have to turn Putin into Leonardo. This is the goal of what we call evolution. It's nothing easy. But you already knew that, didn't you?
Stop the aggression against Ukraine!
Our hearts and prayers go to the innocent people of Ukraine.
Photo of flag - By Government of Ukraine - ДСТУ 4512:2006 — Державний прапор України. Загальні технічні умови, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=421234
Putins Geiseln
vor der Botschaft der Russischen Föderation Berlin
*Im heutigen Russland gibt es 550 politische Gefangene, darunter 394, die wegen ihrer Religion verfolgt werden. Außerdem sitzen mehr als 180 ukrainische Bürger im Gefängnis, die meisten von ihnen Krimtataren, die von den Besatzungsbehörden seit Beginn der Invasion zu insgesamt mehr als 1.300 Jahren verurteilt wurden.
Weitere 568 werden ohne Freiheitsentzug verfolgt, d.h. sie stehen unter Hausarrest, haben Bewährungsstrafen erhalten oder das Land verlassen.
* Nach Angaben des Menschenrechtszentrums MEMORIAL vom Februar 2023 und des ukrainischen Außenministeriums vom Dezember 2022.
Darüber hinaus haben die russischen Behörden zeitgleich mit dem umfassenden Einmarsch in die Ukraine interne Repressionen in einem noch nie dagewesenen Ausmaß eingeleitet. Nachstehend die Zahlen allein für das Jahr 2022.
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A message for Putin. Please listen. John Lennon may have been a dreamer and his dreams may not have been possible but his heart sure was in the right place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAn-AWXtHv0
I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this song by Lennon. It moved me deeply then and it does today as well, maybe even deeper.
comments off on purpose . . . well, I thought they were anyway.
Built in the first half of the 18th century, Leanach cottage sits on one corner of the Culloden battlefield, the last major battle on British soil. It is built of stone and turf and roofed with thatch made from heather. There used to be another building adjoined to it but it was destroyed when Government troops deliberately set fire to it to burn alive 32 injured Jacobite fighters inside.
Having lived in Scotland before, I'm now taking the opportunity to visit places I never managed to get to before. And now that I live in the heart of Bonnie Prince Charlie land around Moidart, I'm keen to get my history correct for the benefit of guests to our B&B.
I've been reading up so much history put together by the Moidart History Group in Glenuig. Their research put rather a different slant on the otherwise romantic idea of BPC reclaiming the throne for a British King from the German Hanovarian incumbent. (An 18th century Brexit jaunt).It seems BPC (Bonnie Prince Charlie) was not that popular hanging around the courts of Europe, and even his own father disapproved strongly with the Prince's plan to take the throne back for his family. But with the enthusiasm only a Scottish football fan can have he set off with virtually no support, but with a sense of optimism like that that drove Ally McLeod at the head of his tartan army all the way to Argentina for the 1978 World Cup that they were definitely going to win. Of course that venture all ended up in tears as did the Scottish Jacobite rebellion of 1745, at Culloden.
Having fought and beaten every English Government force they met, the Jacobite army battled their way down through England, as far as Derby, with the capital London in their sights. There, things started to fall apart, a bit like Ally's army when some of the team tested positive for drugs, and they retreated north, harried by Government forces all the way, until they arrived back in the Highlands at Culloden on 16th April 1746.
The battle only lasted about an hour. The Government forces had been well rested, and outnumbered and out gunned the Jacobites, who stood on a tactically inferior position. The Jacobites lost 1500-2000 men in that hour, the Government forces only about 300. Many Jacobite prisoners were summarily executed earning the Government commander, The Duke of Cumberland, the title of The Butcher. The Jacobite survivors dispersed whilst BPC fled and hid in the Highlands, often dressed as a woman before returning to France.
It's a history that is hard for me. With an English father, an army officer, and a Scots mother I cannot call myself either English or Scots. I can only be British. But my genes are infused with Highlander DNA and my heart is Scottish, but my head, English.
I've grown up with Scots chanting about Bannockburn, the Scots victory over the English in 1314, William Wallace and Mel Gibson and all that BS of a crap film shot in Ireland. In contrast the English don't seem to boast about Culloden, and the Scots remain tightlipped about it. But even as I drove towards a visit to Culloden near Inverness, the local radio mentioned a first meeting in Fort William this coming Friday for a new Scottish Independence rally. I cannot support it. Oh, by the way I discovered the battlefield is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays! A battlefield closed? I hope they mention that to Putin. You can't invade Ukraine on a Monday or Tuesday. It's closed.
No, coming back to England V Scotland....fighting each other has not been good for either side. And that's what the SNP independence drive makes us do. Fight each other. But even worse, it makes Scot fight against Scot for what they deem to be their nation and their independence.
There were large numbers of Scots on both sides at Culloden. You can see the humps in the ground where the mass graves are, in between the Government and Jacobite lines, in no man's land. We should learn that fighting each other does no good!
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In the rough nights (Rauhnächte) around New Year,
the “wild hunt” often rides through the dreams of sleeping people
and tries to turn them into nightmares.
Sufficient of exercise and tea help to counteract this.
I won't even try to describe the many traditions to drive away evil spirits during this time,
One of them is to try fireworks on New Year's Eve,
but I don't think D. Trump , E. Musk,Xi Jinping, and Putin will be impressed - but possible is everything.
Rider´s on the Storm - The Doors
The Faces of Putin.
I spent the last week travelling through Moldova and Ukraine so I've got some interesting shots to share. This was inside a restaurant called Propaganda in Chisinau, Moldova.
Putins Geiseln
vor der Botschaft der Russischen Föderation Berlin
*Im heutigen Russland gibt es 550 politische Gefangene, darunter 394, die wegen ihrer Religion verfolgt werden. Außerdem sitzen mehr als 180 ukrainische Bürger im Gefängnis, die meisten von ihnen Krimtataren, die von den Besatzungsbehörden seit Beginn der Invasion zu insgesamt mehr als 1.300 Jahren verurteilt wurden.
Weitere 568 werden ohne Freiheitsentzug verfolgt, d.h. sie stehen unter Hausarrest, haben Bewährungsstrafen erhalten oder das Land verlassen.
* Nach Angaben des Menschenrechtszentrums MEMORIAL vom Februar 2023 und des ukrainischen Außenministeriums vom Dezember 2022.
Darüber hinaus haben die russischen Behörden zeitgleich mit dem umfassenden Einmarsch in die Ukraine interne Repressionen in einem noch nie dagewesenen Ausmaß eingeleitet. Nachstehend die Zahlen allein für das Jahr 2022.
19 536
Verhaftungen wegen Antikriegshaltung
378
Personen, gegen die wegen ihrer Antikriegshaltung ein Strafverfahren eingeleitet wurde
5 518
Ordnungswidrigkeitenverfahren wegen Äußerungen gegen den Krieg Weniger anzeigen
Kommentare
At Place du Canada on Boul. René-Lévesque in Montreal, there was a great crowd present, protesting the invasion of the Ukraine. So many flags around the city today.
I am hopeful that Putin gets whacked real soon.
It's been said that Canada claims the highest number of ex-pat Ukrainians.
I've always said, " We should never think the unthinkable can't happen". For those of us in this part of the world that often means never thinking it won't rain today, but elsewhere I mean such as, "Never believe the sun might not rise tomorrow", or that the Earth won't spin off its axis into Outer Space, or a war like the First or Second World War will never happen in Europe again.
Today I don't think the Ukrainians care whether the sun rises tomorrow or not. They have more important things on their minds. I wish other people in this country had had more serious matters on their minds recently. Instead of caring about cake and parties, they should have worried about a lunatic with the same ambitions as Hitler, who did not care if he started World War 3 by invading a peaceful, democratic 'European' nation. Those people who were more bothered about cake and parties will have given encouragement to Putin, that no one was that bothered. Russia has been meddling to undermine western democracy for ages, corrupting elections, the media and internet with lies and misinformation. We live in dangerous times even without Covid (now where did that come from?) and China is not far behind Russia in fighting for world domination.
Twice Britain was at the forefront of restoring freedom to Europe. The EU has played a big part of getting us into this mess with Russia. Indeed the EU was set up to try to prevent war in Europe again. I dread the day we have to show them again that democracy and freedom is better than dictatorship.
I hope Ukraine manages to fight off the aggressors. And that Putin is condemned forever and consigned to the human dustbin of infamy with Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Pol Pot, etc
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